U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K/A
AMENDMENT TO FORM 10-K
Filed Pursuant to
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
AMENDMENT NO. 1
The undersigned registrant hereby amends the following items, financial
statements, exhibits or other portions of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2001 as set forth in the pages attached hereto:
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit 10(h) Credit Agreement dated January 8, 2002 among EastGroup
Properties, L.P.; EastGroup Properties, Inc.; PNC Bank, National Association, as
Administrative Agent; Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, New York Branch, as
Syndication Agent; SouthTrust Bank, as Co-Syndication Agent; U.S. Bank, National
Association, as Documentation Agent; Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Co-Documentation Agent; AmSouth Bank, as Managing Agent; PNC Capital Market,
Inc., as Lead Arranger and Lead Agent; and the Lenders (filed herewith).
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this amendment to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: May 15, 2003
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.
By: /s/ N. KEITH MCKEY
N. Keith McKey
Chief Financial Officer,
Executive Vice President
and Secretary
Exhibit 10(h)
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated
JANUARY 8, 2002
among
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, L.P.
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent
COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Syndication Agent
SOUTHTRUST BANK,
as Co-Syndication Agent
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Documentation Agent
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Documentation Agent
AMSOUTH BANK,
as Managing Agent
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.,
as Lead Arranger and Lead Agent
and
the Lenders
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page #
1. Definitions 1
2. The Loans 17
2.1 Advances 17
2.2 Payments 19
2.3 Pro Rate Treatment 20
2.4 Non-Receipt of Funds by the Agent 20
2.5 Sharing of Payments, Etc. 21
2.6 Fees 21
2.7 Commitment Increase 23
2.8 Letters of Credit 23
2.9 Extension 27
3. Conditions 29
3.1 All Loans 29
3.2 First Loan 29
3.3 Options Available 30
3.4 Designation and Conversion 30
3.5 Special Provisions Applicable to Eurodollar Rate Borrowings
and Letters of Credit 31
3.6 Funding Offices, Adjustments Automatic 33
3.7 Funding Sources, Payment Obligations 34
3.8 Mitigation, Non-Discrimination 34
3.9 Taxes 35
4. Representations and Warranties 36
4.1 Organization 36
4.2 Financial Statements 36
4.3 Enforceable Obligations; Authorization 37
4.4 Other Debt 37
4.5 Litigation 37
4.6 Taxes 37
4.7 Regulation U 37
4.8 Subsidiaries 37
4.9 Securities Act of 1933 37
4.10 No Contractual or Corporate Restrictions 38
4.11 Investment Company Act Not Applicable 38
4.12 Public Utility Holding Company Act Not Applicable 38
4.13 ERISA Not Applicable 38
4.14 Pool Properties 38
4.15 Disclosure 38
5. Affirmative Covenants 38
5.1 Taxes, Existence, Regulations, Property, etc. 38
5.2 Financial Statements and Information 39
5.3 Financial Tests 39
5.4 Inspection 40
5.5 Further Assurances 40
5.6 Books and Records 40
5.7 Insurance 40
5.8 Notice of Certain Matters 40
5.9 Use of proceeds 40
5.10 Expenses of and Claims Against the Agent and the Lenders 41
5.11 Legal Compliance, Indemnification 41
5.12 Obligors' Performance 42
5.13 Professional Services 42
5.14 Capital Adequacy 42
5.15 Property Pool 43
5.16 Co-Borrowers 44
6. Negative Covenants 44
6.1 Indebtedness 45
6.2 Mergers, Consolidations and Acquisitions of Assets 45
6.3 Redemption 45
6.4 Nature of Business; Management 45
6.5 Transactions with Related Parties 45
6.6 Loans and Investments 45
6.7 Limiting Agreements 47
6.8 Restricted Payments 47
6.9 Securities Act of 1933 48
6.10 Subsidiaries 48
7. Events of Default and Remedies 48
7.1 Events of Default 49
7.2 Actions in Respect of Letters of Credit 49
7.3 Allocation of Proceeds 51
7.4 Remedies Cumulative 52
8. The Agent 52
8.1 Appointment, Powers and Immunities 52
8.2 Reliance 54
8.3 Defaults 54
8.4 Rights as a Lender 54
8.5 Indemnification 55
8.6 Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders 55
8.7 Failure to Act 56
8.8 Resignation of Agent 56
8.9 No Partnership 56
8.10 Consents and Approvals 57
9. Miscellaneous 57
9.1 No Waiver, Amendments 57
9.2 Notices 57
9.3 Venue 58
9.4 Choice of Law 59
9.5 Survival; Parties Bound; Successors and Assigns 59
9.6 Counterparts 60
9.7 Usury Not Intended; Refund of Any Excess Payments 61
9.8 Captions 61
9.9 Severability 61
9.10 Disclosures 61
