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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM
8-K
 
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 20, 2022
 
 
Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
 
Maryland
 
001-35568
  
20-4738467
Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.
 
Delaware
 
333-190916
  
20-4738347
   
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
  
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
3310 West End Avenue, Suite 700
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
 
(615) 269-8175
(Address of Principal Executive Office and Zip Code)
 
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Healthcare Trust of America, Inc.
Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP
16435 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 320
Scottsdale, Arizona 85254
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form
8-K
filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):
 
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule
14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
 
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
 
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of Each Class:
 
Trading
Symbol(s):
 
Name of Exchange
on Which Registered:
Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
 
HR
 
New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule
12b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(§240.12b-2
of this chapter).
Emerging growth company  ☐         Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
Emerging growth company  ☐         Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated  ☐
Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.         ☐
 
 
 

Introductory Note
The Merger
This Current Report on Form
8-K
is being filed in connection with the consummation on July 20, 2022 (the “
Closing Date
”), of the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 28, 2022 (the “
Merger Agreement
”), by and among Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (now known as HRTI, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company) (“
Legacy HR
”), Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a Maryland corporation (now known as Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated) (“
Legacy HTA
”), Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (now known as Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.) (the “
OP
”), and HR Acquisition 2, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company (“
Merger Sub
”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on the Closing Date, Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy HR, with Legacy HR continuing as the surviving entity and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Legacy HTA (the “
Merger
”). Immediately following the Merger, Legacy HR converted to a Maryland limited liability company and changed its name to “HRTI, LLC” and Legacy HTA changed its name to “Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated”. In addition, the equity interests of Legacy HR were contributed by Legacy HTA by means of a contribution and assignment agreement (the “
Contribution Agreement
”) to the OP such that Legacy HR became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the OP. As a result, Legacy HR became a part of an umbrella partnership REIT (“
UPREIT
”) structure, which is intended to align the corporate structure of the combined company after giving effect to the Merger and the UPREIT reorganization (the “
Combined Company
”) and to provide a platform for the Combined Company to more efficiently acquire properties in a tax-deferred manner. The Combined Company will continue to operate under the name “Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated” and its shares of class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share, will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange (the “
NYSE
”) under the ticker symbol “HR”.
A copy of the Contribution Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.2 hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference.
The Exchange Offer
In connection with the Merger, the OP offered to exchange all validly tendered and accepted notes of each series previously issued by Legacy HR (the “
Old HR Notes
”) for (i) up to $250,000,000 of 3.875% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “
2025 Notes
”), (ii) up to $300,000,000 of 3.625% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “
2028 Notes
”), (iii) up to $300,000,000 of 2.400% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “
2030 Notes
”) and (iv) up to $300,000,000 of 2.050% Senior Notes due 2031 to be issued by the OP (the “
2031 Notes
” and, collectively, the “
New HR Notes
”) and solicited consents from holders of the Old HR Notes to amend the indenture governing the Old HR Notes to eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants in such indenture (the “
Exchange Offers
”). The New HR Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture dated July 22, 2022 (the “
Base Indenture
”), among the OP, Legacy HTA and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture, dated as of July 22, 2022, the second supplemental indenture, dated as of July 22, 2022, the third supplemental indenture, dated as of July 22, 2022 and the fourth supplemental indenture, dated as of July 22, 2022 (the first, second, third and fourth supplemental indentures, collectively, the “
Supplemental Indentures
”). Legacy HTA guaranteed the New HR Notes pursuant to (i) a guarantee of the 2025 Notes, (ii) a guarantee of the 2028 Notes, (iii) a guarantee of the 2030 Notes, and (iv) a guarantee of the 2031 Notes, each dated July 22, 2022 (collectively, the “
Guarantees
”). Legacy HTA filed a registration statement on
Form S-4 (File No. 333-265593) (the
Registration Statement
”) relating to the issuance of the New HR Notes with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
SEC
”) on June 14, 2022, which was declared effective by the SEC on June 28, 2022.
In connection with the Exchange Offer, Legacy HR entered into a Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated July 22, 2022, by and between Legacy HR and Truist Bank, as successor in interest to First Union National Bank, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4.6 hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference.
As of 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on July 20, 2022 (the “
Expiration Date
”), the conditions required for the consummation of the Exchange Offers had been met, including, among other things, (i) the receipt of valid consents to the proposed amendments from the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of each series of Old HR Notes, each voting as a separate series, and (ii) consummation of the Merger, which occurred on July 20, 2022. The final settlement of the Exchange Offers took place on July 22, 2022.
The Exchange Offers were made pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the OP and Legacy HTA’s prospectus dated June 28, 2022, which forms a part of the Registration Statement (the “
Prospectus
”). The Prospectus contains a more comprehensive description of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offers. Copies of the Base Indenture, the Supplemental Indentures, the New HR Notes and the Guarantees are filed as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15 and 4.16 hereto, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
The information provided in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
In connection with the effectiveness of the Merger, Legacy HR (in a limited capacity), Legacy HTA and the OP entered into the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit and Term Loan Agreement (the “
Credit Facility
”) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent; Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and Citibank, N.A., as Joint Book Runners; Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., U.S. Bank National Association, Citibank, N.A., The Bank of Nova Scotia, Capital One, National Association, U.S. Bank National Association, and PNC Capital Markets LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers; and the other lenders named therein. The Credit Facility restructures the parties’ existing bank facilities and adds additional borrowing capacities for the Combined Company following the Merger. The OP is the borrower under the Credit Facility (in such capacity, the “
Borrower
”).

The Credit Facility is comprised of (i) an unsecured, $1.5 billion revolving credit facility and (ii) six individual term loan tranches totaling $1.5 billion. A brief summary of the components and the effect of the Credit Facility on existing facilities is as follows:
 
 
 
Legacy HR’s existing $700.0 million revolving credit facility under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2019 (as amended, restated, replaced, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Closing Date, the “
Existing HR Revolving Credit Agreement
”), by and among Legacy HR, the lenders party thereto from time to time and their assignees, as lenders, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the administrative agent (the “
WF Administrative Agent
”), was terminated, all outstanding obligations in respect thereof were deemed paid in full and all commitments thereunder were permanently reduced to zero and terminated.
 
 
 
Legacy HR’s existing $200.0 million term loan facility and existing $150.0 million term loan facility under the Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2019 (as amended, restated, replaced, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Closing Date, the “
Existing HR Term Loan Agreement
”), by and among Legacy HR, the lenders party thereto from time to time and their assignees, as lenders, and the WF Administrative Agent, in each, case, were deemed continued and assumed by the Borrower under the Credit Facility, and the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement was terminated.
 
 
 
The existing $200.0 million term loan facility was amended to: (a) conform to the terms of the Borrower’s other term loan facilities under the Credit Facility; (b) include two one-year extension options, resulting in a latest final maturity in May 2026; and (c) reprice to align with the pricing for the Borrower’s other term loan facilities under the Credit Facility; and
 
 
 
The existing $150.0 million term loan facility was amended to conform to the terms of the Borrower’s other term loan facilities under the Credit Facility, and the existing maturity in June 2026 remains unchanged under the Credit Facility.
 
 
 
Legacy HTA’s and the OP’s existing $1.0 billion revolving credit facility was upsized to $1.5 billion (the “
Revolver
”) pursuant to the Credit Facility. The Revolver currently matures in October 2025, and the Credit Facility adds an additional one-year extension option for the Revolver, for a total of two one-year extension options.
 
 
 
Legacy HTA’s and the OP’s existing $300.0 million term loan facility was deemed continued pursuant to the Credit Facility and was amended to conform to the terms of the Borrower’s other term loan facilities under the Credit Facility. The existing maturity in October 2025 remains unchanged under the Credit Facility.
 
 
 
Legacy HTA’s and the OP’s existing $200.0 million term loan facility was deemed continued pursuant to the Credit Facility and was amended to (a) conform to the terms of the Borrower’s other term loan facilities under the Credit Facility; (b) extend the maturity from January 2024 to July 20, 2027; and (c) reprice to align with the pricing for the Borrower’s other term loan facilities under the Credit Facility.
 
 
 
The Credit Facility provides for a new $350.0 million delayed-draw term loan facility that is available to be drawn for 12 months after the Closing Date and has an initial maturity date of July 20, 2023, with two one-year extension options. The terms of any delayed draw term loans funded thereunder conform to the terms of the Borrower’s other term loan facilities under the Credit Facility, and the pricing for such delayed draw term loans aligns with the pricing for the Borrower’s other term loan facilities under the Credit Facility.
 
 
 
The Credit Facility provides for a new $300.0 million term loan facility that was funded on the Closing Date and has a maturity of January 20, 2028, with no extension options. The terms of such term loan facility conform to the terms of the Borrower’s other term loan facilities under the Credit Facility, and the pricing for such term loan facility aligns with the pricing for the Borrower’s other term loan facilities under the Credit Facility.
Upon the effectiveness of the Credit Facility on July 20, 2022, all existing obligations of Legacy HR were assigned to, and assumed by, the Borrower, and Legacy HR was released from its obligations in respect thereof. All obligations under the Credit Facility are the primary obligation of the Borrower.
Revolving loans outstanding under the Credit Facility bear interest at a rate equal to Adjusted Term SOFR plus an applicable margin. The applicable margin is determined based on the Borrower’s credit ratings and ranges from 0.725% per annum to 1.40% per annum (currently 0.85% per annum). Term loans outstanding under the Credit Facility bear interest at a rate equal to Adjusted Term SOFR plus an applicable margin. The applicable margin is determined based on the Borrower’s credit ratings and ranges from 0.80% per annum to 1.60% per annum (currently 0.95% per annum). In addition, the Borrower pays an unused commitment fee on the undrawn revolving commitments and the undrawn delayed draw term loan commitments at a rate per annum determined based on the Borrower’s credit ratings and ranging from 0.125% per annum to 0.30% per annum (currently 0.20% per annum).
The Credit Facility contains covenants that are customary for agreements of this type. These covenants include, among others: limitations on the incurrence of additional indebtedness; limitations on mergers, investments and acquisitions; limitations on dividends and redemptions of capital stock; limitations on transactions with affiliates; and requirements to comply with certain financial covenants, including a maximum total leverage ratio, a maximum senior leverage ratio, a maximum unencumbered leverage ratio, a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio and a minimum unsecured coverage ratio.

The Credit Facility contains events of default that are customary for agreements of this type. These events of default include, among others: nonpayment of any outstanding principal, interest, fees or amounts due under the Credit Facility; the failure to perform or observe covenants in the loan documents; the occurrence of certain bankruptcy and insolvency events; the occurrence of a default under the terms of certain other material indebtedness of the Borrower and certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates; and the occurrence of a change of control.
A copy of the Credit Facility is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Credit Facility does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Credit Facility.
 
Item 1.02
Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
The information provided in the Introductory Note and Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 2.01
Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
The information provided in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form
8-K
is incorporated herein by reference.
On the Closing Date, Legacy HR, Legacy HTA, the OP and Merger Sub completed the Merger in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Articles of Merger contemplated thereby were filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the “
SDAT
”), with an effective time and date of 4:28 p.m., Eastern Time, on the Closing Date (the “
Effective Time
”).
Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Legacy HTA declared a special dividend of $4.82 (the “
Special Dividend
”) for each outstanding share of Legacy HTA class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “
Legacy HTA Common Stock
”), and the OP declared a corresponding distribution to the holders of its partnership units, payable to Legacy HTA stockholders and OP unitholders of record on July 19, 2022. At the Effective Time, each outstanding share of Legacy HR common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “
Legacy HR Common Stock
”), was cancelled and converted into the right to receive one share of Legacy HTA Common Stock at a fixed ratio of 1.00 : 1.00. No fractional shares of Legacy HTA Common Stock were issued in the Merger, and the value of any fractional interests to which a former holder of Legacy HR Common Stock is otherwise entitled will be paid in cash.
Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, each option to purchase shares of Legacy HR Common Stock was converted into an option exercisable for one share of Legacy HTA Common Stock, subject to the same economic terms and conditions as were applicable to the corresponding option immediately prior to the Merger. In addition, at the Effective Time, all Legacy HR restricted stock, and each right of any kind, contingent or accrued, to receive shares of Legacy HR Common Stock or benefits measured in whole or in part by the value of a number of shares of Legacy HR Common Stock granted by Legacy HR outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, were converted into the right to receive the same number of shares of Legacy HTA Common Stock, subject to the same economic terms and conditions as were applicable to the corresponding award immediately prior to the Merger.
The foregoing description of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, which was previously filed as Exhibit 2.1 to Legacy HTA’s Current Report on Form
8-K
filed with the SEC on March 1, 2022, and which is incorporated by reference herein.
 
Item 2.03
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information provided in the Introductory Note and Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 3.01
Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
On July 20, 2022, Legacy HR notified the NYSE of completion of the Merger, and requested that trading of shares of Legacy HR Common Stock on the NYSE be halted prior to the market open on July 21, 2022. As a result, all shares of Legacy HR Common Stock were removed from trading on the NYSE on July 21, 2022 before the market opened. The NYSE has filed a notification of removal from listing on Form 25 with the SEC with respect to the Legacy HR Common Stock in order to effect the delisting of such shares from the NYSE. Such delisting will result in the termination of the registration of Legacy HR Common Stock under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. Legacy HR intends to file a certificate on Form 15 under the Exchange Act, requesting the deregistration of Legacy HR Common Stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, which will suspend Legacy HR’s reporting obligations under Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act with respect to the Legacy HR Common Stock, at the time such filings is permitted by the SEC.

Item 3.03
Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
The information provided in the Introductory Note and Items 2.01, 3.01 and 5.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
At the Effective Time, the holders of Legacy HR Common Stock immediately before the Merger ceased to have any rights as stockholders of Legacy HR (other than their right to receive Legacy HTA Common Stock) and will instead have the rights of common stockholders of Legacy HTA.
 
Item 4.01
Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
For accounting purposes, the Merger is treated as a “reverse acquisition” in which Legacy HTA is considered the legal acquirer and Legacy HR is considered the accounting acquirer. As such, the historical financial statements of the accounting acquiror, Legacy HR, which have been audited by BDO USA, LLP, will become the historical financial statements of Legacy HTA. In a reverse acquisition, a change of accountants is presumed to have occurred unless the same accountant audited the
pre-transaction
financial statements of both the legal acquirer and the accounting acquirer, and such change is generally presumed to occur on the date the reverse acquisition is completed. A determination as to the certifying accountant for the Combined Company for periods following the Merger has not yet been made and will be determined by the board of directors of the Combined Company, or a committee thereof.
 
Item 5.01
Changes in Control of Registrant.
The information provided in the Introductory Note and Items 2.01 and 5.02 of this Current Report on Form
8-K
is incorporated herein by reference.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as of the Effective Time, Reshma Block, H. Lee Cooper, Warren D. Fix and Peter N. Foss each resigned from his or her position as a director of Legacy HTA, and all nine members of the board of directors of Legacy HR serving immediately prior to the Effective Time became members of the board of directors of the Combined Company.
 
Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
The information provided in the Introductory Note and Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form
8-K
is incorporated herein by reference.
Director and Officer Resignations
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as of the Effective Time, Reshma Block, H. Lee Cooper, Warren D. Fix and Peter N. Foss each resigned from his or her position as a director of Legacy HTA and Peter N. Foss and Robert A. Milligan each resigned from his respective position as an officer of Legacy HTA. These departures were not a result of any disagreements between Legacy HTA and any of the directors or executive officers on any matter relating to Legacy HTA’s operations, policies or practices.
Officer Appointments
Upon the consummation of the Merger, Todd J. Meredith became President and Chief Executive Officer of the Combined Company, J. Christopher Douglas became Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Combined Company, Amanda L. Callaway became Chief Accounting Officer and Senior Vice President of the Combined Company and the other officers of Legacy HR as of immediately prior to the Effective Time became officers of the Combined Company in the same capacities. Each of the executive officers of Legacy HR has an employment agreement with Legacy HR that was assumed by Legacy HTA. Copies of these employment agreements are furnished as Exhibits 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12, 10.13, and 10.14 hereto, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. Descriptions of the employment agreements with Todd J. Meredith and J. Christopher Douglas are included in Legacy HR’s proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on March 25, 2022, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Todd J. Meredith
, 47, was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Legacy HR in December 2016. Previously, he served as Legacy HR’s Executive Vice President—Investments since 2011, where he was responsible for overseeing Legacy HR’s investment activities, including the acquisition, financing, and development of medical office and other outpatient medical facilities. Mr. Meredith joined Legacy HR in 2001.
J. Christopher Douglas
, 46, was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Legacy HR on March 1, 2016 and had been employed by Legacy HR since 2003. He served as Legacy HR’s Senior Vice President, Acquisitions and Dispositions managing Legacy HR’s acquisition and disposition team from 2011 until March 1, 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Douglas served as Senior Vice President, Asset Administration, administering Legacy HR’s master lease portfolio and led a major disposition strategy in 2007. Mr. Douglas has a background in commercial and investment banking.
Amanda L. Callaway
, 43, was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Legacy HR on January 1, 2016, served as principal accounting officer of Legacy HR since July 31, 2014, and had been employed by Legacy HR since 2001. She is a certified public accountant and has served in various managerial accounting capacities with Legacy HR, including senior accounting manager, assistant controller, and as an associate vice president over financial reporting.

Director Appointments
Following consummation of the Merger, the board of directors of the Combined Company was increased from eight to thirteen members, consisting of (i) all nine members of the board of directors of Legacy HR serving immediately prior to the Effective Time (Todd J. Meredith, John V. Abbott, Nancy H. Agee, Edward H. Braman, Ajay Gupta, James J. Kilroy, Peter F. Lyle, John Knox Singleton and Christann M. Vasquez) and (ii) four members of the board of directors of Legacy HTA serving immediately prior to the Effective Time (W. Bradley Blair II, Vicki U. Booth, Jay P. Leupp and Constance B. Moore), who were designated by the board of directors of Legacy HTA to serve on the board of directors of the Combined Company in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement (the “
Company Designees
”), and to serve until the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders of the Combined Company (and until their respective successors qualify and are duly elected). John Knox Singleton became chair of the board of directors of the Combined Company and W. Bradley Blair II became the vice chair of the board of directors of the Combined Company.
The board of directors of the Combined Company will cause the Company Designees to be nominated to stand for election or reelection, as the case may be, to the board of directors of the Combined Company at the 2023, 2024 and 2025 annual meetings of stockholders of the Combined Company.
Until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders of the Combined Company, at least one Company Designee will serve on each committee of the board of directors of the Combined Company, with the exception of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee on which at least two Company Designees will serve.
The Combined Company’s Audit Committee consists of Edward H. Braman (Chair), Nancy Agee, James Kilroy and Jay P. Leupp. The Combined Company’s Compensation Committee consists of John Knox Singleton (Chair), Peter Lyle, Sr., John Abbott and W. Bradley Blair II. The Combined Company’s Nominating and Governance Committee consists of Christann Vasquez (Chair), Edward Braman, Ajay Gupta, Vicki U. Booth and Constance B. Moore.
In addition to Todd J. Meredith, the board of directors of the Combined Company is as follows:
John V. Abbott
, 67, retired from the General Electric Company in 2015 after over 38 years with the company. At the time of his retirement, he was Executive Vice President of GE Capital Aviation Services, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Asset Management Group. Prior to that, Mr. Abbott held several leadership positions in GE’s aircraft engine manufacturing business, including serving as Chief Financial Officer of multiple divisions.
W. Bradley Blair, II
, 78, was chairman of the board of directors of Legacy HTA from August 2, 2021 until the Effective Time. Mr. Blair was previously appointed as the lead independent director of the board of directors of Legacy HTA in December 2014 and served as an independent director of Legacy HTA since September 2006. Mr. Blair received a B.S. degree in Business from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law. Mr. Blair is a member of the American Bar Association and the North Carolina Bar Association.
Vicki U. Booth
, 59, has served as an independent director of Legacy HTA since March 2018. Ms. Booth currently serves as the President and Board Chair of the Ueberroth Family Foundation and as a Director for Hoag Hospital, part of the Providence St. Joseph Health system, where she chairs the Nominating and Governance Committee and serves on the Quality Improvement Committee, Finance Committee and Community Benefit Committee. She also serves as a Director of the Hoag Clinic. Ms. Booth received her Bachelors of Arts degree from the University of Colorado.
Nancy H. Agee
, 69, has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Carilion Clinic, a
not-for-profit
health care organization based in Roanoke, Virginia, since 2011. From 2001 to 2011, she served as the Chief Operating Officer of Carilion Clinic. Ms. Agee also serves as a director of RGC Resources, Inc., an energy company located in Roanoke, Virginia, and HomeTown Bankshares Corporation, a state chartered bank located in Roanoke, Virginia. Ms. Agee served as the chair of the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association for 2018.
Edward H. Braman
, 65, served as a self-employed finance and accounting consultant from 2015 to 2018. Mr. Braman was a partner at Ernst & Young LLP from 1997 until his retirement in 2015. While at Ernst & Young, Mr. Braman audited public and private companies in a broad variety of industries. He is a certified public accountant and also serves as a director and audit committee chairman of U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc., a publicly traded truckload carrier headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Ajay Gupta
, 44, served as the Chief Executive Officer of Physical Rehabilitation Network since 2019. He has also served as Chief Executive Officer of Gupta Capital Partners since 2017. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Envision Healthcare, in the Evolution Health Division. From 2013 to 2015, Mr. Gupta served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Integrated Oncology Network, LLC. In 2012, Mr. Gupta was a senior advisor at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Prior to that, Mr. Gupta served as a division Chief Financial Officer for HCA Healthcare.    

James J. Kilroy
, 49, served as President and Portfolio Manager at Willis Investment Counsel, an investment firm located in Gainesville, Georgia. In the fifteen years prior to joining Willis Investment Counsel in 2009, Mr. Kilroy was an analyst with a long/short hedge fund, a sell-side equity research analyst on Wall Street, and an investment banker specializing in real estate corporate finance.
Jay P. Leupp
, 58, was appointed as an independent director of Legacy HTA in January 2020. Mr. Leupp is currently the Managing Partner and Senior Portfolio Manager for Terra Firma Asset Management, LLC (“
TFAM
”). Prior to TFAM, Mr. Leupp was Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager for Lazard Asset Management LLC in San Francisco, CA where he worked from 2011 to June 2020. Mr. Leupp also holds an MBA degree from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Accounting degree from Santa Clara University. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of G.W. Williams Company, Apartment Investment and Management Company and Marathon Digital Holdings.
Peter F. Lyle
, 57, serves as Executive Vice President and Principal at Medical Management Associates, Inc., a health care consulting group based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Constance B. Moore
, 66, was elected to the board of directors of Legacy HTA effective March 11, 2022. She has served as a director of Civeo Corporation since June 2014 and as a director of TriPointe Homes since July 2014. She served as a director of Columbia Property Trust, including as chair of its board of directors in 2021, from November 2017 until it was acquired in December 2021. Ms. Moore holds an M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and a bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University. In 2009, she served as chair of National Association of REITS.
John Knox Singleton
, 73, became the chair of the Combined Company as of the Effective Time. He retired in 2018 as the Chief Executive Officer of Inova Health System headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia. He also serves as a director of Washington Mutual Investors Fund, a mutual fund located in Los Angeles, California.
Christann M. Vasquez
, 61, served as Chief Operating Officer of Ascension Texas since September 2019. Prior to that, she served as the President of Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas, a teaching hospital located in the downtown health center of Austin, Texas, President of Seton Shoal Creek Hospital, and President of Seton Medical Center Austin. From August 2009 to August 2014, Ms. Vasquez was the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of University Health System in San Antonio, Texas.
 
Item 5.03
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Changes in Fiscal Year.
The information provided in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form
8-K
is incorporated herein by reference.
Effective immediately following the Effective Time, (i) the OP adopted the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership and, in accordance with a certificate of amendment filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, changed the name of the OP to “Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.”, and (ii) in accordance with the articles of amendment filed with the SDAT, Legacy HTA changed its name to “Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated”. Copies of the articles of amendment of Legacy HTA and certificate of amendment and Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the OP are furnished as Exhibits 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 hereto, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, the OP’s partnership interests issued to limited partners other than the Combined Company are divided into Common Series A Units and Common Series B Units (the “
Common Partnership Units
”). The Common Partnership Units have rights under the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership that are identical to those under the pre-Effective Time agreement of limited partnership. The distribution and redemption rights of the Common Partnership Units are summarized under the section entitled “The Merger—Treatment of Limited Partnership Units in the Company OP” in the registration statement Legacy HTA filed on Form S-4 (File No. 333-264604) on June 9, 2022. The Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership facilitates the process of combining Legacy HR and Legacy HTA and creating a resulting UPREIT structure, as well as incorporates applicable tax-related updates based on legislative developments.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) Financial statements of businesses or funds acquired.
The audited consolidated financial statements of Legacy HR as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021 included in Legacy HR’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2022, are incorporated herein by reference.
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Legacy HR as of March 31, 2022 and for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 included in Legacy HR’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on May 5, 2022, are incorporated herein by reference.
(b) Pro forma financial information.
The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2022 and the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and the year ended December 31, 2021 included in Legacy HTA’s registration statement on
 
Form S-4,
 
filed with the SEC on June 14, 2022, are incorporated herein by reference.
(d) Exhibits.
 
Exhibit
No.
  
Description
  2.1
  
  3.1
  
  3.2
  
  3.3
  
  4.1
  
  4.2
  
  4.3
  
  4.4
  
  4.5
  
  4.6
  
  4.7
  
  4.8
  
  4.9
  
  4.10
  
  4.11
  
  4.12
  
  4.13
  
  4.14
  

Exhibit
No.
  
Description
  4.15
  
  4.16
  
10.1
  
10.2
  
10.3
  
10.4
  
10.5
  
10.6
  
10.7
  
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10.14
  
23.1
  
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalves by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
Dated: July 26, 2022
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Andrew E. Loope
 
 
Name:
 
Andrew E. Loope
 
 
Title:
 
Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel, and Secretary
 
 
Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.
 
 
By:
 
Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated,
 
 
 
its General Partner
Dated: July 26, 2022
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Andrew E. Loope
 
 
Name:
 
Andrew E. Loope
 
 
Title:
 
Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel, and Secretary

Exhibit 3.1

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

of

HEALTHCARE TRUST OF AMERICA, INC.

(a Maryland stock corporation)

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a Maryland stock corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:

FIRST: Article I of the charter of the Corporation (the “Charter”) is hereby amended to change the name of the Corporation to:

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated

SECOND: The foregoing amendment to the Charter has been approved by a majority of the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation and is limited to a change expressly authorized by Section 2-605 of the Maryland General Corporation Law to be made without action by the stockholders.

THIRD: These Articles of Amendment shall become effective at 4:30 p.m. ET on July 20, 2022.

FOURTH: The undersigned President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation acknowledges these Articles of Amendment to be the corporate act of the Corporation and, as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned President and Chief Executive Officer acknowledges that, to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties for perjury.

[Signature page follows]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles of Amendment to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and Chief Executive Officer and witnessed by its Chief Financial Officer on July 19, 2022.

 

ATTEST:

   

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc.

By:

 

/s/ Robert A. Milligan

   

By:

 

/s/ Peter N. Foss (SEAL)

Name:

 

Robert A. Milligan

   

Name:

 

Peter N. Foss

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer

   

Title:

 

Interim President and Chief Executive

       

Officer

 

 

[Signature Page to Articles of Amendment]

Exhibit 3.2

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO

CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

HEALTHCARE TRUST OF AMERICA HOLDINGS, LP

(a Delaware limited partnership)

The undersigned, for the purpose of amending a certificate of limited partnership pursuant to Sections 17-202 and 17-204 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “Act”), hereby certifies that:

A. The name of the limited partnership is Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP (the “Partnership”).

B. Article First of the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership (the “Certificate”) is hereby amended to read as follows:

“The name of the Limited Partnership is Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.”

C. Article Third of the Certificate is hereby amended as follows:

“The name and mailing address of the general partner is Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, 3310 West End Avenue, Suite 700, Nashville, Tennessee 37203.”

D. This amendment to the Certificate shall take effect at 4:30 p.m. ET on July 20, 2022.

[Signature page follows]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Amendment as of the 19th day of July, 2022.

 

HEALTHCARE TRUST OF AMERICA HOLDINGS, LP

By: Healthcare Trust of America, Inc.

Its: General Partner

By:

 

/s/ Peter N. Foss

 

Peter N. Foss

 

Interim President and Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page to Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Limited Partnership]

Exhibit 3.3

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

HEALTHCARE TRUST OF AMERICA HOLDINGS, LP

Dated as of July 20, 2022


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Page

 

ARTICLE I. DEFINED TERMS

     1  

ARTICLE II. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

     14  

2.1

  FORMATION      14  

2.2

  NAME      14  

2.3

  REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT      15  

2.4

  PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS      15  

2.5

  TERM AND TERMINATION      15  

2.6

  POWER OF ATTORNEY      15  

2.7

  EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AGREEMENT      17  

ARTICLE III. PURPOSE AND POWERS

     17  

3.1

  PURPOSE AND BUSINESS      17  

3.2

  POWERS      18  

ARTICLE IV. CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; PARTNERSHIP UNITS; ADDITIONAL FUNDS

     18  

4.1

  CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PARTNERS      18  

4.2

  ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS      19  

4.3

  ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES BY THE GENERAL PARTNER      20  

4.4

  ADDITIONAL FUNDS      21  

4.5

  NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARY      22  

4.6

  NO INTEREST      22  

4.7

  NO PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS      22  

4.8

  CAPITAL ACCOUNTS      22  

ARTICLE V. DISTRIBUTIONS

     23  

5.1

  DISTRIBUTIONS      23  

5.2

  QUALIFICATION AS A REIT      23  

5.3

  WITHHOLDING      23  

5.4

  ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS      23  

ARTICLE VI. ALLOCATIONS

     24  

6.1

  ALLOCATION OF PROFITS AND LOSSES      24  

6.2

  SPECIAL ALLOCATIONS      24  

6.3

  SPECIAL ALLOCATIONS WITH RESPECT TO LTIP PARTNERSHIP UNITS      26  

6.4

  REVISIONS TO ALLOCATIONS TO REFLECT ISSUANCE OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS      27  

 

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ARTICLE VII. MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS

     27  

7.1

  MANAGEMENT      27  

7.2

  CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP      30  

7.3

  REIMBURSEMENT OF THE GENERAL PARTNER      31  

7.4

  ACQUISITION OF LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS BY THE GENERAL PARTNER      32  

7.5

  TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES      32  

7.6

  INDEMNIFICATION      32  

7.7

  LIABILITY OF THE GENERAL PARTNER      35  

7.8

  OTHER MATTERS CONCERNING THE GENERAL PARTNER      36  

7.9

  TITLE TO PARTNERSHIP ASSETS      37  

7.10

  RELIANCE BY THIRD PARTIES      37  

ARTICLE VIII. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS

     38  

8.1

  LIMITATION OF LIABILITY      38  

8.2

  NO RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF BUSINESS      38  

8.3

  OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES OF LIMITED PARTNERS      38  

8.4

  RETURN OF CAPITAL      38  

8.5

  RIGHTS OF LIMITED PARTNERS RELATING TO THE PARTNERSHIP      39  

8.6

  REDEMPTION OF COMMON PARTNERSHIP UNITS      39  

8.7

  REDEMPTION OF LTIP PARTNERSHIP UNITS      42  

ARTICLE IX. BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS

     42  

9.1

  RECORDS AND ACCOUNTING      42  

9.2

  REPORTS      43  

ARTICLE X. TAX MATTERS

     43  

10.1

  PREPARATION OF TAX RETURNS      43  

10.2

  TAX ELECTIONS      43  

10.3

  TAX MATTERS PARTNER      44  

10.4

  ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES      45  

10.5

  WITHHOLDING      45  

ARTICLE XI. TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS

     46  

11.1

  TRANSFER      46  

11.2

  TRANSFER OF THE GENERAL PARTNER’S GENERAL PARTNER INTEREST      46  

11.3

  LIMITED PARTNERS’ RIGHTS TO TRANSFER      47  

11.4

  SUBSTITUTED LIMITED PARTNERS      48  

11.5

  ASSIGNEES      49  

11.6

  GENERAL PROVISIONS      49  

 

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ARTICLE XII. ADMISSION OF PARTNERS

     50  

12.1

  ADMISSION OF SUCCESSOR GENERAL PARTNER      50  

12.2

  ADMISSION OF ADDITIONAL LIMITED PARTNERS      50  

12.3

  AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT AND CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP      51  

ARTICLE XIII. DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION

     51  

13.1

  DISSOLUTION      51  

13.2

  WINDING UP; LIQUIDATION      52  

13.3

  NO OBLIGATION TO CONTRIBUTE DEFICIT      54  

13.4

  NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION      54  

13.5

  TERMINATION OF PARTNERSHIP AND CANCELLATION OF CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP      54  

13.6

  REASONABLE TIME FOR WINDING-UP      54  

13.7

  WAIVER OF PARTITION      54  

ARTICLE XIV. AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; MEETINGS

     55  

14.1

  AMENDMENTS      55  

14.2

  MEETINGS OF THE PARTNERS      55  

ARTICLE XV. GENERAL PROVISIONS

     56  

15.1

  ADDRESSES AND NOTICE      56  

15.2

  TITLES AND CAPTIONS      56  

15.3

  PRONOUNS AND PLURALS      56  

15.4

  FURTHER ACTION      57  

15.5

  BINDING EFFECT      57  

15.6

  CREDITORS      57  

15.7

  WAIVER      57  

15.8

  COUNTERPARTS      57  

15.9

  APPLICABLE LAW      57  

15.10

  INVALIDITY OF PROVISIONS      57  

15.11

  MERGER      57  

15.12

  NO RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDERS      57  

15.13

  ENTIRE AGREEMENT      57  

 

Exhibit A    Partners’ Contributions and Partnership Interests
Exhibit B    Notice of Redemption Request
Exhibit C    Series B Notice of Redemption Request

 

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

HEALTHCARE TRUST OF AMERICA HOLDINGS, LP

THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF HEALTHCARE TRUST OF AMERICA HOLDINGS, LP (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 20, 2022 (the “Restatement Date”), is entered into by and among (i) Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a Maryland corporation, as general partner (the “General Partner”), and (ii) those Persons who have executed this Agreement or a counterpart hereof, or who become parties hereto pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

WITNESSETH

WHEREAS, Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, L.P. (the “Partnership”) was formed as a limited partnership pursuant to the Act by filing a certificate of limited partnership with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 20, 2006;

WHEREAS, the Partnership has, since December 20, 2012, been governed by that certain Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, dated December 20, 2012 (the “Original Agreement);

WHEREAS, Section 14.1 of the Original Agreement provides that the Partnership Agreement may be amended by the General Partner without the consent of the Limited Partners (except as set forth in Section 14.1(b) thereof);

WHEREAS, the General Partner on the date hereof desires to amend and restate the Original Agreement in its entirety and to enter into this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, this Agreement shall constitute the “partnership agreement” (within the meaning of the Act) of the Partnership, and shall be binding upon all Persons now or at any time hereafter who are Partners.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and obligations set forth in this Agreement, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending legally to be bound, hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINED TERMS

Capitalized terms used in this Agreement (including exhibits, schedules and amendments) shall have the meanings set forth below or in the Section of this Agreement referred to below, except as otherwise expressly indicated or limited by the context in which they appear in this Agreement. All terms defined in this Agreement in the singular have the same meanings when used in the plural and vice versa. Accounting terms used but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to them under GAAP.

1.1 “ACT” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as amended from time to time, and any successor to such statute.


1.2 “ADDITIONAL LIMITED PARTNER” means a Person that has executed and delivered an additional limited partner signature page in the form required by the General Partner and has been admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 12.2.

1.3 “ADJUSTED CAPITAL ACCOUNT” means with respect to any Partner, the balance in such Partner’s Capital Account, determined after giving effect to the following adjustments:

(a) credit to such Capital Account any amount which such Partner (i) is treated as obligated to restore to the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c), or (ii) is deemed to be obligated to restore to the Partnership pursuant to the penultimate sentences of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5); and

(b) debit to such Capital Account the items described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6).

1.4 “ADJUSTED CAPITAL ACCOUNT DEFICIT” means, with respect to any Partner, the negative balance, if any, in such Partner’s Adjusted Capital Account as of the end of any relevant Fiscal Year. This definition of Adjusted Capital Account Deficit is intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

1.5 “ADJUSTED PARITY” shall have the meaning ascribed to it by Section 4.1(e)(ii).

1.6 “AFFILIATE” means with respect to any Person, (i) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding, with the power to vote, ten percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of such other Person; (ii) any Person ten percent or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held, with the power to vote, by such other Person; (iii) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such other Person; (iv) any executive officer, director, trustee or general partner of such other Person; and (v) any legal entity for which such Person acts as an executive officer, director, trustee or general partner.

1.7 “AGREEMENT” means this Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, as it may be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, as the context requires.

1.8 “ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT” means the General Partner’s Articles of Amendment and Restatement, filed with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation, or other organizational document governing the General Partner, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

1.9 “ASSIGNEE” means a Person to whom one or more Partnership Units have been Transferred in a manner permitted under this Agreement, but who has not become a Substituted Limited Partner, and who has the rights set forth in Section 11.5.

 

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1.10 “AVAILABLE OPERATING CASH” means the cash flows derived by the Partnership from the operation of the Partnership’s business (other than any Net Sales Proceeds or Capital Contributions) before any deduction for depreciation or amortization and after deduction of:

(a) all operating costs and expenses including taxes;

(b) all payments of principal, interest and other charges in respect of any Partnership indebtedness;

(c) all expenditures for capital improvements to the Partnership assets or property; and

(d) all reserves, whether for working capital, debt repayment, new portfolio investments or otherwise (including for the redemption of Partnership Units) that are established by the General Partner in the exercise of its sole and absolute discretion.

1.11 “BUSINESS DAY” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.

1.12 “CAPITAL ACCOUNT” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8.

1.13 “CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION” means, with respect to any Partner, any cash, cash equivalents or the fair market value of Contributed Property that such Partner contributes or is deemed to contribute to the Partnership pursuant to Article IV.

1.14 “CARRYING VALUE” means (a) with respect to a Contributed Property, the fair market value of such Contributed Property at the time such property is contributed, as determined by the General Partner and agreed to by the contributing partner, without reduction for any liabilities either assumed by the Partnership upon such contribution or to which such property was subject when contributed, reduced (but not below zero) by all Depreciation with respect to such property charged to the Partners’ Capital Accounts, and (b) with respect to any other Partnership Asset, the adjusted basis of such Partnership Asset for Federal income tax purposes, all as of the time of determination; except that the Carrying Values of all assets may, at the discretion of the General Partner, be adjusted to equal their respective fair market values (as determined by the General Partner), in accordance with the rules set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), as provided for in Section 4.8.

1.15 “CASH AMOUNT” means an amount of cash equal to the Value of the REIT Stock Amount on the Valuation Date.

1.16 “CERTIFICATE” means the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, filed on April 20, 2006, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time as herein provided in accordance with the Act.

1.17 “CODE” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any subsequent Federal law of similar import, and, to the extent applicable, any Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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1.18 “COMMON PARTNERSHIP UNIT” means any Common Series A Unit and any Common Series B Unit.

1.19 “COMMON PARTNERSHIP UNIT ECONOMIC BALANCE” shall mean as of any date, (i) the Capital Account balance of the General Partner, plus the amount of the General Partner’s share of any Partnership Minimum Gain or Partner Minimum Gain attributable to Partner Nonrecourse Debt, in either case to the extent attributable to the General Partner’s ownership of Common Partnership Units and computed on a hypothetical basis after taking into account all allocations through such date divided by (ii) the number of the General Partner’s Common Partnership Units as of such date.

1.20 “COMMON PERCENTAGE INTEREST” means, as to each Partner, the percentage determined by dividing the total number of Common Partnership Units owned by such Partner by the aggregate number of Common Partnership Units then issued and outstanding, as set forth on Exhibit A, as such exhibit may be amended from time to time.

1.21 “COMMON SERIES A UNIT” means any Partnership Unit held on or before the Restatement Date, and any subsequently issued Common Partnership Unit designated as such by the Partnership.

1.22 “COMMON SERIES B UNIT” means any Common Partnership Unit into which LTIP Partnership Units are converted.

1.23 “COMMON STOCK” means a share of the common stock of the General Partner, par value $.01 per share. Common Stock may be issued in one or more classes or series in accordance with the terms of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement. If there is more than one class or series of Common Stock, the term “Common Stock” shall, as the context requires, be deemed to refer to the class or series of Common Stock that correspond to the class or series of Partnership Units for which the reference to Common Stock is made.

1.24 “CONSENT” means the consent or approval of a proposed action by a Partner given in accordance with Section 14.2.

1.25 “CONSENT OF THE OUTSIDE LIMITED PARTNERS” means the Consent of the Outside Limited Partners holding a number of Common Partnership Units greater than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Common Partnership Units held by all Outside Limited Partners.

1.26 “CONTRIBUTED PROPERTY” means each property or other asset (but excluding cash and cash equivalents), in such form as may be contributed by a Partner to the Partnership as permitted by the Act.

1.27 “DEPRECIATION” means, for each Fiscal Year, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such year or other period for Federal income tax purposes; provided, that if the Carrying Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for Federal income tax purposes at the beginning of any such year or other period, Depreciation shall be determined in the manner described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g)(3) or 1.704-3(d)(2), whichever is applicable, and if such asset has a zero adjusted tax basis, Depreciation shall be an amount determined under any reasonable method selected by the General Partner.

 

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1.28 ”DESIGNATED INDIVIDUAL” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3.

1.29 “ENTITY” means any general partnership, limited liability company, proprietorship, corporation, joint venture, joint-stock company, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, business trust, firm, trust, estate, governmental entity, cooperative, association or other foreign or domestic enterprise.

1.30 “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding laws).

1.31 “EXIT TRIGGER EVENT” means, with respect to any LTIP Partnership Unit, a Change in Control that is a Trigger Event, as such terms are defined in the award agreement for such LTIP Partnership Agreement.

1.32 “FISCAL YEAR” means the fiscal year of the Partnership and shall be the same as its taxable year, which shall be the calendar year unless otherwise determined by the General Partner in accordance with the Code.

1.33 “GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect from time to time, applied on a consistent basis.

1.34 “GENERAL PARTNER” means Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and any successor as general partner of the Partnership.

1.35 “GENERAL PARTNER INTEREST” means a Partnership Interest held by the General Partner, in its capacity as general partner. A General Partner Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Units.

1.36 “INCAPACITY” or “INCAPACITATED” means:

(a) as to any individual Partner, death, total physical disability or entry by a court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating him incompetent to manage his person or his estate;

(b) as to any corporation that is a Partner, the filing of a certificate of dissolution, or its equivalent, for the corporation or the revocation of its charter;

(c) as to any partnership that is a Partner, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of the partnership;

(d) as to any estate that is a Partner, the distribution by the fiduciary of the estate’s entire Partnership Interest;

(e) as to any trustee of a trust that is a Partner, the termination of the trust (but not the substitution of a new trustee); or

 

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(f) as to any Partner, the bankruptcy of such Partner, which shall be deemed to have occurred when:

(i) the Partner commences a voluntary proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect;

(ii) the Partner is adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a final and nonappealable order for relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect has been entered against the Partner;

(iii) the Partner executes and delivers a general assignment for the benefit of the Partner’s creditors;

(iv) the Partner files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against the Partner in any proceeding of the nature described in clause (ii) above;

(v) the Partner seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator for the Partner or for all or any substantial part of the Partner’s assets;

(vi) any proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief of or against such Partner under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect has not been dismissed within one hundred twenty (120) days after the commencement thereof;

(vii) the appointment without the Partner’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or liquidator has not been vacated or stayed within ninety (90) days of such appointment; or

(viii) an appointment referred to in clause (vii) which has been stayed is not vacated within ninety (90) days after the expiration of any such stay.

1.37 “INDEMNITEE” means

(a) any Person made a party to a proceeding by reason of its status as:

(i) the General Partner;

(ii) a Limited Partner;

(iii) a director, trustee, manager, member or officer of the Partnership, or the General Partner; or

(iv) a director, trustee, manager, member or officer of any other Entity, serving in such capacity at the request of the Partnership, or the General Partner , acting on behalf of the Partnership or the General Partner; or

 

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(b) such other Persons (including Affiliates of the General Partner) as the General Partner may designate from time to time (whether before or after the event giving rise to potential liability), in its sole and absolute discretion.

1.38 “IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States.

1.39 “JOINT VENTURE” means those joint venture or partnership arrangements in which the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries is a co-venturer or general partner established to acquire or hold Assets.

1.40 “LIEN” means any lien, security interest, mortgage, deed of trust, charge, claim, encumbrance, pledge, option, right of first offer or first refusal and any other right or interest of others of any kind or nature, actual or contingent, or other similar encumbrance of any nature whatsoever.

1.41 “LIMITED PARTNER” means any Person named as a limited partner of the Partnership in Exhibit A, as such Exhibit may be amended from time to time, upon the execution and delivery by such Person of an additional limited partner signature page, including any Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner in each case, in such Person’s capacity as a limited partner of the Partnership.

1.42 “LIMITED PARTNER INTEREST” means a Partnership Interest of a Limited Partner in the Partnership. A Limited Partner Interest may be expressed as a number of Common Partnership Units and/or LTIP Partnership Units.

1.43 “LIQUIDATING EVENT” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1.

1.44 “LIQUIDATING GAINS” means any net gain realized in connection with the actual or hypothetical sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership (including upon the occurrence of any event of liquidation of the Partnership), including but not limited to net gain realized in connection with a revaluation of partnership property pursuant to Section 4.8.

1.45 “LIQUIDATING LOSSES” means any net loss realized in connection with the actual or hypothetical sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership (including upon the occurrence of any event of liquidation of the Partnership), including but not limited to net loss realized in connection with a revaluation of partnership property pursuant to Section 4.8.

1.46 “LIQUIDATOR” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.2.

1.47 “LTIP CAPITAL COMMITMENT” has the meaning ascribed to it by Section 4.1(c).

1.48 “LTIP ECONOMIC BALANCE” means, with respect to an LTIP Partnership Unit, as of any date, (i) the Capital Account balance of its holder, plus the amount of such holder’s share of any Partnership Minimum Gain or Partner Minimum Gain attributable to Partner Nonrecourse Debt, in either case as of such date and only to the extent attributable to its ownership of LTIP Partnership Units of such class issued with the same terms, divided by (ii) the number of LTIP Partnership Units of the same class issued with the same terms that are held by such holder.

 

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1.49 “LTIP PARTNERSHIP UNITS” means Partnership Units designated as such by the Partnership, and includes LTIP Series C Units and LTIP Series D Units.

1.50 “LTIP SERIES C UNITS” means LTIP Partnership Units designated as such by the Partnership.

1.51 “LTIP SERIES D UNITS” means LTIP Partnership Units designated as such by the Partnership.

1.52 “MORTGAGE” means in connection with mortgage financing provided, invested in, participated in or purchased by the Partnership, all of the notes, deeds of trust, security interests or other evidence of indebtedness or obligations, which are secured or collateralized by Real Property owned by the borrowers under such notes, deeds of trust, security interests or other evidence of indebtedness or obligations.

1.53 “NET ASSETS” means the total assets of the Partnership (other than intangibles) at cost, before deducting depreciation, reserves for bad debts or other non-cash reserves, less total liabilities, calculated quarterly by the Partnership on a basis consistently applied.

1.54 “NET SALES PROCEEDS” means in the case of a transaction described in clause (i)(A) of the definition of Sale, the proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Partnership, including all real estate commissions, closing costs and legal fees and expenses. In the case of a transaction described in clause (i)(B) of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Partnership, including any legal fees and expenses and other selling expenses incurred in connection with such transaction. In the case of a transaction described in clause (i)(C) of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction actually distributed to the Partnership from the Joint Venture less the amount of any selling expenses, including legal fees and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Partnership (other than those paid by the Joint Venture). In the case of a transaction or series of transactions described in clause (i)(D) of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction (including the aggregate of all payments under a Mortgage on or in satisfaction thereof other than regularly scheduled interest payments) less the amount of selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Partnership, including all commissions, closing costs and legal fees and expenses. In the case of a transaction described in clause (i)(E) of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Partnership, including any legal fees and expenses and other selling expenses incurred in connection with such transaction. In the case of a transaction described in clause (ii) of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of such transaction or series of transactions less all amounts generated thereby which are reinvested in one or more Partnership Assets within 180 days thereafter and less the amount of any real estate commissions, closing costs, and legal fees and expenses and other selling expenses incurred by or allocated to the Partnership in connection with such transaction or series of transactions. Net Sales Proceeds shall also include any amounts that the General Partner determines, in its discretion, to be economically equivalent to the proceeds of a Sale. Net Sales Proceeds shall not include (i) any reserves established by the General Partner, in its sole discretion, and (ii) the receipt by the Partnership of Capital Contributions.

 

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1.55 “NET UNRETURNED EQUITY” of an LTIP Partnership Unit equals (x) the aggregate capital contributions made with respect to such unit (or deemed made through application of distributions pursuant to Section 4.1(c) with respect to such unit), minus (y) the sum of (i) the aggregate distributions made with respect to such unit and (ii) the aggregate amount of Losses allocated to such unit, plus (z) the aggregate amount of Profits allocated to such unit.

1.56 “NONRECOURSE DEDUCTIONS” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(1) and 1.704-2(c).

1.57 “NONRECOURSE LIABILITIES” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(3).

1.58 “OUTSIDE LIMITED PARTNERS” means the Limited Partners, excluding any Limited Partner that is, or is an Affiliate of, the General Partner.

1.59 “OVERALL INTEREST” means, as to any Partner, an amount equal to (A) the sum of (w) the number of Common Partnership Units and LTIP Series D Units held by such Partner and (x) ten percent multiplied by the number of LTIP Series C Units held by such Partner, divided by (A) the sum of (y) the total number of Common Partnership Units and LTIP Series D Units outstanding and (z) ten percent multiplied by the total number of LTIP Series C Units outstanding.

1.60 “PARTNER” means a General Partner or a Limited Partner, and “Partners” means the General Partner and the Limited Partners, collectively.

1.61 “PARTNER MINIMUM GAIN” means an amount, with respect to each Partner’s Partner Nonrecourse Debt, equal to the Partnership Minimum Gain that would result if such Partner Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a Nonrecourse Liability, determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3).

1.62 “PARTNER NONRECOURSE DEBT” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).

1.63 “PARTNER NONRECOURSE DEDUCTIONS” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2), and the amount of Partner Nonrecourse Deductions with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt for a Partnership taxable year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2).

1.64 “PARTNERSHIP” means Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, and any successor thereto.

1.65 “PARTNERSHIP ASSET” means the interest of the Partnership in any Entity or security (whether in corporate securities, equity, debt or hybrid securities, partnership or joint venture interests, other contractual rights or otherwise), or any other Real Estate Assets or other assets owned, directly or indirectly, by the Partnership, as determined by the General Partner.

 

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1.66 “PARTNERSHIP INTEREST” means the entire ownership interest of a Partner in the Partnership at any particular time which represents a Capital Contribution by such Partner and which includes the right of such Partner to any and all benefits to which such Partner may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with the obligations of such Partner to comply with all terms and provisions of this Agreement. A Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of Common Partnership Units and/or LTIP Partnership Units.

1.67 “PARTNERSHIP MINIMUM GAIN” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(2), and the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain, as well as any net increase or decrease in a Partnership Minimum Gain, for a Partnership taxable year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(d).

1.68 “PARTNERSHIP RECORD DATE” means the record date established by the General Partner for the distribution by the Partnership of Available Operating Cash, Net Sales Proceeds or other Partnership Assets pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, which record date shall be the same as the record date established by the General Partner for a distribution to its stockholders of some or all of its portion of such distribution by the Partnership.

1.69 “PARTNERSHIP REPRESENTATIVE” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3.

1.70 “PARTNERSHIP TAX AUDIT RULES” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3.

1.71 “PARTNERSHIP UNIT” means a unit of Partnership Interest with the rights, powers and duties set forth herein, designated as such on Exhibit A and expressed in the number set forth on Exhibit A, as such exhibit may be amended from time to time.

1.72 “PERCENTAGE INTEREST” means, as to each Partner, such Partner’s Common Percentage Interest and such Partner’s Overall Interest.

1.73 “PERMITTED TRANSFEREE” means with respect to a Person, (a) any Affiliate of such Person, (b) the spouse of such Person or any ancestor, descendent or sibling of such Person or of the spouse of such Person, or (c) any trust for the benefit of such Person or any other Person described in clause (b) of this Section 1.73.

1.74 “PERSON” means any individual or Entity, and the heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of such individual or Entity where the context so permits.

1.75 “PROFITS” and “LOSSES” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(f).

1.76 “PROHIBITED TRANSFEREE” means any Person who is a:

(a) Person who is a “designated national,” “specially designated national,” “specially designated terrorist,” “specially designated global terrorist,” “foreign terrorist organization,” or “blocked person” within the definitions set forth in the Foreign Assets Control Regulations of the United States Treasury Department, 31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended;

(b) Person acting on behalf of, or an entity owned or controlled by, any government against whom the United States maintains economic sanctions or embargoes under the Regulations of the United States Treasury Department, 31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended; or

 

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(c) Person subject to restrictions imposed by the following statutes or Regulations and Executive Orders issued thereunder: the Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. app. Sections 1 et. seq., the Iraq Sanctions Act, Pub. L. 101-513, Title V, Sections 586 to 586J, 104 Stat. 2047, the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. Sections 1601 et. seq., the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214-1319, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. Sections 1701 et seq., the United Nations Participation Act, 22 U.S.C. Section 287c, the International Security and Development Cooperation Act, 22 U.S.C. Section 2349aa-9, the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 1994, Pub. L. 103-236, 108 Stat. 507, the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. Sections 1901 et. seq., the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-172, 110 Stat. 1541, the Cuban Democracy Act, 22 U.S.C. Sections 6001 et seq., the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, 22 U.S.C. Sections 6021-91, and the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, Pub. L. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009-172, or any other law of similar import as to any non-U.S. country or Person, as each such Act or law has been or may be amended, adjusted, modified, or reviewed from time to time.

1.77 “PROPERTY” OR “PROPERTIES” means, as the context requires, any, or all, respectively, of the Real Property acquired by the Partnership, directly or indirectly through joint venture arrangements or other partnership or investment interests.

1.78 “REAL ESTATE ASSETS” means unimproved and improved real property, real estate-related assets and any direct or indirect interest therein (including, without limitation, fee or leasehold interests, options, leases, partnership and joint venture interests, equity and debt securities of entities that own real estate, first or second mortgages on real property, mezzanine loans secured by junior liens on real property, preferred equity interests secured by a property owner’s interest in real property and other contractual rights in real estate).

1.79 “REAL PROPERTY” means land, rights in land (including leasehold interests), and any buildings, structures, improvements, furnishings, fixtures and equipment located on or used in connection with land and rights or interests in land.

1.80 “REDEEMING PARTNER” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.

1.81 “REDEMPTION AMOUNT” means either the Cash Amount or the REIT Stock Amount, as determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion.

1.82 [Reserved]

1.83 “REIT” means a “real estate investment trust” as defined under Section 856 of the Code.

1.84 “REIT NOTICE” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(h).

1.85 “REIT REQUIREMENTS” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.

 

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1.86 “REIT STOCK” means the Common Stock and all other shares of capital stock of the General Partner.

1.87 “REIT STOCK AMOUNT” means a number of shares of REIT Stock equal to the number of Common Partnership Units offered for redemption by a Redeeming Partner; provided that in the event that the General Partner issues to all holders of REIT Stock rights, options, warrants, or convertible or exchangeable securities entitling stockholders of the General Partner to acquire REIT Stock, or any other securities or property (collectively, the “rights”), then the REIT Stock Amount shall also include such rights that a holder of that number of shares of REIT Stock would be entitled to receive.

1.88 “SALE” means (i) any transaction or series of transactions whereby: (A) the Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its ownership of any Property or portion thereof, including the lease of any Property consisting of a building only, and including any event with respect to any Property which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards; (B) the Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its ownership of all or substantially all of the interest of the Partnership in any Joint Venture in which it is a co-venturer or partner; (C) any Joint Venture directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) in which the Partnership as a co-venturer or partner sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its ownership of any Property or portion thereof, including any event with respect to any Property which gives rise to insurance claims or condemnation awards; (D) the Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, conveys or relinquishes its interest in any Mortgage or portion thereof (including with respect to any Mortgage, all payments thereunder or in satisfaction thereof other than regularly scheduled interest payments) of amounts owed pursuant to such Mortgage and any event which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or similar awards; or (E) the Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its ownership of any other Partnership Asset not previously described in this definition or any portion thereof, but (ii) not including any transaction or series of transactions specified in clause (i)(A) through (E) above in which the proceeds of such transaction or series of transactions are reinvested by the Partnership in one or more Partnership Assets within 180 days thereafter, and not including the receipt by the Partnership of Capital Contributions.

1.89 “SECURITIES” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).

1.90 “SECURITIES ACT” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

1.91 “SERIES A NOTICE OF REDEMPTION REQUEST” means a notice of redemption request substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.

1.92 “SERIES A REDEMPTION RIGHT” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(a).

1.93 “SERIES B NOTICE OF REDEMPTION REQUEST” means a notice of redemption request substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto.

 

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1.94 “SERIES B REDEMPTION REQUEST” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(b).

1.95 “SPECIFIED REDEMPTION DATE” means the tenth (10th) Business Day after receipt by the General Partner of a Series A Notice of Redemption Request (or, in the case of the General Partner exercising the Series A Redemption Right, after the date of the General Partner’s receipt of a REIT Notice) or a Series B Notice of Redemption Request, as applicable.

1.96 “STOCK INCENTIVE PLANS” means, collectively, any and all plans adopted from time to time by the General Partner pursuant to which REIT Stock is issued, or options to acquire REIT Stock are granted, to employees or directors of the General Partner, employees of the Partnership or employees of their respective Affiliates in consideration for services or future services.

1.97 “SUBSIDIARY” means, with respect to any Person, any Entity of which a majority of the voting power or the voting equity securities, and/or the outstanding equity interests (whether or not voting), is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.

1.98 “SUBSTITUTED LIMITED PARTNER” means a Person who is admitted as a Limited Partner to the Partnership pursuant to Section 11.4 hereof.

1.99 “TARGET BALANCE” has the meaning ascribed to it by Section 6.3(a).

1.100 “TERMINATING SALE TRANSACTION” means any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership or a related series of transactions that, taken together, result in the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership.

1.101 “TRANSFER” means to give, sell, assign, pledge, hypothecate, devise, bequeath, or otherwise dispose of, transfer, or permit to be transferred, during life or at death. The word “Transfer,” when used as a noun, shall mean any Transfer transaction.

1.102 “TREASURY REGULATIONS” means the Federal income tax regulations, including any temporary and, to the extent taxpayers are permitted to rely on them, proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code, as such Treasury Regulations may be amended from time to time (it being understood that all references herein to specific sections of the Treasury Regulations shall be deemed also to refer to any corresponding provisions of succeeding Treasury Regulations).

1.103 “UNPAID LTIP CAPITAL COMMITMENT” means, as of any date, the unpaid portion of any LTIP Capital Commitment with respect to any LTIP Partnership Unit.

1.104 “UNVESTED LTIP PARTNERSHIP UNIT” means any LTIP Partnership Unit that is not a Vested LTIP Partnership Unit.

1.105 “VALUATION DATE” means the date of receipt by the General Partner of a Series A Notice of Redemption Request or Series B Notice of Redemption Request (or, in the case of the General Partner exercising the Series A Redemption Right, the date of the General Partner’s receipt of a REIT Notice) or, if such date is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter.

 

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1.106 “VALUE” means, with respect to a share of REIT Stock, (a) if REIT Stock is traded on a national securities exchange or otherwise traded over-the-counter, the average of the daily Market Price (as defined below) for shares of REIT Stock for the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the Valuation Date, or (b) if REIT Stock is not traded in a manner described in clause (a), the value of a share of REIT Stock as determined by the General Partner acting in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment, appropriate. The “Market Price” for each such trading day shall be (i) the last reported sale price on such day or, if no sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the General Partner; or (ii) if no such last reported sale price or closing bid and asked prices are available, the average of the reported high bid and low asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the General Partner, or (iii) if there shall be no bid and asked prices on such day, the average of the high bid and low asked prices, as so reported, on the most recent day (not more than ten (10) days prior to the date in question) for which prices have been so reported. In the event the REIT Stock Amount includes rights that a holder of REIT Stock would be entitled to receive, then the Value of such rights shall be determined by the General Partner acting in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment, appropriate.

1.107 “VESTING DATE” means, as to any LTIP Partnership Unit, the date on which such LTIP Partnership Unit vests, pursuant to the award agreement granting such LTIP Partnership Unit.

1.108 “VESTED LTIP PARTNERSHIP UNIT” means any LTIP Partnership Unit that has vested pursuant to the award agreement granting such LTIP Partnership Unit.

ARTICLE II.

ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

2.1 FORMATION. The Partnership is a limited partnership organized pursuant to the provisions of the Act and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Except as expressly provided herein to the contrary, the rights and obligations of the Partners and the administration and termination of the Partnership shall be governed by the Act.

2.2 NAME. The name of the Partnership is Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP. The Partnership’s business may be conducted under such name or under any other name or names deemed advisable by the General Partner, including the name of the General Partner or any Affiliate thereof. The words “Limited Partnership,” “L.P.,” “Ltd.” or similar words or letters shall be included in the Partnership’s name where necessary for the purposes of complying with the laws of any jurisdiction that so requires. The General Partner, acting in its sole and absolute discretion without the Consent of any Limited Partner, may change the name of the Partnership. The General Partner shall notify the Limited Partners of any such name change in the next regular communication to the Limited Partners.

 

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2.3 REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT. The address of the registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware shall be c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Suite 400, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE 19801, or such other place as may be designated from time to time by the General Partner. The name of the registered agent for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware at such address shall be The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Suite 400, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE 19801, or such other Person as may be designated from time to time by the General Partner.

2.4 PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS. The Partnership may maintain offices at such other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the General Partner deems advisable. The principal office of the Partnership shall be 3310 West End Avenue, Suite 700, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, or such other place as the General Partner may from time to time designate by notice to the Limited Partners.

2.5 TERM AND TERMINATION. The term of the Partnership shall commence on the date hereof and shall continue indefinitely, unless the Partnership is dissolved sooner pursuant to the provisions of Article XIII or as otherwise provided by law.

2.6 POWER OF ATTORNEY.

(a) Each Limited Partner and each Assignee who accepts Partnership Units (or any other Partnership Interest or any rights, benefits or privileges associated therewith) is deemed to irrevocably constitute and appoint the General Partner, any Liquidator and authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact of each, and each such Person acting singly, in each case with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in its name, place and stead to:

(i) execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices:

(A) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including, without limitation, this Agreement and the Certificate and all amendments or restatements thereof) that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to form, qualify or continue the existence or qualification of the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the Limited Partners have limited liability) in the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in which the Partnership may or plans to conduct business or own property, including, without limitation, any documents necessary or advisable to convey any Contributed Property to the Partnership;

(B) all instruments that the General Partner or any Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement in accordance with its terms;

(C) all conveyances and other instruments or documents that the General Partner or any Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, a certificate of cancellation;

 

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(D) all instruments relating to the admission, withdrawal, removal or substitution of any Partner pursuant to, or other events described in, Article XI, XII or XIII hereof or any Capital Contribution of any Partner;

(E) all certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the determination of the rights, preferences and privileges of Partnership Interests;

(F) all amendments to this Agreement as provided in Article XIV hereof; and

(G) all other instruments that may be required by law to be filed on behalf of or relating to the Partnership and that are not inconsistent with this Agreement; and

(ii) execute, swear to, seal, acknowledge and file all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates and other instruments appropriate or necessary, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or any Liquidator, to make, evidence, give, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action which is made or given by the Partners hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement or appropriate or necessary, in the sole discretion of the General Partner or any Liquidator, to effectuate the terms or intent of this Agreement.

Nothing contained herein shall be construed as authorizing the General Partner or any Liquidator to amend this Agreement except in accordance with Article XIV hereof or as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement.

(b) The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a power coupled with an interest, in recognition of the fact that each of the Partners will be relying upon the power of the General Partner and any Liquidator to act as contemplated by this Agreement in any filing or other action by it on behalf of the Partnership, and it shall survive and not be affected by the subsequent Incapacity of any Limited Partner or Assignee and/or the Transfer of all or any portion of such Limited Partner’s or Assignee’s Partnership Units and shall extend to such Limited Partner’s or Assignee’s heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives.

(c) Each such Limited Partner or Assignee hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by the General Partner or any Liquidator, acting in good faith pursuant to such power of attorney, and each such Limited Partner or Assignee hereby waives any and all defenses which may be available to contest, negate or disaffirm the action of the General Partner or any Liquidator, taken in good faith under such power of attorney.

(d) Each Limited Partner or Assignee shall execute and deliver to the General Partner or the Liquidator, within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the General Partner’s or Liquidator’s request therefor, such further designation, powers of attorney and other instruments as the General Partner or the Liquidator, as the case may be, deems necessary to effectuate this Agreement and the purposes of the Partnership.

(e) Any Person dealing with the Partnership may conclusively presume and rely upon the fact that any instrument referred to in this Section 2.6, executed by the General Partner or the Liquidator acting as attorney-in-fact, is authorized by and binding on the Partnership, without further inquiry.

 

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2.7 EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall govern the operations of the Partnership and the rights and restrictions applicable to the Partners, to the extent permitted by law. Pursuant to the Act, all Persons who become holders of Partnership Interests shall be bound by the provisions of this Agreement. The execution by a Person of this Agreement and acceptance thereof by the General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the receipt of Partnership Interests by a Person as a successor or assign of an existing Partner and the consent of the General Partner to the admission of such Person as a Substituted Limited Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a request that the records of the Partnership reflect such admission, and shall be deemed to be a sufficient act to comply with the requirements of the Act and to so cause that Person to become a Partner as of the date of acceptance of its Capital Contribution by the Partnership and to bind that Person to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (and to entitle that Person to the rights of a Partner hereunder).

ARTICLE III.

PURPOSE AND POWERS

3.1 PURPOSE AND BUSINESS. The purpose and nature of the business to be conducted by the Partnership is to conduct any business that may be lawfully conducted by a limited partnership organized pursuant to the Act, including, without limitation, to engage in the following activities:

(a) to acquire, hold, own, develop, construct, improve, maintain, operate, sell, lease, transfer, encumber, convey, exchange and otherwise dispose of or deal with Real Estate Assets;

(b) to acquire, hold, own, develop, construct, maintain, operate, sell, lease, transfer, encumber, convey, exchange and otherwise dispose of or deal with other real and personal property of all kinds;

(c) acquire, own, hold for investment and ultimately dispose of general and limited partner interests, and stock, warrants, options or other equity and debt interests in Entities, and exercise all rights and powers granted to the owner of any such interests;

(d) make any type of investment and engage in any other lawful act or activity for which limited partnerships may be formed under the Act, and by such statement all lawful acts and activities shall be within the purposes of the Partnership;

(e) to undertake such other activities as may be necessary, advisable, desirable or convenient to the business of the Partnership; and

(f) to engage in such other ancillary activities as shall be necessary or desirable to effectuate the foregoing purposes; provided, however, that such business shall be limited to and conducted in such a manner as to permit the General Partner at all times to be classified as a REIT, unless the General Partner determines not to qualify as a REIT or ceases to qualify as a REIT for reasons other than the conduct of the business of the Partnership.

 

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3.2 POWERS.

(a) The Partnership is empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, incidental to or convenient for the furtherance and accomplishment of the purposes and business described in Section 3.1 and for the protection and benefit of the Partnership including, without limitation, full power and authority to enter into, perform, and carry out contracts of any kind, to borrow money and to issue evidences of indebtedness, whether or not secured by mortgage, trust deed, pledge or other Lien, and, directly or indirectly, to acquire, hold, own, develop, construct, improve, maintain and operate Real Estate Assets, and to sell, lease, transfer, encumber, convey, exchange and otherwise dispose of Real Estate Assets.

(b) The General Partner also is empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary, appropriate or advisable to ensure that the Partnership will not be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code, including, but not limited to, imposing restrictions on Transfers of Partnership Units.

ARTICLE IV.

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; PARTNERSHIP UNITS; ADDITIONAL FUNDS

4.1 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PARTNERS.

(a) Initial Capital Contributions. The General Partner and the Limited Partners have made the Capital Contributions as set forth on Exhibit A in exchange for the number of Partnership Units set forth opposite their names on Exhibit A of the Original Agreement. At such time as Additional Limited Partners were or will be admitted to the Partnership, each such Additional Limited Partner made or shall make Capital Contributions in the amount set forth opposite such Limited Partner’s name on Exhibit A, as amended at the time of such contribution.

(b) Deemed Capital Contributions. To the extent the Partnership acquires any property by the merger of any other Person into the Partnership or the contribution of assets by any other Person to the Partnership, Persons who receive Partnership Interests in exchange for their interests in the Person merging into or contributing assets to the Partnership shall become Partners and shall be deemed to have made Capital Contributions as provided in the applicable merger agreement or contribution agreement and as set forth in Exhibit A, as amended to reflect such deemed Capital Contributions.

(c) LTIP Capital Contributions. The holder of any LTIP Partnership Unit shall make a contribution of capital to the Partnership with respect to such LTIP Partnership Unit as is specified in the award agreement for such LTIP Partnership Unit (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be zero), payable on demand or to be offset by any distributions paid with respect to such LTIP Partnership Unit (the “LTIP Capital Commitment”).

 

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(d) Partnership Units. Each Partner shall own Partnership Units in the amounts set forth for such Partner in Exhibit A and shall have a Common Percentage Interest and Overall Interest as set forth in Exhibit A, which Percentage Interests shall be adjusted in Exhibit A from time to time by the General Partner to the extent necessary to reflect accurately redemptions, additional Capital Contributions, the issuance of additional Partnership Units, Transfers or similar events having an effect on the number of Partnership Units held by, and the Percentage Interest(s) of, any Partner. Each Common Partnership Unit shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote on all matters on which the Partners (or any portion of the Partners) are entitled to vote under this Agreement. LTIP Partnership Units shall have no voting rights under this Agreement.

(e) Conversion of Vested LTIP Partnership Units.

(i) Subject to clause (ii) of this subsection (e), each Vested LTIP Partnership Unit shall be automatically converted into one Common Series B Unit on the latest of (A) its Vesting Date, (B) the date that its LTIP Economic Balance is equal to the Common Partnership Unit Economic Balance and (C) the date on which the Unpaid LTIP Capital Commitment with respect to such Vested LTIP Partnership Unit is equal to zero, unless such Vested LTIP Partnership Unit has been forfeited by its own terms prior to such date.

(ii) If (A) LTIP Partnership Units become Vested LTIP Partnership Units as a result of an Exit Trigger Event, and (B) the application of Section 6.3 does not cause the LTIP Economic Balance of each such Vested LTIP Partnership Unit to be equal to or greater than the difference between the Common Partnership Unit Economic Balance and the Unpaid LTIP Capital Commitment of such Vested LTIP Partnership Unit (any such Vested LTIP Partnership Unit for which such condition is met shall have achieved “Adjusted Parity”), then any such Vested LTIP Partnership Unit that has not achieved Adjusted Parity after application of Section 6.3 shall not be eligible for one-for-one conversion into a Common Series B Unit. As determined by the General Partner, unless otherwise provided in the award agreement, such Vesting LTIP Partnership Units shall either be (a) converted into a lower number of Common Series B Units as to which Adjusted Parity is achieved or (b) redeemed within five (5) Business Days following such Exit Trigger Event for an amount equal to the applicable Partner’s Net Unreturned Equity in such LTIP Partnership Unit.

(c) No Additional Capital Contributions. Except as provided in Sections 4.1(c), 4.3(a) and 10.5, the Partners shall have no obligation to make any additional Capital Contributions or provide any additional funding to the Partnership (whether in the form of loans or otherwise) and no Partner shall have any obligation to restore any deficit that may exist in its Capital Account, either upon a liquidation of the Partnership or otherwise.

4.2 ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS.

(a) The General Partner is authorized to cause the Partnership to issue additional Partnership Interests (or options or warrants to acquire Partnership Interests) in the form of Partnership Units or other Partnership Interests in one or more series or classes to any Persons at any time or from time to time, on such terms and conditions as the General Partner shall establish in each case in its sole and absolute discretion subject to Delaware law, including, without limitation, (i) the allocations of items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to each class or series of Partnership Interests, (ii) the right of each class or series of Partnership Interests to share in Partnership distributions, and (iii) the rights of each class or series of Partnership Interest upon dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership; provided, that, no such Partnership Interests shall be issued to the General Partner unless either (A) the Partnership Interests are issued pursuant to Section 4.3, or (B) the additional Partnership Interests are issued to all Partners holding Partnership Interests in the same class in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests in such class.

 

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(b) Subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 4.2(a) and 4.3(a), the General Partner may take such steps as it, in its sole and absolute discretion, deems necessary or appropriate to admit any Person as a Limited Partner of the Partnership in accordance with Section 12.2 or to issue any Partnership Interests, including, without limitation, amending the Certificate, Exhibit A or any other provision of this Agreement.

(c) Without limiting the foregoing, the General Partner is expressly authorized to cause the Partnership to issue Partnership Interests (or options to acquire Partnership Interests) for less than fair market value, so long as the General Partner concludes in good faith that such issuance is in the interest of the Partnership and the Partners (for example, and not by way of limitation, the issuance of Partnership Units in connection with a Stock Incentive Plan providing for employee purchases of REIT Stock and corresponding Partnership Units at a discount from fair market value or employee options that have an exercise price that is less than the fair market value of the REIT Stock and corresponding Partnership Units covered by the option, either at the time of issuance or at the time of exercise).

4.3 ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES BY THE GENERAL PARTNER.

(a) General. The General Partner shall not issue any debt securities, preferred stock, Common Stock, any other class of REIT Stock or rights, options, warrants or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for preferred stock, Common Stock or any other class of REIT Stock (collectively, “Securities”), other than (1) as payment of the REIT Stock Amount in connection with a redemption of Partnership Units pursuant to Section 8.6, (2) upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of other outstanding securities of the General Partner in accordance with the terms of such securities, or (3) to all holders of REIT Stock on a pro rata basis, unless the General Partner shall: (i) in the case of REIT Stock or other equity Securities other than Securities described in clause (ii) below, (A) contribute to the Partnership the proceeds of or consideration (including any property or other non-cash assets) received upon the issuance of such Securities, and (B) receive from the Partnership in consideration for such contributions Partnership Interests with the same terms and conditions, including dividend, dividend priority and liquidation preference, as are applicable to such Securities (including, for purposes of clarification, Partnership Units in the case of any issuance of Common Stock by the General Partner); (ii) in the case of options, warrants or other rights to purchase REIT Stock, or other equity securities convertible into or exchangeable for REIT Stock, (A) contribute to the Partnership the proceeds of or consideration (including any property or other non-cash assets) received upon the issuance of such equity Securities, and (B) receive from the Partnership in consideration for such contributions a number of options, warrants or other rights to purchase Partnership Interests equal to the number of such Securities issued by the General Partner, with equivalent rights, preferences and limitations to the terms of such equity Securities; and (iii) in the case of debt securities, lend to the Partnership the proceeds of or consideration received for such Securities on the same terms and conditions, including interest rate and repayment schedule, as shall be applicable with respect to or incurred in connection with the issuance of such Securities and the proceeds of, or consideration received from, any subsequent exercise, exchange or conversion thereof (if applicable).

 

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(b) Splits. The Partnership shall (i) make a distribution in Partnership Units, (ii) subdivide its outstanding Partnership Units, or (iii) combine its outstanding Partnership Units into a smaller number of Partnership Units, in the event the General Partner takes an analogous action with respect to the Common Stock. The intent of the previous sentence is that one Partnership Unit remains the economic equivalent of one share of Common Stock without dilution. If the General Partner determines that it is necessary or desirable to make any filings under the Act or otherwise in order to reference the existence of such action, the General Partner may cause such filings to be made, which filings might take the form of amendments to the Certificate; provided, however, that, unless specifically required by this Agreement or the Act after giving effect to the terms of this Agreement, no approval or consent of any Partners shall be required in connection with the making of any such filing.

(c) Treatment of Proceeds. If the proceeds actually received by the General Partner in connection with an issuance of Securities by the General Partner are less than the gross proceeds of such offering, grant, award or issuance as a result of any underwriter’s discounts, commissions or other fees or expenses paid or incurred in connection with such offering, grant, award or issuance, then the General Partner shall be deemed to have made a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in the amount of the gross proceeds of such offering, grant, award or issuance and the Partnership shall be deemed simultaneously to have paid pursuant to Section 7.3(c) for the amount of such expenses.

4.4 ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

(a) The sums of money required to finance the business and affairs of the Partnership shall be derived from the initial Capital Contributions made to the Partnership by the Partners as set forth in Section 4.1 and from funds generated from the operation and business of the Partnership.

(b) In the event additional financing is needed from sources other than as set forth in Section 4.4(a) for any reason, the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, in such amounts and at such times as it solely shall determine to be necessary or appropriate:

(i) cause the Partnership to issue additional Partnership Interests and admit additional Limited Partners to the Partnership in accordance with Section 4.2;

(ii) make additional Capital Contributions to the Partnership (subject to the provisions of Section 4.3(a));

(iii) cause the Partnership to borrow money, enter into loan arrangements, issue debt securities, obtain letters of credit or otherwise borrow money on a secured or unsecured basis;

(iv) make a loan or loans to the Partnership (subject to Section 4.3(a)); or

 

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(v) cause the Partnership to sell any assets or properties directly or indirectly owned by the Partnership.

4.5 NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARY. No creditor or other third party having dealings with the Partnership shall have the right to enforce the right or obligations of any Partner to make Capital Contributions or loans or to pursue any other right or remedy hereunder or at law or in equity, it being understood and agreed that the provisions of this Agreement shall be solely for the benefit of, and may be enforced solely by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

4.6 NO INTEREST. No Partner shall be entitled to interest on any Capital Contribution or on such Partner’s Capital Account.

4.7 NO PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS. Subject to any preemptive rights that may be granted in connection with the issuance of Partnership Interests under Section 4.3(a), no Person shall have any preemptive or other similar right with respect to any:

(a) additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership; or

(b) issuance or sale of any Partnership Units or other Partnership Interests.

4.8 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS. The Partnership shall establish and maintain throughout the life of the Partnership for each Partner a separate “Capital Account” in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). If (i) a new or existing Partner acquires an additional Partnership Interest in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution, (ii) the Partnership distributes to a Partner more than a de minimis amount of Partnership property as consideration for a Partnership Interest, (iii) a new or existing Partner acquires a more than de minimis additional Partnership Interest as consideration for the provision of services to or for the benefit of the Partnership in a partner capacity or in anticipation of becoming a partner (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the issuance of any LTIP Partnership Unit), or (iv) the Partnership is liquidated within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), the General Partner shall revalue the property of the Partnership to its fair market value (as determined by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, and taking into account Section 7701(g) of the Code) in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f). When the Partnership’s property is revalued by the General Partner, the Capital Accounts of the Partners shall be adjusted in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and (g), which generally require such Capital Accounts to be adjusted to reflect the manner in which the unrealized gain or loss inherent in such property (that has not been reflected in the Capital Accounts previously) would be allocated among the Partners pursuant to Article VI if there were a taxable disposition of such property for its fair market value (as determined by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, and taking into account Section 7701(g) of the Code) on the date of the revaluation.

 

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ARTICLE V.

DISTRIBUTIONS

5.1 DISTRIBUTIONS.

(a) General. Subject to the provisions of Sections 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 8.6(c), 11.6(d) and 13.2, the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to distribute to the Partners as of the applicable Partnership Record Date, at such times as the General Partner shall determine, amounts of Available Operating Cash and Net Sales Proceeds in the manner set forth in this Section 5.1.

(b) Available Operating Cash. Available Operating Cash shall be distributed to the Partners as determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion in accordance with their respective Overall Interests as of the applicable Partnership Record Date.

(c) Net Sales Proceeds. Net Sales Proceeds shall be distributed to the Partners as determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion in accordance with their respective Overall Interests as of the applicable Partnership Record Date.

(d) If and to the extent provided in an award agreement, in connection with the Vesting Date for an LTIP Series C Unit, such Partnership Unit may receive a one-time distribution equal to the difference between (i) the amount that such LTIP Series C Unit would have received since the date of its grant if the LTIP Series C Unit had been an LTIP Series D Unit and (ii) the amount that such LTIP Series C Unit actually received since the date of its grant.

5.2 QUALIFICATION AS A REIT. The General Partner shall take such action as it deems necessary or advisable to cause the Partnership to distribute sufficient amounts under this Article V to enable the General Partner to pay stockholder dividends that will enable the General Partner to (a) satisfy the requirements for qualification as a REIT under the Code and the Treasury Regulations (the “REIT Requirements”), and (b) avoid any Federal income or excise tax liability; provided, however, the General Partner shall not be bound to comply with this covenant to the extent such distributions would violate applicable Delaware law.

5.3 WITHHOLDING. With respect to any withholding tax or other similar tax liability or obligation to which the Partnership may be subject as a result of any act by or status of any Partner or to which the Partnership becomes subject with respect to any Partnership Interest, the Partnership shall have the right to withhold amounts of Available Operating Cash or Net Sales Proceeds or other Partnership Assets distributable to such Partner or with respect to such Partnership Interests, to the extent of the amount of such withholding tax or other similar tax liability or obligation pursuant to the provisions contained in Section 10.5.

5.4 ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS. If the Partnership issues Partnership Interests in accordance with Section 4.2 or 4.3, the distribution priorities set forth in Section 5.1 shall be amended, as necessary, to reflect any distribution priority of such Partnership Interests and corresponding amendments shall be made to the provisions of Article VI. If a new or existing Partner acquires an additional Partnership Interest in exchange for a Capital Contribution or otherwise (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any LTIP Partnership Unit) on any date other than a Partnership Record Date, such Partner shall not be entitled to any distributions with respect to such additional Partnership Interest until the first Partnership Record Date following the date of such issuance.

 

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ARTICLE VI.

ALLOCATIONS

6.1 ALLOCATION OF PROFITS AND LOSSES.

(a) General. Except as otherwise provided in this Article VI and in Section 11.6(c), and after making any special allocations under Section 6.2 and Section 6.3, Profits and Losses for each Fiscal Year shall be allocated among the Partners in accordance with their respective Overall Interests as of the end of such Fiscal Year, subject to any rights of holders of Partnership Interests other than Partnership Units, including any rights to distributions under Section 5.1(d).

(b) Adjustment. If the amount of Losses for any Fiscal Year that otherwise would be allocated to a Partner under Section 6.1(a) or this Section 6.1(b) would cause or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit of such Partner as of the last day of such Fiscal Year (after all other allocations have been made pursuant to this Article VI), then such Partner shall be allocated that amount of Losses which does not cause or increase such Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, and the remainder of such Losses that would have been allocated to such Partner shall be allocated to the other Partners in proportion to their Overall Interests.

(c) Special Allocation with Respect to Sales. Subject to Section 6.3, Profits (and items thereof) and Losses (and items thereof) for each Fiscal Year or other applicable period from Sales shall be allocated among the Partners such that the ending Adjusted Capital Account of each Partner, immediately after giving effect to the allocations under this Article VI, is, as nearly as possible, equal to the amount of the hypothetical distribution that such Partner would receive if the Partnership were liquidated on the last day of such period and all assets of the Partnership, including cash, were sold for cash equal to their Carrying Value, all liabilities of the Partnership were satisfied with cash according to their terms (limited with respect to each nonrecourse liability to the Carrying Value of the assets securing such liability), and Net Sales Proceeds (after satisfaction of such liabilities) were distributed in full pursuant to Section 5.1(c). For purposes of the preceding allocations only, a Partner holding more than one class or series of Partnership Interests or units shall be deemed to be a separate Partner with respect to each such class, series or units.

6.2 SPECIAL ALLOCATIONS. Notwithstanding any provisions of Section 6.1 and Section 6.3, the following special allocations shall be made in the following order of priority:

(a) Minimum Gain Chargeback (Nonrecourse Liabilities). Except as otherwise provided in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(f), if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain for any Fiscal Year, each Partner shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to such Partner’s share of the net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain to the extent required by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(f). The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(f) and (j)(2). This subparagraph is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement in said section of the Treasury Regulations and shall be interpreted consistently therewith. Allocations pursuant to this subparagraph shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts required to be allocated to each Partner pursuant hereto.

 

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(b) Partner Minimum Gain Chargeback. Except as otherwise provided in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4), if there is a net decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt during any Fiscal Year, each Partner who has a share of the Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5), shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to that Partner’s share of the net decrease in the Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt to the extent and in the manner required by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(4) and (j)(2). This subparagraph is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement with respect to Partner Nonrecourse Debt contained in said section of the Treasury Regulations and shall be interpreted consistently therewith. Allocations pursuant to this subparagraph shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts to be allocated to each Partner pursuant hereto.

(c) Qualified Income Offset. In the event a Partner unexpectedly receives any adjustment, allocation or distribution described in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6) that causes or increases an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, gross items of income and gain shall be specially allocated to such Partner so as to eliminate such Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as quickly as possible. This subparagraph is intended to constitute a “qualified income offset” under Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) of the Treasury Regulations and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(d) Nonrecourse Deductions. Nonrecourse Deductions for any Fiscal Year shall be allocated to the Partners in accordance with their respective Overall Interests.

(e) Partner Nonrecourse Deductions. Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for any Fiscal Year with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt shall be specially allocated to the Partners that bear the economic risk of loss for such Partner Nonrecourse Debt (as determined under Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(4) and 1.704-2(i)(1).

(f) Definition of Profits and Losses.” “Profits” and “Losses” and any item of income, gain, expense, or loss referred to in this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with federal income tax accounting principles, as modified by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv), except that Profit and Loss shall not include items of income, gain and expense that are specially allocated pursuant to Sections 6.1(b), 6.2(a), 6.2(b), 6.2(c), 6.2(d), 6.2(e), and Section 6.3. All allocations of Profit and Loss (and all items contained therein) for federal income tax purposes shall be identical to all allocations of such items set forth in Section 6.1 and this Section 6.2, except as otherwise required by Section 704(c) of the Code and Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4). The General Partner shall have the authority to elect the method to be used by the Partnership for allocating items of income, gain, and expense as required by Section 704(c) of the Code including a method that may result in a Partner receiving a disproportionately larger share of the Partnership tax depreciation deductions, and such election shall be binding on all Partners.

 

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(g) Curative Allocations. The allocations set forth in Section 6.1(b) and Sections 6.2(a) through (e) hereof (the “Regulatory Allocations”) are intended to comply with certain requirements of the Treasury Regulations. It is the intent of the Partners that, to the extent possible all Regulatory Allocations that are made be offset either with other Regulatory Allocations or with special allocations pursuant to this Section 6.2(g). Therefore, notwithstanding any other provision of this Article VI (other than the Regulatory Allocations), the General Partner shall make such offsetting special allocations in whatever manner it determines appropriate so that, after such offsetting allocations are made, each Partner’s Capital Account balance is, to the extent possible, equal to the Capital Account balance such Partner would have had if the Regulatory Allocations were not part of the Agreement and all Partnership items were allocated pursuant to Sections 6.1(a), 6.1(c) and 6.3. In exercising its discretion under this Section 6.2(g), the General Partner shall take into account future Regulatory Allocations under Sections 6.2(a) and 6.2(b) that, although not yet made, are likely to offset other Regulatory Allocations previously made under Sections 6.2(d) and 6.2(e).

(h) Changes in Interest. If during any Fiscal Year there is a change in any Partner’s Overall Interest, then for purposes of determining the Profits, Losses, or any other items allocable to such Partner for such Fiscal Year, Profits, Losses, and any such other items shall be determined on a daily, monthly, or other basis, as determined by the General Partner using any permissible method under Code Section 706 and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

6.3 SPECIAL ALLOCATIONS WITH RESPECT TO LTIP PARTNERSHIP UNITS.

(a) Liquidating Gains shall first be allocated to the holders of LTIP Partnership Units until the aggregate of the LTIP Economic Balances of the LTIP Partnership Units held by each such holder is equal to (A) the product of (i) the Common Partnership Unit Economic Balance, multiplied by (ii) the number of each such holder’s LTIP Partnership Units (with respect to each holder, the “Target Balance”) minus (B) the aggregate Unpaid LTIP Capital Commitments of each such holder; provided, however, that no such Liquidating Gains will be allocated with respect to any particular LTIP Partnership Unit (each, an “Ineligible Unit”) if cumulative Liquidating Losses of the Partnership have exceeded cumulative Liquidating Gains of the Partnership during the period from the issuance of such LTIP Partnership Unit through the date of such allocation. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, not all LTIP Partnership Units (including Ineligible Units) would achieve Adjusted Parity immediately after an allocation made pursuant to this Section 6.3(a), Liquidating Gains shall be allocated among LTIP Partnership Units in a manner reasonably determined by the General Partner.

(b) If, due to distributions or allocation of Losses with respect to Common Partnership Units in which the LTIP Partnership Units do not fully participate, forfeitures or otherwise, the LTIP Economic Balance of the LTIP Partnership Units held by any present or former holder of LTIP Partnership Units, to the extent attributable to the holder’s ownership of LTIP Partnership Units, exceeds such holder’s Target Balance, then Liquidating Losses shall be allocated to such holder to eliminate the disparity; provided, however, that if Liquidating Losses are insufficient to completely eliminate all such disparities, such losses shall be allocated among LTIP Partnership Units in a manner reasonably determined by the General Partner.

 

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(c) Forfeiture Allocations. Upon a forfeiture of any Unvested LTIP Partnership Unit by any Partner, gross items of income, gain, loss or deduction shall be allocated to such Partner if and to the extent required by final Treasury Regulations promulgated after the Restatement Date to ensure that allocations made with respect to all Unvested LTIP Partnership Units are recognized under Code Section 704(b).

(d) Special Forfeiture Reallocations. If, in connection with any forfeiture of LTIP Partnership Units, the balance of the portion of the Capital Account of the Partner that is attributable to all of his or her LTIP Partnership Units exceeds such Partner’s Target Balance, such portion of such Partner’s Capital Account shall be reduced to the Target Balance, and the LTIP Economic Balance of each such holder’s LTIP Partnership Units shall be deemed to equal the Common Partnership Unit Economic Balance. Otherwise, the Capital Account of the Partner that is attributable to the forfeited LTIP Partnership Units shall be reallocated in a manner reasonably determined by the General Partner.

6.4 REVISIONS TO ALLOCATIONS TO REFLECT ISSUANCE OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS. If the Partnership issues Partnership Interests to the General Partner or any additional Limited Partner pursuant to Article IV, the General Partner shall make any such revisions to this Article VI as it deems necessary to reflect the terms of the issuance of such Partnership Interests, including making preferential allocations to classes of Partnership Interests that are entitled thereto. Such revisions shall not require the consent or approval of any other Partner.

ARTICLE VII.

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS

7.1 MANAGEMENT.

(a) Management by the General Partner. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, full, complete and exclusive discretion to manage and control the business and affairs of the Partnership are and shall be vested in the General Partner, and no Limited Partner shall have any right to participate in or exercise control or management power over the business and affairs of the Partnership. The General Partner may not be removed by the Limited Partners with or without cause.

(b) Power and Authority of the General Partner. In addition to the powers now or hereafter granted a general partner of a limited partnership under applicable law or which are granted to the General Partner under any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner shall have full power and authority to do all things deemed necessary or desirable by it to conduct the business of the Partnership, to exercise all powers set forth in Section 3.2 hereof and to effectuate the purposes set forth in Section 3.1 hereof, including, without limitation:

 

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(i) (A) the making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money (including, without limitation, making prepayments on loans and borrowing money to permit the Partnership to make distributions to its Partners in such amounts as will permit the General Partner (so long as the General Partner qualifies as a REIT) to (1) avoid the payment of any Federal income or excise tax (including any excise tax pursuant to Section 4981 of the Code) and (2) make distributions to its stockholders in amounts sufficient to permit the General Partner to maintain REIT status), (B) the assumption or guarantee of, or other contracting for, indebtedness and other liabilities, (C) the issuance of any evidence of indebtedness (including the securing of the same by deed, mortgage, deed of trust or other lien or encumbrance on the Partnership’s assets), and (D) the incurring of any obligations it deems necessary for the conduct of the activities of the Partnership, including the payment of all expenses associated with the General Partner;

(ii) the making of tax, regulatory and other filings, or rendering of periodic or other reports to governmental or other agencies having jurisdiction over the business or assets of the Partnership or the General Partner;

(iii) the acquisition, disposition, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or exchange of any assets, including Real Estate Assets, of the Partnership (including the exercise or grant of any conversion, option, privilege, or subscription right or other right available in connection with any assets at any time held by the Partnership) or the merger or other combination of the Partnership with or into another entity on such terms as the General Partner deems proper;

(iv) the use of the assets of the Partnership (including, without limitation, cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement and on any terms the General Partner sees fit, including, without limitation,

(A) the financing of the conduct of the operations of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries,

(B) the lending of funds to other Persons (including, without limitation, the Subsidiaries of the Partnership and/or the General Partner) and the repayment of obligations of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries and any other Person in which it has an equity investment, and

(C) the making of capital contributions to the Partnership’s Subsidiaries;

(v) the development, expansion, construction, management, operation, leasing, repair, alteration, demolition or improvement of any real property in which the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership owns a direct or indirect interest;

(vi) the negotiation, execution, and performance of any contracts, conveyances or other instruments that the General Partner considers useful or necessary to the conduct of the Partnership’s operations or the implementation of the General Partner’s powers under this Agreement, including contracting with contractors, developers, consultants, accountants, legal counsel, other professional advisors and other agents and the payment of their expenses and compensation out of the Partnership’s assets;

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(viii) the holding, management, investment and reinvestment of cash and other assets of the Partnership;

(ix) the collection and receipt of revenues and income of the Partnership;

(x) the establishment of one or more divisions of the Partnership, the selection and dismissal of employees of the Partnership (including, without limitation, employees having titles such as “president,” “vice president,” “secretary” and “treasurer” of the Partnership), and agents, outside attorneys, accountants, consultants and contractors of the Partnership, and the determination of their compensation and other terms of employment or engagement;

(xi) the formation of, or acquisition of an interest (including non-voting interests in entities controlled by Affiliates of the Partnership or third parties) in, and the contribution of property to, any other Entities that the General Partner deems desirable (including, without limitation, the acquisition of interests in, and the contributions of funds or property to, or making of loans to, Subsidiaries of the Partnership and any other Person from time to time), or the incurrence of indebtedness on behalf of such Persons or the guarantee of the obligations of such Persons; provided that, as long as the General Partner has determined to elect to qualify as a REIT or to continue to qualify as a REIT, the Partnership may not engage in any such formation, acquisition or contribution that would cause the General Partner to fail to qualify as a REIT;

(xii) the control of any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the Partnership, including:

(A) the settlement, compromise, submission to arbitration or any other form of dispute resolution, or abandonment of, any claim, cause of action, liability, debt or damages, due or owing to or from the Partnership,

(B) the commencement or defense of suits, legal proceedings, administrative proceedings, arbitration or other forms of dispute resolution, and

(C) the representation of the Partnership in all suits or legal proceedings, administrative proceedings, arbitrations or other forms of dispute resolution, the incurring of legal expenses, and the indemnification of any Person against liabilities and contingencies to the extent permitted by law;

(xiii) the undertaking of any action in connection with the Partnership’s direct or indirect investment in its Subsidiaries or any other Person (including, without limitation, the contribution or loan of funds by the Partnership to such Persons);

(xiv) the determination of the fair market value of any Partnership Assets distributed in kind using such reasonable method of valuation as the General Partner, in its sole discretion, may adopt;

(xv) the exercise, directly or indirectly, through any attorney-in-fact acting under a general or limited power of attorney, of any right, including the right to vote, appurtenant to any asset or investment held by the Partnership;

 

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(xvi) the exercise of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement or the undertaking of any action on behalf of or in connection with any Subsidiary of the Partnership or any other Person in which the Partnership has a direct or indirect interest, or jointly with any such Subsidiary or other Person;

(xvii) the making, execution and delivery of any and all deeds, leases, notes, mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements, conveyances, contracts, guarantees, warranties, indemnities, waivers, releases or legal instruments or agreements in writing necessary or appropriate, in the judgment of the General Partner, for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing;

(xviii) the issuance of additional Partnership Interests in connection with Capital Contributions by Additional Limited Partners and additional Capital Contributions by Partners pursuant to Article IV hereof;

(xix) the opening of bank accounts on behalf of, and in the name of, the Partnership and its Subsidiaries; and

(xx) the amendment and restatement of Exhibit A to reflect accurately at all times the Capital Contributions of, Partnership Units held by and Percentage Interests of the Partners as the same are adjusted from time to time to the extent necessary to reflect any Capital Contributions, redemptions, issuance of Partnership Units, admission of any Additional Limited Partner or any Substituted Limited Partner or otherwise, which amendment and restatement, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, shall not be deemed an amendment of this Agreement, as long as the matter or event being reflected in Exhibit A otherwise is authorized by this Agreement.

(c) Insurance. At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to obtain and maintain:

(i) casualty, liability and other insurance on the Real Estate Assets of the Partnership;

(ii) liability insurance for the Indemnitees hereunder; and

(iii) such other insurance as the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines to be appropriate and reasonable.

(d) Working Capital and Other Reserves. At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to establish and maintain at any and all times working capital accounts and other cash or similar balances in such amount as the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, deems appropriate and reasonable from time to time.

7.2 CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. The General Partner has previously filed the Certificate with the Secretary of State of Delaware as required by the Act. The General Partner shall use all reasonable efforts to cause to be filed such other certificates or documents as may be reasonable and necessary or appropriate for the formation, continuation, qualification and operation of a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners

 

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have limited liability) in the State of Delaware and any other state, or the District of Columbia, in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property. To the extent that such action is determined by the General Partner to be reasonable and necessary or appropriate, the General Partner shall file amendments to and restatements of the Certificate and do all of the things to maintain the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability) under the laws of the State of Delaware and each other state, or the District of Columbia, in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property. Subject to the terms of Section 8.5(a)(iv) hereof, the General Partner shall not be required, before or after filing, to deliver or mail a copy of the Certificate or any amendment thereto to any Limited Partner.

7.3 REIMBURSEMENT OF THE GENERAL PARTNER.

(a) No Compensation. Except as provided in this Section 7.3 and elsewhere in this Agreement (including the provisions of Articles V and VI regarding distributions, payments, and allocations to which it may be entitled), the General Partner shall not be compensated for its services as general partner of the Partnership.

(b) Responsibility for Partnership Expenses. The Partnership shall be responsible for and shall pay all expenses relating to the Partnership’s organization and the ownership and operation of the Partnership Assets. The General Partner shall be reimbursed on a monthly basis, or such other basis as it may determine in its sole and absolute discretion, for all expenses that it incurs on behalf of the Partnership relating to the ownership and operation of the Partnership Assets, or for the benefit of the Partnership; provided, that the amount of any such reimbursement shall be reduced by any interest earned by the General Partner with respect to bank accounts or other instruments or accounts held by it on behalf of the Partnership. Such reimbursement shall be in addition to any reimbursement made as a result of indemnification pursuant to Section 7.6 hereof.

(c) Responsibility for General Partner Expenses. The General Partner shall also be reimbursed for (i) all expenses related to the operations of the General Partner and to the management and administration of any Subsidiaries of the General Partner or the Partnership or Affiliates of the Partnership, such as auditing expenses and filing fees and any and all salaries, compensation and expenses of officers and employees of the General Partner, and (ii) all expenses the General Partner incurs relating to the organization and/or reorganization of the Partnership and the General Partner, the public offering of REIT Stock by the General Partner, and any other offering, grant, award or issuance of REIT Stock or additional Partnership Interests pursuant to Section 4.2 or 4.3, including all expenses associated with compliance by the General Partner with laws, rules and regulations promulgated by any regulatory body.

(d) Business of the General Partner. The Limited Partners acknowledge that the sole business of the General Partner is the ownership of direct or indirect interests in, and the direct or indirect operation of, the Partnership, and that all of the expenses of the General Partner are incurred for the benefit of the Partnership.

(e) Characterization of Reimbursements. All payments and reimbursements hereunder shall be characterized for Federal income tax purposes as expenses of the Partnership incurred on its behalf, and not as expenses of the General Partner.

 

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7.4 ACQUISITION OF LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS BY THE GENERAL PARTNER. The General Partner and any Affiliates of the General Partner may acquire Limited Partner Interests and shall be entitled to exercise all rights of a Limited Partner relating to such Limited Partner Interests.

7.5 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES.

(a) Transactions with Subsidiaries. The Partnership may lend or contribute funds or other assets to its Subsidiaries or other Persons in which it has an equity investment and such Subsidiaries and Persons may borrow funds from the Partnership, on terms and conditions established in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner. The foregoing authority shall not create any right or benefit in favor of any Subsidiary or any other Person.

(b) Benefit Plans Sponsored by the Partnership. The General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the approval of the Limited Partners, may propose and adopt, on behalf of the Partnership, employee benefit plans, option or other equity incentive plans, and similar plans funded by the Partnership for the benefit of employees of the Partnership, the General Partner, any Subsidiaries of the Partnership or any Affiliate of any of them in respect of services performed, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of the Partnership, the General Partner, any Subsidiaries of the Partnership or any of their respective Affiliates.

7.6 INDEMNIFICATION.

(a) General. Subject to the limitations of Section 7.6(b), to the maximum extent permitted under the Act in effect from time to time, the Partnership shall indemnify each Indemnitee from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (collectively, “Claims”), that relate to the operations of the Partnership, the General Partner or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries in which such Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise; provided, however, that in no event shall this Section 7.6(a) enlarge the indemnification permitted below under Section 7.6(b).

(b) Limitation. Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary:

(i) the Partnership will not indemnify any Indemnitee unless:

(A) the Indemnitee has determined in good faith that the course of conduct which caused the loss, liability or expenses was in the best interests of the Partnership;

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(C) Such Claim was not the result of:

(1) with respect to the General Partner, the gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud of the General Partner;

(2) with respect to any Limited Partner, the gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud of the Limited Partner;

(3) with respect to the directors, officers and employees of the General Partner, the negligence or misconduct of such Person; or

(4) with respect to the Independent Directors (as defined in the Articles of Amendment and Restatement), the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Independent Director;

(5) with respect to the Partnership Representative and Designated Individual, bad faith, willful misconduct, gross negligence, fraud or a material breach of this Agreement; and

(D) any indemnification or agreement to hold harmless may be paid only out of the Net Assets of the Partnership, and neither the General Partner nor any Limited Partner shall have any obligation to contribute to the capital of the Partnership, or otherwise provide funds, to enable the Partnership to fund its obligations under this Section 7.6;

(ii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 7.6(b)(ii), the Partnership will not indemnify any Indemnitee for losses, liabilities or expenses arising from or out of an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws unless:

(A) there has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged securities law violations as to the particular Indemnitee;

(B) such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as to the particular Indemnitee; or

(C) a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against the particular Indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the settlement and related costs should be made, and the court considering the matter has been advised of the position of the Securities Exchange Commission and the published position of any state securities regulatory authority in which the securities were offered or sold as to indemnification for violations of securities laws.

(c) Contractual Obligations. Without limitation, the indemnity set forth in this Section 7.6 shall extend to any liability of any Indemnitee pursuant to a loan guaranty (except a guaranty by a Limited Partner of nonrecourse indebtedness of the Partnership or as otherwise provided in any such loan guaranty), contractual obligation for any indebtedness or other obligation or otherwise for any indebtedness of the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership (including, without limitation, any indebtedness which the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership has assumed or taken subject to), and the General Partner is hereby authorized and empowered, on behalf of the Partnership, to enter into one or more indemnification agreements consistent with the provisions of this Section 7.6 in favor of any Indemnitee having or potentially having liability for any such indebtedness.

 

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(d) Advancement of Expenses. Reasonable expenses incurred by an Indemnitee who is a party to a proceeding shall be paid or reimbursed by the Partnership in advance of the final disposition of any and all Claims made or threatened against an Indemnitee only if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the Claim relates to acts or omissions with respect to the performance of duties or services on behalf of the Partnership, (ii) either (A) the Claim was initiated by a third party who is not a stockholder of the General Partner or (B) if the proceeding was initiated by a stockholder of the General Partner, the initiating stockholder was acting in his or her capacity as such and the advancement was approved by a court of competent jurisdiction, and (iii) the Indemnitee provides the Partnership with a written undertaking to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the Partnership, together with the applicable legal rate of interest thereon, if it is ultimately determined that the Indemnitee did not comply with the requisite standard of conduct and is not entitled to indemnification.

(e) No Exclusivity. The indemnification provided by this Section 7.6 shall be in addition to any other rights to which an Indemnitee or any other Person may be entitled under any agreement, pursuant to any vote of the Partners, as a matter of law or otherwise, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity unless otherwise provided in a written agreement pursuant to which such Indemnitees are indemnified.

(f) Insurance. The Partnership may purchase and maintain insurance, on behalf of the Indemnitees and such other Persons as the General Partner shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by such Person in connection with the Partnership’s activities, regardless of whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement.

(g) Benefit Plan Fiduciary. For purposes of this Section 7.6, the Partnership shall be deemed to have requested an Indemnitee to serve as fiduciary of an employee benefit plan whenever the performance by such Indemnitee of its duties to the Partnership also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, such Indemnitee to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the plan. Excise taxes assessed on an Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall constitute fines within the meaning of this Section 7.6 and actions taken or omitted by the Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan in the performance of its duties for a purpose reasonably believed by such Indemnitee to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan shall be deemed to be for a purpose which is not opposed to the best interests of the Partnership.

(h) No Personal Liability for Partners. In no event may an Indemnitee subject any of the Partners to personal liability by reason of the indemnification provisions set forth in this Agreement.

(i) Interested Transactions. An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this Section 7.6 because the Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement.

 

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(j) Benefit. The provisions of this Section 7.6 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees, their heirs, successors, assigns and administrators and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons.

(k) Amendment of this Section 7.6. Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.6 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the Partnership’s liability to any Indemnitee under this Section 7.6, as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification, or repeal with respect to Claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such Claims may arise or be asserted.

(l) Indemnification Payments Not Distributions. If and to the extent any payments to the General Partner pursuant to this Section 7.6 constitute gross income to the General Partner (as opposed to the repayment of advances made on behalf of the Partnership), such amounts shall constitute guaranteed payments within the meaning of Section 707(c) of the Code, shall be treated consistently therewith by the Partnership and all Partners, and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing the Partners’ Capital Accounts.

(m) Exception to Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the General Partner shall not be entitled to indemnification hereunder for any Claim for which the General Partner is obligated to indemnify the Partnership under any other agreement between the General Partner and the Partnership.

7.7 LIABILITY OF THE GENERAL PARTNER.

(a) General. To the maximum extent permitted under the Act, neither the General Partner nor any director, officer, shareholder, partner, member or employee, trustee, representative or agent of the General Partner shall be liable to the Partnership or to any Partner for (i) any act or omission performed or failed to be performed by it, or for any losses, claims, costs, damages, or liabilities arising from any such act or omission, except to the extent such loss, claim, cost damage or liability results from such Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud, (ii) any tax liability imposed on the Partnership or (iii) any losses due to the misconduct, negligence (gross or ordinary), dishonesty or bad faith of any agents of the Partnership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.7(a), this limitation on liability applies only to the extent that the particular officer or director has satisfied the requirements of Sections 7.6(b)(i) and (ii).

(b) No Obligation to Consider Separate Interests of Limited Partners. The Limited Partners expressly acknowledge that (i) the General Partner is acting on behalf of the Partnership and the stockholders of the General Partner, collectively, (ii) the General Partner is under no obligation to consider the separate interest of the Limited Partners (including, without limitation, the tax consequences to Limited Partners or Assignees) in deciding whether to cause the Partnership to take (or decline to take) any actions, and (iii) the General Partner shall not be liable for monetary damages for losses sustained, liabilities incurred, or benefits not derived by Limited Partners in connection with such decisions, unless the General Partner, as the case may be, acted in bad faith and the act or omission was material to the matter giving rise to the loss, liability or benefit not derived.

 

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(c) Conflict. The Limited Partners expressly acknowledge that in the event of any conflict in the fiduciary duties owed by the General Partner to its stockholders and by the General Partner, in its capacity as a general partner of the Partnership, to the Limited Partners, the General Partner may act in the best interests of the General Partner’s stockholders without violating its fiduciary duties to the Limited Partners, and that the General Partner shall not be liable for monetary damages for losses sustained, liabilities incurred, or benefits not derived by the Limited Partners in connection with any such violation.

(d) Amendment of this Section 7.7. Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.7 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the General Partner’s and its officers’ and directors’ liability to the Partnership and the Limited Partners under this Section 7.7 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted.

7.8 OTHER MATTERS CONCERNING THE GENERAL PARTNER.

(a) Reliance on Documents. The General Partner may rely and shall be protected in acting, or refraining from acting, upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

(b) Reliance on Advisors. The General Partner may consult with legal counsel, accountants, appraisers, management consultants, investment bankers, architects, engineers, environmental consultants and other consultants and advisers selected by it, and any act taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon the opinion of such Persons as to matters which such General Partner reasonably believes to be within such Person’s professional or expert competence shall be conclusively presumed to have been done or omitted in good faith and in accordance with such opinion.

(c) Action Through Agents. The General Partner shall have the right, in respect of any of its powers or obligations hereunder, to act through any of its duly authorized officers, agents, and duly appointed attorneys-in-fact. Each such officer, agent or attorney-in-fact shall, to the extent granted by the General Partner in writing, have full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and duty which is permitted or required to be done by the General Partner hereunder.

(d) Actions to Maintain REIT Status. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or the Act, any action of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership or any decision of the General Partner to refrain from acting on behalf of the Partnership, undertaken in the good faith belief that such action or omission is necessary or advisable in order to: (i) protect the ability of the General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT, or (ii) avoid the General Partner incurring any taxes under Sections 857 or 4981 of the Code, is expressly authorized under this Agreement and is deemed approved by all of the Limited Partners.

 

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7.9 TITLE TO PARTNERSHIP ASSETS. Title to all Partnership Assets, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, shall be deemed to be held by the Partnership as an entity, and no Partner, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in the Partnership Assets or any portion thereof. Title to any or all of the Partnership Assets may be held in the name of the Partnership, the General Partner or one or more nominees, as the General Partner may determine, including Affiliates of the General Partner. The General Partner hereby declares and warrants that any Partnership Asset for which legal title is held in the name of the General Partner or any nominee or Affiliate of the General Partner shall be held by the General Partner for the use and benefit of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; provided, that the General Partner shall use reasonable efforts to cause beneficial and record title to such assets to be vested in the Partnership as soon as reasonably practicable. All Partnership Assets shall be recorded as the property of the Partnership in its books and records, irrespective of the name in which legal title to such Partnership Assets is held.

7.10 RELIANCE BY THIRD PARTIES.

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Person dealing with the Partnership shall be entitled to assume that the General Partner has full power and authority, without the consent or approval of any other Partner or Person, to encumber, sell or otherwise use in any manner any and all Partnership Assets and to enter into any contracts on behalf of the Partnership, and take any and all actions on behalf of the Partnership, and such Person shall be entitled to deal with the General Partner as if the General Partner were the Partnership’s sole party in interest, both legally and beneficially.

(b) Each Limited Partner hereby waives any and all defenses or other remedies which may be available against such Person to contest, negate or disaffirm any action of the General Partner in connection with any such dealing.

(c) In no event shall any Person dealing with the General Partner or its representatives be obligated to ascertain that the terms of this Agreement have been complied with or to inquire into the necessity or expediency of any act or action of the General Partner or its representatives.

(d) Each and every certificate, document or other instrument executed on behalf of the Partnership by the General Partner or its representatives shall be conclusive evidence in favor of any and every Person relying thereon or claiming thereunder that:

(i) at the time of the execution and delivery of such certificate, document or instrument, this Agreement was in full force and effect;

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(iii) such certificate, document or instrument was duly executed and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and is binding upon the Partnership.

ARTICLE VIII.

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS

8.1 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. The Limited Partners shall have no liability under this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, including Section 10.5 hereof, or under the Act.

8.2 NO RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF BUSINESS. No Limited Partner shall take part in the management or control of the Partnership’s investment or other activities, transact any business in the Partnership’s name or have the power to sign documents for or otherwise bind the Partnership. Except as expressly provided herein, no Limited Partner shall have the right to vote for the election, removal or replacement of the General Partner. The exercise by any Limited Partner of any right conferred herein shall not be construed to constitute participation by such Limited Partner in the control of the business of the Partnership so as to make such Limited Partner liable as a general partner for the debts and obligations of the Partnership for purposes of the Act, laws of non-U.S. jurisdictions or otherwise.

8.3 OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES OF LIMITED PARTNERS. Subject to any agreements entered into by a Limited Partner or its Affiliates, or any Assignee, with the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries, any Limited Partner or Assignee and any officer, director, employee, agent, trustee, Affiliate or shareholder or other equity owner of any Limited Partner or Assignee shall be entitled to and may have business interests and engage in business activities in addition to those relating to the Partnership, including business interests and activities that are in direct competition with the Partnership or that are enhanced by the activities of the Partnership. Neither the Partnership nor any of the other Partners shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any business ventures of any Limited Partner or Assignee. None of the Limited Partners nor any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement or the Partnership relationship established hereby in any business ventures of any other Person and such Person shall have no obligation pursuant to this Agreement to offer any interest in any such business ventures to the Partnership, any Limited Partner or any such other Person, even if such opportunity is of a character which, if presented to the Partnership, any Limited Partner or such other Person, could be taken by such Person.

8.4 RETURN OF CAPITAL. No Limited Partner shall be entitled to the withdrawal or return of its Capital Contribution, except (a) to the extent of such Limited Partner’s right of redemption set forth in Section 8.6 (if applicable), and (b) to the extent that the General Partner (or the Liquidator) determines to make distributions made pursuant to this Agreement or upon termination of the Partnership as provided herein. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no Limited Partner or Assignee shall have priority over any other Limited Partner or Assignee, either as to the return of Capital Contributions or as to distributions or allocations of Profits or Losses.

 

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8.5 RIGHTS OF LIMITED PARTNERS RELATING TO THE PARTNERSHIP.

(a) General. In addition to the other rights provided by this Agreement and any rights granted to limited partners of a limited partnership under the Act that such limited partners are not permitted to waive under the Act, and except as limited by Section 8.5(b) hereof, each Limited Partner shall have the right, for a purpose reasonably related to such Limited Partner’s interest as a limited partner in the Partnership, upon written demand with a statement of the purpose of such demand and at such Limited Partner’s own expense (including such reasonable copying and administrative charges as the General Partner may establish from time to time):

(i) to obtain a copy of the most recent annual and quarterly reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the General Partner pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;

(ii) to obtain a copy of the Partnership’s Federal, state and local income tax returns for each Fiscal Year;

(iii) to obtain a current list of the name and last known business, residence or mailing address of each Partner; and

(iv) to obtain a copy of this Agreement and the Certificate and all amendments thereto, together with executed copies of all powers of attorney pursuant to which this Agreement, the Certificate and all amendments thereto have been executed.

Each Limited Partner hereby waives any and all rights that such Limited Partner may have under the Act that the Act permits limited partners to waive, except any such right that is granted expressly to such Limited Partner under this Agreement.

(b) Confidentiality. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 8.5, the General Partner may keep confidential from the Limited Partners, for such period of time as the General Partner determines in its sole and absolute discretion to be reasonable, any information that (i) the General Partner reasonably believes to be in the nature of trade secrets or other information, the disclosure of which the General Partner in good faith believes is not in the best interests of the Partnership or could damage the Partnership or its business; or (ii) the Partnership is required by law or by agreements with an unaffiliated third party to keep confidential.

8.6 REDEMPTION OF COMMON PARTNERSHIP UNITS.

(a) Series A Redemption Right. Subject to the provisions of this Section 8.6, at any time on or after the first anniversary date of the issuance of Common Series A Units to a Partner, such Partner shall have the right (the “Series A Redemption Right”) to require the Partnership to redeem on a Specified Redemption Date all or a portion of such Common Series A Units held by such Partner, at a redemption price equal to and in the form of the Redemption Amount. The Series A Redemption Right shall be exercised pursuant to a Series A Notice of Redemption Request delivered to the General Partner by the Partner who is exercising the Series A Redemption Right.

 

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(b) Series B Redemption Request. Subject to the provisions of this Section 8.6, at any time on or after the conversion of LTIP Partnership Units into Common Series B Units, the recipient of such Common Series B Units may request (the “Series B Redemption Request”) that the Partnership redeem on a Specified Redemption Date all or a portion of such Common Series B Units, at a redemption price equal to and in the form of the REIT Stock Amount and the General Partner, in its sole discretion, may grant such Series B Redemption Request. The Series B Redemption Request shall be made pursuant to a Series B Notice of Redemption Request delivered to the General Partner by the Partner who is making the Redemption Request.

(c) Distributions and Allocations.

(i) Subject to Section 8.6(d), a Partner who has exercised a Series A Redemption Right or with respect to which a Series B Redemption Request has been granted (the “Redeeming Partner”) shall have no right to receive any distributions that are paid after the Specified Redemption Date with respect to any Partnership Units redeemed pursuant to this Section 8.6.

(ii) If any Partnership Interest is redeemed (other than pursuant to Section 8.6(d)) on any day other than the first day of a Fiscal Year, then Profit, Losses, each item thereof and all other items attributable to such Partnership Interest for such Fiscal Year shall be divided and allocated to the Redeeming Partner by taking into account the Redeeming Partner’s ownership of such Partnership Interest during the Fiscal Year in accordance with Section 706(d) of the Code, using the interim closing of the books method (unless the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, elects to adopt a daily, weekly or monthly proration period, in which event Profits, Losses, each item thereof and all other items attributable to such redeemed Partnership Interest for such Fiscal Year shall be prorated based upon the applicable method selected by the General Partner).

(d) General Partner Assumption of Obligation. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.6(a), the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion (subject to the limitations on ownership and transfer of shares of REIT Stock in the Articles of Amendment and Restatement), assume directly the obligation to satisfy a Series A Redemption Right or a granted Series B Redemption Request and satisfy such Series A Redemption Right or granted Series B Redemption Request by paying to the Redeeming Partner the Redemption Amount on the Specified Redemption Date, whereupon the General Partner shall acquire the Partnership Units offered for redemption by the Redeeming Partner and shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as the owner of such Partnership Units. In the event that the General Partner shall exercise this right to satisfy the Series A Redemption Right or the Series B Redemption Request in the manner described in the preceding sentence and shall fully perform its obligation to pay the Redemption Amount on the Specified Redemption Date, the Partnership shall have no obligation to pay any amount to the Redeeming Partner with respect to such Redeeming Partner’s exercise of the Series A Redemption Right or the making of the Series B Redemption Request, and each of the Redeeming Partner, the Partnership and the General Partner shall treat the transaction between the General Partner and the Redeeming Partner as a sale of the Redeeming Partner’s Partnership Units to the General Partner for Federal income tax purposes. Distributions and allocations with respect to Partnership Units acquired by the General Partner pursuant to this Section 8.6(d) shall be made in accordance with Sections 11.6(c) and 11.6(d).

 

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(e) Fractional Shares. If the General Partner elects, either on its own behalf or on behalf of the Partnership, to satisfy the Series A Redemption Right or a granted Series B Redemption Request by paying the REIT Stock Amount, and the REIT Stock Amount is not equal to a whole number of shares of REIT Stock, the Redeeming Partner shall be paid (i) that number of shares of REIT Stock which equals the nearest whole number less than the REIT Stock Amount, plus (ii)(A) an amount of cash equal to the Value of one share of REIT Stock on the applicable Valuation Date, multiplied by (B) the REIT Stock Amount minus the whole number of shares of REIT Stock pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 8.6(e).

(f) Execution of Documents. Each Redeeming Partner agrees to execute such documents as the General Partner may reasonably require in connection with (i) the exercise and satisfaction of the Series A Redemption Right or grant of a Series B Redemption Request (as applicable), (ii) any assumption by the General Partner pursuant to Section 8.6(d), and (iii) any issuance of REIT Stock in connection with the Partnership or the General Partner paying the Redemption Amount to the Redeeming Partner.

(g) Exceptions to Series A Redemption Right. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.6(a), unless the General Partner elects for payment of the Redemption Amount by the Partnership to be the Cash Amount, a Partner shall not be entitled to exercise the Series A Redemption Right if the delivery of REIT Stock to such Partner on the Specified Redemption Date would (i) be prohibited under the Articles of Amendment or the bylaws of the General Partner, (ii) adversely affect the ability of the General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT or would subject the General Partner to any additional taxes under Sections 857 or 4981 of the Code, (iii) constitute or be likely to constitute a violation of any applicable federal or state securities laws or regulations, or (iv) be prohibited under Section 11.6(f) (in each case regardless of whether the General Partner would in fact assume and satisfy the Series A Redemption Right).

(h) Exercise of the Series A Redemption Right by the General Partner. The receipt of a notice of redemption with respect to shares of REIT Stock held by stockholders of the General Partner (a “REIT Notice”) shall be deemed to be a Series A Notice of Redemption Request given by the General Partner to the Partnership. The redemption by the REIT of REIT Stock pursuant to a REIT Notice shall be deemed an exercise of the Series A Redemption Right with respect to a number of Partnership Units equal to the number of shares of REIT Stock identified in the REIT Notice. With respect to any Series A Redemption Right exercised by the General Partner pursuant to this Section 8.6(h), the General Partner will elect for payment of the Redemption Amount by the Partnership to the General Partner to be the Cash Amount.

(i) Assignees. The Assignee of any Limited Partner may exercise the rights of such Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 8.6 with respect to any Partnership Units Transferred by such Limited Partner to such Assignee, and such Limited Partner shall be deemed to have assigned such rights to such Assignee and shall be bound by the exercise of such rights by such Assignee. In connection with any exercise of such rights by such Assignee on behalf of such Limited Partner, the Redemption Amount shall be paid by the Partnership directly to such Assignee and not to such Limited Partner.

 

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(j) No Liens on Partnership Units Delivered for Redemption. Each Partner covenants and agrees that all Partnership Units delivered for redemption pursuant to this Section 8.6 shall be delivered to the Partnership or the General Partner, as the case may be, free and clear of all Liens. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the General Partner nor the Partnership shall be under any obligation to acquire Partnership Units which are or may be subject to any Liens. Each Partner further agrees that, if any state or local property transfer tax is payable as a result of the Transfer of its Partnership Units to the Partnership or the General Partner pursuant to this Section 8.6, such Partner shall assume and pay such transfer tax.

(k) Cancellation of Units; Amendments to Exhibit A. Upon the redemption of Partnership Units pursuant to this Section 8.6, (i) all such redeemed Partnership Units (other than Partnership Units redeemed pursuant to Section 8.6(d)) shall be cancelled, and (ii) the General Partner shall amend Exhibit A to reflect the new Percentage Interests of the Partners and to (A) either adjust the number of Partnership Units and the Percentage Interest of the Redeeming Partner or eliminate the Redeeming Partner from Exhibit A, as applicable, and (B) in the event that the General Partner assumes the obligation to satisfy a Series A Redemption Right or a granted Series B Redemption Request pursuant to Section 8.6(d), adjust the number of Partnership Units and the Percentage Interest of the General Partner to reflect the Transfer of such Partnership Units to the General Partner.

(l) Additional Partnership Interests. If the Partnership issues Partnership Interests to any Additional Limited Partner pursuant to Article IV, the General Partner shall make such revisions to this Section 8.6 as the General Partner determines are necessary to reflect the issuance of such Partnership Interests (including setting forth any restrictions on the exercise of the Series A Redemption Right with respect to such Partnership Interests).

8.7 REDEMPTION OF LTIP PARTNERSHIP UNITS.

(a) In general. Subject to Section 4.1(e), if any LTIP Partnership Unit is forfeited under the terms of the award agreement pursuant to which it was granted, the Partnership shall redeem such forfeited LTIP Partnership Unit within thirty (30) Business Days for an amount in cash (not less than zero) equal to the holder’s aggregate capital contributions made or deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 4.1(c) in respect of the LTIP Capital Commitment for such LTIP Partnership Unit, minus the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of Net Loss allocated to such unit (but only to the extent that the amount of such Net Loss exceeds the aggregate amount of Net Profit allocated to such unit) and (ii) the aggregate distributions made with respect to such unit.

(b) The provisions of subsections (c), (f), (j) and (k) of Section 8.6 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to redemptions made pursuant to this Section 8.7.

ARTICLE IX.

BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS

9.1 RECORDS AND ACCOUNTING.

(a) Books and Records. The General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal office of the Partnership those records and documents required to be maintained by the Act and other books and records deemed by the General Partner to be appropriate with respect to the Partnership’s business, including, without limitation, all books and records necessary for the General Partner to comply with applicable REIT Requirements and to provide to the Limited Partners any information, lists and copies of documents required to be provided pursuant to Sections 8.5(a) and 9.2 hereof.

 

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(b) Accounting Method. The books of the Partnership shall be maintained, for financial and tax reporting purposes, on an accrual basis in accordance with GAAP.

9.2 REPORTS.

(a) Annual Reports. As soon as practicable after the end of each Fiscal Year, but in no event later than the date on which the General Partner mails its annual report to its stockholders, the General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner as of the close of the Fiscal Year, an annual report containing financial statements of the Partnership, or of the General Partner, if such statements are prepared on a consolidated basis with the Partnership, for such Fiscal Year, presented in accordance with GAAP, such statements to be audited by a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants selected by the General Partner in its sole discretion.

(b) Quarterly Reports. If and to the extent that the General Partner mails quarterly reports to its stockholders, then as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Partnership, but in no event later than the date such reports are mailed, the General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner a report containing unaudited financial statements as of the last day of the calendar quarter of the Partnership, or of the General Partner, if such statements are prepared on a consolidated basis with the Partnership, and such other information as may be required by applicable law or regulation, or as the General Partner determines to be appropriate.

(c) Delivery. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner may deliver to the Limited Partners each of the reports described above, as well as any other communications that it may provide hereunder, by e-mail or by any other electronic means.

ARTICLE X.

TAX MATTERS

10.1 PREPARATION OF TAX RETURNS. The General Partner shall arrange for the preparation and timely filing of all returns of Partnership income, gains, deductions, losses and other items required of the Partnership for federal and state income tax purposes and shall use all reasonable efforts to furnish, within ninety (90) days of the close of each taxable year, the tax information reasonably required by Limited Partners for federal and state income tax reporting purposes.

10.2 TAX ELECTIONS. Except as otherwise provided herein, including tax elections made, modified or revoked by the Partnership Representative pursuant to the Partnership Tax Audit Rules as described in Section 10.3, the General Partner shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine whether to make any available election pursuant to the Code; provided, however, that the General Partner shall make the election under Section 754 of the Code in accordance with applicable regulations thereunder. The General Partner shall have the right to seek to revoke any such election it makes, including, without limitation, the election under Section 754 of the Code, upon the General Partner’s determination, in its sole and absolute discretion, that such revocation is in the best interests of the Partners. Furthermore, the Partners intend that the Partnership be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and under applicable state and local tax laws, and the Partnership shall not elect to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation.

 

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10.3 TAX MATTERS PARTNER.

(a) General. For years prior to the effective date of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-74), the General Partner shall be the “tax matters partner” (within the meaning of Section 6231(a)(7)(A) of the Code) of the Partnership for federal income tax purposes. For years in which the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 is effective, the General Partner shall serve as the “Partnership Representative” within the meaning of Section 6223(a) of the Code and corresponding state laws (in such capacity the “partnership representative”) and shall appoint a “Designated Individual” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations section 301.6223-1(b)(3) and corresponding state laws. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to the “Partnership Representative” shall include a “Designated Individual.” The Partnership Representative shall have all of the powers and responsibilities of such position as provided in the Code and any Treasury Regulations thereunder and may take any action contemplated by Sections 6221 through 6241 of the Code, any Treasury Regulations or other guidance thereunder and any comparable state or local law (the “Partnership Tax Audit Rules”). Any Person who serves as Partnership Representative shall not be liable to the Partnership or any Partner for any action it takes or fails to take in such capacity, unless such action or failure to act constitutes bad faith, willful misconduct, gross negligence, fraud or a material breach of this Agreement. Upon the Partnership Representative’s request, each Partner shall provide to the Partnership within the required time frame any information and documentation that the Partnership Representative believes may be necessary or appropriate to resolve any tax inquiry, examination, audit, proceeding, investigation or other issue relating to the Partnership or comply with or be eligible to invoke any aspect of the Partnership Tax Audit Rules. Furthermore, upon request of the General Partner or the Partnership Representative, each Limited Partner agrees to provide to the General Partner or the Partnership Representative, information regarding its adjusted tax basis in its Partnership Interest along with documentation substantiating such amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing (and except in instances where it would have a material adverse effect on the Partnership or the General Partner), the Partnership Representative shall not bind any Partner to an extension of the statute of limitations or to a closing agreement or settlement agreement for federal, state, local or foreign tax purposes without such Partner’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any taxes, penalties, additions to tax and interest payable by the Partnership under the Partnership Tax Audit Rules shall be treated as attributable to the Partners or former Partners and, to the extent possible, the Partnership Representative shall allocate the burden of any such amounts to those Partners or former Partners to whom such amounts are reasonably attributable in the Partnership Representative’s reasonable discretion, exercised in good faith. The Partnership Representative and any Designated Individual shall be Indemnitees hereunder. In the event of a Transfer of a Partner’s Partnership Interest, the transferor Partner’s obligations under this Section shall survive such Transfer, and such transferor Partner and the transferee Partner shall be liable for any taxes, penalties, additions to tax and interest payable by the Partnership under the Partnership Tax Audit Rules that are reasonably attributable to such Partnership Interest.

 

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(b) Reimbursements. All third party costs and expenses incurred by the Partnership Representative in performing its duties as such (including legal and accounting fees and expenses) shall be borne by the Partnership. Nothing herein shall be construed to restrict the Partnership from engaging an accounting firm and/or a law firm to assist Partnership Representative in discharging its duties hereunder, so long as the compensation paid by the Partnership for such services is reasonable.

10.4 ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES. The Partnership shall elect to deduct expenses, if any, incurred by it in organizing the Partnership ratably over a 180-month period as provided in Section 709 of the Code.

10.5 WITHHOLDING.

(a) General. Each Limited Partner hereby authorizes the Partnership to withhold from, or pay on behalf of or with respect to, such Limited Partner any amount of federal, state, local, or foreign taxes that the General Partner determines that the Partnership is required to withhold or pay with respect to any amount distributable or allocable to such Limited Partner pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, any taxes required to be withheld or paid by the Partnership pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445, 1446 or 3406 of the Code. If the Partnership makes a distribution in kind and such distribution is subject to withholding or other taxes payable by the Partnership on behalf of any Limited Partner, such Limited Partner shall make a prompt payment to the Partnership of the amount required to be withheld. Such obligation shall survive termination of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest.

(b) Treatment of Amounts Withheld. Any amount paid on behalf of or with respect to a Limited Partner shall constitute a loan by the Partnership to such Limited Partner, which loan shall be repaid by such Limited Partner within fifteen (15) days after delivery of written notice from the General Partner that such payment must be made unless:

(i) the Partnership withholds such payment from a distribution which would otherwise be made to the Limited Partner; or

(ii) the General Partner determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that such payment may be satisfied out of the available funds of the Partnership which would, but for such payment, be distributed to the Limited Partner.

For the purpose of greater certainty, the General Partner’s failure to provide written notice to a Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 10.5(b) does not relieve such Limited Partner of its liabilities under this Section 10.5(b) or otherwise restrict the General Partner from taking such actions set forth in clause (i) and (ii) of this Section 10.5(b). Any amounts withheld from amounts otherwise distributable to a Limited Partner as described in clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 10.5(b) shall be treated as having been distributed to such Limited Partner.

(c) Security Interest. Each Limited Partner hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to the Partnership a security interest in such Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest to secure such Limited Partner’s obligation to pay to the Partnership any amounts required to be paid pursuant to this Section 10.5. Each Limited Partner shall take such actions as the Partnership or the General Partner shall request in order to perfect or enforce the security interest created hereunder.

 

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(d) Default. In the event that a Limited Partner fails to pay when due any amounts owed to the Partnership pursuant to this Section 10.5, the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, elect to make the payment to the Partnership on behalf of such defaulting Limited Partner, and in such event shall be deemed to have loaned such amount to such defaulting Limited Partner and shall succeed to all rights and remedies of the Partnership as against such defaulting Limited Partner. Without limitation, in such event, the General Partner shall have the right to receive distributions that would otherwise be distributable to such defaulting Limited Partner until such time as such loan, together with all interest thereon, has been paid in full, and any such distributions so received by the General Partner shall be treated as having been distributed to the defaulting Limited Partner and immediately paid by the defaulting Limited Partner to the General Partner in repayment of such loan.

(e) Interest. Any amount payable by a Limited Partner under this Section 10.5 shall bear interest at the lesser of (i) the base rate on corporate loans at large United States money center commercial banks, as published from time to time in The Wall Street Journal, plus four (4) percentage points, and (ii) the maximum lawful rate of interest on such obligation, such interest to accrue from the date such amount is due (i.e., fifteen (15) days after demand) until such amount is paid in full.

ARTICLE XI.

TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS

11.1 TRANSFER.

(a) Definition. The term “Transfer,” when used in this Article XI with respect to a Partnership Interest or a Partnership Unit, shall be deemed to refer to a transaction by which the General Partner purports to assign all or any part of its General Partner Interest to another Person or a Limited Partner purports to assign all or any part of its Limited Partner Interest to another Person, and includes a sale, assignment, gift, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, mortgage, exchange or any other disposition by law or otherwise. The term “Transfer” when used in this Article XI does not include any redemption of Partnership Units or other Partnership Interests for cash or REIT Stock pursuant to Section 8.6 or Section 8.7.

(b) Restriction on Transfer. No Partnership Interest shall be Transferred, in whole or in part, except in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Article XI. Any Transfer or purported Transfer of a Partnership Interest not made in accordance with this Article XI shall be null and void.

11.2 TRANSFER OF THE GENERAL PARTNERS GENERAL PARTNER INTEREST.

(a) The General Partner may not Transfer any of its General Partner Interest or withdraw as General Partner, except:

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(ii) if such Transfer is to an entity which is wholly-owned, directly or indirectly, by the General Partner or that wholly owns, directly or indirectly, the General Partner.

(b) In the event the General Partner withdraws as general partner of the Partnership in accordance with Section 11.2(a), the General Partner’s General Partner Interest shall immediately be converted into a Limited Partner Interest.

(c) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the merger of the General Partner with and into any other entity shall not be deemed to be a Transfer of its General Partner Interest or a withdrawal of the General Partner and shall not require the Consent of any Limited Partner or cause the dissolution of the Partnership, except Consent of the Limited Partners shall be required if such merger of the General Partner has an adverse effect on the economic, distribution, redemption, or conversion rights of Limited Partners.

11.3 LIMITED PARTNERS RIGHTS TO TRANSFER.

(a) General. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.3(b), no Limited Partner shall have the right to Transfer all or a portion of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest, or any of such Limited Partner’s rights as a Limited Partner, without the consent of the General Partner, which may be given or withheld by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion.

(b) Transfers to Permitted Transferees. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.3(a), but subject to the provisions of Sections 11.3(c), 11.3(d), and 11.3(e) and other applicable restrictions on Transfers contained in this Article XI, a Limited Partner may Transfer, with or without the consent of the General Partner, all or a portion of his Common Partnership Units to a Permitted Transferee; provided that such Permitted Transferee must qualify as an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act; and provided further that, no Transfer pursuant to this Section 11.3(b) shall be effective until the General Partner receives notice of such Transfer.

(c) No Transfers Violating Securities Laws. The General Partner may prohibit any Transfer by a Limited Partner of its Partnership Units if, in the opinion of legal counsel to the Partnership, such Transfer would require the filing of a registration statement under the Securities Act, or would otherwise violate any federal or state securities laws or regulations applicable to the Partnership or the Partnership Units.

(d) No Transfers to Certain Lenders. No Transfer of any Partnership Units may be made to a lender to the Partnership or any Person who is related (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.752-4(b)) to any lender to the Partnership whose loan constitutes a nonrecourse liability (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2)), without the consent of the General Partner, which may be withheld in its sole and absolute discretion.

(e) Additional Prohibited Transfers. No Transfer by a Limited Partner of its Partnership Units may be made to any Person if:

(i) in the opinion of the General Partner based on the advice of legal counsel, if appropriate, it would adversely affect the ability of the General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT or would subject the General Partner to any additional taxes under Sections 857 or 4981 of the Code;

 

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(ii) in the opinion of the General Partner based on the advice of legal counsel, if appropriate, it would result in the Partnership being treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes;

(iii) such Transfer would subject the Partnership to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended or ERISA;

(iv) such Transfer is effectuated through an “established securities market” or a “secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code; or

(v) such Transfer is to a Prohibited Transferee.

(f) Incapacitated Limited Partners. If a Limited Partner is Incapacitated, the executor, administrator, trustee, committee, guardian, conservator or receiver of such Limited Partner’s estate shall have all of the rights of a Limited Partner, but not more rights than those enjoyed by other Limited Partners, for the purpose of settling or managing the estate and such power as the Incapacitated Limited Partner possessed to Transfer all or any part of his or its Partnership Interest. The Incapacity of a Limited Partner, in and of itself, shall not dissolve or terminate the Partnership.

(g) Transfers of LTIP Partnership Units. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Transfers of LTIP Partnership Units shall be permitted, other than Transfers of such units (i) by operation of law or (ii) to the Partnership or the General Partner or (iii) with the consent of the General Partner, which may be given or withheld by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, provided that any such Transfer shall be subject to all applicable laws (including, without limitation, any applicable federal, state or other securities laws).

11.4 SUBSTITUTED LIMITED PARTNERS.

(a) Consent of the General Partner. No Limited Partner shall have the right to substitute a Permitted Transferee in such Limited Partner’s place. The General Partner shall, however, have the right to consent to the admission of a Permitted Transferee of the Partnership Interest of a Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 11.4 as a Substitute Limited Partner, which consent may be given or withheld by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion. The General Partner’s failure or refusal to permit such transferee to become a Substituted Limited Partner shall not give rise to any cause of action against the Partnership or any Partner.

(b) Rights of a Substituted Limited Partner. A transferee who has been admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner in accordance with this Article XI shall have all the rights and powers and be subject to all the restrictions and liabilities of a Limited Partner under this Agreement. The admission of any transferee as a Substituted Limited Partner shall be conditioned upon the transferee executing and delivering to the Partnership an acceptance of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the power of attorney granted in Section 2.6, and such other documents or instruments as may be required in the reasonable discretion of the General Partner in order to effect such Person’s admission as a Substituted Limited Partner.

 

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(c) Amendments to Exhibit A. Upon the admission of a Substituted Limited Partner, the General Partner shall amend Exhibit A to reflect the name, address, number of Partnership Units, and Percentage Interest of such Substituted Limited Partner and to eliminate or adjust, if necessary, the name, address and interest of the predecessor of such Substituted Limited Partner.

11.5 ASSIGNEES. If the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, does not consent to the admission of any transferee as a Substituted Limited Partner, as described in Section 11.4(a), such transferee shall be considered an Assignee for purposes of this Agreement. An Assignee shall be deemed to have had assigned to it, and shall be entitled to receive distributions from the Partnership and the share of Profit, Losses and any other items of gain, loss, deduction or credit of the Partnership attributable to the Partnership Units assigned to such transferee, but shall not be deemed to be a holder of Partnership Units for any other purpose under this Agreement except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, and shall not be entitled to vote such Partnership Units in any matter presented to the Limited Partners for a vote (such Partnership Units being deemed to have been voted on such matter in the same proportion as all other Partnership Units held by Limited Partners are voted). In the event any such transferee desires to make a further assignment of any such Partnership Units, such transferee shall be subject to all of the provisions of this Article XI to the same extent and in the same manner as any Limited Partner desiring to make an assignment of Partnership Units.

11.6 GENERAL PROVISIONS.

(a) Withdrawal of a Limited Partner. No Limited Partner may withdraw from the Partnership other than as a result of a Transfer of all of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Units pursuant to which the transferee is admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner or a redemption of all of the Partnership Units held by such Limited Partner pursuant to Sections 4.1(e), 8.6 or 8.7.

(b) Termination of Status as a Limited Partner. Any Limited Partner that Transfers all of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Units (or other Partnership Interests) in a Transfer pursuant to which the transferee is admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner, or (ii) redeems all of such Partnership Units held by such Limited Partner pursuant to Sections 4.1(e), 8.6 or 8.7 shall cease to be a Limited Partner.

(c) Allocations. If any Partnership Interest is Transferred during the Partnership’s Fiscal Year in compliance with the provisions of this Article XI (including Transfers to the General Partner pursuant to Section 8.6(d)) on any day other than the first day of a Fiscal Year, then Profit, Losses, each item thereof and all other items attributable to such Partnership Interest for such Fiscal Year shall be divided and allocated between the transferor Partner and the transferee Partner by taking into account their varying interests during the Fiscal Year in accordance with Section 706(d) of the Code, using the interim closing of the books method (unless the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, elects to adopt a daily, weekly or monthly proration period, in which event Profits, Losses, each item thereof and all other items attributable to such transferred Partnership Interest for such Fiscal Year shall be prorated based upon the applicable method selected by the General Partner).

 

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(d) Distributions. All distributions of Available Operating Cash, Net Sales Proceeds or other Partnership Assets attributable to Partnership Units, with respect to which the Partnership Record Date is before the date of a Transfer of such Partnership Units (including any Transfer to the General Partner pursuant to Section 8.6(d)), shall be made to the transferor Partner, and all distributions of Available Operating Cash, Net Sales Proceeds or other Partnership Assets thereafter attributable to such Partnership Units shall be made to the transferee Partner.

(e) Capital Accounts. The original Capital Account established for each transferee shall be in the same amount as the Capital Account or portion thereof of the Partner to which such transferee succeeds, at the time such transferee is admitted to the Partnership. The Capital Account of any Partner that is a party to a Transfer of all or all or any portion of a Partnership Interest shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect such Transfer. Any reference in this Agreement to a Capital Contribution of, or distribution to, a then-Partner shall include a Capital Contribution or distribution previously made by or to any prior Partner on account of the Partnership Interest of such then-Partner.

(f) Additional Restrictions. In addition to any other restrictions on Transfer contained in this Agreement, in no event may any Transfer of a Partnership Interest by any Partner or any redemption pursuant to Section 8.6 be made without the express consent of the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, (i) to any Person who lacks the legal right, power or capacity to own a Partnership Interest; (ii) in violation of applicable law; (iii) of any component portion of a Partnership Interest, such as the Capital Account, or rights to distributions, separate and apart from all other components of a Partnership Interest; (iv) if in the opinion of the General Partner based on the advice of legal counsel, if appropriate, such Transfer would cause a termination of the Partnership for Federal or state income tax purposes (except as a result of a redemption of all Partnership Units held by all Limited Partners); (v) if in the opinion of the General Partner based on the advice of legal counsel, if appropriate, such Transfer would cause the Partnership to cease to be classified as a partnership for Federal income tax purposes (except as a result of a redemption of all Partnership Units held by all Limited Partners); (vi) if such Transfer requires the registration of such Partnership Interest pursuant to any applicable federal or state securities laws; (vii) if such Transfer would cause the Partnership to become a “publicly traded partnership,” as such term is defined in Section 7704(b) of the Code (provided that this clause (vii) shall not be the basis for limiting or restricting in any manner the exercise of the Series A Redemption Right or the denial of a Series B Redemption Request under Section 8.6 unless, and only to the extent that, outside tax counsel advises the General Partner that, in the absence of such limitation or restriction, there is a significant risk that the Partnership will be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” and, by reason thereof, taxable as a corporation); (viii) if such Transfer would cause the General Partner to own 10% or more of the ownership interests of any tenant of a property held by the Partnership within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code; (ix) if such Transfer would result in the General Partner being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code; (x) to any Person if the Limited Partner that proposes to Transfer a Partnership Interest (or if such Limited Partner is a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Limited Partner’s owner) is not a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code without the Limited Partner and the proposed transferee jointly

 

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providing to the Partnership written proof reasonably satisfactory to the General Partner that any applicable withholding tax that may be imposed on such Transfer (including pursuant to Sections 864 and 1446(f) of the Code) and any related tax returns or forms that are required to be filed, have been, or will be, timely paid and filed, as applicable; or (xi) if in the opinion of the General Partner based on the advice of legal counsel, if appropriate, such Transfer would adversely affect the ability of the General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT or subject the General Partner to any additional taxes under Sections 857 or 4981 of the Code.

ARTICLE XII.

ADMISSION OF PARTNERS

12.1 ADMISSION OF SUCCESSOR GENERAL PARTNER. A successor to all of the General Partner Interest pursuant to Article XI hereof who is proposed to be admitted as a successor General Partner shall be admitted to the Partnership as the General Partner, effective immediately following the successor General Partner’s execution and delivery to the Partnership of an acceptance of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and such other documents or instruments as may be required or appropriate to effect such Person’s admission as General Partner. In the case of such admission on any day other than the first day of a Fiscal Year, all items attributable to the General Partner Interest for such Fiscal Year shall be allocated between the transferring General Partner and such successor as provided in Section 11.6(c) hereof. Any such successor General Partner shall carry on the business of the Partnership without dissolution.

12.2 ADMISSION OF ADDITIONAL LIMITED PARTNERS.

(a) General. A Person other than the General Partner who makes a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in accordance with this Agreement shall be admitted to the Partnership as an Additional Limited Partner only upon executing and delivering to the General Partner:

(i) evidence of acceptance in form satisfactory to the General Partner of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the power of attorney granted in Section 2.6 hereof; and

(ii) such other documents or instruments as may be required in the discretion of the General Partner in order to effect such Person’s admission as an Additional Limited Partner.

(b) General Partner’s Consent Required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 12.2, no Person shall be admitted as an Additional Limited Partner without the consent of the General Partner, which consent may be given or withheld in the General Partner’s sole and absolute discretion. The admission of any Person as an Additional Limited Partner shall become effective on the date upon which the name of such Person is recorded on the books and records of the Partnership, following the consent of the General Partner to such admission and the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 12.2(a).

 

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(c) Allocations to Additional Limited Partners. If any Additional Limited Partner is admitted to the Partnership on any day other than the first day of a Fiscal Year, then Profit, Losses, each item thereof and all other items allocable among Partners and Assignees for such Fiscal Year shall be allocated among such Additional Limited Partner and all other Partners and Assignees by taking into account their varying interests during the Fiscal Year in accordance with Section 706(d) of the Code, using the interim closing of the books method. Solely for purposes of making such allocations, each of such items for the calendar month in which an admission of any Additional Limited Partner occurs shall be allocated among all of the Partners and Assignees, including such Additional Limited Partner.

12.3 AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT AND CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. For the admission to the Partnership of any Partner, the General Partner shall take all steps necessary and appropriate under the Act to amend the records of the Partnership and, if necessary, to prepare as soon as practical an amendment of this Agreement (including an amendment of Exhibit A) and, if required by law, shall prepare and file an amendment to the Certificate and may for this purpose exercise the power of attorney granted pursuant to Section 2.6 hereof.

ARTICLE XIII.

DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION

13.1 DISSOLUTION. The Partnership shall not be dissolved by the admission of Substituted Limited Partners or Additional Limited Partners or by the admission of a successor General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Subject to Section 13.1(b), upon the withdrawal of the General Partner, any successor General Partner shall continue the business of the Partnership. The Partnership shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, only upon the first to occur of any of the following (“Liquidating Events”):

(a) the expiration of its term as provided in Section 2.5 hereof;

(b) an event of withdrawal of the General Partner, as defined in the Act (other than an event of bankruptcy), unless, within ninety (90) days after such event of withdrawal, a “majority in interest” (as defined below) of the remaining Partners Consent in writing to continue the business of the Partnership and to the appointment, effective as of the date of withdrawal, of a successor General Partner;

(c) an election to dissolve the Partnership made by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion;

(d) entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Act;

(e) the occurrence of a Terminating Sale Transaction; or

(f) a final and non-appealable judgment is entered by a court of competent jurisdiction ruling that the General Partner or the Partnership is bankrupt or insolvent, or a final and non-appealable order for relief is entered by a court with appropriate jurisdiction against the General Partner or the Partnership, in each case under any federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency laws as now or hereafter in effect, unless prior to the entry of such order or judgment a “majority in interest” (as defined below) of the remaining Partners Consent in writing to continue the business of the Partnership and to the appointment, effective as of a date prior to the date of such order or judgment, of a substitute General Partner, if applicable.

 

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As used in this Article XIII, a “majority in interest” shall refer to Partners (excluding the General Partner) who hold Common Partnership Units that constitute more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate number of outstanding Common Partnership Units not held by the General Partner.

13.2 WINDING UP; LIQUIDATION.

(a) Upon dissolution of the Partnership, the business and affairs of the Partnership shall be wound up as provided in this Section 13.2. The General Partner shall act as the “Liquidator” (or, in the event there is no remaining General Partner, any Person elected by Limited Partners holding more than 50% of the total number of Common Partnership Units then issued and outstanding). The Liquidator shall wind up the affairs of the Partnership, shall dispose of such Partnership Assets as it deems necessary or appropriate and shall pay and distribute the assets of the Partnership, including the proceeds of any such disposition, as follows:

(i) first, to creditors, including Partners who are creditors, to the extent otherwise permitted by law, in satisfaction of liabilities of the Partnership (whether by payment or by establishment or reserves as determined by the Liquidator in its sole discretion), other than distributions to Partners pursuant to Article V, and

(ii) second, to the Partners in accordance with their positive Capital Account balances.

It is intended that such distributions will result in the Partners receiving aggregate distributions in the order of and equal to the amount of distributions that would have been received if the liquidating distributions were made in accordance with Section 5.1. However, if the balances in the Capital Accounts do not result in such intention being satisfied, items of Profits and Losses will be reallocated among the Partners for the Fiscal Year of the liquidation (and, at the election of the General Partner, if necessary and permissible, prior Fiscal Years) so as to cause the balances in the Capital Accounts to be in the amounts necessary to assure that such result is achieved. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event the Partnership is liquidated within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), liquidation distributions shall be made by the end of the taxable year in which the Partnership liquidates or, if later, within ninety (90) days of the date of such liquidation.

(b) In the discretion of the Liquidator, a pro rata portion of the distributions that would otherwise be made to the Partners pursuant to this Article XIII may be:

(i) distributed to a trust established for the benefit of the General Partner and Limited Partners for the purposes of liquidating Partnership assets, collecting amounts owed to the Partnership, and paying any contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Partnership or the General Partner arising out of or in connection with the Partnership; the assets of any such trust shall be distributed to the General Partner and Limited Partners from time to time, in the reasonable discretion of the Liquidator, in the same proportions as the amount distributed to such trust by the Partnership would otherwise have been distributed to the General Partner and Limited Partners pursuant to this Agreement; or

 

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(ii) withheld or escrowed to provide a reasonable reserve for Partnership liabilities (contingent or otherwise) and to reflect the unrealized portion of any installment obligations owed to the Partnership, provided that such withheld or escrowed amounts shall be distributed to the General Partner and Limited Partners in the manner and order of priority set forth in Section 13.2(a) as soon as practicable.

(c) The Liquidator shall, in its sole discretion, determine whether to sell any Partnership Assets, including, without limitation, Real Estate Assets, and if so, whether at a public or private sale, for what price and on what terms. If the Liquidator determines to sell or otherwise dispose of any Partnership Asset or any interest therein, the Liquidator shall do so expeditiously and for its fair market value under the circumstances, giving due regard to the activity and condition of the relevant market and general financial and economic conditions. If the Liquidator determines not to sell or otherwise dispose of any Partnership Asset or any interest therein, the Liquidator shall not be required to distribute the same to the Partners promptly but shall have full right and discretion to determine the time and manner of such distribution and distributions giving due regard to the interests of the Partners.

13.3 NO OBLIGATION TO CONTRIBUTE DEFICIT. If any Partner has a deficit balance in his Capital Account (after giving effect to all contributions, distributions and allocations for all taxable years, including the year during which such liquidation occurs), such Partner shall have no obligation to make any contribution to the capital of the Partnership with respect to such deficit, and such deficit shall not be considered a debt owed to the Partnership or to any other Person for any purpose whatsoever.

13.4 NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. In the event a Liquidating Event occurs or an event occurs that would, but for the provisions of an election or objection by one or more Partners pursuant to Section 13.1, result in a dissolution of the Partnership, the General Partner shall, within thirty (30) days thereafter, provide written notice thereof to each of the Partners.

13.5 TERMINATION OF PARTNERSHIP AND CANCELLATION OF CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. Upon the completion of the liquidation of the Partnership’s assets, as provided in Section 13.2, the Partnership shall be terminated, a certificate of cancellation shall be filed, and all qualifications of the Partnership as a foreign limited partnership in jurisdictions other than the state of Delaware shall be canceled and such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Partnership shall be taken.

13.6 REASONABLE TIME FOR WINDING-UP. A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding-up of the business and affairs of the Partnership and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to Section 13.2 in order to minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon such winding-up, and the provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect among the Partners during the period of liquidation.

13.7 WAIVER OF PARTITION. Each Partner hereby waives any right to partition of the Partnership property.

 

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ARTICLE XIV.

AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; MEETINGS

14.1 AMENDMENTS.

(a) By the General Partner. The General Partner shall have the power, without the consent of the Limited Partners, to amend this Agreement except as set forth in Section 14.1(b) hereof. The General Partner shall provide notice to the Limited Partners when any action under this Section 14.1(a) is taken in the next regular communication to the Limited Partners. The Limited Partners shall not have the power to amend this Agreement.

(b) Restrictions on General Partners Ability to Amend this Agreement. Notwithstanding Section 14.1(a), this Agreement shall not be amended with respect to any Partner adversely affected without the Consent of such Partner adversely affected if such amendment would:

(i) convert a Limited Partner’s Limited Partner Interest into a General Partner Interest;

(ii) impose on the Limited Partners any obligation to make additional Capital Contributions to the Partnership;

(iii) modify the limited liability of a Limited Partner in a manner adverse to such Limited Partner; or

(iv) amend this Section 14.1(b).

14.2 MEETINGS OF THE PARTNERS.

(a) General. Meetings of the Partners may be called by the General Partner and shall be called upon the receipt by the General Partner of a written request by Limited Partners holding twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Common Partnership Interests. The request shall state the nature of the business to be transacted. Notice of any such meeting shall be given to all Partners not less than seven (7) days nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of such meeting. Partners may vote in person or by proxy at such meeting.

(b) Vote Required. Whenever the vote or Consent of the Partners is permitted or required under this Agreement, such vote or Consent may be given at a meeting of the Partners or may be given in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Section 14.2(c) hereof. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Consent of holders of Partnership Units that constitute more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate number of outstanding Common Partnership Units held by the Partners (including the General Partner) shall constitute the consent of the Partners.

 

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(c) Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Partners may be taken without a meeting if a written consent setting forth the action so taken is signed by holders of Common Partnership Units that constitute more than fifty percent (50%) (or such other percentage as is expressly required by this Agreement) of the aggregate number of outstanding Common Partnership Units held by the Partners (including the General Partner). Such consent may be in one instrument or in several instruments, and shall have the same force and effect as a vote the holders of Partnership Units that constitute more than fifty percent (50%) (or such other percentage as is expressly required by this Agreement) of the aggregate number of outstanding Common Partnership Units held by the Partners (including the General Partner). Such consent shall be filed with the General Partner. An action so taken shall be deemed to have been taken at a meeting held on the effective date of the consent as certified by the General Partner.

(d) Proxy. Each Partner may authorize any Person or Persons to act for him by proxy on all matters in which a Partner is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting. Every proxy must be signed by the Partner or his attorney-in-fact and a copy thereof delivered to the Partnership. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Partner executing it, such revocation to be effective upon the General Partner’s receipt of written notice of such revocation from the Partner executing such proxy.

(e) Conduct of Meeting. Each meeting of the Partners shall be conducted by the General Partner or such other Person as the General Partner may appoint pursuant to such rules for the conduct of the meeting as the General Partner or such other Person deems appropriate. Meetings of Partners may be conducted in the same manner as meetings of the stockholders of the General Partner and may be held at the same time, and as part of, meetings of the stockholders of the General Partner.

ARTICLE XV.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

15.1 ADDRESSES AND NOTICE. Any notice, demand, request or report required or permitted to be given or made to a Partner or Assignee under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given or made when delivered if delivered in person, sent by first class United States mail, by overnight delivery or via facsimile to the Partner or Assignee at the address set forth in Exhibit A or such other address of which the Partner shall notify the General Partner in writing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner may elect to deliver any such notice, demand, request or report by e-mail or by any other electronic means, in which case such communication shall be deemed given or made one day after being sent.

15.2 TITLES AND CAPTIONS. All article or section titles or captions in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, shall not be deemed part of this Agreement and shall in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope or intent of any provisions hereof. Except as specifically provided otherwise, references to “Articles” and “Sections” are to Articles and Sections of this Agreement.

15.3 PRONOUNS AND PLURALS. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa.

 

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15.4 FURTHER ACTION. The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking action as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.

15.5 BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

15.6 CREDITORS. Other than as expressly set forth herein with respect to the Indemnitees, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of, or shall be enforceable by, any creditor of the Partnership.

15.7 WAIVER. No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.

15.8 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 original or the same counterpart. Each party shall become bound by this Agreement immediately upon affixing its signature hereto.

15.9 APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

15.10 INVALIDITY OF PROVISIONS. If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.

15.11 MERGER. Subject to Section 11.2, the Partnership may merge with, or consolidate into, any Person or Entity in accordance with Section 17-211 of the Act.

15.12 NO RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDERS. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring upon the holders of the Partnership Units any rights whatsoever as stockholders of the General Partner, including, without limitation, any right to receive dividends or other distributions made to such stockholders or to vote or to consent or receive notice as stockholders in respect to any meeting or stockholders for the election of directors of the General Partner or any other matter.

15.13 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement contains the entire understanding and agreement among the Partners with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any other prior written or oral understandings or agreements among them with respect thereto.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership as of the day and year first-above written.

 

GENERAL PARTNER

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc.

By:  

/s/ Robert A. Milligan

Name:

 

Robert A. Milligan

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT A

PARTNERS’ CONTRIBUTIONS AND PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS

 

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EXHIBIT B

SERIES A NOTICE OF REDEMPTION REQUEST

The undersigned Limited Partner hereby irrevocably (i) requests that Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP (the “Partnership”) redeem Common Series A Units in the Partnership held by such Limited Partner in accordance with Section 8.6(a) of the Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, as such agreement may be amended from time to time (the “Partnership Agreement”) and the Series A Redemption Right referred to therein; (ii) agrees to surrender such Common Series A Units and all right, title, and interest therein promptly upon payment of the Redemption Amount; (iii) directs that the Redemption Amount deliverable upon exercise of the Series A Redemption Right be delivered to such Limited Partner at the address as specified in the Partnership Agreement; and (iv) directs that, if the General Partner determines that the Redemption Amount shall be the REIT Stock Amount, the REIT Stock be registered or placed in the name of such Limited Partner and at such address specified in the Partnership Agreement. The undersigned hereby represents, warrants, and certifies that the undersigned (a) has not transferred or encumbered title to such Common Series A Units; (b) has the full right, power and authority to redeem and surrender such Common Series A Units as provided herein; and (c) has obtained the consent or approval of all Persons, if any, having the right to consent or approve such redemption and surrender.

Dated:

 

[NAME OF LIMITED PARTNER]

By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

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EXHIBIT C

SERIES B NOTICE OF REDEMPTION REQUEST

The undersigned Limited Partner hereby irrevocably (i) requests that Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP (the “Partnership”) redeem Common Series B Units in the Partnership held by such Limited Partner in accordance with Section 8.6(b) of the Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, as such agreement may be amended from time to time (the “Partnership Agreement”); (ii) agrees to surrender such Common Series B Units and all right, title, and interest therein promptly upon payment of the REIT Stock Amount; (iii) directs that the REIT Stock Amount deliverable upon exercise of the Series B Redemption Request, if granted, be delivered to such Limited Partner at the address as specified in the Partnership Agreement; and (iv) directs that the REIT Stock be registered or placed in the name of such Limited Partner and at such address specified in the Partnership Agreement. The undersigned hereby represents, warrants, and certifies that the undersigned (a) has not transferred or encumbered title to such Common Series B Units; (b) has the full right, power and authority to redeem and surrender such Common Series B Units as provided herein; and (c) has obtained the consent or approval of all Persons, if any, having the right to consent or approve such redemption and surrender.

Dated:

 

[NAME OF LIMITED PARTNER]

By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

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Exhibit 4.1

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., as Issuer

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, as Guarantor

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of

July 22, 2022

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Section

       Page  
ARTICLE 1   
DEFINITIONS   

Section 1.01.

  Definitions      1  
ARTICLE 2   
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES   

Section 2.01.

  Designation Amount and Issue of Notes      8  

Section 2.02.

  Form of Notes      10  

Section 2.03.

  Reserved      10  

Section 2.04.

  Execution of Notes      10  

Section 2.05.

  Note Registrar and Paying Agent      11  

Section 2.06.

  Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer      11  

Section 2.07.

  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes      12  

Section 2.08.

  Temporary Notes      13  

Section 2.09.

  Cancellation of Notes      14  

Section 2.10.

  CUSIP Numbers      14  
ARTICLE 3   
REDEMPTION OF NOTES   

Section 3.01.

  Optional Redemption of Notes      14  

Section 3.02.

  Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes      15  

Section 3.03.

  Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Issuer      16  
ARTICLE 4   
CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER   

Section 4.01.

  Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest      16  

Section 4.02.

  Maintenance of Office or Agency      16  

Section 4.03.

  Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office      17  

Section 4.04.

  Provisions as to Paying Agent      17  

Section 4.05.

  Existence      18  

Section 4.06.

  Reports      18  

Section 4.07.

  Stay, Extension and Usury Laws      19  

Section 4.08.

  Compliance Certificate      20  

Section 4.09.

  Limitations on Incurrence of Debt      20  

Section 4.10.

  Insurance      21  

 

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Table of Contents

(continued)

 

Section

       Page  
ARTICLE 5   
NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE   

Section 5.01.

  Noteholders’ Lists      22  

Section 5.02.

  Preservation and Disclosure of Lists      22  

Section 5.03.

  Reports by Trustee      22  
ARTICLE 6   
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS ON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT   

Section 6.01.

  Events of Default      23  

Section 6.02.

  Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor      25  

Section 6.03.

  Application of Monies Collected by Trustee      26  

Section 6.04.

  Proceedings by Holders      27  

Section 6.05.

  Proceedings by Trustee      28  

Section 6.06.

  Remedies Cumulative and Continuing      28  

Section 6.07.

  Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Holders      28  

Section 6.08.

  Notice of Defaults      29  

Section 6.09.

  Undertaking to Pay Costs      29  
ARTICLE 7   
THE TRUSTEE   

Section 7.01.

  Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee      30  

Section 7.02.

  Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc.      31  

Section 7.03.

  No Responsibility for Recitals, etc.      33  

Section 7.04.

  Trustee, Paying Agents or Registrar May Own Notes      33  

Section 7.05.

  Monies to Be Held in Trust      33  

Section 7.06.

  Compensation and Expenses of Trustee      33  

Section 7.07.

  Officers’ Certificate as Evidence      34  

Section 7.08.

  Conflicting Interests of Trustee      34  

Section 7.09.

  Eligibility of Trustee      34  

Section 7.10.

  Resignation or Removal of Trustee      34  

Section 7.11.

  Acceptance by Successor Trustee      35  

Section 7.12.

  Succession by Merger      36  

Section 7.13.

  Preferential Collection of Claims      36  

 

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(continued)

 

Section

       Page  
Article 8

 

RESERVED

 

ARTICLE 9

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

Section 9.01.

  Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders      37  

Section 9.02.

  Supplemental Indenture With Consent of Holders      38  

Section 9.03.

  Effect of Supplemental Indenture      39  

Section 9.04.

  Notation on Notes      39  

Section 9.05.

  Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished to Trustee      39  
ARTICLE 10

 

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

 

Section 10.01.

  Issuer May Consolidate on Certain Terms      39  

Section 10.02.

  Issuer Successor to Be Substituted      40  

Section 10.03.

  Guarantor May Consolidate on Certain Terms      40  

Section 10.04.

  Guarantor Successor to Be Substituted      41  

Section 10.05.

  Assumption by Guarantor      41  
ARTICLE 11

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

 

Section 11.01.

  Discharge of Indenture      42  

Section 11.02.

  Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee      42  

Section 11.03.

  Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held      43  

Section 11.04.

  Return of Unclaimed Monies      43  

Section 11.05.

  Reinstatement      43  
ARTICLE 12

 

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

Section 12.01.

  Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance      43  

Section 12.02.

  Legal Defeasance and Discharge      43  

Section 12.03.

  Covenant Defeasance      44  

Section 12.04.

  Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance      44  

Section 12.05.

  Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions      45  

Section 12.06.

  Repayment to Issuer      46  

 

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(continued)

 

Section

       Page  

Section 12.07.

  Reinstatement      46  
ARTICLE 13

 

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

 

Section 13.01.

  Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations      47  
ARTICLE 14

 

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES

 

Section 14.01.

  Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called      47  

Section 14.02.

  Call, Notice and Place of Meetings      47  

Section 14.03.

  Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings      48  

Section 14.04.

  Quorum; Action      48  

Section 14.05.

  Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings      49  

Section 14.06.

  Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings      49  
ARTICLE 15

 

GUARANTEE

 

Section 15.01.

  Guarantee      50  

Section 15.02.

  Execution and Delivery of Guarantee      51  

Section 15.03.

  Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability; Certain Bankruptcy Events      51  

Section 15.04.

  Release of Guarantor of Guarantee Obligations      52  
ARTICLE 16

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 16.01.

  Provisions Binding on Issuer’s and Guarantor’s Successors      52  

Section 16.02.

  Official Acts by Successor Corporation      52  

Section 16.03.

  Addresses for Notices, etc.      52  

Section 16.04.

  Governing Law      53  

Section 16.05.

  Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent, Certificates to Trustee      54  

Section 16.06.

  Legal Holidays      54  

Section 16.07.

  Trust Indenture Act      54  

Section 16.08.

  No Security Interest Created      54  

Section 16.09.

  Benefits of Indenture      54  

Section 16.10.

  Table of Contents, Headings, etc.      55  

 

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(continued)

 

Section

       Page  

Section 16.11.

  Authenticating Agent      55  

Section 16.12.

  Execution in Counterparts      55  

Section 16.13.

  Severability      56  

 

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CROSS REFERENCE TABLE*

 

 

Trust Indenture Act Section

  

Indenture Section

310(a)(1)

   7.09

(a)(2)

   7.09

(a)(3)

   N.A.

(a)(4)

   N.A.

(a)(5)

   N.A.

(b)

   7.08, 7.10

(c)

   N.A.

311(a)

   7.13

(b)

   7.13

(c)

   N.A.

312(a)

   5.01

(b)

   5.02

(c)

   5.02

313(a)

   5.03

(b)

   5.03

(c)

   5.03

(d)

   5.03

314(a)

   4.06, 4.08

(b)

   N.A.

(c)(1)

   16.05

(c)(2)

   16.05

(c)(3)

   N.A.

(d)

   N.A.

(e)

   16.05

(f)

   N.A.

315(a)

   7.01

(b)

   6.08

(c)

   7.01

(d)

   7.01

(e)

   6.09

316(a)(1)(A)

   6.07

(a)(1)(B)

   6.07

(a)(2)

   N.A.

(b)

   N.A.

(c)

   N.A.

317(a)(1)

   6.02

(a)(2)

   6.02

(b)

   11.03

318(a)

   N.A.

 

N.A. means not applicable.

 

*

This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.

 

 

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INDENTURE

INDENTURE dated as of July 22, 2022 (hereinafter called this “Indenture”) among Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (hereinafter called the “Issuer”), Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a Maryland corporation) (hereinafter called the “Guarantor” or, in its capacity as the sole general partner of the Issuer, the “General Partner”), each having its principal office at 3310 West End Avenue, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37203, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee hereunder (hereinafter called the “Trustee”).

WHEREAS, the Issuer for its lawful purposes has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its notes, Additional Notes (as defined below) or other evidence of indebtedness (hereinafter called the “Debt Securities” or “Notes”) to be issued in one or more series as herein provided; and

WHEREAS, the Guarantor has duly authorized the issuance of a guarantee of the Debt Securities, and to provide therefor the Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture and such Guarantee.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

THAT, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein contained and of the purchase and acceptance of the Debt Securities by the holders thereof, and for other valuable consideration the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, it is hereby agreed among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee, for the benefit of those who shall hold the Debt Securities, as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

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

2026 Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01 hereof.

 

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

Additional Notes” means additional Notes which may be issued from time to time in accordance with the terms of the applicable Supplemental Indenture.

Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, on any Redemption Date, the rate per year, as determined by the Quotation Agent, equal to:

(1) the yield, under the heading that represents the weekly average yield (being, if not reported as a weekly average yield, the average of the five most recent daily reported yields), appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15” or any successor publication that is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue; provided that if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life of the Debt Securities of such series, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight-line basis rounding to the nearest month; or

(2) if that release, or any successor release, is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that Redemption Date.

The Adjusted Treasury Rate will be calculated at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding the date of the notice of redemption by the Quotation Agent.

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

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

Annual Debt Service Charge” as of any date means the amount of interest expense determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Authentication Order” means the written order of the Issuer directing the Trustee to authenticate any Debt Securities.

 

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

Benefited Party” has the meaning specified in Section 15.01 hereof.

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the General Partner or a committee of such board duly authorized to act for it hereunder.

Business Day” means, with respect to any Note, any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, or in such other place of payment of the Notes, are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking S.A.

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the Remaining Life that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining Life.

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations.

Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service” means, for any period, Earnings from Operations of Issuer and its Subsidiaries plus amounts which have been deducted, and minus amounts which have been added, for the following (without duplication): (1) Annual Debt Service Charge of Issuer and its Subsidiaries, (2) provision for taxes of Issuer and its Subsidiaries based on income, (3) provisions for gains and losses on properties and depreciation and amortization, (4) increases in deferred taxes and other non-cash items, (5) depreciation and amortization with respect to interests in joint venture and partially owned entity investments, (6) the effect of any charge resulting from a change in accounting principles in determining Earnings from Operations for such period, and (7) amortization of deferred charges.

Corporate Trust Office” or other similar term, means the designated office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business as it relates to this Indenture shall be administered, which office is, at the date as of which this Indenture is dated, located at the address set forth in Section 16.03 hereof.

Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 12.03 hereof.

CUSIP” means the Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures.

 

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

Debt” means any of Issuer’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ indebtedness, whether or not contingent, in respect of (without duplication) (1) borrowed money evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, (2) indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or any security interest existing on property owned by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, but only to the extent of the lesser of (a) the amount of indebtedness so secured and (b) the fair market value (determined in good faith by the board of directors of such Person or, in the case of Issuer or one of its Subsidiaries, by the Board of Directors) of the property subject to such mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or security interest, (3) the reimbursement obligations, contingent or otherwise, in connection with any letters of credit actually issued or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable, or all conditional sale obligations or obligations under any title retention agreement, or (4) any lease of property by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries as lessee which is reflected on Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet as a financing lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; but only to the extent, in the case of items of indebtedness under (1) through (3) above, that any such items (other than letters of credit) would appear as a liability on Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The term “Debt” also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business or for the purposes of guaranteeing the payment of all amounts due and owing pursuant to leases to which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries are a party and have assigned its or their interest, provided that such assignee of Issuer or its Subsidiary is not in default of any amounts due and owing under such leases), Debt of another Person (other than Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) (it being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries whenever Issuer or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof). In the case of items of indebtedness under (4) above, the term “Debt” will exclude any lease of property by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries as lessee which is reflected on Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet as an operating lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

“Debt Securities” or “Notes” has the meaning specified in the second paragraph of this Indenture.

Default” means any event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become, an Event of Default.

Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03 hereof.

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

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

 

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Earnings from Operations” means, for any period, net income or loss of Issuer and its Subsidiaries, excluding: (1) provisions for gains and losses on sales of investments or joint ventures; (2) provisions for gains and losses on disposition of discontinued operations; (3) extraordinary and non-recurring items; and (4) impairment charges, property valuation losses and non-cash charges necessary to record interest rate contracts at fair value; plus amounts received as rent under leases which are accounted for as financing arrangements net of related interest income, as reflected in the consolidated financial statements of Issuer and its Subsidiaries for such period determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

EDGAR” has the meaning specified in Section 4.06(a) hereof.

Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear system.

Event of Default” means any event specified in Section 6.01 hereof as an Event of Default.

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

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

Global Debt Securities Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Debt Securities issued under this Indenture.

Global Debt Securities” means the Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and that bears the Global Debt Securities Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Debt Securities” attached thereto, issued in accordance with this Indenture.

Government Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.

Guarantee” means the full and unconditional guarantee provided by the Guarantor in respect of the Notes as made applicable to the Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 15.01 hereof.

Guarantee Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 15.01 hereof.

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

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

 

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Intercompany Debt” means Debt to which the only parties are any of Issuer, Guarantor and any of their Subsidiaries; provided, however, that with respect to any such Debt of which Issuer or Guarantor is the borrower, such Debt is subordinate in right of payment to the Notes.

interest” means, when used with reference to the Notes, any interest payable under the terms of the Notes.

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

Legal Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 12.02 hereof.

Note Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05 hereof.

Note Registrar” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05 hereof.

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

Officer” means, with respect to any Person, any person holding any of the following positions with such Person, or, in the case of a Person that is a partnership, the general partner of such Person: the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”), the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer and the Secretary.

Officers’ Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by any two Officers or by one such Officer and any Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of such Person or, in the case of a Person that is a partnership, the general partner of such Person.

Opinion of Counsel” means, with respect to any Person, an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to such Person, or other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

outstanding,” when used with reference to Notes and subject to the provisions of Section 8.04 hereof, means, as of any particular time, all Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except:

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

(2) Notes, or portions thereof, (i) for the redemption of which monies in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent (other than the Issuer or the Guarantor) or (ii) which shall have been otherwise discharged in accordance with Article 11 hereof;

(3) Notes in lieu of which, or in substitution for which, other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.07 hereof; and

 

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(4) Notes paid or redeemed pursuant to Article 3 hereof.

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

Paying Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05 hereof.

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

premium” means any premium payable under the terms of the Notes.

Primary Treasury Dealer” means a primary U.S. Government securities dealer.

Prospectus” means the Issuer’s and the Guarantor’s prospectus dated June 13, 2022.

Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Issuer.

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

Redemption Price” means, with respect to any Note or portion thereof to be redeemed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01 hereof, the redemption price fixed for such redemption in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01 hereof and the provisions of any relevant Supplemental Indenture.

Reference Treasury Dealer” means any one Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer.

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

Remaining Life” means the remaining term of the Debt Securities of such series to be redeemed, calculated as if the maturity date of such Debt Securities were the applicable par call date.

Responsible Officer” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of or familiarity with the particular subject.

 

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

Significant Subsidiary” means any subsidiary which is a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission as in effect on the date hereof.

Stated Maturity,” with respect to any Debt Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date established by or pursuant to a Supplemental Indenture or such Note as the fixed date on which the principal of such Note or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock or other equity interest entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof) and (ii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or managing general partner of which is such Person or a subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or of one or more subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).

Supplemental Indenture” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01 hereof.

Total Assets” as of any date means the sum of (1) Issuer’s and all of its Subsidiaries’ Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (2) all of Issuer’s and all of its Subsidiaries’ other assets determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (but excluding intangibles).

Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as it was in force at the date of this Indenture; provided, that if the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after the date hereof, the term “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean, to the extent required by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

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

Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” as of any date means the cost (original cost plus capital improvements) of Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ real estate assets, right of use assets associated with a financing lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles on such date, before depreciation and amortization determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; provided that “Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” will not include the right of use assets associated with an operating lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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Unencumbered Total Asset Value” as of any date means the sum of (1) those Undepreciated Real Estate Assets not encumbered by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge or security interest and (2) all of Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ other assets on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (but excluding intangibles), in each case which are unencumbered by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge or security interest; provided, however, that, in determining Unencumbered Total Asset Value for purposes of Section 4.09(d) hereof, all investments by the Issuer and any of its Subsidiaries in unconsolidated joint ventures, unconsolidated limited partnerships, unconsolidated limited liability companies and other unconsolidated entities accounted for financial reporting purposes using the equity method of accounting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles shall be excluded from Unencumbered Total Asset Value.

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

ARTICLE 2

FORMS GENERALLY AND DATING; ISSUABLE IN SERIES; REGISTRATION AND

EXCHANGE OF NOTES

Section 2.01. Forms Generally and Dating. The Debt Securities of each series shall be in the form or forms (including temporary or permanent global form) established from time to time by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors or in one or more Supplemental Indentures. The Debt Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture or by a resolution of the Board of Directors and may have such notations, legends or endorsements as the Issuer may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture or as may be required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. The Issuer shall approve and provide the form of the Debt Securities and the form of any Guarantee thereto and any notation, legend or endorsement thereon. If the form of Debt Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Authentication Order or the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities.

Each Debt Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The form of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by the Debt Securities shall be substantially as follows:

[FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE]

This is one of the Debt Securities of the series referred to on the reverse hereof.

 

,

as Trustee

By:

 

         

            Authorized Signatory

 

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                                                                                                                                       Dated:

Section 2.02. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to one or more resolutions of the Board of Directors, or established in or pursuant to one or more Supplemental Indentures, prior to the issuance of the Debt Securities of any series the terms and conditions of such Debt Securities as set forth in such Supplemental Indenture.

All Debt Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such resolution of the Board of Directors or in any such Supplemental Indenture. Not all Debt Securities of any one series need be issued at the same time, and, unless otherwise so provided, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Debt Securities of such series.

If any of the terms of the Debt Securities of a series are established by action taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the Debt Securities of such series. With respect to Debt Securities of a series which are not to be issued at one time, such resolution of the Board of Directors or action may provide general terms or parameters for Debt Securities of such series and provide either that the specific terms of particular Debt Securities of such series shall be specified in a Authentication Order or that such terms shall be determined by the Issuer or its agents in accordance with a Authentication Order .

Section 2.03. Reserved.

Section 2.04. Execution of Notes. The Debt Securities shall be signed, in the name and on behalf of the Issuer, manually or by facsimile or other electronic imaging means by an Officer of the General Partner. The Trustee will, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, manually authenticate Debt Securities for issue under this Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities of such series outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Debt Securities authorized for issuance by the Issuer pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.08 hereof.

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

 

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Section 2.05. Note Registrar and Paying Agent. The Issuer will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Note Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Note Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange (the “Note Register”). The Issuer may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Note Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Note Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Issuer will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Issuer fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Note Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Note Registrar.

The Issuer initially appoints the DTC to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Debt Securities.

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

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

Section 2.06. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer.

(a) Transfer of Debt Securities. The transfer of any series of Debt Securities may be registered by the registered owner thereof, in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained by it as provided in Section 4.02, by delivering such Debt Security for cancellation, accompanied by delivery of a duly executed instrument of transfer, in form approved by the Issuer and satisfactory to the Trustee or its designee, and thereupon the Issuer shall execute in the name of the transferee or transferees, and the Trustee or the authenticating agent shall authenticate and deliver, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of the same series and of like form for the same aggregate principal amount.

(b) Global Debt Securities Legend. Each Global Debt Security will bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

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“THIS GLOBAL DEBT SECURITY IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL DEBT SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(A) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL DEBT SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.09 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL DEBT SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

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

(c) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Debt Securities. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Debt Security have been exchanged for Debt Securities or a particular Debt Security has been redeemed or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Debt Security will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.09 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Debt Security is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Debt Security the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Debt Security will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Debt Security by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Debt Security, such other Global Debt Security will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Debt Security by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

Section 2.07. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. In case any Note shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer in its discretion may execute, and upon its written request the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, a new Note, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Note, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Note so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case, the applicant for a substituted Note shall furnish to the Issuer, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such

 

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authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or connected with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Issuer, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

Following receipt by the Trustee or such authenticating agent, as the case may be, of satisfactory security or indemnity and evidence, as described in the preceding paragraph, the Trustee or such authenticating agent may authenticate any such substituted Note and make available for delivery such Note. Upon the issuance of any substituted Note, the Issuer may require the payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses connected therewith. In case any Note which has matured or is about to mature or has been called for redemption, as the case may be, shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer may, instead of issuing a substitute Note, pay or authorize the payment of, as the case may be, if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Issuer, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or in connection with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Issuer, the Trustee and, if applicable, any Paying Agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

Every substitute Note issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.07 by virtue of the fact that any Note is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder. To the extent permitted by law, all Notes shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment or exchange or redemption of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment or redemption of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

Section 2.08. Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of Notes in certificated form, the Issuer may execute and the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall, upon the written request of the Issuer, authenticate and deliver temporary Notes (printed or lithographed). Temporary Notes shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the Notes in certificated form, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Notes, all as may be determined by the Issuer. Every such temporary Note shall be executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee or such authenticating agent upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the Notes in certificated form. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer will execute and deliver to the Trustee or such authenticating agent Notes in certificated form and thereupon any or all temporary Notes may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at each office or agency maintained by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof and the Trustee or such authenticating agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in

 

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exchange for such temporary Notes an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes in certificated form. Such exchange shall be made by the Issuer at its own expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same limitations under this Indenture as Notes in certificated form authenticated and delivered hereunder.

Section 2.09. Cancellation of Notes. All Notes surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the Issuer or any Paying Agent, which shall initially be the Trustee, or any Note Registrar, be surrendered to the Trustee and promptly canceled by it or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly canceled by it and no Notes shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of such canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures, with copies of such cancelled Notes and related documentation provided to the Issuer. If the Issuer shall acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

Section 2.10. CUSIP Numbers. The Issuer in issuing the Debt Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION OF NOTES

Section 3.01. Optional Redemption of Notes.

(a) The Issuer may, with respect to any Series of Notes, reserve the right to redeem and pay the Series of Notes or may covenant to redeem and pay the Series of Notes or any part thereof prior to the applicable maturity date thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such Notes. If a Series of Notes is redeemable and the Issuer wants or is obligated to redeem prior to the applicable maturity date thereof all or part of the Series of Notes pursuant to the terms of such Notes, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date and the principal amount of the Series of Notes to be redeemed. The Issuer shall give the notice at least 15 days before the Redemption Date (or such shorter period as may be acceptable to the Trustee).

(b) The Issuer shall not redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01(a) hereof on any date if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such an acceleration has not been rescinded or cured on or prior to such date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a default by the Issuer in the payment of the Redemption Price with respect to the Notes to be redeemed).

 

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Section 3.02. Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes. In case the Issuer shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all or, as the case may be, any part of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof, it shall fix a date for redemption and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee not fewer than five (5) Business Days prior (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee) to the date the notice of redemption is to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission), the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall mail (or send by electronic transmission) or cause to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission) a notice of such redemption not fewer than fifteen (15) calendar days nor more than sixty (60) calendar days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes so to be redeemed in whole or in part at its last address as the same appears on the Note Register; provided, that if the Issuer makes such request of the Trustee, it shall, together with such request, also give written notice of the Redemption Date to the Trustee; provided further that the text of the notice shall be prepared by the Issuer. Such mailing shall be by first class mail (unless sent by electronic transmission). The notice, if mailed in the manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note.

Each such notice of redemption shall specify: (i) the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; (ii) the CUSIP number or numbers, if any, of the Notes being redeemed; (iii) the Redemption Date (which shall be a Business Day); (iv) the Redemption Price at which Notes are to be redeemed; (v) the place or places of payment and that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Notes; and (vi) that interest accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the Redemption Date will be paid as specified in said notice, and that on and after said date interest thereon or on the portion thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the notice of redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers, if any). In case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that, on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

Whenever any Notes are to be redeemed, the Issuer will give the Trustee written notice of the Redemption Date, together with an Officers’ Certificate as to the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed not fewer than fifteen (15) calendar days (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the Redemption Date.

On or prior to the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section 3.02, the Issuer will deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 4.04 hereof) an amount of monies in immediately available funds sufficient to redeem on the Redemption Date all the Notes (or portions thereof) so called for redemption at the appropriate Redemption Price; provided, that if such payment is made on the Redemption Date, it must be received by the Paying Agent, by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date. The Issuer shall be entitled to retain any interest, yield or gain on amounts deposited with the Paying Agent pursuant to this Section 3.02 in excess of amounts required hereunder to pay the Redemption Price.

 

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If less than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Notes or portions thereof of the Global Debt Security or the Notes in certificated form to be redeemed (in principal amounts of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof), on a pro rata basis or such other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate or is required by the Depositary. The Notes (or portions thereof) so selected for redemption shall be deemed duly selected for redemption for all purposes hereof.

Section 3.03. Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Issuer. If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 3.02 hereof, the Notes or portion of Notes with respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the place or places stated in such notice at the Redemption Price, and unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of such Notes at the Redemption Price, so long as Paying Agent holds funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, then (a) such Notes will cease to be outstanding on and after the Redemption Date, (b) interest on the Notes or portion of Notes so called for redemption shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, (c) after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) and, except as provided in Sections 7.05 and 11.02 hereof, such Notes will cease to be entitled to any benefit or security under this Indenture, and (d) the Holders of the Notes shall have no right in respect of such Notes except the right to receive the Redemption Price thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Notes at a place of payment in said notice specified, the said Notes or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Issuer at the Redemption Price, together with interest accrued thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

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

ARTICLE 4

CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER

Section 4.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Issuer covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid when due the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), and premium, if any, and interest on each of the Global Debt Securities at the places, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein and in the applicable Supplemental Indenture and Notes; provided, that the Issuer or Paying Agent may withhold from payments of interest and upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof, maturity or otherwise, any amounts the Issuer or Paying Agent is required to withhold by law.

Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer will maintain an office or agency, where the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment or redemption and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. As of the date of this Indenture, such office shall be the Corporate Trust Office and, at any other time, at such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Issuer. The Issuer will give prompt

 

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written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency not designated or appointed by the Trustee. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office; provided, however, that the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall not be an office or agency of the Issuer for the purpose of effective service of legal process on the Issuer.

The Issuer may also from time to time designate co-registrars and one or more offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

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

So long as the Trustee is the Note Registrar, the Trustee agrees to mail (or send by electronic transmission), or cause to be mailed, the notices set forth in Section 7.10 and the third paragraph of Section 7.11 hereof. If co-registrars have been appointed in accordance with this Section 4.02, the Trustee shall mail such notices only to the Issuer and the Holders of Notes it can identify from its records.

Section 4.03. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustees Office. The Issuer, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as provided in Section 7.10 hereof, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

Section 4.04. Provisions as to Paying Agent.

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

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

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

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

 

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The Issuer shall, on or before each due date of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, deposit with the Paying Agent a sum (in funds which are immediately available on the due date for such payment) sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action; provided, that if such deposit is made on the due date, such deposit shall be received by the Paying Agent by 11:00 a.m. New York City time, on such date.

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

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

(d) Anything in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 4.04 is subject to Sections 11.02 and 11.03 hereof.

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

Section 4.05. Existence. Subject to Article 10 hereof, each of the Issuer and the Guarantor will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and rights (charter and statutory); provided, that neither the Issuer nor the Guarantor shall be required to preserve any such right if the Issuer or the Guarantor, as applicable, shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as applicable, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

Section 4.06. Reports.

(a) Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Issuer will furnish to the Trustee:

 

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all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Issuer were required to file such reports; and

 

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in each case within fifteen (15) days after the Issuer files such reports with the Commission or would be required to file such reports with the Commission pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, whichever is earlier. Reports, information and documents filed with the Commission via the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“EDGAR”) will be deemed to be delivered to the Trustee as of the time of such filing via EDGAR for purposes of this covenant; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not such information, documents or reports have been filed via EDGAR.

Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under this Section 4.06 is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive or actual notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of the covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

All such reports will be prepared in all material respects in accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports. Each annual report on Form 10-K will include a report on the Issuer’s consolidated financial statements by its independent registered public accounting firm, unless otherwise permitted by the Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if permitted by the Commission, the Issuer may satisfy its obligation to furnish the reports described above by furnishing such reports filed by the Guarantor. The Issuer will file a copy of each of the reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the Commission for public availability within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations applicable to such reports (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing) and will make the reports available on its website within fifteen (15) days after it files such reports with the Commission.

If the Issuer is no longer subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, the Issuer will nevertheless continue filing the reports specified in clauses (1) and (2) above with the Commission within the time periods specified above unless the Commission will not accept such a filing. The Issuer will not take any action for the purpose of causing the Commission not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Commission will not accept the Issuer’s filings for any reason, the Issuer will make the reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above available on its website within fifteen (15) days after the Issuer would be required to file such reports with the Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if permitted by the Commission, the Issuer’s obligations to file reports under this Section 4.06(a) may be satisfied by the filing of the reports described in clauses (1) and (2) above by the Guarantor.

(b) For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, if at any time it is not required to file with the Commission the reports required by paragraphs (a) of this Section 4.06, the Issuer will furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

Section 4.07. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Issuer from paying all or any portion of the principal,

 

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premium, if any, or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture and the Issuer (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

Section 4.08. Compliance Certificate. Within one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer, the Issuer and the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate signed by any of the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Issuer and the Guarantor, as the case may be, stating whether or not the signer has knowledge of any Default under this Indenture, and, if so, specifying each Default and the nature and the status thereof.

The Issuer will deliver to the Trustee, within thirty (30) calendar days of becoming aware of (i) any default in the performance or observance of any covenant, agreement or condition contained in this Indenture, or (ii) any Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying with particularity such Default or Event of Default and further stating what action the Issuer has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

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

Section 4.09. Limitations on Incurrence of Debt.

(a) Limitation on Total Outstanding Debt. The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt (including (i) guarantees of Debt incurred by the Guarantor and (ii) guarantees of debt of a Subsidiary of the Guarantor that is not a Subsidiary of the Issuer), other than Intercompany Debt and guarantees of Debt incurred by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries in compliance with this Indenture, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all of the Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ outstanding Debt on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles is greater than 60% of the sum of (without duplication) (1) Total Assets as of the end of the Issuer’s most recently completed fiscal quarter prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (2) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt.

(b) Limitation on Secured Debt. The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt (including (i) guarantees of Debt incurred by the Guarantor and (ii) guarantees of debt of a Subsidiary of the Guarantor that is not a Subsidiary of the Issuer), other than Intercompany Debt and guarantees of Debt incurred by Issuer or its Subsidiaries in compliance with this Indenture, secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance or security interest of any kind upon any of Issuer’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ property if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds

 

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thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all of Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ outstanding Debt on a consolidated basis which is secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance or security interest on Issuer’s or its Subsidiaries’ property is greater than 40% of the sum of (without duplication) (1) Total Assets as of the end of the Issuer’s most recently completed fiscal quarter prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (2) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt; provided, that for purposes of this limitation, the amount of obligations under capital leases shown as a liability on Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet shall be deducted from Debt and from Total Assets.