9.11 Entire Agreement 61
9.12 Waiver of Jury Trial 61
EXHIBITS
Schedule I Table I and II
Schedule II Approved Markets
Exhibit A Officer's Certificate
Exhibit B Request for Loan
Exhibit C Promissory Note
Exhibit C-1 Swing Loan Note
Exhibit D Opinion of Counsel (for Borrower and Guarantors)
Exhibit E Request for Extension
CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and entered into as of
January 8, 2002, by and among EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership and EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation, jointly and
severally (collectively, the "Borrower"), the financial institutions (including
PNC, the "Lenders") which are now or may hereafter become signatories hereto,
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association ("PNC"), as
Administrative Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, "Agent"), Commerzbank
Aktiengesellschaft, New York Branch, as Syndication Agent, SouthTrust Bank, as
Co-Syndication Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as Documentation Agent,
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, and AmSouth
Bank, as Managing Agent.
1. Definitions.
Unless a particular word or phrase is otherwise defined or the context
otherwise requires, capitalized words and phrases used in Credit Documents have
the meanings provided below.
Adjusted Eurodollar Interbank Rate shall mean, with respect to each
Interest Period applicable to a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, a rate per annum
equal to the quotient, expressed as a percentage, of (a) the Eurodollar
Interbank Rate with respect to such Interest Period divided by (b) 1.0000 minus
the Eurodollar Reserve Requirement in effect on each day during such Interest
Period.
Affiliate shall mean any Person controlling, controlled by or under common
control with any other Person. For purposes of this definition, "control"
(including "controlled by" and "under common control with") means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities or otherwise.
Agent shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, its successors and
assigns, in its capacity as administrative agent hereunder.
Annual Audited Financial Statements shall mean the annual financial
statements of a Person, including all notes thereto, which statements shall
include a balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal year and an income
statement and a statement of cash flows, all setting forth in comparative form
the corresponding figures from the previous fiscal year, all prepared in
conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and accompanied by a
report and opinion of independent certified public accountants satisfactory to
the Agent, which shall state that such financial statements, in the opinion of
such accountants, present fairly the financial position of such Person as of the
date thereof and the results of its operations for the period covered thereby in
conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Such statements shall
be accompanied by a certificate of such accountants that in making the
appropriate audit and/or investigation in connection with such report and
opinion, such accountants did not become aware of any Default or Event of
Default, or, if in the opinion of such accountant, any such Default or Event of
Default exists, a description of the nature and status thereof. The Annual
Audited Financial Statements shall be prepared on a consolidated basis in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
Applicable Margin shall mean (a) whenever and for so long as the Operating
Partnership has not received an S&P Rating and a Moody's Rating, the percentage
which will be in effect whenever and for so long as the corresponding Total
Liabilities to Total Asset Value Ratio reflected in Table 1 on Schedule I
attached hereto and hereby made a part hereof, is in effect; and (b) whenever
and for so long as the Operating Partnership has received an S&P Rating and a
Moody's Rating, the percentage which will be in effect whenever and for so long
as the Operating Partnership has received the corresponding S&P Rating or
Moody's Rating, whichever is lower, reflected in Table 2 on Schedule I attached
hereto. Any change in the Applicable Margin determined pursuant to (a) above
shall be effective on a retroactive basis to the first day of the calendar
quarter following the last calendar quarter covered by the applicable Officer's
Certificate and any change in the Applicable Margin determined pursuant to (b)
above shall be effective on the date of the applicable rating change.