(c) Ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service Charge. The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt and guarantees of Debt by Issuer or its Subsidiaries in compliance with this Indenture, if the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service Charge for the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred shall have been less than 1.5 to 1.0, on an unaudited pro forma basis after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that: (1) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by Issuer and its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom, including to refinance other Debt, had occurred at the beginning of such period; (2) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt by Issuer and its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period had been repaid or retired at the beginning of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period); (3) in the case of Acquired Debt or Debt incurred in connection with any acquisition since the first day of such four-quarter period, the related acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period, with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition being included in such unaudited pro forma calculation; and (4) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by Issuer or its Subsidiaries of any asset or group of assets or other placement of any assets in service or removal of any assets from service by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period, whether by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition, disposition, placement in service or removal from service, or any related repayment of Debt had occurred as of the first day of such period, with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition, disposition, placement in service or removal from service, being included in such unaudited pro forma calculation.

(d) Maintenance of Unencumbered Total Asset Value. The Issuer, together with its Subsidiaries, will at all times maintain an Unencumbered Total Asset Value in an amount not less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ unsecured Debt, taken as a whole.

Section 4.10. Insurance. The Issuer will, and will cause of each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies against such risks and in such amounts as is customarily maintained by Persons engaged in similar businesses or as may be required by applicable law.

 

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ARTICLE 5

NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE

Section 5.01. Noteholders Lists. Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee, semiannually, not more than fifteen (15) calendar days after each April 1 and October 1 of each year beginning with October 1, 2022, and at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request in writing, within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request (or such lesser time as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to enable it to timely provide any notice to be provided by it hereunder), a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes as of a date not more than fifteen (15) calendar days (or such other date as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to so provide any such notices) prior to the time such information is furnished, except that no such list need be furnished by the Issuer to the Trustee so long as the Trustee is acting as the sole Note Registrar.

Section 5.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists.

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 hereof or maintained by the Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar or co-registrar in respect of the Notes, if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 hereof upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

(b) The rights of Noteholders to communicate with other Holders of Notes with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes, and the corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) Every Noteholder agrees with the Issuer and the Trustee that neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders of Notes made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 5.03. Reports by Trustee.

(a) On or before May 15 of each year beginning with May 15, 2023, the Trustee shall transmit to Holders of Notes such reports dated as of May 15 of the year in which such reports are made concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. In the event that no events have occurred under the applicable Sections of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to provide such reports.

 

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(b) A copy of such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders of Notes, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which the Notes are listed and with the Issuer. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee in writing if the Notes are listed on any stock exchange or automated quotation system or delisted therefrom.

ARTICLE 6

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS ON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT

Section 6.01. Events of Default. In case one or more of the following (each an “Event of Default”) (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) shall have occurred and be continuing:

(a) default for thirty (30) days in the payment of any installment of interest under the Debt Securities of such series; or

(b) default in the payment of the principal amount or Redemption Price due with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, when the same becomes due and payable; provided, however, that a valid extension of the applicable maturity date in accordance with the terms hereof shall not constitute a default in the payment of principal; or

(c) the Issuer fails to comply with any of the Issuer’s other agreements contained in the Debt Securities of such series or this Indenture upon receipt by the Issuer of notice of such default by the Trustee or by Holders of not less than twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series then outstanding and the Issuer fails to cure (or obtain a waiver of) such default within sixty (60) days after the Issuer receives such notice; or

(d) failure to pay any indebtedness for monies borrowed by the Issuer, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer in an outstanding principal amount in excess of $50,000,000 at final maturity or upon acceleration after the expiration of any applicable grace period, which indebtedness is not discharged, or such default in payment or acceleration is not cured or rescinded, within thirty (30) days after written notice to the Issuer from the Trustee (or to the Issuer and the Trustee from Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of such series); provided, however, that for the purposes of this Section 6.01(d), $50,000,000 shall be replaced by $35,000,000 for so long as any of the Issuer’s 3.50% Senior Notes Due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) are outstanding; or

(e) the Issuer, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant to or under or within meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(i) commences a voluntary case or proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or its debts or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer; or

 

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(ii) consents to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer; or

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

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

(f) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Issuer, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of thirty (30) calendar days; or

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

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

(ii) appoints a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer; or

(iii) orders the liquidation of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer;

and, in each case in this clause (g), the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for thirty (30) calendar days,

then, in each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) hereof with respect to the Issuer), unless the principal of all of the Debt Securities of such series shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series then outstanding, by notice in writing to the Issuer and the Guarantor (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), may declare the principal amount of and premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Debt Securities of such series to be immediately due and payable, and upon any such declaration the same shall be immediately due and payable.

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) hereof occurs with respect to the Issuer, the principal amount of and premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Debt Securities of such series shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action.

 

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If, at any time after the principal amount of and premium, if any, and interest on the Debt Securities of such series shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series then outstanding on behalf of the Holders of all of the Debt Securities of such series then outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer and to the Trustee, may waive all Defaults or Events of Default and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, subject in all respects to Section 6.07 hereof, if all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal amount and any accrued and unpaid interest that have become due solely because of such acceleration, have been cured or waived. No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon. The Issuer shall notify in writing a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, promptly upon becoming aware thereof, of any Event of Default, as provided in Section 4.08 hereof.

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

Section 6.02. Payments of Debt Securities on Default; Suit Therefor. The Issuer covenants that in the case of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or 6.01(b) hereof, upon demand of the Trustee, the Issuer will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series, (i) the whole amount that then shall be due and payable on all such Debt Securities of such series for principal and premium, if any, or interest, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon the overdue installments of accrued and unpaid interest at the rate borne by the Debt Securities of such series, plus 1%, from the required payment date and, (ii) in addition thereto, any amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof. Until such demand by the Trustee, the Issuer may pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Debt Securities of such series to the registered Holders, whether or not the Debt Securities of such series are overdue.

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

 

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In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Issuer or any other obligor on the Debt Securities of such series under any Bankruptcy Law, or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or such other obligor, the property of the Issuer or such other obligor, or in the case of any other judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or such other obligor upon the Debt Securities of such series, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Debt Securities of such series shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.02, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, accrued and unpaid interest in respect of the Debt Securities of such series, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or any other obligor on the Debt Securities of such series, its or their creditors, or its or their property, and to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction of any amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof, and to take any other action with respect to such claims, including participating as a member of any official committee of creditors, as it reasonably deems necessary or advisable, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, custodian or similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Holders to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements, including counsel fees and expenses incurred by it up to the date of such distribution. To the extent that such payment of reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements out of the estate in any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, monies, securities and other property which the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.

All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Debt Securities of such series, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Debt Securities of such series, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series.

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

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

 

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FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof;

SECOND: In case the principal of the outstanding Debt Securities of such series shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Debt Securities in which an Event of Default exists in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) as provided in Section 6.02 hereof upon the overdue installments of interest at the annual rate of 1% above then applicable interest rate, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto;

THIRD: In case the principal of the outstanding Debt Securities of such series shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, and be unpaid to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon such Debt Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest, with interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of accrued and unpaid interest, as provided in Section 6.02 hereof, and in case such monies shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon such Debt Securities, then to the payment of such principal and premium, if any, and interest without preference or priority of principal and premium, if any, over interest, or of interest over principal and premium, if any, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Note over any other Note, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest; and

FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer or any other Person lawfully entitled thereto.

Section 6.04. Proceedings by Holders. No Holder of any Note shall have any right by virtue of or by reference to any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian or other similar official, or for any other remedy hereunder, except in the case of a default in the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Debt Securities of such series, unless (a) such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, (b) the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series then outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such security or indemnity as it may require against the costs, liabilities or expenses to be incurred therein or thereby, (c) the Trustee for ninety (90) calendar days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding and (d) no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Debt Security with every other taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Debt Securities shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of or by reference to any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb

 

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or prejudice the rights of any other Holder of Debt Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Debt Securities (except as otherwise provided herein). For the protection and enforcement of this Section 6.04, each and every Noteholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

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

Section 6.05. Proceedings by Trustee. In case of an Event of Default, the Trustee may, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as are necessary to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

Section 6.06. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing. All powers and remedies given by this Article 6 to the Trustee or to the Holders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any of the Debt Securities of such series to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Default or Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Default or any acquiescence therein, and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.04 hereof, every power and remedy given by this Article 6 or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders.

Section 6.07. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Holders. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series at the time outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee; provided, that (a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, (b) the Trustee may take any other action which is not inconsistent with such direction, (c) the Trustee may decline to take any action that would benefit some Holders to the detriment of other Holders or otherwise be unduly prejudicial to the Holders not joining therein and (d) the Trustee may decline to take any action that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any such action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

 

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The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series at the time outstanding may, on behalf of the Holders of all of such Debt Securities, waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except (i) a default in the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), premium, if any, or interest on such Debt Securities, unless such default has been cured and the Issuer or the Guarantor has deposited with the Trustee all required payments of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Debt Securities (provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Debt Securities then outstanding may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration) or (ii) a default in respect of a covenant or provisions hereof which under Article 9 hereof cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holders of all such Debt Securities then outstanding or each such Debt Security affected thereby.

Upon any such waiver, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 6.07, said Default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Debt Securities of such series and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 6.08. Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall, within sixty (60) calendar days after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of the occurrence of a Default, mail (or send by electronic transmission) to all Holders, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear upon the Note Register, notice of all Defaults known to a Responsible Officer, unless such Defaults shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice; provided, that except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), or interest on any of the Debt Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the Trustee determines in good faith that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders.

Section 6.09. Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by its acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may, in its discretion, require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided, that the provisions of this Section 6.09 (to the extent permitted by law) shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Issuer or the Guarantor, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent (10%) in principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04 hereof, or to any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), or interest on any Note on or after the due date expressed in such Note.

 

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ARTICLE 7

THE TRUSTEE

Section 7.01. Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee. The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default has occurred (which has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of its own affairs.

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

(a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred:

(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act against the Trustee; and

(ii) in the absence of bad faith and willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture;

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

(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the written direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series at the time outstanding determined as provided in Section 8.04 hereof relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture;

(d) whether or not therein provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 8.04;

 

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(e) the Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any payment (as to the correctness of amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters relating to payment) or notice effected by the Issuer or any Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) or any records maintained by any co-registrar (other than the Trustee) with respect to the Debt Securities of such series;

(f) if any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to this Indenture, requires notice to be sent to the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason to act as if no such event occurred unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless the Trustee has otherwise received written notice thereof; and

(g) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Event of Default hereunder unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless the Trustee shall have been notified in writing of such Event of Default by the Issuer or a Holder of Debt Securities of such series.

None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

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

Section 7.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01 hereof:

(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, Note, coupon or other paper or document (whether in its original, facsimile or electronic form) believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer or the General Partner;

(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and any advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance on and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

 

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(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;

(e) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document, but the Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney;

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

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

(h) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;

(i) the Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded;

(j) any permissive right or authority granted to the Trustee shall not be construed as a mandatory duty;

(k) the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for punitive, special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of actions; and

(l) the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunction of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; and acts of civil or military authorities and governmental action.

 

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Section 7.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, etc. The recitals contained herein and in the underlying Debt Securities (except in the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of any Debt Securities or the proceeds of any Debt Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.

Section 7.04. Trustee, Paying Agents or Note Registrar May Own Debt Securities. The Trustee, any Paying Agent or Note Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Debt Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent or Note Registrar.

Section 7.05. Monies to Be Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.02 hereof, all monies received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received. Monies held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any monies received by it hereunder except as may be agreed in writing from time to time by the Issuer and the Trustee.

Section 7.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee. The Issuer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder in any capacity (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as mutually agreed to from time to time in writing between the Issuer and the Trustee, and the Issuer will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances reasonably incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith. The Issuer also covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee (or any officer, director or employee of the Trustee), in any capacity under this Indenture and any authenticating agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or reasonable expense including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee) incurred without negligence, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith on the part of the Trustee or such officers, directors, employees or authenticating agent, as the case may be, and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or in any other capacity hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim (whether asserted by the Issuer, any Holder or any other Person) of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Issuer under this Section 7.06 to compensate or indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Debt Securities of such series upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular such Debt Securities. The obligation of the Issuer under this Section 7.06 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

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When the Trustee and its agents and any authenticating agent incur expenses or render services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) hereof with respect to the Issuer occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute reasonable expenses of administration under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws.

Section 7.07. Officers Certificate as Evidence. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01 hereof, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of gross negligence, bad faith, recklessness or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee.

Section 7.08. Conflicting Interests of Trustee. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.

Section 7.09. Eligibility of Trustee. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 (or if such Person is a member of a bank holding company system, its bank holding company shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000). If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 7.09 the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.09, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

Section 7.10. Resignation or Removal of Trustee.

(a) The Trustee may at any time resign by giving written notice of such resignation to the Issuer and to the Holders of Debt Securities. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment sixty (60) calendar days after the mailing of such notice of resignation to the Holders, the resigning Trustee may, upon ten (10) Business Days’ notice to the Issuer and the Holders, appoint a successor identified in such notice or may petition, at the expense of the Issuer, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or, if any Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debt Security for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section 6.09 hereof, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

 

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(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:

(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 7.08 hereof after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debt Security for at least six months; or

(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.09 hereof and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any such Noteholder; or

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

then, in any such case, the Issuer may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 6.09 hereof, any Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debt Security for at least six months may, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee; provided, that if no successor Trustee shall have been appointed and have accepted appointment sixty (60) calendar days after either the Issuer or the Holders has removed the Trustee, or the Trustee resigns, the Trustee so removed may petition, at the expense of the Issuer, any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.

(c) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 7.10 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.11 hereof.

(d) Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.10, the Issuer’s obligations under Section 7.06 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

Section 7.11. Acceptance by Successor Trustee. Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 7.10 hereof shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as trustee herein; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Issuer or of the successor trustee, the trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any amount then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06 hereof, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights and powers of the trustee so ceasing to act. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Issuer shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and powers.

 

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Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a lien upon all property and funds held or collected by such trustee as such, except for funds held in trust for the benefit of Holders of particular Debt Securities, to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06 hereof.

No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 7.11 unless, at the time of such acceptance, such successor trustee shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 hereof and be eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09 hereof.

Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 7.11, the Issuer (or the former trustee, at the written direction of the Issuer) shall mail (or send by electronic transmission) or cause to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission) notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to the Holders of Debt Securities at their addresses as they shall appear on the Note Register. If the Issuer fails to mail such notice within ten (10) calendar days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Issuer.

Section 7.12. Succession by Merger. Any organization or entity into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or exchanged or with which it may be consolidated, or any organization or entity resulting from any merger, conversion, exchange or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any organization or entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor to the Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided, that in the case of any organization or entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 hereof and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09 hereof.

In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Debt Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee or authenticating agent appointed by such predecessor trustee, and deliver such Debt Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Debt Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee or any authenticating agent appointed by such successor trustee may authenticate such Debt Securities in the name of the successor trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force that is provided in the Debt Securities or in this Indenture; provided, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or authenticate Debt Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, exchange or consolidation.

Section 7.13. Preferential Collection of Claims. If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of the claims against the Issuer (or any such other obligor).

 

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ARTICLE 8

RESERVED

ARTICLE 9

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. The Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee may, from time to time, and at any time enter into a supplemental indenture (a “Supplemental Indenture”) without the consent of the Holders of any series of Notes for one or more of the following purposes:

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

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

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

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

(e) to secure the Notes;

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

(g) to provide for rights of Holders of Notes if any consolidation, merger or sale of all or substantially all of property or assets of the Issuer and the Guarantor occurs;

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

(i) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture and the relevant Supplemental Indenture;

(j) to establish the form or terms of the Debt Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 2.02;

(k) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to the extent necessary to permit or facilitate defeasance and discharge of any of the Debt Securities; provided, that the action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any material respect; or

(l) to conform the text of this Indenture, the Guarantee or the Debt Securities to any provision of the description thereof set forth in the Prospectus to the extent that such provision in the Prospectus was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision in this Indenture, the Guarantee or the Debt Securities.

 

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Upon the written request of the Issuer, accompanied by a copy of the resolutions of the General Partner authorizing the execution of any Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Issuer and the Guarantor in the execution of any such Supplemental Indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer and assignment of any property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in its discretion, enter into any Supplemental Indenture that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

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

Section 9.02. Supplemental Indenture With Consent of Holders. With the consent (evidenced as provided in Article 8 hereof) of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of each series at the time outstanding, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, enter into a Supplemental Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Note affected thereby:

(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of or any installment of interest on the Notes, reduce the principal amount of, or the rate or amount of interest on, or any premium payable on redemption of, the Notes, or adversely affect any right of repayment of the Holder of the Notes, change the place of payment, or the coin or currency, for payment of principal of or interest on any Note or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to the Notes;

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

(c) modify or affect in any manner adverse to the Holders the terms and conditions of the obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantor (except as provided in Section 15.04) in respect of the due and punctual payments of principal and interest; or

(d) modify any of this Section 9.02 or 6.07 hereof or any of the provisions relating to the waiver of certain past Defaults or certain covenants, except to increase the required percentage to effect the action or to provide that certain other provisions may not be modified or waived without the consent of the Holders of the Notes.

Upon the written request of the Issuer, accompanied by a copy of the resolutions of the General Partner authorizing the execution of any Supplemental Indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Noteholders as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Issuer and the Guarantor in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.

 

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

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

Section 9.04. Notation on Notes. Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any Supplemental Indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article 9 may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such Supplemental Indenture. If the Issuer or the Trustee shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Issuer, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such Supplemental Indenture may, at the Issuer’s expense, be prepared and executed by the Issuer, authenticated by the Trustee (or an authenticating agent duly appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 16.11 hereof) and delivered in exchange for the Notes then outstanding, upon surrender of such Notes then outstanding.

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

ARTICLE 10

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

Section 10.01. Issuer May Consolidate on Certain Terms. Nothing contained in this Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Issuer with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Issuer), or successive consolidations or mergers in which either the Issuer will be the continuing entity or the Issuer or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property of the Issuer, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Issuer); provided, however, that the following conditions are met:

 

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(a) the Issuer shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if other than the Issuer) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of assets shall be domiciled in the United States and shall expressly assume payment of the principal of and interest on all of the Notes and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions in this Indenture;

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

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

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

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

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

Section 10.03. Guarantor May Consolidate on Certain Terms. Nothing contained in this Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Guarantor with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor), or successive consolidations or mergers in which either the Guarantor will be the continuing entity or the Guarantor or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property of the Guarantor, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor); provided, however, that the following conditions are met:

 

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(a) the Guarantor shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if other than the Guarantor) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of assets shall be domiciled in the United States and shall expressly assume the obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions in this Indenture;

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

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

No such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease shall be permitted by this Section 10.03 unless prior thereto the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall remain in full force and effect thereafter.

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

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

Section 10.05. Assumption by Guarantor. Without the consent of any Holders of the Notes, the Guarantor, or a Subsidiary thereof, may directly assume, by a Supplemental Indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, any premium and interest on all the Notes and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed. Upon any such assumption, the Guarantor or such Subsidiary shall succeed to, and be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if the Guarantor or such Subsidiary had been named as the Issuer herein and the Issuer shall be released from all obligations and covenants with respect to the Notes. No such assumption shall be permitted unless the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee (i) an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such assumption and Supplemental Indenture comply with this Article 10, and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with and that, in the event of assumption by a Subsidiary, the Guarantee and all other covenants of the Guarantor herein remain in full force and effect and (ii) an opinion of independent counsel that the Holders of Notes shall have no materially adverse United States federal tax consequences as a result of such assumption, and that, if any Notes are then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, that such Notes shall not be delisted as a result of such assumption.

 

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ARTICLE 11

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

Section 11.01. Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Notes herein expressly provided for and except as further provided below), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when (a) either: (1) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 11.04 hereof and (ii) Notes for whose payment monies have theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Issuer as provided in Section 11.04 hereof) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (2) all such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable, whether at the applicable maturity date, or otherwise, or (ii) are to be called for redemption under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer, and the Issuer, in the case of clause (1) or (2) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee or a Paying Agent (other than the Issuer or any of its Affiliates), as applicable, as trust funds in trust cash in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Notes which have become due and payable) or to the applicable maturity date or Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided, however, that there shall not exist, on the date of such deposit, a Default or Event of Default; provided, further, that such deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or to which the Issuer is bound; (b) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer; and (c) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Issuer to the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof shall survive and, if monies shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (2) of clause (a) of this Section 11.01, the provisions of Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, and 5.01 hereof and this Article 11, shall survive until the Notes have been paid in full.

Section 11.02. Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee. Subject to Section 11.04 hereof, all monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.05 hereof shall be held in trust for the sole benefit of the Holders, and such monies shall be applied by the Trustee to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer if acting as its own Paying Agent), to the Holders of the particular Notes for the payment or redemption of which such monies have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal, premium, if any, and interest. The Trustee is not responsible to anyone for interest on any deposited funds except as agreed in writing.

 

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Section 11.03. Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.04 hereof, the Trustee or a Paying Agent shall hold in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, all monies deposited with it pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof and shall apply the deposited monies in accordance with this Indenture and the Notes to the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof) and interest on the Notes.

Section 11.04. Return of Unclaimed Monies. The Trustee and each Paying Agent shall pay to the Issuer upon request any monies held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years after a right to such monies have matured; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such payment, may, at the expense of the Issuer, either publish in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York, or cause to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission) to each Holder entitled to such monies, notice that such monies remain unclaimed and that after a date specified therein, which shall be at least thirty (30) calendar days from the date of such mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of such monies then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer. After payment to the Issuer, Holders entitled to monies must look to the Issuer for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person, and the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall be relieved of all liability with respect to such monies.

Section 11.05. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any monies in accordance with Section 11.02 hereof by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such monies in accordance with Section 11.02 hereof; provided, that if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the monies held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 12

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 12.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The Issuer may, at its option and at any time, elect to have either Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 12.

Section 12.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 12.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 12.02, the Issuer and the Guarantor will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes and Guarantee on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer and the Guarantor will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Debt represented by the outstanding Notes and Guarantee, which will thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 12.05 hereof and the other sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Guarantee and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

 

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(a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium on, such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 12.04 hereof;

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

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

(d) this Article 12.

Subject to compliance with this Article 12, the Issuer may exercise its option under this Section 12.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 12.03 hereof.

Section 12.03. Covenant Defeasance.

Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 12.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 12.03, the Issuer and the Guarantor will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 hereof, be released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.09, 4.10 and 4.11 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes and Guarantee, the Issuer and the Guarantor may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes and Guarantee will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 12.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 12.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(c) and 6.01(d) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.

Section 12.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

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(a) the Issuer must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm, or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium and interest on, the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and the Issuer must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to such stated date for payment or to a particular Redemption Date;

(b) in the case of an election under Section 12.02 hereof, the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that:

(1) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or

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

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

(c) in the case of an election under Section 12.03 hereof, the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit (and any similar concurrent deposit relating to other indebtedness being defeased, discharged or replaced), and the granting of liens to secure such borrowings);

(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture and the agreements governing any other indebtedness being defeased, discharged or replaced) to which the Issuer or the Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or the Guarantor is bound;

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

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

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Subject to Section 12.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 12.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 12.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Issuer will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 12.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

Notwithstanding anything in this Article 12 to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon the request of the Issuer any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 12.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 12.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

Section 12.06. Repayment to Issuer.

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium or interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer on its request or (if then held by the Issuer) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.

Section 12.07. Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuer’s and the Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes and the Guarantee will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of, premium or interest on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

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ARTICLE 13

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Section 13.01. Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations. Except as otherwise expressly provided in Article 15 hereof, no recourse for the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof) or, premium, if any, or interest on any Global Debt Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer in this Indenture or in any Supplemental Indenture or in any Global Debt Security or Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, limited partner, member, manager, employee, agent, officer, director or Subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the General Partner, the Issuer or any of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries or of any successor thereto, either directly or through the Issuer or any of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries or any successor thereto, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Global Debt Securities.

ARTICLE 14

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES

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

Section 14.02. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.

(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Notes of a series for any purpose specified in Section 14.01 hereof, to be held at such time and at such place in The City of New York, New York as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Notes, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 16.03 hereof, not less than twenty-one (21) nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

(b) In case at any time the Issuer, the Guarantor or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Notes of such series for any purpose specified in Section 14.01 hereof, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed notice of or made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within twenty-one (21) days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Issuer, the Guarantor, if applicable, or the Holders of Notes in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the City of New York, New York, for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in clause (a) of this Section 14.02.

 

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

Section 14.04. Quorum; Action. The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of such Notes; provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at the meeting with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which may be made, given or taken by the Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the Persons holding or representing the specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes will constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Notes, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than ten (10) days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than ten (10) days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 14.02 hereof, except that such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the outstanding Notes which shall constitute a quorum.

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

 

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

Section 14.05. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Notes in regard to proof of the holding of Notes and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Notes shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 8.03 hereof and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 8.01 hereof.

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

(b) At any meeting, each Holder of a Note or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $2,000 principal amount of Notes held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Note challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Note or proxy.

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

Section 14.06. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Notes shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Notes or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the outstanding Notes held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Notes shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 14.02 hereof and, if applicable, Section 14.04 hereof. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Issuer and the Guarantor, and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

 

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ARTICLE 15

Guarantee

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

Subject to the provisions of this Article 15, the Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any thereof, the entry of any judgment against the Issuer, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes: (a) any right to require the Trustee, the Holders or the Issuer (each, a “Benefited Party”) to proceed against the Issuer or any other Person or to proceed against or exhaust any security held by a Benefited Party at any time or to pursue any other remedy in any secured party’s power before proceeding against the Guarantor; (b) any defense that may arise by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority, death or disability of any other Person or Persons or the failure of a Benefited Party to file or enforce a claim against the estate (in administration, bankruptcy or any other proceeding) of any other Person or Persons; (c) demand, protest and notice of any kind (except as expressly required by this Indenture), including but not limited to notice of the existence, creation or incurring of any new or additional indebtedness or obligation or of any action or non-action on the part of the Guarantor, the Issuer, any Benefited Party, any creditor of the Guarantor or the Issuer or on the part of any other Person whomsoever in connection with any obligations the performance of which are hereby guaranteed; (d) any defense based upon an election of remedies by a Benefited Party, including but not limited to an election to proceed against the Guarantor for reimbursement; (e) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal;

 

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(f) any defense arising because of a Benefited Party’s election, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Law, of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (g) any defense based on any borrowing or grant of a security interest under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Guarantor hereby covenants that, except as otherwise provided therein, the Guarantee shall not be discharged except by payment in full of all Guarantee Obligations, including the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other costs provided for under this Indenture or as provided in Article 7 hereof.

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

Section 15.02. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee. To evidence the Guarantee set forth in Section 15.01 hereof, the Guarantor agrees that a notation of the Guarantee substantially in the form included in the applicable Supplemental Indenture shall be endorsed on each Debt Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantor by an Officer of the Guarantor.

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

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

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

Section 15.03. Limitation of Guarantors Liability; Certain Bankruptcy Events.

(a) The Guarantor, and by its acceptance hereof each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor pursuant to its Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor under this Article 15 shall be limited to the maximum amount as shall, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of the Guarantor, result in the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

 

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

Section 15.04. Release of Guarantor of Guarantee Obligations.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor may be released upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the applicable Supplemental Indenture. Provided that no Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing under this Indenture, the Guarantee Obligations incurred by the Guarantor pursuant to this Article 15 shall be unconditionally released and discharged automatically upon the release of all guarantees by the Guarantor of the 2026 Notes, the Issuer’s 3.750% Senior Notes due 2027, the Issuer’s 3.100% Senior Notes due 2030, the Issuer’s unsecured credit and loan facilities and any additional guarantees by the Guarantor of senior unsecured indebtedness.

(b) Upon receipt of a written request of the Issuer accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel that the Guarantor is entitled to such release in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee shall deliver, at the Issuer’s expense, such instruments as are requested by the Issuer or Guarantor to evidence the release of the Guarantor from the Guarantee Obligations.

ARTICLE 16

Miscellaneous Provisions

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

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

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

 

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To the Issuer:

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.

3310 West End Avenue, Suite 700

Nashville, TN 37203

Telecopier No.: (615) 463-7739

Attention: Mr. Todd J. Meredith, President and Chief Executive Officer

cc:         Mr. J. Christopher Douglas, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

To the Guarantor:

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated

3310 West End Avenue, Suite 700

Nashville, TN 37203

Telecopier No.: (615) 463-7739

Attention: Mr. Todd J. Meredith, President and Chief Executive

cc:         Mr. J. Christopher Douglas, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association

Global Corporate Trust Services

101 North First Avenue, Suite 1600

Mailstop LM-AZ-16P

Phoenix, Arizona 85003

Telecopier No.: (602) 257-5433

Attention: Mary Ambriz-Reyes, Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.

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

Any notice or communication mailed to a Noteholder shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, at such Noteholder’s address as it appears on the Note Register and shall be sufficiently given to such Noteholder if so mailed within the time prescribed.

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

Section 16.04. Governing Law. This Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any laws other than the laws of the State of New York.

 

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

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

Section 16.06. Legal Holidays. In any case in which the Stated Maturity of interest on or principal of the Notes or the Redemption Date of any Note will not be a Business Day, then payment of such interest on or principal of the Notes need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Stated Maturity or the Redemption Date, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such date.

Section 16.07. Trust Indenture Act. This Indenture is hereby made subject to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; provided, that this Section 16.07 shall not require this Indenture or the Trustee to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act prior to the time such qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust Indenture Act, nor shall it constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any party to the Indenture that any such qualification is required prior to the time such qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be included in an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.

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

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

 

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

Section 16.11. Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent that shall be authorized to act on its behalf, and subject to its direction, in the authentication and delivery of Notes in connection with the original issuance thereof and transfers and exchanges of Notes hereunder, including under Sections 2.04, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08 and 3.03 hereof, as fully to all intents and purposes as though the authenticating agent had been expressly authorized by this Indenture and those Sections to authenticate and deliver Notes. For all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication and delivery of Notes by the authenticating agent shall be deemed to be authentication and delivery of such Notes “by the Trustee” and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an authenticating agent shall be deemed to satisfy any requirement hereunder or in the Notes for the Trustee’s certificate of authentication. Such authenticating agent shall at all times be a Person eligible to serve as trustee hereunder pursuant to Section 7.09 hereof.

Any corporation into which any authenticating agent may be merged or exchanged or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, consolidation or exchange to which any authenticating agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of any authenticating agent, shall be the successor of the authenticating agent hereunder, if such successor corporation is otherwise eligible under this Section 16.11, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or the authenticating agent or such successor corporation.

Any authenticating agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Issuer. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any authenticating agent by giving written notice of termination to such authenticating agent and to the Issuer. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any authenticating agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section 16.11, the Trustee shall either promptly appoint a successor authenticating agent or itself assume the duties and obligations of the former authenticating agent under this Indenture and, upon such appointment of a successor authenticating agent, if made, shall give written notice of such appointment of a successor authenticating agent to the Issuer and shall mail notice of such appointment of a successor authenticating agent to all Holders of Notes as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the Note Register.

The Issuer agrees to pay to the authenticating agent from time to time such reasonable compensation for its services as shall be agreed upon in writing between the Issuer and the authenticating agent.

The provisions of Sections 7.02, 7.03, 7.04 and 8.03 hereof and this Section 16.11 shall be applicable to any authenticating agent.

Section 16.12. Execution in Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Indenture by facsimile or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Indenture.

 

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The Trustee shall not have any duty to confirm that the person sending any notice, instruction or other communication by electronic transmission (including by e-mail, facsimile transmission, web portal or other electronic methods) is, in fact, a person authorized to do so. Electronic signatures believed by the Trustee to comply with the ESIGN Act of 2000 or other applicable law (including electronic images of handwritten signatures and digital signatures provided by DocuSign, Orbit, Adobe Sign or any other digital signature provider acceptable to the Trustee) shall be deemed original signatures for all purposes. The Issuer assumes all risks arising out of the use of electronic signatures and electronic methods to send communications to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on an unauthorized communication, and the risk of interception or misuse by third parties.

Section 16.13. Severability. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then (to the extent permitted by law) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

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

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

 

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

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

By: Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated,

      its general partner

By:

 

/s/ Andrew E. Loope

 

Name: Andrew E. Loope

 

Title: Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel and Secretary

HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST
      INCORPORATED

      as Guarantor

By:

 

/s/ Andrew E. Loope

 

Name: Andrew E. Loope

 

Title: Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel, and Secretary

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL       ASSOCIATION,

      as Trustee

By:

 

/s/ Mary Ambriz-Reyes

 

Name: Mary Ambriz-Reyes

 

Title: Vice President

Exhibit 4.2

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., as Issuer

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, as Guarantor

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 1

Dated as of

July 22, 2022

 

 

3.875% Senior Notes Due 2025

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Section

       Page  
ARTICLE 1   
DEFINITIONS   

Section 1.01.

  Definitions      1  
ARTICLE 2   
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES   

Section 2.01.

  Designation Amount and Issue of Notes      9  

Section 2.02.

  Form of Notes      10  

Section 2.03.

  Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest      10  

Section 2.04.

  Execution of Notes      12  

Section 2.05.

  Note Registrar and Paying Agent.      12  

Section 2.06.

  Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer.      13  

Section 2.07.

  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes      18  

Section 2.08.

  Temporary Notes      19  

Section 2.09.

  Cancellation of Notes      19  

Section 2.10.

  CUSIP Numbers      20  

Section 2.11.

  Issuance of Additional Notes      20  
ARTICLE 3   
REDEMPTION OF NOTES   

Section 3.01.

  Optional Redemption of Notes.      20  

Section 3.02.

  Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes      11  

Section 3.03.

  Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Issuer      22  

Section 3.04.

  Sinking Fund      22  
ARTICLE 4   
CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER   

Section 4.01.

  Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest      23  

Section 4.02.

  Maintenance of Office or Agency      23  

Section 4.03.

  Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office      23  

Section 4.04.

  Provisions as to Paying Agent.      23  

Section 4.05.

  Existence      25  

Section 4.06.

  Reports.      25  

Section 4.07.

  Stay, Extension and Usury Laws          26  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

Section

       Page  

Section 4.08.

  Compliance Certificate      26  

Section 4.09.

  Limitations on Incurrence of Debt.      26  

Section 4.10.

  Insurance      28  
ARTICLE 5   
NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE   

Section 5.01.

  Noteholders’ Lists      28  

Section 5.02.

  Preservation and Disclosure of Lists.      28  

Section 5.03.

  Reports by Trustee.      29  
ARTICLE 6   

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND NOTEHOLDERS ON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT

  

Section 6.01.

  Events of Default      29  

Section 6.02.

  Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor      32  

Section 6.03.

  Application of Monies Collected by Trustee      33  

Section 6.04.

  Proceedings by Noteholders      34  

Section 6.05.

  Proceedings by Trustee      34  

Section 6.06.

  Remedies Cumulative and Continuing      35  

Section 6.07.

  Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Noteholders      35  

Section 6.08.

  Notice of Defaults      36  

Section 6.09.

  Undertaking to Pay Costs      36  
ARTICLE 7   
THE TRUSTEE   

Section 7.01.

  Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee      36  

Section 7.02.

  Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc      38  

Section 7.03.

  No Responsibility for Recitals, etc      39  

Section 7.04.

  Trustee, Paying Agents or Registrar May Own Notes      39  

Section 7.05.

  Monies to Be Held in Trust      40  

Section 7.06.

  Compensation and Expenses of Trustee      40  

Section 7.07.

  Officers’ Certificate as Evidence      40  

Section 7.08.

  Conflicting Interests of Trustee      41  

Section 7.09.

  Eligibility of Trustee          41  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

Section

       Page  

Section 7.10.

 

Resignation or Removal of Trustee.

     41  

Section 7.11.

 

Acceptance by Successor Trustee

     42  

Section 7.12.

 

Succession by Merger

     43  

Section 7.13.

 

Preferential Collection of Claims

     43  
ARTICLE 8       
THE NOTEHOLDERS       

Section 8.01.

 

Action by Noteholders

     43  

Section 8.02.

 

Proof of Execution by Noteholders

     44  

Section 8.03.

 

Absolute Owners

     44  

Section 8.04.

 

Issuer-owned Notes Disregarded

     44  

Section 8.05.

 

Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound

     44  

ARTICLE 9

RESERVED

      
      
ARTICLE 10       
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE       

Section 10.01.

 

Issuer May Consolidate on Certain Terms

     45  

Section 10.02.

 

Issuer Successor to Be Substituted

     45  

Section 10.03.

 

Guarantor May Consolidate on Certain Terms

     46  

Section 10.04.

 

Guarantor Successor to Be Substituted

     46  

Section 10.05.

 

Assumption by Guarantor

     47  
ARTICLE 11       
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE       

Section 11.01.

 

Discharge of Indenture

     47  

Section 11.02.

 

Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee

     48  

Section 11.03.

 

Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held

     48  

Section 11.04.

 

Return of Unclaimed Monies

     48  

Section 11.05.

 

Reinstatement

     49  
ARTICLE 12       
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE       

Section 12.01.

 

Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

     49  

Section 12.02.

 

Legal Defeasance and Discharge    

     49  

 

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(continued)

 

Section

       Page  

Section 12.03.

 

Covenant Defeasance.

     49  

Section 12.04.

 

Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

     50  

Section 12.05.

 

Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

     51  

Section 12.06.

 

Repayment to Issuer.

     52  

Section 12.07.

 

Reinstatement.

     52  
ARTICLE 13       
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS       

Section 13.01.

 

Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations

     52  
ARTICLE 14       
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES       

Section 14.01.

 

Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called

     53  

Section 14.02.

 

Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.

     53  

Section 14.03.

 

Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings

     53  

Section 14.04.

 

Quorum; Action

     53  

Section 14.05.

 

Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings

     54  

Section 14.06.

 

Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings

     55  
ARTICLE 15       
GUARANTEE       

Section 15.01.

 

Guarantee

     55  

Section 15.02.

 

Execution and Delivery of Guarantee

     57  

Section 15.03.

 

Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability; Certain Bankruptcy Events.

     57  

Section 15.04.

 

Release of Guarantor of Guarantee Obligations.

     57  
ARTICLE 16       
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS       

Section 16.01.

 

Provisions Binding on Issuer’s and Guarantor’s Successors

     58  

Section 16.02.

 

Official Acts by Successor Corporation

     58  

Section 16.03.

 

Addresses for Notices, etc

     58  

Section 16.04.

 

Governing Law

     59  

Section 16.05.

 

Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent, Certificates to Trustee    

     59  

 

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(continued)

 

Section

       Page  

Section 16.06.

 

Legal Holidays

     60  

Section 16.07.

 

Trust Indenture Act

     60  

Section 16.08.

 

No Security Interest Created

     60  

Section 16.09.

 

Benefits of Indenture

     60  

Section 16.10.

 

Table of Contents, Headings, etc

     60  

Section 16.11.

 

Authenticating Agent

     61  

Section 16.12.

 

Execution in Counterparts

     61  

Section 16.13.

 

Severability

     62  

Exhibit A - Form of Note

     A-1  

Exhibit B - Form of Guarantee

     B-1  

 

 

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CROSS REFERENCE TABLE*

 

Trust Indenture Act Section

  

Supplemental Indenture Section

310(a)(1)

   7.09

(a)(2)

   7.09

(a)(3)

   N.A.

(a)(4)

   N.A.

(a)(5)

   N.A.

(b)

   7.08, 7.10

(c)

   N.A.

311(a)

   7.13

(b)

   7.13

(c)

   N.A.

312(a)

   5.01

(b)

   5.02

(c)

   5.02

313(a)

   5.03

(b)

   5.03

(c)

   5.03

(d)

   5.03

314(a)

   4.06, 4.08

(b)

   N.A.

(c)(1)

   16.05

(c)(2)

   16.05

(c)(3)

   N.A.

(d)

   N.A.

(e)

   16.05

(f)

   N.A.

315(a)

   7.01

(b)

   6.08

(c)

   7.01

(d)

   7.01

(e)

   6.09

316(a)(1)(A)

   6.07

(a)(1)(B)

   6.07

(a)(2)

   N.A.

(b)

   N.A.

(c)

   N.A.

317(a)(1)

   6.02

(a)(2)

   6.02

(b)

   11.03

318(a)

   N.A.

 

N.A. means not applicable.

 

*

This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 1

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No. 1 dated as of July 22, 2022 (this “Supplemental Indenture”) among Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (hereinafter called the “Issuer”), Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a Maryland corporation) (hereinafter called the “Guarantor” or, in its capacity as the sole general partner of the Issuer, the “General Partner”), each having its principal office at 3310 West End Avenue, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37203, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee hereunder (hereinafter called the “Trustee”).

The Issuer and the Trustee are parties to an Indenture, dated as of July 22, 2022 (the “Base Indenture”), which provides for the issuance by the Issuer from time to time of debt securities in one or more series. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is herein referred to as the “Indenture.” Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Base Indenture.

The Issuer has authorized the issuance of $235,016,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.875% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”) guaranteed by the Guarantor.

The Issuer desires to enter into this Supplemental Indenture pursuant to Section 9.01(i) of the Base Indenture, without the consent of Holders, to establish the form and terms of the Notes as new series of Debt Securities as permitted by Sections 2.01 and Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture.

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

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

2026 Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01(d) hereof.

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

 

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Additional Notes” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under this Supplemental Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.04, 2.11 and 4.09 hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes.

Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, on any Redemption Date, the rate per year, as determined by the Quotation Agent, equal to:

(1) the yield, under the heading that represents the weekly average yield (being, if not reported as a weekly average yield, the average of the five most recent daily reported yields), appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15” or any successor publication that is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue; provided that if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life of the Notes, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight-line basis rounding to the nearest month; or

(2) if that release, or any successor release, is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that Redemption Date.

The Adjusted Treasury Rate will be calculated at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding the date of the notice of redemption by the Quotation Agent.

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

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

Annual Debt Service Charge” as of any date means the amount of interest expense determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

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

 

2


Authentication Order” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01 hereof.

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

Benefited Party” has the meaning specified in Section 15.01 hereof.

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the General Partner or a committee of such board duly authorized to act for it hereunder.

Business Day” means, with respect to any Note, any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or in such other place of payment of the Notes are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking S.A.

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this Supplemental Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the Remaining Life that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining Life.

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations.

Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service” means, for any period, Earnings from Operations of Issuer and its Subsidiaries plus amounts which have been deducted, and minus amounts which have been added, for the following (without duplication): (1) Annual Debt Service Charge of Issuer and its Subsidiaries, (2) provision for taxes of Issuer and its Subsidiaries based on income, (3) provisions for gains and losses on properties and depreciation and amortization, (4) increases in deferred taxes and other non-cash items, (5) depreciation and amortization with respect to interests in joint venture and partially owned entity investments, (6) the effect of any charge resulting from a change in accounting principles in determining Earnings from Operations for such period, and (7) amortization of deferred charges.

Corporate Trust Office” or other similar term, means the designated office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business as it relates to this Supplemental Indenture shall be administered, which office is, at the date as of which this Supplemental Indenture is dated, located at the address set forth in Section 16.03 hereof.

 

3


Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 12.03 hereof.

CUSIP” means the Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures.

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

Debt” means any of Issuer’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ indebtedness, whether or not contingent, in respect of (without duplication) (1) borrowed money evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, (2) indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or any security interest existing on property owned by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, but only to the extent of the lesser of (a) the amount of indebtedness so secured and (b) the fair market value (determined in good faith by the board of directors of such Person or, in the case of Issuer or one of its Subsidiaries, by the Board of Directors) of the property subject to such mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or security interest, (3) the reimbursement obligations, contingent or otherwise, in connection with any letters of credit actually issued or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable, or all conditional sale obligations or obligations under any title retention agreement, or (4) any lease of property by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries as lessee which is reflected on Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet as a financing lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; but only to the extent, in the case of items of indebtedness under (1) through (3) above, that any such items (other than letters of credit) would appear as a liability on Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The term “Debt” also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business or for the purposes of guaranteeing the payment of all amounts due and owing pursuant to leases to which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries are a party and have assigned its or their interest, provided that such assignee of Issuer or its Subsidiary is not in default of any amounts due and owing under such leases), Debt of another Person (other than Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) (it being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries whenever Issuer or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof). In the case of items of indebtedness under (4) above, the term “Debt” will exclude any lease of property by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries as lessee which is reflected on Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet as an operating lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Default” means any event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become, an Event of Default.

Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03 hereof.

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

 

4


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

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

Earnings from Operations” means, for any period, net income or loss of Issuer and its Subsidiaries, excluding (1) provisions for gains and losses on sales of investments or joint ventures; (2) provisions for gains and losses on disposition of discontinued operations; (3) extraordinary and non-recurring items; and (4) impairment charges, property valuation losses and non-cash charges necessary to record interest rate contracts at fair value; plus amounts received as rent under leases which are accounted for as financing arrangements net of related interest income, as reflected in the consolidated financial statements of Issuer and its Subsidiaries for such period determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

EDGAR” has the meaning specified in Section 4.06(a) hereof.

Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear system.

Event of Default” means any event specified in Section 6.01 hereof as an Event of Default.

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

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

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

Global Notes” means the Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, issued in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture.

Government Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.

Guarantee” means the full and unconditional guarantee provided by the Guarantor in respect of the Notes as made applicable to the Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 15.01 hereof.

Guarantee Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 15.01 hereof.

 

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

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

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

Initial Notes” means the first $235,016,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Supplemental Indenture on the date hereof.

Intercompany Debt” means Debt to which the only parties are any of Issuer, Guarantor and any of their Subsidiaries; provided, however, that with respect to any such Debt of which Issuer or Guarantor is the borrower, such Debt is subordinate in right of payment to the Notes.

interest” means, when used with reference to the Notes, any interest payable under the terms of the Notes.

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

Legal Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 12.02 hereof.

Maturity Date” means May 1, 2025.

Note” or “Notes” means any Note or Notes, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Supplemental Indenture, including the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Global Note.

Note Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05 hereof.

Note Registrar” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05 hereof.

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

Officer” means, with respect to any Person, any person holding any of the following positions with such Person, or, in the case of a Person that is a partnership, the general partner of such Person: the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”), the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer and the Secretary.

Officers’ Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by any two Officers or by one such Officer and any Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of such Person or, in the case of a Person that is a partnership, the general partner of such Person.

 

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Opinion of Counsel” means, with respect to any Person, an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to such Person, or other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

outstanding,” when used with reference to Notes and subject to the provisions of Section 8.04 hereof, means, as of any particular time, all Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Supplemental Indenture, except:

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

(2) Notes, or portions thereof, (i) for the redemption of which monies in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent (other than the Issuer or the Guarantor) or (ii) which shall have been otherwise discharged in accordance with Article 11 hereof;

(3) Notes in lieu of which, or in substitution for which, other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.07 hereof; and

(4) Notes paid or redeemed pursuant to Article 3 hereof.

Par Call Date” means February 1, 2025.

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

Paying Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05 hereof.

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

Predecessor Note” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note, and, for the purposes of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.07 hereof in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Note that it replaces.

premium” means any premium payable under the terms of the Notes.

Primary Treasury Dealer” means a primary U.S. Government securities dealer.

Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Issuer.

Record Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03 hereof.

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

 

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

Reference Treasury Dealer” means any Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer.

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

Remaining Life” means the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed to the Maturity Date.

Responsible Officer” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Supplemental Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of or familiarity with the particular subject.

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

Significant Subsidiary” means any subsidiary which is a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission as in effect on the date hereof.

Stated Maturity,” with respect to any Note or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date established by or pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture or such Note as the fixed date on which the principal of such Note or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock or other equity interest entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof) and (ii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or managing general partner of which is such Person or a subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or of one or more subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).

Total Assets” as of any date means the sum of (1) Issuer’s and all of its Subsidiaries’ Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (2) all of Issuer’s and all of its Subsidiaries’ other assets determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (but excluding intangibles).

 

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Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as it was in force at the date of this Supplemental Indenture; provided, that if the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after the date hereof, the term “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean, to the extent required by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

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

Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” as of any date means the cost (original cost plus capital improvements) of Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ real estate assets, right of use assets associated with a financing lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles on such date, before depreciation and amortization determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; provided that “Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” will not include the right of use assets associated with an operating lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Unencumbered Total Asset Value” as of any date means the sum of (1) those Undepreciated Real Estate Assets not encumbered by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge or security interest and (2) all of Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ other assets on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (but excluding intangibles), in each case which are unencumbered by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge or security interest; provided, however, that, in determining Unencumbered Total Asset Value for purposes of Section 4.09(d) hereof, all investments by the Issuer and any of its Subsidiaries in unconsolidated joint ventures, unconsolidated limited partnerships, unconsolidated limited liability companies and other unconsolidated entities accounted for financial reporting purposes using the equity method of accounting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles shall be excluded from Unencumbered Total Asset Value.

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

ARTICLE 2

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES

Section 2.01. Designation Amount and Issue of Notes. The Notes shall be designated as “3.875% Senior Notes due 2025.” Upon the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, and from time to time thereafter, Notes may be executed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver Notes upon a written order of the Issuer (an “Authentication Order”), such order signed on behalf of the Issuer by two Officers of the General Partner or by an Officer of the General Partner and either an Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of the General Partner, without any further action by the Issuer hereunder.

 

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The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Supplemental Indenture is unlimited; provided, that upon initial issuance, the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding shall not exceed $235,016,000, except as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.08 hereof. The Issuer may, without the consent of the Holders of Notes, issue Additional Notes from time to time in the future in an unlimited principal amount, subject to compliance with the terms of this Supplemental Indenture, including Section 2.11 hereof.

Section 2.02. Form of Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee. The terms and provisions contained in the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Issuer and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

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

So long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, or unless otherwise required by law, or otherwise contemplated by Section 2.06(b) hereof, all of the Notes will be represented by one or more Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in any such Global Note shall be effected through the Depositary in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture and the applicable procedures of the Depositary. Except as provided in Section 2.06(b) hereof, beneficial owners of a Global Note shall not be entitled to have certificates registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificates in definitive form and will not be considered Holders of such Global Note.

Section 2.03. Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest. The Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall bear interest from May 1, 2022, as specified on the face of the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

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The Person in whose name any Note (or its Predecessor Note) is registered on the Note Register at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Record Date with respect to any interest payment date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such interest payment date. Interest shall be payable at the office of the Issuer maintained by the Issuer for such purposes in the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, which shall initially be an office or agency of the Trustee. The Issuer shall pay interest (i) on any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears in the Note Register; provided, however, that a Holder of any Notes in certificated form in the aggregate principal amount of more than $2.0 million may specify by written notice to the Issuer that it pay interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Noteholder in such notice, or (ii) any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. If a payment date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no additional interest shall accrue thereon. The term “Record Date” with respect to any interest payment date shall mean the April 15 or October 15 preceding the applicable May 1 or November 1 interest payment date, respectively.

No other payment or adjustment will be made for accrued interest on an exchanged Note.

Any interest on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any May 1 or November 1 (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Noteholder registered as such on the relevant Record Date, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Issuer, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

(1) The Issuer may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than twenty-five (25) calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of monies equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such monies when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than fifteen (15) calendar days and not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and not less than ten (10) calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment (unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date). The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer of such special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the

 

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special record date therefor to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission), first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder at its address as it appears in the Note Register, not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to such special record date (unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date). Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2) of this Section 2.03.

(2) The Issuer may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, if, after notice given by the Issuer to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

Section 2.04. Execution of Notes. The Notes shall be signed, in the name and on behalf of the Issuer, manually or by facsimile or other electronic imaging means by an Officer of the General Partner. The Trustee will, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, manually authenticate Notes for issue under this Supplemental Indenture, including any Additional Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Issuer pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.08 hereof.

Only such Notes as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth on the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto, executed manually by the Trustee (or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee as provided by Section 16.11 hereof), shall be entitled to the benefits of this Supplemental Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee (or such an authenticating agent) upon any Note executed by the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence that the Note so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Supplemental Indenture.

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

Section 2.05. Note Registrar and Paying Agent.

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

The Issuer initially appoints the DTC to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

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

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

Section 2.06. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer.

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

(1) the Issuer delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;

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

(3) upon request from the Depositary if there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes.

 

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Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (1) or (2) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.08 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Sections 2.07 or 2.08 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Sections 2.06(b) or (f) hereof.

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Note Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1).

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

(A) both:

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

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

(B) both:

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

 

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

Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof (other than such transfers or exchanges contemplated by Section 2.06(b)(1) above).

(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Issuer will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Note Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.

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

(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. A Holder of Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Note Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Note Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Note Registrar shall register the Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

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“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(A) OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.09 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

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

(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.09 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

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(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.04 hereof or at the Note Registrar’s request.

(2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.08 and 3.03 hereof and Section 9.04 of the Base Indenture).

(3) The Note Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

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

(5) Neither the Note Registrar nor the Issuer will be required:

(A) to issue, register the transfer of or to exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business fifteen (15) days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of the Notes selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing; or

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

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

(7) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.04 hereof.

(8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Note Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile or other electronic imaging means.

 

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

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

Section 2.07. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. In case any Note shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer in its discretion may execute, and upon its written request the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, a new Note, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Note, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Note so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case, the applicant for a substituted Note shall furnish to the Issuer, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or connected with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Issuer, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

Following receipt by the Trustee or such authenticating agent, as the case may be, of satisfactory security or indemnity and evidence, as described in the preceding paragraph, the Trustee or such authenticating agent may authenticate any such substituted Note and make available for delivery such Note. Upon the issuance of any substituted Note, the Issuer may require the payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses connected therewith. In case any Note which has matured or is about to mature or has been called for redemption, as the case may be, shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer may, instead of issuing a substitute Note, pay or authorize the payment of, as the case may be, if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Issuer, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or in connection with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Issuer, the Trustee and, if applicable, any Paying Agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

 

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Every substitute Note issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.07 by virtue of the fact that any Note is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations set forth in) this Supplemental Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder. To the extent permitted by law, all Notes shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment or exchange or redemption of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment or redemption of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

Section 2.08. Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of Notes in certificated form, the Issuer may execute and the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall, upon the written request of the Issuer, authenticate and deliver temporary Notes (printed or lithographed). Temporary Notes shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the Notes in certificated form, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Notes, all as may be determined by the Issuer. Every such temporary Note shall be executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee or such authenticating agent upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the Notes in certificated form. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer will execute and deliver to the Trustee or such authenticating agent Notes in certificated form and thereupon any or all temporary Notes may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at each office or agency maintained by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof and the Trustee or such authenticating agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange for such temporary Notes an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes in certificated form. Such exchange shall be made by the Issuer at its own expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same limitations under this Supplemental Indenture as Notes in certificated form authenticated and delivered hereunder.

Section 2.09. Cancellation of Notes. All Notes surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the Issuer or any Paying Agent, which shall initially be the Trustee, or any Note Registrar, be surrendered to the Trustee and promptly canceled by it or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly canceled by it and no Notes shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of such canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures, with copies of such cancelled Notes and related documentation provided to the Issuer. If the Issuer shall acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

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Section 2.10. CUSIP Numbers. The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Noteholders; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

Section 2.11. Issuance of Additional Notes. The Issuer will be entitled, upon delivery of an Officers’ Certificate, Opinion of Counsel and Authentication Order, subject to its compliance with Section 4.09 hereof, to issue Additional Notes under the Indenture that will have identical terms to and the same CUSIP number as the Initial Notes issued on the date of this Supplemental Indenture other than with respect to the date of issuance, issue price and interest accrued prior to the issue date of the Additional Notes; provided, that such Additional Notes must be part of the same issue as and fungible with the Initial Notes for United States federal income tax purposes. The Initial Notes and any such Additional Notes will constitute a single series of debt securities, and in circumstances in which this Supplemental Indenture provides for the Holders of Notes to vote or take any action, the Holders of Initial Notes and the Holders of any such Additional Notes will vote or take the action as a single class.

With respect to any Additional Notes, the Issuer will set forth in a resolution of its Board of Directors and an Officers’ Certificate, a copy of each of which will be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:

(1) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture; and

(2) the issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP number of such Additional Notes.

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION OF NOTES

Section 3.01. Optional Redemption of Notes.

(a) The Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Notes at its option and in its sole discretion at any time or from time to time prior to the Maturity Date, in whole or in part. Prior to the Par Call Date, the redemption price (“Redemption Price”) will equal the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) that would be due if the Notes matured on the Maturity Date, discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that if the Redemption Date falls after a Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding interest payment date, the Issuer will pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such interest payment date to the Holder of record at the close of business on the corresponding Record Date (instead of the Holder surrendering its Notes for redemption). If the Notes are redeemed on or after the Par Call Date, the Redemption Price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus unpaid interest, if any, accrued thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

 

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(b) The Issuer shall not redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01(a) hereof on any date if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such an acceleration has not been rescinded or cured on or prior to such date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a default by the Issuer in the payment of the Redemption Price with respect to the Notes to be redeemed).

Section 3.02. Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes. In case the Issuer shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all or, as the case may be, any part of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof, it shall fix a date for redemption and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee not fewer than five (5) Business Days prior (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee) to the date the notice of redemption is to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission), the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall mail (or send by electronic transmission) or cause to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission) a notice of such redemption not fewer than fifteen (15) calendar days nor more than sixty (60) calendar days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes so to be redeemed in whole or in part at its last address as the same appears on the Note Register; provided, that if the Issuer makes such request of the Trustee, it shall, together with such request, also give written notice of the Redemption Date to the Trustee; provided further that the text of the notice shall be prepared by the Issuer. Such mailing shall be by first class mail (unless sent by electronic transmission). The notice, if mailed in the manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note.

Each such notice of redemption shall specify: (i) the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, (ii) the CUSIP number or numbers, if any, of the Notes being redeemed, (iii) the Redemption Date (which shall be a Business Day), (iv) the Redemption Price at which Notes are to be redeemed, (v) the place or places of payment and that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Notes and (vi) that interest accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the Redemption Date will be paid as specified in said notice, and that on and after said date interest thereon or on the portion thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the notice of redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers, if any). In case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that, on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

 

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Whenever any Notes are to be redeemed, the Issuer will give the Trustee written notice of the Redemption Date, together with an Officers’ Certificate as to the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed not fewer than fifteen (15) calendar days (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the Redemption Date.

On or prior to the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section 3.02, the Issuer will deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 4.04 hereof) an amount of monies in immediately available funds sufficient to redeem on the Redemption Date all the Notes (or portions thereof) so called for redemption at the appropriate Redemption Price; provided, that if such payment is made on the Redemption Date, it must be received by the Paying Agent, by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date. The Issuer shall be entitled to retain any interest, yield or gain on amounts deposited with the Paying Agent pursuant to this Section 3.02 in excess of amounts required hereunder to pay the Redemption Price.

If less than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Notes or portions thereof of the Global Note or the Notes in certificated form to be redeemed (in principal amounts of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof), on a pro rata basis or such other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate or is required by the Depositary. The Notes (or portions thereof) so selected for redemption shall be deemed duly selected for redemption for all purposes hereof.

Section 3.03. Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Issuer. If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 3.02 hereof, the Notes or portion of Notes with respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the place or places stated in such notice at the Redemption Price, and unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of such Notes at the Redemption Price, so long as Paying Agent holds funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, then (a) such Notes will cease to be outstanding on and after the Redemption Date, (b) interest on the Notes or portion of Notes so called for redemption shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, (c) after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) and, except as provided in Sections 7.05 and 11.02 hereof, such Notes will cease to be entitled to any benefit or security under this Supplemental Indenture, and (d) the Holders of the Notes shall have no right in respect of such Notes except the right to receive the Redemption Price thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Notes at a place of payment in said notice specified, the said Notes or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Issuer at the Redemption Price, together with interest accrued thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

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

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

 

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ARTICLE 4

CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER

Section 4.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Issuer covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid when due the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), and premium, if any, and interest on each of the Notes at the places, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein and in the Notes; provided, that the Issuer or Paying Agent may withhold from payments of interest and upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof, maturity or otherwise, any amounts the Issuer or Paying Agent is required to withhold by law.

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

The Issuer may also from time to time designate co-registrars and one or more offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

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

So long as the Trustee is the Note Registrar, the Trustee agrees to mail (or send by electronic transmission), or cause to be mailed, the notices set forth in Section 7.10 and the third paragraph of Section 7.11 hereof. If co-registrars have been appointed in accordance with this Section 4.02, the Trustee shall mail such notices only to the Issuer and the Holders of Notes it can identify from its records.

Section 4.03. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustees Office. The Issuer, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as provided in Section 7.10 hereof, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

Section 4.04. Provisions as to Paying Agent.

 

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

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

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

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

The Issuer shall, on or before each due date of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, deposit with the Paying Agent a sum (in funds which are immediately available on the due date for such payment) sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action; provided, that if such deposit is made on the due date, such deposit shall be received by the Paying Agent by 11:00 a.m. New York City time, on such date.

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

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

(d) Anything in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 4.04 is subject to Sections 11.02 and 11.03 hereof.

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

 

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Section 4.05. Existence. Subject to Article 10 hereof, each of the Issuer and the Guarantor will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and rights (charter and statutory); provided, that neither the Issuer nor the Guarantor shall be required to preserve any such right if the Issuer or the Guarantor, as applicable, shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as applicable, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Noteholders.

Section 4.06. Reports.

(a) Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Issuer will furnish to the Trustee:

 

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all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Issuer were required to file such reports; and

 

  (2)

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

in each case within fifteen (15) days after the Issuer files such reports with the Commission or would be required to file such reports with the Commission pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, whichever is earlier. Reports, information and documents filed with the Commission via the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“EDGAR”) will be deemed to be delivered to the Trustee as of the time of such filing via EDGAR for purposes of this covenant; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not such information, documents or reports have been filed via EDGAR. Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under this Section 4.06 is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive or actual notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of the covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

All such reports will be prepared in all material respects in accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports. Each annual report on Form 10-K will include a report on the Issuer’s consolidated financial statements by its independent registered public accounting firm, unless otherwise permitted by the Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if permitted by the Commission, the Issuer may satisfy its obligation to furnish the reports described above by furnishing such reports filed by the Guarantor. The Issuer will file a copy of each of the reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the Commission for public availability within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations applicable to such reports (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing) and will make the reports available on its website within fifteen (15) days after it files such reports with the Commission.

 

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If the Issuer is no longer subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, the Issuer will nevertheless continue filing the reports specified in clauses (1) and (2) above with the Commission within the time periods specified above unless the Commission will not accept such a filing. The Issuer will not take any action for the purpose of causing the Commission not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Commission will not accept the Issuer’s filings for any reason, the Issuer will make the reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above available on its website within fifteen (15) days after the Issuer would be required to file such reports with the Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if permitted by the Commission, the Issuer’s obligations to file reports under this Section 4.06(a) may be satisfied by the filing of the reports described in clauses (1) and (2) above by the Guarantor.

(b) For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, if at any time it is not required to file with the Commission the reports required by paragraphs (a) of this Section 4.06, the Issuer will furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

Section 4.07. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Issuer from paying all or any portion of the principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Supplemental Indenture and the Issuer (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

Section 4.08. Compliance Certificate. Within one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer, the Issuer and the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate signed by any of the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Issuer and the Guarantor, as the case may be, stating whether or not the signer has knowledge of any Default under this Supplemental Indenture, and, if so, specifying each Default and the nature and the status thereof.

The Issuer will deliver to the Trustee, within thirty (30) calendar days of becoming aware of (i) any default in the performance or observance of any covenant, agreement or condition contained in this Supplemental Indenture, or (ii) any Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying with particularity such Default or Event of Default and further stating what action the Issuer has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

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

Section 4.09. Limitations on Incurrence of Debt.

 

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(a) Limitation on Total Outstanding Debt. The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt (including (i) guarantees of Debt incurred by the Guarantor and (ii) guarantees of debt of a Subsidiary of the Guarantor that is not a Subsidiary of the Issuer), other than Intercompany Debt and guarantees of Debt incurred by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries in compliance with this Supplemental Indenture, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all of the Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ outstanding Debt on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles is greater than 60% of the sum of (without duplication) (1) Total Assets as of the end of the Issuer’s most recently completed fiscal quarter prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (2) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt.

(b) Limitation on Secured Debt. The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt (including (i) guarantees of Debt incurred by the Guarantor and (ii) guarantees of debt of a Subsidiary of the Guarantor that is not a Subsidiary of the Issuer), other than Intercompany Debt and guarantees of Debt incurred by Issuer or its Subsidiaries in compliance with this Supplemental Indenture, secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance or security interest of any kind upon any of Issuer’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ property if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all of Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ outstanding Debt on a consolidated basis which is secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance or security interest on Issuer’s or its Subsidiaries’ property is greater than 40% of the sum of (without duplication) (1) Total Assets as of the end of the Issuer’s most recently completed fiscal quarter prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (2) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt; provided, that for purposes of this limitation, the amount of obligations under capital leases shown as a liability on Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet shall be deducted from Debt and from Total Assets.

(c) Ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service Charge. The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt and guarantees of Debt by Issuer or its Subsidiaries in compliance with this Supplemental Indenture, if the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service Charge for the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred shall have been less than 1.5 to 1.0, on an unaudited pro forma basis after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that: (1) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by Issuer and its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom, including to refinance other Debt, had

 

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occurred at the beginning of such period; (2) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt by Issuer and its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period had been repaid or retired at the beginning of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period); (3) in the case of Acquired Debt or Debt incurred in connection with any acquisition since the first day of such four-quarter period, the related acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period, with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition being included in such unaudited pro forma calculation; and (4) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by Issuer or its Subsidiaries of any asset or group of assets or other placement of any assets in service or removal of any assets from service by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period, whether by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition, disposition, placement in service or removal from service, or any related repayment of Debt had occurred as of the first day of such period, with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition, disposition, placement in service or removal from service, being included in such unaudited pro forma calculation.

(d) Maintenance of Unencumbered Total Asset Value. The Issuer, together with its Subsidiaries, will at all times maintain an Unencumbered Total Asset Value in an amount not less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ unsecured Debt, taken as a whole.

Section 4.10. Insurance. The Issuer will, and will cause of each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies against such risks and in such amounts as is customarily maintained by Persons engaged in similar businesses or as may be required by applicable law.

ARTICLE 5

NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE

Section 5.01. Noteholders Lists. The Issuer covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee, semiannually, not more than fifteen (15) calendar days after each April 1 and October 1 of each year beginning with October 1, 2022, and at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request in writing, within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request (or such lesser time as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to enable it to timely provide any notice to be provided by it hereunder), a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes as of a date not more than fifteen (15) calendar days (or such other date as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to so provide any such notices) prior to the time such information is furnished, except that no such list need be furnished by the Issuer to the Trustee so long as the Trustee is acting as the sole Note Registrar.

Section 5.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists.

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 hereof or maintained by the Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar or co-registrar in respect of the Notes, if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 hereof upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

 

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(b) The rights of Noteholders to communicate with other Holders of Notes with respect to their rights under this Supplemental Indenture or under the Notes, and the corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) Every Noteholder agrees with the Issuer and the Trustee that neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders of Notes made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 5.03. Reports by Trustee.

(a) On or before May 15 of each year beginning with May 15, 2023, the Trustee shall transmit to Holders of Notes such reports dated as of May 15 of the year in which such reports are made concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Supplemental Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. In the event that no events have occurred under the applicable Sections of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to provide such reports.

(b) A copy of such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders of Notes, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which the Notes are listed and with the Issuer. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee in writing if the Notes are listed on any stock exchange or automated quotation system or delisted therefrom.

ARTICLE 6

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND NOTEHOLDERS ON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT

Section 6.01. Events of Default. In case one or more of the following (each an “Event of Default”) (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) shall have occurred and be continuing:

(a) default for thirty (30) days in the payment of any installment of interest under the Notes; or

(b) default in the payment of the principal amount or Redemption Price due with respect to the Notes, when the same becomes due and payable; provided, however, that a valid extension of the Maturity Date in accordance with the terms hereof shall not constitute a default in the payment of principal; or

(c) the Issuer fails to comply with any of the Issuer’s other agreements contained in the Notes or this Supplemental Indenture upon receipt by the Issuer of notice of such default by the Trustee or by Holders of not less than twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and the Issuer fails to cure (or obtain a waiver of) such default within sixty (60) days after the Issuer receives such notice; or

 

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(d) failure to pay any indebtedness for monies borrowed by the Issuer, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer in an outstanding principal amount in excess of $50,000,000 at final maturity or upon acceleration after the expiration of any applicable grace period, which indebtedness is not discharged, or such default in payment or acceleration is not cured or rescinded, within thirty (30) days after written notice to the Issuer from the Trustee (or to the Issuer and the Trustee from Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in principal amount of the outstanding Notes); provided, however, that for the purposes of this Section 6.01(d), $50,000,000 shall be replaced by $35,000,000 for so long as any of the Issuer’s 3.50% Senior Notes Due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) are outstanding; or

(e) the Issuer, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant to or under or within meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(i) commences a voluntary case or proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or its debts or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer; or

(ii) consents to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer; or

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

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

(f) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Issuer, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of thirty (30) calendar days; or

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

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

 

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(ii) appoints a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer; or

(iii) orders the liquidation of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer;

and, in each case in this clause (g), the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for thirty (30) calendar days,

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

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) hereof occurs with respect to the Issuer, the principal amount of and premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action.

If, at any time after the principal amount of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer and to the Trustee, may waive all Defaults or Events of Default and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, subject in all respects to Section 6.07 hereof, if all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal amount and any accrued and unpaid interest that have become due solely because of such acceleration, have been cured or waived. No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon. The Issuer shall notify in writing a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, promptly upon becoming aware thereof, of any Event of Default, as provided in Section 4.08 hereof.

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

 

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Section 6.02. Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor. The Issuer covenants that in the case of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or 6.01(b) hereof, upon demand of the Trustee, the Issuer will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, (i) the whole amount that then shall be due and payable on all such Notes for principal and premium, if any, or interest, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon the overdue installments of accrued and unpaid interest at the rate borne by the Notes, plus 1%, from the required payment date and, (ii) in addition thereto, any amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof. Until such demand by the Trustee, the Issuer may pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to the registered Holders, whether or not the Notes are overdue.

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

In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes under any Bankruptcy Law, or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or such other obligor, the property of the Issuer or such other obligor, or in the case of any other judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or such other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.02, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, accrued and unpaid interest in respect of the Notes, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the Noteholders allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes, its or their creditors, or its or their property, and to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction of any amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof, and to take any other action with respect to such claims, including participating as a member of any official committee of creditors, as it reasonably deems necessary or advisable, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, custodian or similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Noteholders to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Noteholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements, including counsel fees and expenses incurred by it up to the date of such distribution. To the extent that such payment of reasonable compensation, expenses, advances

 

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and disbursements out of the estate in any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, monies, securities and other property which the Holders of the Notes may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.

All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Supplemental Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

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

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

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof;

SECOND: In case the principal of the outstanding Notes shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Notes in which an Event of Default exists in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) as provided in Section 6.02 hereof upon the overdue installments of interest at the annual rate of 1% above then applicable interest rate, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto;

THIRD: In case the principal of the outstanding Notes shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, and be unpaid to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon the Notes for principal and premium, if any, and interest, with interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of accrued and unpaid interest, as provided in Section 6.02 hereof, and in case such monies shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Notes, then to the payment of such principal and premium, if any, and interest without preference or priority of principal and premium, if any, over interest, or of interest over principal and premium, if any, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Note over any other Note, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest; and

 

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FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer or any other Person lawfully entitled thereto.

Section 6.04. Proceedings by Noteholders. No Holder of any Note shall have any right by virtue of or by reference to any provision of this Supplemental Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Supplemental Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian or other similar official, or for any other remedy hereunder, except in the case of a default in the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, unless (a) such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, (b) the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such security or indemnity as it may require against the costs, liabilities or expenses to be incurred therein or thereby, (c) the Trustee for ninety (90) calendar days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding and (d) no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Note with every other taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Notes shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of or by reference to any provision of this Supplemental Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holder of Notes, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under this Supplemental Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Notes (except as otherwise provided herein). For the protection and enforcement of this Section 6.04, each and every Noteholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

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

Section 6.05. Proceedings by Trustee. In case of an Event of Default, the Trustee may, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Supplemental Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as are necessary to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Supplemental Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Supplemental Indenture or by law.

 

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

Section 6.07. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Noteholders. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee; provided, that (a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Supplemental Indenture, (b) the Trustee may take any other action which is not inconsistent with such direction, (c) the Trustee may decline to take any action that would benefit some Noteholders to the detriment of other Noteholders or otherwise be unduly prejudicial to the Noteholders not joining therein and (d) the Trustee may decline to take any action that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any such action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except (i) a default in the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, unless such default has been cured and the Issuer or the Guarantor has deposited with the Trustee all required payments of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes (provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration) or (ii) a default in respect of a covenant or provisions hereof which under Article 9 of the Base Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holders of all Notes then outstanding or each Note affected thereby.

Upon any such waiver, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 6.07, said Default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Notes and this Supplemental Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

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Section 6.08. Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall, within sixty (60) calendar days after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of the occurrence of a Default, mail (or send by electronic transmission) to all Noteholders, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear upon the Note Register, notice of all Defaults known to a Responsible Officer, unless such Defaults shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice; provided, that except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), or interest on any of the Notes, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the Trustee determines in good faith that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Noteholders.

Section 6.09. Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to this Supplemental Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by its acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may, in its discretion, require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Supplemental Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided, that the provisions of this Section 6.09 (to the extent permitted by law) shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Issuer or the Guarantor, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or group of Noteholders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent (10%) in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04 hereof, or to any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), or interest on any Note on or after the due date expressed in such Note.

ARTICLE 7

THE TRUSTEE

Section 7.01. Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee. The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Supplemental Indenture. In case an Event of Default has occurred (which has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Supplemental Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of its own affairs.

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

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(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Supplemental Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Supplemental Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act against the Trustee; and

(ii) in the absence of bad faith and willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Supplemental Indenture; but, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Supplemental Indenture;

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

(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the written direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined as provided in Section 8.04 hereof relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Supplemental Indenture;

(d) whether or not therein provided, every provision of this Supplemental Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 8.04;

(e) the Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any payment (as to the correctness of amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters relating to payment) or notice effected by the Issuer or any Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) or any records maintained by any co-registrar (other than the Trustee) with respect to the Notes;

(f) if any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, requires notice to be sent to the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason to act as if no such event occurred unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless the Trustee has otherwise received written notice thereof; and

(g) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Event of Default hereunder unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless the Trustee shall have been notified in writing of such Event of Default by the Issuer or a Holder of Notes.

 

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None of the provisions contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

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

Section 7.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01 hereof:

(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, Note, coupon or other paper or document (whether in its original, facsimile or electronic form) believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer or the General Partner;

(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and any advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance on and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Supplemental Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Noteholders pursuant to the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, unless such Noteholders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;

(e) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document, but the Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney;

 

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

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

(h) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;

(i) the Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded;

(j) any permissive right or authority granted to the Trustee shall not be construed as a mandatory duty;

(k) the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for punitive, special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of actions; and

(l) the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Supplemental Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunction of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; and acts of civil or military authorities and governmental action.

Section 7.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, etc. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes (except in the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of any Notes or the proceeds of any Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 7.04. Trustee, Paying Agents or Note Registrar May Own Notes. The Trustee, any Paying Agent or Note Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent or Note Registrar.

 

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Section 7.05. Monies to Be Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.02 hereof, all monies received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received. Monies held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any monies received by it hereunder except as may be agreed in writing from time to time by the Issuer and the Trustee.

Section 7.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee. The Issuer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder in any capacity (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as mutually agreed to from time to time in writing between the Issuer and the Trustee, and the Issuer will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances reasonably incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith. The Issuer also covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee (or any officer, director or employee of the Trustee), in any capacity under this Supplemental Indenture and any authenticating agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or reasonable expense including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee) incurred without negligence, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith on the part of the Trustee or such officers, directors, employees or authenticating agent, as the case may be, and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or in any other capacity hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim (whether asserted by the Issuer, any Holder or any other Person) of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Issuer under this Section 7.06 to compensate or indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Notes upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Notes. The obligation of the Issuer under this Section 7.06 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture.

When the Trustee and its agents and any authenticating agent incur expenses or render services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) hereof with respect to the Issuer occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute reasonable expenses of administration under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws.

Section 7.07. Officers Certificate as Evidence. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01 hereof, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of gross negligence, bad faith, recklessness or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee.

 

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Section 7.08. Conflicting Interests of Trustee. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 7.09. Eligibility of Trustee. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 (or if such Person is a member of a bank holding company system, its bank holding company shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000). If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 7.09 the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.09, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

Section 7.10. Resignation or Removal of Trustee.

(a) The Trustee may at any time resign by giving written notice of such resignation to the Issuer and to the Holders of Notes. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment sixty (60) calendar days after the mailing of such notice of resignation to the Noteholders, the resigning Trustee may, upon ten (10) Business Days’ notice to the Issuer and the Noteholders, appoint a successor identified in such notice or may petition, at the expense of the Issuer, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or, if any Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section 6.09 hereof, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:

(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 7.08 hereof after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months; or

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

then, in any such case, the Issuer may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 6.09 hereof, any Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months may, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee; provided, that if no successor Trustee shall have been appointed and have accepted appointment sixty (60) calendar days after either the Issuer or the Noteholders has removed the Trustee, or the Trustee resigns, the Trustee so removed may petition, at the expense of the Issuer, any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.

(c) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 7.10 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.11 hereof.

(d) Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.10, the Issuer’s obligations under Section 7.06 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

Section 7.11. Acceptance by Successor Trustee. Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 7.10 hereof shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as trustee herein; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Issuer or of the successor trustee, the trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any amount then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06 hereof, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights and powers of the trustee so ceasing to act. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Issuer shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a lien upon all property and funds held or collected by such trustee as such, except for funds held in trust for the benefit of Holders of particular Notes, to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06 hereof.

No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 7.11 unless, at the time of such acceptance, such successor trustee shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 hereof and be eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09 hereof.

 

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Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 7.11, the Issuer (or the former trustee, at the written direction of the Issuer) shall mail (or send by electronic transmission) or cause to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission) notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to the Holders of Notes at their addresses as they shall appear on the Note Register. If the Issuer fails to mail such notice within ten (10) calendar days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Issuer.

Section 7.12. Succession by Merger. Any organization or entity into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or exchanged or with which it may be consolidated, or any organization or entity resulting from any merger, conversion, exchange or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any organization or entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor to the Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided, that in the case of any organization or entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 hereof and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09 hereof.

In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Supplemental Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee or authenticating agent appointed by such predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee or any authenticating agent appointed by such successor trustee may authenticate such Notes in the name of the successor trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force that is provided in the Notes or in this Supplemental Indenture; provided, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or authenticate Notes in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, exchange or consolidation.

Section 7.13. Preferential Collection of Claims. If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of the claims against the Issuer (or any such other obligor).

ARTICLE 8

THE NOTEHOLDERS

Section 8.01. Action by Noteholders. Whenever in this Supplemental Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Notes may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action, the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Noteholders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of the Holders of Notes voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Noteholders, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Noteholders. Whenever the Issuer or the Trustee solicits the taking of any action by the Holders of the Notes, the Issuer or the Trustee may fix in advance of such solicitation a date as the Record Date for determining Holders entitled to take such action. The Record Date, if any, shall be not more than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action.

 

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Section 8.02. Proof of Execution by Noteholders. Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02 hereof, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Noteholder or its agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Notes shall be proved by the registry of such Notes or by a certificate of the Note Registrar.

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

Section 8.04. Issuer-owned Notes Disregarded. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, consent, waiver or other action under this Supplemental Indenture or whether a quorum is present at a meeting of the Holders of the Notes, Notes which are owned by the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination; provided, that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent, waiver or other action, only Notes which a Responsible Officer knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section 8.04 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to vote such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, any other obligor on the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or any such other obligor. In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers’ Certificate listing and identifying all Notes, if any, known by the Issuer to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above described Persons, and, subject to Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers’ Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Notes not listed therein are outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.

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

 

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ARTICLE 9

RESERVED

ARTICLE 10

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

Section 10.01. Issuer May Consolidate on Certain Terms. Nothing contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Issuer with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Issuer), or successive consolidations or mergers in which either the Issuer will be the continuing entity or the Issuer or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property of the Issuer, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Issuer); provided, however, that the following conditions are met:

(a) the Issuer shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if other than the Issuer) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of assets shall be domiciled in the United States and shall expressly assume payment of the principal of and interest on all of the Notes and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions in this Supplemental Indenture;

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

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

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

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

 

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

Section 10.03. Guarantor May Consolidate on Certain Terms. Nothing contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Guarantor with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor), or successive consolidations or mergers in which either the Guarantor will be the continuing entity or the Guarantor or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property of the Guarantor, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor); provided, however, that the following conditions are met:

(a) the Guarantor shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if other than the Guarantor) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of assets shall be domiciled in the United States and shall expressly assume the obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions in this Supplemental Indenture;

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

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

No such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease shall be permitted by this Section 10.03 unless prior thereto the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall remain in full force and effect thereafter.

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

 

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

Section 10.05. Assumption by Guarantor. Without the consent of any Holders of the Notes, the Guarantor, or a Subsidiary thereof, may directly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, any premium and interest on all the Notes and the performance of every covenant of this Supplemental Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed. Upon any such assumption, the Guarantor or such Subsidiary shall succeed to, and be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Supplemental Indenture with the same effect as if the Guarantor or such Subsidiary had been named as the Issuer herein and the Issuer shall be released from all obligations and covenants with respect to the Notes. No such assumption shall be permitted unless the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee (i) an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such assumption and supplemental indenture comply with this Article 10, and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with and that, in the event of assumption by a Subsidiary, the Guarantee and all other covenants of the Guarantor herein remain in full force and effect and (ii) an opinion of independent counsel that the Holders of Notes shall have no materially adverse United States federal tax consequences as a result of such assumption, and that, if any Notes are then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, that such Notes shall not be delisted as a result of such assumption.

ARTICLE 11

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

Section 11.01. Discharge of Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Notes herein expressly provided for and except as further provided below), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture, when (a) either: (1) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 11.04 hereof and (ii) Notes for whose payment monies have theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Issuer as provided in Section 11.04 hereof) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (2) all such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable, whether at the Maturity Date, or otherwise, or (ii) are to be called for redemption under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer, and the Issuer, in the case of clause (1) or (2) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee or a Paying Agent (other than the Issuer or any of its Affiliates), as applicable, as trust funds in trust cash in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Notes which have become due and payable) or to the Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided, however, that there shall not exist, on the date of such deposit, a Default or Event of Default; provided, further, that such deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default under, this Supplemental Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or to which the Issuer is bound; (b) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer; and (c) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture have been complied with.

 

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Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture, the obligations of the Issuer to the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof shall survive and, if monies shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (2) of clause (a) of this Section 11.01, the provisions of Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, and 5.01 hereof and this Article 11, shall survive until the Notes have been paid in full.

Section 11.02. Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee. Subject to Section 11.04 hereof, all monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.05 hereof shall be held in trust for the sole benefit of the Noteholders, and such monies shall be applied by the Trustee to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer if acting as its own Paying Agent), to the Holders of the particular Notes for the payment or redemption of which such monies have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal, premium, if any, and interest. The Trustee is not responsible to anyone for interest on any deposited funds except as agreed in writing.

Section 11.03. Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.04 hereof, the Trustee or a Paying Agent shall hold in trust, for the benefit of the Noteholders, all monies deposited with it pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof and shall apply the deposited monies in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes to the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof) and interest on the Notes.

Section 11.04. Return of Unclaimed Monies. The Trustee and each Paying Agent shall pay to the Issuer upon request any monies held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years after a right to such monies have matured; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such payment, may, at the expense of the Issuer, either publish in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York, or cause to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission) to each Holder entitled to such monies, notice that such monies remain unclaimed and that after a date specified therein, which shall be at least thirty (30) calendar days from the date of such mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of such monies then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer. After payment to the Issuer, Holders entitled to monies must look to the Issuer for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person, and the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall be relieved of all liability with respect to such monies.

 

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Section 11.05. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any monies in accordance with Section 11.02 hereof by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuer’s obligations under this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such monies in accordance with Section 11.02 hereof; provided, that if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the monies held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 12

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 12.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The Issuer may, at its option and at any time, elect to have either Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 12.

Section 12.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 12.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 12.02, the Issuer and the Guarantor will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes and Guarantee on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer and the Guarantor will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Debt represented by the outstanding Notes and Guarantee, which will thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 12.05 hereof and the other sections of this Supplemental Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Guarantee and this Supplemental Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

(a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium on, such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 12.04 hereof;

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

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

(d) this Article 12.

Subject to compliance with this Article 12, the Issuer may exercise its option under this Section 12.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 12.03 hereof.

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Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 12.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 12.03, the Issuer and the Guarantor will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 hereof, be released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.09, 4.10 and 4.11 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes and Guarantee, the Issuer and the Guarantor may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Supplemental Indenture and such Notes and Guarantee will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 12.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 12.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(c) and 6.01(d) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.

Section 12.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof:

(a) the Issuer must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm, or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium and interest on, the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and the Issuer must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to such stated date for payment or to a particular Redemption Date;

(b) in the case of an election under Section 12.02 hereof, the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that:

(1) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or

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

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

 

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(c) in the case of an election under Section 12.03 hereof, the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit (and any similar concurrent deposit relating to other indebtedness being defeased, discharged or replaced), and the granting of liens to secure such borrowings);

(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Supplemental Indenture and the agreements governing any other indebtedness being defeased, discharged or replaced) to which the Issuer or the Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or the Guarantor is bound;

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

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

Section 12.05. Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

Subject to Section 12.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 12.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 12.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Supplemental Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Issuer will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 12.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

 

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Notwithstanding anything in this Article 12 to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon the request of the Issuer any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 12.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 12.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

Section 12.06. Repayment to Issuer.

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium or interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer on its request or (if then held by the Issuer) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.

Section 12.07. Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuer’s and the Guarantor’s obligations under this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes and the Guarantee will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of, premium or interest on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 13

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Section 13.01. Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations. Except as otherwise expressly provided in Article 15 hereof, no recourse for the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof) or, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer in this Supplemental Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator,

 

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stockholder, limited partner, member, manager, employee, agent, officer, director or Subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the General Partner, the Issuer or any of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries or of any successor thereto, either directly or through the Issuer or any of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries or any successor thereto, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Supplemental Indenture and the issue of the Notes.

ARTICLE 14

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES

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

Section 14.02. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.

(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Notes for any purpose specified in Section 14.01 hereof, to be held at such time and at such place in The City of New York, New York as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Notes, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 16.03 hereof, not less than twenty-one (21) nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

(b) In case at any time the Issuer, the Guarantor or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Notes for any purpose specified in Section 14.01 hereof, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed notice of or made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within twenty-one (21) days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Issuer, the Guarantor, if applicable, or the Holders of Notes in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the City of New York, New York, for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in clause (a) of this Section 14.02.

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

Section 14.04. Quorum; Action. The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Notes; provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at the meeting with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which may be made, given or taken by the Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the Persons holding or representing the specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes will constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Notes, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than ten (10) days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than ten (10) days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 14.02 hereof, except that such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the outstanding Notes which shall constitute a quorum.

 

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

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

Section 14.05. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Notes in regard to proof of the holding of Notes and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Notes shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 8.03 hereof and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 8.01 hereof.

 

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

(b) At any meeting, each Holder of a Note or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $2,000 principal amount of Notes held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Note challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Note or proxy.

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

Section 14.06. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Notes shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Notes or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the outstanding Notes held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Notes shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 14.02 hereof and, if applicable, Section 14.04 hereof. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Issuer and the Guarantor, and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

ARTICLE 15

Guarantee

Section 15.01. Guarantee. By its execution hereof, the Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it receives substantial benefits from the Issuer and that the Guarantor is providing its Guarantee for good and valuable consideration, including, without limitation, such substantial benefits. Accordingly, subject to the provisions of this Article 15, the Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and its successors and assigns that: (i) the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be duly and punctually paid in full when due, whether at the Maturity Date, upon acceleration, upon redemption or otherwise, and interest on overdue principal, premium, if any and (to the extent

 

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permitted by law) interest on any interest, if any, on the Notes and all other obligations of the Issuer to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or under the Notes (including fees, expenses or other) shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof; and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at the Maturity Date, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, subject, however, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, to the limitations set forth in Section 15.03 hereof (collectively, the “Guarantee Obligations”).

Subject to the provisions of this Article 15, the Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Supplemental Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any thereof, the entry of any judgment against the Issuer, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes: (a) any right to require the Trustee, the Holders or the Issuer (each, a “Benefited Party”) to proceed against the Issuer or any other Person or to proceed against or exhaust any security held by a Benefited Party at any time or to pursue any other remedy in any secured party’s power before proceeding against the Guarantor; (b) any defense that may arise by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority, death or disability of any other Person or Persons or the failure of a Benefited Party to file or enforce a claim against the estate (in administration, bankruptcy or any other proceeding) of any other Person or Persons; (c) demand, protest and notice of any kind (except as expressly required by this Supplemental Indenture), including but not limited to notice of the existence, creation or incurring of any new or additional indebtedness or obligation or of any action or non-action on the part of the Guarantor, the Issuer, any Benefited Party, any creditor of the Guarantor or the Issuer or on the part of any other Person whomsoever in connection with any obligations the performance of which are hereby guaranteed; (d) any defense based upon an election of remedies by a Benefited Party, including but not limited to an election to proceed against the Guarantor for reimbursement; (e) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (f) any defense arising because of a Benefited Party’s election, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Law, of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (g) any defense based on any borrowing or grant of a security interest under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Guarantor hereby covenants that, except as otherwise provided therein, the Guarantee shall not be discharged except by payment in full of all Guarantee Obligations, including the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other costs provided for under this Supplemental Indenture or as provided in Article 7 hereof.

If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to either the Issuer or the Guarantor, or any trustee or similar official acting in relation to either the Issuer or the Guarantor, any amount paid by the Issuer or the Guarantor to the Trustee or such Holder, the Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. The Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guarantee Obligations hereby until payment in full of all such obligations guaranteed hereby. The Guarantor agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders

 

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of Notes and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes hereof, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guarantee Obligations, and (y) in the event of any acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such Guarantee Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purpose of the Guarantee.

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

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

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

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

Section 15.03. Limitation of Guarantors Liability; Certain Bankruptcy Events.

(a) The Guarantor, and by its acceptance hereof each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor pursuant to its Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor under this Article 15 shall be limited to the maximum amount as shall, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of the Guarantor, result in the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

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

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(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor may be released upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 15.04. Provided that no Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing under this Supplemental Indenture, the Guarantee Obligations incurred by the Guarantor pursuant to this Article 15 shall be unconditionally released and discharged automatically upon the release of all guarantees by the Guarantor of the 2026 Notes, the Issuer’s 3.750% Senior Notes due 2027, the Issuer’s 3.100% Senior Notes due 2030, the Issuer’s unsecured credit and loan facilities and any additional guarantees by the Guarantor of senior unsecured indebtedness.

(b) Upon receipt of a written request of the Issuer accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel that the Guarantor is entitled to such release in accordance with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall deliver, at the Issuer’s expense, such instruments as are requested by the Issuer or Guarantor to evidence the release of the Guarantor from the Guarantee Obligations.

ARTICLE 16

Miscellaneous Provisions

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

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

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

To the Issuer:

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.

3310 West End Avenue, Suite 700

Nashville, TN 37203

Telecopier No.: (615) 463-7739

Attention: Mr. Todd J. Meredith, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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Mr. J. Christopher Douglas, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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To the Guarantor:

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated

3310 West End Avenue, Suite 700

Nashville, TN 37203

Telecopier No.: (615) 463-7739

Attention: Mr. Todd J. Meredith, President and Chief Executive Officer

cc: Mr. J. Christopher Douglas, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association

Global Corporate Trust Services

101 North First Avenue, Suite 1600

Mailstop LM-AZ-16P

Phoenix, Arizona 85003

Telecopier No.: (602) 257-5433

Attention: Mary Ambriz-Reyes, Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.

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

Any notice or communication mailed to a Noteholder shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, at such Noteholder’s address as it appears on the Note Register and shall be sufficiently given to such Noteholder if so mailed within the time prescribed.

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

Section 16.04. Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any laws other than the laws of the State of New York.

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

 

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

Section 16.06. Legal Holidays. In any case in which the Stated Maturity of interest on or principal of the Notes or the Redemption Date of any Note will not be a Business Day, then payment of such interest on or principal of the Notes need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Stated Maturity or the Redemption Date, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such date.

Section 16.07. Trust Indenture Act. This Supplemental Indenture is hereby made subject to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; provided, that this Section 16.07 shall not require this Supplemental Indenture or the Trustee to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act prior to the time such qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust Indenture Act, nor shall it constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any party to the Indenture that any such qualification is required prior to the time such qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be included in an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.

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

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

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

 

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Section 16.11. Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent that shall be authorized to act on its behalf, and subject to its direction, in the authentication and delivery of Notes in connection with the original issuance thereof and transfers and exchanges of Notes hereunder, including under Sections 2.04, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08 and 3.03 hereof, as fully to all intents and purposes as though the authenticating agent had been expressly authorized by this Supplemental Indenture and those Sections to authenticate and deliver Notes. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, the authentication and delivery of Notes by the authenticating agent shall be deemed to be authentication and delivery of such Notes “by the Trustee” and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an authenticating agent shall be deemed to satisfy any requirement hereunder or in the Notes for the Trustee’s certificate of authentication. Such authenticating agent shall at all times be a Person eligible to serve as trustee hereunder pursuant to Section 7.09 hereof.

Any corporation into which any authenticating agent may be merged or exchanged or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, consolidation or exchange to which any authenticating agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of any authenticating agent, shall be the successor of the authenticating agent hereunder, if such successor corporation is otherwise eligible under this Section 16.11, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or the authenticating agent or such successor corporation.

Any authenticating agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Issuer. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any authenticating agent by giving written notice of termination to such authenticating agent and to the Issuer. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any authenticating agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section 16.11, the Trustee shall either promptly appoint a successor authenticating agent or itself assume the duties and obligations of the former authenticating agent under this Supplemental Indenture and, upon such appointment of a successor authenticating agent, if made, shall give written notice of such appointment of a successor authenticating agent to the Issuer and shall mail notice of such appointment of a successor authenticating agent to all Holders of Notes as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the Note Register.

The Issuer agrees to pay to the authenticating agent from time to time such reasonable compensation for its services as shall be agreed upon in writing between the Issuer and the authenticating agent.

The provisions of Sections 7.02, 7.03, 7.04 and 8.03 hereof and this Section 16.11 shall be applicable to any authenticating agent.

Section 16.12. Execution in Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Supplemental Indenture by facsimile or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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The Trustee shall not have any duty to confirm that the person sending any notice, instruction or other communication by electronic transmission (including by e-mail, facsimile transmission, web portal or other electronic methods) is, in fact, a person authorized to do so. Electronic signatures believed by the Trustee to comply with the ESIGN Act of 2000 or other applicable law (including electronic images of handwritten signatures and digital signatures provided by DocuSign, Orbit, Adobe Sign or any other digital signature provider acceptable to the Trustee) shall be deemed original signatures for all purposes. The Issuer assumes all risks arising out of the use of electronic signatures and electronic methods to send communications to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on an unauthorized communication, and the risk of interception or misuse by third parties.

Section 16.13. Severability. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then (to the extent permitted by law) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

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

Section 16.14. Confirmation of Indenture. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto with respect to the Notes shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

Section 16.15. Trustee Disclaimer. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture other than as to the validity of its execution and delivery by the Trustee. The recitals and statements herein are deemed to be those of the Company and not the Trustee.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

 

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

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

By: Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated,

      its general partner

By:

 

/s/ Andrew E. Loope

 

Name: Andrew E. Loope

 

Title: Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel, and Secretary

HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED,

as Guarantor

By:

 

/s/ Andrew E. Loope

 

Name: Andrew E. Loope

 

Title: Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel, and Secretary

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:

 

/s/ Mary Ambriz-Reyes

 

Name: Mary Ambriz-Reyes

        Title: Vice President

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]


EXHIBIT A TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

[Include only for Global Notes]

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.09 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

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

 

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HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

3.875% Senior Notes due 2025

No. _______

CUSIP No.: 42225UAJ3

ISIN:           US42225UAJ34

$[•]

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (herein called the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [•] dollars ($[•]), or such lesser amount as is set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note on the other side of this Note, on May 1, 2025 at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semi-annually on May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing November 1, 2022, on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum of 3.875%, from the May 1 and November 1 as the case may be, next preceding the date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, and in the case of the first interest payment on the Notes, from May 1, 2022, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. The Issuer shall pay interest on any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears in the Note Register; provided, however, that a Holder of any Notes in certificated form in the aggregate principal amount of more than $2.0 million may specify by written notice to the Issuer that it pay interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Noteholder in such notice, or on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.

The Issuer promises to pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) interest at the rate of 1% per annum above the rate borne by the Notes.

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

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

 

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

Dated: _______, 2022

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

By: Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated,

 

its general partner

By:

 

 

 

Name: J. Christopher Douglas

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.

Dated: _______, 2022

 

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.

3.875% Senior Notes Due 2025

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its 3.875% Senior Notes Due 2025 (herein called the “Notes”), issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of July 22, 2022 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of July 22, 2022 (“First Supplemental Indenture and together, the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantor and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and any indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Holders of the Notes. Defined terms used but not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) of the Indenture with respect to the Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes may be declared to be due and payable by either the Trustee or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and, upon said declaration the same shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) of the Indenture occurs with respect to the Issuer, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action.

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

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

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

 

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The Notes are issuable in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000. At the office or agency of the Issuer referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment of any service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration or exchange of Notes, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of any other authorized denominations.

The Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Notes under certain circumstances as set forth in Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03 of the Indenture.

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

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

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:                                                                                                                                                                                   

            (Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:                                            

                                                                      Your Signature:                                                                                                             

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)                

Signature Guarantee*:                                      

 

 

*

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE *

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of

Exchange

  

Amount of

decrease in

Principal

Amount at

maturity of this

Global Note

  

Amount of

increase in

Principal

Amount at

maturity of

this Global

Note

  

Principal Amount at
maturity of this

Global Note

following such

decrease

(or increase)

  

Signature of

authorized

officer of Trustee or
Custodian

 

* This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF GUARANTEE

The Guarantor listed below (hereinafter referred to as the “Guarantor,” which term includes any successors or assigns under the Indenture, dated as of July 22, 2022 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of July 22, 2022 (“First Supplemental Indenture and together, the “Indenture”), among the Guarantor, the Issuer (as defined below) and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee), has irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis the Guarantee Obligations (as defined in Section 15.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture), which include (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 3.875% Senior Notes Due 2025 (the “Notes”) of Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (the “Issuer”), whether at maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent permitted by law) interest on any interest on the Notes, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Issuer, to the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article 15 of the First Supplemental Indenture, and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any such other obligations, that the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

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

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

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

This is a continuing Guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns until full and final payment of all of the Issuer’s obligations under the Notes and Indenture or until legally discharged in accordance with the First Supplemental Indenture and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder of the Notes or the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof. This is a Guarantee of payment and performance and not of collectability.

 

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This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Note upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have been signed, in the name and on behalf of the Trustee under the First Supplemental Indenture, manually by one of the authorized officers of the Trustee under the Indenture.

The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure that it does not constitute a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law.

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

Capitalized terms used herein have the same meanings given in the First Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise indicated.

 

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

Dated: _______, 2022

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED

By:

 

 

 

Name: J. Christopher Douglas

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 4.3

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., as Issuer

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, as Guarantor

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 2

Dated as of

July 22, 2022

 

 

3.625% Senior Notes Due 2028

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Section

       Page  
ARTICLE 1

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01.

  Definitions      1  
ARTICLE 2   
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES

 

Section 2.01.

  Designation Amount and Issue of Notes      9  

Section 2.02.

  Form of Notes      10  

Section 2.03.

  Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest      10  

Section 2.04.

  Execution of Notes      12  

Section 2.05.

  Note Registrar and Paying Agent.      13  

Section 2.06.

  Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer.      13  

Section 2.07.

  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes      18  

Section 2.08.

  Temporary Notes      19  

Section 2.09.

  Cancellation of Notes      19  

Section 2.10.

  CUSIP Numbers      20  

Section 2.11.

  Issuance of Additional Notes      20  
ARTICLE 3

 

REDEMPTION OF NOTES

 

Section 3.01.

  Optional Redemption of Notes.      20  

Section 3.02.

  Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes      21  

Section 3.03.

  Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Issuer      22  

Section 3.04.

  Sinking Fund      22  
ARTICLE 4   
CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER

 

Section 4.01.

  Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest      23  

Section 4.02.

  Maintenance of Office or Agency      23  

Section 4.03.

  Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office      23  

Section 4.04.

  Provisions as to Paying Agent.      24  

Section 4.05.

  Existence      25  

Section 4.06.

  Reports.      25  

Section 4.07.

  Stay, Extension and Usury Laws      26  

 

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Section

       Page  

Section 4.08.

  Compliance Certificate      26  

Section 4.09.

  Limitations on Incurrence of Debt.      27  

Section 4.10.

  Insurance      28  
ARTICLE 5

 

NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 5.01.

  Noteholders’ Lists      28  

Section 5.02.

  Preservation and Disclosure of Lists.      29  

Section 5.03.

  Reports by Trustee.      29  
ARTICLE 6

 

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND NOTEHOLDERS ON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT

 

Section 6.01.

  Events of Default      29  

Section 6.02.

  Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor      32  

Section 6.03.

  Application of Monies Collected by Trustee      33  

Section 6.04.

  Proceedings by Noteholders      34  

Section 6.05.

  Proceedings by Trustee      34  

Section 6.06.

  Remedies Cumulative and Continuing      35  

Section 6.07.

  Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Noteholders      35  

Section 6.08.

  Notice of Defaults      36  

Section 6.09.

  Undertaking to Pay Costs      36  
ARTICLE 7

 

THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01.

  Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee      36  

Section 7.02.

  Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc      38  

Section 7.03.

  No Responsibility for Recitals, etc      39  

Section 7.04.

  Trustee, Paying Agents or Registrar May Own Notes      39  

Section 7.05.

  Monies to Be Held in Trust      40  

Section 7.06.

  Compensation and Expenses of Trustee      40  

Section 7.07.

  Officers’ Certificate as Evidence      40  

Section 7.08.

  Conflicting Interests of Trustee      41  

Section 7.09.

  Eligibility of Trustee      41  

 

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Section

       Page  

Section 7.10.

  Resignation or Removal of Trustee.      41  

Section 7.11.

  Acceptance by Successor Trustee      42  

Section 7.12.

  Succession by Merger      43  

Section 7.13.

  Preferential Collection of Claims      43  
ARTICLE 8   
THE NOTEHOLDERS   

Section 8.01.

  Action by Noteholders      43  

Section 8.02.

  Proof of Execution by Noteholders      44  

Section 8.03.

  Absolute Owners      44  

Section 8.04.

  Issuer-owned Notes Disregarded      44  

Section 8.05.

  Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound      45  
ARTICLE 9   
RESERVED   
ARTICLE 10   
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE   

Section 10.01.

  Issuer May Consolidate on Certain Terms      45  

Section 10.02.

  Issuer Successor to Be Substituted      46  

Section 10.03.

  Guarantor May Consolidate on Certain Terms      46  

Section 10.04.

  Guarantor Successor to Be Substituted      46  

Section 10.05.

  Assumption by Guarantor      47  
ARTICLE 11   
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE   

Section 11.01.

  Discharge of Indenture      47  

Section 11.02.

  Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee      48  

Section 11.03.

  Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held      48  

Section 11.04.

  Return of Unclaimed Monies      48  

Section 11.05.

  Reinstatement      49  
ARTICLE 12   
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE   

Section 12.01.

  Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance      49  

Section 12.02.

  Legal Defeasance and Discharge      49  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

Section

       Page  

Section 12.03.

  Covenant Defeasance.      50  

Section 12.04.

  Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.      50  

Section 12.05.

  Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.      51  

Section 12.06.

  Repayment to Issuer.      52  

Section 12.07.

  Reinstatement.      52  
ARTICLE 13   
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS   

Section 13.01.

  Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations      52  
ARTICLE 14   
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES   

Section 14.01.

  Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called      53  

Section 14.02.

  Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.      53  

Section 14.03.

  Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings      53  

Section 14.04.

  Quorum; Action      53  

Section 14.05.

  Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings      54  

Section 14.06.

  Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings      55  
ARTICLE 15   
GUARANTEE   

Section 15.01.

  Guarantee      55  

Section 15.02.

  Execution and Delivery of Guarantee      57  

Section 15.03.

  Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability; Certain Bankruptcy Events.      57  

Section 15.04.

  Release of Guarantor of Guarantee Obligations.      58  
ARTICLE 16   
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS   

Section 16.01.

  Provisions Binding on Issuer’s and Guarantor’s Successors      58  

Section 16.02.

  Official Acts by Successor Corporation      58  

Section 16.03.

  Addresses for Notices, etc      58  

Section 16.04.

  Governing Law      60  

Section 16.05.

  Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent, Certificates to Trustee      60  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

Section

       Page  

Section 16.06.

  Legal Holidays      60  

Section 16.07.

  Trust Indenture Act      60  

Section 16.08.

  No Security Interest Created      60  

Section 16.09.

  Benefits of Indenture      60  

Section 16.10.

  Table of Contents, Headings, etc      60  

Section 16.11.

  Authenticating Agent      61  

Section 16.12.

  Execution in Counterparts      61  

Section 16.13.

  Severability      62  

Exhibit A — Form of Note

     A-1  

Exhibit B — Form of Guarantee

     B-1  

 

v


CROSS REFERENCE TABLE*

 

Trust Indenture Act Section

  

Supplemental Indenture Section

310(a)(1)

   7.09

(a)(2)

   7.09

(a)(3)

   N.A.

(a)(4)

   N.A.

(a)(5)

   N.A.

(b)

   7.08, 7.10

(c)

   N.A.

311(a)

   7.13

(b)

   7.13

(c)

   N.A.

312(a)

   5.01

(b)

   5.02

(c)

   5.02

313(a)

   5.03

(b)

   5.03

(c)

   5.03

(d)

   5.03

314(a)

   4.06, 4.08

(b)

   N.A.

(c)(1)

   16.05

(c)(2)

   16.05

(c)(3)

   N.A.

(d)

   N.A.

(e)

   16.05

(f)

   N.A.

315(a)

   7.01

(b)

   6.08

(c)

   7.01

(d)

   7.01

(e)

   6.09

316(a)(1)(A)

   6.07

(a)(1)(B)

   6.07

(a)(2)

   N.A.

(b)

   N.A.

(c)

   N.A.

317(a)(1)

   6.02

(a)(2)

   6.02

(b)

   11.03

318(a)

   N.A.

 

 

N.A. means not applicable.

 

*

This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.

 

 

vi


SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 2

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No. 2 dated as of July 22, 2022 (this “Supplemental Indenture”) among Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (hereinafter called the “Issuer”), Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a Maryland corporation) (hereinafter called the “Guarantor” or, in its capacity as the sole general partner of the Issuer, the “General Partner”), each having its principal office at 3310 West End Avenue, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37203, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee hereunder (hereinafter called the “Trustee”).

The Issuer and the Trustee are parties to an Indenture, dated as of July 22, 2022 (the “Base Indenture”), which provides for the issuance by the Issuer from time to time of debt securities in one or more series. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is herein referred to as the “Indenture.” Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Base Indenture.

The Issuer has authorized the issuance of $290,245,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.625% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Notes”) guaranteed by the Guarantor.

The Issuer desires to enter into this Supplemental Indenture pursuant to Section 9.01(i) of the Base Indenture, without the consent of Holders, to establish the form and terms of the Notes as new series of Debt Securities as permitted by Sections 2.01 and Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture.

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

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

2026 Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01(d) hereof.

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

 

1


Additional Notes” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under this Supplemental Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.04, 2.11 and 4.09 hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes.

Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, on any Redemption Date, the rate per year, as determined by the Quotation Agent, equal to:

(1) the yield, under the heading that represents the weekly average yield (being, if not reported as a weekly average yield, the average of the five most recent daily reported yields), appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15” or any successor publication that is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue; provided that if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life of the Notes, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight-line basis rounding to the nearest month; or

(2) if that release, or any successor release, is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that Redemption Date.

The Adjusted Treasury Rate will be calculated at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding the date of the notice of redemption by the Quotation Agent.

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

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

Annual Debt Service Charge” as of any date means the amount of interest expense determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

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

 

2


Authentication Order” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01 hereof.

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

Benefited Party” has the meaning specified in Section 15.01 hereof.

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the General Partner or a committee of such board duly authorized to act for it hereunder.

Business Day” means, with respect to any Note, any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or in such other place of payment of the Notes are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking S.A.

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this Supplemental Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the Remaining Life that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining Life.

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations.

Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service” means, for any period, Earnings from Operations of Issuer and its Subsidiaries plus amounts which have been deducted, and minus amounts which have been added, for the following (without duplication): (1) Annual Debt Service Charge of Issuer and its Subsidiaries, (2) provision for taxes of Issuer and its Subsidiaries based on income, (3) provisions for gains and losses on properties and depreciation and amortization, (4) increases in deferred taxes and other non-cash items, (5) depreciation and amortization with respect to interests in joint venture and partially owned entity investments, (6) the effect of any charge resulting from a change in accounting principles in determining Earnings from Operations for such period, and (7) amortization of deferred charges.

Corporate Trust Office” or other similar term, means the designated office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business as it relates to this Supplemental Indenture shall be administered, which office is, at the date as of which this Supplemental Indenture is dated, located at the address set forth in Section 16.03 hereof.

 

3


Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 12.03 hereof.

CUSIP” means the Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures.

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

Debt” means any of Issuer’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ indebtedness, whether or not contingent, in respect of (without duplication) (1) borrowed money evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, (2) indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or any security interest existing on property owned by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, but only to the extent of the lesser of (a) the amount of indebtedness so secured and (b) the fair market value (determined in good faith by the board of directors of such Person or, in the case of Issuer or one of its Subsidiaries, by the Board of Directors) of the property subject to such mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or security interest, (3) the reimbursement obligations, contingent or otherwise, in connection with any letters of credit actually issued or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable, or all conditional sale obligations or obligations under any title retention agreement, or (4) any lease of property by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries as lessee which is reflected on Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet as a financing lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; but only to the extent, in the case of items of indebtedness under (1) through (3) above, that any such items (other than letters of credit) would appear as a liability on Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The term “Debt” also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business or for the purposes of guaranteeing the payment of all amounts due and owing pursuant to leases to which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries are a party and have assigned its or their interest, provided that such assignee of Issuer or its Subsidiary is not in default of any amounts due and owing under such leases), Debt of another Person (other than Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) (it being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries whenever Issuer or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof). In the case of items of indebtedness under (4) above, the term “Debt” will exclude any lease of property by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries as lessee which is reflected on Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet as an operating lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Default” means any event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become, an Event of Default.

Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03 hereof.

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

 

4


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

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

Earnings from Operations” means, for any period, net income or loss of Issuer and its Subsidiaries, excluding (1) provisions for gains and losses on sales of investments or joint ventures; (2) provisions for gains and losses on disposition of discontinued operations; (3) extraordinary and non-recurring items; and (4) impairment charges, property valuation losses and non-cash charges necessary to record interest rate contracts at fair value; plus amounts received as rent under leases which are accounted for as financing arrangements net of related interest income, as reflected in the consolidated financial statements of Issuer and its Subsidiaries for such period determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

EDGAR” has the meaning specified in Section 4.06(a) hereof.

Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear system.

Event of Default” means any event specified in Section 6.01 hereof as an Event of Default.

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

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

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

Global Notes” means the Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, issued in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture.

Government Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.

Guarantee” means the full and unconditional guarantee provided by the Guarantor in respect of the Notes as made applicable to the Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 15.01 hereof.

Guarantee Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 15.01 hereof.

 

5


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

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

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

Initial Notes” means the first $290,245,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Supplemental Indenture on the date hereof.

Intercompany Debt” means Debt to which the only parties are any of Issuer, Guarantor and any of their Subsidiaries; provided, however, that with respect to any such Debt of which Issuer or Guarantor is the borrower, such Debt is subordinate in right of payment to the Notes.

interest” means, when used with reference to the Notes, any interest payable under the terms of the Notes.

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

Legal Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 12.02 hereof.

Maturity Date” means January 15, 2028.

Note” or “Notes” means any Note or Notes, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Supplemental Indenture, including the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Global Note.

Note Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05 hereof.

Note Registrar” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05 hereof.

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

Officer” means, with respect to any Person, any person holding any of the following positions with such Person, or, in the case of a Person that is a partnership, the general partner of such Person: the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”), the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer and the Secretary.

Officers’ Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by any two Officers or by one such Officer and any Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of such Person or, in the case of a Person that is a partnership, the general partner of such Person.

 

6


Opinion of Counsel” means, with respect to any Person, an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to such Person, or other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

outstanding,” when used with reference to Notes and subject to the provisions of Section 8.04 hereof, means, as of any particular time, all Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Supplemental Indenture, except:

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

(2) Notes, or portions thereof, (i) for the redemption of which monies in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent (other than the Issuer or the Guarantor) or (ii) which shall have been otherwise discharged in accordance with Article 11 hereof;

(3) Notes in lieu of which, or in substitution for which, other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.07 hereof; and

(4) Notes paid or redeemed pursuant to Article 3 hereof.

Par Call Date” means October 15, 2027.

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

Paying Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05 hereof.

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

Predecessor Note” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note, and, for the purposes of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.07 hereof in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Note that it replaces.

premium” means any premium payable under the terms of the Notes.

Primary Treasury Dealer” means a primary U.S. Government securities dealer.

Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Issuer.

Record Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03 hereof.

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

 

7


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

Reference Treasury Dealer” means any Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer.

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

Remaining Life” means the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed, calculated as if the maturity date of such Notes were the Par Call Date.

Responsible Officer” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Supplemental Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of or familiarity with the particular subject.

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

Significant Subsidiary” means any subsidiary which is a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission as in effect on the date hereof.

Stated Maturity,” with respect to any Note or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date established by or pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture or such Note as the fixed date on which the principal of such Note or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock or other equity interest entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof) and (ii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or managing general partner of which is such Person or a subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or of one or more subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).

Total Assets” as of any date means the sum of (1) Issuer’s and all of its Subsidiaries’ Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (2) all of Issuer’s and all of its Subsidiaries’ other assets determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (but excluding intangibles).

 

8


Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as it was in force at the date of this Supplemental Indenture; provided, that if the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after the date hereof, the term “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean, to the extent required by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

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

Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” as of any date means the cost (original cost plus capital improvements) of Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ real estate assets, right of use assets associated with a financing lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles on such date, before depreciation and amortization determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; provided that “Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” will not include the right of use assets associated with an operating lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Unencumbered Total Asset Value” as of any date means the sum of (1) those Undepreciated Real Estate Assets not encumbered by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge or security interest and (2) all of Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ other assets on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (but excluding intangibles), in each case which are unencumbered by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge or security interest; provided, however, that, in determining Unencumbered Total Asset Value for purposes of Section 4.09(d) hereof, all investments by the Issuer and any of its Subsidiaries in unconsolidated joint ventures, unconsolidated limited partnerships, unconsolidated limited liability companies and other unconsolidated entities accounted for financial reporting purposes using the equity method of accounting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles shall be excluded from Unencumbered Total Asset Value.

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

ARTICLE 2

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES

Section 2.01. Designation Amount and Issue of Notes. The Notes shall be designated as “3.625% Senior Notes due 2028.” Upon the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, and from time to time thereafter, Notes may be executed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver Notes upon a written order of the Issuer (an “Authentication Order”), such order signed on behalf of the Issuer by two Officers of the General Partner or by an Officer of the General Partner and either an Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of the General Partner, without any further action by the Issuer hereunder.

 

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The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Supplemental Indenture is unlimited; provided, that upon initial issuance, the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding shall not exceed $290,245,000, except as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.08 hereof. The Issuer may, without the consent of the Holders of Notes, issue Additional Notes from time to time in the future in an unlimited principal amount, subject to compliance with the terms of this Supplemental Indenture, including Section 2.11 hereof.

Section 2.02. Form of Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee. The terms and provisions contained in the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Issuer and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

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

So long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, or unless otherwise required by law, or otherwise contemplated by Section 2.06(b) hereof, all of the Notes will be represented by one or more Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in any such Global Note shall be effected through the Depositary in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture and the applicable procedures of the Depositary. Except as provided in Section 2.06(b) hereof, beneficial owners of a Global Note shall not be entitled to have certificates registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificates in definitive form and will not be considered Holders of such Global Note.

Section 2.03. Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest. The Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall bear interest from July 15, 2022, as specified on the face of the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

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The Person in whose name any Note (or its Predecessor Note) is registered on the Note Register at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Record Date with respect to any interest payment date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such interest payment date. Interest shall be payable at the office of the Issuer maintained by the Issuer for such purposes in the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, which shall initially be an office or agency of the Trustee. The Issuer shall pay interest (i) on any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears in the Note Register; provided, however, that a Holder of any Notes in certificated form in the aggregate principal amount of more than $2.0 million may specify by written notice to the Issuer that it pay interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Noteholder in such notice, or (ii) any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. If a payment date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no additional interest shall accrue thereon. The term “Record Date” with respect to any interest payment date shall mean the January 1 or July 1 preceding the applicable January 15 or July 15 interest payment date, respectively.

No other payment or adjustment will be made for accrued interest on an exchanged Note.

Any interest on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any January 15 or July 15 herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Noteholder registered as such on the relevant Record Date, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Issuer, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

(1) The Issuer may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than twenty-five (25) calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of monies equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such monies when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than fifteen (15) calendar days and not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and not less than ten (10) calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment (unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date). The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer of such special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the

 

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special record date therefor to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission), first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder at its address as it appears in the Note Register, not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to such special record date (unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date). Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2) of this Section 2.03.

(2) The Issuer may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, if, after notice given by the Issuer to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

Section 2.04. Execution of Notes. The Notes shall be signed, in the name and on behalf of the Issuer, manually or by facsimile or other electronic imaging means by an Officer of the General Partner. The Trustee will, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, manually authenticate Notes for issue under this Supplemental Indenture, including any Additional Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Issuer pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.08 hereof.

Only such Notes as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth on the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto, executed manually by the Trustee (or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee as provided by Section 16.11 hereof), shall be entitled to the benefits of this Supplemental Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee (or such an authenticating agent) upon any Note executed by the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence that the Note so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Supplemental Indenture.

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

 

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Section 2.05. Note Registrar and Paying Agent.

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

The Issuer initially appoints the DTC to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

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

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

Section 2.06. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer.

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

(1) the Issuer delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;

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

(3) upon request from the Depositary if there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes.

 

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Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (1) or (2) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.08 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Sections 2.07 or 2.08 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Sections 2.06(b) or (f) hereof.

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Note Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1).

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

(A) both:

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

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

(B) both:

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

 

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

Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof (other than such transfers or exchanges contemplated by Section 2.06(b)(1) above).

(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Issuer will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Note Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.

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

(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. A Holder of Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Note Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Note Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Note Registrar shall register the Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

 

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(f) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(A) OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.09 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

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

(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.09 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

(h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.04 hereof or at the Note Registrar’s request.

 

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(2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.08 and 3.03 hereof and Section 9.04 of the Base Indenture).

(3) The Note Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

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

(5) Neither the Note Registrar nor the Issuer will be required:

(A) to issue, register the transfer of or to exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business fifteen (15) days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of the Notes selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing; or

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

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

(7) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.04 hereof.

(8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Note Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile or other electronic imaging means.

 

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

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

Section 2.07. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. In case any Note shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer in its discretion may execute, and upon its written request the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, a new Note, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Note, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Note so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case, the applicant for a substituted Note shall furnish to the Issuer, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or connected with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Issuer, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

Following receipt by the Trustee or such authenticating agent, as the case may be, of satisfactory security or indemnity and evidence, as described in the preceding paragraph, the Trustee or such authenticating agent may authenticate any such substituted Note and make available for delivery such Note. Upon the issuance of any substituted Note, the Issuer may require the payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses connected therewith. In case any Note which has matured or is about to mature or has been called for redemption, as the case may be, shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer may, instead of issuing a substitute Note, pay or authorize the payment of, as the case may be, if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Issuer, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or in connection with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Issuer, the Trustee and, if applicable, any Paying Agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

 

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Every substitute Note issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.07 by virtue of the fact that any Note is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations set forth in) this Supplemental Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder. To the extent permitted by law, all Notes shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment or exchange or redemption of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment or redemption of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

Section 2.08. Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of Notes in certificated form, the Issuer may execute and the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall, upon the written request of the Issuer, authenticate and deliver temporary Notes (printed or lithographed). Temporary Notes shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the Notes in certificated form, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Notes, all as may be determined by the Issuer. Every such temporary Note shall be executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee or such authenticating agent upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the Notes in certificated form. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer will execute and deliver to the Trustee or such authenticating agent Notes in certificated form and thereupon any or all temporary Notes may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at each office or agency maintained by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof and the Trustee or such authenticating agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange for such temporary Notes an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes in certificated form. Such exchange shall be made by the Issuer at its own expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same limitations under this Supplemental Indenture as Notes in certificated form authenticated and delivered hereunder.

Section 2.09. Cancellation of Notes. All Notes surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the Issuer or any Paying Agent, which shall initially be the Trustee, or any Note Registrar, be surrendered to the Trustee and promptly canceled by it or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly canceled by it and no Notes shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of such canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures, with copies of such cancelled Notes and related documentation provided to the Issuer. If the Issuer shall acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

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Section 2.10. CUSIP Numbers. The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Noteholders; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

Section 2.11. Issuance of Additional Notes. The Issuer will be entitled, upon delivery of an Officers’ Certificate, Opinion of Counsel and Authentication Order, subject to its compliance with Section 4.09 hereof, to issue Additional Notes under the Indenture that will have identical terms to and the same CUSIP number as any of the Initial Notes issued on the date of this Supplemental Indenture other than with respect to the date of issuance, issue price and interest accrued prior to the issue date of the Additional Notes; provided, that such Additional Notes must be part of the same issue as and fungible with the Initial Notes for United States federal income tax purposes. The Initial Notes and any such Additional Notes will constitute a single series of debt securities, and in circumstances in which this Supplemental Indenture provides for the Holders of Notes to vote or take any action, the Holders of Initial Notes and the Holders of any such Additional Notes will vote or take the action as a single class.

With respect to any Additional Notes, the Issuer will set forth in a resolution of its Board of Directors and an Officers’ Certificate, a copy of each of which will be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:

(1) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture; and

(2) the issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP number of such Additional Notes.

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION OF NOTES

Section 3.01. Optional Redemption of Notes.

(a) The Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Notes at its option and in its sole discretion at any time or from time to time prior to the Maturity Date, in whole or in part. Prior to the Par Call Date, the redemption price (“Redemption Price”) will equal the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) that would be due if the Notes matured on the Par Call Date, discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that if the Redemption Date falls after a Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding interest payment date, the Issuer will pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such interest payment date to

 

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the Holder of record at the close of business on the corresponding Record Date (instead of the Holder surrendering its Notes for redemption). If the Notes are redeemed on or after the Par Call Date, the Redemption Price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus unpaid interest, if any, accrued thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

(b) The Issuer shall not redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01(a) hereof on any date if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such an acceleration has not been rescinded or cured on or prior to such date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a default by the Issuer in the payment of the Redemption Price with respect to the Notes to be redeemed).

Section 3.02. Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes. In case the Issuer shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all or, as the case may be, any part of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof, it shall fix a date for redemption and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee not fewer than five (5) Business Days prior (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee) to the date the notice of redemption is to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission), the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall mail (or send by electronic transmission) or cause to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission) a notice of such redemption not fewer than fifteen (15) calendar days nor more than sixty (60) calendar days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes so to be redeemed in whole or in part at its last address as the same appears on the Note Register; provided, that if the Issuer makes such request of the Trustee, it shall, together with such request, also give written notice of the Redemption Date to the Trustee; provided further that the text of the notice shall be prepared by the Issuer. Such mailing shall be by first class mail (unless sent by electronic transmission). The notice, if mailed in the manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note.

Each such notice of redemption shall specify: (i) the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, (ii) the CUSIP number or numbers, if any, of the Notes being redeemed, (iii) the Redemption Date (which shall be a Business Day), (iv) the Redemption Price at which Notes are to be redeemed, (v) the place or places of payment and that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Notes and (vi) that interest accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the Redemption Date will be paid as specified in said notice, and that on and after said date interest thereon or on the portion thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the notice of redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers, if any). In case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that, on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

Whenever any Notes are to be redeemed, the Issuer will give the Trustee written notice of the Redemption Date, together with an Officers’ Certificate as to the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed not fewer than fifteen (15) calendar days (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the Redemption Date.

 

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On or prior to the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section 3.02, the Issuer will deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 4.04 hereof) an amount of monies in immediately available funds sufficient to redeem on the Redemption Date all the Notes (or portions thereof) so called for redemption at the appropriate Redemption Price; provided, that if such payment is made on the Redemption Date, it must be received by the Paying Agent, by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date. The Issuer shall be entitled to retain any interest, yield or gain on amounts deposited with the Paying Agent pursuant to this Section 3.02 in excess of amounts required hereunder to pay the Redemption Price.

If less than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Notes or portions thereof of the Global Note or the Notes in certificated form to be redeemed (in principal amounts of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof), on a pro rata basis or such other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate or is required by the Depositary. The Notes (or portions thereof) so selected for redemption shall be deemed duly selected for redemption for all purposes hereof.

Section 3.03. Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Issuer. If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 3.02 hereof, the Notes or portion of Notes with respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the place or places stated in such notice at the Redemption Price, and unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of such Notes at the Redemption Price, so long as Paying Agent holds funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, then (a) such Notes will cease to be outstanding on and after the Redemption Date, (b) interest on the Notes or portion of Notes so called for redemption shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, (c) after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) and, except as provided in Sections 7.05 and 11.02 hereof, such Notes will cease to be entitled to any benefit or security under this Supplemental Indenture, and (d) the Holders of the Notes shall have no right in respect of such Notes except the right to receive the Redemption Price thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Notes at a place of payment in said notice specified, the said Notes or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Issuer at the Redemption Price, together with interest accrued thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

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

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ARTICLE 4

CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER

Section 4.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Issuer covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid when due the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), and premium, if any, and interest on each of the Notes at the places, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein and in the Notes; provided, that the Issuer or Paying Agent may withhold from payments of interest and upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof, maturity or otherwise, any amounts the Issuer or Paying Agent is required to withhold by law.

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

The Issuer may also from time to time designate co-registrars and one or more offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

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

So long as the Trustee is the Note Registrar, the Trustee agrees to mail (or send by electronic transmission), or cause to be mailed, the notices set forth in Section 7.10 and the third paragraph of Section 7.11 hereof. If co-registrars have been appointed in accordance with this Section 4.02, the Trustee shall mail such notices only to the Issuer and the Holders of Notes it can identify from its records.

Section 4.03. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustees Office. The Issuer, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as provided in Section 7.10 hereof, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

 

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Section 4.04. Provisions as to Paying Agent.

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

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

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

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

The Issuer shall, on or before each due date of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, deposit with the Paying Agent a sum (in funds which are immediately available on the due date for such payment) sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action; provided, that if such deposit is made on the due date, such deposit shall be received by the Paying Agent by 11:00 a.m. New York City time, on such date.

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

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

(d) Anything in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 4.04 is subject to Sections 11.02 and 11.03 hereof.

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

 

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Section 4.05. Existence. Subject to Article 10 hereof, each of the Issuer and the Guarantor will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and rights (charter and statutory); provided, that neither the Issuer nor the Guarantor shall be required to preserve any such right if the Issuer or the Guarantor, as applicable, shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as applicable, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Noteholders.

Section 4.06. Reports.

(a) Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Issuer will furnish to the Trustee:

 

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all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Issuer were required to file such reports; and

 

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

in each case within fifteen (15) days after the Issuer files such reports with the Commission or would be required to file such reports with the Commission pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, whichever is earlier. Reports, information and documents filed with the Commission via the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“EDGAR”) will be deemed to be delivered to the Trustee as of the time of such filing via EDGAR for purposes of this covenant; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not such information, documents or reports have been filed via EDGAR. Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under this Section 4.06 is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive or actual notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of the covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

All such reports will be prepared in all material respects in accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports. Each annual report on Form 10-K will include a report on the Issuer’s consolidated financial statements by its independent registered public accounting firm, unless otherwise permitted by the Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if permitted by the Commission, the Issuer may satisfy its obligation to furnish the reports described above by furnishing such reports filed by the Guarantor. The Issuer will file a copy of each of the reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the Commission for public availability within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations applicable to such reports (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing) and will make the reports available on its website within fifteen (15) days after it files such reports with the Commission.

 

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If the Issuer is no longer subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, the Issuer will nevertheless continue filing the reports specified in clauses (1) and (2) above with the Commission within the time periods specified above unless the Commission will not accept such a filing. The Issuer will not take any action for the purpose of causing the Commission not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Commission will not accept the Issuer’s filings for any reason, the Issuer will make the reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above available on its website within fifteen (15) days after the Issuer would be required to file such reports with the Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if permitted by the Commission, the Issuer’s obligations to file reports under this Section 4.06(a) may be satisfied by the filing of the reports described in clauses (1) and (2) above by the Guarantor.

(b) For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, if at any time it is not required to file with the Commission the reports required by paragraphs (a) of this Section 4.06, the Issuer will furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

Section 4.07. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Issuer from paying all or any portion of the principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Supplemental Indenture and the Issuer (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

Section 4.08. Compliance Certificate. Within one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer, the Issuer and the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate signed by any of the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Issuer and the Guarantor, as the case may be, stating whether or not the signer has knowledge of any Default under this Supplemental Indenture, and, if so, specifying each Default and the nature and the status thereof.

The Issuer will deliver to the Trustee, within thirty (30) calendar days of becoming aware of (i) any default in the performance or observance of any covenant, agreement or condition contained in this Supplemental Indenture, or (ii) any Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying with particularity such Default or Event of Default and further stating what action the Issuer has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

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Section 4.09. Limitations on Incurrence of Debt.

(a) Limitation on Total Outstanding Debt. The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt (including (i) guarantees of Debt incurred by the Guarantor and (ii) guarantees of debt of a Subsidiary of the Guarantor that is not a Subsidiary of the Issuer), other than Intercompany Debt and guarantees of Debt incurred by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries in compliance with this Supplemental Indenture, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all of the Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ outstanding Debt on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles is greater than 60% of the sum of (without duplication) (1) Total Assets as of the end of the Issuer’s most recently completed fiscal quarter prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (2) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt.

(b) Limitation on Secured Debt. The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt (including (i) guarantees of Debt incurred by the Guarantor and (ii) guarantees of debt of a Subsidiary of the Guarantor that is not a Subsidiary of the Issuer), other than Intercompany Debt and guarantees of Debt incurred by Issuer or its Subsidiaries in compliance with this Supplemental Indenture, secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance or security interest of any kind upon any of Issuer’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ property if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all of Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ outstanding Debt on a consolidated basis which is secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance or security interest on Issuer’s or its Subsidiaries’ property is greater than 40% of the sum of (without duplication) (1) Total Assets as of the end of the Issuer’s most recently completed fiscal quarter prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (2) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt; provided, that for purposes of this limitation, the amount of obligations under capital leases shown as a liability on Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet shall be deducted from Debt and from Total Assets.

(c) Ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service Charge. The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt and guarantees of Debt by Issuer or its Subsidiaries in compliance with this Supplemental Indenture, if the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service Charge for the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred shall have been less than 1.5 to 1.0, on an unaudited pro forma basis after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that: (1) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by Issuer and its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom, including to refinance other Debt, had

 

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occurred at the beginning of such period; (2) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt by Issuer and its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period had been repaid or retired at the beginning of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period); (3) in the case of Acquired Debt or Debt incurred in connection with any acquisition since the first day of such four-quarter period, the related acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period, with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition being included in such unaudited pro forma calculation; and (4) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by Issuer or its Subsidiaries of any asset or group of assets or other placement of any assets in service or removal of any assets from service by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period, whether by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition, disposition, placement in service or removal from service, or any related repayment of Debt had occurred as of the first day of such period, with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition, disposition, placement in service or removal from service, being included in such unaudited pro forma calculation.

(d) Maintenance of Unencumbered Total Asset Value. The Issuer, together with its Subsidiaries, will at all times maintain an Unencumbered Total Asset Value in an amount not less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ unsecured Debt, taken as a whole.

Section 4.10. Insurance. The Issuer will, and will cause of each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies against such risks and in such amounts as is customarily maintained by Persons engaged in similar businesses or as may be required by applicable law.

ARTICLE 5

NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE

Section 5.01. Noteholders Lists. The Issuer covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee, semiannually, not more than fifteen (15) calendar days after each December 15 and June 15 of each year beginning with December 15, 2022, and at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request in writing, within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request (or such lesser time as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to enable it to timely provide any notice to be provided by it hereunder), a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes as of a date not more than fifteen (15) calendar days (or such other date as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to so provide any such notices) prior to the time such information is furnished, except that no such list need be furnished by the Issuer to the Trustee so long as the Trustee is acting as the sole Note Registrar.

 

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Section 5.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists.

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 hereof or maintained by the Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar or co-registrar in respect of the Notes, if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 hereof upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

(b) The rights of Noteholders to communicate with other Holders of Notes with respect to their rights under this Supplemental Indenture or under the Notes, and the corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) Every Noteholder agrees with the Issuer and the Trustee that neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders of Notes made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 5.03. Reports by Trustee.

(a) On or before May 15 of each year beginning with May 15, 2023, the Trustee shall transmit to Holders of Notes such reports dated as of May 15 of the year in which such reports are made concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Supplemental Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. In the event that no events have occurred under the applicable Sections of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to provide such reports.

(b) A copy of such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders of Notes, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which the Notes are listed and with the Issuer. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee in writing if the Notes are listed on any stock exchange or automated quotation system or delisted therefrom.

ARTICLE 6

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND NOTEHOLDERS ON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT

Section 6.01. Events of Default. In case one or more of the following (each an “Event of Default”) (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) shall have occurred and be continuing:

(a) default for thirty (30) days in the payment of any installment of interest under the Notes; or

(b) default in the payment of the principal amount or Redemption Price due with respect to the Notes, when the same becomes due and payable; provided, however, that a valid extension of the Maturity Date in accordance with the terms hereof shall not constitute a default in the payment of principal; or

(c) the Issuer fails to comply with any of the Issuer’s other agreements contained in the Notes or this Supplemental Indenture upon receipt by the Issuer of notice of such default by the Trustee or by Holders of not less than twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and the Issuer fails to cure (or obtain a waiver of) such default within sixty (60) days after the Issuer receives such notice; or

 

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(d) failure to pay any indebtedness for monies borrowed by the Issuer, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer in an outstanding principal amount in excess of $50,000,000 at final maturity or upon acceleration after the expiration of any applicable grace period, which indebtedness is not discharged, or such default in payment or acceleration is not cured or rescinded, within thirty (30) days after written notice to the Issuer from the Trustee (or to the Issuer and the Trustee from Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in principal amount of the outstanding Notes); provided, however, that for the purposes of this Section 6.01(d), $50,000,000 shall be replaced by $35,000,000 for so long as any of the Issuer’s 3.50% Senior Notes Due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) are outstanding; or

(e) the Issuer, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant to or under or within meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(i) commences a voluntary case or proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or its debts or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer; or

(ii) consents to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer; or

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

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

(f) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Issuer, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of thirty (30) calendar days; or

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

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

 

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(ii) appoints a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer; or

(iii) orders the liquidation of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer;

and, in each case in this clause (g), the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for thirty (30) calendar days,

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

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) hereof occurs with respect to the Issuer, the principal amount of and premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action.

If, at any time after the principal amount of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer and to the Trustee, may waive all Defaults or Events of Default and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, subject in all respects to Section 6.07 hereof, if all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal amount and any accrued and unpaid interest that have become due solely because of such acceleration, have been cured or waived. No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon. The Issuer shall notify in writing a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, promptly upon becoming aware thereof, of any Event of Default, as provided in Section 4.08 hereof.

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

 

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Section 6.02. Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor. The Issuer covenants that in the case of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or 6.01(b) hereof, upon demand of the Trustee, the Issuer will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, (i) the whole amount that then shall be due and payable on all such Notes for principal and premium, if any, or interest, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon the overdue installments of accrued and unpaid interest at the rate borne by the Notes, plus 1%, from the required payment date and, (ii) in addition thereto, any amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof. Until such demand by the Trustee, the Issuer may pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to the registered Holders, whether or not the Notes are overdue.

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

In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes under any Bankruptcy Law, or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or such other obligor, the property of the Issuer or such other obligor, or in the case of any other judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or such other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.02, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, accrued and unpaid interest in respect of the Notes, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the Noteholders allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes, its or their creditors, or its or their property, and to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction of any amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof, and to take any other action with respect to such claims, including participating as a member of any official committee of creditors, as it reasonably deems necessary or advisable, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, custodian or similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Noteholders to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Noteholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements, including counsel fees and expenses incurred by it up to the date of such distribution. To the extent that such payment of reasonable compensation, expenses, advances

 

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and disbursements out of the estate in any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, monies, securities and other property which the Holders of the Notes may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.

All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Supplemental Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

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

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

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof;

SECOND: In case the principal of the outstanding Notes shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Notes in which an Event of Default exists in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) as provided in Section 6.02 hereof upon the overdue installments of interest at the annual rate of 1% above then applicable interest rate, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto;

THIRD: In case the principal of the outstanding Notes shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, and be unpaid to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon the Notes for principal and premium, if any, and interest, with interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of accrued and unpaid interest, as provided in Section 6.02 hereof, and in case such monies shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Notes, then to the payment of such principal and premium, if any, and interest without preference or priority of principal and premium, if any, over interest, or of interest over principal and premium, if any, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Note over any other Note, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest; and

 

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FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer or any other Person lawfully entitled thereto.

Section 6.04. Proceedings by Noteholders. No Holder of any Note shall have any right by virtue of or by reference to any provision of this Supplemental Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Supplemental Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian or other similar official, or for any other remedy hereunder, except in the case of a default in the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, unless (a) such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, (b) the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such security or indemnity as it may require against the costs, liabilities or expenses to be incurred therein or thereby, (c) the Trustee for ninety (90) calendar days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding and (d) no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Note with every other taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Notes shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of or by reference to any provision of this Supplemental Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holder of Notes, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under this Supplemental Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Notes (except as otherwise provided herein). For the protection and enforcement of this Section 6.04, each and every Noteholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

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

Section 6.05. Proceedings by Trustee. In case of an Event of Default, the Trustee may, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Supplemental Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as are necessary to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Supplemental Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Supplemental Indenture or by law.

 

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

Section 6.07. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Noteholders. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee; provided, that (a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Supplemental Indenture, (b) the Trustee may take any other action which is not inconsistent with such direction, (c) the Trustee may decline to take any action that would benefit some Noteholders to the detriment of other Noteholders or otherwise be unduly prejudicial to the Noteholders not joining therein and (d) the Trustee may decline to take any action that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any such action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except (i) a default in the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, unless such default has been cured and the Issuer or the Guarantor has deposited with the Trustee all required payments of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes (provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration) or (ii) a default in respect of a covenant or provisions hereof which under Article 9 of the Base Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holders of all Notes then outstanding or each Note affected thereby.

Upon any such waiver, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 6.07, said Default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Notes and this Supplemental Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

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Section 6.08. Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall, within sixty (60) calendar days after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of the occurrence of a Default, mail (or send by electronic transmission) to all Noteholders, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear upon the Note Register, notice of all Defaults known to a Responsible Officer, unless such Defaults shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice; provided, that except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), or interest on any of the Notes, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the Trustee determines in good faith that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Noteholders.

Section 6.09. Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to this Supplemental Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by its acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may, in its discretion, require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Supplemental Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided, that the provisions of this Section 6.09 (to the extent permitted by law) shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Issuer or the Guarantor, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or group of Noteholders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent (10%) in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04 hereof, or to any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), or interest on any Note on or after the due date expressed in such Note.

ARTICLE 7

THE TRUSTEE

Section 7.01. Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee. The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Supplemental Indenture. In case an Event of Default has occurred (which has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Supplemental Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of its own affairs.

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

(a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred:

(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Supplemental Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Supplemental Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act against the Trustee; and

 

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(ii) in the absence of bad faith and willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Supplemental Indenture; but, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Supplemental Indenture;

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

(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the written direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined as provided in Section 8.04 hereof relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Supplemental Indenture;

(d) whether or not therein provided, every provision of this Supplemental Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 8.04;

(e) the Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any payment (as to the correctness of amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters relating to payment) or notice effected by the Issuer or any Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) or any records maintained by any co-registrar (other than the Trustee) with respect to the Notes;

(f) if any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, requires notice to be sent to the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason to act as if no such event occurred unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless the Trustee has otherwise received written notice thereof; and

(g) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Event of Default hereunder unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless the Trustee shall have been notified in writing of such Event of Default by the Issuer or a Holder of Notes.

 

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None of the provisions contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

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

Section 7.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01 hereof:

(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, Note, coupon or other paper or document (whether in its original, facsimile or electronic form) believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer or the General Partner;

(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and any advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance on and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Supplemental Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Noteholders pursuant to the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, unless such Noteholders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;

(e) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document, but the Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney;

 

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

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

(h) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;

(i) the Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded;

(j) any permissive right or authority granted to the Trustee shall not be construed as a mandatory duty;

(k) the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for punitive, special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of actions; and

(l) the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Supplemental Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunction of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; and acts of civil or military authorities and governmental action.

Section 7.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, etc. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes (except in the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of any Notes or the proceeds of any Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 7.04. Trustee, Paying Agents or Note Registrar May Own Notes. The Trustee, any Paying Agent or Note Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent or Note Registrar.

 

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Section 7.05. Monies to Be Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.02 hereof, all monies received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received. Monies held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any monies received by it hereunder except as may be agreed in writing from time to time by the Issuer and the Trustee.

Section 7.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee. The Issuer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder in any capacity (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as mutually agreed to from time to time in writing between the Issuer and the Trustee, and the Issuer will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances reasonably incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith. The Issuer also covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee (or any officer, director or employee of the Trustee), in any capacity under this Supplemental Indenture and any authenticating agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or reasonable expense including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee) incurred without negligence, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith on the part of the Trustee or such officers, directors, employees or authenticating agent, as the case may be, and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or in any other capacity hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim (whether asserted by the Issuer, any Holder or any other Person) of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Issuer under this Section 7.06 to compensate or indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Notes upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Notes. The obligation of the Issuer under this Section 7.06 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture.

When the Trustee and its agents and any authenticating agent incur expenses or render services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) hereof with respect to the Issuer occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute reasonable expenses of administration under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws.

Section 7.07. Officers Certificate as Evidence. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01 hereof, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of gross negligence, bad faith, recklessness or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee.

 

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Section 7.08. Conflicting Interests of Trustee. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 7.09. Eligibility of Trustee. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 (or if such Person is a member of a bank holding company system, its bank holding company shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000). If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 7.09 the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.09, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

Section 7.10. Resignation or Removal of Trustee.

(a) The Trustee may at any time resign by giving written notice of such resignation to the Issuer and to the Holders of Notes. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment sixty (60) calendar days after the mailing of such notice of resignation to the Noteholders, the resigning Trustee may, upon ten (10) Business Days’ notice to the Issuer and the Noteholders, appoint a successor identified in such notice or may petition, at the expense of the Issuer, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or, if any Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section 6.09 hereof, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:

(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 7.08 hereof after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months; or

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

then, in any such case, the Issuer may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 6.09 hereof, any Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months may, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee; provided, that if no successor Trustee shall have been appointed and have accepted appointment sixty (60) calendar days after either the Issuer or the Noteholders has removed the Trustee, or the Trustee resigns, the Trustee so removed may petition, at the expense of the Issuer, any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.

(c) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 7.10 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.11 hereof.

(d) Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.10, the Issuer’s obligations under Section 7.06 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

Section 7.11. Acceptance by Successor Trustee. Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 7.10 hereof shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as trustee herein; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Issuer or of the successor trustee, the trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any amount then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06 hereof, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights and powers of the trustee so ceasing to act. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Issuer shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a lien upon all property and funds held or collected by such trustee as such, except for funds held in trust for the benefit of Holders of particular Notes, to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06 hereof.

No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 7.11 unless, at the time of such acceptance, such successor trustee shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 hereof and be eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09 hereof.

 

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Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 7.11, the Issuer (or the former trustee, at the written direction of the Issuer) shall mail (or send by electronic transmission) or cause to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission) notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to the Holders of Notes at their addresses as they shall appear on the Note Register. If the Issuer fails to mail such notice within ten (10) calendar days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Issuer.

Section 7.12. Succession by Merger. Any organization or entity into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or exchanged or with which it may be consolidated, or any organization or entity resulting from any merger, conversion, exchange or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any organization or entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor to the Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided, that in the case of any organization or entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 hereof and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09 hereof.

In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Supplemental Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee or authenticating agent appointed by such predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee or any authenticating agent appointed by such successor trustee may authenticate such Notes in the name of the successor trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force that is provided in the Notes or in this Supplemental Indenture; provided, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or authenticate Notes in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, exchange or consolidation.

Section 7.13. Preferential Collection of Claims. If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of the claims against the Issuer (or any such other obligor).

ARTICLE 8

THE NOTEHOLDERS

Section 8.01. Action by Noteholders. Whenever in this Supplemental Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Notes may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action, the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Noteholders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of the Holders of Notes voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Noteholders, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Noteholders. Whenever the Issuer or the

 

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Trustee solicits the taking of any action by the Holders of the Notes, the Issuer or the Trustee may fix in advance of such solicitation a date as the Record Date for determining Holders entitled to take such action. The Record Date, if any, shall be not more than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action.

Section 8.02. Proof of Execution by Noteholders. Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02 hereof, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Noteholder or its agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Notes shall be proved by the registry of such Notes or by a certificate of the Note Registrar.

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

Section 8.04. Issuer-owned Notes Disregarded. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, consent, waiver or other action under this Supplemental Indenture or whether a quorum is present at a meeting of the Holders of the Notes, Notes which are owned by the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination; provided, that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent, waiver or other action, only Notes which a Responsible Officer knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section 8.04 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to vote such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, any other obligor on the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or any such other obligor. In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers’ Certificate listing and identifying all Notes, if any, known by the Issuer to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above described Persons, and, subject to Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers’ Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Notes not listed therein are outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.

 

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

ARTICLE 9

RESERVED

ARTICLE 10

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

Section 10.01. Issuer May Consolidate on Certain Terms. Nothing contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Issuer with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Issuer), or successive consolidations or mergers in which either the Issuer will be the continuing entity or the Issuer or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property of the Issuer, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Issuer); provided, however, that the following conditions are met:

(a) the Issuer shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if other than the Issuer) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of assets shall be domiciled in the United States and shall expressly assume payment of the principal of and interest on all of the Notes and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions in this Supplemental Indenture;

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

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

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

 

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

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

Section 10.03. Guarantor May Consolidate on Certain Terms. Nothing contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Guarantor with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor), or successive consolidations or mergers in which either the Guarantor will be the continuing entity or the Guarantor or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property of the Guarantor, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor); provided, however, that the following conditions are met:

(a) the Guarantor shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if other than the Guarantor) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of assets shall be domiciled in the United States and shall expressly assume the obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions in this Supplemental Indenture;

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

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

No such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease shall be permitted by this Section 10.03 unless prior thereto the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall remain in full force and effect thereafter.

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

 

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

Section 10.05. Assumption by Guarantor. Without the consent of any Holders of the Notes, the Guarantor, or a Subsidiary thereof, may directly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, any premium and interest on all the Notes and the performance of every covenant of this Supplemental Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed. Upon any such assumption, the Guarantor or such Subsidiary shall succeed to, and be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Supplemental Indenture with the same effect as if the Guarantor or such Subsidiary had been named as the Issuer herein and the Issuer shall be released from all obligations and covenants with respect to the Notes. No such assumption shall be permitted unless the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee (i) an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such assumption and supplemental indenture comply with this Article 10, and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with and that, in the event of assumption by a Subsidiary, the Guarantee and all other covenants of the Guarantor herein remain in full force and effect and (ii) an opinion of independent counsel that the Holders of Notes shall have no materially adverse United States federal tax consequences as a result of such assumption, and that, if any Notes are then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, that such Notes shall not be delisted as a result of such assumption.

ARTICLE 11

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

Section 11.01. Discharge of Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Notes herein expressly provided for and except as further provided below), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture, when (a) either: (1) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 11.04 hereof and (ii) Notes for whose payment monies have theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Issuer as provided in Section 11.04 hereof) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (2) all such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable, whether at the Maturity Date, or otherwise, or (ii) are to be called for redemption under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer, and the Issuer, in the case of clause (1) or (2) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee or a Paying Agent (other than the Issuer or any of its Affiliates), as applicable, as trust funds in trust cash in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore

 

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delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Notes which have become due and payable) or to the Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided, however, that there shall not exist, on the date of such deposit, a Default or Event of Default; provided, further, that such deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default under, this Supplemental Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or to which the Issuer is bound; (b) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer; and (c) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture have been complied with.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture, the obligations of the Issuer to the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof shall survive and, if monies shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (2) of clause (a) of this Section 11.01, the provisions of Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, and 5.01 hereof and this Article 11, shall survive until the Notes have been paid in full.

Section 11.02. Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee. Subject to Section 11.04 hereof, all monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.05 hereof shall be held in trust for the sole benefit of the Noteholders, and such monies shall be applied by the Trustee to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer if acting as its own Paying Agent), to the Holders of the particular Notes for the payment or redemption of which such monies have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal, premium, if any, and interest. The Trustee is not responsible to anyone for interest on any deposited funds except as agreed in writing.

Section 11.03. Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.04 hereof, the Trustee or a Paying Agent shall hold in trust, for the benefit of the Noteholders, all monies deposited with it pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof and shall apply the deposited monies in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes to the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof) and interest on the Notes.

Section 11.04. Return of Unclaimed Monies. The Trustee and each Paying Agent shall pay to the Issuer upon request any monies held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years after a right to such monies have matured; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such payment, may, at the expense of the Issuer, either publish in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York, or cause to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission) to each Holder entitled to such monies, notice that such monies remain unclaimed and that after a date specified therein, which shall be at least thirty (30) calendar days from the date of such mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of such monies then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer. After payment to the Issuer, Holders entitled to monies must look to the Issuer for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person, and the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall be relieved of all liability with respect to such monies.

 

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Section 11.05. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any monies in accordance with Section 11.02 hereof by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuer’s obligations under this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such monies in accordance with Section 11.02 hereof; provided, that if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the monies held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 12

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 12.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The Issuer may, at its option and at any time, elect to have either Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 12.

Section 12.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 12.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 12.02, the Issuer and the Guarantor will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes and Guarantee on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer and the Guarantor will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Debt represented by the outstanding Notes and Guarantee, which will thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 12.05 hereof and the other sections of this Supplemental Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Guarantee and this Supplemental Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

(a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium on, such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 12.04 hereof;

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

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

(d) this Article 12.

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Section 12.03. Covenant Defeasance.

Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 12.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 12.03, the Issuer and the Guarantor will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 hereof, be released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.09, 4.10 and 4.11 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes and Guarantee, the Issuer and the Guarantor may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Supplemental Indenture and such Notes and Guarantee will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 12.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 12.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(c) and 6.01(d) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.

Section 12.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof:

(a) the Issuer must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm, or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium and interest on, the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and the Issuer must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to such stated date for payment or to a particular Redemption Date;

(b) in the case of an election under Section 12.02 hereof, the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that:

(1) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or

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

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

 

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(c) in the case of an election under Section 12.03 hereof, the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit (and any similar concurrent deposit relating to other indebtedness being defeased, discharged or replaced), and the granting of liens to secure such borrowings);

(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Supplemental Indenture and the agreements governing any other indebtedness being defeased, discharged or replaced) to which the Issuer or the Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or the Guarantor is bound;

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

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

Section 12.05. Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

Subject to Section 12.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 12.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 12.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Supplemental Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Issuer will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 12.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

 

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Notwithstanding anything in this Article 12 to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon the request of the Issuer any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 12.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 12.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

Section 12.06. Repayment to Issuer.

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium or interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer on its request or (if then held by the Issuer) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.

Section 12.07. Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuer’s and the Guarantor’s obligations under this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes and the Guarantee will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of, premium or interest on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 13

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Section 13.01. Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations. Except as otherwise expressly provided in Article 15 hereof, no recourse for the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof) or, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer in this Supplemental Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator,

 

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stockholder, limited partner, member, manager, employee, agent, officer, director or Subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the General Partner, the Issuer or any of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries or of any successor thereto, either directly or through the Issuer or any of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries or any successor thereto, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Supplemental Indenture and the issue of the Notes.

ARTICLE 14

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES

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

Section 14.02. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.

(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Notes for any purpose specified in Section 14.01 hereof, to be held at such time and at such place in The City of New York, New York as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Notes, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 16.03 hereof, not less than twenty-one (21) nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

(b) In case at any time the Issuer, the Guarantor or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Notes for any purpose specified in Section 14.01 hereof, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed notice of or made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within twenty-one (21) days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Issuer, the Guarantor, if applicable, or the Holders of Notes in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the City of New York, New York, for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in clause (a) of this Section 14.02.

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

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provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at the meeting with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which may be made, given or taken by the Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the Persons holding or representing the specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes will constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Notes, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than ten (10) days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than ten (10) days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 14.02 hereof, except that such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the outstanding Notes which shall constitute a quorum.

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

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

Section 14.05. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Notes in regard to proof of the holding of Notes and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Notes shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 8.03 hereof and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 8.01 hereof.

 

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

(b) At any meeting, each Holder of a Note or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $2,000 principal amount of Notes held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Note challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Note or proxy.

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

Section 14.06. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Notes shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Notes or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the outstanding Notes held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Notes shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 14.02 hereof and, if applicable, Section 14.04 hereof. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Issuer and the Guarantor, and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

ARTICLE 15

Guarantee

Section 15.01. Guarantee. By its execution hereof, the Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it receives substantial benefits from the Issuer and that the Guarantor is providing its Guarantee for good and valuable consideration, including, without limitation, such substantial benefits. Accordingly, subject to the provisions of this Article 15, the Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and its successors and assigns that: (i) the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be duly and punctually paid in full when due, whether at the Maturity Date, upon acceleration, upon redemption or otherwise, and interest on overdue principal, premium, if any and (to the extent

 

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permitted by law) interest on any interest, if any, on the Notes and all other obligations of the Issuer to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or under the Notes (including fees, expenses or other) shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof; and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at the Maturity Date, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, subject, however, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, to the limitations set forth in Section 15.03 hereof (collectively, the “Guarantee Obligations”).

Subject to the provisions of this Article 15, the Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Supplemental Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any thereof, the entry of any judgment against the Issuer, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes: (a) any right to require the Trustee, the Holders or the Issuer (each, a “Benefited Party”) to proceed against the Issuer or any other Person or to proceed against or exhaust any security held by a Benefited Party at any time or to pursue any other remedy in any secured party’s power before proceeding against the Guarantor; (b) any defense that may arise by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority, death or disability of any other Person or Persons or the failure of a Benefited Party to file or enforce a claim against the estate (in administration, bankruptcy or any other proceeding) of any other Person or Persons; (c) demand, protest and notice of any kind (except as expressly required by this Supplemental Indenture), including but not limited to notice of the existence, creation or incurring of any new or additional indebtedness or obligation or of any action or non-action on the part of the Guarantor, the Issuer, any Benefited Party, any creditor of the Guarantor or the Issuer or on the part of any other Person whomsoever in connection with any obligations the performance of which are hereby guaranteed; (d) any defense based upon an election of remedies by a Benefited Party, including but not limited to an election to proceed against the Guarantor for reimbursement; (e) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (f) any defense arising because of a Benefited Party’s election, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Law, of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (g) any defense based on any borrowing or grant of a security interest under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Guarantor hereby covenants that, except as otherwise provided therein, the Guarantee shall not be discharged except by payment in full of all Guarantee Obligations, including the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other costs provided for under this Supplemental Indenture or as provided in Article 7 hereof.

If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to either the Issuer or the Guarantor, or any trustee or similar official acting in relation to either the Issuer or the Guarantor, any amount paid by the Issuer or the Guarantor to the Trustee or such Holder, the Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. The Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guarantee Obligations hereby until payment in full of all such obligations guaranteed hereby. The Guarantor agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders

 

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of Notes and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes hereof, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guarantee Obligations, and (y) in the event of any acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such Guarantee Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purpose of the Guarantee.

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

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

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

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

Section 15.03. Limitation of Guarantors Liability; Certain Bankruptcy Events.

(a) The Guarantor, and by its acceptance hereof each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor pursuant to its Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor under this Article 15 shall be limited to the maximum amount as shall, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of the Guarantor, result in the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

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

 

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Section 15.04. Release of Guarantor of Guarantee Obligations.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor may be released upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 15.04. Provided that no Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing under this Supplemental Indenture, the Guarantee Obligations incurred by the Guarantor pursuant to this Article 15 shall be unconditionally released and discharged automatically upon the release of all guarantees by the Guarantor of the 2026 Notes, the Issuer’s 3.750% Senior Notes due 2027, the Issuer’s 3.100% Senior Notes due 2030, the Issuer’s unsecured credit and loan facilities and any additional guarantees by the Guarantor of senior unsecured indebtedness.

(b) Upon receipt of a written request of the Issuer accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel that the Guarantor is entitled to such release in accordance with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall deliver, at the Issuer’s expense, such instruments as are requested by the Issuer or Guarantor to evidence the release of the Guarantor from the Guarantee Obligations.

ARTICLE 16

Miscellaneous Provisions

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

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

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

To the Issuer:

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.

3310 West End Avenue, Suite 700

Nashville, TN 37203

Telecopier No.: (615) 463-7739

Attention: Mr. Todd J. Meredith, President and Chief Executive Officer

cc:             Mr. J. Christopher Douglas, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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To the Guarantor:

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated

3310 West End Avenue, Suite 700

Nashville, TN 37203

Telecopier No.: (615) 463-7739

Attention: Mr. Todd J. Meredith, President and Chief Executive Officer

cc:             Mr. J. Christopher Douglas, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association

Global Corporate Trust Services

101 North First Avenue, Suite 1600

Mailstop LM-AZ-16P

Phoenix, Arizona 85003

Telecopier No.: (602) 257-5433

Attention: Mary Ambriz-Reyes, Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.

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

Any notice or communication mailed to a Noteholder shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, at such Noteholder’s address as it appears on the Note Register and shall be sufficiently given to such Noteholder if so mailed within the time prescribed.

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

Section 16.04. Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any laws other than the laws of the State of New York.

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

 

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

Section 16.06. Legal Holidays. In any case in which the Stated Maturity of interest on or principal of the Notes or the Redemption Date of any Note will not be a Business Day, then payment of such interest on or principal of the Notes need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Stated Maturity or the Redemption Date, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such date.

Section 16.07. Trust Indenture Act. This Supplemental Indenture is hereby made subject to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; provided, that this Section 16.07 shall not require this Supplemental Indenture or the Trustee to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act prior to the time such qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust Indenture Act, nor shall it constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any party to the Indenture that any such qualification is required prior to the time such qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be included in an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.

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

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

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

 

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Section 16.11. Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent that shall be authorized to act on its behalf, and subject to its direction, in the authentication and delivery of Notes in connection with the original issuance thereof and transfers and exchanges of Notes hereunder, including under Sections 2.04, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08 and 3.03 hereof, as fully to all intents and purposes as though the authenticating agent had been expressly authorized by this Supplemental Indenture and those Sections to authenticate and deliver Notes. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, the authentication and delivery of Notes by the authenticating agent shall be deemed to be authentication and delivery of such Notes “by the Trustee” and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an authenticating agent shall be deemed to satisfy any requirement hereunder or in the Notes for the Trustee’s certificate of authentication. Such authenticating agent shall at all times be a Person eligible to serve as trustee hereunder pursuant to Section 7.09 hereof.

Any corporation into which any authenticating agent may be merged or exchanged or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, consolidation or exchange to which any authenticating agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of any authenticating agent, shall be the successor of the authenticating agent hereunder, if such successor corporation is otherwise eligible under this Section 16.11, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or the authenticating agent or such successor corporation.

Any authenticating agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Issuer. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any authenticating agent by giving written notice of termination to such authenticating agent and to the Issuer. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any authenticating agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section 16.11, the Trustee shall either promptly appoint a successor authenticating agent or itself assume the duties and obligations of the former authenticating agent under this Supplemental Indenture and, upon such appointment of a successor authenticating agent, if made, shall give written notice of such appointment of a successor authenticating agent to the Issuer and shall mail notice of such appointment of a successor authenticating agent to all Holders of Notes as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the Note Register.

The Issuer agrees to pay to the authenticating agent from time to time such reasonable compensation for its services as shall be agreed upon in writing between the Issuer and the authenticating agent.

The provisions of Sections 7.02, 7.03, 7.04 and 8.03 hereof and this Section 16.11 shall be applicable to any authenticating agent.

Section 16.12. Execution in Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Supplemental Indenture by facsimile or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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The Trustee shall not have any duty to confirm that the person sending any notice, instruction or other communication by electronic transmission (including by e-mail, facsimile transmission, web portal or other electronic methods) is, in fact, a person authorized to do so. Electronic signatures believed by the Trustee to comply with the ESIGN Act of 2000 or other applicable law (including electronic images of handwritten signatures and digital signatures provided by DocuSign, Orbit, Adobe Sign or any other digital signature provider acceptable to the Trustee) shall be deemed original signatures for all purposes. The Issuer assumes all risks arising out of the use of electronic signatures and electronic methods to send communications to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on an unauthorized communication, and the risk of interception or misuse by third parties.

Section 16.13. Severability. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then (to the extent permitted by law) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

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

Section 16.14. Confirmation of Indenture. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto with respect to the Notes shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

Section 16.15. Trustee Disclaimer. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture other than as to the validity of its execution and delivery by the Trustee. The recitals and statements herein are deemed to be those of the Company and not the Trustee.

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

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.
By:   Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated,
  its general partner
By:   /s/ Andrew E. Loope
  Name: Andrew E. Loope
  Title: Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel and Secretary
HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED,
as Guarantor
By:   /s/ Andrew E. Loope
  Name: Andrew E. Loope
  Title: Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel and Secretary
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By:   /s/ Mary Ambriz-Reyes
  Name: Mary Ambriz-Reyes
  Title: Vice President

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]


EXHIBIT A TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

[Include only for Global Notes]

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.09 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

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

[THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (AS DEFINED IN § 1273(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, AND U.S. TREASURY REGULATION § 1.1273-1 PROMULGATED THEREUNDER). THE HOLDER HEREOF CAN OBTAIN THE INFORMATION DESCRIBED IN U.S. TREASURY REGULATION § 1.1275-3 BY WRITING TO: HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED, 3310 WEST END AVENUE, SUITE 700, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37203, ATTENTION: J. CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS.]

 

A-1


HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

3.625% Senior Notes due 2028

No. _______

CUSIP No.:    [_______]

ISIN:              [________]

$[●]

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (herein called the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [•] dollars ($[•]), or such lesser amount as is set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note on the other side of this Note, on January 15, 2028 at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semi-annually on January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing January 15, 2023 on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum of 3.625%, from the January 15 or July 15, as the case may be, next preceding the date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, and in the case of the first interest payment on the Notes, from July 15, 2022. until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. The Issuer shall pay interest on any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears in the Note Register; provided, however, that a Holder of any Notes in certificated form in the aggregate principal amount of more than $2.0 million may specify by written notice to the Issuer that it pay interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Noteholder in such notice, or on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.

The Issuer promises to pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) interest at the rate of 1% per annum above the rate borne by the Notes.

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

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

 

A-2


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

Dated: _______, 2022

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.
By:   Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated,
  its general partner
By:    
  Name: J. Christopher Douglas
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

A-3


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.

Dated: _______, 2022

 

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee

By:    
 

Authorized Signatory

 

A-4


[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.

3.625% Senior Notes due 2028

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its 3.625% Senior Notes due 2028 (herein called the “Notes”), issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of July 22, 2022 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 2 dated as of July 22, 2022 (“Second Supplemental Indenture and together, the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantor and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and any indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Holders of the Notes. Defined terms used but not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) of the Indenture with respect to the Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes may be declared to be due and payable by either the Trustee or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and, upon said declaration the same shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) of the Indenture occurs with respect to the Issuer, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action.

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

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

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

 

A-5


The Notes are issuable in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000. At the office or agency of the Issuer referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment of any service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration or exchange of Notes, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of any other authorized denominations.

The Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Notes under certain circumstances as set forth in Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03 of the Indenture.

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

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

 

A-6


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:                                                                                                                                        

(Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint                                                                                                                                         to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:                     

 

 

Your Signature:

 

             

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

Signature Guarantee*:                     

 

 

*

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

A-7


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE *

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

 

Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount at
maturity of this Global Note

 

Amount of increase in
Principal Amount at maturity
of this Global Note

  

Principal Amount at
maturity of this Global
Note following such
decrease

(or increase)

  

Signature of authorized
officer of Trustee or
Custodian

 

*

This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

 

A-8


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF GUARANTEE

The Guarantor listed below (hereinafter referred to as the “Guarantor,” which term includes any successors or assigns under the Indenture dated as of July 22, 2022 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 2 dated as of July 22, 2022 (“Second Supplemental Indenture and together, the “Indenture”), among the Guarantor, the Issuer (as defined below) and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee), has irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis the Guarantee Obligations (as defined in Section 15.01 of the Second Supplemental Indenture), which include (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 3.625% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Notes”) of Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (the “Issuer”), whether at maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent permitted by law) interest on any interest on the Notes, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Issuer, to the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article 15 of the Second Supplemental Indenture, and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any such other obligations, that the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

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

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

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

This is a continuing Guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns until full and final payment of all of the Issuer’s obligations under the Notes and Indenture or until legally discharged in accordance with the Second Supplemental Indenture and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder of the Notes or the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof. This is a Guarantee of payment and performance and not of collectability.

 

B-1


This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Note upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have been signed, in the name and on behalf of the Trustee under the Second Supplemental Indenture, manually by one of the authorized officers of the Trustee under the Indenture.

The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure that it does not constitute a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law.

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

Capitalized terms used herein have the same meanings given in the Second Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise indicated.

 

B-2


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

Dated: _______, 2022

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED
By:    
  Name: J. Christopher Douglas
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

B-3

Exhibit 4.4

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., as Issuer

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, as Guarantor

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 3

Dated as of

July 22, 2022

 

 

2.400% Senior Notes Due 2030


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Section

       Page  
ARTICLE 1

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01.

  Definitions      1  
ARTICLE 2

 

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES

 

Section 2.01.

  Designation Amount and Issue of Notes      9  

Section 2.02.

  Form of Notes      10  

Section 2.03.

  Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest      10  

Section 2.04.

  Execution of Notes      12  

Section 2.05.

  Note Registrar and Paying Agent      12  

Section 2.06.

  Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer      13  

Section 2.07.

  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes      18  

Section 2.08.

  Temporary Notes      19  

Section 2.09.

  Cancellation of Notes      19  

Section 2.10.

  CUSIP Numbers      20  

Section 2.11.

  Issuance of Additional Notes      20  
ARTICLE 3

 

REDEMPTION OF NOTES

 

Section 3.01.

  Optional Redemption of Notes      20  

Section 3.02.

  Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes      21  

Section 3.03.

  Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Issuer      22  

Section 3.04.

  Sinking Fund      22  
ARTICLE 4

 

CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER

 

Section 4.01.

  Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest      23  

Section 4.02.

  Maintenance of Office or Agency      23  

Section 4.03.

  Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office      23  

Section 4.04.

  Provisions as to Paying Agent      23  

Section 4.05.

  Existence      25  

Section 4.06.

  Reports      25  

Section 4.07.

  Stay, Extension and Usury Laws      26  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

Section

       Page  

Section 4.08.

  Compliance Certificate      26  

Section 4.09.

  Limitations on Incurrence of Debt      26  

Section 4.10.

  Insurance      28  
ARTICLE 5

 

NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 5.01.

  Noteholders’ Lists      28  

Section 5.02.

  Preservation and Disclosure of Lists      28  

Section 5.03.

  Reports by Trustee      29  
ARTICLE 6

 

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND NOTEHOLDERS ON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT

 

Section 6.01.

  Events of Default      29  

Section 6.02.

  Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor      32  

Section 6.03.

  Application of Monies Collected by Trustee      33  

Section 6.04.

  Proceedings by Noteholders      34  

Section 6.05.

  Proceedings by Trustee      34  

Section 6.06.

  Remedies Cumulative and Continuing      35  

Section 6.07.

  Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Noteholders      35  

Section 6.08.

  Notice of Defaults      36  

Section 6.09.

  Undertaking to Pay Costs      36  
ARTICLE 7

 

THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01.

  Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee      36  

Section 7.02.

  Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc      38  

Section 7.03.

  No Responsibility for Recitals, etc      39  

Section 7.04.

  Trustee, Paying Agents or Registrar May Own Notes      39  

Section 7.05.

  Monies to Be Held in Trust      40  

Section 7.06.

  Compensation and Expenses of Trustee      40  

Section 7.07.

  Officers’ Certificate as Evidence      40  

Section 7.08.

  Conflicting Interests of Trustee      41  

Section 7.09.

  Eligibility of Trustee      41  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

Section

       Page  
    

Section 7.10.

 

Resignation or Removal of Trustee

     41  

Section 7.11.

 

Acceptance by Successor Trustee

     42  

Section 7.12.

 

Succession by Merger

     43  

Section 7.13.

 

Preferential Collection of Claims

     43  
ARTICLE 8

 

RESERVED

 

ARTICLE 9

 

THE NOTEHOLDERS

 

Section 8.01.

 

Action by Noteholders

     43  

Section 8.02.

 

Proof of Execution by Noteholders

     44  

Section 8.03.

 

Absolute Owners

     44  

Section 8.04.

 

Issuer-owned Notes Disregarded

     44  

Section 8.05.

 

Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound

     44  
ARTICLE 10

 

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

 

Section 10.01.

 

Issuer May Consolidate on Certain Terms

     45  

Section 10.02.

 

Issuer Successor to Be Substituted

     45  

Section 10.03.

 

Guarantor May Consolidate on Certain Terms

     46  

Section 10.04.

 

Guarantor Successor to Be Substituted

     46  

Section 10.05.

 

Assumption by Guarantor

     47  
ARTICLE 11

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

 

Section 11.01.

 

Discharge of Indenture

     47  

Section 11.02.

 

Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee

     48  

Section 11.03.

 

Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held

     48  

Section 11.04.

 

Return of Unclaimed Monies

     48  

Section 11.05.

 

Reinstatement

     49  
ARTICLE 12

 

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

Section 12.01.

 

Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

     49  

Section 12.02.

 

Legal Defeasance and Discharge

     49  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

Section

       Page  

Section 12.03.

  Covenant Defeasance      49  

Section 12.04.

  Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance      50  

Section 12.05.

  Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.      51  

Section 12.06.

  Repayment to Issuer      52  

Section 12.07.

  Reinstatement      52  
ARTICLE 13

 

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

 

Section 13.01.

  Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations      52  
ARTICLE 14

 

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES

 

Section 14.01.

  Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called      53  

Section 14.02.

  Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.      53  

Section 14.03.

  Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings      53  

Section 14.04.

  Quorum; Action      53  

Section 14.05.

  Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings      54  

Section 14.06.

  Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings      55  
ARTICLE 15

 

GUARANTEE

 

Section 15.01.

  Guarantee      55  

Section 15.02.

  Execution and Delivery of Guarantee      57  

Section 15.03.

  Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability; Certain Bankruptcy Events.      57  

Section 15.04.

  Release of Guarantor of Guarantee Obligations.      57  
ARTICLE 16

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 16.01.

  Provisions Binding on Issuer’s and Guarantor’s Successors      58  

Section 16.02.

  Official Acts by Successor Corporation      58  

Section 16.03.

  Addresses for Notices, etc      58  

Section 16.04.

  Governing Law      59  

Section 16.05.

  Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent, Certificates to Trustee      59  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

Section

       Page  

Section 16.06.

 

Legal Holidays

     60  

Section 16.07.

 

Trust Indenture Act

     60  

Section 16.08.

 

No Security Interest Created

     60  

Section 16.09.

 

Benefits of Indenture

     60  

Section 16.10.

 

Table of Contents, Headings, etc

     60  

Section 16.11.

 

Authenticating Agent

     61  

Section 16.12.

 

Execution in Counterparts

     61  

Section 16.13.

 

Severability

     62  

Exhibit A — Form of Note

     A-1  

Exhibit B — Form of Guarantee

     B-1  

 

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CROSS REFERENCE TABLE*

 

Trust Indenture Act Section

  

Supplemental Indenture Section

310(a)(1)

   7.09

(a)(2)

   7.09

(a)(3)

   N.A.

(a)(4)

   N.A.

(a)(5)

   N.A.

(b)

   7.08, 7.10

(c)

   N.A.

311(a)

   7.13

(b)

   7.13

(c)

   N.A.

312(a)

   5.01

(b)

   5.02

(c)

   5.02

313(a)

   5.03

(b)

   5.03

(c)

   5.03

(d)

   5.03

314(a)

   4.06, 4.08

(b)

   N.A.

(c)(1)

   16.05

(c)(2)

   16.05

(c)(3)

   N.A.

(d)

   N.A.

(e)

   16.05

(f)

   N.A.

315(a)

   7.01

(b)

   6.08

(c)

   7.01

(d)

   7.01

(e)

   6.09

316(a)(1)(A)

   6.07

(a)(1)(B)

   6.07

(a)(2)

   N.A.

(b)

   N.A.

(c)

   N.A.

317(a)(1)

   6.02

(a)(2)

   6.02

(b)

   11.03

318(a)

   N.A.

 

N.A. means not applicable.

 

*

This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 3

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No. 3 dated as of July 22, 2022 (this “Supplemental Indenture”) among Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (hereinafter called the “Issuer”), Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a Maryland corporation) (hereinafter called the “Guarantor” or, in its capacity as the sole general partner of the Issuer, the “General Partner”), each having its principal office at 3310 West End Avenue, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37203, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee hereunder (hereinafter called the “Trustee”).

The Issuer and the Trustee are parties to an Indenture, dated as of July 22, 2022 (the “Base Indenture”), which provides for the issuance by the Issuer from time to time of debt securities in one or more series. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is herein referred to as the “Indenture.” Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Base Indenture.

The Issuer has authorized the issuance of $297,503,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.400% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”) guaranteed by the Guarantor.

The Issuer desires to enter into this Supplemental Indenture pursuant to Section 9.01(i) of the Base Indenture, without the consent of Holders, to establish the form and terms of the Notes as new series of Debt Securities as permitted by Sections 2.01 and Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture.

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

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

2026 Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01(d) hereof.

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

 

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Additional Notes” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under this Supplemental Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.04, 2.11 and 4.09 hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes.

Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, on any Redemption Date, the rate per year, as determined by the Quotation Agent, equal to:

(1) the yield, under the heading that represents the weekly average yield (being, if not reported as a weekly average yield, the average of the five most recent daily reported yields), appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15” or any successor publication that is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue; provided that if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life of the Notes, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight-line basis rounding to the nearest month; or

(2) if that release, or any successor release, is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that Redemption Date.

The Adjusted Treasury Rate will be calculated at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding the date of the notice of redemption by the Quotation Agent.

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

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

Annual Debt Service Charge” as of any date means the amount of interest expense determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

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

 

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Authentication Order” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01 hereof.

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

Benefited Party” has the meaning specified in Section 15.01 hereof.

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the General Partner or a committee of such board duly authorized to act for it hereunder.

Business Day” means, with respect to any Note, any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or in such other place of payment of the Notes are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking S.A.

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this Supplemental Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the Remaining Life that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining Life.

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations.

Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service” means, for any period, Earnings from Operations of Issuer and its Subsidiaries plus amounts which have been deducted, and minus amounts which have been added, for the following (without duplication): (1) Annual Debt Service Charge of Issuer and its Subsidiaries, (2) provision for taxes of Issuer and its Subsidiaries based on income, (3) provisions for gains and losses on properties and depreciation and amortization, (4) increases in deferred taxes and other non-cash items, (5) depreciation and amortization with respect to interests in joint venture and partially owned entity investments, (6) the effect of any charge resulting from a change in accounting principles in determining Earnings from Operations for such period, and (7) amortization of deferred charges.

Corporate Trust Office” or other similar term, means the designated office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business as it relates to this Supplemental Indenture shall be administered, which office is, at the date as of which this Supplemental Indenture is dated, located at the address set forth in Section 16.03 hereof.

 

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Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 12.03 hereof.

CUSIP” means the Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures.

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

Debt” means any of Issuer’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ indebtedness, whether or not contingent, in respect of (without duplication) (1) borrowed money evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, (2) indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or any security interest existing on property owned by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, but only to the extent of the lesser of (a) the amount of indebtedness so secured and (b) the fair market value (determined in good faith by the board of directors of such Person or, in the case of Issuer or one of its Subsidiaries, by the Board of Directors) of the property subject to such mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or security interest, (3) the reimbursement obligations, contingent or otherwise, in connection with any letters of credit actually issued or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable, or all conditional sale obligations or obligations under any title retention agreement, or (4) any lease of property by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries as lessee which is reflected on Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet as a financing lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; but only to the extent, in the case of items of indebtedness under (1) through (3) above, that any such items (other than letters of credit) would appear as a liability on Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The term “Debt” also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business or for the purposes of guaranteeing the payment of all amounts due and owing pursuant to leases to which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries are a party and have assigned its or their interest, provided that such assignee of Issuer or its Subsidiary is not in default of any amounts due and owing under such leases), Debt of another Person (other than Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) (it being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries whenever Issuer or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof). In the case of items of indebtedness under (4) above, the term “Debt” will exclude any lease of property by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries as lessee which is reflected on Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet as an operating lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Default” means any event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become, an Event of Default.

Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03 hereof.

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

 

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

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

Earnings from Operations” means, for any period, net income or loss of Issuer and its Subsidiaries, excluding (1) provisions for gains and losses on sales of investments or joint ventures; (2) provisions for gains and losses on disposition of discontinued operations; (3) extraordinary and non-recurring items; and (4) impairment charges, property valuation losses and non-cash charges necessary to record interest rate contracts at fair value; plus amounts received as rent under leases which are accounted for as financing arrangements net of related interest income, as reflected in the consolidated financial statements of Issuer and its Subsidiaries for such period determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

EDGAR” has the meaning specified in Section 4.06(a) hereof.

Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear system.

Event of Default” means any event specified in Section 6.01 hereof as an Event of Default.

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

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

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

Global Notes” means the Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, issued in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture.

Government Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.

Guarantee” means the full and unconditional guarantee provided by the Guarantor in respect of the Notes as made applicable to the Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 15.01 hereof.

Guarantee Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 15.01 hereof.

 

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

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

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

Initial Notes” means the first $297,503,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Supplemental Indenture on the date hereof.

Intercompany Debt” means Debt to which the only parties are any of Issuer, Guarantor and any of their Subsidiaries; provided, however, that with respect to any such Debt of which Issuer or Guarantor is the borrower, such Debt is subordinate in right of payment to the Notes.

interest” means, when used with reference to the Notes, any interest payable under the terms of the Notes.

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

Legal Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 12.02 hereof.

Maturity Date” means March 15, 2030.

Note” or “Notes” means any Note or Notes, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Supplemental Indenture, including the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Global Note.

Note Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05 hereof.

Note Registrar” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05 hereof.

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

Officer” means, with respect to any Person, any person holding any of the following positions with such Person, or, in the case of a Person that is a partnership, the general partner of such Person: the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”), the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer and the Secretary.

Officers’ Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by any two Officers or by one such Officer and any Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of such Person or, in the case of a Person that is a partnership, the general partner of such Person.

 

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Opinion of Counsel” means, with respect to any Person, an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to such Person, or other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

outstanding,” when used with reference to Notes and subject to the provisions of Section 8.04 hereof, means, as of any particular time, all Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Supplemental Indenture, except:

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

(2) Notes, or portions thereof, (i) for the redemption of which monies in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent (other than the Issuer or the Guarantor) or (ii) which shall have been otherwise discharged in accordance with Article 11 hereof;

(3) Notes in lieu of which, or in substitution for which, other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.07 hereof; and

(4) Notes paid or redeemed pursuant to Article 3 hereof.

Par Call Date” means December 15, 2029.

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

Paying Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05 hereof.

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

Predecessor Note” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note, and, for the purposes of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.07 hereof in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Note that it replaces.

premium” means any premium payable under the terms of the Notes.

Primary Treasury Dealer” means a primary U.S. Government securities dealer.

Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Issuer.

Record Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03 hereof.

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

 

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

Reference Treasury Dealer” means any Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer.

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

Remaining Life” means the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed, calculated as if the maturity date of such Notes were the Par Call Date.

Responsible Officer” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Supplemental Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of or familiarity with the particular subject.

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

Significant Subsidiary” means any subsidiary which is a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission as in effect on the date hereof.

Stated Maturity,” with respect to any Note or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date established by or pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture or such Note as the fixed date on which the principal of such Note or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock or other equity interest entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof) and (ii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or managing general partner of which is such Person or a subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or of one or more subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).

Total Assets” as of any date means the sum of (1) Issuer’s and all of its Subsidiaries’ Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (2) all of Issuer’s and all of its Subsidiaries’ other assets determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (but excluding intangibles).

 

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Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as it was in force at the date of this Supplemental Indenture; provided, that if the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after the date hereof, the term “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean, to the extent required by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

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

Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” as of any date means the cost (original cost plus capital improvements) of Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ real estate assets, right of use assets associated with a financing lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles on such date, before depreciation and amortization determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; provided that “Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” will not include the right of use assets associated with an operating lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Unencumbered Total Asset Value” as of any date means the sum of (1) those Undepreciated Real Estate Assets not encumbered by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge or security interest and (2) all of Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ other assets on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (but excluding intangibles), in each case which are unencumbered by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge or security interest; provided, however, that, in determining Unencumbered Total Asset Value for purposes of Section 4.09(d) hereof, all investments by the Issuer and any of its Subsidiaries in unconsolidated joint ventures, unconsolidated limited partnerships, unconsolidated limited liability companies and other unconsolidated entities accounted for financial reporting purposes using the equity method of accounting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles shall be excluded from Unencumbered Total Asset Value.

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

ARTICLE 2

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES

Section 2.01. Designation Amount and Issue of Notes. The Notes shall be designated as “2.400% Senior Notes Due 2030.” Upon the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, and from time to time thereafter, Notes may be executed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver Notes upon a written order of the Issuer (an “Authentication Order”), such order signed on behalf of the Issuer by two Officers of the General Partner or by an Officer of the General Partner and either an Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of the General Partner, without any further action by the Issuer hereunder.

The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Supplemental Indenture is unlimited; provided, that upon initial issuance, the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding shall not exceed $297,503,000, except as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.08 hereof. The Issuer may, without the consent of the Holders of Notes, issue Additional Notes from time to time in the future in an unlimited principal amount, subject to compliance with the terms of this Supplemental Indenture, including Section 2.11 hereof.

 

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Section 2.02. Form of Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee. The terms and provisions contained in the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Issuer and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

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

So long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, or unless otherwise required by law, or otherwise contemplated by Section 2.06(b) hereof, all of the Notes will be represented by one or more Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in any such Global Note shall be effected through the Depositary in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture and the applicable procedures of the Depositary. Except as provided in Section 2.06(b) hereof, beneficial owners of a Global Note shall not be entitled to have certificates registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificates in definitive form and will not be considered Holders of such Global Note.

Section 2.03. Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest. The Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall bear interest from March 15, 2022, as specified on the face of the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

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The Person in whose name any Note (or its Predecessor Note) is registered on the Note Register at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Record Date with respect to any interest payment date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such interest payment date. Interest shall be payable at the office of the Issuer maintained by the Issuer for such purposes in the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, which shall initially be an office or agency of the Trustee. The Issuer shall pay interest (i) on any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears in the Note Register; provided, however, that a Holder of any Notes in certificated form in the aggregate principal amount of more than $2.0 million may specify by written notice to the Issuer that it pay interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Noteholder in such notice, or (ii) any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. If a payment date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no additional interest shall accrue thereon. The term “Record Date” with respect to any interest payment date shall mean the March 1 or September 1 preceding the applicable March 15 or September 15 interest payment date, respectively.

No other payment or adjustment will be made for accrued interest on an exchanged Note.

Any interest on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any March 15 or September 15 (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Noteholder registered as such on the relevant Record Date, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Issuer, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

(1) The Issuer may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than twenty-five (25) calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of monies equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such monies when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than fifteen (15) calendar days and not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and not less than ten (10) calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment (unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date). The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer of such special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the

 

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special record date therefor to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission), first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder at its address as it appears in the Note Register, not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to such special record date (unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date). Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2) of this Section 2.03.

(2) The Issuer may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, if, after notice given by the Issuer to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

Section 2.04. Execution of Notes. The Notes shall be signed, in the name and on behalf of the Issuer, manually or by facsimile or other electronic imaging means by an Officer of the General Partner. The Trustee will, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, manually authenticate Notes for issue under this Supplemental Indenture, including any Additional Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Issuer pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.08 hereof.

Only such Notes as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth on the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto, executed manually by the Trustee (or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee as provided by Section 16.11 hereof), shall be entitled to the benefits of this Supplemental Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee (or such an authenticating agent) upon any Note executed by the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence that the Note so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Supplemental Indenture.

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

Section 2.05. Note Registrar and Paying Agent.

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

The Issuer initially appoints the DTC to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

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

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

Section 2.06. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer.

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

(1) the Issuer delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;

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

(3) upon request from the Depositary if there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes.

 

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Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (1) or (2) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.08 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Sections 2.07 or 2.08 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Sections 2.06(b) or (f) hereof.

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Note Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1).

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

(A) both:

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

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

(B) both:

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

 

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

Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof (other than such transfers or exchanges contemplated by Section 2.06(b)(1) above).

(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Issuer will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Note Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.

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

(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. A Holder of Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Note Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Note Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Note Registrar shall register the Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

 

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(f) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(A) OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.09 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

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

(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.09 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

(h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.04 hereof or at the Note Registrar’s request.

 

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(2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.08 and 3.03 hereof and Section 9.04 of the Base Indenture).

(3) The Note Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

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

(5) Neither the Note Registrar nor the Issuer will be required:

(A) to issue, register the transfer of or to exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business fifteen (15) days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of the Notes selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing; or

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

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

(7) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.04 hereof.

(8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Note Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile or other electronic imaging means.

 

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

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

Section 2.07. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. In case any Note shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer in its discretion may execute, and upon its written request the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, a new Note, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Note, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Note so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case, the applicant for a substituted Note shall furnish to the Issuer, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or connected with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Issuer, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

Following receipt by the Trustee or such authenticating agent, as the case may be, of satisfactory security or indemnity and evidence, as described in the preceding paragraph, the Trustee or such authenticating agent may authenticate any such substituted Note and make available for delivery such Note. Upon the issuance of any substituted Note, the Issuer may require the payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses connected therewith. In case any Note which has matured or is about to mature or has been called for redemption, as the case may be, shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer may, instead of issuing a substitute Note, pay or authorize the payment of, as the case may be, if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Issuer, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or in connection with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Issuer, the Trustee and, if applicable, any Paying Agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

 

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Every substitute Note issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.07 by virtue of the fact that any Note is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations set forth in) this Supplemental Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder. To the extent permitted by law, all Notes shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment or exchange or redemption of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment or redemption of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

Section 2.08. Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of Notes in certificated form, the Issuer may execute and the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall, upon the written request of the Issuer, authenticate and deliver temporary Notes (printed or lithographed). Temporary Notes shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the Notes in certificated form, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Notes, all as may be determined by the Issuer. Every such temporary Note shall be executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee or such authenticating agent upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the Notes in certificated form. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer will execute and deliver to the Trustee or such authenticating agent Notes in certificated form and thereupon any or all temporary Notes may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at each office or agency maintained by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof and the Trustee or such authenticating agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange for such temporary Notes an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes in certificated form. Such exchange shall be made by the Issuer at its own expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same limitations under this Supplemental Indenture as Notes in certificated form authenticated and delivered hereunder.

Section 2.09. Cancellation of Notes. All Notes surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the Issuer or any Paying Agent, which shall initially be the Trustee, or any Note Registrar, be surrendered to the Trustee and promptly canceled by it or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly canceled by it and no Notes shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of such canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures, with copies of such cancelled Notes and related documentation provided to the Issuer. If the Issuer shall acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

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Section 2.10. CUSIP Numbers. The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Noteholders; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

Section 2.11. Issuance of Additional Notes. The Issuer will be entitled, upon delivery of an Officers’ Certificate, Opinion of Counsel and Authentication Order, subject to its compliance with Section 4.09 hereof, to issue Additional Notes under the Indenture that will have identical terms to and the same CUSIP number as any of the Initial Notes issued on the date of this Supplemental Indenture other than with respect to the date of issuance, issue price and interest accrued prior to the issue date of the Additional Notes; provided, that such Additional Notes must be part of the same issue as and fungible with the Initial Notes for United States federal income tax purposes. The Initial Notes and any such Additional Notes will constitute a single series of debt securities, and in circumstances in which this Supplemental Indenture provides for the Holders of Notes to vote or take any action, the Holders of Initial Notes and the Holders of any such Additional Notes will vote or take the action as a single class.

With respect to any Additional Notes, the Issuer will set forth in a resolution of its Board of Directors and an Officers’ Certificate, a copy of each of which will be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:

(1) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture; and

(2) the issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP number of such Additional Notes.

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION OF NOTES

Section 3.01. Optional Redemption of Notes.

(a) The Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Notes at its option and in its sole discretion at any time or from time to time prior to the Maturity Date, in whole or in part. Prior to the Par Call Date, the redemption price (“Redemption Price”) will equal the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) that would be due if the Notes matured on the Par Call Date, discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that if the Redemption Date falls after a Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding interest payment date, the Issuer will pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such interest payment date to the Holder of record at the close of business on the corresponding Record Date (instead of the Holder surrendering its Notes for redemption). If the Notes are redeemed on or after the Par Call Date, the Redemption Price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus unpaid interest, if any, accrued thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

 

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(b) The Issuer shall not redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01(a) hereof on any date if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such an acceleration has not been rescinded or cured on or prior to such date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a default by the Issuer in the payment of the Redemption Price with respect to the Notes to be redeemed).

Section 3.02. Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes. In case the Issuer shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all or, as the case may be, any part of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof, it shall fix a date for redemption and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee not fewer than five (5) Business Days prior (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee) to the date the notice of redemption is to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission), the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall mail (or send by electronic transmission) or cause to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission) a notice of such redemption not fewer than fifteen (15) calendar days nor more than sixty (60) calendar days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes so to be redeemed in whole or in part at its last address as the same appears on the Note Register; provided, that if the Issuer makes such request of the Trustee, it shall, together with such request, also give written notice of the Redemption Date to the Trustee; provided further that the text of the notice shall be prepared by the Issuer. Such mailing shall be by first class mail (unless sent by electronic transmission). The notice, if mailed in the manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note.