Approved Market shall mean each of the cities described on Schedule II
attached hereto and hereby made a part hereof.
Base Rate shall mean for any day a rate per annum equal to the Applicable
Margin on that day plus the greater on a daily basis of (a) the Prime Rate for
that day, or (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate for that day plus one-half of
one percent (1/2%).
Base Rate Borrowing shall mean that portion of the principal balance of the
Loans, including the Swing Loans, at any time bearing interest at the Base Rate.
Business Day shall mean a day other than (a) a day when the main office of
the Agent is not open for business, or (b) a day that is a federal banking
holiday in the United States of America.
Capital Expenditures shall mean, as to any Person, for any period, the
aggregate of all expenditures (whether payable in cash or other Property or
accrued as a liability (but without duplication)) during such period that, in
conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, are required to be
included in or reflected by the Borrower's or any of its Subsidiaries' fixed
asset accounts as reflected in any of their respective balance sheets; provided,
however, Capital Expenditures shall include the sum of all expenditures by the
Borrower for tenant improvements, leasing commissions, property level capital
expenditures (e.g., roof replacement, parking lot repairs, etc., but not capital
expenditures in connection with expansions) but shall exclude upgrade capital
expenditures budgeted at the time of, and made within the first twelve (12)
months after, the acquisition of a Property. Capital Expenditures shall be
calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles and shall include (without duplication) the Equity
Percentage of Capital Expenditures for the Borrower's Unconsolidated Affiliates.
Ceiling Rate shall mean, on any day, the maximum nonusurious rate of
interest permitted for that day by whichever of applicable federal or
Pennsylvania laws permits the higher interest rate, stated as a rate per annum.
Without notice to the Borrower or any other person or entity, the Ceiling Rate
shall automatically fluctuate upward and downward as and in the amount by which
such maximum nonusurious rate of interest permitted by applicable law
fluctuates.
Change of Control means a change resulting when (a) any Person or Persons
acting together which would constitute a Group together with any Affiliates
thereof shall at any time either (i) Beneficially Own more than 50% of the
aggregate voting power of all classes of Voting Stock of EastGroup Properties,
Inc. or (ii) succeed in having sufficient of its or their nominees elected to
the Board of Directors of EastGroup Properties, Inc. such that such nominees,
when added to any existing directors remaining on the Board of Directors of
EastGroup Properties, Inc. after such election who is an Affiliate of such
Person or Group, shall constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of
EastGroup Properties, Inc. or (b) EastGroup Properties, Inc. ceases to own,
directly or indirectly, at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the evidence of
ownership of the Operating Partnership. As used herein (1) "Beneficially Own"
means "beneficially own" as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, or any successor provision thereto; provided, however,
that, for purposes of this definition, a Person shall not be deemed to
Beneficially Own securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made
by or on behalf of such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates until such
tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange; (2) "Group" means a
"group" for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended; and (3) "Voting Stock" of any Person shall mean capital stock of such
Person which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors (or
persons performing similar functions) of such Person, whether at all times or
only so long, as no senior class of securities has such voting power by reason
of any contingency.
Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as now or
hereafter in effect, together with all regulations, rulings and interpretations
thereof or thereunder by the Internal Revenue Service.
Commitment Fee shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.6(a).
Credit Documents shall mean this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranties, all
instruments, certificates and agreements now or hereafter executed or delivered
to the Agent or the Lenders pursuant to any of the foregoing, and all
amendments, modifications, renewals, extensions, increases and rearrangements
of, and substitutions for, any of the foregoing.