Each such notice of redemption shall specify: (i) the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, (ii) the CUSIP number or numbers, if any, of the Notes being redeemed, (iii) the Redemption Date (which shall be a Business Day), (iv) the Redemption Price at which Notes are to be redeemed, (v) the place or places of payment and that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Notes and (vi) that interest accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the Redemption Date will be paid as specified in said notice, and that on and after said date interest thereon or on the portion thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the notice of redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers, if any). In case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that, on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

Whenever any Notes are to be redeemed, the Issuer will give the Trustee written notice of the Redemption Date, together with an Officers’ Certificate as to the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed not fewer than fifteen (15) calendar days (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the Redemption Date.

 

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On or prior to the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section 3.02, the Issuer will deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 4.04 hereof) an amount of monies in immediately available funds sufficient to redeem on the Redemption Date all the Notes (or portions thereof) so called for redemption at the appropriate Redemption Price; provided, that if such payment is made on the Redemption Date, it must be received by the Paying Agent, by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date. The Issuer shall be entitled to retain any interest, yield or gain on amounts deposited with the Paying Agent pursuant to this Section 3.02 in excess of amounts required hereunder to pay the Redemption Price.

If less than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Notes or portions thereof of the Global Note or the Notes in certificated form to be redeemed (in principal amounts of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof), on a pro rata basis or such other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate or is required by the Depositary. The Notes (or portions thereof) so selected for redemption shall be deemed duly selected for redemption for all purposes hereof.

Section 3.03. Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Issuer. If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 3.02 hereof, the Notes or portion of Notes with respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the place or places stated in such notice at the Redemption Price, and unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of such Notes at the Redemption Price, so long as Paying Agent holds funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, then (a) such Notes will cease to be outstanding on and after the Redemption Date, (b) interest on the Notes or portion of Notes so called for redemption shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, (c) after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) and, except as provided in Sections 7.05 and 11.02 hereof, such Notes will cease to be entitled to any benefit or security under this Supplemental Indenture, and (d) the Holders of the Notes shall have no right in respect of such Notes except the right to receive the Redemption Price thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Notes at a place of payment in said notice specified, the said Notes or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Issuer at the Redemption Price, together with interest accrued thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

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

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ARTICLE 4

CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER

Section 4.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Issuer covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid when due the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), and premium, if any, and interest on each of the Notes at the places, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein and in the Notes; provided, that the Issuer or Paying Agent may withhold from payments of interest and upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof, maturity or otherwise, any amounts the Issuer or Paying Agent is required to withhold by law.

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

The Issuer may also from time to time designate co-registrars and one or more offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

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

So long as the Trustee is the Note Registrar, the Trustee agrees to mail (or send by electronic transmission), or cause to be mailed, the notices set forth in Section 7.10 and the third paragraph of Section 7.11 hereof. If co-registrars have been appointed in accordance with this Section 4.02, the Trustee shall mail such notices only to the Issuer and the Holders of Notes it can identify from its records.

Section 4.03. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustees Office. The Issuer, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as provided in Section 7.10 hereof, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

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

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

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

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

The Issuer shall, on or before each due date of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, deposit with the Paying Agent a sum (in funds which are immediately available on the due date for such payment) sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action; provided, that if such deposit is made on the due date, such deposit shall be received by the Paying Agent by 11:00 a.m. New York City time, on such date.

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

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

(d) Anything in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 4.04 is subject to Sections 11.02 and 11.03 hereof.

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

 

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Section 4.05. Existence. Subject to Article 10 hereof, each of the Issuer and the Guarantor will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and rights (charter and statutory); provided, that neither the Issuer nor the Guarantor shall be required to preserve any such right if the Issuer or the Guarantor, as applicable, shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as applicable, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Noteholders.

Section 4.06. Reports.

(a) Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Issuer will furnish to the Trustee:

 

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all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Issuer were required to file such reports; and

 

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

in each case within fifteen (15) days after the Issuer files such reports with the Commission or would be required to file such reports with the Commission pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, whichever is earlier. Reports, information and documents filed with the Commission via the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“EDGAR”) will be deemed to be delivered to the Trustee as of the time of such filing via EDGAR for purposes of this covenant; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not such information, documents or reports have been filed via EDGAR. Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under this Section 4.06 is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive or actual notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of the covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

All such reports will be prepared in all material respects in accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports. Each annual report on Form 10-K will include a report on the Issuer’s consolidated financial statements by its independent registered public accounting firm, unless otherwise permitted by the Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if permitted by the Commission, the Issuer may satisfy its obligation to furnish the reports described above by furnishing such reports filed by the Guarantor. The Issuer will file a copy of each of the reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the Commission for public availability within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations applicable to such reports (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing) and will make the reports available on its website within fifteen (15) days after it files such reports with the Commission.

 

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If the Issuer is no longer subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, the Issuer will nevertheless continue filing the reports specified in clauses (1) and (2) above with the Commission within the time periods specified above unless the Commission will not accept such a filing. The Issuer will not take any action for the purpose of causing the Commission not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Commission will not accept the Issuer’s filings for any reason, the Issuer will make the reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above available on its website within fifteen (15) days after the Issuer would be required to file such reports with the Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if permitted by the Commission, the Issuer’s obligations to file reports under this Section 4.06(a) may be satisfied by the filing of the reports described in clauses (1) and (2) above by the Guarantor.

(b) For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, if at any time it is not required to file with the Commission the reports required by paragraphs (a) of this Section 4.06, the Issuer will furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

Section 4.07. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Issuer from paying all or any portion of the principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Supplemental Indenture and the Issuer (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

Section 4.08. Compliance Certificate. Within one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer, the Issuer and the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate signed by any of the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Issuer and the Guarantor, as the case may be, stating whether or not the signer has knowledge of any Default under this Supplemental Indenture, and, if so, specifying each Default and the nature and the status thereof.

The Issuer will deliver to the Trustee, within thirty (30) calendar days of becoming aware of (i) any default in the performance or observance of any covenant, agreement or condition contained in this Supplemental Indenture, or (ii) any Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying with particularity such Default or Event of Default and further stating what action the Issuer has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

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

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(a) Limitation on Total Outstanding Debt. The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt (including (i) guarantees of Debt incurred by the Guarantor and (ii) guarantees of debt of a Subsidiary of the Guarantor that is not a Subsidiary of the Issuer), other than Intercompany Debt and guarantees of Debt incurred by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries in compliance with this Supplemental Indenture, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all of the Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ outstanding Debt on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles is greater than 60% of the sum of (without duplication) (1) Total Assets as of the end of the Issuer’s most recently completed fiscal quarter prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (2) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt.

(b) Limitation on Secured Debt. The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt (including (i) guarantees of Debt incurred by the Guarantor and (ii) guarantees of debt of a Subsidiary of the Guarantor that is not a Subsidiary of the Issuer), other than Intercompany Debt and guarantees of Debt incurred by Issuer or its Subsidiaries in compliance with this Supplemental Indenture, secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance or security interest of any kind upon any of Issuer’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ property if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all of Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ outstanding Debt on a consolidated basis which is secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance or security interest on Issuer’s or its Subsidiaries’ property is greater than 40% of the sum of (without duplication) (1) Total Assets as of the end of the Issuer’s most recently completed fiscal quarter prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (2) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt; provided, that for purposes of this limitation, the amount of obligations under capital leases shown as a liability on Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet shall be deducted from Debt and from Total Assets.

(c) Ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service Charge. The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt and guarantees of Debt by Issuer or its Subsidiaries in compliance with this Supplemental Indenture, if the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service Charge for the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred shall have been less than 1.5 to 1.0, on an unaudited pro forma basis after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that: (1) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by Issuer and its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom, including to refinance other Debt, had

 

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occurred at the beginning of such period; (2) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt by Issuer and its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period had been repaid or retired at the beginning of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period); (3) in the case of Acquired Debt or Debt incurred in connection with any acquisition since the first day of such four-quarter period, the related acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period, with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition being included in such unaudited pro forma calculation; and (4) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by Issuer or its Subsidiaries of any asset or group of assets or other placement of any assets in service or removal of any assets from service by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period, whether by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition, disposition, placement in service or removal from service, or any related repayment of Debt had occurred as of the first day of such period, with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition, disposition, placement in service or removal from service, being included in such unaudited pro forma calculation.

(d) Maintenance of Unencumbered Total Asset Value. The Issuer, together with its Subsidiaries, will at all times maintain an Unencumbered Total Asset Value in an amount not less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ unsecured Debt, taken as a whole.

Section 4.10. Insurance. The Issuer will, and will cause of each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies against such risks and in such amounts as is customarily maintained by Persons engaged in similar businesses or as may be required by applicable law.

ARTICLE 5

NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE

Section 5.01. Noteholders Lists. The Issuer covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee, semiannually, not more than fifteen (15) calendar days after each February 15 and August 15 of each year beginning with August 15, 2022, and at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request in writing, within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request (or such lesser time as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to enable it to timely provide any notice to be provided by it hereunder), a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes as of a date not more than fifteen (15) calendar days (or such other date as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to so provide any such notices) prior to the time such information is furnished, except that no such list need be furnished by the Issuer to the Trustee so long as the Trustee is acting as the sole Note Registrar.

Section 5.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists.

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 hereof or maintained by the Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar or co-registrar in respect of the Notes, if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 hereof upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

 

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(b) The rights of Noteholders to communicate with other Holders of Notes with respect to their rights under this Supplemental Indenture or under the Notes, and the corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) Every Noteholder agrees with the Issuer and the Trustee that neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders of Notes made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 5.03. Reports by Trustee.

(a) On or before May 15 of each year beginning with May 15, 2023, the Trustee shall transmit to Holders of Notes such reports dated as of May 15 of the year in which such reports are made concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Supplemental Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. In the event that no events have occurred under the applicable Sections of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to provide such reports.

(b) A copy of such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders of Notes, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which the Notes are listed and with the Issuer. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee in writing if the Notes are listed on any stock exchange or automated quotation system or delisted therefrom.

ARTICLE 6

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND NOTEHOLDERS ON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT

Section 6.01. Events of Default. In case one or more of the following (each an “Event of Default”) (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) shall have occurred and be continuing:

(a) default for thirty (30) days in the payment of any installment of interest under the Notes; or

(b) default in the payment of the principal amount or Redemption Price due with respect to the Notes, when the same becomes due and payable; provided, however, that a valid extension of the Maturity Date in accordance with the terms hereof shall not constitute a default in the payment of principal; or

(c) the Issuer fails to comply with any of the Issuer’s other agreements contained in the Notes or this Supplemental Indenture upon receipt by the Issuer of notice of such default by the Trustee or by Holders of not less than twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and the Issuer fails to cure (or obtain a waiver of) such default within sixty (60) days after the Issuer receives such notice; or

 

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(d) failure to pay any indebtedness for monies borrowed by the Issuer, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer in an outstanding principal amount in excess of $50,000,000 at final maturity or upon acceleration after the expiration of any applicable grace period, which indebtedness is not discharged, or such default in payment or acceleration is not cured or rescinded, within thirty (30) days after written notice to the Issuer from the Trustee (or to the Issuer and the Trustee from Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in principal amount of the outstanding Notes); provided, however, that for the purposes of this Section 6.01(d), $50,000,000 shall be replaced by $35,000,000 for so long as any of the Issuer’s 3.50% Senior Notes Due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) are outstanding; or

(e) the Issuer, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant to or under or within meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(i) commences a voluntary case or proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or its debts or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer; or

(ii) consents to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer; or

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

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

(f) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Issuer, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of thirty (30) calendar days; or

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

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

 

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(ii) appoints a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer; or

(iii) orders the liquidation of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer;

and, in each case in this clause (g), the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for thirty (30) calendar days,

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

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) hereof occurs with respect to the Issuer, the principal amount of and premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action.

If, at any time after the principal amount of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer and to the Trustee, may waive all Defaults or Events of Default and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, subject in all respects to Section 6.07 hereof, if all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal amount and any accrued and unpaid interest that have become due solely because of such acceleration, have been cured or waived. No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon. The Issuer shall notify in writing a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, promptly upon becoming aware thereof, of any Event of Default, as provided in Section 4.08 hereof.

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

 

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Section 6.02. Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor. The Issuer covenants that in the case of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or 6.01(b) hereof, upon demand of the Trustee, the Issuer will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, (i) the whole amount that then shall be due and payable on all such Notes for principal and premium, if any, or interest, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon the overdue installments of accrued and unpaid interest at the rate borne by the Notes, plus 1%, from the required payment date and, (ii) in addition thereto, any amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof. Until such demand by the Trustee, the Issuer may pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to the registered Holders, whether or not the Notes are overdue.

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

In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes under any Bankruptcy Law, or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or such other obligor, the property of the Issuer or such other obligor, or in the case of any other judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or such other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.02, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, accrued and unpaid interest in respect of the Notes, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the Noteholders allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes, its or their creditors, or its or their property, and to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction of any amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof, and to take any other action with respect to such claims, including participating as a member of any official committee of creditors, as it reasonably deems necessary or advisable, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, custodian or similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Noteholders to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Noteholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements, including counsel fees and expenses incurred by it up to the date of such distribution. To the extent that such payment of reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements out of the estate in any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, monies, securities and other property which the Holders of the Notes may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.

 

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All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Supplemental Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

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

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

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof;

SECOND: In case the principal of the outstanding Notes shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Notes in which an Event of Default exists in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) as provided in Section 6.02 hereof upon the overdue installments of interest at the annual rate of 1% above then applicable interest rate, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto;

THIRD: In case the principal of the outstanding Notes shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, and be unpaid to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon the Notes for principal and premium, if any, and interest, with interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of accrued and unpaid interest, as provided in Section 6.02 hereof, and in case such monies shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Notes, then to the payment of such principal and premium, if any, and interest without preference or priority of principal and premium, if any, over interest, or of interest over principal and premium, if any, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Note over any other Note, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest; and

 

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FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer or any other Person lawfully entitled thereto.

Section 6.04. Proceedings by Noteholders. No Holder of any Note shall have any right by virtue of or by reference to any provision of this Supplemental Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Supplemental Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian or other similar official, or for any other remedy hereunder, except in the case of a default in the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, unless (a) such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, (b) the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such security or indemnity as it may require against the costs, liabilities or expenses to be incurred therein or thereby, (c) the Trustee for ninety (90) calendar days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding and (d) no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Note with every other taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Notes shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of or by reference to any provision of this Supplemental Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holder of Notes, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under this Supplemental Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Notes (except as otherwise provided herein). For the protection and enforcement of this Section 6.04, each and every Noteholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

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

Section 6.05. Proceedings by Trustee. In case of an Event of Default, the Trustee may, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Supplemental Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as are necessary to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Supplemental Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Supplemental Indenture or by law.

 

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

Section 6.07. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Noteholders. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee; provided, that (a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Supplemental Indenture, (b) the Trustee may take any other action which is not inconsistent with such direction, (c) the Trustee may decline to take any action that would benefit some Noteholders to the detriment of other Noteholders or otherwise be unduly prejudicial to the Noteholders not joining therein and (d) the Trustee may decline to take any action that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any such action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except (i) a default in the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, unless such default has been cured and the Issuer or the Guarantor has deposited with the Trustee all required payments of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes (provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration) or (ii) a default in respect of a covenant or provisions hereof which under Article 9 of the Base Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holders of all Notes then outstanding or each Note affected thereby.

Upon any such waiver, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 6.07, said Default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Notes and this Supplemental Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

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Section 6.08. Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall, within sixty (60) calendar days after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of the occurrence of a Default, mail (or send by electronic transmission) to all Noteholders, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear upon the Note Register, notice of all Defaults known to a Responsible Officer, unless such Defaults shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice; provided, that except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), or interest on any of the Notes, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the Trustee determines in good faith that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Noteholders.

Section 6.09. Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to this Supplemental Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by its acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may, in its discretion, require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Supplemental Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided, that the provisions of this Section 6.09 (to the extent permitted by law) shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Issuer or the Guarantor, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or group of Noteholders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent (10%) in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04 hereof, or to any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), or interest on any Note on or after the due date expressed in such Note.

ARTICLE 7

THE TRUSTEE

Section 7.01. Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee. The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Supplemental Indenture. In case an Event of Default has occurred (which has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Supplemental Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of its own affairs.

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

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(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Supplemental Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Supplemental Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act against the Trustee; and

(ii) in the absence of bad faith and willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Supplemental Indenture; but, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Supplemental Indenture;

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

(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the written direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined as provided in Section 8.04 hereof relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Supplemental Indenture;

(d) whether or not therein provided, every provision of this Supplemental Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 8.04;

(e) the Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any payment (as to the correctness of amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters relating to payment) or notice effected by the Issuer or any Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) or any records maintained by any co-registrar (other than the Trustee) with respect to the Notes;

(f) if any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, requires notice to be sent to the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason to act as if no such event occurred unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless the Trustee has otherwise received written notice thereof; and

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None of the provisions contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

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

Section 7.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01 hereof:

(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, Note, coupon or other paper or document (whether in its original, facsimile or electronic form) believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer or the General Partner;

(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and any advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance on and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Supplemental Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Noteholders pursuant to the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, unless such Noteholders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;

(e) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document, but the Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney;

 

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

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

(h) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;

(i) the Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded;

(j) any permissive right or authority granted to the Trustee shall not be construed as a mandatory duty;

(k) the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for punitive, special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of actions; and

(l) the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Supplemental Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunction of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; and acts of civil or military authorities and governmental action.

Section 7.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, etc. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes (except in the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of any Notes or the proceeds of any Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 7.04. Trustee, Paying Agents or Note Registrar May Own Notes. The Trustee, any Paying Agent or Note Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent or Note Registrar.

 

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Section 7.05. Monies to Be Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.02 hereof, all monies received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received. Monies held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any monies received by it hereunder except as may be agreed in writing from time to time by the Issuer and the Trustee.

Section 7.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee. The Issuer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder in any capacity (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as mutually agreed to from time to time in writing between the Issuer and the Trustee, and the Issuer will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances reasonably incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith. The Issuer also covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee (or any officer, director or employee of the Trustee), in any capacity under this Supplemental Indenture and any authenticating agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or reasonable expense including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee) incurred without negligence, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith on the part of the Trustee or such officers, directors, employees or authenticating agent, as the case may be, and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or in any other capacity hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim (whether asserted by the Issuer, any Holder or any other Person) of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Issuer under this Section 7.06 to compensate or indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Notes upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Notes. The obligation of the Issuer under this Section 7.06 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture.

When the Trustee and its agents and any authenticating agent incur expenses or render services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) hereof with respect to the Issuer occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute reasonable expenses of administration under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws.

Section 7.07. Officers Certificate as Evidence. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01 hereof, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of gross negligence, bad faith, recklessness or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee.

 

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Section 7.08. Conflicting Interests of Trustee. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 7.09. Eligibility of Trustee. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 (or if such Person is a member of a bank holding company system, its bank holding company shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000). If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 7.09 the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.09, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

Section 7.10. Resignation or Removal of Trustee.

(a) The Trustee may at any time resign by giving written notice of such resignation to the Issuer and to the Holders of Notes. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment sixty (60) calendar days after the mailing of such notice of resignation to the Noteholders, the resigning Trustee may, upon ten (10) Business Days’ notice to the Issuer and the Noteholders, appoint a successor identified in such notice or may petition, at the expense of the Issuer, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or, if any Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section 6.09 hereof, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:

(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 7.08 hereof after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months; or

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

then, in any such case, the Issuer may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 6.09 hereof, any Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months may, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee; provided, that if no successor Trustee shall have been appointed and have accepted appointment sixty (60) calendar days after either the Issuer or the Noteholders has removed the Trustee, or the Trustee resigns, the Trustee so removed may petition, at the expense of the Issuer, any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.

(c) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 7.10 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.11 hereof.

(d) Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.10, the Issuer’s obligations under Section 7.06 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

Section 7.11. Acceptance by Successor Trustee. Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 7.10 hereof shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as trustee herein; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Issuer or of the successor trustee, the trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any amount then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06 hereof, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights and powers of the trustee so ceasing to act. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Issuer shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a lien upon all property and funds held or collected by such trustee as such, except for funds held in trust for the benefit of Holders of particular Notes, to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06 hereof.

No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 7.11 unless, at the time of such acceptance, such successor trustee shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 hereof and be eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09 hereof.

 

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Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 7.11, the Issuer (or the former trustee, at the written direction of the Issuer) shall mail (or send by electronic transmission) or cause to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission) notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to the Holders of Notes at their addresses as they shall appear on the Note Register. If the Issuer fails to mail such notice within ten (10) calendar days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Issuer.

Section 7.12. Succession by Merger. Any organization or entity into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or exchanged or with which it may be consolidated, or any organization or entity resulting from any merger, conversion, exchange or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any organization or entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor to the Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided, that in the case of any organization or entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 hereof and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09 hereof.

In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Supplemental Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee or authenticating agent appointed by such predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee or any authenticating agent appointed by such successor trustee may authenticate such Notes in the name of the successor trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force that is provided in the Notes or in this Supplemental Indenture; provided, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or authenticate Notes in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, exchange or consolidation.

Section 7.13. Preferential Collection of Claims. If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of the claims against the Issuer (or any such other obligor).

ARTICLE 8

THE NOTEHOLDERS

Section 8.01. Action by Noteholders. Whenever in this Supplemental Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Notes may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action, the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Noteholders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of the Holders of Notes voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Noteholders, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Noteholders. Whenever the Issuer or the Trustee solicits the taking of any action by the Holders of the Notes, the Issuer or the Trustee may fix in advance of such solicitation a date as the Record Date for determining Holders entitled to take such action. The Record Date, if any, shall be not more than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action.

 

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Section 8.02. Proof of Execution by Noteholders. Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02 hereof, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Noteholder or its agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Notes shall be proved by the registry of such Notes or by a certificate of the Note Registrar.

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

Section 8.04. Issuer-owned Notes Disregarded. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, consent, waiver or other action under this Supplemental Indenture or whether a quorum is present at a meeting of the Holders of the Notes, Notes which are owned by the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination; provided, that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent, waiver or other action, only Notes which a Responsible Officer knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section 8.04 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to vote such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, any other obligor on the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or any such other obligor. In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers’ Certificate listing and identifying all Notes, if any, known by the Issuer to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above described Persons, and, subject to Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers’ Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Notes not listed therein are outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.

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action by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Notes specified in this Supplemental Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a Note which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Notes the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02 hereof, revoke such action so far as it concerns such Note. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the Holder of any Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Note and of any Notes issued in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Note or any Note issued in exchange or substitution therefor.

ARTICLE 9

RESERVED

ARTICLE 10

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

Section 10.01. Issuer May Consolidate on Certain Terms. Nothing contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Issuer with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Issuer), or successive consolidations or mergers in which either the Issuer will be the continuing entity or the Issuer or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property of the Issuer, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Issuer); provided, however, that the following conditions are met:

(a) the Issuer shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if other than the Issuer) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of assets shall be domiciled in the United States and shall expressly assume payment of the principal of and interest on all of the Notes and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions in this Supplemental Indenture;

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

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

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

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

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

Section 10.03. Guarantor May Consolidate on Certain Terms. Nothing contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Guarantor with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor), or successive consolidations or mergers in which either the Guarantor will be the continuing entity or the Guarantor or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property of the Guarantor, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor); provided, however, that the following conditions are met:

(a) the Guarantor shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if other than the Guarantor) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of assets shall be domiciled in the United States and shall expressly assume the obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions in this Supplemental Indenture;

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

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

No such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease shall be permitted by this Section 10.03 unless prior thereto the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall remain in full force and effect thereafter.

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

 

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

Section 10.05. Assumption by Guarantor. Without the consent of any Holders of the Notes, the Guarantor, or a Subsidiary thereof, may directly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, any premium and interest on all the Notes and the performance of every covenant of this Supplemental Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed. Upon any such assumption, the Guarantor or such Subsidiary shall succeed to, and be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Supplemental Indenture with the same effect as if the Guarantor or such Subsidiary had been named as the Issuer herein and the Issuer shall be released from all obligations and covenants with respect to the Notes. No such assumption shall be permitted unless the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee (i) an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such assumption and supplemental indenture comply with this Article 10, and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with and that, in the event of assumption by a Subsidiary, the Guarantee and all other covenants of the Guarantor herein remain in full force and effect and (ii) an opinion of independent counsel that the Holders of Notes shall have no materially adverse United States federal tax consequences as a result of such assumption, and that, if any Notes are then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, that such Notes shall not be delisted as a result of such assumption.

ARTICLE 11

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

Section 11.01. Discharge of Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Notes herein expressly provided for and except as further provided below), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture, when (a) either: (1) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 11.04 hereof and (ii) Notes for whose payment monies have theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Issuer as provided in Section 11.04 hereof) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (2) all such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable, whether at the Maturity Date, or otherwise, or (ii) are to be called for redemption under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer, and the Issuer, in the case of clause (1) or (2) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee or a Paying Agent (other than the Issuer or any of its Affiliates), as applicable, as trust funds in trust cash in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore

 

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delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Notes which have become due and payable) or to the Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided, however, that there shall not exist, on the date of such deposit, a Default or Event of Default; provided, further, that such deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default under, this Supplemental Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or to which the Issuer is bound; (b) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer; and (c) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture have been complied with.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture, the obligations of the Issuer to the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof shall survive and, if monies shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (2) of clause (a) of this Section 11.01, the provisions of Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, and 5.01 hereof and this Article 11, shall survive until the Notes have been paid in full.

Section 11.02. Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee. Subject to Section 11.04 hereof, all monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.05 hereof shall be held in trust for the sole benefit of the Noteholders, and such monies shall be applied by the Trustee to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer if acting as its own Paying Agent), to the Holders of the particular Notes for the payment or redemption of which such monies have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal, premium, if any, and interest. The Trustee is not responsible to anyone for interest on any deposited funds except as agreed in writing.

Section 11.03. Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.04 hereof, the Trustee or a Paying Agent shall hold in trust, for the benefit of the Noteholders, all monies deposited with it pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof and shall apply the deposited monies in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes to the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof) and interest on the Notes.

Section 11.04. Return of Unclaimed Monies. The Trustee and each Paying Agent shall pay to the Issuer upon request any monies held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years after a right to such monies have matured; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such payment, may, at the expense of the Issuer, either publish in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York, or cause to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission) to each Holder entitled to such monies, notice that such monies remain unclaimed and that after a date specified therein, which shall be at least thirty (30) calendar days from the date of such mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of such monies then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer. After payment to the Issuer, Holders entitled to monies must look to the Issuer for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person, and the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall be relieved of all liability with respect to such monies.

 

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Section 11.05. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any monies in accordance with Section 11.02 hereof by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuer’s obligations under this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such monies in accordance with Section 11.02 hereof; provided, that if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the monies held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 12

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 12.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The Issuer may, at its option and at any time, elect to have either Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 12.

Section 12.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 12.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 12.02, the Issuer and the Guarantor will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes and Guarantee on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer and the Guarantor will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Debt represented by the outstanding Notes and Guarantee, which will thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 12.05 hereof and the other sections of this Supplemental Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Guarantee and this Supplemental Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

(a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium on, such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 12.04 hereof;

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

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

(d) this Article 12.

Subject to compliance with this Article 12, the Issuer may exercise its option under this Section 12.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 12.03 hereof.

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Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 12.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 12.03, the Issuer and the Guarantor will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 hereof, be released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.09, 4.10 and 4.11 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes and Guarantee, the Issuer and the Guarantor may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Supplemental Indenture and such Notes and Guarantee will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 12.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 12.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(c) and 6.01(d) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.

Section 12.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof:

(a) the Issuer must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm, or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium and interest on, the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and the Issuer must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to such stated date for payment or to a particular Redemption Date;

(b) in the case of an election under Section 12.02 hereof, the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that:

(1) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or

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

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

 

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(c) in the case of an election under Section 12.03 hereof, the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit (and any similar concurrent deposit relating to other indebtedness being defeased, discharged or replaced), and the granting of liens to secure such borrowings);

(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Supplemental Indenture and the agreements governing any other indebtedness being defeased, discharged or replaced) to which the Issuer or the Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or the Guarantor is bound;

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

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

Section 12.05. Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

Subject to Section 12.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 12.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 12.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Supplemental Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Issuer will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 12.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

 

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Notwithstanding anything in this Article 12 to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon the request of the Issuer any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 12.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 12.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

Section 12.06. Repayment to Issuer.

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium or interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer on its request or (if then held by the Issuer) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.

Section 12.07. Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuer’s and the Guarantor’s obligations under this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes and the Guarantee will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of, premium or interest on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 13

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Section 13.01. Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations. Except as otherwise expressly provided in Article 15 hereof, no recourse for the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof) or, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer in this Supplemental Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator,

 

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stockholder, limited partner, member, manager, employee, agent, officer, director or Subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the General Partner, the Issuer or any of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries or of any successor thereto, either directly or through the Issuer or any of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries or any successor thereto, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Supplemental Indenture and the issue of the Notes.

ARTICLE 14

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES

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

Section 14.02. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.

(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Notes for any purpose specified in Section 14.01 hereof, to be held at such time and at such place in The City of New York, New York as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Notes, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 16.03 hereof, not less than twenty-one (21) nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

(b) In case at any time the Issuer, the Guarantor or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Notes for any purpose specified in Section 14.01 hereof, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed notice of or made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within twenty-one (21) days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Issuer, the Guarantor, if applicable, or the Holders of Notes in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the City of New York, New York, for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in clause (a) of this Section 14.02.

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

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provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at the meeting with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which may be made, given or taken by the Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the Persons holding or representing the specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes will constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Notes, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than ten (10) days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than ten (10) days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 14.02 hereof, except that such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the outstanding Notes which shall constitute a quorum.

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

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

Section 14.05. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Notes in regard to proof of the holding of Notes and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Notes shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 8.03 hereof and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 8.01 hereof.

 

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

(b) At any meeting, each Holder of a Note or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $2,000 principal amount of Notes held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Note challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Note or proxy.

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

Section 14.06. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Notes shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Notes or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the outstanding Notes held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Notes shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 14.02 hereof and, if applicable, Section 14.04 hereof. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Issuer and the Guarantor, and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

ARTICLE 15

Guarantee

Section 15.01. Guarantee. By its execution hereof, the Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it receives substantial benefits from the Issuer and that the Guarantor is providing its Guarantee for good and valuable consideration, including, without limitation, such substantial benefits. Accordingly, subject to the provisions of this Article 15, the Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and its successors and assigns that: (i) the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be duly and punctually paid in full when due, whether at the Maturity Date, upon acceleration, upon redemption or otherwise, and interest on overdue principal, premium, if any and (to the extent

 

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permitted by law) interest on any interest, if any, on the Notes and all other obligations of the Issuer to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or under the Notes (including fees, expenses or other) shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof; and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at the Maturity Date, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, subject, however, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, to the limitations set forth in Section 15.03 hereof (collectively, the “Guarantee Obligations”).

Subject to the provisions of this Article 15, the Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Supplemental Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any thereof, the entry of any judgment against the Issuer, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes: (a) any right to require the Trustee, the Holders or the Issuer (each, a “Benefited Party”) to proceed against the Issuer or any other Person or to proceed against or exhaust any security held by a Benefited Party at any time or to pursue any other remedy in any secured party’s power before proceeding against the Guarantor; (b) any defense that may arise by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority, death or disability of any other Person or Persons or the failure of a Benefited Party to file or enforce a claim against the estate (in administration, bankruptcy or any other proceeding) of any other Person or Persons; (c) demand, protest and notice of any kind (except as expressly required by this Supplemental Indenture), including but not limited to notice of the existence, creation or incurring of any new or additional indebtedness or obligation or of any action or non-action on the part of the Guarantor, the Issuer, any Benefited Party, any creditor of the Guarantor or the Issuer or on the part of any other Person whomsoever in connection with any obligations the performance of which are hereby guaranteed; (d) any defense based upon an election of remedies by a Benefited Party, including but not limited to an election to proceed against the Guarantor for reimbursement; (e) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (f) any defense arising because of a Benefited Party’s election, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Law, of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (g) any defense based on any borrowing or grant of a security interest under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Guarantor hereby covenants that, except as otherwise provided therein, the Guarantee shall not be discharged except by payment in full of all Guarantee Obligations, including the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other costs provided for under this Supplemental Indenture or as provided in Article 7 hereof.

If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to either the Issuer or the Guarantor, or any trustee or similar official acting in relation to either the Issuer or the Guarantor, any amount paid by the Issuer or the Guarantor to the Trustee or such Holder, the Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. The Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guarantee Obligations hereby until payment in full of all such obligations guaranteed hereby. The Guarantor agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders

 

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of Notes and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes hereof, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guarantee Obligations, and (y) in the event of any acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such Guarantee Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purpose of the Guarantee.

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

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

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

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

Section 15.03. Limitation of Guarantors Liability; Certain Bankruptcy Events.

(a) The Guarantor, and by its acceptance hereof each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor pursuant to its Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor under this Article 15 shall be limited to the maximum amount as shall, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of the Guarantor, result in the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

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

Section 15.04. Release of Guarantor of Guarantee Obligations.

 

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(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor may be released upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 15.04. Provided that no Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing under this Supplemental Indenture, the Guarantee Obligations incurred by the Guarantor pursuant to this Article 15 shall be unconditionally released and discharged automatically upon the release of all guarantees by the Guarantor of the 2026 Notes, the Issuer’s 3.750% Senior Notes due 2027, the Issuer’s 3.100% Senior Notes due 2030, the Issuer’s unsecured credit and loan facilities and any additional guarantees by the Guarantor of senior unsecured indebtedness.

(b) Upon receipt of a written request of the Issuer accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel that the Guarantor is entitled to such release in accordance with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall deliver, at the Issuer’s expense, such instruments as are requested by the Issuer or Guarantor to evidence the release of the Guarantor from the Guarantee Obligations.

ARTICLE 16

Miscellaneous Provisions

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

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

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

To the Issuer:

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.

3310 West End Avenue, Suite 700

Nashville, TN 37203

Telecopier No.: (615) 463-7739

Attention: Mr. Todd J. Meredith, President and Chief Executive Officer

cc: Mr. J. Christopher Douglas, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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To the Guarantor:

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated

3310 West End Avenue, Suite 700

Nashville, TN 37203

Telecopier No.: (615) 463-7739

Attention: Mr. Todd J. Meredith, President and Chief Executive Officer

cc: Mr. J. Christopher Douglas, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association

Global Corporate Trust Services

101 North First Avenue, Suite 1600

Mailstop LM-AZ-16P

Phoenix, Arizona 85003

Telecopier No.: (602) 257-5433

Attention: Mary Ambriz-Reyes, Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.

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

Any notice or communication mailed to a Noteholder shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, at such Noteholder’s address as it appears on the Note Register and shall be sufficiently given to such Noteholder if so mailed within the time prescribed.

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

Section 16.04. Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any laws other than the laws of the State of New York.

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

 

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

Section 16.06. Legal Holidays. In any case in which the Stated Maturity of interest on or principal of the Notes or the Redemption Date of any Note will not be a Business Day, then payment of such interest on or principal of the Notes need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Stated Maturity or the Redemption Date, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such date.

Section 16.07. Trust Indenture Act. This Supplemental Indenture is hereby made subject to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; provided, that this Section 16.07 shall not require this Supplemental Indenture or the Trustee to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act prior to the time such qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust Indenture Act, nor shall it constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any party to the Indenture that any such qualification is required prior to the time such qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be included in an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.

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

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

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

 

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Section 16.11. Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent that shall be authorized to act on its behalf, and subject to its direction, in the authentication and delivery of Notes in connection with the original issuance thereof and transfers and exchanges of Notes hereunder, including under Sections 2.04, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08 and 3.03 hereof, as fully to all intents and purposes as though the authenticating agent had been expressly authorized by this Supplemental Indenture and those Sections to authenticate and deliver Notes. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, the authentication and delivery of Notes by the authenticating agent shall be deemed to be authentication and delivery of such Notes “by the Trustee” and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an authenticating agent shall be deemed to satisfy any requirement hereunder or in the Notes for the Trustee’s certificate of authentication. Such authenticating agent shall at all times be a Person eligible to serve as trustee hereunder pursuant to Section 7.09 hereof.

Any corporation into which any authenticating agent may be merged or exchanged or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, consolidation or exchange to which any authenticating agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of any authenticating agent, shall be the successor of the authenticating agent hereunder, if such successor corporation is otherwise eligible under this Section 16.11, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or the authenticating agent or such successor corporation.

Any authenticating agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Issuer. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any authenticating agent by giving written notice of termination to such authenticating agent and to the Issuer. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any authenticating agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section 16.11, the Trustee shall either promptly appoint a successor authenticating agent or itself assume the duties and obligations of the former authenticating agent under this Supplemental Indenture and, upon such appointment of a successor authenticating agent, if made, shall give written notice of such appointment of a successor authenticating agent to the Issuer and shall mail notice of such appointment of a successor authenticating agent to all Holders of Notes as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the Note Register.

The Issuer agrees to pay to the authenticating agent from time to time such reasonable compensation for its services as shall be agreed upon in writing between the Issuer and the authenticating agent.

The provisions of Sections 7.02, 7.03, 7.04 and 8.03 hereof and this Section 16.11 shall be applicable to any authenticating agent.

Section 16.12. Execution in Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Supplemental Indenture by facsimile or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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The Trustee shall not have any duty to confirm that the person sending any notice, instruction or other communication by electronic transmission (including by e-mail, facsimile transmission, web portal or other electronic methods) is, in fact, a person authorized to do so. Electronic signatures believed by the Trustee to comply with the ESIGN Act of 2000 or other applicable law (including electronic images of handwritten signatures and digital signatures provided by DocuSign, Orbit, Adobe Sign or any other digital signature provider acceptable to the Trustee) shall be deemed original signatures for all purposes. The Issuer assumes all risks arising out of the use of electronic signatures and electronic methods to send communications to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on an unauthorized communication, and the risk of interception or misuse by third parties.

Section 16.13. Severability. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then (to the extent permitted by law) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

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

Section 16.14. Confirmation of Indenture. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto with respect to the Notes shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

Section 16.15. Trustee Disclaimer. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture other than as to the validity of its execution and delivery by the Trustee. The recitals and statements herein are deemed to be those of the Company and not the Trustee.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

 

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

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

By:

 

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated,

 

its general partner

By:

 

/s/ Andrew E. Loope

 

Name: Andrew E. Loope

 

Title: Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel, and Secretary

HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED,
as Guarantor

By:

 

/s/ Andrew E. Loope

 

Name: Andrew E. Loope

 

Title: Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel, and Secretary

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee

By:

 

/s/ Mary Ambriz-Reyes

 

Name: Mary Ambriz-Reyes

 

Title: Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]


EXHIBIT A TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

[Include only for Global Notes]

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.09 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

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

[THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (AS DEFINED IN § 1273(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, AND U.S. TREASURY REGULATION § 1.1273-1 PROMULGATED THEREUNDER). THE HOLDER HEREOF CAN OBTAIN THE INFORMATION DESCRIBED IN U.S. TREASURY REGULATION § 1.1275-3 BY WRITING TO: HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED, 3310 WEST END AVENUE, SUITE 700, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37203, ATTENTION: J. CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS.]

 

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HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

2.400% Senior Notes Due 2030

No. _______

CUSIP No.: [_______]

 

ISIN:

            [________]

$[•]

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (herein called the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [•] dollars ($[•]), or such lesser amount as is set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note on the other side of this Note, on March 15, 2030 at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 2022, on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum of 2.400%, from the March 15 or September 15, as the case may be, next preceding the date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, and in the case of the first interest payment on the Notes, from March 15, 2022, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. The Issuer shall pay interest on any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears in the Note Register; provided, however, that a Holder of any Notes in certificated form in the aggregate principal amount of more than $2.0 million may specify by written notice to the Issuer that it pay interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Noteholder in such notice, or on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.

The Issuer promises to pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) interest at the rate of 1% per annum above the rate borne by the Notes.

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

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

 

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

Dated: _______, 2022

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

By:

 

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated,

 

its general partner

By:

 

 

 

Name: J. Christopher Douglas

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.

Dated: _______, 2022

 

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.

2.400% Senior Notes Due 2030

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its 2.400% Senior Notes due 2030 (herein called the “Notes”), issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of July 22, 2022 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 3 dated as of July 22, 2022 (“Third Supplemental Indenture and together, the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantor and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and any indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Holders of the Notes. Defined terms used but not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) of the Indenture with respect to the Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes may be declared to be due and payable by either the Trustee or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and, upon said declaration the same shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) of the Indenture occurs with respect to the Issuer, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action.

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

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

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

 

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The Notes are issuable in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000. At the office or agency of the Issuer referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment of any service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration or exchange of Notes, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of any other authorized denominations.

The Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Notes under certain circumstances as set forth in Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03 of the Indenture.

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

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

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:                                                                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                  (Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:                     

Your Signature:                                                                                                                                                         

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

Signature Guarantee*:                      

 

 

*

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE *

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of

Exchange

 

Amount of

decrease in

Principal

Amount at maturity of this
Global Note

 

Amount of

increase in

Principal

Amount at

maturity of

this Global

Note

  

Principal Amount at
maturity of this

Global Note

following such

decrease
(or increase)

  

Signature of

authorized

officer of Trustee

or Custodian

 

 

*

This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

 

A-8


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF GUARANTEE

The Guarantor listed below (hereinafter referred to as the “Guarantor,” which term includes any successors or assigns under the Indenture, dated July 22, 2022 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 3 dated as of July 22, 2022 (“Third Supplemental Indenture and together, the “Indenture”), among the Guarantor, the Issuer (as defined below) and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee), has irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis the Guarantee Obligations (as defined in Section 15.01 of the Third Supplemental Indenture), which include (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 2.400% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”) of Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (the “Issuer”), whether at maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent permitted by law) interest on any interest on the Notes, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Issuer, to the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article 15 of the Third Supplemental Indenture, and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any such other obligations, that the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

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

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

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

This is a continuing Guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns until full and final payment of all of the Issuer’s obligations under the Notes and Indenture or until legally discharged in accordance with the Third Supplemental Indenture and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder of the Notes or the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof. This is a Guarantee of payment and performance and not of collectability.

 

B-1


This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Note upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have been signed, in the name and on behalf of the Trustee under the Third Supplemental Indenture, manually by one of the authorized officers of the Trustee under the Indenture.

The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure that it does not constitute a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law.

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

Capitalized terms used herein have the same meanings given in the Third Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise indicated.

 

B-2


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

Dated: _______, 2022

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED

By:

 

 

 

Name: J. Christopher Douglas

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

B-3

Exhibit 4.5

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., as Issuer

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, as Guarantor

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 4

Dated as of

July 22, 2022

 

 

2.050% Senior Notes Due 2031

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Section

       Page  
ARTICLE 1        

 

DEFINITIONS        

 

Section 1.01.

 

Definitions

     1  
ARTICLE 2   
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES

 

Section 2.01.

  Designation Amount and Issue of Notes      9  

Section 2.02.

  Form of Notes      10  

Section 2.03.

  Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest      10  

Section 2.04.

  Execution of Notes      12  

Section 2.05.

  Note Registrar and Paying Agent      12  

Section 2.06.

  Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer.      13  

Section 2.07.

  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes      19  

Section 2.08.

  Temporary Notes      19  

Section 2.09.

  Cancellation of Notes      19  

Section 2.10.

  CUSIP Numbers      19  

Section 2.11.

  Issuance of Additional Notes      19  
ARTICLE 3

 

REDEMPTION OF NOTES

 

Section 3.01.

  Optional Redemption of Notes      20  

Section 3.02.

  Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes      21  

Section 3.03.

  Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Issuer      22  

Section 3.04.

  Sinking Fund      22  
ARTICLE 4

 

CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER

 

Section 4.01.

  Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest      22  

Section 4.02.

  Maintenance of Office or Agency      22  

Section 4.03.

  Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office      23  

Section 4.04.

  Provisions as to Paying Agent      23  

Section 4.05.

  Existence      24  

Section 4.06.

  Reports      24  

Section 4.07.

  Stay, Extension and Usury Laws      25  

Section 4.08.

  Compliance Certificate      26  

Section 4.09.

  Limitations on Incurrence of Debt      26  

Section 4.10.

  Insurance      27  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

Section

       Page  
ARTICLE 5

 

NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 5.01.

 

Noteholders’ Lists

     28  

Section 5.02.

 

Preservation and Disclosure of Lists

     28  

Section 5.03.

 

Reports by Trustee.

     28  
ARTICLE 6

 

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND NOTEHOLDERS ON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT

 

Section 6.01.

 

Events of Default

     29  

Section 6.02.

 

Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor

     31  

Section 6.03.

 

Application of Monies Collected by Trustee

     32  

Section 6.04.

 

Proceedings by Noteholders

     33  

Section 6.05.

 

Proceedings by Trustee

     34  

Section 6.06.

 

Remedies Cumulative and Continuing

     34  

Section 6.07.

 

Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Noteholders

     34  

Section 6.08.

 

Notice of Defaults

     35  

Section 6.09.

 

Undertaking to Pay Costs

     35  
ARTICLE 7

 

THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01.

 

Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee

     35  

Section 7.02.

 

Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc

     37  

Section 7.03.

 

No Responsibility for Recitals, etc

     38  

Section 7.04.

 

Trustee, Paying Agents or Registrar May Own Notes

     39  

Section 7.05.

 

Monies to Be Held in Trust

     39  

Section 7.06.

 

Compensation and Expenses of Trustee

     38  

Section 7.07.

 

Officers’ Certificate as Evidence

     40  

Section 7.08.

 

Conflicting Interests of Trustee

     40  

Section 7.09.

 

Eligibility of Trustee

     40  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

Section

       Page  

Section 7.10.

 

Resignation or Removal of Trustee

     40  

Section 7.11.

 

Acceptance by Successor Trustee

     41  

Section 7.12.

 

Succession by Merger

     42  

Section 7.13.

 

Preferential Collection of Claims

     42  
ARTICLE 8

 

THE NOTEHOLDERS

 

Section 8.01.

 

Action by Noteholders

     42  

Section 8.02.

 

Proof of Execution by Noteholders

     43  

Section 8.03.

 

Absolute Owners

     43  

Section 8.04.

 

Issuer-owned Notes Disregarded

     43  

Section 8.05.

 

Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound

     44  
ARTICLE 9

 

RESERVED

 

ARTICLE 10

 

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

 

Section 10.01.

 

Issuer May Consolidate on Certain Terms

     44  

Section 10.02.

 

Issuer Successor to Be Substituted

     45  

Section 10.03.

 

Guarantor May Consolidate on Certain Terms

     45  

Section 10.04.

 

Guarantor Successor to Be Substituted

     45  

Section 10.05.

 

Assumption by Guarantor

     45  
ARTICLE 11

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

 

Section 11.01.

 

Discharge of Indenture

     45  

Section 11.02.

 

Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee

     47  

Section 11.03.

 

Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held

     47  

Section 11.04.

 

Return of Unclaimed Monies

     47  

Section 11.05.

 

Reinstatement

     48  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

Section

       Page  
ARTICLE 12

 

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

Section 12.01.

 

Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

     48  

Section 12.02.

 

Legal Defeasance and Discharge

     48  

Section 12.03.

 

Covenant Defeasance

     49  

Section 12.04.

 

Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance

     49  

Section 12.05.

 

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

     50  

Section 12.06.

 

Repayment to Issuer

     51  

Section 12.07.

 

Reinstatement

     51  
ARTICLE 13

 

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

 

Section 13.01.

 

Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations

     51  
ARTICLE 14

 

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES

 

Section 14.01.

 

Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called

     52  

Section 14.02.

 

Call, Notice and Place of Meetings

     52  

Section 14.03.

 

Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings

     52  

Section 14.04.

 

Quorum; Action

     52  

Section 14.05.

 

Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings

     53  

Section 14.06.

 

Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings

     54  
ARTICLE 15

 

GUARANTEE

 

Section 15.01.

 

Guarantee

     54  

Section 15.02.

 

Execution and Delivery of Guarantee

     56  

Section 15.03.

 

Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability; Certain Bankruptcy Events.

     56  

Section 15.04.

 

Release of Guarantor of Guarantee Obligations.

     56  
ARTICLE 16

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 16.01.

 

Provisions Binding on Issuer’s and Guarantor’s Successors

     57  

Section 16.02.

 

Official Acts by Successor Corporation

     57  

Section 16.03.

 

Addresses for Notices, etc

     57  

Section 16.04.

 

Governing Law

     58  

Section 16.05.

 

Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent, Certificates to Trustee

     58  

 

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(continued)

 

Section

       Page  

Section 16.06.

 

Legal Holidays

     59  

Section 16.07.

 

Trust Indenture Act

     59  

Section 16.08.

 

No Security Interest Created

     59  

Section 16.09.

 

Benefits of Indenture

     59  

Section 16.10.

 

Table of Contents, Headings, etc

     59  

Section 16.11.

 

Authenticating Agent

     59  

Section 16.12.

 

Execution in Counterparts

     60  

Section 16.13.

 

Severability

     61  

 

Exhibit A — Form of Note

  

A-1

Exhibit B — Form of Guarantee

  

B-1

 

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CROSS REFERENCE TABLE*

 

Trust Indenture Act Section

   Supplemental Indenture Section

310(a)(1)

   7.09

(a)(2)

   7.09

(a)(3)

   N.A.

(a)(4)

   N.A.

(a)(5)

   N.A.

(b)

   7.08, 7.10

(c)

   N.A.

311(a)

   7.13

(b)

   7.13

(c)

   N.A.

312(a)

   5.01

(b)

   5.02

(c)

   5.02

313(a)

   5.03

(b)

   5.03

(c)

   5.03

(d)

   5.03

314(a)

   4.06, 4.08

(b)

   N.A.

(c)(1)

   16.05

(c)(2)

   16.05

(c)(3)

   N.A.

(d)

   N.A.

(e)

   16.05

(f)

   N.A.

315(a)

   7.01

(b)

   6.08

(c)

   7.01

(d)

   7.01

(e)

   6.09

316(a)(1)(A)

   6.07

(a)(1)(B)

   6.07

(a)(2)

   N.A.

(b)

   N.A.

(c)

   N.A.

317(a)(1)

   6.02

(a)(2)

   6.02

(b)

   11.03

318(a)

   N.A.

 

N.A. means not applicable.

 

*

This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 4

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No. 4 dated as of July 22, 2022 (this “Supplemental Indenture”) among Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (hereinafter called the “Issuer”), Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a Maryland corporation) (hereinafter called the “Guarantor” or, in its capacity as the sole general partner of the Issuer, the “General Partner”), each having its principal office at 3310 West End Avenue, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37203, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee hereunder (hereinafter called the “Trustee”).

The Issuer and the Trustee are parties to an Indenture, dated as of July 22, 2022 (the “Base Indenture”), which provides for the issuance by the Issuer from time to time of debt securities in one or more series. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is herein referred to as the “Indenture.” Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Base Indenture.

The Issuer has authorized the issuance of $298,858,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.050% Senior Notes Due 2031 (the “Notes”) guaranteed by the Guarantor.

The Issuer desires to enter into this Supplemental Indenture pursuant to Section 9.01(i) of the Base Indenture, without the consent of Holders, to establish the form and terms of the Notes as new series of Debt Securities as permitted by Sections 2.01 and Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture.

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

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

2026 Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01(d) hereof.

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

 

1


Additional Notes” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under this Supplemental Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.04, 2.11 and 4.09 hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes.

Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, on any Redemption Date, the rate per year, as determined by the Quotation Agent, equal to:

(1) the yield, under the heading that represents the weekly average yield (being, if not reported as a weekly average yield, the average of the five most recent daily reported yields), appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15” or any successor publication that is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue; provided that if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life of the Notes, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight-line basis rounding to the nearest month; or

(2) if that release, or any successor release, is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that Redemption Date.

The Adjusted Treasury Rate will be calculated at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding the date of the notice of redemption by the Quotation Agent.

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

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

Annual Debt Service Charge” as of any date means the amount of interest expense determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

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

 

2


Authentication Order” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01 hereof.

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

Benefited Party” has the meaning specified in Section 15.01 hereof.

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the General Partner or a committee of such board duly authorized to act for it hereunder.

Business Day” means, with respect to any Note, any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or in such other place of payment of the Notes are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking S.A.

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this Supplemental Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the Remaining Life that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining Life.

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations.

Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service” means, for any period, Earnings from Operations of Issuer and its Subsidiaries plus amounts which have been deducted, and minus amounts which have been added, for the following (without duplication): (1) Annual Debt Service Charge of Issuer and its Subsidiaries, (2) provision for taxes of Issuer and its Subsidiaries based on income, (3) provisions for gains and losses on properties and depreciation and amortization, (4) increases in deferred taxes and other non-cash items, (5) depreciation and amortization with respect to interests in joint venture and partially owned entity investments, (6) the effect of any charge resulting from a change in accounting principles in determining Earnings from Operations for such period, and (7) amortization of deferred charges.

Corporate Trust Office” or other similar term, means the designated office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business as it relates to this Supplemental Indenture shall be administered, which office is, at the date as of which this Supplemental Indenture is dated, located at the address set forth in Section 16.03 hereof.

Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 12.03 hereof.

 

3


CUSIP” means the Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures.

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

Debt” means any of Issuer’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ indebtedness, whether or not contingent, in respect of (without duplication) (1) borrowed money evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, (2) indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or any security interest existing on property owned by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, but only to the extent of the lesser of (a) the amount of indebtedness so secured and (b) the fair market value (determined in good faith by the board of directors of such Person or, in the case of Issuer or one of its Subsidiaries, by the Board of Directors) of the property subject to such mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or security interest, (3) the reimbursement obligations, contingent or otherwise, in connection with any letters of credit actually issued or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable, or all conditional sale obligations or obligations under any title retention agreement, or (4) any lease of property by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries as lessee which is reflected on Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet as a financing lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; but only to the extent, in the case of items of indebtedness under (1) through (3) above, that any such items (other than letters of credit) would appear as a liability on Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The term “Debt” also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business or for the purposes of guaranteeing the payment of all amounts due and owing pursuant to leases to which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries are a party and have assigned its or their interest, provided that such assignee of Issuer or its Subsidiary is not in default of any amounts due and owing under such leases), Debt of another Person (other than Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) (it being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries whenever Issuer or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof). In the case of items of indebtedness under (4) above, the term “Debt” will exclude any lease of property by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries as lessee which is reflected on Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet as an operating lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Default” means any event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become, an Event of Default.

Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03 hereof.

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

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

 

4


DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

Earnings from Operations” means, for any period, net income or loss of Issuer and its Subsidiaries, excluding (1) provisions for gains and losses on sales of investments or joint ventures; (2) provisions for gains and losses on disposition of discontinued operations; (3) extraordinary and non-recurring items; and (4) impairment charges, property valuation losses and non-cash charges necessary to record interest rate contracts at fair value; plus amounts received as rent under leases which are accounted for as financing arrangements net of related interest income, as reflected in the consolidated financial statements of Issuer and its Subsidiaries for such period determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

EDGAR” has the meaning specified in Section 4.06(a) hereof.

Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear system.

Event of Default” means any event specified in Section 6.01 hereof as an Event of Default.

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

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

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

Global Notes” means the Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, issued in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture.

Government Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.

Guarantee” means the full and unconditional guarantee provided by the Guarantor in respect of the Notes as made applicable to the Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 15.01 hereof.

Guarantee Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 15.01 hereof.

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

 

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

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

Initial Notes” means the first $298,858,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Supplemental Indenture on the date hereof.

Intercompany Debt” means Debt to which the only parties are any of Issuer, Guarantor and any of their Subsidiaries; provided, however, that with respect to any such Debt of which Issuer or Guarantor is the borrower, such Debt is subordinate in right of payment to the Notes.

interest” means, when used with reference to the Notes, any interest payable under the terms of the Notes.

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

Legal Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 12.02 hereof.

Maturity Date” means March 15, 2031.

Note” or “Notes” means any Note or Notes, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Supplemental Indenture, including the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Global Note.

Note Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05 hereof.

Note Registrar” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05 hereof.

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

Officer” means, with respect to any Person, any person holding any of the following positions with such Person, or, in the case of a Person that is a partnership, the general partner of such Person: the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”), the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer and the Secretary.

Officers’ Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by any two Officers or by one such Officer and any Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of such Person or, in the case of a Person that is a partnership, the general partner of such Person.

Opinion of Counsel” means, with respect to any Person, an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to such Person, or other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

 

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outstanding,” when used with reference to Notes and subject to the provisions of Section 8.04 hereof, means, as of any particular time, all Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Supplemental Indenture, except:

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

(2) Notes, or portions thereof, (i) for the redemption of which monies in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent (other than the Issuer or the Guarantor) or (ii) which shall have been otherwise discharged in accordance with Article 11 hereof;

(3) Notes in lieu of which, or in substitution for which, other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.07 hereof; and

(4) Notes paid or redeemed pursuant to Article 3 hereof.

Par Call Date” means December 15, 2030.

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

Paying Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05 hereof.

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

Predecessor Note” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note, and, for the purposes of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.07 hereof in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Note that it replaces.

premium” means any premium payable under the terms of the Notes.

Primary Treasury Dealer” means a primary U.S. Government securities dealer.

Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Issuer.

Record Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03 hereof.

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

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

 

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Reference Treasury Dealer” means any Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer.

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

Remaining Life” means the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed, calculated as if the maturity date of such Notes were the Par Call Date.

Responsible Officer” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Supplemental Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of or familiarity with the particular subject.

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

Significant Subsidiary” means any subsidiary which is a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission as in effect on the date hereof.

Stated Maturity,” with respect to any Note or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date established by or pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture or such Note as the fixed date on which the principal of such Note or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock or other equity interest entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof) and (ii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or managing general partner of which is such Person or a subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or of one or more subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).

Total Assets” as of any date means the sum of (1) Issuer’s and all of its Subsidiaries’ Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (2) all of Issuer’s and all of its Subsidiaries’ other assets determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (but excluding intangibles).

 

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Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as it was in force at the date of this Supplemental Indenture; provided, that if the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after the date hereof, the term “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean, to the extent required by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

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

Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” as of any date means the cost (original cost plus capital improvements) of Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ real estate assets, right of use assets associated with a financing lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles on such date, before depreciation and amortization determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; provided that “Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” will not include the right of use assets associated with an operating lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Unencumbered Total Asset Value” as of any date means the sum of (1) those Undepreciated Real Estate Assets not encumbered by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge or security interest and (2) all of Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ other assets on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (but excluding intangibles), in each case which are unencumbered by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge or security interest; provided, however, that, in determining Unencumbered Total Asset Value for purposes of Section 4.09(d) hereof, all investments by the Issuer and any of its Subsidiaries in unconsolidated joint ventures, unconsolidated limited partnerships, unconsolidated limited liability companies and other unconsolidated entities accounted for financial reporting purposes using the equity method of accounting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles shall be excluded from Unencumbered Total Asset Value.

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

ARTICLE 2

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES

Section 2.01. Designation Amount and Issue of Notes. The Notes shall be designated as “2.050% Senior Notes Due 2031.” Upon the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, and from time to time thereafter, Notes may be executed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver Notes upon a written order of the Issuer (an “Authentication Order”), such order signed on behalf of the Issuer by two Officers of the General Partner or by an Officer of the General Partner and either an Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of the General Partner, without any further action by the Issuer hereunder.

The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Supplemental Indenture is unlimited; provided, that upon initial issuance, the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding shall not exceed $298,858,000, except as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.08 hereof. The Issuer may, without the consent of the Holders of Notes, issue Additional Notes from time to time in the future in an unlimited principal amount, subject to compliance with the terms of this Supplemental Indenture, including Section 2.11 hereof.

 

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Section 2.02. Form of Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee. The terms and provisions contained in the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Issuer and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

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

So long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, or unless otherwise required by law, or otherwise contemplated by Section 2.06(b) hereof, all of the Notes will be represented by one or more Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in any such Global Note shall be effected through the Depositary in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture and the applicable procedures of the Depositary. Except as provided in Section 2.06(b) hereof, beneficial owners of a Global Note shall not be entitled to have certificates registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificates in definitive form and will not be considered Holders of such Global Note.

Section 2.03. Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest. The Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall bear interest from March 15, 2022, as specified on the face of the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

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The Person in whose name any Note (or its Predecessor Note) is registered on the Note Register at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Record Date with respect to any interest payment date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such interest payment date. Interest shall be payable at the office of the Issuer maintained by the Issuer for such purposes in the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, which shall initially be an office or agency of the Trustee. The Issuer shall pay interest (i) on any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears in the Note Register; provided, however, that a Holder of any Notes in certificated form in the aggregate principal amount of more than $2.0 million may specify by written notice to the Issuer that it pay interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Noteholder in such notice, or (ii) any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. If a payment date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no additional interest shall accrue thereon. The term “Record Date” with respect to any interest payment date shall mean the March 1 or September 1 preceding the applicable March 15 or September 15 interest payment date, respectively.

No other payment or adjustment will be made for accrued interest on an exchanged Note.

Any interest on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any March 15 or September 15 (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Noteholder registered as such on the relevant Record Date, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Issuer, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

(1) The Issuer may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than twenty-five (25) calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of monies equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such monies when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than fifteen (15) calendar days and not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and not less than ten (10) calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment (unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date). The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer of such special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission), first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder at its address as it appears in the Note Register, not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to such special record date (unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date). Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2) of this Section 2.03.

 

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(2) The Issuer may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, if, after notice given by the Issuer to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

Section 2.04. Execution of Notes. The Notes shall be signed, in the name and on behalf of the Issuer, manually or by facsimile or other electronic imaging means by an Officer of the General Partner. The Trustee will, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, manually authenticate Notes for issue under this Supplemental Indenture, including any Additional Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Issuer pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.08 hereof.

Only such Notes as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth on the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto, executed manually by the Trustee (or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee as provided by Section 16.11 hereof), shall be entitled to the benefits of this Supplemental Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee (or such an authenticating agent) upon any Note executed by the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence that the Note so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Supplemental Indenture.

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

Section 2.05. Note Registrar and Paying Agent.

The Issuer will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Note Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Note Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange (the “Note Register”). The Issuer may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Note Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Note Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Issuer

 

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will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Supplemental Indenture. If the Issuer fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Note Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Note Registrar.

The Issuer initially appoints the DTC to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

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

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

Section 2.06. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer.

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

(1) the Issuer delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;

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

(3) upon request from the Depositary if there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes.

Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (1) or (2) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.08 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Sections 2.07 or 2.08 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Sections 2.06(b) or (f) hereof.

 

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(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Note Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1).

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

(A) both:

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

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

(B) both:

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

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

 

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Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof (other than such transfers or exchanges contemplated by Section 2.06(b)(1) above).

(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Issuer will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Note Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.

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

(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. A Holder of Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Note Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Note Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Note Registrar shall register the Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

(f) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(A) OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.09 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

 

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

(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.09 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

(h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.04 hereof or at the Note Registrar’s request.

(2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.08 and 3.03 hereof and Section 9.04 of the Base Indenture).

 

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(3) The Note Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

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

(5) Neither the Note Registrar nor the Issuer will be required:

(A) to issue, register the transfer of or to exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business fifteen (15) days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of the Notes selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing; or

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

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

(7) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.04 hereof.

(8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Note Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile or other electronic imaging means.

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

 

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

Section 2.07. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. In case any Note shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer in its discretion may execute, and upon its written request the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, a new Note, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Note, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Note so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case, the applicant for a substituted Note shall furnish to the Issuer, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or connected with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Issuer, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

Following receipt by the Trustee or such authenticating agent, as the case may be, of satisfactory security or indemnity and evidence, as described in the preceding paragraph, the Trustee or such authenticating agent may authenticate any such substituted Note and make available for delivery such Note. Upon the issuance of any substituted Note, the Issuer may require the payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses connected therewith. In case any Note which has matured or is about to mature or has been called for redemption, as the case may be, shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer may, instead of issuing a substitute Note, pay or authorize the payment of, as the case may be, if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Issuer, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or in connection with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Issuer, the Trustee and, if applicable, any Paying Agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

Every substitute Note issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.07 by virtue of the fact that any Note is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations set forth in) this Supplemental Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder. To the extent permitted by law, all Notes shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment or exchange or redemption of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment or redemption of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

 

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Section 2.08. Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of Notes in certificated form, the Issuer may execute and the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall, upon the written request of the Issuer, authenticate and deliver temporary Notes (printed or lithographed). Temporary Notes shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the Notes in certificated form, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Notes, all as may be determined by the Issuer. Every such temporary Note shall be executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee or such authenticating agent upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the Notes in certificated form. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer will execute and deliver to the Trustee or such authenticating agent Notes in certificated form and thereupon any or all temporary Notes may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at each office or agency maintained by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof and the Trustee or such authenticating agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange for such temporary Notes an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes in certificated form. Such exchange shall be made by the Issuer at its own expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same limitations under this Supplemental Indenture as Notes in certificated form authenticated and delivered hereunder.

Section 2.09. Cancellation of Notes. All Notes surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the Issuer or any Paying Agent, which shall initially be the Trustee, or any Note Registrar, be surrendered to the Trustee and promptly canceled by it or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly canceled by it and no Notes shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of such canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures, with copies of such cancelled Notes and related documentation provided to the Issuer. If the Issuer shall acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

Section 2.10. CUSIP Numbers. The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Noteholders; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

Section 2.11. Issuance of Additional Notes. The Issuer will be entitled, upon delivery of an Officers’ Certificate, Opinion of Counsel and Authentication Order, subject to its compliance with Section 4.09 hereof, to issue Additional Notes under the Indenture that will have identical terms to and the same CUSIP number as the Initial Notes issued on the date of this Supplemental Indenture other than with respect to the date of issuance, issue price and interest accrued prior to

 

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the issue date of the Additional Notes; provided, that such Additional Notes must be part of the same issue as and fungible with the Initial Notes for United States federal income tax purposes. The Initial Notes and any such Additional Notes will constitute a single series of debt securities, and in circumstances in which this Supplemental Indenture provides for the Holders of Notes to vote or take any action, the Holders of Initial Notes and the Holders of any such Additional Notes will vote or take the action as a single class.

With respect to any Additional Notes, the Issuer will set forth in a resolution of its Board of Directors and an Officers’ Certificate, a copy of each of which will be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:

(1) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture; and

(2) the issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP number of such Additional Notes.

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION OF NOTES

Section 3.01. Optional Redemption of Notes.

(a) The Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Notes at its option and in its sole discretion at any time or from time to time prior to the Maturity Date, in whole or in part. Prior to the Par Call Date, the redemption price (“Redemption Price”) will equal the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) that would be due if the Notes matured on the Par Call Date, discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that if the Redemption Date falls after a Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding interest payment date, the Issuer will pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such interest payment date to the Holder of record at the close of business on the corresponding Record Date (instead of the Holder surrendering its Notes for redemption). If the Notes are redeemed on or after the Par Call Date, the Redemption Price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus unpaid interest, if any, accrued thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

(b) The Issuer shall not redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01(a) hereof on any date if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such an acceleration has not been rescinded or cured on or prior to such date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a default by the Issuer in the payment of the Redemption Price with respect to the Notes to be redeemed).

 

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Section 3.02. Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes. In case the Issuer shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all or, as the case may be, any part of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof, it shall fix a date for redemption and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee not fewer than five (5) Business Days prior (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee) to the date the notice of redemption is to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission), the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall mail (or send by electronic transmission) or cause to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission) a notice of such redemption not fewer than fifteen (15) calendar days nor more than sixty (60) calendar days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes so to be redeemed in whole or in part at its last address as the same appears on the Note Register; provided, that if the Issuer makes such request of the Trustee, it shall, together with such request, also give written notice of the Redemption Date to the Trustee; provided further that the text of the notice shall be prepared by the Issuer. Such mailing shall be by first class mail (unless sent by electronic transmission). The notice, if mailed in the manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note.

Each such notice of redemption shall specify: (i) the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, (ii) the CUSIP number or numbers, if any, of the Notes being redeemed, (iii) the Redemption Date (which shall be a Business Day), (iv) the Redemption Price at which Notes are to be redeemed, (v) the place or places of payment and that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Notes and (vi) that interest accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the Redemption Date will be paid as specified in said notice, and that on and after said date interest thereon or on the portion thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the notice of redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers, if any). In case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that, on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

Whenever any Notes are to be redeemed, the Issuer will give the Trustee written notice of the Redemption Date, together with an Officers’ Certificate as to the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed not fewer than fifteen (15) calendar days (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the Redemption Date.

On or prior to the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section 3.02, the Issuer will deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 4.04 hereof) an amount of monies in immediately available funds sufficient to redeem on the Redemption Date all the Notes (or portions thereof) so called for redemption at the appropriate Redemption Price; provided, that if such payment is made on the Redemption Date, it must be received by the Paying Agent, by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date. The Issuer shall be entitled to retain any interest, yield or gain on amounts deposited with the Paying Agent pursuant to this Section 3.02 in excess of amounts required hereunder to pay the Redemption Price.

 

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If less than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Notes or portions thereof of the Global Note or the Notes in certificated form to be redeemed (in principal amounts of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof), on a pro rata basis or such other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate or is required by the Depositary. The Notes (or portions thereof) so selected for redemption shall be deemed duly selected for redemption for all purposes hereof.

Section 3.03. Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Issuer. If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 3.02 hereof, the Notes or portion of Notes with respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the place or places stated in such notice at the Redemption Price, and unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of such Notes at the Redemption Price, so long as Paying Agent holds funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, then (a) such Notes will cease to be outstanding on and after the Redemption Date, (b) interest on the Notes or portion of Notes so called for redemption shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, (c) after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) and, except as provided in Sections 7.05 and 11.02 hereof, such Notes will cease to be entitled to any benefit or security under this Supplemental Indenture, and (d) the Holders of the Notes shall have no right in respect of such Notes except the right to receive the Redemption Price thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Notes at a place of payment in said notice specified, the said Notes or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Issuer at the Redemption Price, together with interest accrued thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

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

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

ARTICLE 4

CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER

Section 4.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Issuer covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid when due the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), and premium, if any, and interest on each of the Notes at the places, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein and in the Notes; provided, that the Issuer or Paying Agent may withhold from payments of interest and upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof, maturity or otherwise, any amounts the Issuer or Paying Agent is required to withhold by law.

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

 

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Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office; provided, however, that the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall not be an office or agency of the Issuer for the purpose of effective service of legal process on the Issuer.

The Issuer may also from time to time designate co-registrars and one or more offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

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

So long as the Trustee is the Note Registrar, the Trustee agrees to mail (or send by electronic transmission), or cause to be mailed, the notices set forth in Section 7.10 and the third paragraph of Section 7.11 hereof. If co-registrars have been appointed in accordance with this Section 4.02, the Trustee shall mail such notices only to the Issuer and the Holders of Notes it can identify from its records.

Section 4.03. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustees Office. The Issuer, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as provided in Section 7.10 hereof, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

Section 4.04. Provisions as to Paying Agent.

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

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

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

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

 

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The Issuer shall, on or before each due date of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, deposit with the Paying Agent a sum (in funds which are immediately available on the due date for such payment) sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action; provided, that if such deposit is made on the due date, such deposit shall be received by the Paying Agent by 11:00 a.m. New York City time, on such date.

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

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

(d) Anything in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 4.04 is subject to Sections 11.02 and 11.03 hereof.

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

Section 4.05. Existence. Subject to Article 10 hereof, each of the Issuer and the Guarantor will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and rights (charter and statutory); provided, that neither the Issuer nor the Guarantor shall be required to preserve any such right if the Issuer or the Guarantor, as applicable, shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as applicable, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Noteholders.

Section 4.06. Reports.

(a) Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Issuer will furnish to the Trustee:

 

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all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Issuer were required to file such reports; and

 

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

 

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in each case within fifteen (15) days after the Issuer files such reports with the Commission or would be required to file such reports with the Commission pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, whichever is earlier. Reports, information and documents filed with the Commission via the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“EDGAR”) will be deemed to be delivered to the Trustee as of the time of such filing via EDGAR for purposes of this covenant; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not such information, documents or reports have been filed via EDGAR. Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under this Section 4.06 is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive or actual notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of the covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

All such reports will be prepared in all material respects in accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports. Each annual report on Form 10-K will include a report on the Issuer’s consolidated financial statements by its independent registered public accounting firm, unless otherwise permitted by the Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if permitted by the Commission, the Issuer may satisfy its obligation to furnish the reports described above by furnishing such reports filed by the Guarantor. The Issuer will file a copy of each of the reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the Commission for public availability within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations applicable to such reports (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing) and will make the reports available on its website within fifteen (15) days after it files such reports with the Commission.

If the Issuer is no longer subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, the Issuer will nevertheless continue filing the reports specified in clauses (1) and (2) above with the Commission within the time periods specified above unless the Commission will not accept such a filing. The Issuer will not take any action for the purpose of causing the Commission not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Commission will not accept the Issuer’s filings for any reason, the Issuer will make the reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above available on its website within fifteen (15) days after the Issuer would be required to file such reports with the Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if permitted by the Commission, the Issuer’s obligations to file reports under this Section 4.06(a) may be satisfied by the filing of the reports described in clauses (1) and (2) above by the Guarantor.

(b) For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, if at any time it is not required to file with the Commission the reports required by paragraphs (a) of this Section 4.06, the Issuer will furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

Section 4.07. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Issuer from paying all or any portion of the principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this

 

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Supplemental Indenture and the Issuer (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

Section 4.08. Compliance Certificate. Within one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer, the Issuer and the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate signed by any of the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Issuer and the Guarantor, as the case may be, stating whether or not the signer has knowledge of any Default under this Supplemental Indenture, and, if so, specifying each Default and the nature and the status thereof.

The Issuer will deliver to the Trustee, within thirty (30) calendar days of becoming aware of (i) any default in the performance or observance of any covenant, agreement or condition contained in this Supplemental Indenture, or (ii) any Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying with particularity such Default or Event of Default and further stating what action the Issuer has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

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

Section 4.09. Limitations on Incurrence of Debt.

(a) Limitation on Total Outstanding Debt. The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt (including (i) guarantees of Debt incurred by the Guarantor and (ii) guarantees of debt of a Subsidiary of the Guarantor that is not a Subsidiary of the Issuer), other than Intercompany Debt and guarantees of Debt incurred by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries in compliance with this Supplemental Indenture, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all of the Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ outstanding Debt on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles is greater than 60% of the sum of (without duplication) (1) Total Assets as of the end of the Issuer’s most recently completed fiscal quarter prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (2) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt.

(b) Limitation on Secured Debt. The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt (including (i) guarantees of Debt incurred by the Guarantor and (ii) guarantees of debt of a Subsidiary of the Guarantor that is not a Subsidiary of the Issuer), other than Intercompany Debt and guarantees of Debt incurred by Issuer or its Subsidiaries in compliance with this Supplemental Indenture, secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance or security interest of any kind upon any of Issuer’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ property if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all of Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’

 

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outstanding Debt on a consolidated basis which is secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance or security interest on Issuer’s or its Subsidiaries’ property is greater than 40% of the sum of (without duplication) (1) Total Assets as of the end of the Issuer’s most recently completed fiscal quarter prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (2) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt; provided, that for purposes of this limitation, the amount of obligations under capital leases shown as a liability on Issuer’s consolidated balance sheet shall be deducted from Debt and from Total Assets.

(c) Ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service Charge. The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt and guarantees of Debt by Issuer or its Subsidiaries in compliance with this Supplemental Indenture, if the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service Charge for the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred shall have been less than 1.5 to 1.0, on an unaudited pro forma basis after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that: (1) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by Issuer and its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom, including to refinance other Debt, had occurred at the beginning of such period; (2) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt by Issuer and its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period had been repaid or retired at the beginning of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period); (3) in the case of Acquired Debt or Debt incurred in connection with any acquisition since the first day of such four-quarter period, the related acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period, with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition being included in such unaudited pro forma calculation; and (4) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by Issuer or its Subsidiaries of any asset or group of assets or other placement of any assets in service or removal of any assets from service by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period, whether by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition, disposition, placement in service or removal from service, or any related repayment of Debt had occurred as of the first day of such period, with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition, disposition, placement in service or removal from service, being included in such unaudited pro forma calculation.

(d) Maintenance of Unencumbered Total Asset Value. The Issuer, together with its Subsidiaries, will at all times maintain an Unencumbered Total Asset Value in an amount not less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ unsecured Debt, taken as a whole.

Section 4.10. Insurance. The Issuer will, and will cause of each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies against such risks and in such amounts as is customarily maintained by Persons engaged in similar businesses or as may be required by applicable law.

 

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ARTICLE 5

NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE

Section 5.01. Noteholders Lists. The Issuer covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee, semiannually, not more than fifteen (15) calendar days after each February 15 and August 15 of each year beginning with August 15, 2022, and at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request in writing, within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request (or such lesser time as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to enable it to timely provide any notice to be provided by it hereunder), a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes as of a date not more than fifteen (15) calendar days (or such other date as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to so provide any such notices) prior to the time such information is furnished, except that no such list need be furnished by the Issuer to the Trustee so long as the Trustee is acting as the sole Note Registrar.

Section 5.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists.

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 hereof or maintained by the Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar or co-registrar in respect of the Notes, if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 hereof upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

(b) The rights of Noteholders to communicate with other Holders of Notes with respect to their rights under this Supplemental Indenture or under the Notes, and the corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) Every Noteholder agrees with the Issuer and the Trustee that neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders of Notes made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 5.03. Reports by Trustee.

(a) On or before May 15 of each year beginning with May 15, 2023, the Trustee shall transmit to Holders of Notes such reports dated as of May 15 of the year in which such reports are made concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Supplemental Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. In the event that no events have occurred under the applicable Sections of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to provide such reports.

(b) A copy of such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders of Notes, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which the Notes are listed and with the Issuer. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee in writing if the Notes are listed on any stock exchange or automated quotation system or delisted therefrom.

 

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ARTICLE 6

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND NOTEHOLDERS ON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT

Section 6.01. Events of Default. In case one or more of the following (each an “Event of Default”) (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) shall have occurred and be continuing:

(a) default for thirty (30) days in the payment of any installment of interest under the Notes; or

(b) default in the payment of the principal amount or Redemption Price due with respect to the Notes, when the same becomes due and payable; provided, however, that a valid extension of the Maturity Date in accordance with the terms hereof shall not constitute a default in the payment of principal; or

(c) the Issuer fails to comply with any of the Issuer’s other agreements contained in the Notes or this Supplemental Indenture upon receipt by the Issuer of notice of such default by the Trustee or by Holders of not less than twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and the Issuer fails to cure (or obtain a waiver of) such default within sixty (60) days after the Issuer receives such notice; or

(d) failure to pay any indebtedness for monies borrowed by the Issuer, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer in an outstanding principal amount in excess of $50,000,000 at final maturity or upon acceleration after the expiration of any applicable grace period, which indebtedness is not discharged, or such default in payment or acceleration is not cured or rescinded, within thirty (30) days after written notice to the Issuer from the Trustee (or to the Issuer and the Trustee from Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in principal amount of the outstanding Notes); provided, however, that for the purposes of this Section 6.01(d), $50,000,000 shall be replaced by $35,000,000 for so long as any of the Issuer’s 3.50% Senior Notes Due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) are outstanding; or

(e) the Issuer, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant to or under or within meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(i) commences a voluntary case or proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or its debts or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer; or

(ii) consents to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer; or

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

(f) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Issuer, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of thirty (30) calendar days; or

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

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

(ii) appoints a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer; or

(iii) orders the liquidation of the Issuer, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer;

and, in each case in this clause (g), the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for thirty (30) calendar days,

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

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) hereof occurs with respect to the Issuer, the principal amount of and premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action.

If, at any time after the principal amount of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer and to the Trustee, may waive all Defaults or Events of Default and rescind and annul such declaration and its

 

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consequences, subject in all respects to Section 6.07 hereof, if all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal amount and any accrued and unpaid interest that have become due solely because of such acceleration, have been cured or waived. No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon. The Issuer shall notify in writing a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, promptly upon becoming aware thereof, of any Event of Default, as provided in Section 4.08 hereof.

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

Section 6.02. Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor. The Issuer covenants that in the case of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or 6.01(b) hereof, upon demand of the Trustee, the Issuer will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, (i) the whole amount that then shall be due and payable on all such Notes for principal and premium, if any, or interest, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon the overdue installments of accrued and unpaid interest at the rate borne by the Notes, plus 1%, from the required payment date and, (ii) in addition thereto, any amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof. Until such demand by the Trustee, the Issuer may pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to the registered Holders, whether or not the Notes are overdue.

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

In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes under any Bankruptcy Law, or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or such other obligor, the property of the Issuer or such other obligor, or in the case of any other judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or such other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.02, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any,

 

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accrued and unpaid interest in respect of the Notes, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the Noteholders allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes, its or their creditors, or its or their property, and to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction of any amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof, and to take any other action with respect to such claims, including participating as a member of any official committee of creditors, as it reasonably deems necessary or advisable, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, custodian or similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Noteholders to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Noteholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements, including counsel fees and expenses incurred by it up to the date of such distribution. To the extent that such payment of reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements out of the estate in any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, monies, securities and other property which the Holders of the Notes may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.

All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Supplemental Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

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

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

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof;

SECOND: In case the principal of the outstanding Notes shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Notes in which an Event of Default exists in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) as provided in Section 6.02 hereof upon the overdue installments of interest at the annual rate of 1% above then applicable interest rate, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto;

 

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THIRD: In case the principal of the outstanding Notes shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, and be unpaid to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon the Notes for principal and premium, if any, and interest, with interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of accrued and unpaid interest, as provided in Section 6.02 hereof, and in case such monies shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Notes, then to the payment of such principal and premium, if any, and interest without preference or priority of principal and premium, if any, over interest, or of interest over principal and premium, if any, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Note over any other Note, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest; and

FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer or any other Person lawfully entitled thereto.

Section 6.04. Proceedings by Noteholders. No Holder of any Note shall have any right by virtue of or by reference to any provision of this Supplemental Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Supplemental Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian or other similar official, or for any other remedy hereunder, except in the case of a default in the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, unless (a) such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, (b) the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such security or indemnity as it may require against the costs, liabilities or expenses to be incurred therein or thereby, (c) the Trustee for ninety (90) calendar days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding and (d) no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Note with every other taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Notes shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of or by reference to any provision of this Supplemental Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holder of Notes, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under this Supplemental Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Notes (except as otherwise provided herein). For the protection and enforcement of this Section 6.04, each and every Noteholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

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

 

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Section 6.05. Proceedings by Trustee. In case of an Event of Default, the Trustee may, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Supplemental Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as are necessary to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Supplemental Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Supplemental Indenture or by law.

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

Section 6.07. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Noteholders. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee; provided, that (a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Supplemental Indenture, (b) the Trustee may take any other action which is not inconsistent with such direction, (c) the Trustee may decline to take any action that would benefit some Noteholders to the detriment of other Noteholders or otherwise be unduly prejudicial to the Noteholders not joining therein and (d) the Trustee may decline to take any action that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any such action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except (i) a default in the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, unless such default has been cured and the Issuer or the Guarantor has deposited with the Trustee all required payments of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes (provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration) or (ii) a default in respect of a covenant or provisions hereof which under Article 9 of the Base Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holders of all Notes then outstanding or each Note affected thereby.

 

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Upon any such waiver, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 6.07, said Default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Notes and this Supplemental Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 6.08. Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall, within sixty (60) calendar days after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of the occurrence of a Default, mail (or send by electronic transmission) to all Noteholders, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear upon the Note Register, notice of all Defaults known to a Responsible Officer, unless such Defaults shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice; provided, that except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), or interest on any of the Notes, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the Trustee determines in good faith that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Noteholders.

Section 6.09. Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to this Supplemental Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by its acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may, in its discretion, require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Supplemental Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided, that the provisions of this Section 6.09 (to the extent permitted by law) shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Issuer or the Guarantor, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or group of Noteholders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent (10%) in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04 hereof, or to any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof), or interest on any Note on or after the due date expressed in such Note.

ARTICLE 7

THE TRUSTEE

Section 7.01. Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee. The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Supplemental Indenture. In case an Event of Default has occurred (which has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Supplemental Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of its own affairs.

 

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

(a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred:

(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Supplemental Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Supplemental Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act against the Trustee; and

(ii) in the absence of bad faith and willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Supplemental Indenture; but, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Supplemental Indenture;

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

(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the written direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined as provided in Section 8.04 hereof relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Supplemental Indenture;

(d) whether or not therein provided, every provision of this Supplemental Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 8.04;

(e) the Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any payment (as to the correctness of amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters relating to payment) or notice effected by the Issuer or any Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) or any records maintained by any co-registrar (other than the Trustee) with respect to the Notes;

(f) if any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, requires notice to be sent to the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason to act as if no such event occurred unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless the Trustee has otherwise received written notice thereof; and

 

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(g) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Event of Default hereunder unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless the Trustee shall have been notified in writing of such Event of Default by the Issuer or a Holder of Notes.

None of the provisions contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

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

Section 7.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01 hereof:

(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, Note, coupon or other paper or document (whether in its original, facsimile or electronic form) believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer or the General Partner;

(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and any advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance on and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Supplemental Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Noteholders pursuant to the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, unless such Noteholders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;

 

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(e) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document, but the Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney;

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

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

(h) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;

(i) the Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded;

(j) any permissive right or authority granted to the Trustee shall not be construed as a mandatory duty;

(k) the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for punitive, special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of actions; and

(l) the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Supplemental Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunction of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; and acts of civil or military authorities and governmental action.

Section 7.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, etc. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes (except in the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of any Notes or the proceeds of any Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Section 7.04. Trustee, Paying Agents or Note Registrar May Own Notes. The Trustee, any Paying Agent or Note Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent or Note Registrar.

Section 7.05. Monies to Be Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.02 hereof, all monies received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received. Monies held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any monies received by it hereunder except as may be agreed in writing from time to time by the Issuer and the Trustee.

Section 7.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee. The Issuer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder in any capacity (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as mutually agreed to from time to time in writing between the Issuer and the Trustee, and the Issuer will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances reasonably incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith. The Issuer also covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee (or any officer, director or employee of the Trustee), in any capacity under this Supplemental Indenture and any authenticating agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or reasonable expense including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee) incurred without negligence, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith on the part of the Trustee or such officers, directors, employees or authenticating agent, as the case may be, and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or in any other capacity hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim (whether asserted by the Issuer, any Holder or any other Person) of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Issuer under this Section 7.06 to compensate or indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Notes upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Notes. The obligation of the Issuer under this Section 7.06 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture.

When the Trustee and its agents and any authenticating agent incur expenses or render services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) hereof with respect to the Issuer occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute reasonable expenses of administration under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws.

 

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Section 7.07. Officers Certificate as Evidence. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01 hereof, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of gross negligence, bad faith, recklessness or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee.

Section 7.08. Conflicting Interests of Trustee. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 7.09. Eligibility of Trustee. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 (or if such Person is a member of a bank holding company system, its bank holding company shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000). If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 7.09 the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.09, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

Section 7.10. Resignation or Removal of Trustee.

(a) The Trustee may at any time resign by giving written notice of such resignation to the Issuer and to the Holders of Notes. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment sixty (60) calendar days after the mailing of such notice of resignation to the Noteholders, the resigning Trustee may, upon ten (10) Business Days’ notice to the Issuer and the Noteholders, appoint a successor identified in such notice or may petition, at the expense of the Issuer, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or, if any Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section 6.09 hereof, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:

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(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.09 hereof and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any such Noteholder; or

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

then, in any such case, the Issuer may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 6.09 hereof, any Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months may, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee; provided, that if no successor Trustee shall have been appointed and have accepted appointment sixty (60) calendar days after either the Issuer or the Noteholders has removed the Trustee, or the Trustee resigns, the Trustee so removed may petition, at the expense of the Issuer, any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.

(c) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 7.10 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.11 hereof.

(d) Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.10, the Issuer’s obligations under Section 7.06 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

Section 7.11. Acceptance by Successor Trustee. Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 7.10 hereof shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as trustee herein; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Issuer or of the successor trustee, the trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any amount then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06 hereof, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights and powers of the trustee so ceasing to act. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Issuer shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a lien upon all property and funds held or collected by such trustee as such, except for funds held in trust for the benefit of Holders of particular Notes, to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06 hereof.

 

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No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 7.11 unless, at the time of such acceptance, such successor trustee shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 hereof and be eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09 hereof.

Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 7.11, the Issuer (or the former trustee, at the written direction of the Issuer) shall mail (or send by electronic transmission) or cause to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission) notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to the Holders of Notes at their addresses as they shall appear on the Note Register. If the Issuer fails to mail such notice within ten (10) calendar days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Issuer.

Section 7.12. Succession by Merger. Any organization or entity into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or exchanged or with which it may be consolidated, or any organization or entity resulting from any merger, conversion, exchange or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any organization or entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor to the Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided, that in the case of any organization or entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 hereof and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09 hereof.

In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Supplemental Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee or authenticating agent appointed by such predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee or any authenticating agent appointed by such successor trustee may authenticate such Notes in the name of the successor trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force that is provided in the Notes or in this Supplemental Indenture; provided, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or authenticate Notes in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, exchange or consolidation.

Section 7.13. Preferential Collection of Claims. If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of the claims against the Issuer (or any such other obligor).

ARTICLE 8

THE NOTEHOLDERS

Section 8.01. Action by Noteholders. Whenever in this Supplemental Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Notes may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action, the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Noteholders in person or

 

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by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of the Holders of Notes voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Noteholders, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Noteholders. Whenever the Issuer or the Trustee solicits the taking of any action by the Holders of the Notes, the Issuer or the Trustee may fix in advance of such solicitation a date as the Record Date for determining Holders entitled to take such action. The Record Date, if any, shall be not more than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action.

Section 8.02. Proof of Execution by Noteholders. Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02 hereof, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Noteholder or its agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Notes shall be proved by the registry of such Notes or by a certificate of the Note Registrar.

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

Section 8.04. Issuer-owned Notes Disregarded. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, consent, waiver or other action under this Supplemental Indenture or whether a quorum is present at a meeting of the Holders of the Notes, Notes which are owned by the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination; provided, that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent, waiver or other action, only Notes which a Responsible Officer knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section 8.04 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to vote such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, any other obligor on the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or any such other obligor. In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers’ Certificate listing and identifying all Notes, if any, known by the Issuer to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above described Persons, and, subject to Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers’ Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Notes not listed therein are outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.

 

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

ARTICLE 9

RESERVED

ARTICLE 10

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

Section 10.01. Issuer May Consolidate on Certain Terms. Nothing contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Issuer with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Issuer), or successive consolidations or mergers in which either the Issuer will be the continuing entity or the Issuer or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property of the Issuer, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Issuer); provided, however, that the following conditions are met:

(a) the Issuer shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if other than the Issuer) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of assets shall be domiciled in the United States and shall expressly assume payment of the principal of and interest on all of the Notes and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions in this Supplemental Indenture;

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

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

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

 

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

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

Section 10.03. Guarantor May Consolidate on Certain Terms. Nothing contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Guarantor with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor), or successive consolidations or mergers in which either the Guarantor will be the continuing entity or the Guarantor or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property of the Guarantor, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor); provided, however, that the following conditions are met:

(a) the Guarantor shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if other than the Guarantor) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of assets shall be domiciled in the United States and shall expressly assume the obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions in this Supplemental Indenture;

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

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

No such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease shall be permitted by this Section 10.03 unless prior thereto the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall remain in full force and effect thereafter.

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

 

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

Section 10.05. Assumption by Guarantor. Without the consent of any Holders of the Notes, the Guarantor, or a Subsidiary thereof, may directly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, any premium and interest on all the Notes and the performance of every covenant of this Supplemental Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed. Upon any such assumption, the Guarantor or such Subsidiary shall succeed to, and be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Supplemental Indenture with the same effect as if the Guarantor or such Subsidiary had been named as the Issuer herein and the Issuer shall be released from all obligations and covenants with respect to the Notes. No such assumption shall be permitted unless the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee (i) an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such assumption and supplemental indenture comply with this Article 10, and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with and that, in the event of assumption by a Subsidiary, the Guarantee and all other covenants of the Guarantor herein remain in full force and effect and (ii) an opinion of independent counsel that the Holders of Notes shall have no materially adverse United States federal tax consequences as a result of such assumption, and that, if any Notes are then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, that such Notes shall not be delisted as a result of such assumption.

ARTICLE 11

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

Section 11.01. Discharge of Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Notes herein expressly provided for and except as further provided below), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture, when (a) either: (1) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 11.04 hereof and (ii) Notes for whose payment monies have theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Issuer as provided in Section 11.04 hereof) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (2) all such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable, whether at the Maturity Date, or otherwise, or (ii) are to be called for redemption under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer, and the Issuer, in the case of clause (1) or (2) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee or a Paying Agent (other than the Issuer or any of its Affiliates), as applicable, as trust funds in trust cash in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore

 

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delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Notes which have become due and payable) or to the Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided, however, that there shall not exist, on the date of such deposit, a Default or Event of Default; provided, further, that such deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default under, this Supplemental Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or to which the Issuer is bound; (b) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer; and (c) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture have been complied with.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture, the obligations of the Issuer to the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof shall survive and, if monies shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (2) of clause (a) of this Section 11.01, the provisions of Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, and 5.01 hereof and this Article 11, shall survive until the Notes have been paid in full.

Section 11.02. Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee. Subject to Section 11.04 hereof, all monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.05 hereof shall be held in trust for the sole benefit of the Noteholders, and such monies shall be applied by the Trustee to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer if acting as its own Paying Agent), to the Holders of the particular Notes for the payment or redemption of which such monies have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal, premium, if any, and interest. The Trustee is not responsible to anyone for interest on any deposited funds except as agreed in writing.

Section 11.03. Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.04 hereof, the Trustee or a Paying Agent shall hold in trust, for the benefit of the Noteholders, all monies deposited with it pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof and shall apply the deposited monies in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes to the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof) and interest on the Notes.

Section 11.04. Return of Unclaimed Monies. The Trustee and each Paying Agent shall pay to the Issuer upon request any monies held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years after a right to such monies have matured; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such payment, may, at the expense of the Issuer, either publish in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York, or cause to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission) to each Holder entitled to such monies, notice that such monies remain unclaimed and that after a date specified therein, which shall be at least thirty (30) calendar days from the date of such mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of such monies then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer. After payment to the Issuer, Holders entitled to monies must look to the Issuer for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person, and the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall be relieved of all liability with respect to such monies.

 

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Section 11.05. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any monies in accordance with Section 11.02 hereof by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuer’s obligations under this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such monies in accordance with Section 11.02 hereof; provided, that if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the monies held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 12

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 12.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The Issuer may, at its option and at any time, elect to have either Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 12.

Section 12.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 12.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 12.02, the Issuer and the Guarantor will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes and Guarantee on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer and the Guarantor will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Debt represented by the outstanding Notes and Guarantee, which will thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 12.05 hereof and the other sections of this Supplemental Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Guarantee and this Supplemental Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

(a) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium on, such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 12.04 hereof;

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

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

(d) this Article 12.

Subject to compliance with this Article 12, the Issuer may exercise its option under this Section 12.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 12.03 hereof.

 

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Section 12.03. Covenant Defeasance.

Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 12.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 12.03, the Issuer and the Guarantor will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 hereof, be released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.09, 4.10 and 4.11 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes and Guarantee, the Issuer and the Guarantor may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Supplemental Indenture and such Notes and Guarantee will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 12.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 12.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(c) and 6.01(d) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.

Section 12.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof:

(a) the Issuer must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm, or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium and interest on, the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and the Issuer must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to such stated date for payment or to a particular Redemption Date;

(b) in the case of an election under Section 12.02 hereof, the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that:

(1) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or

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

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

 

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(c) in the case of an election under Section 12.03 hereof, the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit (and any similar concurrent deposit relating to other indebtedness being defeased, discharged or replaced), and the granting of liens to secure such borrowings);

(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Supplemental Indenture and the agreements governing any other indebtedness being defeased, discharged or replaced) to which the Issuer or the Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or the Guarantor is bound;

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

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

Section 12.05. Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

Subject to Section 12.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 12.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 12.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Supplemental Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Issuer will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 12.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

 

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Notwithstanding anything in this Article 12 to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon the request of the Issuer any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 12.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 12.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

Section 12.06. Repayment to Issuer.

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium or interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer on its request or (if then held by the Issuer) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.

Section 12.07. Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuer’s and the Guarantor’s obligations under this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes and the Guarantee will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 12.02 or 12.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of, premium or interest on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 13

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Section 13.01. Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations. Except as otherwise expressly provided in Article 15 hereof, no recourse for the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof) or, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer in this Supplemental Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, limited partner, member, manager, employee, agent, officer, director or Subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the General Partner, the Issuer or any of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries or of any successor thereto, either directly or through the Issuer or any of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries or any successor thereto, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Supplemental Indenture and the issue of the Notes.

 

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ARTICLE 14

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES

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

Section 14.02. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.

(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Notes for any purpose specified in Section 14.01 hereof, to be held at such time and at such place in The City of New York, New York as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Notes, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 16.03 hereof, not less than twenty-one (21) nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

(b) In case at any time the Issuer, the Guarantor or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Notes for any purpose specified in Section 14.01 hereof, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed notice of or made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within twenty-one (21) days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Issuer, the Guarantor, if applicable, or the Holders of Notes in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the City of New York, New York, for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in clause (a) of this Section 14.02.

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

Section 14.04. Quorum; Action. The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Notes; provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at the meeting with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which may be made, given or taken by the Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the Persons holding or representing the specified percentage in principal

 

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amount of the outstanding Notes will constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Notes, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than ten (10) days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than ten (10) days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 14.02 hereof, except that such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the outstanding Notes which shall constitute a quorum.

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

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

Section 14.05. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Notes in regard to proof of the holding of Notes and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Notes shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 8.03 hereof and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 8.01 hereof.

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

 

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(b) At any meeting, each Holder of a Note or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $2,000 principal amount of Notes held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Note challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Note or proxy.

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

Section 14.06. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Notes shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Notes or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the outstanding Notes held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Notes shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 14.02 hereof and, if applicable, Section 14.04 hereof. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Issuer and the Guarantor, and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

ARTICLE 15

Guarantee

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

 

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Subject to the provisions of this Article 15, the Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Supplemental Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any thereof, the entry of any judgment against the Issuer, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes: (a) any right to require the Trustee, the Holders or the Issuer (each, a “Benefited Party”) to proceed against the Issuer or any other Person or to proceed against or exhaust any security held by a Benefited Party at any time or to pursue any other remedy in any secured party’s power before proceeding against the Guarantor; (b) any defense that may arise by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority, death or disability of any other Person or Persons or the failure of a Benefited Party to file or enforce a claim against the estate (in administration, bankruptcy or any other proceeding) of any other Person or Persons; (c) demand, protest and notice of any kind (except as expressly required by this Supplemental Indenture), including but not limited to notice of the existence, creation or incurring of any new or additional indebtedness or obligation or of any action or non-action on the part of the Guarantor, the Issuer, any Benefited Party, any creditor of the Guarantor or the Issuer or on the part of any other Person whomsoever in connection with any obligations the performance of which are hereby guaranteed; (d) any defense based upon an election of remedies by a Benefited Party, including but not limited to an election to proceed against the Guarantor for reimbursement; (e) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (f) any defense arising because of a Benefited Party’s election, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Law, of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (g) any defense based on any borrowing or grant of a security interest under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Guarantor hereby covenants that, except as otherwise provided therein, the Guarantee shall not be discharged except by payment in full of all Guarantee Obligations, including the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other costs provided for under this Supplemental Indenture or as provided in Article 7 hereof.

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

 

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

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

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

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

Section 15.03. Limitation of Guarantors Liability; Certain Bankruptcy Events.

(a) The Guarantor, and by its acceptance hereof each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor pursuant to its Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor under this Article 15 shall be limited to the maximum amount as shall, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of the Guarantor, result in the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

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

Section 15.04. Release of Guarantor of Guarantee Obligations.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor may be released upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 15.04. Provided that no Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing under this Supplemental Indenture, the Guarantee Obligations incurred by the Guarantor pursuant to this Article 15 shall be unconditionally released and discharged automatically upon the release of all guarantees by the Guarantor of the 2026 Notes, the Issuer’s 3.750% Senior Notes due 2027, the Issuer’s 3.100% Senior Notes due 2030, the Issuer’s unsecured credit and loan facilities and any additional guarantees by the Guarantor of senior unsecured indebtedness.

 

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(b) Upon receipt of a written request of the Issuer accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel that the Guarantor is entitled to such release in accordance with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall deliver, at the Issuer’s expense, such instruments as are requested by the Issuer or Guarantor to evidence the release of the Guarantor from the Guarantee Obligations.

ARTICLE 16

Miscellaneous Provisions

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

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

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

To the Issuer:

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.

3310 West End Avenue, Suite 700

Nashville, TN 37203

Telecopier  No.: (615) 463-7739

Attention:   Mr. Todd J. Meredith, President and Chief Executive Officer

cc:               Mr. J. Christopher Douglas, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

To the Guarantor:

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated

3310 West End Avenue, Suite 700

Nashville, TN 37203

Telecopier  No.: (615) 463-7739

Attention:   Mr. Todd J. Meredith, President and Chief Executive Officer

cc:               Mr. J. Christopher Douglas, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association

Global Corporate Trust Services

101 North First Avenue, Suite 1600

Mailstop LM-AZ-16P

Phoenix, Arizona 85003

Telecopier  No.: (602) 257-5433

Attention:   Mary Ambriz-Reyes, Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.

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

Any notice or communication mailed to a Noteholder shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, at such Noteholder’s address as it appears on the Note Register and shall be sufficiently given to such Noteholder if so mailed within the time prescribed.

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

Section 16.04. Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any laws other than the laws of the State of New York.

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

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

 

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Section 16.06. Legal Holidays. In any case in which the Stated Maturity of interest on or principal of the Notes or the Redemption Date of any Note will not be a Business Day, then payment of such interest on or principal of the Notes need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Stated Maturity or the Redemption Date, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such date.

Section 16.07. Trust Indenture Act. This Supplemental Indenture is hereby made subject to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; provided, that this Section 16.07 shall not require this Supplemental Indenture or the Trustee to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act prior to the time such qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust Indenture Act, nor shall it constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any party to the Indenture that any such qualification is required prior to the time such qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be included in an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.

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

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

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

Section 16.11. Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent that shall be authorized to act on its behalf, and subject to its direction, in the authentication and delivery of Notes in connection with the original issuance thereof and transfers and exchanges of Notes hereunder, including under Sections 2.04, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08 and 3.03 hereof, as fully to all intents and purposes as though the authenticating agent had been expressly authorized by this Supplemental Indenture and those Sections to authenticate and deliver Notes. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, the authentication and delivery of Notes by the authenticating agent shall be deemed to be authentication and delivery of such Notes “by the Trustee” and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an authenticating agent shall be deemed to satisfy any requirement hereunder or in the Notes for the Trustee’s certificate of authentication. Such authenticating agent shall at all times be a Person eligible to serve as trustee hereunder pursuant to Section 7.09 hereof.

 

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Any corporation into which any authenticating agent may be merged or exchanged or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, consolidation or exchange to which any authenticating agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of any authenticating agent, shall be the successor of the authenticating agent hereunder, if such successor corporation is otherwise eligible under this Section 16.11, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or the authenticating agent or such successor corporation.

Any authenticating agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Issuer. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any authenticating agent by giving written notice of termination to such authenticating agent and to the Issuer. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any authenticating agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section 16.11, the Trustee shall either promptly appoint a successor authenticating agent or itself assume the duties and obligations of the former authenticating agent under this Supplemental Indenture and, upon such appointment of a successor authenticating agent, if made, shall give written notice of such appointment of a successor authenticating agent to the Issuer and shall mail notice of such appointment of a successor authenticating agent to all Holders of Notes as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the Note Register.

The Issuer agrees to pay to the authenticating agent from time to time such reasonable compensation for its services as shall be agreed upon in writing between the Issuer and the authenticating agent.

The provisions of Sections 7.02, 7.03, 7.04 and 8.03 hereof and this Section 16.11 shall be applicable to any authenticating agent.

Section 16.12. Execution in Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Supplemental Indenture by facsimile or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Supplemental Indenture.

The Trustee shall not have any duty to confirm that the person sending any notice, instruction or other communication by electronic transmission (including by e-mail, facsimile transmission, web portal or other electronic methods) is, in fact, a person authorized to do so. Electronic signatures believed by the Trustee to comply with the ESIGN Act of 2000 or other applicable law (including electronic images of handwritten signatures and digital signatures provided by DocuSign, Orbit, Adobe Sign or any other digital signature provider acceptable to the Trustee) shall be deemed original signatures for all purposes. The Issuer assumes all risks arising out of the use of electronic signatures and electronic methods to send communications to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on an unauthorized communication, and the risk of interception or misuse by third parties.

 

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Section 16.13. Severability. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then (to the extent permitted by law) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

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

Section 16.14. Confirmation of Indenture. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto with respect to the Notes shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

Section 16.15. Trustee Disclaimer. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture other than as to the validity of its execution and delivery by the Trustee. The recitals and statements herein are deemed to be those of the Company and not the Trustee.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

 

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

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

By:

 

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated,

 

its general partner

By:

 

/s/ Andrew E. Loope

 

Name: Andrew E. Loope

 

Title: Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel and Secretary

HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED, as Guarantor

By:

 

/s/ Andrew E. Loope

 

Name: Andrew E. Loope

 

Title: Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel and Secretary

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:

 

/s/ Mary Ambriz-Reyes

 

Name: Mary Ambriz-Reyes

 

Title: Vice President

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]


EXHIBIT A TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

[Include only for Global Notes]

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.09 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

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

 

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HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

2.050% Senior Notes Due 2031

No. _______

CUSIP No.:    42225UAM6

ISIN:              US42225UAM62

$[•]

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (herein called the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [•] dollars ($[•]), or such lesser amount as is set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note on the other side of this Note, on March 15, 2031 at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 2022, on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum of 2.050%, from the March 15 or September 15, as the case may be, next preceding the date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, and in the case of the first interest payment on the Notes, from March 15, 2022, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. The Issuer shall pay interest on any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears in the Note Register; provided, however, that a Holder of any Notes in certificated form in the aggregate principal amount of more than $2.0 million may specify by written notice to the Issuer that it pay interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Noteholder in such notice, or on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.

The Issuer promises to pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) interest at the rate of 1% per annum above the rate borne by the Notes.

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

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

 

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

Dated: _______, 2022

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

By:

 

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated,

 

its general partner

By:

 

         

 

Name: J. Christopher Douglas

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.

Dated: _______, 2022

 

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee

 

By:

 

         

 

Authorized Signatory

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.

2.050% Senior Notes Due 2031

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its 2.050% Senior Notes Due 2031 (herein called the “Notes”), issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of July 22, 2022 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 4 dated as of July 22, 2022 (“Fourth Supplemental Indenture and together, the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantor and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and any indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Holders of the Notes. Defined terms used but not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) of the Indenture with respect to the Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes may be declared to be due and payable by either the Trustee or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and, upon said declaration the same shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) of the Indenture occurs with respect to the Issuer, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action.

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

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

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

 

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The Notes are issuable in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000. At the office or agency of the Issuer referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment of any service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration or exchange of Notes, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of any other authorized denominations.

The Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Notes under certain circumstances as set forth in Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03 of the Indenture.

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

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

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:                                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                   (Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint                                                                                                                                                                                     

to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:                     

 

                                         

 

Your Signature: _____________________________________________________________________

 

                (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

Signature Guarantee*: ________

 

*

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE *

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of

Exchange

  

Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount at
maturity of this

Global Note

  

Amount of

increase in

Principal

Amount at

maturity of

this Global

Note

  

Principal Amount at
maturity of this

Global Note

following such

decrease

(or increase)

  

Signature of

authorized

officer of Trustee or

Custodian

 

*

This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF GUARANTEE

The Guarantor listed below (hereinafter referred to as the “Guarantor,” which term includes any successors or assigns under the Indenture, dated July 22, 2022 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 4 dated as of July 22, 2022 (“Fourth Supplemental Indenture and together, the “Indenture”), among the Guarantor, the Issuer (as defined below) and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee), has irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis the Guarantee Obligations (as defined in Section 15.01 of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture), which include (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 2.050% Senior Notes Due 2031 (the “Notes”) of Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (the “Issuer”), whether at maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent permitted by law) interest on any interest on the Notes, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Issuer, to the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article 15 of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any such other obligations, that the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

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

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

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

This is a continuing Guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns until full and final payment of all of the Issuer’s obligations under the Notes and Indenture or until legally discharged in accordance with the Fourth Supplemental Indenture and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder of the Notes or the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof. This is a Guarantee of payment and performance and not of collectability.

 

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This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Note upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have been signed, in the name and on behalf of the Trustee under the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, manually by one of the authorized officers of the Trustee under the Indenture.

The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure that it does not constitute a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law.

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

Capitalized terms used herein have the same meanings given in the Fourth Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise indicated.

 

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

Dated: _______, 2022

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED

 

By:

 

 

 

Name: J. Christopher Douglas

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 4.6

Execution Version

HRTI, LLC

and

TRUIST BANK

as Trustee

 

 

Tenth Supplemental Indenture

Dated as of July 22, 2022

 

 

Supplement to Indenture dated as of May 15, 2001

 


Tenth Supplemental Indenture

Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 22, 2022, between HRTI, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company (formerly known as Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, a Maryland corporation) (hereinafter called the “Company” or “HR”), having its principal office at 3310 West End Avenue, Suite 700, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, and Truist Bank (formerly known as Branch Banking and Trust Company), a bank organized and existing under the laws of the state of North Carolina, as Trustee (hereafter called the “Trustee”), having a Corporate Trust Office at 2713 Forest Hills Road, Bldg 2 Fl 2, Wilson, North Carolina 27893 as Trustee under the Indenture (as hereinafter defined).

Recitals

Whereas, the Company and the Trustee are parties to an Indenture, dated as of May 15, 2001, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and which is incorporated herein by reference (hereinafter called the “HR Base Indenture”), as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 15, 2001, the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2004, the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 4, 2009, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 13, 2010, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 26, 2013, the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 24, 2015, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B and which is incorporated herein by reference (the “Sixth Supplemental Indenture”), the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 11, 2017, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit C and which is incorporated herein by reference (the “Seventh Supplemental Indenture”), the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 18, 2020, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit D and which is incorporated herein by reference (the “Eighth Supplemental Indenture”), and the Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 2, 2020, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit E and which is incorporated herein by reference (the “Ninth Supplemental Indenture”; and, the HR Base Indenture as so amended and supplemented by such supplemental indentures, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its senior debt securities evidencing its unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness (the “Securities”);

Whereas, HR and Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. (“HTA”) have entered into an agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among HR, HTA, Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP (“HTA OP”) and HR Acquisition 2, LLC (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which the combination of HTA and the Company will be accomplished through a merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving entity and a subsidiary of HTA (the “Merger”);

Whereas, HTA OP has offered holders of 3.875% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes”), 3.625% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”), 2.400% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”) and 2.050% Senior Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes” and, collectively with the 2025 Notes, the 2028 Notes and the 2030 Notes, the “Notes”), each such series of notes having been issued by HR, to exchange (the “HTA Exchange Offer”) any and all of the Notes for corresponding series of notes of HTA OP on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the prospectus relating to the offers to exchange and solicitations of consents, including consummation of the Merger, dated as of June 28, 2022 (the “Prospectus”), forming a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed by HTA and HTA OP with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 14, 2022 and declared effective by the SEC on June 28, 2022;

Whereas, Section 902 of the HR Base Indenture provides that, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all the outstanding securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, voting as separate classes (the “Requisite Consents”), the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture, subject to certain enumerated exceptions set forth therein which require the consent of the holder of each outstanding security affected thereby (which such exceptions do not apply with respect to the Proposed Amendments (as defined below));

 

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Whereas, in connection with the HTA Exchange Offer, HTA OP has also solicited consents from holders of the Notes to certain amendments (the “Proposed Amendments”) to the Indenture as described in the Prospectus and set forth in Article One of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture;

Whereas, HTA OP has received and caused to be delivered to the Trustee evidence of the consents from holders of a majority of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of each series of the Notes, voting as separate classes, to effect the Proposed Amendments under the Indenture;

Whereas, the Company is undertaking to execute and deliver this Tenth Supplemental Indenture to delete or amend, as applicable, certain provisions and covenants in the Indenture; and

Whereas, the Company and the Trustee deem it advisable to enter into this Tenth Supplemental Indenture for the purposes of providing for the rights, obligations and duties of the Company and the Trustee with respect to the Notes and to set forth certain specific provisions with respect thereto.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS TENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises, the Company and the Trustee covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:

Article One.

Amendments

From and after the Effective Date (as defined below), the HR Base Indenture, the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, and the Ninth Supplemental Indenture are hereby amended as follows:

Section 1.01. Reports by the Company. With respect to the Notes, Section 703 of the HR Base Indenture is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

  (a)

Section 703 [Intentionally Omitted].

Section 1.02. Covenants and Other Provisions in HR Base Indenture. With respect to the Notes, all of the sections or provisions listed below under the HR Base Indenture are deleted in their entirety and replaced, respectively, with the following:

 

  (a)

Section 501(5) [Intentionally Omitted].

 

  (b)

Section 801 [Intentionally Omitted].

 

  (c)

Section 802 [Intentionally Omitted].

 

  (d)

Section 803 [Intentionally Omitted].

 

  (e)

Section 1005 [Intentionally Omitted].

 

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  (f)

Section 1006 [Intentionally Omitted].

 

  (g)

Section 1007 [Intentionally Omitted].

 

  (h)

Section 1008 [Intentionally Omitted].

 

  (i)

Section 1009 [Intentionally Omitted].

 

  (j)

Section 1010 [Intentionally Omitted].

Section 1.03. Covenants in Sixth Supplemental Indenture. Solely with respect to the 2025 Notes, all of the sections or provisions listed below under the Sixth Supplemental Indenture relating to the 2025 Notes are deleted in their entirety and replaced, respectively, with the following:

 

  (a)

Section 4.01 [Intentionally Omitted].

 

  (b)

Section 4.02 [Intentionally Omitted].

 

  (c)

Section 4.03 [Intentionally Omitted].

 

  (d)

Section 4.04 [Intentionally Omitted].

Section 1.04. Covenants in Seventh Supplemental Indenture. Solely with respect to the 2028 Notes, all of the sections or provisions listed below under the Seventh Supplemental Indenture relating to the 2028 Notes are deleted in their entirety and replaced, respectively, with the following:

 

  (a)

Section 4.01 [Intentionally Omitted].

 

  (b)

Section 4.02 [Intentionally Omitted].

 

  (c)

Section 4.03 [Intentionally Omitted].

 

  (d)

Section 4.04 [Intentionally Omitted].

Section 1.05. Covenants in Eighth Supplemental Indenture. Solely with respect to the 2030 Notes, all of the sections or provisions listed below under the Eighth Supplemental Indenture relating to the 2030 Notes are deleted in their entirety and replaced, respectively, with the following:

 

  (a)

Section 4.01 [Intentionally Omitted].

 

  (b)

Section 4.02 [Intentionally Omitted].

 

  (c)

Section 4.03 [Intentionally Omitted].

 

  (d)

Section 4.04 [Intentionally Omitted].

Section 1.06. Covenants in Ninth Supplemental Indenture. Solely with respect to the 2031 Notes, all of the sections or provisions listed below under the Ninth Supplemental Indenture relating to the 2031 Notes are deleted in their entirety and replaced, respectively, with the following:

 

  (a)

Section 4.01 [Intentionally Omitted].

 

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  (b)

Section 4.02 [Intentionally Omitted].

 

  (c)

Section 4.03 [Intentionally Omitted].

 

  (d)

Section 4.04 [Intentionally Omitted].

Section 1.07. Effects of Sections 1.01 through 1.06. Any and all references to any Articles and Sections of the Indenture which are deleted by any Article or Section of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture, and any and all obligations related solely to such deleted Articles or Sections throughout the Indenture, with respect to the applicable series of Notes, are of no further force or effect. Any and all terms defined in the Indenture or Notes which are (i) used in any Articles or Sections of the Indenture or Notes deleted by any Article or Section of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture and (ii) not otherwise used in any other Article or Section of the Indenture or Notes not affected by this Tenth Supplemental Indenture are hereby deleted.

Article Two.

Effectiveness

Section 2.01. Requisite Consents having been received, this Tenth Supplemental Indenture shall become a binding agreement between the parties hereto when executed by the parties hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amendments to the HR Base Indenture, the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, and the Ninth Supplemental Indenture set forth herein shall become effective only on and as of the date on which each of the following has been satisfied (the “Effective Date”): (a) HTA OP has delivered to the Trustee for all validly tendering holders of the Notes (who have not validly withdrawn such tenders) the aggregate amount to be paid to such validly tendering holders the Total Consideration or Exchange Consideration, as applicable and as each is defined in the Prospectus, upon the terms and subject to the conditions in the Prospectus, due to such validly tendering holders, (b) HTA OP notifies the Trustee that the Notes that are validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) have been accepted for exchange by HTA OP in accordance with the terms of the Prospectus, and (c) the Merger shall have been consummated.

Article Three.

Miscellaneous

Section 3.01. Each and every term and condition contained in the Indenture shall apply to this Tenth Supplemental Indenture with the same force and effect as if the same were herein set forth in full, with such omissions, variations and modifications thereof as may be appropriate to make the same conform to this Tenth Supplemental Indenture. As supplemented by this Tenth Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument; provided, however, that the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee in this Tenth Supplemental Indenture shall be limited to those matters expressly relating to the Notes. The permissive rights of the Trustee to take any action under this Tenth Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture shall not be construed as duties.

Section 3.02. Nothing contained in this Tenth Supplemental Indenture shall be construed to confer upon any person other than a Holder of the Notes, the Company and the Trustee any right or interest to avail itself or himself, as the case may be, of any benefit under any provision of the Indenture or this Tenth Supplemental Indenture.

Section 3.03. All capitalized terms which are used herein and not otherwise defined herein are defined in the Indenture and are used herein with the same meanings as set forth in the Indenture.

 

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Section 3.04. This Tenth Supplemental Indenture shall be effective as of the date first above written and upon the execution and delivery hereof by each of the parties hereto.

Section 3.05. This Tenth Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

Section 3.06. This Tenth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Tenth Supplemental Indenture or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this Tenth Supplemental Indenture or the Notes shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf”, “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

Section 3.07. This Tenth Supplemental Indenture shall cease to be of further effect upon compliance with Section 401 of the Indenture with respect to the Notes.

Section 3.08. The provisions of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture shall only be applicable with respect to, and govern the terms of, the Notes and shall not apply to any other Securities that may be issued by the Company under the Indenture.

Section 3.09. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Tenth Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes 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 Tenth Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes, but this Tenth Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

(signature page follows)

 

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In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Tenth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

Dated: July 22, 2022

   

HRTI, LLC

 

By:                                                                                                                     

Name: B. Douglas Whitman, II

Title: Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer

Dated: July 22, 2022

   

Truist Bank, as Trustee

 

By:                                                                                                                     

Name: Susan K. Baker

Title: Vice President


Acknowledgment

State of __________ )

              ) SS:

County of ________ )

On the 22nd day of July, 2022, before me personally came B. Douglas Whitman, II, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is the Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer of HRTI, LLC, one of the parties described in and which executed the foregoing instrument, and that he signed his name thereto by authority of the Board of Directors.

[Notarial Seal]

 

 

Notary Public

Commission Expires

State of __________ )

              ) SS:

County of ________ )

On the 22nd day of July, 2022, before me personally came Susan K. Baker, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that she is a Vice President of TRUIST BANK, one of the parties described in and which executed the foregoing instrument, and that she signed her name thereto by authority of the Board of Directors.

[Notarial Seal]

 

 

Notary Public

Commission Expires

 


Exhibit A

HR Base Indenture

Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 17, 2001.


Exhibit B

Sixth Supplemental Indenture

Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2015.


Exhibit C

Seventh Supplemental Indenture

Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2017.


Exhibit D

Eighth Supplemental Indenture

Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2020.


Exhibit E

Ninth Supplemental Indenture

Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2, 2020.

Exhibit 4.7

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.09 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

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


HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

3.875% Senior Notes due 2025

 

No. 2025-1

  

CUSIP No.:

  

42225UAJ3

ISIN:

  

US42225UAJ34

$235,016,000

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (herein called the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of two hundred thirty five million, sixteen thousand dollars ($235,016,000), or such lesser amount as is set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note on the other side of this Note, on May 1, 2025 at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semi-annually on May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing November 1, 2022, on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum of 3.875%, from the May 1 and November 1 as the case may be, next preceding the date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, and in the case of the first interest payment on the Notes, from May 1, 2022, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. The Issuer shall pay interest on any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears in the Note Register; provided, however, that a Holder of any Notes in certificated form in the aggregate principal amount of more than $2.0 million may specify by written notice to the Issuer that it pay interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Noteholder in such notice, or on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.

The Issuer promises to pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) interest at the rate of 1% per annum above the rate borne by the Notes.

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

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


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

Dated: July 22, 2022

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

By:

 

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated,

 

its general partner

By:

 

/s/ J. Christopher Douglas

 

Name: J. Christopher Douglas

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.

Dated: July 22, 2022

 

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee

By:

 

/s/ Mary Ambriz-Reyes

Authorized Signatory


[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.

3.875% Senior Notes Due 2025

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its 3.875% Senior Notes Due 2025 (herein called the “Notes”), issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of July 22, 2022 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of July 22, 2022 (“First Supplemental Indenture and together, the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantor and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and any indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Holders of the Notes. Defined terms used but not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) of the Indenture with respect to the Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes may be declared to be due and payable by either the Trustee or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and, upon said declaration the same shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) of the Indenture occurs with respect to the Issuer, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action.

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

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

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


The Notes are issuable in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000. At the office or agency of the Issuer referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment of any service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration or exchange of Notes, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of any other authorized denominations.

The Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Notes under certain circumstances as set forth in Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03 of the Indenture.

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

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


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:

 

 

 

            (Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint                                                                                                                                                                                      to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:                         

 

Your Signature:   

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

Signature Guarantee*:                 

 

*

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE *

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

  

Amount of

decrease in

Principal

Amount at

maturity of this

Global Note

  

Amount of

increase in

Principal

Amount at

maturity of

this Global

Note

  

Principal Amount

at maturity of this

Global Note

following such

decrease

(or increase)

  

Signature of

authorized

officer of Trustee

or Custodian

 

 

*

This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

Exhibit 4.8

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.09 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

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


HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

3.625% Senior Notes due 2028

 

No. 2028-1

  

CUSIP No.:

  

42225UAK0

ISIN:

  

US42225UAK07

$290,236,000

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (herein called the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of two hundred ninety million, two hundred thirty six thousand dollars ($290,236,000), or such lesser amount as is set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note on the other side of this Note, on January 15, 2028 at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semi-annually on January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing January 15, 2023 on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum of 3.625%, from the January 15 or July 15, as the case may be, next preceding the date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, and in the case of the first interest payment on the Notes, from July 15, 2022, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. The Issuer shall pay interest on any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears in the Note Register; provided, however, that a Holder of any Notes in certificated form in the aggregate principal amount of more than $2.0 million may specify by written notice to the Issuer that it pay interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Noteholder in such notice, or on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.

The Issuer promises to pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) interest at the rate of 1% per annum above the rate borne by the Notes.

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

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


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

Dated: July 22, 2022

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

By:

 

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated.,

 

its general partner

By:

 

/s/ J. Christopher Douglas

Name: J. Christopher Douglas

Title: Chief Financial Officer


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.

Dated: July 22, 2022

 

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee

By:

 

/s/ Mary Ambriz-Reyes

Authorized Signatory


[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.

3.625% Senior Notes due 2028

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its 3.625% Senior Notes due 2028 (herein called the “Notes”), issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of July 22, 2022 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 2 dated as of July 22, 2022 (“Second Supplemental Indenture and together, the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantor and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and any indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Holders of the Notes. Defined terms used but not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) of the Indenture with respect to the Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes may be declared to be due and payable by either the Trustee or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and, upon said declaration the same shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) of the Indenture occurs with respect to the Issuer, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action.

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

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

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


The Notes are issuable in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000. At the office or agency of the Issuer referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment of any service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration or exchange of Notes, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of any other authorized denominations.

The Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Notes under certain circumstances as set forth in Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03 of the Indenture.

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

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


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:

 

 

  (Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint                                                                                                                                                                                      to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:                             

 

Your Signature:

 

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

Signature Guarantee*:                             

 

*

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE *

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

  

Amount of

decrease in

Principal

Amount at

maturity of this

Global Note

  

Amount of

increase in

Principal

Amount at

maturity of

this Global

Note

  

Principal Amount

at maturity of this

Global Note

following such

decrease

(or increase)

  

Signature of

authorized

officer of Trustee

or Custodian

 

 

*

This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

Exhibit 4.9

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.09 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

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

THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (AS DEFINED IN § 1273(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, AND U.S. TREASURY REGULATION § 1.1273-1 PROMULGATED THEREUNDER). THE HOLDER HEREOF CAN OBTAIN THE INFORMATION DESCRIBED IN U.S. TREASURY REGULATION § 1.1275-3 BY WRITING TO: HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED, 3310 WEST END AVENUE, SUITE 700, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37203, ATTENTION: J. CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS.


HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

3.625% Senior Notes due 2028

 

No. 2028-2

  

CUSIP No.:

  

42225UAQ7

ISIN:

  

US42225UAQ76

$9,000

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (herein called the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of nine thousand dollars ($9,000), or such lesser amount as is set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note on the other side of this Note, on January 15, 2028 at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semi-annually on January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing January 15, 2023 on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum of 3.625%, from the January 15 or July 15, as the case may be, next preceding the date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, and in the case of the first interest payment on the Notes, from July 15, 2022. until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. The Issuer shall pay interest on any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears in the Note Register; provided, however, that a Holder of any Notes in certificated form in the aggregate principal amount of more than $2.0 million may specify by written notice to the Issuer that it pay interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Noteholder in such notice, or on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.

The Issuer promises to pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) interest at the rate of 1% per annum above the rate borne by the Notes.

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

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


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

Dated: July 22, 2022

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.
By:   Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated., its general partner
By:  

/s/ J. Christopher Douglas

Name:   J. Christopher Douglas
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.

Dated: July 22, 2022

 

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee

By:

 

/s/ Mary Ambriz-Reyes

 

Authorized Signatory


[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.

3.625% Senior Notes due 2028

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its 3.625% Senior Notes due 2028 (herein called the “Notes”), issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of July 22, 2022 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 2 dated as of July 22, 2022 (“Second Supplemental Indenture and together, the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantor and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and any indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Holders of the Notes. Defined terms used but not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) of the Indenture with respect to the Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes may be declared to be due and payable by either the Trustee or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and, upon said declaration the same shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) of the Indenture occurs with respect to the Issuer, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action.

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

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

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


The Notes are issuable in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000. At the office or agency of the Issuer referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment of any service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration or exchange of Notes, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of any other authorized denominations.

The Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Notes under certain circumstances as set forth in Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03 of the Indenture.

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

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


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:

 

 

 

(Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint                                                                                                                                                                                     

to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:                                 

 

 

Your Signature:                                                                                                                                   

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

Signature Guarantee*:                     

 

*

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE *

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

  

Amount of

decrease in

Principal

Amount at

maturity of this

Global Note

  

Amount of

increase in

Principal

Amount at

maturity of

this Global

Note

  

Principal Amount

at maturity of this

Global Note

following such

decrease

(or increase)

  

Signature of

authorized

officer of Trustee

or Custodian

 

 

*

This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

Exhibit 4.10

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.09 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

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


HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

2.400% Senior Notes Due 2030

 

No. 2030-1

  

CUSIP No.:

  

42225UAL8

ISIN:

  

US42225UAL89

$297,397,000

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (herein called the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of two hundred ninety seven million, three hundred ninety seven thousand dollars ($297,397,000), or such lesser amount as is set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note on the other side of this Note, on March 15, 2030 at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 2022, on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum of 2.400%, from the March 15 or September 15, as the case may be, next preceding the date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, and in the case of the first interest payment on the Notes, from March 15, 2022, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. The Issuer shall pay interest on any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears in the Note Register; provided, however, that a Holder of any Notes in certificated form in the aggregate principal amount of more than $2.0 million may specify by written notice to the Issuer that it pay interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Noteholder in such notice, or on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.

The Issuer promises to pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) interest at the rate of 1% per annum above the rate borne by the Notes.

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

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


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

Dated: July 22, 2022

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

By: Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated,

 

its general partner

By:

 

/s/ J. Christopher Douglas

Name:

 

J. Christopher Douglas

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.

Dated: July 22, 2022

 

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee

By:

 

/s/ Mary Ambriz-Reyes

Authorized Signatory


[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.

2.400% Senior Notes Due 2030

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its 2.400% Senior Notes due 2030 (herein called the “Notes”), issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of July 22, 2022 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 3 dated as of July 22, 2022 (“Third Supplemental Indenture and together, the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantor and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and any indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Holders of the Notes. Defined terms used but not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) of the Indenture with respect to the Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes may be declared to be due and payable by either the Trustee or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and, upon said declaration the same shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) of the Indenture occurs with respect to the Issuer, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action.

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

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

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


The Notes are issuable in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000. At the office or agency of the Issuer referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment of any service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration or exchange of Notes, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of any other authorized denominations.

The Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Notes under certain circumstances as set forth in Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03 of the Indenture.

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

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


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:

  

 

  

(Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint

 

 

to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:                             

 

   Your Signature:   

 

  

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

Signature Guarantee*:                     

 

*

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE *

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

  

Amount of

decrease in

Principal

Amount at

maturity of this

Global Note

  

Amount of

increase in

Principal

Amount at

maturity of

this Global

Note

  

Principal Amount

at maturity of this

Global Note

following such

decrease

(or increase)

  

Signature of

authorized

officer of Trustee

or Custodian

 

 

*

This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

Exhibit 4.11

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.09 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

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

THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (AS DEFINED IN § 1273(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, AND U.S. TREASURY REGULATION § 1.1273-1 PROMULGATED THEREUNDER). THE HOLDER HEREOF CAN OBTAIN THE INFORMATION DESCRIBED IN U.S. TREASURY REGULATION § 1.1275-3 BY WRITING TO: HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED, 3310 WEST END AVENUE, SUITE 700, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37203, ATTENTION: J. CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS.


HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

2.400% Senior Notes Due 2030

 

No. 2030-2

  

CUSIP No.:

  

42225UAP9

ISIN:

  

US42225UAP93

$106,000

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (herein called the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of one hundred six thousand dollars ($106,000), or such lesser amount as is set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note on the other side of this Note, on March 15, 2030 at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 2022, on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum of 2.400%, from the March 15 or September 15, as the case may be, next preceding the date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, and in the case of the first interest payment on the Notes, from March 15, 2022, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. The Issuer shall pay interest on any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears in the Note Register; provided, however, that a Holder of any Notes in certificated form in the aggregate principal amount of more than $2.0 million may specify by written notice to the Issuer that it pay interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Noteholder in such notice, or on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.

The Issuer promises to pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) interest at the rate of 1% per annum above the rate borne by the Notes.

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

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


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

Dated: July 22, 2022

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

By: Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated,

 

its general partner

By:

 

/s/ J. Christopher Douglas

 

Name: J. Christopher Douglas

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.

Dated: July 22, 2022

 

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee

By:

 

/s/ Mary Ambriz Reyes

Authorized Signatory


[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.

2.400% Senior Notes Due 2030

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its 2.400% Senior Notes due 2030 (herein called the “Notes”), issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of July 22, 2022 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 3 dated as of July 22, 2022 (“Third Supplemental Indenture and together, the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantor and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and any indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Holders of the Notes. Defined terms used but not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) of the Indenture with respect to the Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes may be declared to be due and payable by either the Trustee or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and, upon said declaration the same shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) of the Indenture occurs with respect to the Issuer, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action.

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

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

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


The Notes are issuable in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000. At the office or agency of the Issuer referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment of any service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration or exchange of Notes, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of any other authorized denominations.

The Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Notes under certain circumstances as set forth in Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03 of the Indenture.

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

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


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:

 

 

(Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint                                                                                                                                                                                      to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:                     

 

Your Signature:  

 

                    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

Signature Guarantee*:                 

 

*

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE *

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

  

Amount of

decrease in

Principal

Amount at

maturity of this

Global Note

  

Amount of

increase in

Principal

Amount at

maturity of

this Global

Note

  

Principal Amount

at maturity of this

Global Note

following such

decrease

(or increase)

  

Signature of

authorized

officer of Trustee

or Custodian

 

 

*

This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

Exhibit 4.12

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.09 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

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


HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

2.050% Senior Notes Due 2031

 

No. 2031-1

  

CUSIP No.:

  

42225UAM6

ISIN:

  

US42225UAM62

$298,858,000

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (herein called the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of two hundred ninety eight million, eight hundred fifty eight thousand dollars ($298,858,000), or such lesser amount as is set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note on the other side of this Note, on March 15, 2031 at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 2022, on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum of 2.050%, from the March 15 or September 15, as the case may be, next preceding the date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, and in the case of the first interest payment on the Notes, from March 15, 2022, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. The Issuer shall pay interest on any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears in the Note Register; provided, however, that a Holder of any Notes in certificated form in the aggregate principal amount of more than $2.0 million may specify by written notice to the Issuer that it pay interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Noteholder in such notice, or on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.

The Issuer promises to pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) interest at the rate of 1% per annum above the rate borne by the Notes.

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

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


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

Dated: July 22, 2022

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.

By:

 

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated,

 

its general partner

By:

 

/s/ J. Christopher Douglas

Name:

 

J. Christopher Douglas

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.

Dated: July 22, 2022

 

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee

By:

 

/s/ Mary Ambriz-Reyes

Authorized Signatory


[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P.

2.050% Senior Notes Due 2031

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its 2.050% Senior Notes Due 2031 (herein called the “Notes”), issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of July 22, 2022 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 4 dated as of July 22, 2022 (“Fourth Supplemental Indenture and together, the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantor and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and any indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Holders of the Notes. Defined terms used but not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) of the Indenture with respect to the Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes may be declared to be due and payable by either the Trustee or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and, upon said declaration the same shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) of the Indenture occurs with respect to the Issuer, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action.

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

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

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


The Notes are issuable in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000. At the office or agency of the Issuer referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment of any service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration or exchange of Notes, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of any other authorized denominations.

The Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Notes under certain circumstances as set forth in Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03 of the Indenture.

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

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


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:

 

 

(Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint  

 

to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:                         

 

  Your Signature:  

 

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

Signature Guarantee*:                     

 

*

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE *

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

  

Amount of

decrease in

Principal

Amount at

maturity of this

Global Note

  

Amount of

increase in

Principal

Amount at

maturity of

this Global

Note

  

Principal Amount

at maturity of this

Global Note

following such

decrease

(or increase)

  

Signature of

authorized

officer of Trustee

or Custodian

 

 

*

This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

Exhibit 4.13

GUARANTEE

The Guarantor listed below (hereinafter referred to as the “Guarantor,” which term includes any successors or assigns under the Indenture, dated as of July 22, 2022 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of July 22, 2022 (“First Supplemental Indenture and together, the “Indenture”), among the Guarantor, the Issuer (as defined below) and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee), has irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis the Guarantee Obligations (as defined in Section 15.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture), which include (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 3.875% Senior Notes Due 2025 (the “Notes”) of Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (the “Issuer”), whether at maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent permitted by law) interest on any interest on the Notes, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Issuer, to the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article 15 of the First Supplemental Indenture, and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any such other obligations, that the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

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

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

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

This is a continuing Guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns until full and final payment of all of the Issuer’s obligations under the Notes and Indenture or until legally discharged in accordance with the First Supplemental Indenture and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder of the Notes or the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof. This is a Guarantee of payment and performance and not of collectability.

This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Note upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have been signed, in the name and on behalf of the Trustee under the First Supplemental Indenture, manually by one of the authorized officers of the Trustee under the Indenture.


The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure that it does not constitute a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law.

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

Capitalized terms used herein have the same meanings given in the First Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise indicated.


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

Dated: July 22, 2022

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED

By:

 

/s/ J. Christopher Douglas

Name:

 

J. Christopher Douglas

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 4.14

GUARANTEE

The Guarantor listed below (hereinafter referred to as the “Guarantor,” which term includes any successors or assigns under the Indenture dated as of July 22, 2022 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 2 dated as of July 22, 2022 (“Second Supplemental Indenture and together, the “Indenture”), among the Guarantor, the Issuer (as defined below) and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee), has irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis the Guarantee Obligations (as defined in Section 15.01 of the Second Supplemental Indenture), which include (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 3.625% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Notes”) of Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (the “Issuer”), whether at maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent permitted by law) interest on any interest on the Notes, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Issuer, to the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article 15 of the Second Supplemental Indenture, and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any such other obligations, that the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

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

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

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

This is a continuing Guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns until full and final payment of all of the Issuer’s obligations under the Notes and Indenture or until legally discharged in accordance with the Second Supplemental Indenture and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder of the Notes or the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof. This is a Guarantee of payment and performance and not of collectability.


This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Note upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have been signed, in the name and on behalf of the Trustee under the Second Supplemental Indenture, manually by one of the authorized officers of the Trustee under the Indenture.

The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure that it does not constitute a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law.

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

Capitalized terms used herein have the same meanings given in the Second Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise indicated.


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

Dated: July 22, 2022

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED

By:

 

/s/ J. Christopher Douglas

Name: J. Christopher Douglas

Title: Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 4.15

GUARANTEE

The Guarantor listed below (hereinafter referred to as the “Guarantor,” which term includes any successors or assigns under the Indenture, dated July 22, 2022 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 3 dated as of July 22, 2022 (“Third Supplemental Indenture and together, the “Indenture”), among the Guarantor, the Issuer (as defined below) and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee), has irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis the Guarantee Obligations (as defined in Section 15.01 of the Third Supplemental Indenture), which include (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 2.400% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”) of Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (the “Issuer”), whether at maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent permitted by law) interest on any interest on the Notes, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Issuer, to the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article 15 of the Third Supplemental Indenture, and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any such other obligations, that the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

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

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

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

This is a continuing Guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns until full and final payment of all of the Issuer’s obligations under the Notes and Indenture or until legally discharged in accordance with the Third Supplemental Indenture and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder of the Notes or the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof. This is a Guarantee of payment and performance and not of collectability.


This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Note upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have been signed, in the name and on behalf of the Trustee under the Third Supplemental Indenture, manually by one of the authorized officers of the Trustee under the Indenture.

The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure that it does not constitute a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law.

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

Capitalized terms used herein have the same meanings given in the Third Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise indicated.


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

Dated: July 22, 2022

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED

By:

 

/s/ J. Christopher Douglas

Name: J. Christopher Douglas

Title: Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 4.16

GUARANTEE

The Guarantor listed below (hereinafter referred to as the “Guarantor,” which term includes any successors or assigns under the Indenture, dated July 22, 2022 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 4 dated as of July 22, 2022 (“Fourth Supplemental Indenture and together, the “Indenture”), among the Guarantor, the Issuer (as defined below) and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee), has irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis the Guarantee Obligations (as defined in Section 15.01 of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture), which include (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 2.050% Senior Notes Due 2031 (the “Notes”) of Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (f/k/a Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership) (the “Issuer”), whether at maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent permitted by law) interest on any interest on the Notes, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Issuer, to the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article 15 of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any such other obligations, that the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

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

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

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

This is a continuing Guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns until full and final payment of all of the Issuer’s obligations under the Notes and Indenture or until legally discharged in accordance with the Fourth Supplemental Indenture and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder of the Notes or the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof. This is a Guarantee of payment and performance and not of collectability.


This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Note upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have been signed, in the name and on behalf of the Trustee under the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, manually by one of the authorized officers of the Trustee under the Indenture.

The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure that it does not constitute a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law.

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

Capitalized terms used herein have the same meanings given in the Fourth Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise indicated.


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

Dated: July 22, 2022

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED

By:

 

/s/ J. Christopher Douglas

Name:

 

J. Christopher Douglas

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 10.1

Loan Number: 1021328

CUSIP Number: 42220UA3C

 

LOGO

 

 

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

Dated as of July 20, 2022

by and among

Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP

(to be renamed as HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.),

as Borrower,

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc.

(to be renamed as HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED),

as Parent,

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO

AND THEIR ASSIGNEES UNDER SECTION 9.07,

as Lenders,

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Administrative Agent,

and


WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

 

and

 

CITIBANK, N.A.

 

as Joint Book Runners

 

  

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

 

CITIBANK, N.A.,

 

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,

 

CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

and

 

PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LL

Cas Joint Lead Arrangers

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

 

CITIBANK, N.A.,

 

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,

 

CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

and

 

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

as Co-Syndication Agents

  

BANK OF MONTREAL,

 

FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUIST BANK,

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC – NEW YORK BRANCH,

 

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,

 

MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,

 

REGIONS BANK,

 

and

 

MUFG BANK, LTD.

 

as Documentation Agents


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Article and Section    Page  

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

     2  

1.01

 

Defined Terms

     2  

1.02

 

Interpretive Provisions

     49  

1.03

 

Accounting Terms

     50  

1.04

 

Rounding

     51  

1.05

 

References to Agreements and Laws

     51  

1.06

 

Times of Day

     51  

1.07

 

Letter of Credit Amounts

     52  

1.08

 

Rates

     52  

1.09

 

Divisions

     52  

ARTICLE II COMMITMENTS AND EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT

     53  

2.01

 

Borrowings and Commitments

     53  

2.02

 

Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations

     55  

2.03

 

Letters of Credit

     56  

2.04

 

Swing Line Loans

     62  

2.05

 

Repayment of Loans

     64  

2.06

 

Prepayments

     65  

2.07

 

Termination or Reduction of Commitments

     66  

2.08

 

Interest

     67  

2.09

 

Fees

     68  

2.10

 

Computation of Interest and Fees

     70  

2.11

 

Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback

     71  

2.12

 

Sharing of Payments

     73  

2.13

 

Evidence of Debt

     74  

 

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2.14

 

Defaulting Lenders

     74  

2.15

 

Extensions of Termination Date

     79  

2.16

 

Increase in Commitments

     81  

2.17

 

Expiration Date of Letters of Credit Past Revolving Termination Date

     83  

2.18

 

Pro Rata Treatment

     84  

2.19

 

Reallocations on Closing Date

     84  

ARTICLE III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

     88  

3.01

 

Taxes

     88  

3.02

 

Illegality

     92  

3.03

 

Changed Circumstances

     93  

3.04

 

Increased Cost; Capital Adequacy

     96  

3.05

 

Compensation for Losses

     98  

3.06

 

Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

     99  

3.07

 

Treatment of Affected Loans

     100  

3.08

 

Survival Losses

     101  

ARTICLE IV

     101  

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT

     101  

4.01

 

Conditions to Initial Extensions of Credit

     101  

4.02

 

Conditions to Extensions of Credit

     105  

ARTICLE V

     106  

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     106  

5.01

 

Corporate Existence and Power

     106  

5.02

 

Corporate and Governmental Authorization; No Contravention

     107  

5.03

 

Binding Effect

     107  

5.04

 

Litigation

     107  

5.05

 

Compliance with ERISA

     108  

5.06

 

Environmental Matters

     108  

5.07

 

Material Subsidiaries and Specified Affiliates

     110  

5.08

 

Not an Investment Company

     110  


5.09

 

Margin Stock

     111  

5.10

 

Compliance with Laws

     111  

5.11

 

Absence of Liens

     111  

5.12

 

Indebtedness

     111  

5.13

 

Contingent Liabilities

     111  

5.14

 

Investments

     112  

5.15

 

Solvency

     112  

5.16

 

Taxes

     112  

5.17

 

REIT Status

     112  

5.18

 

Specified Affiliates

     113  

5.19

 

Financial Condition

     113  

5.20

 

No Material Adverse Effect

     114  

5.21

 

Accuracy and Completeness of Information

     114  

5.22

 

Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions; Anti-Money Laundering Laws

     114  

ARTICLE VI COVENANTS

     115  

6.01

 

Information

     116  

6.02

 

Payment of Obligations

     120  

6.03

 

Maintenance of Property; Insurance

     120  

6.04

 

Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence

     121  

6.05

 

Compliance with Laws

     121  

6.06

 

Inspection of Property, Books and Records

     122  

6.07

 

Negative Pledge

     122  

6.08

 

Consolidations and Mergers

     124  

6.09

 

Creation of Subsidiaries

     124  

6.10

 

Incurrence and Existence of Debt

     125  

6.11

 

Transactions with Affiliates

     127  

6.12

 

Use of Proceeds

     127  

6.13

 

Organization Documents

     127  

6.14

 

[Reserved]

     127  


6.15

 

[Reserved]

     127  

6.16

 

Financial Covenants

     128  

6.17

 

Specified Affiliates

     129  

6.18

 

REIT Status

     129  

6.19

 

Leases

     129  

6.20

 

Favorable Treatment

     129  

6.21

 

Limitations on Parent.

     130  

6.22

 

Limitation on Certain Agreements.

     131  

6.23

 

HR Contribution and HR Conversion

     131  

ARTICLE VII

     131  

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

     131  

7.01

 

Events of Default

     131  

7.02

 

Application of Funds

     134  

ARTICLE VIII ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

     136  

8.01

 

Appointment and Authorization

     137  

8.02

 

Wells Fargo as Lender

     137  

8.03

 

Approvals of Lenders

     138  

8.04

 

Notice of Events of Default

     139  

8.05

 

Administrative Agent’s Reliance

     139  

8.06

 

Lender Credit Decision

     140  

8.07

 

Successor Administrative Agent

     140  

8.08

 

Titled Agents

     141  

8.09

 

Indemnification of Administrative Agent

     143  

8.10

 

Erroneous Payments

     143  

8.11

 

Appointment of Successor Administrative Agent

     144  

8.12

 

Sustainability Structuring Agent

     146  

ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS

     146  

9.01

 

Amendments, Etc

     147  

9.02

 

Notices and Other Communications

     147  


9.03

  No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies      153  

9.04

  Attorney Costs, Expenses and Taxes      154  

9.05

  Indemnification by the Borrower      154  

9.06

  Payments Set Aside      155  

9.07

  Successors and Assigns      156  

9.08

  Confidentiality      161  

9.09

  Set-off      162  

9.10

  Interest Rate Limitation      163  

9.11

  Counterparts      163  

9.12

  Integration; Effectiveness      163  

9.13

  Survival of Representations and Warranties      164  

9.14

  Severability      164  

9.15

  [Reserved]      165  

9.16

  GOVERNING LAW      165  

9.17

  WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY      166  

9.18

  No Conflict      166  

9.19

  USA PATRIOT Act Notice      166  

9.20

  No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility      166  

9.21

  Termination; Survival      167  

9.22

  Entire Agreement      168  

9.23

  Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions      168  

9.24

  Effect of Existing Credit Agreements      169  

9.25

  Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs      169  

9.26

  Assignment and Assumption      171  


SCHEDULES

 

2.01

  Lenders and Commitments

2.03

  Existing Letters of Credit

5.04

  Litigation

5.06

  Environmental Matters

5.07

  Material Subsidiaries and Specified Affiliates

5.10

  Compliance with Laws

5.12

  Indebtedness

5.13

  Contingent Liabilities

5.14

  Investments

9.02

  Notice Addresses
    EXHIBITS

1.01-1

  Form of Sustainability Grid Notice

1.01-2

  Form of Disbursement Instruction Agreement

2.02

  Form of Loan Notice

2.04

  Form of Notice of Swing Line Borrowing

2.13-1

  Form of Revolving Note

2.13-2

  Form of Swing Line Note

2.13-3

  Form of HTA-1 Term Loan Note

2.13-4

  Form of HTA-2 Term Loan Note

2.13-5

  Form of New DDTL Note

2.13-6

  Form of New 5.5-Year Term Loan Note

2.13-7

  Form of HR-1 Term Loan Note

2.13-8

  Form of HR-2 Term Loan Note

3.01-1 – 3.01-4

  Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance

6.01

  Form of Compliance Certificate

6.20

  Form of Guaranty

9.07

  Form of Assignment and Assumption

 


THIS FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT (this “Credit Agreement”) dated as of July 20, 2022 by and among Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, a limited partnership formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (to be renamed as HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P., the “Borrower”), Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a Maryland corporation (to be renamed as HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED, the “Parent”), each of the financial institutions initially a signatory hereto together with their successors and assignees under Section 9.07 (the “Lenders”), WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”).

WHEREAS, certain of the Lenders and other financial institutions have made available to the Borrower (a) revolving and term loan credit facilities on the terms and conditions contained in that certain Third Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated as of October 6, 2021 (as at any time amended and as in effect immediately prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Revolving Credit Agreement”) by and among the Borrower, certain of the Lenders, the other financial institutions party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent thereunder and (b) term loan credit facilities on the terms and conditions contained in that certain Credit Agreement dated as of July 20, 2012, by and among the Borrower, Wells Fargo, as administrative agent thereunder (as at any time amended and as in effect immediately prior to the date hereof, the “Existing HTA Term Loan Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, certain of the Lenders and other financial institutions have made available to Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (“HR”) term loan credit facilities on the terms and conditions contained in that certain Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement dated as of May 31, 2019 (as at any time amended and as in effect immediately prior to the date hereof, the “Existing HR Term Loan Agreement”) by and among HR, certain of the Lenders, the other financial institutions party thereto and the Administrative Agent; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of February 28, 2022 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Borrower, Parent, HR and HR Acquisition 2, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub, a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent, merged with and into HR with HR being the surviving entity following such merger (the “Merger”);

WHEREAS, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders desire to amend and restate the terms of the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement and the Existing HTA Term Loan Agreement and to make available to the Borrower revolving and term loan credit facilities in the aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000,000 consisting of (a) a revolving credit facility in the aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000,000, with a $120,000,000 swing line subfacility and a $180,000,000 letter of credit subfacility, (b) a term loan facility in the aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000, (c) a term loan facility in the aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000, (d) term loan facilities in the amount of $200,000,000 and $150,000,000 originally extended to HR prior to the Merger under the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement, which shall be continued and assumed by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of this Credit Agreement,

 

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(e) a delayed draw term loan facility in the amount of $350,000,000 and (f) a term loan facility in the aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000, in each case, on the terms and conditions contained herein; and

WHEREAS, immediately following the Closing Date, Parent and the Borrower will make certain filings in order (i) to change the Borrower’s legal name from Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP to Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., (ii) to change the Parent’s legal name from Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. to Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, (iii) and to effectuate the HR Conversion and HR Contribution.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

1.01 Defined Terms.

As used in this Credit Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

Acquisition” means the purchase or acquisition by any Person of (a) more than 50% of the Capital Stock with ordinary voting power of another Person or (b) all or any substantial portion of the property (other than Capital Stock) of another Person, whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such Person.

Additional Lender” means as provided in Section 2.16(b).

Adjusted Term SOFR” means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (a) Term SOFR for such calculation plus (b) the SOFR Adjustment.

 

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Administrative Agent” means Wells Fargo as contractual representative of the L/C Issuers, the Swing Line Lender and the Lenders, or any successor Administrative Agent.

Administrative Agent’s Fee Letter” means the letter agreement dated as of May 9, 2022, among Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP, Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., WFS and Wells Fargo, as amended and modified.

Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 9.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.

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

Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.

Affiliate” means, 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. In no event shall the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Borrower.

Agent-Related Persons” means the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent.

Aggregate New DDTL Commitments” means the New DDTL Commitments of all New DDTL Lenders.

Aggregate New DDTL Committed Amount” means, as of any date, the New DDTL Commitments of all New DDTL Lenders.

Aggregate Revolving Commitments” means the Revolving Commitments of all the Revolving Lenders.

Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount” means as provided in Section 2.01.

 

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Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Parent, the Borrower or the Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including, without limitation, the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and the rules and regulations thereunder and the U.K. Bribery Act 2010 and the rules and regulations thereunder.

Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means all laws, statutes, regulations or obligatory government orders, decrees, ordinances or rules applicable to the Parent, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or Affiliates of any of the foregoing related to terrorism financing or money laundering, including any applicable provision of the Patriot Act and The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (also known as the “Bank Secrecy Act,” 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5330 and 12 U.S.C. §§ 1818(s), 1820(b) and 1951-1959).

Applicable Percentage” means, for any day, the applicable rate per annum set forth below opposite the applicable Debt Rating:

Revolving Loans:

 

Pricing

Level

   Debt Ratings
(or their
equivalents)
   Revolving Loans that
are Term SOFR Loans
and Letter of Credit
Fees
  Revolving
Loans that
are Base
Rate Loans
  Facility Fee

1

   A-/A3 or better    0.725%   0.725%   0.125%

2

   BBB+/Baa1    0.775%   0.775%   0.15%

3

   BBB/Baa2    0.85%   0.85%   0.20%

4

   BBB-/Baa3    1.05%   1.05%   0.25%

5

   BB+/Ba1 and

below

   1.40%   1.40%   0.30%

 

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Term Loans:

 

Pricing

Level

   Debt Ratings
(or their
equivalents)
   Term Loans that are
Term SOFR Loans
  Term Loans
that are
Base Rate
Loans
  New DDTL
Commitment
Fee

1

   A-/A3 or better    0.80%   0.80%   0.125%

2

   BBB+/Baa1    0.85%   0.85%   0.15%

3

   BBB/Baa2    0.95%   0.95%   0.20%

4

   BBB-/Baa3    1.20%   1.20%   0.25%

5

   BB+/Ba1 and
below
   1.60%   1.60%   0.30%

The Borrower will maintain a Debt Rating at all times with at least two (2) Ratings Services, and the Borrower may, at its option, obtain a third Debt Rating from another Ratings Service. The applicable Pricing Level will be determined by reference to the Debt Ratings; provided that:

(a) if Debt Ratings are provided by two (2) Ratings Services and the Debt Ratings by the Rating Services indicate different Pricing Levels, then (A) if they are only one level apart, the applicable Pricing Level shall be determined by reference to the higher or better Debt Rating and shall be set at the Pricing Level indicated thereby, and (B) if they are more than one level apart, the applicable Pricing Level shall be determined by reference to the lower (or worse) Debt Rating and shall be set at one Pricing Level above the Pricing Level that would be indicated by the lower Debt Rating (e.g., if the Debt Rating by one of the Rating Services is A- and the Debt Rating by another of the Rating Services is Baa3, the Applicable Percentage would be set at Pricing Level 3),

(b) if Debt Ratings are provided by three (3) or more Ratings Services acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Debt Ratings indicate different Pricing Levels, then (A) if the two highest (or best) Debt Ratings are only one level apart, the applicable Pricing Level shall be determined by reference to the higher or better Debt Rating and shall be set at the Pricing Level indicated thereby, and (B) otherwise, the applicable Pricing Level shall be determined by reference to the lower of the two (2) highest (or best) Debt Ratings and shall be set at the Pricing Level indicated thereby, and

(c) if a Debt Rating is not provided by at least two (2) Ratings Services, or if no Debt Rating is available, then the Applicable Percentage shall be Pricing Level 5.

 

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The Applicable Percentage shall be determined and adjusted on the first Business Day following the date of any change in the Debt Rating. Adjustments in the Applicable Percentage shall be effective as to all Extensions of Credit, existing and prospective, from the date of adjustment. Determinations by the Administrative Agent of the applicable Pricing Level shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of changes in the Applicable Percentage.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at the end of any fiscal year the Borrower meets the Sustainability Metric Percentage (as defined below) for such fiscal year, then from and after the fifth (5th) Business Day following the date the Borrower provides to the Administrative Agent a notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.01-1 (the “Sustainability Grid Notice”), signed on behalf of Borrower by the chief financial officer or the treasurer of the Borrower (and (i) certifying that the Sustainability Metric Percentage for such fiscal year was satisfied and (ii) attaching a copy of an annual report setting forth the calculations for the Sustainability Metric for such fiscal year and containing the assurance statement or attestation of the Sustainability Assurance Provider), the Applicable Percentage shall decrease by 0.01% (but not to below zero percent per annum) from the Applicable Percentage that would otherwise be applicable (provided that (x) at no time shall the reduction in such Applicable Percentage resulting from the delivery of the Sustainability Grid Notice exceed 0.01%, (y) on each anniversary of such change to the Applicable Percentage, the Applicable Percentage shall automatically revert to the original grid set forth above unless and until the Borrower delivers a Sustainability Grid Notice to the Administrative Agent indicating that the Sustainability Metric Percentage for the preceding fiscal year has been satisfied and (z) for the avoidance of doubt, any such reduction in the Applicable Percentage resulting from the delivery of the Sustainability Grid Notice for any fiscal year shall not be cumulative year-over-year). Each party hereto hereby agrees that (1) nothing herein or in any other Credit Document shall be deemed or construed as the Administrative Agent or the Sustainability Structuring Agent making any representations or assurances as to whether this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document meets any criteria or expectations of the Borrower or any Lender in relation to ESG or other sustainability performance, or whether any Sustainability Metric or Sustainability Metric Percentage (or computation thereof) meets any industry standards for sustainability-linked credit facilities (including, without limitation, Sustainability Linked Loan Principles (as published in May 2021 by the Loan Market Association, Asia Pacific Loan Market Association and Loan Syndications & Trading Association)) and (2) the Administrative Agent and the Sustainability Structuring Agent shall not have any responsibility for (or liability in respect of) reviewing, auditing or otherwise evaluating any calculation by the Borrower of any Sustainability Metric Percentage or any Sustainability Metric (or any of the data or computations that are part of or related to any such calculation) set forth in any Sustainability Grid Notice. The Administrative Agent and the Sustainability Structuring Agent may rely conclusively on any Sustainability Grid Notice delivered by the Borrower without any responsibility to verify the accuracy thereof.

As used herein:

2020 Baseline” means the Sustainability Metric for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, which is 1.8%.

 

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Qualifying Property” means a property identified by the Borrower on its portfolio schedule or other similar schedule in its quarterly supplemental report which is a real estate asset owned by the Borrower, any Subsidiary, or through an unconsolidated joint venture of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

Sustainability Metric” means, collectively, for any fiscal year, the number of Qualifying Properties which have current/active ENERGY STAR, LEED, IREM, CSP, or other similarly recognized third-party green building certifications as a percentage (rounded to one decimal point) of the total number of Qualifying Properties.

Sustainability Metric Percentage” means the level of growth in the Sustainability Metric specified in the table below for the applicable fiscal year from the 2020 Baseline as shown in the table below; the Sustainability Metric Percentage for each fiscal year shall be determined as of December 31 of such fiscal year.

 

Fiscal Year

  

Sustainability Metric Percentage

2021

   2020 Baseline plus 2.0%

2022

   2020 Baseline plus 4.0%

2023

   2020 Baseline plus 6.0%

2024

   2020 Baseline plus 7.5%

2025

   2020 Baseline plus 9.0%

Approved Bank” means as provided in the definition of “Cash Equivalents”.

Approved Fund” means 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.

Arrangers” means WFS, JPMorgan Chase Bank (or any Affiliate of JPMorgan Chase Bank designated by it)Citibank, N.A., The Bank of Nova Scotia, Capital One, National Association, U.S. Bank National Association and PNC Capital Markets LLC, in their capacities as joint lead arrangers.

 

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Asset Sale” means any sale, lease or other disposition (including any such transaction effected by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation) by the Parent, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or Specified Affiliates subsequent to the date hereof of any asset (including stock), including without limitation any sale-leaseback transaction, whether or not involving a Capital Lease, but excluding (a) any sale, lease or other disposition in the ordinary course of business of real property which is the subject of mortgage liens permitted hereunder, (b) any sale, lease or other disposition of raw materials, supplies or other nonfixed assets in the ordinary course of business, (c) any sale, lease or other disposition of surplus, obsolete or worn out machinery, equipment, molds or other manufacturing equipment in the ordinary course of business to the extent that the aggregate book value of all of such assets sold, leased or otherwise disposed of in a fiscal year does not exceed $5,000,000, (d) any sale or other disposition in the ordinary course of business of readily marketable securities, (e) any disposition of cash not prohibited hereunder, and (f) the issuance of any shares of stock in any Specified Affiliate to any officer, director or employee of the Parent or the Borrower.

Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit 9.07.

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

Attorney Costs” means and includes all fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel.

Attributable Principal Amount” means (a) in the case of Capital Leases, the amount of Capital Lease obligations determined in accordance with GAAP, (b) in the case of Synthetic Leases, an amount determined by capitalization of the remaining lease payments thereunder as if it were a Capital Lease determined in accordance with GAAP, (c) in the case of Securitization Transactions, the outstanding principal amount of such financing, after taking into account reserve amounts and making appropriate adjustments, determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment and (d) in the case of Sale and Leaseback Transactions, the present value (discounted in accordance with GAAP at the debt rate implied in the applicable lease) of the obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the term of such lease).

Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (a) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Credit Agreement or (b) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 3.03(c)(iv).

 

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

Bail-In Legislation” means (a) 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, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).

Base Rate” means Adjusted Term SOFR for a one-month tenor in effect on such day; provided, that if for any reason Adjusted Term SOFR is not available, Base Rate shall mean the per annum rate of interest equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus one and one-half of one percent (1.50%); provided, that if the Base Rate determined as provided above shall ever be less than the Floor, then the Base Rate shall be deemed to be the Floor.

Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

Benchmark” means, initially, Adjusted Term SOFR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to Adjusted Term SOFR, as applicable, or the applicable then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 3.03(c).

Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event for any then-current Benchmark, the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for such Benchmark giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement to such then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

 

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Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of any then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Available Tenor (if applicable), the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities.

Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earlier to occur of the following events with respect to any then-current Benchmark:

(a) in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors (if applicable) of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor (if applicable) of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.

For the avoidance of doubt, if the applicable then-current Benchmark has any Available Tenors, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to any then-current Benchmark:

 

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(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors (if applicable) of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor (if applicable) of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);

(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the FRB, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors (if applicable) of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor (if applicable) of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(c) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors (if applicable) of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.

For the avoidance of doubt, if the applicable then-current Benchmark has any Available Tenors, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

Benchmark Transition Start Date” means, in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (a) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (b) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication).

Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, with respect to any then-current Benchmark, the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to such Benchmark has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in accordance with Section 3.03(c) and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in accordance with Section 3.03(c).

 

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Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 CFR § 1010.230.

Borrower” means as provided in the recitals hereto.

Borrower Materials” means as provided in Section 6.01.

Borrowing” means (a) a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) of the same Type and Class and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans, having the same Interest Period, or (b) a borrowing of Swing Line Loans, as appropriate.

Business Day” means any day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday) on which banks in San Francisco, California and New York, New York, are open for the conduct of their commercial banking business.

Capital Lease” means a lease that would be capitalized on a balance sheet of the lessee prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to Section 1.03 below.

Capital Stock” means (a) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (c) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), (d) in the case of a limited liability company, membership interests and (e) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

Cash Collateralize” means, to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuers or the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

 

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Cash Equivalents” means (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by (i) the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than twelve (12) months from the date of acquisition, (b) time deposits and certificates of deposit of (i) any Lender or (ii) any domestic commercial bank of recognized standing having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 (each an “Approved Bank”), in each case with maturities of not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition, (c) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) and maturing within six (6) months of the date of acquisition, (d) repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with a bank or trust company (including any of the Lenders) or recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed by the United States in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a fair market value of at least 100% of the amount of the repurchase obligations and (e) Investments (classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets) in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that are administered by reputable financial institutions having capital of at least $500,000,000 and the portfolios of which are limited to Investments of the character described in the foregoing subclauses hereof.

CERCLA” means as provided in Section 5.06.

CERCLIS” means as provided in Section 5.06.

Change in Law” means, with respect to any Lender, any change effective after the Closing Date in Law (including without limitation, Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or the adoption or making after such date of any interpretation, directive or request applying to a class of banks, including such Lender, of or under any Law (whether or not having the force of law and whether or not failure to comply therewith would be unlawful) by any Governmental Authority or monetary authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy or liquidity. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (a) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (b) 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, implemented or issued.

 

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Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) any Person or two (2) or more Persons acting in concert shall have acquired beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of, or shall have acquired by contract or otherwise, voting stock of the Parent (or other securities convertible into such voting stock) representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of all voting stock of the Parent; (b) during any period of up to twelve (12) consecutive months, individuals who at the beginning of such twelve (12) month period were directors of the Parent (together with any new director whose election by the Parent’s Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the Parent’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the directors of the Parent then in office, (c) the Parent shall cease to be the general partner of the Borrower or shall cease to have the sole and exclusive power to exercise all management and control over the Borrower and (d) prior to the HR Contribution, (x) the Parent shall cease to own and control directly less than 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock of HR or (y) the Parent shall cease to have the sole and exclusive power to exercise all management and control over HR and its Subsidiaries. As used herein, “beneficial ownership” shall have the meaning provided in Rule 13d-3 of the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Class” means (a) when used in reference to any Loan, whether such Loan is a Revolving Loan, Swing Line Loan or a Term Loan, (b) when used in reference to any Commitment, whether such Commitment is a Revolving Commitment or a Term Loan Commitment and (c) when used with respect to a Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment with respect to a particular Class of Loans or Commitments.

Closing Date” means the date hereof.

Commitments” means, collectively, as to all Lenders, the Revolving Commitments and the Term Loan Commitments of such Lenders.

Compliance Certificate” means as provided in Section 6.01(c).

Confidential Information” means as provided in Section 9.08.

Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of an initial Benchmark or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback

 

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periods, the applicability of Section 3.05 and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents).

Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period for the Consolidated Group, the sum of (a) net income attributable to common stockholders (or its equivalent) plus (b) to the extent deducted in determining net income attributable to common stockholders (or its equivalent), (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) the amount of income taxes (or minus the amount of tax benefits) and (iii) depreciation and amortization adjusted to exclude the effect (if any) of (c) extraordinary or nonrecurring items, including without limitation: gains and losses from the sale of operating properties; non-cash impairment charges; gains and losses on early extinguishment of Indebtedness; severance and other restructuring charges; and transaction costs of acquisitions not permitted to be capitalized pursuant to GAAP, in each case on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided, the applicable period shall be for the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of the date of determination.

Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Fixed Charges.

Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, for any period for the Consolidated Group, the sum of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense plus (b) current scheduled principal payments of Funded Debt (including, for purposes hereof, current scheduled reductions in commitments, but excluding any “balloon” payment or final payment at maturity that is significantly larger than the scheduled payments that preceded it) for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters beginning the day after the date of determination plus (c) dividends and distributions on preferred stock, if any, and redemptions and repurchases thereof, in each case on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided, the applicable period shall be for the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of the date of determination.

Consolidated Group” means the Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period for the Consolidated Group, all interest expense and letter of credit fee expense, on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but including, in any event, the interest component under Capital Leases and the implied interest component under Securitization Transactions, but excluding the non-cash portion of interest expense attributable to Indebtedness convertible by its express terms into Capital Stock. Except as otherwise expressly provided, the applicable period shall be for the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of the date of determination.

Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means the ratio of Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated Total Capital.

Consolidated Secured Debt” means the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Consolidated Group secured by a Lien on any property owned or leased by them.

Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio” means the ratio of Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated Total Capital.

Consolidated Subsidiary” means at any date any Subsidiary or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the Parent in its consolidated financial statements if such statements were prepared as of such date. For purposes of this Credit Agreement, Specified Affiliates of the Parent shall be classified as Consolidated Subsidiaries.

Consolidated Tangible Net Worth” means, for the Consolidated Group, (a) the sum of (i) stockholders’ equity on a consolidated basis plus (ii) accumulated depreciation determined in accordance with GAAP, but with no upward adjustments due to any revaluation of assets, minus (b) all Intangible Assets (excluding intangible assets in accordance with FASB ASC 805); provided, however, that to the extent that the aggregate amount of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth attributable to the following would exceed 35.0% of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth, such excess shall be excluded: (A) unconsolidated joint ventures or other non-Subsidiary enterprises in the same or closely related lines of business; (B) Capital Stock of Persons other than consolidated Subsidiaries and Investments described in the immediately preceding clause (A), (C) unimproved real estate; (D) construction projects and (E) Mortgage Receivables.

Consolidated Total Capital” means the sum of (a) Consolidated Tangible Net Worth plus (b) Consolidated Total Debt.

Consolidated Total Debt” means all Indebtedness of the Consolidated Group determined on a consolidated basis.

 

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Consolidated Unencumbered EBITDA” means the portion of Consolidated EBITDA that is generated by Consolidated Unencumbered Realty.

Consolidated Unencumbered Interest Expense” means the portion of Consolidated Interest Expense that is not attributable to Consolidated Secured Debt.

Consolidated Unencumbered Leverage Ratio” means the ratio of Consolidated Unsecured Debt to Consolidated Unencumbered Realty.

Consolidated Unencumbered Realty” means, for the Consolidated Group, the book value of all realty (prior to deduction for accumulated depreciation) minus the book value of real property (prior to deduction for accumulated depreciation) which is subject to mortgage Liens described in clause (c) of Section 6.07 or mortgage Liens arising out of the refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding of any Indebtedness permitted hereunder secured by a mortgage Lien initially permitted under clause (c) of Section 6.07. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Consolidated Unencumbered Realty attributable to the following would exceed 20.0% of Consolidated Unencumbered Realty, such excess shall be excluded: (a) construction projects; (b) unimproved real estate; (c) realty owned or leased by a Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (other than realty owned or leased by a Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary but for which the Parent exclusively controls, directly or indirectly, the sale and financing of such realty); and (d) realty not located in the United States of America.

Consolidated Unsecured Coverage Ratio” means the ratio of Consolidated Unencumbered EBITDA to Consolidated Unencumbered Interest Expense.

Consolidated Unsecured Debt” means the portion of Consolidated Total Debt that is not Consolidated Secured Debt.

Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

Co-Syndication Agents” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, Citibank, N.A., The Bank of Nova Scotia, Capital One, National Association, U.S. Bank National Association and PNC Bank, National Association.

Credit Agreement” means as set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.

 

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Credit Documents” means this Credit Agreement, the Notes, each Issuer Document, the Guaranties, if any, the Administrative Agent’s Fee Letter, the Letters of Credit and the Compliance Certificates.

Credit Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and the Guarantors, if any.

Credit Percentage” means, at any time, (a) as to each Revolving Lender, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is such Lender’s Revolving Committed Amount and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount; (b) as to each HTA-1 Term Loan Lender, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is such Lender’s outstanding principal amount of HTA-1 Term Loans and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all HTA-1 Term Loans; (c) as to each HTA-2 Term Loan Lender, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is such Lender’s outstanding principal amount of HTA-2 Term Loans and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all HTA-2 Term Loans; (d) as to each New DDTL Lender, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is such New DDTL Lender’s New DDTL Committed Amount and the denominator of which is the Aggregate New DDTL Committed Amount, (e) as to each New 5.5-Year Term Loan Lender, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is such New 5.5-Year Term Loan Lender’s New 5.5-Year Term Loan Committed Amount and the denominator of which is the Aggregate New 5.5-Year Term Loan Committed Amount, (f) as to each HR-1 Term Loan Lender, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is such Lender’s outstanding principal amount of HR-1 Term Loans and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all HR-1 Term Loans and (g) as to each HR-2 Term Loan Lender, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is such Lender’s outstanding principal amount of HR-2 Term Loans and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all HR-2 Term Loans. The initial Credit Percentages are set forth on Schedule 2.01.

Debt Rating” means the rating by a Ratings Service for the Borrower’s senior unsecured (non-credit enhanced) long-term debt.

Debtor Relief Laws” means 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.

 

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Default” means any event, act or condition that, with notice, the passage of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.14(f), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within 2 Business Days of the date such Loans 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 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, the L/C Issuers, the Swing Line Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans) within 2 Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers or the Swing Line Lender 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 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 prospective 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 of America 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 (subject to Section 2.14(f)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, the L/C Issuers, the Swing Line Lender and each Lender.

Default Rate” means (a) with respect to any principal of any Loan or any Reimbursement Obligation, the rate otherwise applicable plus an additional two percent (2.0%) per annum and (b) with respect to any other Obligation, a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate as in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Percentage for Base Rate Loans plus two percent (2.0%).

 

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Disbursement Instruction Agreement” means an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.01-2 to be executed and delivered by the Borrower, as the same may be amended, restated or modified from time to time with the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent.

Dollar” or “$” means the lawful currency of the United States.

EEA Financial Institution” means (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” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

EEA Resolution Authority” means 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 credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country.

Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 9.07(b)(iii), (v), (vi) and (vii) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 9.07(b)(iii)).

Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, and foreign 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.

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code).

 

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ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition that could reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

Erroneous Payment” means as provided in Section 8.10(a).

Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” means as provided in Section 8.10(d).

Erroneous Payment Impacted Class” means as provided in Section 8.10(d).

Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” means as provided in Section 8.10(d).

ESG” means as provided in Section 9.01(j).

ESG Amendment” means as provided in Section 9.01(j).

ESG Pricing Provisions” means as provided in Section 9.01(j).

ESG Ratings” means as provided in Section 9.01(j).

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

Event of Acceleration” means any of the events or conditions set forth in Sections 7.01(g), (h) or (i) with respect to the Parent or the Borrower.

 

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Event of Default” means as provided in Section 7.01.

Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a Law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in such Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 3.06) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.01, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(g) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

Existing Credit Agreements” means the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement, the Existing HTA Term Loan Agreement and the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement.

Existing HR Credit Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2019, by and among HR, Wells Fargo, as administrative agent, and the other parties thereto (as amended).

Existing HR Term Loan Agreement” means as provided in the second WHEREAS clause of this Credit Agreement.

Existing HTA Term Loan Agreement” means as provided in the first WHEREAS clause of this Credit Agreement.

Existing Revolving Credit Agreement” means as provided in the first WHEREAS clause of this Credit Agreement.

Existing Letters of Credit” means the letters of credit issued and outstanding under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement and set forth on Schedule 2.03.

 

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Extended Letter of Credit” means as provided in Section 2.03(b).

Extension of Credit” means (i) any Borrowing and (ii) any L/C Credit Extension.

Facility Fee” means as provided in Section 2.09(a).

FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, as of the date of this Credit 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 and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Federal Funds Rate” means, 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, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average of the quotation for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.

Floor” means a rate of interest equal to 0%.

Foreign Lender” means (a) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the United States, each state thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

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

Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to any L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Credit Percentage (in respect of its Revolving Committed Amount) of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s

 

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participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Credit Percentage (in respect of its Revolving Committed Amount) of outstanding Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders.

Fund” means 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.

Funded Debt” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

(a) all obligations for borrowed money, whether current or long-term (including the Obligations hereunder), and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

(b) all purchase money indebtedness (including indebtedness and obligations in respect of conditional sales and title retention arrangements, except for customary conditional sales and title retention arrangements with suppliers that are entered into in the ordinary course of business) and all indebtedness and obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable incurred the ordinary course of business and payable on customary trade terms);

(c) all direct obligations under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances and similar instruments (including bank guaranties, surety bonds, comfort letters, keep-well agreements and capital maintenance agreements) to the extent such instruments or agreements support financial, rather than performance, obligations;

(d) the Attributable Principal Amount of Capital Leases and Synthetic Leases;

(e) the Attributable Principal Amount of Securitization Transactions;

(f) all preferred stock and comparable equity interests providing for mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other like payments;

 

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(g) Support Obligations in respect of Funded Debt of another Person; and

(h) Funded Debt of any partnership or joint venture or other similar entity in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, and, as such, has personal liability for such obligations, but only to the extent there is recourse to such Person for payment thereof.

For purposes hereof, the amount of Funded Debt shall be determined based on the outstanding principal amount in the case of borrowed money indebtedness under clause (a) and purchase money indebtedness and the deferred purchase obligations under clause (b), based on the maximum amount available to be drawn in the case of letter of credit obligations and the other obligations under clause (c), and based on the amount of Funded Debt that is the subject of the Support Obligations in the case of Support Obligations under clause (g).

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States applied on a consistent basis as set forth in (a) the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, (b) statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and (c) interpretations of the SEC (including published staff interpretations), in each case subject to the provisions of Section 1.03. Accounting principles are applied on a “consistent basis” when the accounting principles applied in a current period are comparable in all material respects to those accounting principles applied in a preceding period, except to the extent that new accounting standards have been adopted by such organizations applicable as of the current period.

Governmental Authority” means any national, state or local government (whether domestic or foreign), any political subdivision thereof or any other governmental, quasi-governmental, judicial, public or statutory instrumentality, authority, body, agency, bureau or entity (including, without limitation, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Comptroller of the Currency or the Federal Reserve Board, any central bank or any comparable authority) or any arbitrator with authority to bind a party at law.

Guarantor” means any party that may give a guaranty of the loans and obligations hereunder in substantially the form of Exhibit 6.20 or other form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, in each case as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Guaranties” means, collectively, the guaranty agreement executed by HR, if required by Section 6.20 (the “HR Guaranty”), and those other guaranty agreements, if any, given in respect of the loans and obligations owing under this Credit Agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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Hazardous Substance” means any toxic or hazardous substance, including petroleum and its derivatives regulated under the Environmental Laws.

HR” means as provided in the second WHEREAS clause of this Credit Agreement.

HR Contribution” means the contribution by the Parent of 100% of the Capital Stock of HR to the Borrower following the consummation of the Merger and on terms and in substance agreeable to the Administrative Agent.

HR Conversion” means the conversion of HR to a limited liability company and any changes to the Organization Documents of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries necessary to accomplish the HR Contribution.

HR Guaranty” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Guaranties”.

HR-1 Term Loans” means as provided in Section 2.01(f).

HR-1 Term Loan Extension Request” means as provided in Section 2.15(d).

HR-1 Term Loan Note” means the promissory notes substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.13-7, if any, given to each Lender with a HR-1 Term Loan to evidence the HR-1 Term Loans of such Lender, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced.

HR-1 Term Loan Lender” means a Lender with an outstanding HR-1 Term Loan.

HR-1 Term Loan Termination Date” means May 31, 2024.

HR-2 Term Loans” means as provided in Section 2.01(g).

 

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HR-2 Term Loan Note” means the promissory notes substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.13-8, if any, given to each Lender with a HR-2 Term Loan to evidence the HR-2 Term Loans of such Lender, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced.

HR-2 Term Loan Lender” means a Lender with an outstanding HR-2 Term Loan.

HR-2 Term Loan Termination Date” means June 1, 2026.

HTA-1 Term Loans” means as provided in Section 2.01(b).

HTA-1 Term Loan Extension Request” means as provided in Section 2.15(b).

HTA-1 Term Loan Note” means the promissory notes substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.13-3, if any, given to each Lender with a HTA-1 Term Loan to evidence the HTA-1 Term Loans of such Lender, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced.

HTA-1 Term Loan Lender” means a Lender with an outstanding HTA-1 Term Loan.

HTA-1 Term Loan Termination Date” means October 31, 2025.

HTA-2 Term Loans” means as provided in Section 2.01(c).

HTA-2 Term Loan Note” means the promissory notes substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.13-4, if any, given to each Lender with a HTA-2 Term Loan to evidence the HTA-2 Term Loans of such Lender, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced.

HTA-2 Term Loan Lender” means a Lender with an outstanding HTA-2 Term Loan.

HTA-2 Term Loan Termination Date” means July 20, 2027.

 

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Increase Effective Date” means as provided in Section 2.16(c).

Incremental Increases” means as provided in Section 2.16(a).

Incremental Term Loan” means as provided in Section 2.16(a).

Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

(a) all Funded Debt;

(b) all contingent obligations under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances and similar instruments (including bank guaranties, surety bonds, comfort letters, keep-well agreements and capital maintenance agreements) to the extent such instruments or agreements support financial, rather than performance, obligations;

(c) net obligations under any Swap Contract;

(d) Support Obligations in respect of Indebtedness of another Person; and

(e) Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture or other similar entity in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, and, as such, has personal liability for such obligations, but only to the extent there is recourse to such Person for payment thereof.

For purposes hereof, the amount of Indebtedness shall be determined based on Swap Termination Value in the case of net obligations under Swap Contracts under clause (c) and based on the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness that is the subject of the Support Obligations in the case of Support Obligations under clause (d).

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

Indemnitees” means as provided in Section 9.05.

Individual Subsidiary Test” means as provided in the definition of “Material Subsidiaries” in this Section 1.01.

Intangible Assets” means all assets consisting of goodwill, patents, trade names, trademarks, copyrights, franchises, experimental expense, organization expense, unamortized debt discount and expense, deferred assets (other than prepaid insurance and prepaid taxes), the excess of cost of shares acquired over book value of related assets and such other assets as are properly classified as “intangible assets” in accordance with GAAP, but excluding, for purposes hereof, leasehold intangible assets and fair value adjustments of debt assumed recorded by a Person in connection with such Person’s acquisition of real estate operations in accordance with FASB ASC 805.

Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Base Rate Loan and any Swing Line Loan, the first Business Day of each month, the Termination Date with respect to the applicable Class of Loans, and in the case of any Swing Line Loan, any other dates as may be mutually agreed upon by the Borrower and the Swing Line Lender and (b) as to any Term SOFR Loan, the first Business Day of each month, the last Business Day of each Interest Period for such Loan, the date of repayment of principal of such Loan and the applicable Termination Date with respect to the applicable Class of Loans. If an Interest Payment Date falls on a date that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be deemed to be the immediately succeeding Business Day.

Interest Period” means, as to any Term SOFR Loan, the period commencing on the date such Term SOFR Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Term SOFR Loan and ending on the date one (1), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter, in each case as selected by the Borrower in its Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation and subject to availability; provided that:

(a) the Interest Period shall commence on the date of advance of or conversion to any Term SOFR Loan and, in the case of immediately successive Interest Periods, each successive Interest Period shall commence on the date on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires;

 

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(b) if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day;

(c) 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 relevant calendar month at the end of such Interest Period, and no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Termination Date applicable to such Class of Loans; and

(d) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 3.03(c)(iv) shall be available for specification in any Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation.

Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Capital Stock of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, guaranty or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by any L/C Issuer and the Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of such L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.

 

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Joint Book Runners” means WFS, JPMorgan Chase Bank and Citibank, N.A., in their capacities as joint book runners.

JPM Asset Sale Agreement” means that certain Term Loan Agreement, dated as of May 13, 2022 among the Borrower, the Parent, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent, and the other parties thereto, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

JPMorgan Chase Bank” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., together with its successors.

KPIs” means as provided in Section 9.01(j).

Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, 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 whether or not having the force of law.

L/C Committed Amount” means as provided in Section 2.03(a).

L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the renewal or increase of the amount thereof.

L/C Customary Charges” means as provided in Section 2.09(d)(ii).

L/C Disbursements” means as provided in Section 2.14(b).

L/C Fronting Fee” means as provided in Section 2.09(d)(ii).

 

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L/C Issuer” means each of Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase Bank, and Citibank, N.A., in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.03.

L/C Issuer Fees” means as provided in Section 2.09(d)(ii).

L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the Stated Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Reimbursement Obligations. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.07. For all purposes of this Credit Agreement, (i) a Lender (other than a Lender that is the L/C Issuer for the applicable Letter of Credit) shall be deemed to hold an L/C Obligation in an amount equal to its participation interest under Section 2.03 in the related Letter of Credit, and the Lender that is the L/C Issuer for such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to hold an L/C Obligation in an amount equal to its retained interest in the related Letter of Credit after giving effect to the acquisition by the other Lenders of their participation interests under such Section and (ii) if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

Lender” means each of the Persons identified as a “Lender” on the signature pages hereto (and includes the Revolving Lenders and the Term Loan Lenders and, as appropriate, the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lender) and each Person who joins as a Lender pursuant to the terms hereof, together with their respective successors and assigns.

Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender set forth 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.

Letter of Credit” means each standby letter of credit issued hereunder.

Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by a L/C Issuer.

Letter of Credit Collateral Account” means a special deposit account maintained by the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders, and under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent.

 

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Letter of Credit Fee” means as provided in Section 2.09(d)(i).

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any Capital Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

Loan” means any Revolving Loan, any Swing Line Loan or any Term Loan and the Base Rate Loans and Term SOFR Loans comprising such Loans.

Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing of Loans, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Term SOFR Loans, which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.02.

Master Agreement” means as provided in the definition of “Swap Contract”.

Material Acquisition” means any Acquisition (whether by direct purchase, merger or otherwise and whether in one or more related transactions) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in which the purchase price of the assets acquired exceeds an amount equal to 10.0% of consolidated total assets as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter prior to the consummation of such Acquisition of the Parent for which financial statements are publicly available (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Merger and the HR Contribution).

Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the financial condition, operations, business, assets or liabilities of the Consolidated Group taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Parent, the Borrower or any other Credit Party to perform any material obligation under the Credit Documents, or (iii) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Documents.

Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Parent or the Borrower with net assets or revenues in excess of 1.5% of the Parent’s consolidated net assets or revenues for the most recently ended quarterly period for which financial statements are available (the “Individual Subsidiary Test”); provided, however, that the aggregate net assets and revenues of the Material Subsidiaries shall equal at least 90% of the Parent’s consolidated net assets and revenues for the most recently ended quarterly period for which financial statements are available. In the event that the aggregate net assets and revenues of

 

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Subsidiaries meeting the Individual Subsidiary Test do not equal 90% of the Parent’s consolidated net assets and revenues, then the Subsidiaries that do not meet the Individual Subsidiary Test (starting with the largest Subsidiary based on net assets and revenue and working down in each case to the next largest Subsidiary based on net assets and revenue) that are necessary to make the aggregate net assets and revenues of the Material Subsidiaries equal at least 90% of the net assets and revenues of the Parent for the most recently ended quarterly period for which financial statements are available, shall be included in the definition of Material Subsidiaries.

Maximum Rate” means as provided in Section 9.10.

Merger” means as provided in the second WHEREAS clause of this Credit Agreement.

Merger Agreement” means as provided in the second WHEREAS clause of this Credit Agreement.

Merger Sub” means as provided in the second WHEREAS clause of this Credit Agreement.

Mortgage Receivable” means a promissory note secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or similar security instrument made by a Person owning an interest in real estate granting a Lien on such interest in real estate as security for the payment of Indebtedness of which the Parent, the Borrower or a Subsidiary is the holder and retains the rights of collection of all payments thereunder.

Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five (5) plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.

New 5.5-Year Term Loan” means as provided in Section 2.01(e).

New 5.5-Year Term Loan Note” means the promissory notes substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.13-6, if any, given to each Lender with a New 5.5-Year Term Loan Commitment or a New 5.5-Year Term Loan to evidence the New 5.5-Year Term Loans of such Lender, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced.

 

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New 5.5-Year Term Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each New 5.5-Year Term Loan Lender, the obligation of such New 5.5-Year Term Loan Lender to make New 5.5-Year Term Loans in the amount of such New 5.5-Year Term Loan Lender’s New 5.5-Year Term Loan Committed Amount.

New 5.5-Year Term Loan Committed Amount” means, with respect to each Lender, the obligation of such Lender’s New 5.5-Year Term Loan Commitment. The New 5.5-Year Term Loan Committed Amounts are set forth on Schedule 2.01.

New 5.5-Year Term Loan Lender” means a Lender with a New 5.5-Year Term Loan Commitment and/or a New 5.5-Year Term Loan.

New 5.5-Year Term Loan Note” means the promissory notes substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.13-6, if any, given to each Lender with a New 5.5-Year Term Loan Commitment or a New 5.5-Year Term Loan to evidence the New 5.5-Year Term Loans of such Lender, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced

New 5.5-Year Term Loan Termination Date” means January 20, 2028.

New DDTLs” means as provided in Section 2.01(d).

New DDTL Commitment Fee” means as provided in Section 2.09(b).

New DDTL Commitment Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earlier of (a) the date which is 12 months following the Closing Date or (b) the date on which the New DDTL Commitments shall have been terminated as provided herein.

New DDTL Commitment” means, with respect to each New DDTL Lender, the obligation of such New DDTL Lender to make New DDTLs in the amount of such New DDTL Lender’s New DDTL Committed Amount.

New DDTL Committed Amount” means, with respect to each Lender, the obligation of such Lender’s New DDTL Commitment as reduced pursuant to Section 2.01(d). The initial New DDTL Committed Amounts are set forth on Schedule 2.01.

 

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New DDTL Extension Request” means as provided in Section 2.15(c).

New DDTL Lender” means a Lender with a New DDTL Commitment and/or a New DDTL.

New DDTL Termination Date” means July 20, 2023.

New DDTL Note” means the promissory notes substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.13-5, if any, given to each Lender with a New DDTL Commitment or a New DDTL to evidence the New DDTLs of such Lender, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced.

Non-Defaulting Lender” means a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender.

Notes” means the Revolving Notes, the Swing Line Note, the HTA-1 Term Loan Notes, the HTA-2 Term Loan Notes, the New DDTL Notes, the New 5.5-Year Term Loan Notes, the HR-1 Term Loan Notes and the HR-2 Term Loan Notes.

Notice of Swing Line Borrowing” means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.04 (or such other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and containing the information required in such Exhibit) to be delivered to the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(b) evidencing the Borrower’s request for a Swing Line Loan.

Obligations” means, without duplication, (i) the aggregate principal balance of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all Loans (ii) all Reimbursement Obligations and other L/C Obligations and (iii) all other advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Credit Party arising under any Credit Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising including, without limitation, fee and indemnification obligations and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. For the avoidance of doubt, “Obligations” shall not include any obligations under any Swap Contract.

OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

 

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Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

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

Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Credit Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 3.06(b)).

Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any Borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the aggregate outstanding amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date.

Parent” means as provided in the recitals hereto.

Participant” means as provided in Section 9.07(d).

 

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Patriot Act” means the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).

Payment Recipient” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 8.10(a).

PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

PCB” means as provided in Section 5.06(b).

Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five (5) plan years.

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

Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.

Platform” means as provided in Section 6.01.

Public Lender” means as provided in Section 6.01.

Ratings Service” means any nationally recognized rating agency reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) any L/C Issuer, as applicable.

 

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Register” means as provided in Section 9.07(c).

Regulation T” means Regulation T of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.

Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.

Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.

Reimbursement Obligation” means the absolute, unconditional and irrevocable obligation of the Borrower to reimburse an L/C Issuer for any drawing honored by such L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit.

REIT” means a real estate investment trust as defined in Sections 856-860 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors and attorneys-in-fact of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

Release” means as provided in Section 5.06(a).

Relevant Governmental Body” means the FRB or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the FRB or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.

Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the thirty-day notice period has been waived.

Request for Extension of Credit” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing of Loans (including Swing Line Loans) or the conversion or continuation of Loans, a Loan Notice and (b) with respect to a L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application.

 

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Required Class Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to any Class of Lenders (other than Required Revolving Lenders), Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate Commitments of such Class plus the outstanding Loans (if any) of all Lenders of such Class or, if the Commitments of such Class have terminated, holding more than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Loans of such Class; provided that (i) in determining such percentage at any given time, all then existing Defaulting Lenders will be disregarded and excluded and (ii) at all times when two or more Lenders that are not Affiliates of one another (excluding Defaulting Lenders) are party to this Credit Agreement, the term “Required Class Lenders” shall in no event mean less than two Lenders in such Class.

Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of (a) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments or, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations and (b) the aggregate Term Loan Commitments plus the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans; provided that (i) in determining such percentage at any given time, all then existing Defaulting Lenders will be disregarded and excluded and (ii) at all times when two or more Lenders (excluding Defaulting Lenders) are party to this Credit Agreement, the term “Required Lenders” shall in no event mean less than two Lenders that are not Affiliates of one another. For purposes of this definition, a Lender shall be deemed to hold a Swing Line Loan or a L/C Obligation to the extent such Lender has acquired a participation therein under the terms of this Credit Agreement and has not failed to perform its obligations in respect of such participation.

Required Revolving Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding more than 50% of the (a) Aggregate Revolving Commitments or (b) if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations; provided that (i) in determining such percentage at any given time, all then existing Defaulting Lenders will be disregarded and excluded and (ii) at all times when two or more Lenders (excluding Defaulting Lenders) having Revolving Commitments are party to this Credit Agreement, the term “Required Revolving Lenders” shall in no event mean less than two Lenders that are not Affiliates of one another having Revolving Commitments. For purposes of this definition, a Lender shall be deemed to hold a Swing Line Loan or a L/C Obligation to the extent such Lender has acquired a participation therein under the terms of this Credit Agreement and has not failed to perform its obligations in respect of such participation.

Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.

 

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Responsible Officer” means, for purposes of certifying or confirming matters related to Organization Documents, incumbency and like matters, the secretary or assistant secretary, and for other purposes, the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or other executive officer or senior vice president of a Credit Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Credit Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Credit Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Credit Party.

Revolving Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to share in the Revolving Obligations hereunder up to such Lender’s Credit Percentage in respect of its Revolving Committed Amount.

Revolving Commitment Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earlier of (a) the Revolving Termination Date or (b) the date on which the Revolving Commitments shall have been terminated as provided herein.

Revolving Committed Amount” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment. The initial Revolving Committed Amounts are set forth on Schedule 2.01.

Revolving Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of its outstanding Revolving Loans and such Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans at such time.

Revolving Credit Increase” means as provided in Section 2.16(a).

Revolving Credit Increase Lender” means as provided in Section 2.16(d).

Revolving Extension Request” means as provided in Section 2.15(a).

Revolving Lender” means any Lender holding a Revolving Commitment and/or an outstanding Revolving Loan or other Revolving Credit Exposure.

Revolving Loans” means as set forth in Section 2.01.

 

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Revolving Note” means the promissory notes substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.13-1, if any, given to each Lender to evidence the Revolving Loans of such Lender, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced.

Revolving Obligations” means the Revolving Loans, the L/C Obligations and the Swing Line Loans.

Revolving Termination Date” means October 31, 2025, or such later date to which the Revolving Termination Date may be extended pursuant to Section 2.15.

Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to the Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any person whereby the Parent, the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred.

Sanctioned Country” means at any time, a country or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (including, as of the Closing Date, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria the Crimea Region of Ukraine, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic or Luhansk People’s Republic regions of Ukraine).

Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC (including, without limitation, OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and OFAC’s Consolidated Non-SDN List), the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, or other relevant sanctions authority, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in clauses (a) and (b), including a Person that is deemed by OFAC to be a Sanctions target based on the ownership of such legal entity by Sanctioned Peron(s).

Sanctions” means any and all economic or financial sanctions, sectoral sanctions, secondary sanctions, trade embargoes and anti-terrorism laws, including but not limited to those imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the U.S. government (including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, or other relevant sanctions authority with jurisdiction over any Lender, the Parent, the Borrower, any of the Subsidiaries or any Affiliates of any of the foregoing.

 

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SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

Securitization Receivables” means as provided in the definition of “Securitization Transaction”.

Securitization Subsidiary” means as provided in the definition of “Securitization Transaction”.

Securitization Transaction” means any financing or factoring or similar transaction (or series of such transactions) entered by any member of the Consolidated Group pursuant to which such member of the Consolidated Group may sell, convey or otherwise transfer, or grant a security interest in, accounts, payments, receivables, rights to future lease payments or residuals or similar rights to payment (the “Securitization Receivables”) to a special purpose subsidiary or affiliate (a “Securitization Subsidiary”) or any other Person.

SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.

SOFR Adjustment” a percentage equal to 0.10% per annum.

SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

Solvent” means, with respect to any person on a particular date, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured and (c) such Person is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature. In computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

 

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Specified Affiliate” means any corporation, association or other business entity formed for the purpose of earning income not qualified as “rents from real property” under applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, in which the Parent directly or indirectly owns substantially all of the economic interest, but less than 10% of the voting interests, and the remaining economic and voting interests are subject to restrictions requiring that ownership of such interests be held by officers, directors or employees of the Parent or the Borrower.

Stated Amount” means the amount available to be drawn by a beneficiary under a Letter of Credit from time to time, as such amount may be increased or reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms of such Letter of Credit; provided, however, with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any application related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the Stated Amount thereof, the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum Stated Amount is in effect at such time.

Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise provided, “Subsidiary” shall refer to a Subsidiary of the Parent.

Subsidiary Guarantor” means any Subsidiary of the Parent which is a Guarantor.

Support Obligations” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness 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 Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other 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 Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness 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 Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person. The amount of any Support Obligations 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 Support Obligation 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.

 

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Sustainability Assurance Provider” means an external auditing firm or sustainability assurance provider of recognized national standing reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, independent of the Parent, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, with relevant expertise in evaluating KPIs with respect to ESG targets.

Sustainability Structuring Agent” shall mean Wells Fargo in its capacity as such.

Swap Contract” means (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), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, that are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

Swap Termination Value” means, 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, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination values determined in accordance therewith, such termination values, and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amounts determined as the mark-to-market values for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

Swing Line Availability” means as provided in Section 2.04(a).

Swing Line Commitment” means, with respect to the Swing Line Lender, the commitment of the Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04 in an amount up to, but not exceeding, the amount set forth in the first sentence of Section 2.04(a).

 

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Swing Line Lender” means Wells Fargo in its capacity as such, together with any successor in such capacity.

Swing Line Loan” means a loan made by the Swing Line Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.04.

Swing Line Maturity Date” means the date which is five (5) Business Days prior to the Revolving Termination Date.

Swing Line Note” means the promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.13-2 payable to the order of the Swing Line Lender in a principal amount equal to the amount of the Swing Line Commitment.

Synthetic Lease” means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing arrangement that is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease under GAAP.

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

Term Loan” means a HTA-1 Term Loan, HTA-2 Term Loan, New DDTL, New 5.5-Year Term Loan, HR-1 Term Loan, HR-2 Term Loan or any Incremental Term Loan made pursuant to Section 2.16, and as the context may require, “Term Loans” means a HTA-1 Term Loan, HTA-2 Term Loan, New DDTL, New 5.5-Year Term Loan, HR-1 Term Loan, HR-2 Term Loan and any Incremental Term Loan made pursuant to Section 2.16.

Term Loan Commitment” means, as to any Term Loan Lender, such Term Loan Lender’s New DDTL Commitment or New 5.5-Year Term Loan Commitment, if any, as the context may require.

Term Loan Lender” means any Lender holding a Term Loan Commitment and/or an outstanding Term Loan.

 

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Term SOFR means, for any calculation, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on any Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day; provided, further, that if Term SOFR determined as provided above (including pursuant to the proviso under clause (a) or clause (b) above) shall ever be less than the Floor, then Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.

Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).

Term SOFR Loan” means a Loan (other than a Base Rate Loan) that bears interest at a rate based on Term SOFR.

Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.

Termination Date” means (a) with respect to the Revolving Commitment and the Revolving Loans and any other Revolving Credit Exposure, the Revolving Termination Date, (b) with respect to the HTA-1 Term Loans, the HTA-1 Term Loan Termination Date, (c) with respect to the HTA-2 Term Loans, the HTA-2 Term Loan Termination Date, (d) with respect to the New DDTL Commitment and the New DDTLs, the New DDTL Termination Date, (e) with respect to the New 5.5-Year Term Loan Commitment and the New 5.5-Year Term Loans, the New 5.5-Year Term Loan Termination Date, (f) with respect to the HR-1 Term Loans, the HR-1 Term Loan Termination Date, (g) with respect to the HR-2 Term Loans, the HR-2 Term Loan Termination Date and (h) with respect to any other Class of Loans, the “Termination Date” specified for such Class of Loans in the Credit Documents establishing such Class of Loans.

Type” means with respect to a Revolving Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Term SOFR Loan.

UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.

 

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UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.

Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code for the applicable plan year.

United States” or “U.S.” means the United States of America.

U.S. Bank” means U.S. Bank National Association, together with its successors.

U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities; provided, that for purposes of notice requirements in Sections 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 2.06 and 2.07, in each case, such day is also a Business Day.

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” means as provided in Section 3.01(g)(ii)(B)(III).

Wells Fargo” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, together with its successors.

WFS” means Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, together with its successors.

Wholly Owned” means, with respect to any direct or indirect Subsidiary of any Person, that 100% of the Capital Stock with ordinary voting power issued by such Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares and investments by foreign nationals mandated by applicable Law) is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.

Withholding Agent” means (a) the Borrower and (b) the Administrative Agent, as applicable.

 

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Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means (a) 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 and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.

1.02 Interpretive Provisions.

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

(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

(b) (i) The words “herein”, “hereto”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Credit Document shall refer to such Credit Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.

(ii) Unless otherwise provided or required by context, Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Credit Document in which such reference appears.

(iii) The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.

(iv) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.

 

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(c) 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”.

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

(e) The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.

(f) Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any reference to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns and (ii) 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.

1.03 Accounting Terms.

(a) 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 Credit Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time (including giving effect to Accounting Standards Codification 842 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) (and related interpretations) (collectively “ASC 842”)); provided, however, if the effect of ASC 842 on the financial reporting of the Parent would be material, GAAP shall be applied herein without giving effect to ASC 842 (i) to the extent any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) would be required to be treated as a Capital Lease thereunder where such lease (or similar arrangement) would have been treated as an operating lease under GAAP as in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Accounting Standards Codification 842 and (ii) to the extent that any liability relating to a ground lease and the corresponding right of use asset would be required to be listed on the Parent’s balance sheet as a result of Accounting Standards Codification 842; provided, further, that the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Credit Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made in accordance with GAAP and made without giving effect to ASC 842, if applicable, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.

 

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(b) The Borrower will provide a written summary of changes in GAAP that are material to the Borrower or in the consistent application thereof with each annual and quarterly Compliance Certificate delivered in accordance with Section 6.01(c); provided, however, that the furnishing of filings of the Parent’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and annual reports on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC, shall satisfy this delivery requirement to the extent such summaries, consistent with FASB ASC 235-10, Notes to Financial Statements, are contained in such filings. If at any time any change in GAAP or in the consistent application thereof would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Credit Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall object in writing to determining compliance based on such change, then such computations shall continue to be made on a basis consistent with the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) as to which no such objection has been made.

1.04 Rounding.

Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Parent and the Borrower pursuant to this Credit 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).

1.05 References to Agreements and Laws.

Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Credit Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by any Credit Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.

1.06 Times of Day.

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

 

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1.07 Letter of Credit Amounts.

Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time.

1.08 Rates.

The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or with respect to any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement), as it may or may not be adjusted pursuant to Section 3.03(c), will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, or Term SOFR, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto and such transactions may be adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, or any other Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Credit Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.

1.09 Divisions.

For all purposes under the Credit Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its equity interests at such time.

 

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ARTICLE II

COMMITMENTS AND EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT

2.01 Borrowings and Commitments.

(a) Revolving Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, during theRevolving Commitment Period, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit loans (the “Revolving Loans”) to the Borrower on any Business Day; provided that after giving effect to any such Revolving Loan, (i) with regard to the Revolving Lenders collectively, the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Obligations shall not exceed ONE BILLION FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($1,500,000,000) (as such amount may be increased or decreased in accordance with the provisions hereof, the “Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount”), and (ii) with regard to each Lender individually, such Lender’s Credit Percentage of Revolving Obligations shall not exceed its respective Revolving Committed Amount. Revolving Loans may consist of Base Rate Loans, Term SOFR Loans, or a combination thereof, as the Borrower may request, and may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof.

(b) HTA-1 Term Loans. The parties hereto acknowledge that certain term loans (the “HTA-1 Term Loans”) were advanced prior to the date hereof under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement. Such term loans shall be continued as, and shall constitute, HTA-1 Term Loans hereunder. The outstanding principal balance of the HTA-1 Term Loans on the Closing Date is THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($300,000,000) and the amount of each HTA-1 Term Loan Lender’s HTA-1 Term Loans outstanding as of the Closing Date are set forth on Schedule 2.01. Once repaid, the HTA-1 Term Loans cannot be reborrowed.

(c) HTA-2 Term Loans. The parties hereto acknowledge that term loans (the “HTA-2 Term Loans”) were advanced prior to the date hereof under the Existing HTA Term Loan Agreement. The outstanding principal balance of the HTA-2 Term Loans on the Closing Date is TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($200,000,000) and the amount of each HTA-2 Term Loan Lender’s HTA-2 Term Loans outstanding as of the Closing Date are set forth on Schedule 2.01. Once repaid, the HTA-2 Term Loans cannot be reborrowed.

(d) New DDTLs. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, during the New DDTL Commitment Period, each New DDTL Lender severally agrees to make one or more term loans (the “New DDTLs”) to the Borrower on any Business Day in an aggregate amount up to its New DDTL Commitment; provided that (i) after giving effect to any such New DDTL, (i) with regard to the New DDTL Lenders collectively, the aggregate principal amount of New DDTLs made hereunder shall not exceed THREE HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($350,000,000), and (ii) the Borrower may request New DDTLs on the

 

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Closing Date and in no more than three (3) additional Borrowings after the Closing Date hereunder. New DDTLs may consist of Base Rate Loans, Term SOFR Loans, or a combination thereof, as the Borrower may request. Upon the funding of a New DDTL, the New DDTL Committed Amount of each New DDTL Lender shall be permanently reduced by the principal amount of such New DDTL Lender’s New DDTL. All New DDTL Commitments shall terminate on the last day of the New DDTL Commitment Period if not previously terminated pursuant hereto. Once repaid, the New DDTLs cannot be reborrowed.

(e) New 5.5-Year Term Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each New 5.5-Year Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make a term loan (the “New 5.5-Year Term Loans”) to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an aggregate amount up to its New 5.5-Year Term Loan Commitment (and with regard to the New 5.5-Year Term Loan Lenders collectively, the aggregate principal amount of New 5.5-Year Term Loans made hereunder shall not exceed THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($300,000,000). Upon each such New 5.5-Year Term Loan Lender’s funding of its New 5.5-Year Term Loan, such New 5.5-Year Lender’s New 5.5-Year Term Loan Commitment shall terminate. Once repaid, the New 5.5-Year Term Loans cannot be reborrowed.

(f) HR-1 Term Loans. The parties hereto acknowledge that certain term loans (the “HR-1 Term Loans”) were advanced prior to the date hereof under the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement as “Tranche A Term Loans” (as defined in the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement). Such term loans shall (i) be continued as, and shall constitute, HR-1 Term Loans hereunder and (ii) be assumed by the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.26 of this Credit Agreement. The outstanding principal balance of the HR-1 Term Loans on the Closing Date is TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($200,000,000) and the amount of each HR-1 Term Loan Lender’s HR-1 Term Loans outstanding as of the Closing Date are set forth on Schedule 2.01. Once repaid, the HR-1 Term Loans cannot be reborrowed.

(g) HR-2 Term Loans. The parties hereto acknowledge that certain term loans (the “HR-2 Term Loans”) were advanced prior to the date hereof under the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement as “Tranche B Term Loans” (as defined in the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement). Such term loans shall (i) be continued as, and shall constitute, HR-2 Term Loans hereunder and (ii) be assumed by the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.26 of this Credit Agreement. The outstanding principal balance of the HR-1 Term Loans on the Closing Date is ONE HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($150,000,000) and the amount of each HR-2 Term Loan Lender’s HR-2 Term Loans outstanding as of the Closing Date are set forth on Schedule 2.01. Once repaid, the HR-1 Term Loans cannot be reborrowed.

 

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2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations.

(a) Each Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Term SOFR Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’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 (i) with respect to Term SOFR Loans, 1:00 p.m. three (3) Business Days prior to, or (ii) with respect to Base Rate Loans, 10:00 a.m. on, the requested date of any Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Loans. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Except as provided in Sections 2.03(e) and 2.04(e), each Borrowing, conversion or continuation shall be in a principal amount of (i) with respect to Term SOFR Loans, $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or (ii) with respect to Base Rate Loans, $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether such request is for a Borrowing, conversion or continuation, (ii) the requested date of such Borrowing, or such conversion or continuation (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Loan Notice, then the applicable Loans shall be made as Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower fails to select in a timely manner a new Interest Period for any Term SOFR Loan in accordance with this Section, such Loan will automatically, on the last day of the current Interest Period therefor, continue as a Term SOFR Loan with an Interest Period of one (1) month; provided, however that if an Event of Default exists, such Loan will automatically, on the last day of the current Interest Period therefor, convert into a Base Rate Loan notwithstanding the Borrower’s failure to comply with any of the terms of this Section. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of, Term SOFR Loans in any Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, the Interest Period will be deemed to be one (1) month.

(b) Following receipt of a Loan Notice with respect to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Credit Percentage of the applicable Loans, Type and Interest Period, if applicable, of the Loan to be made by such Lender. Each Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than (i) with respect to Term SOFR Loans, 3:00 p.m. and (ii) with respect to Base Rate Loans, 4:00 p.m., on the Business Day specified in the applicable Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Extension of Credit, Section 4.01), 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 the Administrative Agent with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with the Disbursement Instruction Agreement. Promptly after receipt of a Loan Notice requesting a conversion or continuation of Loans, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the proposed conversion or continuation and the terms thereof, including any automatic conversion to a Base Rate Loan or continuation of Term SOFR Loans.

(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, without the consent of the Required Lenders, (i) a Term SOFR Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Term SOFR Loan and (ii) any conversion into, or continuation as, a Term SOFR Loan may be made only if the conditions to Extensions of Credit in Section 4.02 have been satisfied. During the existence of an Event of Default, (i) no Loan may be requested as, converted to or continued as a Term SOFR Loan and (ii) at the request of the Required Lenders, any outstanding Term SOFR Loan shall be converted immediately to a Base Rate Loan.

 

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(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Term SOFR Loans upon determination of such interest rate. The determination of Adjusted Term SOFR by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.

(e) After giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than twelve (12) Interest Periods in effect with respect to Revolving Loans.

2.03 Letters of Credit.

(a) Letters of Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Credit Agreement, each L/C Issuer, on behalf of the Lenders, agrees to issue for the account of the Borrower (which may be issued in support of obligations of any Subsidiary of the Borrower) during the period from and including the Closing Date to, but excluding, the date 30 days prior to the Revolving Termination Date, one or more standby letters of credit (each a “Letter of Credit”) up to a maximum aggregate Stated Amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $180,000,000 as such amount may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof (the “L/C Committed Amount”); provided, that an L/C Issuer shall not be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, the aggregate Stated Amount of the outstanding Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer would exceed the lesser of (i) one-third of the L/C Committed Amount and (ii) the Revolving Commitment of such L/C Issuer in its capacity as a Lender. The parties hereto agree that the Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit for all purposes of this Credit Agreement.

(b) Terms of Letters of Credit. At the time of issuance, the amount, form, terms and conditions of each Letter of Credit, and of any drafts or acceptances thereunder, shall be subject to approval by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may (i) the expiration date of any Letter of Credit extend beyond the Revolving Termination Date, or (ii) any Letter of Credit have an initial duration in excess of one year; provided, however, a Letter of Credit may contain a provision providing for the automatic extension of the expiration date in the absence of a notice of non-renewal from the applicable L/C Issuer but in no event shall any such provision permit the extension of the expiration date of such Letter of Credit beyond the Revolving Termination Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Letter of Credit may, as a result of its express terms or as the result of the effect of an automatic extension provision, have an expiration date of not more than one year beyond

 

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the Revolving Termination Date (any such Letter of Credit being referred to as an “Extended Letter of Credit”) so long as the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the applicable L/C Issuer and the Lenders no later than 30 days prior to the Revolving Termination Date, Cash Collateral for such Letter of Credit for deposit into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account in an amount equal to the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit; provided, that the obligations of the Borrower under this Section in respect of Extended Letters of Credit shall survive the termination of this Credit Agreement and shall remain in effect until no Extended Letters of Credit remain outstanding. If the Borrower fails to provide Cash Collateral with respect to any Extended Letter of Credit by the date 30 days prior to the Revolving Termination Date, such failure shall be treated as a drawing under such Extended Letter of Credit (in an amount equal to the maximum Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit), which shall be reimbursed (or participations therein funded) by the Lenders in accordance with the immediately following subsections (i) and (j), with the proceeds being utilized to provide Cash Collateral for such Letter of Credit. The initial Stated Amount of each Letter of Credit shall be at least $500,000 (or such lesser amount as may be acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower).

(c) Requests for Issuance of Letters of Credit. The Borrower shall give an L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent written notice at least five (5) Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance of a Letter of Credit, such notice to describe in reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Letter of Credit and the nature of the transactions or obligations proposed to be supported by such Letter of Credit, and in any event shall set forth with respect to such Letter of Credit the proposed (i) initial Stated Amount, (ii) beneficiary, and (iii) expiration date. The Borrower shall also execute and deliver such customary applications and agreements for standby letters of credit, and other forms as requested from time to time by the applicable L/C Issuer. Provided the Borrower has given the notice prescribed by the first sentence of this subsection and delivered such applications and agreements referred to in the preceding sentence, subject to the other terms and conditions of this Credit Agreement, including the satisfaction of any applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article IV, the applicable L/C Issuer shall issue the requested Letter of Credit on the requested date of issuance for the benefit of the stipulated beneficiary but in no event shall such L/C Issuer be required to issue the requested Letter of Credit prior to the date five (5) Business Days (or such shorter time period as may be acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer) following the date on which such L/C Issuer has received all of the items, if any, required to be delivered to it under this subsection. An L/C Issuer shall not at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit if such issuance would conflict with, or cause such L/C Issuer or any Lender to exceed any limits imposed by, any Law. References herein to “issue” and derivations thereof with respect to Letters of Credit shall also include extensions or modifications of any outstanding Letters of Credit, unless the context otherwise requires. Upon the written request of the Borrower, the applicable L/C Issuer shall deliver to the Borrower a copy of each Letter of Credit issued by it within a reasonable time after the date of issuance thereof. To the extent any term of an Issuer Document is inconsistent with a term of any Credit Document, the term of such Credit Document shall control. The Borrower shall examine the copy of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit that is delivered to it by the applicable L/C Issuer and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will promptly (but in any event, within 10 Business Days after the later of (x) receipt by the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit of the original of, or amendment to, such Letter of Credit, as applicable and (y) receipt by the Borrower of a copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment, as applicable) notify such L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the applicable L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

 

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(d) Reimbursement Obligations. Upon receipt by an L/C Issuer from the beneficiary of a Letter of Credit of any demand for payment under such Letter of Credit, such L/C Issuer shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of the amount to be paid by such L/C Issuer as a result of such demand and the date on which payment is to be made by such L/C Issuer to such beneficiary in respect of such demand; provided, however, that an L/C Issuer’s failure to give, or delay in giving, such notice shall not discharge the Borrower in any respect from the applicable Reimbursement Obligation. The Borrower hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to pay and reimburse each L/C Issuer for the amount of each demand for payment under each Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer at or prior to the date on which payment is to be made by such L/C Issuer to the beneficiary thereunder, without presentment, demand, protest or other formalities of any kind (other than as provided in this subsection). Upon receipt by an L/C Issuer of any payment in respect of any Reimbursement Obligation, such L/C Issuer shall promptly pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender that has acquired a participation therein under the second sentence of the immediately following subsection (i) such Lender’s Credit Percentage in respect of its Revolving Committed Amount of such payment.

(e) Manner of Reimbursement. Upon its receipt of a notice referred to in the immediately preceding subsection (d), the Borrower shall advise the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer whether or not the Borrower intends to borrow hereunder to finance its obligation to reimburse such L/C Issuer for the amount of the related demand for payment and, if it does, the Borrower shall submit a timely request for such borrowing as provided in the applicable provisions of this Credit Agreement. If the Borrower fails to so advise the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer, or if the Borrower fails to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit by the date of such payment, the failure of which the applicable L/C Issuer shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent, then (i) if the applicable conditions contained in Article IV would permit the making of Revolving Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a borrowing of Revolving Loans (which shall be Base Rate Loans) in an amount equal to the unpaid Reimbursement Obligation and the Administrative Agent shall give each Lender prompt notice of the amount of the Revolving Loan to be made available to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon and (ii) if such conditions would not permit the making of Revolving Loans, the provisions of subsection (j) of this Section shall apply. The limitations set forth in the second sentence of Section 2.02 shall not apply to any borrowing of Base Rate Loans under this subsection.

(f) Effect of Letters of Credit on Revolving Commitments. Upon the issuance by an L/C Issuer of a Letter of Credit and until such Letter of Credit shall have expired or been cancelled, the Revolving Commitment of each Lender shall be deemed to be utilized for all purposes of this Credit Agreement in an amount equal to the product of (i) such Lender’s Credit Percentage in respect of its Revolving Committed Amount and (ii) the sum of (A) the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit plus without duplication, (B) any related Reimbursement Obligations then outstanding.

 

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(g) L/C Issuers’ Duties Regarding Letters of Credit; Unconditional Nature of Reimbursement Obligations. In examining documents presented in connection with drawings under Letters of Credit and making payments under Letters of Credit issued by an L/C Issuer against such documents, such L/C Issuer shall only be required to use the same standard of care as it uses in connection with examining documents presented in connection with drawings under letters of credit in which it has not sold participations and making payments under such letters of credit. The Borrower assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit by, the respective beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, none of the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders shall be responsible for (unless resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment), and the Borrower’s obligations in respect of Letters of Credit shall not be affected in any manner by, (i) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effects of any document submitted by any party in connection with the application for and issuance of or any drawing honored under any Letter of Credit even if such document should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any Letter of Credit, or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) failure of the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit to comply fully with conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, facsimile, electronic mail, telecopy or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher; (v) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under any Letter of Credit, or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit, or of the proceeds of any drawing under any Letter of Credit; or (viii) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders. None of the above shall affect, impair or prevent the vesting of any of the L/C Issuers’, the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s rights or powers hereunder. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by an L/C Issuer under or in connection with any Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, if taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment), shall not create against such L/C Issuer any liability to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Lender. In this connection, the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse an L/C Issuer for any drawing made under any Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, and to repay any Revolving Loan made pursuant to the second sentence of the immediately preceding subsection (e), shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement and any other applicable Issuer Document under all circumstances whatsoever, including without limitation, the following circumstances: (A) any lack of validity or enforceability of any V or any term or provisions therein; (B) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all or any of the Issuer Documents; (C) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right which the Borrower may have at any time against such L/C Issuer, any other L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person, whether in connection with this Credit Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or in the Issuer Documents or any unrelated transaction; (D) any breach of contract or dispute between the Borrower, such L/C Issuer, any other L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Person; (E) any

 

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demand, statement or any other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein or made in connection therewith being untrue or inaccurate in any respect whatsoever; (F) any non-application or misapplication by the beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; (G) payment by such L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate which does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; and (H) any other act, omission to act, delay or circumstance whatsoever that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable defense to or discharge of the Borrower’s Reimbursement Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section or Section 9.05, but not in limitation of the Borrower’s unconditional obligation to reimburse an L/C Issuer for any drawing made under a Letter of Credit as provided in this Section and to repay any Revolving Loan made pursuant to the second sentence of the immediately preceding subsection (e), the Borrower shall have no obligation to indemnify the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer or any Lender in respect of any liability incurred by the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer or such Lender arising solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent, such L/C Issuer or such Lender in respect of a Letter of Credit as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, nothing in this Section shall affect any rights the Borrower may have with respect to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer or any Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit.

(h) Amendments, Etc. The issuance by an L/C Issuer of any amendment, supplement or other modification to any Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer shall be subject to the same conditions applicable under this Credit Agreement to the issuance of new Letters of Credit (including, without limitation, that the request therefor be made through the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent), and no such amendment, supplement or other modification shall be issued unless either (i) the respective Letter of Credit affected thereby would have complied with such conditions had it originally been issued hereunder in such amended, supplemented or modified form or (ii) the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lenders, if any, required by Section 9.01 shall have consented thereto. In connection with any such amendment, supplement or other modification, the Borrower shall pay the fees, if any, payable under Section 2.09(d)(ii)(B).

(i) Lenders’ Participation in Letters of Credit. Immediately upon (i) the Closing Date with respect to all Existing Letters of Credit and (ii) the date of issuance by an L/C Issuer of any Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to have absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally purchased and received from the applicable L/C Issuer, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation to the extent of such Lender’s Credit Percentage in respect of its Revolving Committed Amount of the liability of such L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit and each Lender thereby shall absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably assume, as primary obligor and not as surety, and shall be unconditionally obligated to such L/C Issuer to pay and discharge when due, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the immediately following subsection (j) below, such Lender’s Credit Percentage in respect of its Revolving Committed Amount of such L/C Issuer’s liability under such Letter of Credit. In addition, upon the making of each payment by a Lender to the Administrative Agent for the account of an L/C Issuer in respect of any Letter of Credit issued by it pursuant to the immediately following subsection (j), such Lender shall,

 

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automatically and without any further action on the part of such L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, acquire (i) a participation in an amount equal to such payment in the Reimbursement Obligation owing to such L/C Issuer by the Borrower in respect of such Letter of Credit and (ii) a participation in a percentage equal to such Lender’s Credit Percentage in respect of its Revolving Committed Amount in any interest or other amounts payable by the Borrower in respect of such Reimbursement Obligation (other than the Fees payable to such L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.09(d)(ii)).

(j) Payment Obligation of Lenders. Each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each L/C Issuer, on written demand in immediately available funds in Dollars the amount of such Lender’s Credit Percentage in respect of its Revolving Committed Amount of each drawing paid by such L/C Issuer under each Letter of Credit issued by it to the extent such amount is not reimbursed by the Borrower pursuant to the immediately preceding subsection (d); provided, however, that in respect of any drawing under any Letter of Credit, the maximum amount that any Lender shall be required to fund, whether as a Revolving Loan or as a participation, shall not exceed such Lender’s Credit Percentage in respect of its Revolving Committed Amount of such drawing except as otherwise provided in Section 2.14(d). If the notice referenced in the second sentence of Section 2.03(e) is received by a Lender not later than 12:00 noon, then such Lender shall make such payment available to the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date of demand therefor; otherwise, such payment shall be made available to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon on the next succeeding Business Day. Each Lender’s obligation to make such payments to the Administrative Agent under this subsection, and the Administrative Agent’s right to receive the same for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer, shall be absolute, irrevocable and unconditional and shall not be affected in any way by any circumstance whatsoever, including without limitation, (i) the failure of any other Lender to make its payment under this subsection, (ii) the financial condition of the Borrower or any other Credit Party, (iii) the existence of any Default or Event of Default, including any Event of Default described in Section 7.1(g) or (h), (iv) the termination of the Commitments or (v) the delivery of Cash Collateral in respect of any Extended Letter of Credit. Each such payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or deduction whatsoever.

(k) Information to Lenders. Promptly following any change in Letters of Credit outstanding, the applicable L/C Issuer shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, which shall promptly deliver the same to each Lender and the Borrower, a notice describing the aggregate amount of all Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer outstanding at such time. Upon the request of any Lender from time to time, an L/C Issuer shall promptly deliver any other information reasonably requested by such Lender with respect to such Letters of Credit then outstanding. Other than as set forth in this subsection, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent shall have no duty to notify the Lenders regarding the issuance or other matters regarding Letters of Credit issued hereunder. The failure of any L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent to perform its requirements under this subsection shall not relieve any Lender from its obligations under the immediately preceding subsection (j).

 

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(l) Extended Letters of Credit. Each Lender confirms that its obligations under the immediately preceding subsections (i) and (j) shall be reinstated in full and apply if the delivery of any Cash Collateral in respect of an Extended Letter of Credit is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise.

2.04 Swing Line Loans.

(a) Swing Line Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender agrees to make Swing Line Loans to the Borrower, during the period from the Closing Date to but excluding the Swing Line Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding up to, but not exceeding, the lesser (such lesser amount being referred to as the “Swing Line Availability”) of (i) $120,000,000, as such amount may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and (ii) the Revolving Commitment of the Swing Line Lender in its capacity as a Lender. If at any time the aggregate principal amount of the Swing Line Loans made by the Swing Line Lender outstanding at such time exceeds the Swing Line Availability of the Swing Line Lender at such time, the Borrower shall immediately pay the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender the amount of such excess. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Credit Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Swing Line Loans hereunder.

(b) Procedure for Borrowing Swing Line Loans. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent and the Swing Line Lender notice pursuant to a Notice of Swing Line Borrowing or telephonic notice of each borrowing of a Swing Line Loan. Each Notice of Swing Line Borrowing shall be delivered to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent no later than 2:00 p.m. on the proposed date of such borrowing. Any telephonic notice shall include all information to be specified in a written Notice of Swing Line Borrowing and shall be promptly confirmed in writing by the Borrower pursuant to a Notice of Swing Line Borrowing sent to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent by telecopy on the same day of the giving of such telephonic notice. On the date of the requested Swing Line Loan and subject to satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 for such borrowing, the Swing Line Lender will make the proceeds of such Swing Line Loan available to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars, in immediately available funds, for the account of the Borrower. The amount so received by the Administrative Agent shall, subject to satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 for such borrowing, be made available to the Borrower not later than 4:00 p.m. on such date if the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent received such Notice of Swing Line Borrowing by 2:00 p.m. on such date, at the account specified by the Borrower in the Disbursement Instruction Agreement.

 

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(c) Interest. Swing Line Loans shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Percentage for Base Rate Loans or at such other rate or rates as the Borrower and the Swing Line Lender may agree (with written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent) from time to time in writing. Interest on a Swing Line Loan is solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender (except to the extent a Lender acquires a participating interest in such Swing Line Loan pursuant to the immediately following subsection (e)). All accrued and unpaid interest on Swing Line Loans shall be payable on the dates and in the manner provided in Section 2.08 with respect to interest on Base Rate Loans (except as the Swing Line Lender and the Borrower may otherwise agree in writing (with written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent) in connection with any particular Swing Line Loan made by the Swing Line Lender).

(d) Swing Line Loan Amounts, Etc. Each Swing Line Loan shall be in the minimum amount of $100,000, or such other minimum amounts agreed to by the Swing Line Lender and the Borrower. Any voluntary prepayment of a Swing Line Loan must be in integral multiples of $100,000 or the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swing Line Loans (or such other minimum amounts upon which the Swing Line Lender and the Borrower may agree) and in connection with any such prepayment, the Borrower must give the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent prior written notice thereof no later than 10:00 a.m. on the date of such prepayment. The Swing Line Loans shall, in addition to this Credit Agreement, be evidenced by a Swing Line Note in favor of the Swing Line Lender (unless the Swing Line Lender shall have notified the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that the Swing Line Lender does not want to receive a Swing Line Note).

(e) Repayment and Participations of Swing Line Loans. The Borrower agrees to repay each Swing Line Loan within one Business Day of demand therefor by the Swing Line Lender and, in any event, within ten (10) Business Days after the date the Swing Line Loan was made; provided, that the proceeds of a Swing Line Loan may not be used to pay a Swing Line Loan. The Swing Line Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent if it makes demand for repayment of a Swing Line Loan on the date on such demand is made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall repay the entire outstanding principal amount of, and all accrued but unpaid interest on, the Swing Line Loans on the Swing Line Maturity Date (or such earlier date as the Swing Line Lender and the Borrower may agree in writing (with notice thereof to the Administrative Agent)). In lieu of demanding repayment of any outstanding Swing Line Loan from the Borrower, each Swing Line Lender may, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably directs each applicable Swing Line Lender to act on its behalf for such purpose), request a borrowing of Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans from the Lenders in an amount equal to the principal balance of such Swing Line Loan. The amount limitations contained in Section 2.02 shall not apply to any borrowing of such Revolving Loans made pursuant to this subsection. The Swing Line Lender shall give notice to the Administrative Agent of any such borrowing of Revolving Loans not later than 12:00 p.m. on the proposed date of such borrowing. Promptly after receipt of such notice of borrowing of Revolving Loans from the Swing Line Lender under the immediately preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the proposed borrowing. Not later than 2:00 p.m. on the proposed date of such borrowing, each Lender will make available to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office for the account of the Swing Line Lender, in immediately available funds, the proceeds of the Revolving Loan to be made by such Lender. The Administrative Agent shall pay the proceeds of such Revolving Loans to the Swing Line Lender, which shall apply such proceeds to repay such Swing Line Loan. If the Lenders are prohibited from making Revolving Loans required to be made under this subsection for any reason whatsoever, including without

 

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limitation, the existence of any of the Defaults or Events of Default described in Sections 7.01(g) or (h), each Lender shall purchase from the Swing Line Lender, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation to the extent of such Lender’s Credit Percentage in respect of its Revolving Committed Amount of such Swing Line Loan, by directly purchasing a participation in such Swing Line Loan in such amount and paying the proceeds thereof to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender in Dollars and in immediately available funds. A Lender’s obligation to purchase such a participation in a Swing Line Loan shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including without limitation, (i) any claim of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender or any other Person may have or claim against the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender or any other Person whatsoever, (ii) the occurrence or continuation of a Default or Event of Default (including without limitation, any of the Defaults or Events of Default described in Sections 7.01(g) or (h), or the termination of any Lender’s Revolving Commitment, (iii) the existence (or alleged existence) of an event or condition which has had or could have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) any breach of any Credit Document by the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Borrower or any other Credit Party, or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. If such amount is not in fact made available to the Swing Line Lender by any Lender, the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender, together with accrued interest thereon for each day from the date of demand thereof, at the Federal Funds Rate. If such Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the Swing Line Lender’s demand therefor, and until such time as such Lender makes the required payment, the Swing Line Lender shall be deemed to continue to have outstanding Swing Line Loans in the amount of such unpaid participation obligation for all purposes of the Credit Documents (other than those provisions requiring the other Lenders to purchase a participation therein). Further, such Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any and all payments made of principal and interest on its Revolving Loans, and any other amounts due it hereunder, to the Swing Line Lender to fund Swing Line Loans in the amount of the participation in Swing Line Loans that such Lender failed to purchase pursuant to this Section until such amount has been purchased (as a result of such assignment or otherwise).

2.05 Repayment of Loans.

(a) Revolving Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Lenders on the Revolving Termination Date the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans outstanding on such date.

(b) Swing Line Loans. The Borrower shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earliest to occur of (i) the date of demand for repayment by the Swing Line Lender, (ii) the date ten (10) Business Days after such Loan is made and (iii) the Revolving Termination Date.

(c) Term Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Term Loan Lenders in a Class on the applicable Termination Date for such Class the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of such Class outstanding on such date. No scheduled payments on the principal amount of the Term Loans shall be required prior to the applicable Termination Date for each such Class of Term Loans.

 

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2.06 Prepayments.

(a) Voluntary Prepayments. The Loans (subject to clauses (b) and (c) below) may be repaid in whole or in part without premium or penalty (except, in the case of Loans other than Base Rate Loans, amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.05); provided that:

(i) in the case of Loans other than Swing Line Loans, (A) notice thereof must be received by 1:00 p.m. by the Administrative Agent (I) with respect to Term SOFR Loans, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the date of prepayment and (II) with respect to Base Rate Loans, at least one (1) Business Day prior to the date of prepayment, and (B) any such prepayment shall be in the same minimum amounts as provided for Borrowings in Section 2.02(a), or, in each case, the entire remaining principal amount thereof, if less; and

(ii) in the case of Swing Line Loans, (A) notice thereof must be received by the Swing Line Lender by 1:00 p.m. on the date of prepayment (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), and (B) any such prepayment shall be in the same minimum principal amounts as for advances thereof (or any lesser amount that may be acceptable to the Swing Line Lender).

Each such notice of voluntary repayment hereunder shall be irrevocable and shall specify the date and amount of prepayment and the Loans and Types of Loans which are to be prepaid. The Administrative Agent will give prompt notice to the applicable Lenders of any prepayment on the Loans and the Lender’s interest therein. Prepayments of Term SOFR Loans hereunder shall be accompanied by accrued interest thereon and breakage amounts, if any, under Section 3.05.

(b) Mandatory Prepayments on Revolving Obligations. If at any time (i) the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Obligations shall exceed the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of L/C Obligations shall exceed the L/C Committed Amount or (iii) the aggregate principal amount of Swing Line Loans shall exceed the Swing Line Availability, the Borrower shall immediately prepay the Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and/or provide Cash Collateral to the L/C Obligations in an amount equal to such excess; provided, however, that Cash Collateral will not be provided to the L/C Obligations hereunder until the Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans have been paid to or below the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount or the Swing Line Availability, as the case may be. Such prepayments will not serve to reduce the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount, L/C Committed Amount or the Swing Line Availability.

 

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(c) Application. Within each Loan, prepayments will be applied first to Base Rate Loans, then ratably to Term SOFR Loans. In addition:

(i) Voluntary Prepayments. Voluntary prepayments shall be applied as specified by the Borrower. Voluntary prepayments on the Revolving Obligations will be paid by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders ratably in accordance with Section 2.18 (except for Defaulting Lenders where their share will be held as provided in Section 2.14 hereof).

(ii) Mandatory Prepayments. Amounts paid under the preceding subsection (b) shall be applied to pay all amounts of principal outstanding on the Loans and any Reimbursement Obligations pro rata in accordance with Section 2.18 and if any Letters of Credit are outstanding at such time, the remainder, if any, shall be deposited into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account for application to any Reimbursement Obligations. If the Borrower is required to pay any outstanding Term SOFR Loans by reason of this Section prior to the end of the applicable Interest Period therefor, the Borrower shall pay all amounts due under Section 3.05.

2.07 Termination or Reduction of Commitments.

The Revolving Commitments or the New DDTL Commitments hereunder may be permanently reduced in whole or in part by notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent; provided that (a) any such notice thereof must be received by 11:00 a.m. at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date of reduction or termination; (b) any such prepayment shall be (i) in the case of the Revolving Commitments, in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (ii) in the case of the New DDTL Commitments, in a minimum principal amount of $25,000,000 and integral multiples of $10,000,000 in excess thereof; and (c) the Revolving Commitments may not be reduced to an amount less than the Revolving Obligations then outstanding. The Administrative Agent will give prompt notice to the applicable Lenders of any such reduction in such Commitments. Any reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments shall be applied to the Revolving Commitment of each Revolving Lender according to its Credit Percentage thereof, and any reduction of the Aggregate New DDTL Commitments shall be applied to the New DDTL Commitment of each New DDTL Lender according to its Credit Percentage thereof. All applicable commitment or other fees accrued until the effective date of any reduction or termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments or the Aggregate New DDTL Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such reduction or termination.

 

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2.08 Interest.

(a) Subject to the provisions of clause (b) below, (i) each Class of Loans that is a Term SOFR Loan (other than Swing Line Loans) shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for the Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to Adjusted Term SOFR for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Percentage for such Class of Loans; (ii) each Class of Loans that is a Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing or conversion date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Percentage for such Class of Loans; (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Percentage for Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans, or such other rate as the Swing Line Lender and the Borrower shall agree in writing.

(b) (i) If any amount payable by the Borrower under any Credit Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.

(ii) After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 7.01(a), (g) or (h), 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 Law.

(iii) After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default other than under Section 7.01(a), (g) or (h), upon the request of the Required Lenders, 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 Law.

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

(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. 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.

 

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2.09 Fees.

(a) Facility Fee. From and after the Closing Date, the Borrower agrees to pay the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Revolving Lenders (other than a Defaulting Lender which shall be dealt with as provided in Section 2.14 hereof) a commitment fee (the “Facility Fee”) for each calendar quarter, prorated for partial quarters, in an amount equal to the amount denoted under the heading “Facility Fee” as set forth in the definition of “Applicable Percentage” herein multiplied by the actual daily amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments regardless of usage. The Facility Fee shall accrue at all times during the Revolving Commitment Period (and thereafter so long as Revolving Obligations shall remain outstanding (other than regarding Letters of Credit supported by Cash Collateral as set forth herein)), including periods during which the conditions to Extensions of Credit in Section 4.02 may not be met, and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the first Business Day of each of April, July, October and January, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Revolving Termination Date (and, if applicable, thereafter on demand). The Administrative Agent shall distribute the Facility Fee to the Revolving Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective Revolving Commitments of the Revolving Lenders.

(b) Commitment Fee. From and after the date which is 30 days following the Closing Date, the Borrower agrees to pay the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the New DDTL Lenders (other than a Defaulting Lender which shall be dealt with as provided in Section 2.14 hereof) a commitment fee (the “New DDTL Commitment Fee”) for each calendar month, in an amount equal to the per annum rate denoted under the heading “New DDTL Commitment Fee” as set forth in the definition of “Applicable Percentage” herein multiplied by the actual daily amount of the outstanding Aggregate New DDTL Committed Amount. The New DDTL Commitment Fee shall accrue at all times from and after the date which is 30 days following the Closing Date to and including the last day of the New DDTL Commitment Period, including periods during which the conditions in Section 4.02 may not be met, and shall be payable monthly in arrears on the first Business Day of each calendar month, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the last day of the New DDTL Commitment Period. The Administrative Agent shall distribute the New DDTL Commitment Fee to the New DDTL Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective New DDTL Commitments.

(c) Upfront and Other Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders the upfront and other fees provided in the Administrative Agent’s Fee Letter.

 

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(d) Letter of Credit Fees.

(i) Letter of Credit Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders (other than a Defaulting Lender which shall be dealt with as provided in Section 2.14 hereof) a fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) equal to the Applicable Percentage for Term SOFR Loans that are Revolving Loans per annum times the daily maximum amount available to be drawn under each such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letters of Credit) from the date of issuance to the date such Letter of Credit either expires or terminates. The Letter of Credit Fee shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the first Business Day of each of April, July, October and January, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the date such Letter of Credit either expires or terminates (and, if applicable, thereafter on demand).

(ii) L/C Issuer Fees. In addition to the Letter of Credit Fee, the Borrower agrees to pay to each L/C Issuer for its own account without sharing by the other Lenders (A) a fronting fee (the “L/C Fronting Fee”) of 0.125% the amount of each Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer (but in no event shall the amount of such fee in respect of any Letter of Credit be less than $500), and (B) customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer (“L/C Customary Charges”; together with the L/C Fronting Fee, the “L/C Issuer Fees”) with respect to the issuance, amendment, transfer, administration, cancellation and conversion of, and drawings under, such Letters of Credit. The L/C Fronting Fee shall be due and payable in full on the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit. The L/C Customary Charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.07.

(e) Administrative Agent’s Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay the Administrative Agent such fees as provided in the Administrative Agent’s Fee Letter or as may be otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower from time to time.

(f) Extension Fees.

(i) Revolving Facility. If the Borrower exercises its right to extend the Revolving Termination Date in accordance with Section 2.15(a), the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender, for each extension exercised pursuant to such Section, a fee equal to 0.125% of the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Committed Amount (whether or not utilized). Such fee shall be due and payable in full on the date the Administrative Agent receives a Revolving Extension Request pursuant to such Section.

 

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(ii) HTA-1 Term Loan Facility. If the Borrower exercises its right to extend the HTA-1 Term Loan Termination Date in accordance with Section 2.15(b), the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each HTA-1 Term Loan Lender, for each extension exercised pursuant to such Section, a fee equal to 0.0625% of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s HTA-1 Term Loans. Such fee shall be due and payable in full on the date the Administrative Agent receives a HTA-1 Term Loan Extension Request pursuant to such Section.

(iii) New DDTL Facility. If the Borrower exercises its right to extend the New DDTL Termination Date in accordance with Section 2.15(c), the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each New DDTL Lender, for each extension exercised pursuant to such Section, a fee equal to 0.125% of the amount of such Lender’s New DDTL Committed Amount (whether or not utilized). Such fee shall be due and payable in full on the date the Administrative Agent receives a New DDTL Extension Request pursuant to such Section.

(iv) HR-1 Term Loan Facility. If the Borrower exercises its right to extend the HR-1 Termination Date in accordance with Section 2.15(d), the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each HR-1 Term Loan Lender, for each extension exercised pursuant to such Section, a fee equal to 0.125% of the amount of such Lender’s HR-1 Term Loans. Such fee shall be due and payable in full on the date the Administrative Agent receives a HR1 Term Loan Extension Request pursuant to such Section.

(g) Other Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees.

All computations of interest and fees 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 2.11(a), bear interest for one day.

 

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2.11 Payments Generally; Administrative Agents Clawback.

(a) All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or set-off. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the 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 Credit Percentage of the applicable Class (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 immediately succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.

(b) Subject to the definition of “Interest Period,” 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.

(c) (i) Funding by Lenders; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Term SOFR Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount 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 Loans. 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 Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. 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. A notice from the Administrative Agent of amounts owing under this subsection shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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(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 or the L/C Issuers hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the L/C Issuers, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the L/C Issuers, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, 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 from the Administrative Agent of amounts owing under this subsection shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Extension of Credit set forth in Section 4.02 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.

(e) The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 8.09 are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 8.09 on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 8.09.

(f) Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan 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 in any particular place or manner.

(g) If at any time insufficient funds are received by or are available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, Reimbursement Obligations, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, toward costs and expenses (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III) incurred by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, (ii) second, toward repayment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (iii) third, toward repayment of principal and Reimbursement Obligations then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and Reimbursement Obligations then due to such parties.

 

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2.12 Sharing of Payments.

If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of the Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans held by it resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Loans or participations and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and other amounts owing them; provided that:

(i) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and

(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Credit Agreement, (B) any amounts applied by the Swing Line Lender to outstanding Swing Line Loans, (C) any amounts applied to L/C Obligations by the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Loans by the Swing Line Lender, as appropriate, from Cash Collateral provided under Section 2.14, or (D) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Parent, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).

The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off, but subject to Section 9.09) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. The Administrative Agent will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased under this Section and will in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases or repayments. Each Lender

 

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that purchases a participation pursuant to this Section shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications under this Credit Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased.

2.13 Evidence of Debt.

(a) The Extensions of Credit made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Extensions of Credit made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. The Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Note for each Lender that requests a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.

(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in clause (a), each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.

2.14 Defaulting Lenders.

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

(a) Waivers and Amendments. Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Credit Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definition of Required Lenders, Required Class Lenders, Required Revolving Lenders and in Section 9.01.

 

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(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 VII or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 9.09 shall be applied at such time or times as may be 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, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with subsection (e) below; fourth, 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 Credit Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Credit Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuer’s future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Credit Agreement, in accordance with subsection (e) below; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Credit Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or 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 Credit Agreement or under any other Credit Document; and eighth, 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 or amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender in respect of Section 2.03(j) in respect of Letters of Credit (such amounts, “L/C Disbursements”) in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Disbursements owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Disbursements owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Credit Percentages (determined (1) assuming each Term Loan Lender had funded all of its Term Loans in full and (2) without giving effect to the immediately following subsection (d)). 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 or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this subsection 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 Fee payable under Sections 2.09(a) or 2.09(b) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).

(ii) Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Fee payable under Section 2.09(d)(i) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its Credit Percentage in respect of its Revolving Committed Amount of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to the immediately following subsection (e).

(iii) With respect to any Fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (ii), the Borrower shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such Fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to the immediately following subsection (d), (y) pay to the L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, as applicable, the amount of any such Fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such L/C Issuer’s or Swing Line Lender’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such Fee.

(d) Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Credit Percentages in respect of their Revolving Committed Amounts (determined without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment) but only to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Subject to Section 9.23, no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.

 

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(e) Cash Collateral, Repayment of Swing Line Loans.

(i) If the reallocation described in the immediately preceding subsection (d) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under law, (x) first, prepay Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to the Swing Line Lender’s Fronting Exposure and (y) second, Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in this subsection.

(ii) At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, within 1 Business Day following the written request of the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize such L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender (determined after giving effect to the immediately preceding subsection (d) and any Cash Collateral provided by such Defaulting Lender) in an amount not less than the aggregate Fronting Exposure of such L/C Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time.

(iii) The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuers, and agree to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such Cash Collateral as security for the Defaulting Lenders’ obligation to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations, to be applied pursuant to the immediately following clause (iv). If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the aggregate Fronting Exposure of the L/C Issuers with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time, the Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency (after giving effect to any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).

(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Credit Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under this Section in respect of Letters of Credit shall be applied to the satisfaction of the Defaulting Lender’s obligation to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.

 

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(v) Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce the L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure shall no longer be required to be held as Cash Collateral pursuant to this subsection following (x) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender), or (y) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided that, subject to the immediately preceding subsection (b), the Person providing Cash Collateral and the L/C Issuers may agree that Cash Collateral shall be held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations and provided further that to the extent that such Cash Collateral was provided by the Borrower, such Cash Collateral shall remain subject to the security interest granted pursuant to the Credit Documents.

(f) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuers agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the 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 (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase, subject to any amounts owed pursuant to Section 3.05, at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with their respective Credit Percentages in respect of their Revolving Committed Amount (determined (1) assuming each Term Loan Lender had funded all of its Term Loans in full and (2) without giving effect to the immediately preceding subsection (d)), whereupon such 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 the 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.

(g) New Swing Line Loans/Letters of Credit. So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, (i) the Swing Line Lender shall not be required to fund any Swing Line Loans unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect to such Swing Line Loan and (ii) the L/C Issuers shall not be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.

(h) Purchase of Defaulting Lender’s Commitment/Loans. During any period that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower may, by the Borrower giving written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent, such Defaulting Lender and the other Lenders, demand that such Defaulting Lender assign its Commitment and Loans to an Eligible Assignee subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. No party hereto shall have any obligation whatsoever to initiate any such replacement or to assist in finding an Eligible Assignee. In addition, any Lender which is not a Defaulting Lender may, but shall not be obligated, in its sole discretion, to acquire the face amount of all or a portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment and Loans via an assignment subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.07. In connection with any such assignment, such Defaulting Lender shall promptly

 

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execute all documents reasonably requested to effect such assignment, including an appropriate Assignment and Assumption and, notwithstanding Section 9.07, shall pay to the Administrative Agent an assignment fee in the amount of $7,500. The exercise by the Borrower of its rights under this Section shall be at the Borrower’s sole cost and expense and at no cost or expense to the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders.

2.15 Extensions of Termination Date.

(a) Extensions of Revolving Termination Date. The Borrower shall have the right, exercisable two times, to extend the current Revolving Termination Date by one year in each case. For each desired extension, the Borrower may exercise such right only by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent at least 30 days but not more than 90 days prior to the current Revolving Termination Date, a written request for such extension (an “Revolving Extension Request”). The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Lenders if it receives a Revolving Extension Request promptly upon receipt thereof. Subject to satisfaction of the following conditions, for each Revolving Extension Request, the Revolving Termination Date shall be extended for one year effective upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of such Revolving Extension Request and payment of the fee referred to in the following clause (ii): (i) immediately prior to such extension and immediately after giving effect thereto, (x) no Default or Event of Default shall exist and (y) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Credit Party in the Credit Documents to which any of them is a party, shall be true and correct in all material respects (or in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of such extension with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (or in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, true and correct in all respects) on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances specifically and expressly permitted under the Credit Documents and (ii) the Borrower shall have paid the Fees payable under Section 2.09(f)(i). At any time prior to the effectiveness of any such extension, upon the Administrative Agent’s request, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate from the chief executive officer or chief financial officer certifying the matters referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (i)(x) and (i)(y).

(b) Extensions of HTA-1 Term Loan Termination Date. The Borrower shall have the right, exercisable two times, to extend the current HTA-1 Term Loan Termination Date by six months in each case. For each desired extension, the Borrower may exercise such right only by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent at least 30 days but not more than 90 days prior to the current HTA-1 Term Loan Termination Date, a written request for such extension (an “HTA-1 Term Loan Extension Request”). The Administrative Agent shall notify the HTA-1 Term Loan Lenders if it receives a HTA-1 Term Loan Extension Request promptly upon receipt thereof. Subject to satisfaction of the following conditions, for each HTA-1 Term Loan Extension Request, the HTA-1 Term Loan Termination Date shall be extended for six months effective upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of such HTA-1 Term Loan Extension Request

 

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and payment of the fee referred to in the following clause (ii): (i) immediately prior to such extension and immediately after giving effect thereto, (x) no Default or Event of Default shall exist and (y) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Credit Party in the Credit Documents to which any of them is a party, shall be true and correct in all material respects (or in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of such extension with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (or in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, true and correct in all respects) on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances specifically and expressly permitted under the Credit Documents and (ii) the Borrower shall have paid the Fees payable under Section 2.09(f)(ii). At any time prior to the effectiveness of any such extension, upon the Administrative Agent’s request, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate from the chief executive officer or chief financial officer certifying the matters referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (i)(x) and (i)(y).

(c) Extensions of New DDTL Termination Date. The Borrower shall have the right, exercisable two times, to extend the current New DDTL Termination Date by one year in each case. For each desired extension, the Borrower may exercise such right only by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent at least 30 days but not more than 90 days prior to the current New DDTL Termination Date, a written request for such extension (an “New DDTL Extension Request”). The Administrative Agent shall notify the New DDTL Lenders if it receives a New DDTL Extension Request promptly upon receipt thereof. Subject to satisfaction of the following conditions, for each New DDTL Extension Request, the New DDTL Termination Date shall be extended for one year effective upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of such New DDTL Extension Request and payment of the fee referred to in the following clause (ii): (i) immediately prior to such extension and immediately after giving effect thereto, (x) no Default or Event of Default shall exist and (y) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Credit Party in the Credit Documents to which any of them is a party, shall be true and correct in all material respects (or in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of such extension with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (or in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, true and correct in all respects) on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances specifically and expressly permitted under the Credit Documents and (ii) the Borrower shall have paid the Fees payable under Section 2.09(f)(iii). At any time prior to the effectiveness of any such extension, upon the Administrative Agent’s request, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate from the chief executive officer or chief financial officer certifying the matters referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (i)(x) and (i)(y).

 

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(d) Extensions of HR-1 Term Loan Termination Date. The Borrower shall have the right, exercisable two times, to extend the current HR-1 Term Loan Termination Date by twelve months in each case. For each desired extension, the Borrower may exercise such right only by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent at least 30 days but not more than 90 days prior to the current HR-1 Term Loan Termination Date, a written request for such extension (an “HR-1 Term Loan Extension Request”). The Administrative Agent shall notify the HR-1 Term Loan Lenders if it receives a HR-1 Term Loan Extension Request promptly upon receipt thereof. Subject to satisfaction of the following conditions, for each HR-1 Term Loan Extension Request, the HR-1 Term Loan Termination Date shall be extended for twelve months effective upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of such HR-1 Term Loan Extension Request and payment of the fee referred to in the following clause (ii): (i) immediately prior to such extension and immediately after giving effect thereto, (x) no Default or Event of Default shall exist and (y) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Credit Party in the Credit Documents to which any of them is a party, shall be true and correct in all material respects (or in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of such extension with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (or in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, true and correct in all respects) on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances specifically and expressly permitted under the Credit Documents and (ii) the Borrower shall have paid the Fees payable under Section 2.09(f)(iv). At any time prior to the effectiveness of any such extension, upon the Administrative Agent’s request, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate from the chief executive officer or chief financial officer certifying the matters referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (i)(x) and (i)(y).

2.16 Increase in Commitments.

(a) Request for Increase. The Borrower may from time to time, request by notice to the Administrative Agent (x) an increase in the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (each, a “Revolving Credit Increase”) or (y) an increase in the amount of the HTA-1 Term Loans, the HTA-2 Term Loans, the New DDTLs or New DDTL Commitments, the New 5.5-Year Term Loans, the HR-1 Term Loans, the HR-2 Term Loans, or one or more new term loan tranches (each, an “Incremental Term Loan”; each Incremental Term Loan and each Revolving Credit Increase, collectively, referred to as the “Incremental Increases”); provided that (i) the principal amount for all such Incremental Increases in the aggregate since the Closing Date (including the then requested Incremental Increase) shall not exceed $1,000,000,000, (ii) any such request for an Incremental Increase shall be in a minimum amount of $50,000,000 (or a lesser amount in the event such amount represents all remaining availability under this Section), (iii) no Revolving Credit Increase shall (A) increase the L/C Committed Amount without the consent of each L/C Issuer or (B) increase the Swing Line Availability without the consent of the Swing Line Lender, (iv) no Incremental Term Loan that is a separate tranche shall mature earlier than the latest Termination Date, (v) the terms of each Revolving Credit Increase or Incremental Term Loan that is an increase to an existing tranche of Term Loans shall be identical to those of the Revolving Credit Facility or such applicable Term Loan, as applicable, and (vi) each Incremental Increase shall constitute Obligations hereunder and shall be guaranteed pursuant to the Guaranties on a pari passu basis with the other Obligations hereunder.

 

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(b) Process for Increase. Incremental Increases may be (but shall not be required to be) provided by any existing Lender, in each case on terms permitted in this Section and otherwise on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, or by any other Person that qualifies as an Eligible Assignee (each such other Person, an “Additional Lender”) pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent shall have consented (in each case, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) to each such Lender or proposed Additional Lender providing such Incremental Increase and (ii) in the case of any Revolving Credit Increase, the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lender shall have consented (in each case, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) to each such Lender or proposed Additional Lender providing such Revolving Credit Increase if such consent by the L/C Issuers or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, would be required under Section 9.07 for an assignment of Revolving Loans or Commitments to such Lender or proposed Additional Lender. No Lender shall have any obligation to (i) increase its Revolving Commitment, (ii) increase its HTA-1 Term Loans, HTA-2 Term Loans, New DDTLs or New DDTL Commitment, New 5.5-Year Term Loans, the HR-1 Term Loans or the HR-2 Term Loans, or (iii) participate in an Incremental Term Loan, as the case may be, and no consent of any Lender, other than the Lenders agreeing to provide any portion of an Incremental Increase, shall be required to effectuate such Incremental Increase.

(c) Effective Date and Allocations. The Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall determine the effective date of any Incremental Increase (the “Increase Effective Date”) and the final allocations therefor. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the final allocation of such Incremental Increase and the Increase Effective Date.

(d) Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase. As a condition precedent to such increase, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Credit Party dated as of the Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Credit Party (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Credit Party approving or consenting to such Incremental Increase, (ii) in the case of the Borrower, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article V and the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects (or in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, true and correct in all 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 as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.19 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01, (B) no Default or Event of Default exists and is continuing and (C) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in pro forma compliance with each of the financial covenants contained in Section 6.16. To the extent that any Incremental Increase shall take the form of an Incremental Term Loan, this Credit Agreement shall be amended (without the need to obtain the consent of any Lender or the L/C Issuers other than the Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loans), in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative

 

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Agent, to include such terms as are customary for a term loan commitment, including mandatory prepayments, assignments and voting provisions; provided that the covenants, defaults and similar non-economic provisions applicable to any Incremental Term Loan (i) shall be substantially similar to the terms of the then existing Credit Documents and shall be no more restrictive than the corresponding terms set forth in the then existing Credit Documents without the express written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Revolving Lenders and (ii) shall not contravene any of the terms of the then existing Credit Documents. Each Revolving Credit Increase shall have the same terms as the outstanding Revolving Loans and be part of the existing revolving credit facilities hereunder. Upon each Revolving Credit Increase (x) each Lender having a Revolving Commitment immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each Lender providing a portion of the Revolving Credit Increase (each, a “Revolving Credit Increase Lender”) in respect of such increase, and each such Revolving Credit Increase Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans such that, after giving effect to each such deemed assignment and assumption of participations, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding (i) participations hereunder in Letters of Credit and (ii) participations hereunder in Swing Line Loans, will, in each case, equal each Lender’s Credit Percentage in respect of its Revolving Committed Amount (after giving effect to such increase in the Revolving Commitments) and (y) if, on the date of such increase there are any Revolving Loans outstanding, such Revolving Loans shall, on or prior to the effectiveness of such Revolving Credit Increase, be prepaid from the proceeds of additional Revolving Loans made hereunder (reflecting such increase in Revolving Commitments), which prepayment shall be accompanied by any amounts required to be paid pursuant to Section 3.05 to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Revolving Loans ratable with any revised Credit Percentages arising from such Revolving Credit Increase.

(e) Conflicting Provisions. This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.12 or 9.01 to the contrary.

2.17 Expiration Date of Letters of Credit Past Revolving Termination Date.

If on the date the Revolving Commitments are terminated or reduced to zero (whether voluntarily, by reason of the occurrence of an Event of Default or otherwise) there are any Letters of Credit outstanding hereunder and the aggregate Stated Amount of such Letters of Credit exceeds the balance of available funds on deposit in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account, then the Borrower shall, on such date, pay to the Administrative Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, for deposit into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account, an amount of money equal to the amount of such excess.

 

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2.18 Pro Rata Treatment.

Except to the extent otherwise provided herein: (a) each borrowing from the Lenders under Sections 2.01, 2.03(e) and 2.04(e) shall be made from the applicable Lenders in such Class, each payment of the fees under Sections 2.09(a), 2.09(b), the first sentence of 2.09(d)(i), and 2.09(f) shall be made for the account of the applicable Lenders in such Class, and each termination or reduction of the amount of any Commitments under Section 2.07 of a given Class shall be applied to the respective Commitments of the applicable Lenders in such Class, pro rata according to the amounts of their respective Commitments of such Class; (b) each payment or prepayment of principal of Loans of any Class shall be made for the account of the applicable Lenders in such Class pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid principal amounts of the Loans of such Class, held by them, provided that, subject to Section 2.14, if immediately prior to giving effect to any such payment in respect of any Revolving Loans the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans shall not be held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments in effect at the time such Revolving Loans were made, then such payment shall be applied to the Revolving Loans in such manner as shall result, as nearly as is practicable, in the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans being held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with such respective Revolving Commitments; (c) each payment of interest on the Loans of a particular Class shall be made for the account of the Lenders in such Class pro rata in accordance with the amounts of interest on such Loans of such Class then due and payable to the respective Lenders of such Class; (d) the conversion and continuation of Loans of a particular Type and Class (other than conversions provided for by Sections 3.04(c) and 3.07) shall be made pro rata among the Lenders according to the amounts of their respective Loans of such Class and the then current Interest Period for each Lender’s portion of each such Loan of such Type and Class shall be coterminous; (e) the Revolving Lenders’ participation in, and payment obligations in respect of, Swing Line Loans under Section 2.04, shall be in accordance with their respective Credit Percentages for their Revolving Committed Amounts; and (f) the Revolving Lenders’ participation in, and payment obligations in respect of, Letters of Credit under Section 2.03, shall be in accordance with their respective Credit Percentages for their Revolving Committed Amounts. All payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts in respect of the Swing Line Loans shall be for the account of the Swing Line Lender only (except to the extent any Revolving Lender shall have acquired a participating interest in any such Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.04(e), in which case such payments shall be pro rata in accordance with such participating interests).

2.19 Reallocations on Closing Date.

(a) Revolving Loans. Simultaneously with the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement, the “Revolving Commitments” (as defined in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement) of each of the “Revolving Lenders” (as defined in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement) as existing immediately prior to the Closing Date, shall be reallocated among the Revolving Lenders so that the Revolving Commitments are held by the Revolving Lenders as set forth on Schedule 2.01 attached hereto. To effect such reallocations (a) each Revolving Lender which either had no “Revolving Commitment” under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement immediately prior to the Closing Date or whose Revolving Commitment upon the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement exceeds its “Revolving Commitment” under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement (each an “Assignee Lender”) shall be deemed to have purchased all right, title and interest in, and all obligations in

 

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respect of, the “Revolving Commitments” from the “Revolving Lenders” under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement which will not have a Revolving Commitment on and as of the Closing Date or whose Revolving Commitments upon the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement are less than their respective “Revolving Commitment” under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement (each a “Revolving Assignor Lender”), so that the Revolving Commitments of the Revolving Lenders will be held by the Revolving Lenders as set forth on Schedule 2.01. Such purchases shall be deemed to have been effected by way of, and subject to the terms and conditions of, an Assignment and Assumption without the payment of any related assignment fee, and, except for Revolving Notes to be provided to the Revolving Assignor Lenders and Revolving Assignee Lenders in the principal amount of their respective Revolving Commitments, no other documents or instruments shall be, or shall be required to be, executed in connection with such assignments (all of which are hereby waived). The Revolving Assignor Lenders, the Revolving Assignee Lenders and the other Revolving Lenders shall make such cash settlements among themselves, through the Administrative Agent, as the Administrative Agent may direct (after giving effect to the making of any Revolving Loans to be made on the Closing Date and any netting transactions effected by the Administrative Agent) with respect to such reallocations and assignments so that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Revolving Loans shall be held by the Revolving Lenders pro rata in accordance with the amount of the Revolving Commitments set forth on Schedule 2.01.

(b) HTA-1 Term Loans. Simultaneously with the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement, the principal amount of all outstanding “Term Loans” (as defined in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement) of each of the “Term Loan Lenders” (as defined in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement) as existing immediately prior to the Closing Date, shall be reallocated among the HTA-1 Term Loan Lenders so that the HTA-1 Term Loans are held by the HTA-1 Term Loan Lenders as set forth on Schedule 2.01 attached hereto. To effect such reallocations each HTA-1 Term Loan Lender which either was not a “Term Loan Lender” under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement immediately prior to the Closing Date or whose HTA-1 Term Loan upon the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement exceeds its “Term Loan” under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement (each a “HTA-1 Term Loan Assignee Lender”) shall be deemed to have purchased such right, title and interest in, and such obligations in respect of, the “Term Loans” under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement from the “Term Loan Lenders” under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement which will not have a HTA-1 Term Loan on and as of the Closing Date or whose HTA-1 Term Loans upon the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement are less than their respective “Term Loans” under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement (each a “HTA-1 Term Loan Assignor Lender”), so that the HTA-1 Term Loans of the HTA-1 Term Loan Lenders will be held by the HTA-1 Term Loan Lenders as set forth on Schedule 2.01. Such purchases shall be deemed to have been effected by way of, and subject to the terms and conditions of, an Assignment and Assumption without the payment of any related assignment fee, and, except for HTA-1 Term Loan Notes to be provided to the HTA-1 Term Loan Assignor Lenders and HTA-1 Term Loan Assignee Lenders in the principal amount of their respective HTA-1 Term Loans, no other documents or instruments shall be, or shall be required to be, executed in connection with such assignments (all of which are hereby waived). The HTA-1 Term Loan Assignor Lenders, the HTA-1 Term Loan Assignee Lenders and the other HTA-1 Term Loan Lenders shall make such cash settlements among themselves, through the Administrative Agent, as the Administrative Agent may direct with respect to such reallocations and assignments so that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of HTA-1 Term Loans shall be held by the HTA-1 Term Loan Lenders pro rata in accordance with the amount of the “HTA-1 Term Loan Amounts” set forth on Schedule 2.01.

 

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(c) HTA-2 Term Loans. Simultaneously with the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement, the principal amount of all outstanding “Loans” (as defined in the Existing HTA Term Loan Agreement) of each of the “Lenders” (as defined in the Existing HTA Term Loan Agreement) as existing immediately prior to the Closing Date, shall be reallocated among the HTA-2 Term Loan Lenders so that the HTA-2 Term Loans are held by the HTA-2 Term Loan Lenders as set forth on Schedule 2.01 attached hereto. To effect such reallocations each HTA-2 Term Loan Lender which either was not a “Lender” under the Existing HTA Term Loan Agreement immediately prior to the Closing Date or whose HTA-2 Term Loan upon the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement exceeds its “Loan” under the Existing HTA Term Loan Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement (each a “HTA-2 Term Loan Assignee Lender”) shall be deemed to have purchased such right, title and interest in, and such obligations in respect of, the “Loans” under the Existing HTA Term Loan Agreement from the “Lenders” under the Existing HTA Term Loan Agreement which will not have a HTA-2 Term Loan on and as of the Closing Date or whose HTA-2 Term Loans upon the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement are less than their respective “Loans” under the Existing HTA Term Loan Agreement (each a “HTA-2 Term Loan Assignor Lender”), so that the HTA-2 Term Loans of the HTA-2 Term Loan Lenders will be held by the HTA-2 Term Loan Lenders as set forth on Schedule 2.01. Such purchases shall be deemed to have been effected by way of, and subject to the terms and conditions of, an Assignment and Assumption without the payment of any related assignment fee, and, except for HTA-2 Term Loan Notes to be provided to the HTA-2 Term Loan Assignor Lenders and HTA-2 Term Loan Assignee Lenders in the principal amount of their respective HTA-2 Term Loans, no other documents or instruments shall be, or shall be required to be, executed in connection with such assignments (all of which are hereby waived). The HTA-2 Term Loan Assignor Lenders, the HTA-2 Term Loan Assignee Lenders and the other HTA-2 Term Loan Lenders shall make such cash settlements among themselves, through the Administrative Agent, as the Administrative Agent may direct with respect to such reallocations and assignments so that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of HTA-2 Term Loans shall be held by the HTA-2 Term Loan Lenders pro rata in accordance with the amount of the “HTA-2 Term Loan Amounts” set forth on Schedule 2.01.

(d) HR-1 Term Loans. Simultaneously with the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement, the principal amount of all outstanding “Tranche A Term Loans” (as defined in the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement) of each of the “Tranche A Term Facility Lenders” (as defined in the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement) as existing immediately prior to the Closing Date, shall be reallocated among the HR-1 Term Loan Lenders so that the HR-1 Term Loans are held by the HR-1 Term Loan Lenders as set forth on Schedule 2.01 attached hereto. To effect such reallocations each HR-1 Term Loan Lender which either was not a “Tranche A Term Facility Lender” under the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement immediately prior to the Closing Date or whose HR-1 Term Loan upon the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement exceeds its “Tranche A Term Loans” under the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement (each a “HR-1 Term Loan Assignee Lender”) shall be deemed to have purchased such right, title and interest in, and such obligations in respect of, the “Tranche A Term

 

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Loans” under the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement from the “Tranche A Term Loans” under the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement which will not have a HR-1 Term Loan on and as of the Closing Date or whose HR-1 Term Loans upon the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement are less than their respective “Tranche A Term Loans” under the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement (each a “HR-1 Term Loan Assignor Lender”), so that the HR-1 Term Loans of the HR-1 Term Loan Lenders will be held by the HR-1 Term Loan Lenders as set forth on Schedule 2.01. Such purchases shall be deemed to have been effected by way of, and subject to the terms and conditions of, an Assignment and Assumption without the payment of any related assignment fee, and, except for HR-1 Term Loan Notes to be provided to the HR-1 Term Loan Assignor Lenders and HR-1 Term Loan Assignee Lenders in the principal amount of their respective HR-1 Term Loans, no other documents or instruments shall be, or shall be required to be, executed in connection with such assignments (all of which are hereby waived). The HR-1 Term Loan Assignor Lenders, the HR-1 Term Loan Assignee Lenders and the other HR-1 Term Loan Lenders shall make such cash settlements among themselves, through the Administrative Agent, as the Administrative Agent may direct with respect to such reallocations and assignments so that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of HR-1 Term Loans shall be held by the HR-1 Term Loan Lenders pro rata in accordance with the amount of the “HR-1 Term Loan Amounts” set forth on Schedule 2.01.

(e) HR-2 Term Loans. Simultaneously with the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement, the principal amount of all outstanding “Tranche B Term Loans” (as defined in the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement) of each of the “Tranche B Term Facility Lenders” (as defined in the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement) as existing immediately prior to the Closing Date, shall be reallocated among the HR-2 Term Loan Lenders so that the HR-2 Term Loans are held by the HR-2 Term Loan Lenders as set forth on Schedule 2.01 attached hereto. To effect such reallocations each HR-2 Term Loan Lender which either was not a “Tranche B Term Facility Lender” under the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement immediately prior to the Closing Date or whose HR-2 Term Loan upon the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement exceeds its “Tranche B Term Loans” under the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement (each a “HR-2 Term Loan Assignee Lender”) shall be deemed to have purchased such right, title and interest in, and such obligations in respect of, the “Tranche B Term Loans” under the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement from the “Tranche B Term Loans” under the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement which will not have a HR-2 Term Loan on and as of the Closing Date or whose HR-2 Term Loans upon the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement are less than their respective “Tranche B Term Loans” under the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement (each a “HR-2 Term Loan Assignor Lender”), so that the HR-2 Term Loans of the HR-2 Term Loan Lenders will be held by the HR-2 Term Loan Lenders as set forth on Schedule 2.01. Such purchases shall be deemed to have been effected by way of, and subject to the terms and conditions of, an Assignment and Assumption without the payment of any related assignment fee, and, except for HR-2 Term Loan Notes to be provided to the HR-2 Term Loan Assignor Lenders and HR-2 Term Loan Assignee Lenders in the principal amount of their respective HR-2 Term Loans, no other documents or instruments shall be, or shall be required to be, executed in connection with such assignments (all of which are hereby waived). The HR-2 Term Loan Assignor Lenders, the HR-2 Term Loan Assignee Lenders and the other HR-2 Term Loan Lenders shall make such cash settlements among themselves, through the Administrative Agent, as the Administrative Agent may direct with respect to such reallocations and assignments so that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of HR-2 Term Loans shall be held by the HR-2 Term Loan Lenders pro rata in accordance with the amount of the “HR-2 Term Loan Amounts” set forth on Schedule 2.01.

 

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ARTICLE III

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

3.01 Taxes.

(a) L/C Issuer. For purposes of this Section, the term “Lender” includes each L/C Issuer and the term “applicable Law” includes FATCA.

(b) Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party under any Credit Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Law. If any applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Credit Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

(c) Payment of Other Taxes by the Credit Parties. The applicable Credit Party shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

(d) Indemnification by the Credit Parties. The Credit Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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(e) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Credit Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.07 relating to the maintenance of a Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Credit Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Credit Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this subsection. The provisions of this subsection shall continue to inure to the benefit of an Administrative Agent following its resignation or removal as Administrative Agent.

(f) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Credit Party to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 3.01, such Credit Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of 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.

(g) Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.

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

 

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(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

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

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

(I) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Credit Document, an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) of an executed IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Credit Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

(II) an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) of an executed IRS Form W-8ECI;

(III) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 3.01-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) of an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, applicable; or

(IV) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Agent) of an executed IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 3.01-2 or Exhibit 3.01-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable;

 

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provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 3.01-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

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

(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Credit 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 Internal Revenue Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by applicable Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the 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 clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Credit Agreement.

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

(h) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this subsection (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental

 

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Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection, in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this subsection the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This subsection shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

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

(j) FATCA Determination. For purposes of determining withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA, from and after the Closing Date, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall treat (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to treat) this Credit Agreement as not qualifying as a “grandfathered obligation” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i).

3.02 Illegality.

If, in any applicable jurisdiction, the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender determines that any applicable Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender to (i) perform any of its obligations hereunder or under any other Credit Document, (ii) to fund or maintain its participation in any Loan or (iii) issue, make, maintain, fund or charge interest or fees with respect to any Extension of Credit, such Person shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent, then, upon the Administrative Agent notifying the Borrower, and until such notice by such Person is revoked, any obligation of such Person to issue, make, maintain, fund or charge interest or fees with respect to any such Extension of Credit shall be suspended, and to the extent required by applicable Law, cancelled. Upon receipt of such notice, the Credit Parties shall, (A) repay that Person’s participation in the Loans or other applicable Obligations on with respect to any Term SOFR Loan, the last day of the Interest Period therefor, or on another applicable date with respect to another Obligation, occurring after the Administrative Agent has notified the Borrower or, in each case, if earlier, the date specified by such Person in the notice delivered to the Administrative Agent (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by applicable Law) and (B) take all reasonable actions requested by such Person to mitigate or avoid such illegality.

 

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3.03 Changed Circumstances.

(a) Circumstances Affecting Benchmark Availability. Subject to clause (c) below, in connection with any request for a Term SOFR Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof or otherwise, if for any reason (i) the Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that reasonable and adequate means do not exist for ascertaining Adjusted Term SOFR with respect to a proposed Term SOFR Loan on or prior to the first day of the applicable Interest Period or (ii) the Required Lenders shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that Adjusted Term SOFR does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining any such Loan during such Interest Period and, in the case of clause (ii), the Required Lenders have provided notice of such determination to the Administrative Agent, then, in each case, the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Borrower. Upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, any obligation of the Lenders to make Term SOFR Loans, and any right of the Borrower to convert any Loan to or continue any Loan as a Term SOFR Loan, shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans or the affected Interest Periods) until the Administrative Agent (with respect to clause (ii), at the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (A) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans or the affected Interest Periods) or, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein and (B) any outstanding affected Term SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into Base Rate Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.

(b) Laws Affecting SOFR Availability. If, after the date hereof, the introduction of, or any change in, any applicable Law or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any of the Lenders (or any of their respective Lending Offices) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency, shall make it unlawful or impossible for any of the Lenders (or any of their respective Lending Offices) to honor its obligations hereunder to make or maintain any Term SOFR Loan, or to determine or charge interest based upon SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, such Lender shall promptly give notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice to the Borrower and the other Lenders (an “Illegality Notice”). Thereafter, until each affected Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist, (i) any obligation of the Lenders to make Term SOFR Loans and any right of the Borrower to convert any Loan to or continue any Loan as a Term SOFR Loan shall be suspended and (ii) if necessary to avoid such illegality, the Administrative Agent shall compute the Base Rate without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”. Upon receipt of an Illegality Notice, the Borrower shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, upon demand from any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if

 

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applicable, convert all affected Term SOFR Loans to Base Rate Loans (in each case, if necessary to avoid such illegality, the Administrative Agent shall compute the Base Rate without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”) on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if all affected Lenders may lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Loans to such day, or immediately, if any Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Loans to such day. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.

(c) Benchmark Replacement Setting.

(i) Benchmark Replacement.

 

  (A)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event with respect to any Benchmark, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Credit Agreement to replace such Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Administrative Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all affected Lenders and the Borrower so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. No replacement of a Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 3.03(c)(i)(A) will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.

 

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No Swap Contract shall be deemed to be a “Credit Document” for purposes of this Section 3.03(c).

(ii) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document.

 

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(iii) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (A) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement and (B) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower of the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to Section 3.03(c)(iv). Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 3.03(c), including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 3.03(c).

(iv) Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (A) if any then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Reference Rate) and either (1) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (2) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is not or will not be representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (B) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (A) above either (1) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (2) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will not be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.

(v) Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to a given Benchmark, (A) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of any affected Term SOFR Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans and (B) any outstanding affected Term SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted to Base Rate Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to any Benchmark or at any time that a tenor for any then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark that is the subject of such Benchmark Unavailability Period or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of Base Rate.

 

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3.04 Increased Cost; Capital Adequacy.

(a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall (such increases in costs and reductions in amounts receivable being herein called “Additional Costs”):

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve (including pursuant to regulations issued from time to time by the FRB for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, special, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D of the FRB, as amended and in effect from time to time)), special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or advances, loans or other credit extended or participated in by, any Lender or any L/C Issuer;

(ii) subject any Lender or any L/C Issuer to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Credit Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Term SOFR Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or such L/C Issuer in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 3.01 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or such L/C Issuer); or

(iii) impose on any Lender or any L/C Issuer any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Credit Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or such L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or such L/C Issuer, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

 

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

(c) Lender’s Suspension of Term SOFR Loans. Without limiting the effect of the provisions of the immediately preceding subsections (a) and (b), if by reason of any Change in Law, any Lender either (i) incurs Additional Costs based on or measured by the excess above a specified level of the amount of a category of deposits or other liabilities of such Lender that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on Term SOFR Loans is determined as provided in this Credit Agreement or a category of extensions of credit or other assets of such Lender that includes Term SOFR Loans or (ii) becomes subject to restrictions on the amount of such a category of liabilities or assets that it may hold, then, if such Lender so elects by notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the obligation of such Lender to make or continue, or to convert Base Rate Loans into, Term SOFR Loans shall be suspended until such Change in Law ceases to be in effect (in which case the provisions of Section 3.07 shall apply).

(d) Additional Costs in Respect of Letters of Credit. Without limiting the obligations of the Borrower under the preceding subsections of this Section (but without duplication), if as a result of any Change in Law or any risk-based capital guideline or other requirement heretofore or hereafter issued by any Governmental Authority there shall be imposed, modified or deemed applicable any Tax (other than Indemnified Taxes, Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and Connection Income Taxes), reserve, special deposit, capital adequacy or similar requirement against or with respect to or measured by reference to Letters of Credit and the result shall be to increase the cost to an L/C Issuer of issuing (or any Lender of purchasing participations in) or maintaining its obligation hereunder to issue (or purchase participations in) any Letter of Credit or reduce any amount receivable by an L/C Issuer or any Lender hereunder in respect of any Letter of Credit, then, upon demand by such L/C Issuer or such Lender, the Borrower shall pay immediately to such L/C Issuer or, in the case of such Lender, to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender, from time to time as specified by such L/C Issuer or such Lender, such additional amounts as shall be sufficient to compensate such L/C Issuer or such Lender for such increased costs or reductions in amount.

 

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(e) Certificates for Reimbursement. A duly executed certificate of a Lender or a L/C Issuer setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsections of this Section and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof.

(f) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a waiver of the Administrative Agent’s, such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or a L/C Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine (9) months prior to the date that the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’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 nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

3.05 Compensation for Losses.

Upon demand of the Administrative Agent (or any Lender through the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate each Lender for and hold each Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense attributable to:

(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);

(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower; or

 

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(c) any assignment of a Term SOFR Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.15;

including any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained; provided, that any such compensation shall, for the avoidance of doubt, in no event include any lost profits.

3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, 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 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then such Lender shall 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 Section 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, 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) If (a) a Lender requests compensation pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04, and the Required Lenders are not also doing the same, (b) the obligation of any Lender to make Term SOFR Loans or to continue, or to convert Base Rate Loans into, Term SOFR Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section 3.04(c) or 3.02 but the obligation of the Required Lenders shall not have been suspended under such Sections, and in the case of clause (a) or (b) such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different Lending Office in accordance with Section 3.06(a) or (c) a Lender is a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, so long as there does not then exist any Default or Event of Default, demand that such Lender, and upon such demand such Lender shall promptly, assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 9.07), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 3.04 and rights to indemnification under Section 9.05) and obligations under this Credit Agreement and the related Credit Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that:

(i) the Borrower shall have paid, or caused to be paid, to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 9.07;

 

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(ii) such Lender shall have received payment of (x) the aggregate principal balance of all Loans then owing to such Lender, plus (y) the aggregate amount of payments previously made by such Lender under Section 2.03(j) and Section 2.04(e) that have not been repaid, plus (z) any accrued but unpaid interest thereon and accrued but unpaid fees owing to such Lender, or any other amount as may be mutually agreed upon by such Lender and Eligible Assignee;

(iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.04, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and

(iv) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Law.

In connection with any such assignment under this Section 3.06, such Lender shall promptly execute all documents reasonably requested to effect such assignment, including an appropriate Assignment and Assumption; provided that such Lender’s failure to execute an Assignment and Assumption within five Business Days after written request by the Borrower shall not prevent the effectiveness of such assignment. 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.

3.07 Treatment of Affected Loans.

If the obligation of any Lender to make Term SOFR Loans or to continue, or to convert Base Rate Loans into, Term SOFR Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section 3.02, Section 3.03 or Section 3.04(c) then such Lender’s Term SOFR Loans shall be automatically converted into Base Rate Loans on the last day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for Term SOFR Loans (or, in the case of a conversion required by Section 3.02, Section 3.03 or Section 3.04(c) on such earlier date as such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, may specify to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent, as applicable)) and, unless and until such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, gives notice as provided below that the circumstances specified in Section 3.02, Section 3.03 or Section 3.04(c) that gave rise to such conversion no longer exist:

(i) to the extent that such Lender’s Term SOFR Loans have been so converted, all payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise be applied to such Lender’s Term SOFR Loans shall be applied instead to its Base Rate Loans; and

(ii) all Loans that would otherwise be made or continued by such Lender as Term SOFR Loans shall be made or continued instead as Base Rate Loans, and all Base Rate Loans of such Lender that would otherwise be converted into Term SOFR Loans shall remain as Base Rate Loans.

 

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If such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, gives notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent, as applicable) that the circumstances specified in Section 3.02, Section 3.03 or Section 3.04(c) that gave rise to the conversion of such Lender’s Term SOFR Loans pursuant to this Section no longer exist (which such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, agrees to do promptly upon such circumstances ceasing to exist) at a time when Term SOFR Loans made by other Lenders are outstanding, then such Lender’s Base Rate Loans shall be automatically converted, on the first day(s) of the next succeeding Interest Period(s) for such outstanding Term SOFR Loans, to the extent necessary so that, after giving effect thereto, all Loans held by the Lenders holding Term SOFR Loans and by such Lender are held pro rata (as to principal amounts, Types and Interest Periods) in accordance with their respective Commitments.

3.08 Survival Losses.

All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder and resignation of the Administrative Agent.

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT

4.01 Conditions to Initial Extensions of Credit.

The obligation of the Lenders to close this Credit Agreement and make initial Extensions of Credit hereunder is subject to the satisfaction of such of the following conditions in all material respects on or prior to the Closing Date as shall not have been expressly waived in accordance with Section 9.01, with each delivery item set forth below in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:

(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Credit Agreement signed by each of the parties hereto;

 

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(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed Note for the account of each Lender that requests a Note for a particular Class;

(c) the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall have received legal opinions of counsel to the Borrower, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders;

(d) the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) the certificate or articles of incorporation or formation, articles of organization, certificate of limited partnership, declaration of trust or other comparable organizational instrument (if any) of each of the Borrower and each other Credit Party (other than HR) certified as of a recent date by the applicable Secretary of State of the state of formation of the Borrower and such Credit Party, (ii) a certificate of merger certified by the Secretary of State for the State of Maryland reflecting the merger of HR with and into Merger Sub with HR as the surviving entity and (iii) articles of incorporation or other comparable organizational instrument of HR certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Borrower;

(e) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of good standing (or certificate of similar meaning) with respect to the Borrower, HR and each other Credit Party issued as of a recent date by the applicable Secretary of State of the state of formation of the Borrower, HR and such other Credit Parties and certificates of qualification to transact business or other comparable certificates issued as of a recent date by each Secretary of State (and any state department of taxation, as applicable) of each state in which the Borrower, HR or such other Credit Parties is required to be so qualified and where failure to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(f) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of incumbency signed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other individual performing similar functions) of the Borrower, HR and each other Credit Party with respect to each of the officers of the Borrower, HR and such other Credit Parties authorized to execute and deliver the Credit Documents to which the Borrower, HR or such other Credit Party is a party and authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Borrower Requests for Extensions of Credit;

(g) the Administrative Agent shall have received copies certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other individual performing similar functions) of the Borrower, HR and each other Credit Party of (A) the by-laws or similar governing document of the Borrower, HR and such other Credit Parties and (B) all corporate, limited liability company, partnership or other necessary action taken by the Borrower, HR and each other Credit Party to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents to which it is a party;

 

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(h) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Borrower, signed on behalf of Borrower by the Borrower’s chief executive officer or chief financial officer, confirming to the knowledge of such officer that as of such date (i) the representations and warranties in Article V hereof are true and correct in all material respects (or in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, true and correct in all respects), (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (iii) since the date of the Merger Agreement, no “Company Material Adverse Effect or “HR Material Adverse Effect” (each as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement) shall have occurred and (iv) that prior to, or substantially simultaneously with the occurrence of the Closing Date, the Merger shall be consummated and attaching to such certificate a copy of the Merger Agreement including all exhibits and schedules thereto and all other material agreements entered into in connection with the Merger, and certifying that such documents are true, correct and complete as of the Closing Date;

(i) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have been paid all fees due and payable in connection herewith (including fees and expenses of counsel) to the extent invoiced prior to the Closing Date;

(j) the Administrative Agent shall have received a Disbursement Instruction Agreement executed by the Borrower;

(k) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received (i) the financial statements referenced in Section 5.19(b) and (ii) a Compliance Certificate calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the Merger for the Borrower’s fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2022 (or, if the Closing Date has not occurred by August 19, 2022, such fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2022);

(l) the Borrower or any Subsidiary that qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation shall, collectively, have delivered to the Administrative Agent, and any Lender requesting the same, one Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower or each such Subsidiary, in each case, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date of closing;

(m) the Borrower and each other Credit Party shall have provided all information requested by the Administrative Agent and each Lender in order to comply with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation, the Patriot Act, in each case, to the extent requested at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date of closing;

 

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(n) the Administrative Agent shall have received and reviewed, with results satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, information regarding litigation, tax, accounting, labor, insurance, pension liabilities (actual or contingent), real estate leases, material contracts, debt agreements, property ownership, environmental matters, contingent liabilities and management of the Parent, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries;

(o) the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that all Obligations constituting “Revolving Credit Exposure” (as defined in the Existing HR Credit Agreement) outstanding under the Existing HR Credit Agreement shall be repaid, discharged or otherwise paid in full on the Closing Date;

(p) the Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents, agreements and instruments as the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably request; and

(q) In the good faith, reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent:

(i) since December 31, 2021, there shall not have occurred a material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), operations, business, assets or liabilities of the Parent and its Subsidiaries or HR and its Subsidiaries, in each case prior to the Merger, taken as a whole or in the facts and information regarding such entities as represented to date, nor shall there have been a downgrade of the Borrower’s credit rating (or, prior to the consummation of the Merger, HR’s credit rating) of two or more notches;

(ii) prior to, or substantially simultaneously with the occurrence of the Closing Date, the Merger shall be consummated in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement (without giving effect to any amendments or waivers thereto that are materially adverse to the Lenders without the consent of the Administrative Agent); provided that any change to the definition of “Company Material Adverse Effect” or “HR Material Adverse Effect” (each as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement) shall be deemed materially adverse to the Lenders and shall require the consent of the Administrative Agent;

 

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(iii) no action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending or threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or governmental authority that purports (a) to materially and adversely affect the Parent, the Borrower, HR or their respective Subsidiaries, or (b) to affect the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby;

(iv) the Parent, HR, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries shall have received all approvals, consents and waivers, and shall have made or given all necessary filings and notices as shall be required to consummate the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby without the occurrence of any default under, conflict with or violation of (A) any applicable Law or (B) any agreement, document or instrument to which any Credit Party is a party or by which any of them or their respective properties is bound;

(v) the Borrower and each other Credit Party shall have provided all information requested by the Administrative Agent and each Lender in order to comply with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation, the Patriot Act; and

(vi) there shall not have occurred or exist any other material disruption of financial or capital markets that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents.

4.02 Conditions to Extensions of Credit.

The obligation of any Lender to make any Extension of Credit hereunder is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions on or prior to the proposed date of the making of such Extension of Credit:

(a) The Administrative Agent shall receive the applicable Request for Extension of Credit;

(b) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately before the making of such Extension of Credit and no Default or Event of Default shall exist immediately thereafter;

 

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(c) The representations and warranties of the Parent and the Borrower made in or pursuant to the Credit Documents (excluding, solely in the case of any Borrowing of Revolving Loans occurring after the date hereof, the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.20) shall be true and correct in all material respects (or in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of such Extension of Credit, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct on such earlier date in all material respects (or in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, true and correct in all respects);

(d) Immediately following the making of such Extension of Credit the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Obligations shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.

The making of such Extension of Credit hereunder shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Parent and the Borrower on the date thereof as to the facts specified in clauses (b), (c), and (d) of this Section.

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each of the Parent and the Borrower represents and warrants that:

5.01 Corporate Existence and Power.

The Parent, the Borrower and each of their respective Material Subsidiaries is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, has all organizational powers and all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to own or lease its respective properties and to carry on its business as now being, and hereafter proposed to be, conducted and is duly qualified as a foreign entity and in good standing, and authorized to do business, under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or authorization, other than in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified, authorized and in good standing would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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5.02 Corporate and Governmental Authorization; No Contravention.