Defaulting Lender shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.1(a).
EBITDA shall mean an amount derived from (a) net earnings, plus (b)
depreciation, amortization, interest expense and income taxes, plus or minus (c)
any losses or gains resulting from sales, write-downs, write-ups, write-offs or
other valuation adjustments of assets or liabilities, in each case, as
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles, and including (without duplication) the Equity Percentage
of EBITDA for the Borrower's Unconsolidated Affiliates.
Eligible Ground Lease shall mean a lease either expressly approved by Agent
in writing or a lease meeting at least the following requirements: (a) a
remaining term (including renewal options exercisable at lessee's sole option)
of at least thirty (30) years, (b) the leasehold interest is transferable and
assignable without the landlord's prior consent, (c) the ground lease is
financeable in that, among other things, it provides or allows for, without
further consent from the landlord, (i) notice and right to cure to lessee's
lender, (ii) a pledge and mortgage of the leasehold interest, (iii) recognition
of a foreclosure of the leasehold interest including entering into a new lease
with the lender, and (iv) no right of landlord to terminate without consent of
lessee's lender.
Eligible Institution shall mean a commercial bank or a finance company,
insurance company or other financial institution which is regularly engaged in
making, purchasing or investing in loans and which has base capital of at least
$500,000,000.00, but shall not include any Person which is an Affiliate of any
Obligor.
Equity Percentage shall mean the aggregate ownership percentage of Borrower
in each Unconsolidated Affiliate.
Eurodollar Business Day shall mean a Business Day on which transactions in
United States dollar deposits between banks may be carried on in the London
interbank dollar market.
Eurodollar Interbank Rate shall mean, for each Interest Period, the rate of
interest per annum, rounded, if necessary, to the next highest whole multiple of
one-one hundredth of one percent (1/100th%), equal to the rate determined by the
Agent in accordance with its usual procedures (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) to be the average of the London interbank
offered rates of interest per annum for Dollars set forth on Dow Jones Market
Service (formerly known as Telerate) display page 3750 or such other display
page on the Dow Jones Market Service as may replace such page to evidence the
average of rates quoted by banks designated by the British Bankers' Association
(or appropriate successor, or if the British Bankers' Association or its
successor ceases to provide such quotes, a comparable replacement determined by
the Agent), at 11:00 A.M. London time two (2) Eurodollar Business Days before
the first day of such Interest Period for an amount approximately equal in
principal amount of such Eurodollar Rate Borrowing and for a period equal to the
length of the applicable Interest Period.
Eurodollar Rate shall mean for any day a rate per annum equal to the sum of
the Applicable Margin for that day plus the Adjusted Eurodollar Interbank Rate
in effect on the first day of the Interest Period for the applicable Eurodollar
Rate Borrowing. Each Eurodollar Rate is subject to adjustments for reserves,
insurance assessments and other matters as provided for in Section 3.5 hereof.
Eurodollar Rate Borrowing shall mean that portion of the principal balance
of the Loans at any time bearing interest at a Eurodollar Rate.
Eurodollar Reserve Requirement shall mean, on any day, that percentage
(expressed as a decimal fraction and rounded, if necessary, to the next highest
one ten thousandth) which is in effect on such day for determining all reserve
requirements (including, without limitation, basic, supplemental, marginal and
emergency reserves) applicable to "Eurocurrency liabilities," as currently
defined in Regulation D, all as specified by any Governmental Authority,
including but not limited to those imposed under Regulation D. Each
determination of the Eurodollar Reserve Requirement by Agent shall be prima
facie evidence thereof.
Event of Default shall mean any of the events specified as an event of
default in Section 7.1 of this Agreement, and Default shall mean any of such
events, whether or not any requirement for notice, grace or cure has been
satisfied.