The execution and delivery by the Borrower and each other Credit Party of the Credit Documents to which it is a party and the performance by the Borrower and each other Credit Party of their respective obligations thereunder are within the corporate, limited liability company or partnership power of the Borrower or such other Credit Party, as applicable, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or partnership action, as applicable, require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency or official or other Person (except for any such action or filing that has been taken and is in full force and effect) and do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any provision of applicable Law or regulation or of the Organization Documents of the Borrower or such other Credit Party or of any material agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or other material instrument binding upon the Borrower or such other Credit Party or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or such other Credit Party other than Liens created pursuant to the Credit Documents.

5.03 Binding Effect.

The Credit Documents constitute valid and binding agreements of the Borrower and each other Credit Party which is a party to such Credit Documents, enforceable against the Borrower and such other Credit Parties in accordance with their respective terms, except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, and other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and the availability of equitable remedies for the enforcement of certain obligations (other than the payment of principal) contained herein or therein and as may be limited by equitable principles generally.

5.04 Litigation.

Except as set forth on Schedule 5.04 attached hereto, there is no action, suit, proceeding or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, investigation pending against, or to the knowledge of the Borrower threatened against or affecting, the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries before any court or arbitrator or any governmental body, agency or official that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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5.05 Compliance with ERISA.

(a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other federal or state Laws. Each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently pending before the IRS with respect thereto and, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, nothing has occurred that would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification. The Parent, the Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate have made all required contributions to each Plan subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code has been made with respect to any Plan.

(b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could be reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) (i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (iii) none of the Parent, the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred that, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could reasonably be expected to be subject to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.

5.06 Environmental Matters.

Except as set forth on Schedule 5.06 hereto:

(a) No written notice, notification, demand, request for information, citation, summons, complaint or order has been received by the Parent or the Borrower and to the knowledge of the Borrower, no penalty has been assessed and no investigation or review is pending or threatened by any governmental or other entity, (i) with respect to any alleged violation of any Environmental Laws in connection with the conduct of the Parent, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary and relating to a Hazardous Substance or (ii) with respect to any alleged failure to have any permit, certificate, license, approval, registration or authorization required in connection with the conduct of the Parent, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary relating to a Hazardous Substance or (iii) with respect to any generation, treatment, storage, recycling, transportation, disposal or release (including a release as defined in 42 U.S.C. Section 9601(22))

 

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(“Release”) of any Hazardous Substance used by the Parent, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, which alleged violation, alleged failure to have any required permit, certificate, license, approval, or registration, or generation, treatment, storage, recycling, transportation, disposal or release, is reasonably likely to result in liability to the Parent, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary in excess of $1,000,000 in any instance or $5,000,000 in the aggregate.

(b) (i) To the Borrower’s knowledge, there has been no Release of a Hazardous Substance at, on or under any property used by the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries or for which the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries would be liable, which Release, is reasonably likely to result in liability to the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries in excess of $1,000,000 in any instance or $5,000,000 in the aggregate; (ii) to the Borrower’s knowledge, none of the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries has, other than as a generator or in a manner not regulated or prohibited under the Environmental Laws, stored or treated any “hazardous waste” (as defined in 42 U.S.C. Section 6903(5)) on any property used by the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries or for which the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries would be liable, except for such storage or treatment which is not reasonably likely to result in liability to the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries in excess of $1,000,000 in any instance or $5,000,000 in the aggregate; and (iii) to the Borrower’s knowledge no polychlorinated biphenyl (“PCB”) in concentrations greater than 50 parts per million, friable asbestos, or underground storage tank (in use or abandoned) is at any property used by the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries or for which the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries would be liable, except for such PCBs, friable asbestos or underground storage tanks that are not reasonably likely to result in liability to the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries in excess of $1,000,000 in any instance or $5,000,000 in the aggregate.

(c) To the knowledge of the Borrower, neither the Parent, the Borrower nor any of their respective Material Subsidiaries has transported or arranged for the transportation (directly or indirectly) of any Hazardous Substance to any location which is listed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (“CERCLA”), on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System, as amended (“CERCLIS”), or on any similar state list or which is the subject of any federal state or local enforcement action or other investigation which may lead to claims for clean-up costs, remedial work, damages to natural resources or for personal injury claims, including, but not limited to, claims under CERCLA, that are reasonably likely to result in liability to the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries in excess of $1,000,000 in any instance or $5,000,000 in the aggregate.

 

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(d) No written notification of a Release of a Hazardous Substance has been filed by or on behalf of the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries, which individually or in combination with other such Releases, is reasonably likely to result in liability for the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries in excess of $1,000,000 in any instance or $5,000,000 in the aggregate.

(e) There have been no environmental audits or similar investigations conducted by or which are in the possession of the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries in relation to any property used by the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries or for which the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries would be liable, which identify one or more environmental liabilities of the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries which are reasonably likely to exceed $1,000,000 in any instance or $5,000,000 in the aggregate.

5.07 Material Subsidiaries and Specified Affiliates.

Set forth on Schedule 5.07 hereto is a complete and accurate list of all of the Material Subsidiaries and Specified Affiliates of the Parent and the Borrower, showing as to each such Material Subsidiary and Specified Affiliates the jurisdiction of its organization, the number of shares of each class of capital stock or other equity interests outstanding and the percentage of the outstanding shares of each such class owned (directly or indirectly) by the Parent, the Borrower or any other Material Subsidiary of the Parent or the Borrower and the number of shares covered by all outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase, and similar rights. All of the outstanding capital stock or other equity interests of all of such Material Subsidiaries identified in such Schedule 5.07 as being owned by the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries, as the case may be, free and clear of all Liens other than a Lien described in and permitted by Section 6.07 hereof. The Borrower may provide periodic updates of the information in Schedule 5.07, which shall be deemed modified to include the updated information.

5.08 Not an Investment Company.

None of the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries is an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

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5.09 Margin Stock.

No proceeds of any Loan will be used to purchase or carry any “margin stock” or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin stock” in violation of Regulations U, T or X.

5.10 Compliance with Laws.

Except as set forth on Schedule 5.10 attached hereto and made a part hereof or as previously disclosed in writing to the Lenders prior to the date hereof, the Parent, the Borrower and each of their respective Material Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Law, rules and regulations (including, without limitation, Environmental Laws), and is not in violation of, or in default under, any term or provision of any charter, bylaw, mortgage, indenture, agreement, instrument, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, order, writ or injunction applicable to it, except for any such non-compliance, violation, default or failure to comply which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.11 Absence of Liens.

There are no Liens of any nature whatsoever on any properties or assets of the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries, except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.07 hereof.

5.12 Indebtedness.

Other than as set forth on Schedule 5.12 hereto, there is no material Indebtedness of the Parent, the Borrower and their Material Subsidiaries outstanding as of the date hereof.

5.13 Contingent Liabilities.

As of the Closing Date, other than as set forth on Schedule 5.13 there are no material contingent liabilities (other than contingent liabilities that constitute Funded Debt and material contingent liabilities arising out of customary indemnifications given by the Parent, the Borrower or their respective Material Subsidiaries to its officers and directors, its underwriters or its lenders) of the Parent, the Borrower or their respective Material Subsidiaries as of the date hereof.

 

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5.14 Investments.

Set forth on Schedule 5.14 is a complete and accurate list, in all material respects, as of the date hereof of all Investments by the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries in any Person, other than investments by the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries in a Subsidiary or Specified Affiliate.

5.15 Solvency.

The Parent and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents.

5.16 Taxes.

The Parent, the Borrower and their respective Material Subsidiaries have filed, or caused to be filed, all tax returns (federal, state, local and foreign) required to be filed and paid all amounts of taxes shown thereon to be due (including interest and penalties) and have paid all other taxes, fees, assessments and other governmental charges owing by them, except for such taxes (i) which are not yet delinquent or (ii) as are being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings, and against which adequate accruals are being maintained in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Parent nor the Borrower is aware of any proposed material tax assessments against it or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries.

5.17 REIT Status.

The Parent is taxed as a “real estate investment trust” within the meaning of Section 856(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

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5.18 Specified Affiliates.

Except as set forth on Schedule 5.07, there are no Specified Affiliates as of the date hereof.

5.19 Financial Condition.

Each of the financial statements described below (copies of which have been provided to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders), have been prepared in accordance with GAAP throughout the periods covered thereby, present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results from operations of the entities and for the periods specified, subject in the case of interim company-prepared statements to normal year-end adjustments:

(a) (i) annual audited consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries dated as of December 31, 2021, together with related statements of income and cash flows certified by Deloitte & Touche LLP or other independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing and containing an opinion of such accountants and (ii) annual audited consolidated balance sheet of HR and its Consolidated Subsidiaries dated as of December 31, 2021, together with related statements of income and cash flows certified by BDO USA, LLP or other independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing and containing an opinion of such accountants;

(b) (i) interim company-prepared consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries dated as of March 31, 2022, together with related company-prepared statements of income and cash flows (and, if the Closing Date has not occurred by August 19, 2022, such financials as of June 30, 2022) and (ii) interim company-prepared consolidated balance sheet of HR and its Consolidated Subsidiaries dated as of March 31, 2022 , together with related company-prepared statements of income and cash flows 2022 (and, if the Closing Date has not occurred by August 19, 2022, such financials as of June 30, 2022); and

(c) the summary unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of the Parent and HR delivered to WFS on April 15, 2022.

 

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5.20 No Material Adverse Effect.

Since the date of the annual audited financial statements referenced in Section 5.19(a), there has been no circumstance, development or event relating to or affecting the Parent, the Borrower and their respective Material Subsidiaries which has had or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.21 Accuracy and Completeness of Information.

All written information, reports and other papers and data (other than financial projections and other forward looking statements, and information of a general economic or industry-specific nature) furnished to the Administrative Agent or any Lender by, on behalf of, or at the direction of, the Parent, the Borrower, any other Credit Party or any other Subsidiary were, at the time the same were so furnished, complete and correct in all material respects, to the extent necessary to give the recipient a true and accurate knowledge of the subject matter, or, in the case of financial statements, present fairly, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved, the financial position of the Persons involved as at the date thereof and the results of operations for such periods (subject, as to interim statements, to changes resulting from normal year end audit adjustments and absence of full footnote disclosure). All financial projections and other forward looking statements prepared by or on behalf of the Parent, the Borrower, any other Credit Party or any other Subsidiary that have been or may hereafter be made available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender were or will be prepared in good faith based on reasonable assumptions. No fact is known to any Credit Party which has had, or may in the future have (so far as any Credit Party can reasonably foresee), a Material Adverse Effect which has not been set forth in the financial statements referred to in Section 5.19 or in such information, reports or other papers or data or otherwise disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. No document furnished or written statement made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation, preparation or execution of, or pursuant to, this Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not misleading. As of the Closing Date, if applicable, the information contained in the Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.

5.22 Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions; Anti-Money Laundering Laws.

(a) None of (i) the Parent, the Borrower, any Subsidiary, any of their respective directors, officers, or, to the knowledge of the Parent, the Borrower or such Subsidiary, any of their respective employees or Affiliates, or (ii) to the knowledge of Borrower, any agent or representative of the Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the Credit Facility, (A) is a Sanctioned Person or currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, (B) is controlled by

 

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or is acting on behalf of a Sanctioned Person, (C) has its assets located in a Sanctioned Country, (D) is under administrative, civil or criminal investigation for an alleged violation of, or received notice from or made a voluntary disclosure to any governmental entity regarding a possible violation of, Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Sanctions by a governmental authority that enforces Sanctions or any Anti-Corruption Laws or Anti-Money Laundering Laws, or (E) directly or indirectly derives revenues from investments in, or transactions with, Sanctioned Persons.

(b) Each of the Parent, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance by the Parent, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and Affiliates with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions.

(c) Each of the Parent, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries, each director, officer, and to the knowledge of Borrower, employee, agent and Affiliate of Parent, Borrower and each such Subsidiary, is in compliance with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions in all material respects.

(d) No proceeds of any Extension of Credit have been used, directly or (to the knowledge of the Borrower) indirectly, by the Parent, the Borrower, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents in violation of Section 6.12.

ARTICLE VI

COVENANTS

Each of the Parent and the Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that until the Obligations, together with interest, fees and other obligations hereunder, have been paid in full (other than contingent indemnification, expense reimbursement or other contingent obligations for which no claim has been asserted) and the Revolving Commitments hereunder shall have terminated (other than regarding Extended Letters of Credit in respect of which the Borrower has satisfied the requirements to provide Cash Collateral as required in Section 2.03(b)), the Parent and the Borrower shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to, perform and comply with the following covenants:

 

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6.01 Information.

The Borrower will deliver to Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders:

(a) within five (5) days following the date such information is filed with the SEC, but in any event no later than ninety-five (95) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Parent (beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022), a consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of income and consolidated statement of cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, and, with respect to such financial information for the Parent and the Borrower, such consolidated statements shall be audited statements by BDO USA, LLP or other independent public accountants of nationally recognized standing and containing an opinion of such accountants, which opinion shall be without exception, qualification or limitation on scope of audit;

(b) within five (5) days following the date such information is filed with the SEC, but in any event no later than fifty (50) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of the Parent (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2022), a consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter and the related consolidated statements of income and consolidated statement of cash flows for such quarter and for the portion of the Parent’s fiscal year ended at the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding quarter and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all certified (subject to normal adjustments) as to fairness of presentation and conformity with GAAP by the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Parent;

(c) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial statements referred to in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section, a certificate of the Parent, substantially in the form of Exhibit 6.01 (each, a “Compliance Certificate”), signed on behalf of the Parent by the chief financial officer or the treasurer of the Parent (i) stating whether, to such officer’s knowledge, there exists on the date of such certificate any Default and, if any Default then exists, setting forth the details thereof and the action that the Parent and/or the Borrower is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto, (ii) stating whether, since the date of the most recent financial statements previously delivered pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) of this Section, there has been a change in the GAAP applied in preparing the financial statements then being delivered from those applied in preparing the most recent audited financial statements so delivered which is material to the financial statements then being delivered and, if so, the effect on the financial covenants on account thereof and a reconciliation between calculation of the financial covenants before and after giving effect thereto, (iii) furnishing calculations demonstrating the compliance by the Parent and the Borrower of the financial covenants in Section 6.16 hereunder, (iv) attaching management’s summary of the results contained in such financial statements and (v) identifying the Borrower’s Debt Ratings then in effect;

 

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(d) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial statements referred to in clause (a) above, a statement (addressed to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders) of the firm of independent public accountants which reported on such statements whether anything has come to their attention to cause them to believe that any Default or Event of Default existed on the date of such statements;

(e) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after any officer obtains knowledge thereof, written notice of any change by a Ratings Service in its rating for the Borrower’s senior unsecured (non-credit enhanced) long term debt;

(f) within five (5) Business Days after any officer obtains knowledge of any Default or Event of Default, if such Default or Event of Default is then continuing, a certificate of Borrower, signed on behalf of Borrower by the chief financial officer or the treasurer of the Borrower, setting forth the details thereof and the action which the Borrower is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;

(g) promptly upon the mailing thereof to the shareholders of the Parent generally, copies of all financial statements, reports and proxy statements so mailed;

(h) promptly upon the filing thereof, copies of all registration statements (other than the exhibits thereto and any registration statements on Form S-8 or its equivalent) and reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K (or their equivalents) which the Parent or the Borrower shall have filed with the SEC;

(i) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days, after the occurrence of any ERISA Event, written notice of such ERISA Event;

(j) as soon as possible after any officer of the Borrower obtains knowledge of the commencement of, or of a material threat of the commencement of, an action, suit or proceeding against the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries before any court or arbitrator or any governmental body, agency or official in which there is a reasonable likelihood of an adverse decision which would, after the application of applicable insurance, result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(k) to the extent the information provided by the Borrower on Schedule 5.07 (Material Subsidiaries and Specified Affiliates), Schedule 5.12 (Indebtedness), Schedule 5.13 (Contingent Liabilities) and Schedule 5.14 (Investments) changes following the Closing Date, the Borrower will provide the Administrative Agent with updated information not less frequently than quarterly, and such Schedule 5.07 shall be deemed modified to include the applicable updated information;

(l) promptly after the Borrower has notified the Administrative Agent of its intention to treat any of the Loans, the Letters of Credit or any related transaction as a “reportable transaction” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4), a duly completed copy of IRS Form 8886 or any successor form thereto;

(m) promptly, such information, certificates or documents as any Lender or the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order for such Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain compliance with the Patriot Act; and

(n) from time to time such additional information regarding the financial position or business of the Parent, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

For purposes of the foregoing:

(i) during any period when GAAP requires that a Specified Affiliate of the Parent be accounted for as a Subsidiary for purposes of the consolidated financial statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, the term “Subsidiary” shall include a Specified Affiliate of the Parent for purposes of clauses (a) and (b) above; and

(ii) during any period when GAAP does not require that a Specified Affiliate of the Parent be accounted for as a Subsidiary for purposes of the consolidated financial statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, the terms “Subsidiary” shall not include a Specified Affiliate of the Parent for purposes of clauses (a) and (b) above and, if the Parent shall have any Specified Affiliates during any period covered by the financial statements delivered pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) above, the Parent and the Borrower shall deliver (A) financial statements of the character specified in clauses (a) and (b) above for such Specified Affiliates within the time periods set forth in clauses (a) and (b) above, and (B) on a combined basis, financial statements of the character specified in clauses (a) and (b) above for the Parent, its Subsidiaries and such Specified Affiliates accompanied by the opinions and certificates specified in clauses (b) and (c) above within the time periods set forth in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above.

 

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As to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section 6.01(h), the Borrower shall not be separately required to furnish such information under clauses (a) or (b) above, but the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the obligation of the Borrower to furnish the information and materials described in clauses (a) and (b) above at the times specified therein.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (a), (b), (g) or (h) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed or furnished with the SEC) above may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 9.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access without charge (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (i) upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to such Administrative Agent or such Lender, respectively, until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, respectively, and (ii) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender (by telecopier or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required to provide paper copies of the Compliance Certificates required by Section 6.01(c) to the Administrative Agent. Except for such Compliance Certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

Each of the Parent and the Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or WFS will make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Parent and the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks 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 Parent, the Borrower or their respective 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. Each of the Parent and the Borrower hereby agrees that (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,” each of the Parent and the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, WFS, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Parent, the Borrower or their respective securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute

 

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Confidential Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 9.08); (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 WFS shall be entitled to 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.”

6.02 Payment of Obligations.

Each of the Parent and the Borrower will pay and discharge, and will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, at or before maturity, or prior to expiration of applicable notice, grace and curative periods, all their respective material obligations and liabilities, including, without limitation, tax liabilities, except where the same may be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and will maintain, and will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to maintain, in accordance with GAAP, appropriate reserves for the accrual of any of the same.

6.03 Maintenance of Property; Insurance.

(a) Each of the Parent and the Borrower will keep, and will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to keep, or will in the ordinary course of business cause the tenants of respective properties to keep, all property materially useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and fire, casualty or condemnation excepted.

(b) Each of the Parent and the Borrower will maintain, and will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to maintain, with financially sound and responsible insurance companies, insurance on all their respective properties in at least such amounts and against such risks (and with such risk retention) as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies of established repute engaged in the same or a similar business, and will furnish to the Lenders, upon request from the Administrative Agent, information presented in reasonable detail as to the insurance so carried. The insurance described in this Section 6.03 may be carried by the tenants under the respective tenant leases of such properties in lieu of by the Parent, the Borrower or their respective Subsidiaries so long as the Parent, the Borrower or the respective Subsidiary is named as loss payee and additional insured with respect to such insurance.

 

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6.04 Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence.

Each of the Parent and the Borrower will continue, and will cause each Subsidiary to continue, to engage in business of the same general type as now conducted by the Parent, the Borrower and each of their respective Subsidiaries, and will preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect, and will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect their respective organizational existences and, with respect to the Parent and the Borrower, their respective jurisdictions of organization shall remain in the United States (except with the written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender) and, except for any such rights, privileges and franchises the failure to preserve which would not in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that nothing in this Section 6.04 shall prohibit (a) the merger of a Subsidiary into Parent or the Borrower or the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary with or into another Person if the corporation surviving such consolidation or merger is a Wholly Owned Consolidated Subsidiary of the Parent and if, in each case, after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and a responsible officer of the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate representing that after giving effect to the transaction (i) the Parent and the Borrower are in compliance with the terms of the Credit Agreement on a pro forma basis and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall then exist, (b) the termination of the corporate existence of any Subsidiary or the discontinuation of any line of business of the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries if the Borrower in good faith determines that such termination is in the best interest of the Parent, the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders, (c) the HR Contribution or (d) the HR Conversion.

6.05 Compliance with Laws.

(a) Each of the Parent and the Borrower will comply, and cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to comply, in all material respects with all applicable Law, ordinances, rules, regulations, and requirements of governmental authorities (including, without limitation, Environmental Laws and ERISA and the rules and regulations thereunder) the failure to comply with which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except where the necessity of compliance therewith is contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.

(b) Each of the Parent and the Borrower will (i) maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Parent, the Borrower, their respective Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with all Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and applicable Sanctions, (ii) notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender that previously received a Beneficial Ownership Certification, if any, of any change in the information provided in the Beneficial Ownership Certification that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified therein and (iii) promptly upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, any information or documentation requested by it for purposes of complying with the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

 

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6.06 Inspection of Property, Books and Records.

Each of the Parent and the Borrower will keep, and will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to keep, proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all material dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities; and, except to the extent prohibited by applicable Law, rule, regulations or orders, will permit, and will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to permit, representatives of the Administrative Agent or any Lender at such Person’s expense (which expense shall not be subject to reimbursement by the Borrower hereunder except in the case of the Administrative Agent while an Event of Default exists) to visit and inspect any of their respective properties (subject to the rights of tenants in possession thereof and to any limitations on the inspection rights of the Parent or the Borrower in connection therewith), to examine and make abstracts from any of their respective books and records and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers, employees and independent public accountants, upon reasonable prior written notice to the Borrower, all at such reasonable times and as often as may reasonably be desired, without unreasonable interference to the business operations of the Parent, the Borrower or their respective Subsidiaries; provided, however, that no such notice shall be required by the Administrative Agent while an Event of Default exists.

6.07 Negative Pledge.

Each of the Parent and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, except:

(a) Liens pursuant to any Credit Document securing the Obligations hereunder, including Cash Collateral pledged to secure obligations of Defaulting Lenders as provided in Section 2.14;

(b) Liens in favor of a Lender or any of its Affiliates pursuant to a Swap Contract permitted hereunder, but only to the extent that (i) the obligations under such Swap Contract are permitted under Section 6.10, (ii) such Liens are on the same collateral that secures the Obligations, and (iii) the obligations under such Swap Contract and the Obligations share pari passu in the collateral subject to such Liens;

(c) mortgage Liens to the extent not prohibited, both before and after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis, by the provisions of the financial covenants set out in Section 6.16;

 

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(d) Liens for taxes not yet due or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;

(e) carriers’, landlords’, sublandlords’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business that are not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person;

(f) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;

(g) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(h) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances (including zoning restrictions) affecting real property that, in the aggregate, are not material in amount, and that do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person;

(i) Liens of a judgment debtor securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 7.01(k) or securing appeal or other surety bonds related to such judgments;

(j) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to trade letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business, provided that such Liens attach only to the assets being acquired with the proceeds of such letters of credit;

(k) any Lien arising out of the refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien, to the extent that such Lien is permitted by any of the foregoing clauses of this Section, and provided that such Indebtedness is not increased and is not secured by any additional assets;

 

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(l) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, or (iii) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of Law or under customary general terms and conditions encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set-off) and that are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry or arising pursuant to such banking institution’s general terms and conditions;

(m) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) financing statements or similar public filings;

(n) Liens (i) solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of Borrower’s other Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement or (ii) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property;

(o) the rights of tenants and landlords under leases (including ground leases), subleases, licenses or other use agreements, managers under management agreements or franchisors under franchise agreements, in each case, not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of business of such Person; and

(p) Liens securing Indebtedness of any Subsidiary or Specified Affiliate owing to the Borrower.

6.08 Consolidations and Mergers.

Each of the Parent and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, consolidate or merge with or into any Person except as may be permitted in accordance with Section 6.04.

6.09 Creation of Subsidiaries.

Each of the Parent and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, create any Subsidiary except for the creation of a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Specified Affiliate provided that (i) such Subsidiary or Specified Affiliate is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction within the United States of America and (ii) no Default or Event of Default exists immediately prior to or after the creation of such Subsidiary or Specified Affiliate.

 

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6.10 Incurrence and Existence of Debt.

Each of the Parent and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under the Credit Documents;

(b) Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 5.12 and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder;

(c) Support Obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder;

(d) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries existing or arising under any Swap Contract, provided that (i) such obligations are (or were) 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 or taking a “market view”; 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;

(e) publicly issued or privately placed Funded Debt of the Borrower issued or placed after the Closing Date, provided that the final maturity thereof shall not be prior to the latest Termination Date hereunder;

 

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(f) Funded Debt of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries secured by mortgage liens, provided that, while an Event of Default exists, no additional Funded Debt of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries secured by mortgage liens shall be incurred;

(g) unsecured inter-company Indebtedness between and among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, provided that any such Indebtedness under this subsection (g) owing by a Credit Party shall be subordinated in writing to the Obligations on terms acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

(h) Indebtedness of the Borrower incurred through the issuance of short-term unsecured commercial paper notes in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding that would not violate the covenants set forth in Section 6.16 hereof;

(i) Indebtedness under the JPM Asset Sale Agreement and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder; and

(j) the unsecured notes of HR issued or placed pursuant to that certain Indenture dated as of May 15, 2001, and any exchanges thereof for unsecured notes issued by the Borrower; provided that the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such exchange except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such exchange;

provided, that in the case of Indebtedness incurred under clauses (e) through (h), immediately after giving effect to the incurrence or assumption thereof on a pro forma basis, the Parent, the Borrower and the other members of the Consolidated Group shall be in compliance with the terms of this Credit Agreement, including the financial covenants hereunder.

 

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6.11 Transactions with Affiliates.

Each of the Parent and the Borrower will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to enter into directly or indirectly any material transaction or material group of related transactions (including without limitation the purchase, lease, sale or exchange of properties of any kind or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate (other than the Borrower), except in the ordinary course and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the Borrower’s, the Parent’s or such Subsidiary’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Borrower, the Parent or such Subsidiary than would be obtainable in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate.

6.12 Use of Proceeds.

The Extensions of Credit hereunder will be used (a) to finance the acquisition and development of healthcare real estate properties by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and (b) to finance the general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. No proceeds of any Loan will be used to purchase or carry any “margin stock” or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin stock” in violation of Regulations U, T or X. The Borrower will not request any Extension of Credit, and the Parent and the Borrower shall not use, and shall ensure that the Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Extension of Credit, directly or to Borrower’s knowledge indirectly, (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws or any Anti-Money Laundering Laws, (ii) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (iii) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

6.13 Organization Documents.

Subject to changes, including any dissolutions permitted pursuant to this Credit Agreement: (a) each of the Parent and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, amend its Organization Documents in any manner which could materially adversely affect the rights of the Lenders under the Credit Documents or their ability to enforce the same (it being agreed that the HR Conversion, the HR Contribution and other transactions related thereto shall be permitted hereunder); and (b) the Parent will not amend its Organization Documents in a manner which would permit a single shareholder (as determined for purposes hereof pursuant to the attribution provisions of Section 544 of the Internal Revenue Code as modified by Section 856 of the Internal Revenue Code) to own more than 30% of the outstanding stock in Parent.

6.14 [Reserved].

6.15 [Reserved].

 

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6.16 Financial Covenants.

The Parent and the Borrower will not:

(a) Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio at any time to be greater than 60%; provided, however, that if such ratio is greater than 60% but is not greater than 65%, then the Parent and the Borrower shall be deemed to be in compliance with this subsection (a) so long as (i) the Parent or a Subsidiary of the Parent completed a Material Acquisition during the quarter in which such ratio first exceeded 60%, (ii) such ratio does not exceed 60% at any time after the three fiscal quarters immediately following the fiscal quarter in which such Material Acquisition was completed, (iii) the Parent and the Borrower have not maintained compliance with this subsection (a) in reliance on this proviso more than one time during the term of this Credit Agreement and (iv) such ratio is not greater than 65% at any time.

(b) Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio at any time to be greater than 30%; provided, however, that if such amount is greater than 30% but is not greater than 40%, then the Parent and the Borrower shall be deemed to be in compliance with this subsection (b) so long as (i) the Parent or a Subsidiary of the Parent completed a Material Acquisition during the quarter in which such ratio first exceeded 30%, (ii) such ratio does not exceed 30% at any time after the three fiscal quarters immediately following the fiscal quarter in which such Material Acquisition was completed, (iii) the Parent and the Borrower have not maintained compliance with this subsection (b) in reliance on this proviso more than one time during the term of this Credit Agreement and (iv) such ratio is not greater than 40% at any time.

(c) Consolidated Unencumbered Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Unencumbered Leverage Ratio at any time to be greater than 60%; provided, however, that if such ratio is greater than 60% but is not greater than 65%, then the Parent and the Borrower shall be deemed to be in compliance with this subsection (c) so long as (i) the Parent or a Subsidiary of the Parent completed a Material Acquisition during the quarter in which such ratio first exceeded 60%, (ii) such ratio does not exceed 60% at any time after the three fiscal quarters immediately following the fiscal quarter in which such Material Acquisition was completed, (iii) the Parent and the Borrower have not maintained compliance with this subsection (c) in reliance on this proviso more than one time during the term of this Credit Agreement and (iv) such ratio is not greater than 65% at any time.

(d) Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter to be less than 1.50:1.0.

 

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(e) Consolidated Unsecured Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Unsecured Coverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter to be less than 1.75:1.0.

(f) [Reserved].

6.17 Specified Affiliates.

The Borrower will give the Administrative Agent prompt notice of any Subsidiary of the Parent that to the Borrower’s knowledge becomes a Specified Affiliate subsequent to the Closing Date.

6.18 REIT Status.

The Parent will continue to meet the requirements of Section 857(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and regulations thereunder.

6.19 Leases.

Each of the Parent and the Borrower will not modify or amend any lease where the Parent or the Borrower is the lessor thereunder if such modification or amendment would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Borrower.

6.20 Favorable Treatment.

The Borrower will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to issue, have outstanding, or give any guaranty or pledge of collateral (other than in connection with financing as permitted under Section 6.10(f) hereof) in respect of, any other Indebtedness, unless such Subsidiary shall also give an equal and ratable guaranty and pledge of collateral of the loans and obligations hereunder (in substantially the form attached as Exhibit 6.20 or such other form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders) and become a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, without prejudice to any Event of Default that may arise under Section 6.07; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (x) this Section 6.20 shall not apply to HR until the second Business Day following the Closing Date and (y) Indebtedness of HR permitted by Section 6.10(j) that is outstanding in an aggregate amount not in excess of $250,000,000 shall not require HR to become a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder. In addition, within two (2) Business Days following the Closing Date, the Parent and Borrower shall cause

 

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the HR Contribution to have been effectuated. If at any time the requirements set forth in the immediately preceding sentence of this Section 6.20 are not satisfied, HR shall be required to become a Guarantor by executing and delivering the HR Guaranty to the Administrative Agent; provided, that, upon the consummation of the HR Contribution, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur after giving effect thereto, the HR Guaranty shall be deemed automatically released (without any other action by the Administrative Agent or any other Person) unless HR is otherwise required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph. With respect to any such Subsidiary that qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, and any Lender requesting the same, a Beneficial Ownership Certification with respect to such Subsidiary at least five (5) Business Days prior to the effective date of the Guaranty.

6.21 Limitations on Parent.

For so long as this Agreement is in effect, and so long as the Parent is not a Guarantor, (i) the Parent shall directly own at least 95% of the Capital Stock of the Borrower, (ii) the Parent’s assets shall consist solely of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Wholly Owned Subsidiaries whose assets consist solely of direct or indirect Capital Stock in the Borrower (provided, that the Parent may (A) have cash in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000, (B) have other assets of nominal value incidental to its ownership of such Capital Stock, (C) maintain assets on a temporary or pass-through basis that are held for subsequent payment of dividends or for contribution to any Subsidiary, (D) have contract rights related to the Parent’s status as a public company and (E) own the Capital Stock of HR prior to the HR Contribution) and (iii) neither the Parent nor any Wholly Owned Subsidiaries whose assets consist solely of direct or indirect Capital Stock in the Borrower (each a “Parent Entity”) shall have any liabilities other than liabilities that would be reflected in consolidated financial statements of the Borrower (provided, that any Parent Entity may have (1) other liabilities incidental to its status as a publicly traded REIT and not constituting liabilities in respect of Indebtedness for borrowed money, including liabilities associated with employment contracts, employee benefit matters, indemnification obligations pursuant to purchase and sale agreements and banker engagement letters in connection with transactions permitted under this Agreement and (2) liabilities solely relating to the issuance of Capital Stock of the Parent Entity arising pursuant to any merger, purchase, acquisition or other similar agreements in connection with transactions permitted under Section 6.08, in each case other than liabilities constituting Indebtedness. If at any time the requirements set forth in this Section 6.21 are not satisfied, the Parent shall be required become a Guarantor by executing and delivering a Guaranty to the Administrative Agent.

 

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6.22 Limitation on Certain Agreements.

Each of the Parent and the Borrower will not, and will not permit their respective Subsidiaries to, enter into, assume or otherwise become subject to any agreement (i) restricting their ability to grant a lien on their property (except with respect to (A) those properties which are the subject of mortgage financing permitted under Section 6.10(f) hereof, so long as such restrictions do not prohibit the granting of liens on any property other than the applicable property securing the Funded Debt permitted under Section 6.10(f)), (B) the sale of a Subsidiary or assets pending such sale; provided that in any such case the restrictions apply only to the Subsidiary or the assets that are the subject of such sale, or (C) any agreement (including, without limitation, the JPM Asset Sale Agreement) that evidences unsecured Indebtedness which contains restrictions on encumbering property that are substantially similar to those restrictions contained in this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, or (ii) restricting the ability of the Subsidiaries to give a guaranty of the loans and obligations hereunder (other than the JPM Asset Sale Agreement).

6.23 HR Contribution and HR Conversion.

Immediately following (a) the consummation of the HR Conversion, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the limited liability company agreement of HR, and (b) the consummation of the HR Contribution, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence of such consummation of the HR Contribution reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

ARTICLE VII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

7.01 Events of Default.

The occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute an event of default hereunder (individually, an “Event of Default” and collectively the “Events of Default”):

(a) The Borrower shall fail to pay (i) when due any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation owing on account of a drawing under a Letter of Credit or (ii) within five (5) days after the same shall become due, any interest on any Obligation or any fees or any other amount payable hereunder;

(b) Default by the Parent or the Borrower in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 6.01(f), 6.04 (solely with respect to the continued existence of the Parent or the Borrower) or any of Section 6.07 through 6.22, inclusive;

 

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(c) The Parent, the Borrower or any other Credit Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained in any Credit Document (other than those covered by clause (a) or (b) above) for thirty (30) days after the earlier of a responsible officer of the Borrower becoming aware of such failure or written notice of such failure shall have been given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent;

(d) Any representation, warranty, certification or statement made or deemed made by the Parent, the Borrower or any other Credit Party in any Credit Document or in any certificate, financial statement or other document delivered pursuant thereto shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made (or deemed made);

(e) The Borrower, the Parent or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries shall fail to make any payment in respect of any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) in an aggregate amount in excess of $50,000,000 when due and such failure shall continue beyond any applicable grace period;

(f) Any event or condition shall occur which would cause or permit the acceleration of the maturity of any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of the Borrower, the Parent or any Material Subsidiary in an aggregate amount in excess of $50,000,000 or enables the holder of such Indebtedness or any Person acting on such holder’s behalf to accelerate the maturity thereof;

(g) The Borrower, the Parent or any Material Subsidiary of the Borrower or the Parent shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, or shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due, or shall take any corporate, limited liability company or partnership action to authorize any of the foregoing;

(h) An involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Borrower, the Parent or any Material Subsidiary of the Borrower or Parent seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of thirty (30) days; or an order for relief shall be entered against the Borrower, the Parent or any Material Subsidiary of the Borrower or the Parent under the federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect;

 

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(i) The Borrower, the Parent or any Material Subsidiary of the Borrower or Parent shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as and when they fall due;

(j) (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of a Credit Party under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of $20,000,000, or (ii) a Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of $20,000,000;

(k) An uninsured, final, unappealable judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of $50,000,000 shall be rendered against the Borrower, the Parent or any of the Material Subsidiaries and such judgment or order shall continue unsatisfied and unstayed for a period of thirty (30) days;

(l) (i) The voting interests in any Specified Affiliate shall be held by a Person other than a director, officer or employee of the Parent or the Borrower, (ii) the Borrower shall fail to own substantially all of the economic interest in any Specified Affiliate and the remainder of such economic interest shall be held by a Person other than directors, officers and/or employees or (iii) a Specified Affiliate shall engage in any of the actions or activities that are limited or restricted by Article VI hereof;

(m) Except as to any Guarantor which is dissolved, released or merged or consolidated out of existence as the result of or in connection with a dissolution, merger or consolidation permitted by Section 6.04, any guaranty of the loans and obligations hereunder or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force and effect, or any Guarantor or any Person acting by or on behalf of such Guarantor shall deny or disaffirm such Guarantor’s obligations under such guaranty, or any Guarantor shall default in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or agreement on its part to be performed or observed pursuant to any guaranty;

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(o) Any Credit Party shall (or shall attempt to) disavow, revoke or terminate any Credit Document or the Administrative Agent’s Fee Letter to which it is a party or shall otherwise challenge or contest in any action, suit or proceeding in any court or before any Governmental Authority the validity or enforceability of any Credit Document or the Administrative Agent’s Fee Letter or any Credit Document or the Administrative Agent’s Fee Letter shall cease to be in full force and effect (except as a result of the express terms thereof or the express written agreement of the parties thereto); or

(p) An Event of Default under and as defined in the JPM Asset Sale Agreement shall have occurred;

then, and in every such event, the Administrative Agent shall during the continuance of such Event of Default (i) if requested by the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower terminate the Revolving Commitments, (ii) if requested by the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower declare the principal of, and all accrued interest on, the Loans and all other amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder to be, and such Loans and amounts shall thereupon become, immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower, (iii) provide Cash Collateral in an amount equal to 103% of the L/C Obligations for deposit into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account, and (iv) take such other actions as are directed by the Required Lenders; provided that in the case of any Event of Acceleration, without any notice to the Borrower or any other act by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Revolving Commitments and the New DDTL Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of, and all accrued interest on, the Loans and all other amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder shall automatically become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and provided further that the Administrative Agent may terminate commitments, declare the Loans and Obligations hereunder immediately due and payable and demand Cash Collateral for the L/C Obligations without prior notice to or the consent of the Lenders where it determines such action is warranted and appropriate based on the facts and circumstances. Subject to the request or direction of the Required Lenders as provided above, the Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right to enforce the remedies available under this Credit Agreement during the continuance of any Event of Default hereunder.

7.02 Application of Funds.

After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 7.01 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to provide Cash Collateral as set forth in the proviso to Section 7.01), any amounts received on account of the Obligations (whether as a result of the exercise of the right of set off pursuant to Section 9.09 or otherwise) shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:

 

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First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;

Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on Swing Line Loans;

Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and L/C Obligations, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth payable to them;

Fifth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Swing Line Loans;

Sixth, to (a) payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Obligations, and (b) the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuers, to provide Cash Collateral for that portion of the L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit, ratably among such parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Sixth held by them; and

Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full (other than contingent indemnification, expense reimbursement obligations and other contingent obligations for which no claim has been asserted), to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.

 

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7.03 Letter of Credit Collateral Account.

(a) As collateral security for the prompt payment in full when due of all L/C Obligations and the other Obligations, the Borrower hereby pledges and grants to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders as provided herein, a security interest in all of its right, title and interest in and to the Letter of Credit Collateral Account and the balances from time to time in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account (including the investments and reinvestments therein provided for below). The balances from time to time in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account shall not constitute payment of any L/C Obligations until applied by the L/C Issuers as provided herein. Anything in this Credit Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, funds held in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account shall be subject to withdrawal only as provided in this Section.

(b) Amounts on deposit in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account shall be invested and reinvested by the Administrative Agent in such Cash Equivalents as the Administrative Agent shall determine in its sole discretion. All such investments and reinvestments shall be held in the name of and be under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders; provided, that all earnings on such investments will be credited to and retained in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account. The Administrative Agent shall exercise reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any funds held in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account and shall be deemed to have exercised such care if such funds are accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Administrative Agent accords other funds deposited with the Administrative Agent, it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall not have any responsibility for taking any necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties with respect to any funds held in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account.

(c) If a drawing pursuant to any Letter of Credit occurs on or prior to the expiration date of such Letter of Credit, the Borrower and the Lenders authorize the Administrative Agent to use the monies deposited in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account to reimburse such L/C Issuer for the payment made by such L/C Issuer to the beneficiary with respect to such drawing.

(d) If an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent may (and, if instructed by the Required Lenders, shall) in its (or their) discretion at any time and from time to time elect to liquidate any such investments and reinvestments and apply the proceeds thereof to the Obligations in accordance with Section 7.02. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to liquidate and release any such amounts if such liquidation or release would result in the amount available in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account to be less than the Stated Amount of all Extended Letters of Credit that remain outstanding.

(e) So long as no Default or Event of Default exists, and to the extent amounts on deposit in or credited to the Letter of Credit Collateral Account exceed the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations then due and owing, the Administrative Agent shall, from time to time, at the written request of the Borrower, deliver to the Borrower within 10 Business Days after the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such

 

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request from the Borrower, against receipt but without any recourse, warranty or representation whatsoever, such amount of the credit balances in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account as exceeds the aggregate amount of L/C Obligations at such time. Upon the expiration, termination or cancellation of an Extended Letter of Credit for which the Lenders reimbursed (or funded participations in) a drawing deemed to have occurred under the fourth sentence of Section 2.03(b) for deposit into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account but in respect of which the Lenders have not otherwise received payment for the amount so reimbursed or funded, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Lenders the amount so reimbursed or funded for such Extended Letter of Credit that remains in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account, pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid reimbursements or funded participations of the Lenders in respect of such Extended Letter of Credit, against receipt but without any recourse, warranty or representation whatsoever. When all of the Obligations shall have been paid in full (other than contingent indemnification, expense reimbursement or other contingent obligations for which no claim has been asserted) and no Letters of Credit remain outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, against receipt but without any recourse, warranty or representation whatsoever, the balances remaining in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account.

(f) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent from time to time such fees as the Administrative Agent normally charges for similar services in connection with the Administrative Agent’s administration of the Letter of Credit Collateral Account and investments and reinvestments of funds therein.

ARTICLE VIII

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

8.01 Appointment and Authorization.

Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as contractual representative on such Lender’s behalf and to exercise such powers under this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Not in limitation of the foregoing, each Lender authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent to enter into the Credit Documents for the benefit of the Lenders. Each Lender hereby agrees that, except as otherwise set forth herein, any action taken by the Required Lenders in accordance with the provisions of this Credit Agreement or the Credit Documents, and the exercise by the Required Lenders of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Lenders. Nothing herein shall be construed to deem the Administrative Agent a trustee or fiduciary for any Lender or to impose on the Administrative Agent duties or obligations other than those expressly provided for herein. Without limiting the generality of the

 

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foregoing, the use of the terms “Agent”, “Administrative Agent”, “agent” and similar terms in the Credit Documents with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead, use of such terms is merely a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. The Administrative Agent shall deliver to each Lender, promptly upon receipt thereof by the Administrative Agent, copies of each of the financial statements, certificates, notices and other documents delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article VI. that the Borrower is not otherwise required to deliver directly to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will furnish to any Lender, upon the request of such Lender, a copy (or, where appropriate, an original) of any document, instrument, agreement, certificate or notice furnished to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, any other Credit Party or any other Affiliate of the Borrower, pursuant to this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document not already delivered or otherwise made available to such Lender pursuant to the terms of this Credit Agreement or any such other Credit Document. As to any matters not expressly provided for by the Credit Documents (including, without limitation, enforcement or collection of any of the Obligations), the Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Lenders (or all of the Lenders if explicitly required under any other provision of this Credit Agreement), and such instructions shall be binding upon all Lenders and all holders of any of the Obligations; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything in this Credit Agreement to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action which exposes the Administrative Agent to personal liability or which is contrary to this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document or applicable Law. Not in limitation of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may exercise any right or remedy it or the Lenders may have under any Credit Document upon the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default unless the Required Lenders have directed the Administrative Agent otherwise. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against the Administrative Agent as a result of the Administrative Agent acting or refraining from acting under this Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents in accordance with the instructions of the Required Lenders, or where applicable, all the Lenders.

8.02 Wells Fargo as Lender.

Wells Fargo, as a Lender shall have the same rights and powers under this Credit Agreement and any other Credit Document 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, include Wells Fargo in each case in its individual capacity. Wells Fargo and its Affiliates may each accept deposits from, maintain deposits or credit balances for, invest in, lend money to, act as trustee under indentures of, serve as financial advisor to, and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower, any other Credit Party or any other Affiliate thereof as if it were any other bank and without any duty to account therefor to the L/C Issuers or other Lenders. Further, the Administrative Agent and any Affiliate may accept fees and other consideration from the Borrower for services in connection with this Credit Agreement or otherwise without having to account for the same to the L/C Issuers or the other

 

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Lenders. The L/C Issuers and the Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, Wells Fargo or its Affiliates may receive information regarding the Borrower, other Credit Parties, other Subsidiaries and other Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Person) and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them.

8.03 Approvals of Lenders.

All communications from the Administrative Agent to any Lender requesting such Lender’s determination, consent, approval or disapproval (a) shall be given in the form of a written notice to such Lender, (b) shall be accompanied by a description of the matter or issue as to which such determination, approval, consent or disapproval is requested, or shall advise such Lender where information, if any, regarding such matter or issue may be inspected, or shall otherwise describe the matter or issue to be resolved, (c) shall include, if reasonably requested by such Lender and to the extent not previously provided to such Lender, written materials provided to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower in respect of the matter or issue to be resolved. Except for the amendments, consents or waivers that require the approval of specific Lenders or the Administrative Agent as set forth in clauses (a) through (g) of Section 9.01, unless a Lender shall give written notice to the Administrative Agent that it specifically objects to the requested determination, consent, approval or disapproval within ten (10) Business Days (or such lesser or greater period as may be specifically required under the express terms of the Credit Documents) of receipt of such communication, such Lender shall be deemed to have conclusively approved of or consented to such requested determination, consent, approval or disapproval.

8.04 Notice of Events of Default.

The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default (other than under Section 7.01(a)) unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Credit Agreement, describing with reasonable specificity such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” If any Lender (excluding the Lender which is also acting as Administrative Agent) becomes aware of any Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly send to the Administrative Agent such a “notice of default”; provided, the failure to provide such a “notice of default” to the Administrative Agent shall not result in any liability of such Lender to any other party to this Credit Agreement. Further, if the Administrative Agent receives such a “notice of default,” the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders.

 

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8.05 Administrative Agents Reliance.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Documents, neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents, employees or counsel shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it under or in connection with this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein or therein as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (including its own counsel or counsel for the Borrower or any other Credit Party), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents, employees or counsel: (a) makes any warranty or representation to any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Person, or shall be responsible to any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Person for any statement, warranty or representation made or deemed made by the Borrower, any other Credit Party or any other Person in or in connection with this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document; (b) shall have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent under this Credit Agreement or any Credit Document on the part of the Borrower or other Persons, or to inspect the property, books or records of the Borrower or any other Person; (c) shall be responsible to any Lender or any L/C Issuer for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto or any collateral covered thereby or the perfection or priority of any Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers in any such collateral; (d) shall have any liability in respect of any recitals, statements, certifications, representations or warranties contained in any of the Credit Documents or any other document, instrument, agreement, certificate or statement delivered in connection therewith; and (e) shall incur any liability under or in respect of this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by telephone, telecopy or electronic mail) believed by it to be genuine and signed, sent or given by the proper party or parties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under the Credit Documents by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney-in-fact that it selects in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment.

8.06 Lender Credit Decision.

Each of the Lenders and each of the L/C Issuers expressly acknowledges and agrees that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, counsel, attorneys-in-fact or other Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to such L/C Issuer or such Lender and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Borrower,

 

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any other Credit Party or any other Subsidiary or Affiliate, shall be deemed to constitute any such representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any L/C Issuer or any Lender. Each of the Lenders and each of the L/C Issuers acknowledges that it has made its own credit and legal analysis and decision to enter into this Credit Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or counsel to the Administrative Agent, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or counsel, and based on the financial statements of the Borrower, the other Credit Parties, the other Subsidiaries and other Affiliates, and inquiries of such Persons, its independent due diligence of the business and affairs of the Borrower, the other Credit Parties, the other Subsidiaries and other Persons, its review of the Credit Documents, the legal opinions required to be delivered to it hereunder, the advice of its own counsel and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate. Each of the Lenders and each of the L/C Issuers also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or counsel to the Administrative Agent or any of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, and based on such review, advice, documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Documents. The Administrative Agent shall not be required to keep itself informed as to the performance or observance by the Borrower or any other Credit Party of the Credit Documents or any other document referred to or provided for therein or to inspect the properties or books of, or make any other investigation of, the Borrower, any other Credit Party or any other Subsidiary. Except for notices, reports and other documents and information expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers by the Administrative Agent under this Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, the Administrative Agent shall have no duty or responsibility to provide any Lender or the L/C Issuers with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of the Borrower, any other Credit Party or any other Affiliate thereof which may come into possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or other Affiliates. Each of the Lenders and each of the L/C Issuers acknowledges that the Administrative Agent’s legal counsel in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Credit Agreement is only acting as counsel to the Administrative Agent and is not acting as counsel to any Lender or any L/C Issuer.

8.07 Successor Administrative Agent.

The Administrative Agent may resign at any time as Administrative Agent under the Credit Documents by giving at least 30 days prior written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may be removed as Administrative Agent by all of the Lenders (other than the Lender then acting as Administrative Agent) upon 30 days’ prior written notice if the Administrative Agent: (i) is found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment to have committed gross negligence or willful misconduct in the course of performing its duties hereunder or (ii) has become or is insolvent or has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative

 

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Agent which appointment shall, provided no Event of Default exists, be subject to the Borrower’s approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such appointment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after receiving notice thereof. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the current Administrative Agent’s giving of notice of resignation or after such removal, then the current Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a Lender, if any Lender shall be willing to serve, and otherwise shall be an Eligible Assignee; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no Lender has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Credit Documents and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made to each Lender and each L/C Issuer directly, until such time as a successor Administrative Agent has been appointed as provided for above in this Section; provided, further that such Lenders and such L/C Issuer so acting directly shall be and be deemed to be protected by all indemnities and other provisions herein for the benefit and protection of the Administrative Agent as if each such Lender and each such L/C Issuer were itself the Administrative Agent. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the current Administrative Agent, and the current Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Credit Documents. Any resignation by an Administrative Agent shall also constitute the resignation as an L/C Issuer and as the Swing Line Lender by the Lender then acting as Administrative Agent (the “Resigning Lender”). Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder and the assignment of any Cash Collateral and interest in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account to the successor (i) the Resigning Lender shall be discharged from all duties and obligations of an L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender hereunder and under the other Credit Documents and (ii) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for all Letters of Credit issued by the Resigning Lender as L/C Issuer outstanding at the time of such succession (which letters of credit issued in substitutions shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued hereunder) or make other arrangements satisfactory to the Resigning Lender to effectively assume the obligations of the Resigning Lender with respect to such Letters of Credit. After any Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article VIII shall continue to inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under the Credit Documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent may assign its rights and duties under the Credit Documents to any of its Affiliates by giving the Borrower and each Lender prior written notice.

 

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8.08 Titled Agents.

Each of the Arrangers, the Co-Syndication Agents, the Joint Book Runners and the Sustainability Structuring Agent (each a “Titled Agent”) in each such respective capacity, assumes no responsibility or obligation hereunder, including, without limitation, for servicing, enforcement or collection of any of the Loans, nor any duties as an agent hereunder for the Lenders. The titles given to the Titled Agents are solely honorific and imply no fiduciary responsibility on the part of the Titled Agents to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other Credit Party and the use of such titles does not impose on the Titled Agents any duties or obligations greater than those of any other Lender or entitle the Titled Agents to any rights other than those to which any other Lender is entitled.

8.09 Indemnification of Administrative Agent.

Each Lender agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so) pro rata in accordance with such Lender’s respective Credit Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits and reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent but not as a Lender) in any way relating to or arising out of the Credit Documents, any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent under the Credit Documents (collectively, “Indemnifiable Amounts”); provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such Indemnifiable Amounts to the extent resulting from the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment; provided, further, that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders, Required Class Lenders, Required Revolving Lenders or all of the Lenders, if expressly required hereunder shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so) promptly upon demand for its Credit Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable reimbursement is sought) of any out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of the counsel to the Administrative Agent) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, administration, or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings, or otherwise) of, or legal advice with respect to the rights or responsibilities of the parties under, the Credit Documents, any suit or action brought by the Administrative Agent to enforce the terms of the Credit Documents and/or collect any Obligations, any “lender liability” suit or claim brought against the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders, and any claim or suit brought against the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders arising under any Environmental Laws. Such out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable and documented counsel fees) shall be advanced by the Lenders on the request of the Administrative Agent notwithstanding any claim or assertion that the Administrative Agent is not entitled to indemnification hereunder upon receipt of an undertaking by the Administrative Agent that the Administrative Agent will reimburse the Lenders if it is actually and finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Administrative Agent is not so entitled to indemnification. The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other Obligations and the termination of this Credit Agreement. If the Borrower shall reimburse the Administrative Agent for any Indemnifiable Amount following payment by any Lender to the Administrative Agent in respect of such Indemnifiable Amount pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent shall share such reimbursement on a ratable basis with each Lender making any such payment.

 

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8.10 Erroneous Payments.

(a) Each Lender, each L/C Issuer and any other party hereto hereby severally agrees that if (i) the Administrative Agent notifies (which such notice shall be conclusive absent manifest error) such Lender or L/C Issuer or any other Person that has received funds from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates, either for its own account or on behalf of a Lender or L/C Issuer (each such recipient, a “Payment Recipient”) that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion that any funds received by such Payment Recipient were erroneously transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to such Payment Recipient) or (ii) any Payment Recipient receives any payment from the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, as applicable, (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, as applicable, or (z) that such Payment Recipient otherwise becomes aware was transmitted or received in error or by mistake (in whole or in part) then, in each case, an error in payment shall be presumed to have been made (any such amounts specified in clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 8.10(a), whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise; individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”), then, in each case, such Payment Recipient is deemed to have knowledge of such error at the time of its receipt of such Erroneous Payment; provided that nothing in this Section shall require the Administrative Agent to provide any of the notices specified in clauses (i) or (ii) above. Each Payment Recipient agrees that it shall not assert any right or claim to any Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payments, including without limitation waiver of any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine.

(b) Without limiting the immediately preceding clause (a), each Payment Recipient agrees that, in the case of clause (a)(ii) above, it shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent in writing of such occurrence.

(c) In the case of either clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above, such Erroneous Payment shall at all times remain the property of the Administrative Agent and shall be segregated by the Payment Recipient and held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, and upon demand from the Administrative Agent such Payment Recipient shall (or, shall cause any Person who received any portion of an Erroneous Payment on its behalf to), promptly, but in all events no later than two (2) Business Days thereafter, return

 

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to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds and in the currency so received, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid 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 from time to time in effect.

(d) In the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered by the Administrative Agent for any reason, after demand therefor by the Administrative Agent in accordance with immediately preceding clause (c), from any Lender that is a Payment Recipient or an Affiliate of a Payment Recipient (such unrecovered amount as to such Lender, an “Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency”), then at the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and upon the Administrative Agent’s written notice to such Lender (i) such Lender shall be deemed to have made a cashless assignment of the full face amount of the portion of its Loans (but not its Commitments) of the relevant Class with respect to which such Erroneous Payment was made (the “Erroneous Payment Impacted Class”) to the Administrative Agent or, at the option of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent’s applicable lending affiliate in an amount that is equal to the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency (or such lesser amount as the Administrative Agent may specify) (such assignment of the Loans (but not Commitments) of the Erroneous Payment Impacted Class, the “Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment”) plus any accrued and unpaid interest on such assigned amount, without further consent or approval of any party hereto and without any payment by the Administrative Agent or its applicable lending affiliate as the assignee of such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (1) any assignment contemplated in this clause (d) shall be made without any requirement for any payment or other consideration paid by the applicable assignee or received by the assignor, (2) the provisions of this clause (d) shall govern in the event of any conflict with the terms and conditions of Section 9.07 and (3) the Administrative Agent may reflect such assignments in the Register without further consent or action by any other Person.

(e) Each party hereto hereby agrees that (x) in the event an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from any Payment Recipient that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent (1) shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Payment Recipient with respect to such amount and (2) is authorized to set off, net and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Payment Recipient under any Credit Document, or otherwise payable or distributable by the Administrative Agent to such Payment Recipient from any source, against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this Section 8.10 or under the indemnification provisions of this Credit Agreement, (y) the receipt of an Erroneous Payment by a Payment Recipient shall not for the purpose of this Credit Agreement be treated as a payment, prepayment, repayment, discharge or other satisfaction of any Obligations owed by the Borrower or any other Credit Party, except, in each case, to the extent such Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower or any other Credit Party for the purpose of making a payment on the Obligations and (z) to the extent that an Erroneous Payment was in any way or at any time credited as payment or satisfaction of any of the Obligations, the Obligations or any part thereof that were so credited, and all rights of the Payment Recipient, as the case may be, shall be reinstated and continue in full force and effect as if such payment or satisfaction had never been received.

 

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(f) Each party’s obligations under this Section 8.10 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any transfer of right or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Credit Document.

(g) Nothing in this Section 8.10 will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of the Administrative Agent hereunder arising from any Payment Recipient’s receipt of an Erroneous Payment.

8.11 Appointment of Successor Administrative Agent.

The Lenders, the L/C Issuers, the Swing Line Lenders, the Parent, the Borrower and JPMorgan Chase Bank acknowledge and agree that, on the Closing Date immediately upon the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement, (i) JPMorgan Chase Bank will resign as the “Administrative Agent” (in such capacity, the “Former Agent”) under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement and other Credit Documents and (ii) Wells Fargo is hereby appointed (and Wells Fargo accepts such appointment) as successor Administrative Agent under this Credit Agreement and other Credit Documents. The Former Agent is discharged from its duties and obligations under Existing Revolving Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as administrative agent, provided that notwithstanding the effectiveness of such resignation, the provisions of Article XIII of the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement and similar provisions in the other Credit Documents, together with any and all indemnities and other rights provided to the Former Agent in its capacity as such under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement (which shall survive following the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement), shall continue in effect for the benefit of JPMorgan Chase Bank in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Administrative Agent under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement and under the other Credit Documents, as applicable.

8.12 Sustainability Structuring Agent.

The Sustainability Structuring Agent will (i) assist the Borrower in determining the ESG Pricing Provisions in connection with the ESG Amendment and (ii) assist the Borrower in preparing informational materials focused on ESG targets to be used in connection with the ESG Amendment, in each case, based upon the information provided by the Borrower with respect to the applicable KPIs or ESG Ratings targets selected in accordance with Section 9.01; provided that the Sustainability Structuring Agent (x) shall have no duty to ascertain, inquire into or otherwise independently verify any such information and (y) shall have no responsibility for (and shall not be liable for) the completeness or accuracy of any such information.

 

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ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

9.01 Amendments, Etc.

No amendment or waiver of, or any consent to deviation from, any provision of this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document shall be effective unless in writing and signed by the Parent, the Borrower and the other Credit Parties, as the case may be, and except as expressly provided herein below, the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent for and on behalf of the Required Lenders at their direction) and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it is given; provided, however, that:

(a) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (whose consent shall be sufficient therefore without the consent of the Required Lenders) where the effect would be to:

(i) extend or increase the Revolving Commitment or New DDTL Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 7.01), it being understood that the amendment or waiver of an Event of Default or a mandatory reduction or a mandatory prepayment in Revolving Commitments or New DDTL Commitments, as applicable, shall not be considered an increase in Revolving Commitments,

(ii) waive non-payment or postpone any date fixed by this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document for any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to any Lender hereunder or under any other Credit Document,

(iii) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Obligations, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Credit Document; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (A) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate or (B) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Obligation or to reduce any fee payable hereunder,

 

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(iv) change Section 2.18, Section 7.02 or any other provision of this Credit Agreement regarding pro rata sharing or pro rata funding with respect to (A) the making of advances (including participations), (B) the manner of application of payments or prepayments of principal, interest, or fees, (C) the manner of application of reimbursement obligations from drawings under Letters of Credit, or (D) the manner of reduction of commitments and committed amounts,

(v) change any provision of this Section 9.01(a) or the definition of “Required Lenders”, “Required Class Lenders” or “Required Revolving 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,

(vi) release all or substantially all of the Guarantors, if any, from their obligations hereunder (other than as provided herein or as appropriate in connection with transactions permitted hereunder),

(vii) eliminate or otherwise modify the requirement to deliver Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.03(b) (it being understood that each Lender having a Revolving Commitment shall be deemed to be adversely affected by any such elimination or modification);

(b) unless also agreed to by the L/C Issuers, no such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective without the written consent of the L/C Issuers where the effect would be to affect the rights and duties of the L/C Issuers under this Credit Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it;

(c) unless also agreed to by the Swing Line Lender, no such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective without the written consent of the Swing Line Lender where the effect would be to affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Credit Agreement;

(d) unless also agreed to by the Administrative Agent, no such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective without the written consent of the Administrative Agent where the effect would be to affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document;

 

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(e) unless also agreed to by the Sustainability Structuring Agent, no such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective without the written consent of the Sustainability Structuring Agent where the effect would be to affect the rights or duties of the Sustainability Structuring Agent under this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document;

(f) while any Term Loans remain outstanding, unless also agreed to by the Required Revolving Lenders, no such amendment, waiver or consent shall amend, modify or waive (A) Section 4.02 or any other provision of this Credit Agreement if the effect of such amendment, modification or waiver is to require the Lenders to make Loans when such Lenders would not otherwise be required to do so or (B) the amount of the L/C Committed Amount or the Swing Line Availability;

(g) while any Incremental Term Loans remain outstanding, any term of this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document relating to the rights or obligations of the Lenders holding such Incremental Term Loans not adverse to the rights of any Lender holding a Revolving Commitment, including any provision that becomes a part of this Credit Agreement solely as a result of an amendment to this Credit Agreement entered into in compliance with Section 2.16, may be amended, and the performance or observance thereof by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries may be waived with the written consent of only such Lenders (and in the case of any such amendment to any Credit Document, the written consent of each Credit Party a party thereto), without the need to obtain the consent of any of the other Lenders;

(h) notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent (and, if applicable, the Borrower) may, without the consent of any Lender, enter into amendments or modifications to this Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or to enter into additional Credit Documents in order to implement any Benchmark Replacement or any Conforming Changes or otherwise effectuate the terms of Section 3.03(c) in accordance with the terms of Section 3.03(c);

and provided further, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that other than as provided in Section 9.15:

(A) the Revolving Commitment or New DDTL Commitment of such Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended and the principal amount of the Loans or L/C Obligations of such Defaulting Lender may not be decreased, and

 

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(B) the rate of interest for such Defaulting Lender may not be decreased (except as expressly provided in clause (a)(iii) above) and the pro rata sharing and funding provisions referenced in clause (a)(iv) above may not be changed, in either case in a way that would affect the Defaulting Lender more adversely than the other affected Lenders,

without, in any such case, the consent of such Defaulting Lender,

(ii) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy or insolvency reorganization plan that affects the Loans, (iii) each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code supersede the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein, (iv) the Required Lenders may consent to allow a Credit Party to use Cash Collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, and (v) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto.

(i) notwithstanding the foregoing, after the Closing Date, the Borrower, in consultation with the Sustainability Structuring Agent, shall be entitled to either (a) establish specified Key Performance Indicators (“KPIs”) with respect to certain Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) targets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or (b) establish external ESG ratings (“ESG Ratings”) targets to be mutually agreed between the Borrower and the Sustainability Structuring Agent. The Sustainability Structuring Agent, the Borrower and the Required Lenders may amend this Agreement (such amendment, the “ESG Amendment”) solely for the purpose of incorporating either the KPIs or ESG Ratings and other related provisions (the “ESG Pricing Provisions”) into this Agreement. Upon effectiveness of any such ESG Amendment, based on either the Borrower’s performance against the KPIs or its obtainment of the target ESG Ratings, certain adjustments to the Letter of Credit Fee and Applicable Percentage may be made; provided that the amount of any such adjustments made pursuant to an ESG Amendment shall not result in an additional increase or decrease of more than 2.0 basis points in the Applicable Percentage or Letter of Credit Fee from what is set forth in this Agreement on the Closing Date (which may include adjustments to the sustainability provisions set forth in the definition of Applicable Percentage on the Closing Date (the “Existing KPIs”)); provided, further, that such adjustments to the Existing KPIs may only result in an increase or decrease an additional 0.5 basis points in the Applicable Percentage or Letter of Credit Fee. If KPIs are utilized, the pricing adjustments will require, among other things, reporting and validation of the measurement of the KPIs in a manner that is aligned with the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles (as published in May 2021 by the Loan Market Association, Asia Pacific Loan Market Association and Loan Syndications & Trading Association) and is to be agreed between the Borrower and the Sustainability Structuring Agent (each acting reasonably). Any proposed ESG Amendment shall also identify the Sustainability Assurance Provider. Following the effectiveness of the ESG Amendment, any modification to the ESG Pricing Provisions which does not have the effect of reducing the Letter of Credit Fee or Applicable Percentage to a level not otherwise permitted by this paragraph shall be subject only to the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders.

 

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9.02 Notices and Other Communications.

(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 delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or electronic mail address, 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 Parent, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers or the Swing Line Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 9.02; and

(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile 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 facsimile or other form of electronic transmission 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 the Lenders and the L/C Issuers 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 or the L/C Issuers pursuant to Article II if such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as applicable, 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.

 

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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.

(c) The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE AGENT-RELATED PERSONS 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 THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY AGENT-RELATED PERSON IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any Agent-Related Persons have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, any L/C Issuer 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 the Administrative Agent or such Agent-Related Person; provided, however, that in no event shall the Administrative Agent or any Agent-Related Person have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, any L/C Issuer 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 Parent, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender 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, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lender. 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, L/C Issuers and Lenders. The Administrative Agent, the Sustainability Structuring Agent, the L/C Issuers 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, the Sustainability Structuring Agent, each L/C Issuer, 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.

9.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.

No failure by any Lender, any L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by Law.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Credit Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Credit Documents against the Credit Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 7.01 for the benefit of all the Lenders and the L/C Issuers; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, (b) the L/C Issuers or the Swing Line Lender from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 9.09 (subject to the terms of Section 2.12), or (d) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Credit Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.01 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.12, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.

 

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9.04 Attorney Costs, Expenses and Taxes.

The Borrower agrees (a) to pay directly to the provider thereof or to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and Sustainability Structuring Agent for all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, the preservation of any rights or remedies under this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby are consummated), and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including all Attorney Costs, and (b) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Sustainability Structuring Agent, each L/C Issuer, each Arranger, and each Lender for all costs and expenses incurred following an Event of Default in connection with the enforcement, attempted enforcement, or preservation of any rights or remedies under this Credit Agreement or the other Credit Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred during any “workout” or restructuring in respect of the Obligations and during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law), including all Attorney Costs. The foregoing costs and expenses shall include all search, filing, recording, title insurance and appraisal charges and fees and taxes related thereto, and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the cost of independent public accountants and other outside experts retained by the Administrative Agent, the Sustainability Structuring Agent or any Lender. All amounts due under this Section 9.04 shall be payable within ten (10) Business Days after demand therefor. The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations.

9.05 Indemnification by the Borrower.

The Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, the Sustainability Structuring Agent, each Agent-Related Person, each L/C Issuer, each Arranger, each Lender and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, counsel, agents, trustees, advisors and attorneys-in-fact (collectively the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature whatsoever (subject to the provisions of Section 3.01 with respect to Taxes and Other Taxes) that may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee (whether by a Credit Party or any other party) in any way relating to or arising out of or in connection with (a) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of any Credit Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (b) any Commitment, Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the

 

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terms of such Letter of Credit), or (c) any actual or threatened claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any such claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding is brought by the Borrower, any of its Affiliates, any of its creditors, or any other third party (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding) and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto (all the foregoing, collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”); provided that such indemnity shall not, as to an Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, or (y) result from a dispute among Indemnitees (other than disputes involving the Administrative Agent in its capacity or in fulfilling its role as such and any claims arising out of any act or omission on the part of the Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof). No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Credit Agreement, and no Indemnitee or any Credit Party shall have any liability for any indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages relating to this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date). All amounts due under this Section 9.05 shall be payable within ten (10) Business Days after demand therefor. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the assignment by any Lender of any of its interests hereunder, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.

9.06 Payments Set Aside.

To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises its right of set-off, and such payment or the proceeds of such set-off or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such set-off had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.

 

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9.07 Successors and Assigns.

(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Credit Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrower may not 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 subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section, or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section (and, subject to the last sentence of the immediately following subsection (b)) any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Credit 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 subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Credit Agreement.

(b) 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 Credit Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i) Minimum Amounts.

(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Revolving Commitment and Revolving 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

(B) in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Revolving 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 $2,500,000, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default

 

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has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however, that if, after giving effect to such assignment, the amount of the Revolving Commitment held by such assigning Lender or the outstanding principal balance of the Loans of such assigning Lender, as applicable, would be less than $2,500,000, then such assigning Lender shall assign the entire amount of its Revolving Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it; provided, further, 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.

(ii) 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 Credit Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Revolving Commitment assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to the Swing Line Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans;

(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:

(A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) 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, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 5 Business Days after having received notice thereof;

(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of any Revolving Commitment 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;

(C) the consent of the L/C Issuers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether or not then outstanding); and

 

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(D) the consent of the Swing Line Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment in respect of Revolving Commitments.

(iv) 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. If requested by the transferor Lender or the assignee Lender, upon the consummation of any assignment, the transferor Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall make appropriate arrangements so that new Notes are issued to the assignee Lender and such transferor Lender, as appropriate.

(v) No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made to (A) the Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates or Subsidiaries or (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or to any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B).

(vi) No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a natural person.

(vii) Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender and each other Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon), and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance with its Credit Percentage in respect of its Revolving Committed Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Credit Agreement until such compliance occurs.

 

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Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Credit Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Credit Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Credit Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 9.04 and 9.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided, that expect to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Credit Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Credit Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.

(c) 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 Revolving Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans and L/C Obligations 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 Credit Agreement. 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.

(d) 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 the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Credit Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Credit 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, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement.

 

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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 such Lender’s rights under this Credit Agreement (subject to Section 9.03) and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Credit 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 9.01 that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.09 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.12 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 Credit 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 Credit Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Credit 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.

(e) Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 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. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 3.01(e) as though it were a Lender.

(f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Credit Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(g) Resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender after Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Wells Fargo assigns all of its Revolving Commitment and Revolving Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, Wells Fargo may, (i) upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as an L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon thirty (30) days’

 

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notice to the Borrower, resign as Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such resignation as an L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint (with such appointee’s consent) from among the Lenders a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of Wells Fargo as an L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be. If Wells Fargo resigns as an L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as an L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto. If Wells Fargo resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(e) . Upon the appointment of a successor L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, and (b) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Wells Fargo to effectively assume the obligations of Wells Fargo with respect to such Letters of Credit.

(h) USA Patriot Act Notice; Compliance. In order for the Administrative Agent to comply with “know your customer”, the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation, the Patriot Act, prior to any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States of America becoming a party hereto, the Administrative Agent may request, and such Lender shall provide to the Administrative Agent, its name, address, tax identification number and/or such other identification information as shall be necessary for the Administrative Agent to comply with federal law.

9.08 Confidentiality.

Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information (as defined below), except that Confidential Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors, representatives, consultants and service providers (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Confidential Information and instructed to keep such Confidential 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 Law 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 Credit Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Credit Agreement or any other Credit 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 Credit Agreement or any Eligible

 

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Assignee invited to be a Lender pursuant to Section 9.15 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 Confidential 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, any L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower.

For purposes of this Section, “Confidential Information” means all information received from the Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary relating to the Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of information received from the Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Confidential 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 Confidential Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers acknowledges that (a) the Confidential Information may include material non-public information concerning the Parent, 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.

9.09 Set-off.

In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender and each of its Affiliates are authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Parent, the Borrower or any other Credit Party, any such notice being waived by the Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Credit Party) to the fullest extent permitted by Law, but in the case of a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender, subject to receipt of the prior written consent of the Required Lenders exercised in their sole discretion, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and other indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the respective Credit Parties against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender hereunder or under any other Credit Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall have made demand under this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or indebtedness. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, if any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.14 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

9.10 Interest Rate Limitation.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Credit Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Credit 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.

9.11 Counterparts.

This Credit Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

9.12 Integration; Effectiveness.

(a) This Credit Agreement, together with the other Credit Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Credit Agreement and those of any other Credit Document, the provisions of this Credit Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in any other Credit Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Credit Agreement. Each Credit Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.

 

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(b) Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Credit Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Credit Agreement by telecopy or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Credit Agreement.

9.13 Survival of Representations and Warranties.

All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Credit 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, the Sustainability Structuring Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent, the Sustainability Structuring Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Sustainability Structuring Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default at the time of any Extension of Credit, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied (other than contingent indemnification, expense reimbursement or other contingent obligations for which no claim has been asserted) or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding (other than Extended Letters of Credit in respect of which the Borrower has satisfied the requirements to provide Cash Collateral as required by Section 2.03(b)).

9.14 Severability.

If any provision of this Credit Agreement or the other Credit Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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9.15 [Reserved].

9.16 GOVERNING LAW.

(a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH OF THE PARENT AND THE BORROWER IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT COMMENCE ANY ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR DESCRIPTION, WHETHER IN LAW OR EQUITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT OR OTHERWISE, AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR ANY RELATED PARTY OF THE FOREGOING IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATING HERETO OR THERETO, IN ANY FORUM OTHER THAN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION 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, LITIGATION 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 CREDIT AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION. THE CHOICE OF FORUM SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO PRECLUDE THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER OR THE ENFORCEMENT BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER OF ANY JUDGMENT OBTAINED IN SUCH FORUM IN ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION.

(c) WAIVER OF VENUE. THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER CREDIT PARTY 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 CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

(d) SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 9.02. NOTHING IN THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

 

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9.17 WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

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 CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER 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 CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

9.18 No Conflict.

To the extent there is any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions hereof and the provisions of any Credit Document, this Credit Agreement shall control.

9.19 USA PATRIOT Act Notice.

The USA Patriot Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56), the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and federal regulations issued with respect thereto require all financial institutions to obtain, verify and record certain information that identifies individuals or business entities which open an “account” with such financial institution. Consequently, each Lender hereunder may from time to time request, and the Borrower shall provide to such Lender, the Borrower’s name, address, tax identification number and/or such other identification information as shall be necessary for such Lender to comply with federal law. An “account” for this purpose may include, without limitation, a deposit account, cash management service, a transaction or asset account, a credit account, a loan or other extension of credit, and/or other financial services product.

9.20 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.

In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Credit Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the

 

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Sustainability Structuring Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Sustainability Structuring Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders, on the other hand, (B) the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) the Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Credit Documents; (ii) (A) each of the Administrative Agent, the Sustainability Structuring Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) none of the Administrative Agent, the Sustainability Structuring Agent, the Arrangers or any Lender has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Sustainability Structuring Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and none of the Administrative Agent, the Sustainability Structuring Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Sustainability Structuring Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

9.21 Termination; Survival.

This Credit Agreement shall terminate at such time as (a) all of the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, (b) all Letters of Credit have terminated or expired or been canceled (other than Extended Letters of Credit in respect of which the Borrower has satisfied the requirements to provide Cash Collateral as required in Section 2.03(b)), (c) none of the Lenders is obligated any longer under this Credit Agreement to make any Loans and the L/C Issuers are no longer obligated under this Credit Agreement to issue Letters of Credit and (d) all Obligations (other than obligations which survive as provided in the following sentence) have been paid and satisfied in full. The indemnities to which the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders are entitled under the provisions of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 8.09, 9.04 and 9.05 and any other provision of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and the provisions of Sections 9.03, 9.16 and 9.17, shall continue in full force and effect and shall protect the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders (i) notwithstanding any termination of this Credit Agreement, or of the other Credit Documents, against events arising after such termination as well as before and (ii) at all times after any such party ceases to be a party to this Credit Agreement with respect to all matters and events existing on or prior to the date such party ceased to be a party to this Credit Agreement.

 

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9.22 Entire Agreement.

THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES.

9.23 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Credit Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Credit Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and

(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

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

(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, 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 Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document; or

(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.

 

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To the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, each Lender shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent if it has become the subject of a Bail-In Action (or any case or other proceeding in which a Bail-In Action could be reasonably be expected to be asserted against such Lender).

9.24 Effect of Existing Credit Agreements.

(a) Existing Credit Agreements. Upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 4.01. and 4.02. of this Credit Agreement, this Credit Agreement shall exclusively control and govern the mutual rights and obligations of the parties hereto with respect to each Existing Credit Agreement, and each Existing Credit Agreement shall be superseded by this Credit Agreement in all respects, in each case, on a prospective basis only.

(b) NO NOVATION. THE PARTIES HERETO HAVE ENTERED INTO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT SOLELY TO AMEND AND RESTATE THE TERMS OF, AND THE OBLIGATIONS OWING UNDER AND IN CONNECTION WITH, THE EXISTING REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT AND EXISTING HTA TERM LOAN AGREEMENT. THE PARTIES DO NOT INTEND THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY TO BE, AND THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE, A NOVATION OF ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS OWING BY THE BORROWER UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXISTING REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT OR THE EXISTING HTA TERM LOAN AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS (AS DEFINED IN THE EXISTING REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE EXISTING HTA TERM LOAN AGREEMENT).

9.25 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs.

To the extent that the Credit Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Swap Contract or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support” and each such QFC a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Credit Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):

 

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(a) In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Credit Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Credit Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.

(b) As used in this Section 9.25, the following terms have the following meanings:

BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.

Covered Entity” means any of the following:

(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §252.82(b);

(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §47.3(b); or

(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §382.2(b).

Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).

 

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9.26 Assignment and Assumption.

Upon and subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 and 4.02 hereof, (a) HR shall be deemed to have assigned to the Borrower in full all of HR’s rights and benefits under the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement and the other Credit Documents (as defined in the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement) to which HR is a party, (b) the Borrower shall be deemed to have unconditionally, absolutely and irrevocably assumed in full all of HR’s obligations and liabilities (including without limitation, all Obligations (as defined in the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement, as such Obligations under the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement are incorporated under this Credit Agreement) of HR), and agrees to perform and observe all of the payment and other obligations, covenants, agreements, duties and liabilities of HR, under the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement and the other Credit Documents (as defined in the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement) to which HR is a party (in each case as amended and restated pursuant to this Credit Agreement and the Credit Documents), (c) except as provided in the HR Guaranty, if required under Section 6.20, HR shall be released and discharged from all of HR’s obligations and liabilities (including without limitation, all Obligations (as defined in the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement) of HR) under the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement and the other Credit Documents (as defined in the Existing HR Term Loan Agreement) to which HR is a party.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

BORROWER:

 

    

 

HEALTHCARE TRUST OF AMERICA, LP, a Delaware

limited partnership

   

By:

 

/s/ Andrew E. Loope

   

Name: Andrew E. Loope

   

Title: Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel, and Secretary

PARENT:

   

HEALTHCARE TRUST OF AMERICA, INC., a Maryland corporation

   

By:

 

/s/ Andrew E. Loope

   

Name: Andrew E. Loope

   

Title: Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel, and Secretary

HR:

   

HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED, a Maryland corporation (solely for purposes of Section 9.26)

   

By:

 

/s/ Andrew E. Loope

   

Name: Andrew E. Loope

   

Title: Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel, and Secretary

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender and as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Matthew Kuhn

Name: Matthew Kuhn

Title: Director

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as L/C Issuer, Former Agent and a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Cody A. Canafax

Name: Cody A. Canafax

Title: Vice President

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


CITIBANK, N.A., as L/C Issuer and a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Christopher J. Albano

Name: Christopher J. Albano

Title: Authorized Signatory

[Signatures Continued on Next Page]

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


CITIBANK, N.A., as L/C Issuer and a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Christopher J. Albano

Name: Christopher J. Albano

Title: Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Andrew T. White

Name: Andrew T. White

Title: Senior Vice President

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Jason LaGrippe

Name: Jason LaGrippe

Title: Duly Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Arjun Talwalkar

Name: Arjun Talwalkar

Title: Director

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Lori Y. Jensen

Name: Lori Y. Jensen

Title: Senior Vice President

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


BANK OF MONTREAL, as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Jonas L. Robinson

Name: Jonas L. Robinson

Title: Director

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Michael P. Perillo

Name: Michael P. Perillo

Title: Executive Director

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


TRUIST BANK, as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Jonathan Hart

Name: Jonathan Hart

Title: Director

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Darren Merten

Name: Darren Merten

Title: Director

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Craig Malloy

Name: Craig Mallow

Title: Director

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND

INVESTMENT BANK, as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Jill Wong

Name: Jill Wong

Title: Director

By:

 

/s/ Gordon Yip

Name: Gordon Yip

Title: Director

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


MIZUHO BANK, LTD., as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Raymond Ventura

Name: Raymond Ventura

Title: Managing Director

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


REGIONS BANK, as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Mark Hardison

Name: Mark Hardison

Title: Managing Director

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


MUFG BANK, LTD., as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Jack Lonker

Name: Jack Lonker

Title: Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


HANCOCK WHITNEY BANK, as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Michael Woodnorth

Name: Michael Woodnorth

Title: Vice President

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Michael J. Kinnick

Name: Michael J. Kinnick

Title: Managing Director

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


FIRST HORIZON BANK, as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Cathy Wind

Name: Cathy Wind

Title: Senior Vice President

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


ASSOCIATED BANK. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Mitchell Vega

Name: Mitchell Vega

Title: Senior Vice President

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


PINNACLE BANK, as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Todd Carter

Name: Todd Carter

Title: Senior Vice President

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK, F.S.B., as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Cyd Miyashiro

Name: Cyd Miyashiro

Title: First Vice President

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


RENASANT BANK, as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ Craig Gardella

Name: Craig Gardella

Title: Executive Vice President

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


FIRST FINANCIAL BANK, as a Lender

By:

 

/s/ John E. Wilgus II

Name: John E. Wilgus II

Title: Senior Vice President

[Signature Page to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP]


Schedule 2.01

LENDERS AND COMMITMENTS

Revolving Facility

 

Revolving Lender

   Revolving Committed
Amount
     Credit Percentage for
Revolving Committed
Amount
 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

   $ 150,000,000.00        10.000000000

Citibank, N.A.

   $ 150,000,000.00        10.000000000

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

   $ 125,000,000.00        8.333333333

PNC Bank, National Association

   $ 80,000,000.00        5.333333333

Capital One, National Association

   $ 80,000,000.00        5.333333333

The Bank of Nova Scotia

   $ 80,000,000.00        5.333333333

U.S. Bank National Association

   $ 80,000,000.00        5.333333333

Bank of America, N.A.

   $ 75,500,000.00        5.033333333

Barclays Bank PLC – New York Branch

   $ 75,500,000.00        5.033333333

Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank

   $ 75,500,000.00        5.033333333

Fifth Third Bank, National Association

   $ 65,500,000.00        4.366666667

Truist Bank

   $ 65,500,000.00        4.366666667

Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

   $ 65,500,000.00        4.366666667

Regions Bank

   $ 65,500,000.00        4.366666667

MUFG Bank, Ltd.

   $ 65,500,000.00        4.366666667

Bank of Montreal

   $ 48,000,000.00        3.200000000

The Huntington National Bank

   $ 39,500,000.00        2.633333333

First Horizon Bank

   $ 31,500,000.00        2.100000000

Hancock Whitney Bank

   $ 23,500,000.00        1.566666667

Associated Bank, National Association

   $ 21,500,000.00        1.433333333

Pinnacle Bank

   $ 16,000,000.00        1.066666667

Renasant Bank

   $ 10,500,000.00        0.700000000

First Financial Bank

   $ 10,500,000.00        0.700000000
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total:

   $ 1,500,000,000.00        100.000000000
  

 

 

    

 

 

 


HTA-1 Term Loan Facility

 

HTA-1 Term Loan Lender

  

HTA-1 Term Loan
Amounts

    

Credit Percentage for
HTA-1 Term Loans

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

   $ 26,000,000.00        8.666666667

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

   $ 26,000,000.00        8.666666667

PNC Bank, National Association

   $ 25,000,000.00        8.333333333

Capital One, National Association

   $ 25,000,000.00        8.333333333

Bank of America, N.A.

   $ 25,000,000.00        8.333333333

U.S. Bank National Association

   $ 24,000,000.00        8.000000000

The Bank of Nova Scotia

   $ 23,000,000.00        7.666666667

American Savings Bank, F.S.B.

   $ 20,000,000.00        6.666666667

Fifth Third Bank, National Association

   $ 18,000,000.00        6.000000000

Bank of Montreal

   $ 17,000,000.00        5.666666667

Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

   $ 17,000,000.00        5.666666667

Regions Bank

   $ 17,000,000.00        5.666666667

MUFG Bank, Ltd.

   $ 17,000,000.00        5.666666667

Hancock Whitney Bank

   $ 5,000,000.00        1.666666667

The Huntington National Bank

   $ 5,000,000.00        1.666666667

First Horizon Bank

   $ 5,000,000.00        1.666666667

Associated Bank, National Association

   $ 5,000,000.00        1.666666667
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total:

   $ 300,000,000.00        100.000000000
  

 

 

    

 

 

 


HTA-2 Term Loan Facility

 

HTA-2 Term Loan Lender

  

HTA-2 Term Loan
Amounts

    

Credit Percentage for
HTA-2 Term Loans

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

     42,500,000.00        21.250000000

PNC Bank, National Association

     42,500,000.00        21.250000000

Capital One, National Association

     42,500,000.00        21.250000000

Bank of Montreal

     42,500,000.00        21.250000000

U.S. Bank National Association

     30,000,000.00        15.000000000
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total:

   $ 200,000,000.00        100.000000000
  

 

 

    

 

 

 


New DDTL Facility

 

New DDTL Lender

  

New DDTL Committed
Amount

    

Credit Percentage for
New DDTL Committed
Amount

 

The Bank of Nova Scotia

   $ 36,000,000.00        10.285714286

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

   $ 35,000,000.00        10.000000000

Citibank, N.A.

   $ 35,000,000.00        10.000000000

Barclays Bank PLC – New York Branch

   $ 30,000,000.00        8.571428571

Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank

   $ 30,000,000.00        8.571428571

The Huntington National Bank

   $ 21,000,000.00        6.000000000

Capital One, National Association

   $ 20,500,000.00        5.857142857

Truist Bank

   $ 20,000,000.00        5.714285714

Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

   $ 20,000,000.00        5.714285714

Regions Bank

   $ 20,000,000.00        5.714285714

Fifth Third Bank, National Association

   $ 14,000,000.00        4.000000000

MUFG Bank, Ltd.

   $ 14,000,000.00        4.000000000

Renasant Bank

   $ 12,000,000.00        3.428571429

Hancock Whitney Bank

   $ 11,500,000.00        3.285714286

Bank of America, N.A.

   $ 10,000,000.00        2.857142857

First Horizon Bank

   $ 7,000,000.00        2.000000000

Associated Bank, National Association

   $ 7,000,000.00        2.000000000

Pinnacle Bank

   $ 7,000,000.00        2.000000000
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total:

   $ 350,000,000.00        100.000000000
  

 

 

    

 

 

 


New 5.5-Year Term Loan Facility

 

New 5.5-Year Term Loan Lender

  

New 5.5-Year Term
Loan Committed
Amount

    

Credit Percentage for
New  5.5-Year Term Loan
Committed Amount

 

Citibank, N.A.

   $ 50,000,000.00        16.666666667

The Huntington National Bank

   $ 41,000,000.00        13.666666667

The Bank of Nova Scotia

   $ 40,000,000.00        13.333333333

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

   $ 25,000,000.00        8.333333333

Hancock Whitney Bank

   $ 25,000,000.00        8.333333333

First Horizon Bank

   $ 23,000,000.00        7.666666667

Capital One, National Association

   $ 22,500,000.00        7.500000000

Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

   $ 13,000,000.00        4.333333333

Regions Bank

   $ 13,000,000.00        4.333333333

MUFG Bank, Ltd.

   $ 13,000,000.00        4.333333333

U.S. Bank National Association

   $ 12,500,000.00        4.166666667

Associated Bank, National Association

   $ 10,000,000.00        3.333333333

Pinnacle Bank

   $ 10,000,000.00        3.333333333

PNC Bank, National Association

   $ 2,000,000.00        0.666666667
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total:

   $ 300,000,000.00        100.000000000
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

HR-1 Term Loan Facility

 

HR-1 Term Loan Lender

  

HR-1 Term Loan
Amounts

    

Credit Percentage for
HR-1 Term Loans

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

     25,000,000.00        12.500000000%  

PNC Bank, National Association

     25,000,000.00        12.500000000%  

U.S. Bank National Association

     25,000,000.00        12.500000000%  

Bank of Montreal

     22,500,000.00        11.250000000%  

Fifth Third Bank, National Association

     22,500,000.00        11.250000000%  

Truist Bank

     20,000,000.00        10.000000000%  

The Bank of Nova Scotia

     15,000,000.00        7.500000000%  

First Horizon Bank

     15,000,000.00        7.500000000%  

Pinnacle Bank

     12,000,000.00        6.000000000%  

Associated Bank, National Association

     9,000,000.00        4.500000000%  

MUFG Bank, Ltd.

     4,500,000.00        2.250000000%  

First Financial Bank

     4,500,000.00        2.250000000%  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total:

   $ 200,000,000.00        100.000000000
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

HR-2 Term Loan Facility

 

HR-2 Term Loan Lender

  

HR-2 Term Loan
Amounts

    

Credit Percentage for
HR-2 Term Loans

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

   $ 18,500,000.00        12.333333333

PNC Bank, National Association

   $ 18,500,000.00        12.333333333

U.S. Bank National Association

   $ 18,500,000.00        12.333333333

First Horizon Bank

   $ 18,500,000.00        12.333333333

Bank of Montreal

   $ 17,500,000.00        11.666666667

Fifth Third Bank, National Association

   $ 17,500,000.00        11.666666667

Truist Bank

   $ 10,000,000.00        6.666666667

Associated Bank, National Association

   $ 10,000,000.00        6.666666667

Pinnacle Bank

   $ 10,000,000.00        6.666666667

First Financial Bank

   $ 7,500,000.00        5.000000000

The Huntington National Bank

   $ 3,500,000.00        2.333333333
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total:

   $ 150,000,000.00        100.000000000
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

CONTRIBUTION AND ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT

THIS CONTRIBUTION AND ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of July 20, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, a Maryland corporation formerly known as Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. (“Contributor”), and Healthcare Realty Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership formerly known as Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP (“Transferee”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Contributor is the legal, record and beneficial owner of 100% of the membership interest (the “Contributed Interest”) in HRTI, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company and successor via conversion of Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”);

WHEREAS, in consideration for Contributor’s contribution, assignment and transfer of the Contributed Interest to Transferee, Transferee desires to issue and deliver common series A partnership units of Transferee in the amount described in Schedule A (the “OP Unit Consideration”) to Contributor;

WHEREAS, Contributor now desires to contribute, assign and transfer the Contributed Interest to Transferee; and

WHEREAS, Transferee desires to acquire and assume the Contributed Interest from Contributor, and issue and deliver to Contributor the OP Unit Consideration, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

RECITALS

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Contribution and Assignment of the Contributed Interest. Contributor hereby contributes, assigns and transfers the Contributed Interest to Transferee, and Transferee hereby accepts transfer of and assumes the Contributed Interest from Contributor, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, beneficial ownership of the Contributed Interest shall be contributed, assigned and transferred (the “Contribution”) as of 4:31pm ET on the Effective Date.

2. Consideration. In consideration for Contributor’s contribution, assignment and transfer of the Contributed Interest to Transferee, Transferee hereby issues and delivers to Contributor, and Contributor hereby accepts transfer of, the OP Unit Consideration.

3. Admission. Contemporaneously with the assignment described in Section 1 of this Agreement, Transferee shall be admitted to the Company as the sole member of the Company with respect to the Contributed Interest and agrees to be bound by all the terms and conditions of the operating agreement of the Company.


4. Tax Treatment. The parties to this Agreement intend that, for United States federal income tax purposes, the contribution and assignment of the Contributed Interest shall be treated as a tax-deferred contribution under Section 721 of the Internal Revenue Code.

5. Representations. Each party hereto hereby represents and warrants that, with respect to itself, each and every one of the following statements is true, correct and complete in every material respect as of the date of this Agreement:

a. Such party is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation or incorporation, and has full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to assume and perform all of its obligations under this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance by such party of its obligations under this Agreement require no further action or approval of its members, of its board of managers, its board of directors or of any other individuals, entities or governing bodies in order to constitute this Agreement as a binding and enforceable obligation of such party.

b. Neither the entry into nor the performance of, or compliance with, this Agreement by such party has resulted, or will result, in any violation of, or default under, or has resulted, or will result, in the acceleration of, any obligation under any existing articles of incorporation, bylaws, operating agreements, organizational documents, mortgages, indentures, lien agreements, notes, contracts, permits, judgments, decrees, orders, restrictive covenants, statutes, rules or regulations applicable to such party. With regard to the representations and warranties of Contributor only, Contributor has clear title to the Contributed Interest.

c. No authorization, consent, approval, permit or license of, or filing with, any governmental or public body or authority, or any other person or entity is required to authorize, or is required in connection with, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the agreements contemplated hereby on the part of such party.

6. Further Acts and Assurances. Contributor and Transferee each covenant that they will take all necessary action to confirm the transactions contemplated hereby, including securing any necessary records of transfer and executing and delivering (or cause to be executed and delivered) all such agreements, instruments, certificates and other documents, and shall take (or cause to be taken) and do (or cause to be done) all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective this Agreement.

7. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto and may not be modified or amended except by instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto.

8. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

9. Successor and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

10. No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever, under or by reason of this Agreement.


11. Severability. If any term, covenant or condition of this Agreement shall to any extent be deemed invalid or unenforceable, then the remainder of this Agreement, and the application of such term, covenant or condition, shall not be affected thereby, and shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same agreement. A signed copy of this Agreement delivered by facsimile, e-mail, portable document format (.pdf) or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of this Agreement.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS.]


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

 

HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INCORPORATED
By:   /s/ Todd J. Meredith
Name:   Todd J. Meredith
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
HEALTHCARE REALTY HOLDINGS, L.P.
By:   Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
Its:   General Partner
By:   /s/ Todd J. Meredith
Name:   Todd J. Meredith
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Contribution and Assignment Agreement]

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated

Nashville, Tennessee

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form S-3 (Nos. 333-253604 and 333-253600) and Form S-8 (No. 333-257755) of Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (formerly known as Healthcare Trust of America, Inc.) of our reports dated February 22, 2022, relating to the consolidated financial statements and schedules of HRTI, LLC (formerly known as Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated) and the effectiveness of HRTI, LLC’s internal control over financial reporting, which appear in HRTI, LLC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and are incorporated by reference in this Form 8-K.

/s/ BDO USA, LLP

Nashville, Tennessee

July 26, 2022