Excluded Taxes shall mean, with respect to the Agent, any Lender, the
Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account
of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes
imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or
by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in
which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which
its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed
by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other
jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign
Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under
Section 3.8), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such
Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement
(or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender's
failure to comply with Section 3.9, except to the extent that such Foreign
Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a
new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the
Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.9.
Extension Fee shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.6(c).
Federal Funds Effective Rate shall to the extent necessary be determined by
the Agent separately for each day and shall for each such day be a rate per
annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal
funds brokers, as published for each such day (or if any such day is not a
Business Day, for the next immediately preceding Business Day) by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, or if the weighted average of such rates is not so
published for any such day which is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for any such day on such transactions received by the Agent from
three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Agent.
Fee Letter means the letter agreement, dated the date hereof, between the
Borrower and PNC, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall mean the ratio of (a) the Borrower's
EBITDA for the immediately preceding four (4) calendar quarters less the Unit
Capital Expenditures for such period, to (b) all amounts payable and paid on the
Borrower's Indebtedness (not including irregular final "balloon" payments of
principal due at the stated maturity) plus all of the Borrower's Interest
Expense plus all amounts payable and paid on Borrower's preferred stock and
preferred units, in each case for the period used to calculate EBITDA.
Foreign Lender shall mean any Lender that is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than that in which Borrower is organized. For the purposes of
this definition, the United States of America, each state thereof and the
District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
Fronting Fee shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.6(b).
Funding Loss shall mean, with respect to (a) Borrower's payment or
prepayment of principal of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing on a day other than the
last day of the applicable Interest Period; (b) Borrower's failure to borrow a
Eurodollar Rate Borrowing on the date specified by Borrower; (c) Borrower's
failure to make any prepayment of the Loans (other than Base Rate Borrowings) on
the date specified by Borrower; or (d) any cessation of a Eurodollar Rate to
apply to the Loans or any part thereof pursuant to Section 3.5, in each case
whether voluntary or involuntary, any direct loss, expense, penalty, premium or
liability incurred by any Lender (including but not limited to any loss or
expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or
other funds acquired by a Lender to fund or maintain a Loan).
Funds Available for Distribution shall mean Funds From Operations, less
adjustments for straight line rents and Capital Expenditures.
Funds From Operations shall mean net income of the Borrower determined in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, plus depreciation and
amortization; provided, that there shall not be included in such calculation any
gain or loss from debt restructuring and sales of Property. Funds From
Operations will be calculated, on an annualized basis, for the four (4) calendar
quarters immediately preceding the date of the calculation. Funds From
Operations shall be calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, and including (without duplication)
the Equity Percentage of Funds From Operations for the Borrower's Unconsolidated
Affiliates.
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles shall mean, as to a particular
Person, such accounting practice as, in the opinion of the independent
accountants of recognized national standing regularly retained by such Person
and acceptable to the Agent, conforms at the time to generally accepted
accounting principles, consistently applied. Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles means those principles and practices (a) which are recognized as such
by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, (b) which are applied for all
periods after the date hereof in a manner consistent with the manner in which
such principles and practices were applied to the most recent audited financial
statements of the relevant Person furnished to the Lenders or where a change
therein has been concurred in by such Person's independent auditors, and (c)
which are consistently applied for all periods after the date hereof so as to
reflect properly the financial condition, and results of operations and changes
in financial position, of such Person.
Governmental Authority shall mean any foreign governmental authority, the
United States of America, any State of the United States and any political
subdivision of any of the foregoing, and any agency, department, commission,
board, bureau, court or other tribunal having jurisdiction over the Agent, any
Lender or any Obligor or their respective Property.
Guarantors (whether one or more) shall mean EastGroup Properties Holdings,
Inc., EastGroup Properties General Partners, Inc., EastGroup Tennessee
Properties, L.P., Nash IND Corporation, Sample 1-95 Associates, and EastGroup
TRS, Inc., and any other party which shall hereafter execute a Guaranty pursuant
to the provisions of this Agreement.
Guaranties (whether one or more) shall mean the Guaranties executed by the
Guarantors and delivered to the Agent in accordance with this Agreement.
Historical Value shall mean the purchase price of Property (including
improvements) and ordinary related purchase transaction costs, plus the cost of
subsequent capital improvements made by the Borrower, less any provision for
losses, all determined in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles. If the Property is purchased as a part of a group of properties, the
Historical Value shall be calculated based upon a reasonable allocation of the
aggregate purchase price by the Borrower for all purposes, and consistent with
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
Indebtedness shall mean and include, without duplication (1) all
obligations for borrowed money, letter of credit reimbursement obligations,
preferred stock redeemable at the option of the stockholder, (2) all obligations
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar agreements, (3) all
obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of Property or services, except
trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business (unless
included in (6) below), (4) all guaranties, endorsements, and other contingent
obligations in respect of, or any obligations to purchase or otherwise acquire,
Total Liabilities of others (but not including contracts to purchase real
property and assume related liabilities which are not yet consummated if the
buyer has the ability to terminate the contract at its option), (5) all Total
Liabilities secured by any Lien existing on any interest of the Person with
respect to which Indebtedness is being determined in Property owned subject to
such Lien whether or not the Total Liabilities secured thereby shall have been
assumed, (6) accounts payable, dividends of any kind or character or other
proceeds payable with respect to any stock and accrued expenses, and (7) all
obligations at any time incurred or arising pursuant to any interest rate cap,
swap, or floor agreements, exchange transaction, forward rate agreement, or
other exchange, rate protection or hedging agreements or arrangements
(calculated on a basis satisfactory to the Agent and in accordance with accepted
practices). Indebtedness shall be calculated on a consolidated basis in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, and including (without
duplication) the Equity Percentage of Indebtedness for the Borrower's
Unconsolidated Affiliates.
Indemnified Parties shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
5.11(b).
Indemnified Taxes shall mean Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
Industrial Buildings shall mean the Property used as industrial, service
center and/or warehouse purposes of no more than one story, with no more than
fifteen percent (15%) of the net rentable area used for mezzanine office space.
Interest Coverage Ratio shall mean the ratio of (a) the Borrower's EBITDA
for the immediately preceding four (4) calendar quarters, to (b) all of the
Borrower's Interest Expense for the period used to calculate EBITDA.
Interest Expense shall mean all of a Person's paid, accrued or capitalized
interest expense on such Person's Indebtedness (whether direct, indirect or
contingent, and including, without limitation, interest on all convertible
debt), and including (without duplication) the Equity Percentage of Interest
Expense for the Borrower's Unconsolidated Affiliates.
Interest Options shall mean the Base Rate and the Eurodollar Rate, and
"Interest Option" means either of them.
Interest Payment Dates shall mean (a) the first (1st) day of each calendar
month and the Maturity Date, for Base Rate Borrowings and (b) the last day of
each Interest Period and, if the Interest Period is longer than three (3)
months, at the end of each three (3) months, and the Maturity Date, for
Eurodollar Rate Borrowings. To the extent that any retroactive increase in the
Applicable Margin shall occur, the Interest Payment Date for the additional
amounts due shall be the next Interest Payment Date following notice from the
Agent to the Borrower with a calculation of such additional amount. To the
extent that any retroactive decrease in the Applicable Margin shall occur, the
Borrower shall receive a credit for the amount of the reduced interest on the
next Interest Payment Date following notice from the Agent to the Borrower with
a calculation of such credit.
Interest Period shall mean, for each Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, a period
commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Borrowing was made and ending on the
numerically corresponding day which is, subject to availability, one (1), two
(2), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter; provided, (v) any Interest Period
which would otherwise end on a day which is not a Eurodollar Business Day shall
be extended to the next succeeding Eurodollar Business Day, unless such
Eurodollar Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such
Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Eurodollar Business Day; (w) any
Interest Period which begins on the last Eurodollar 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
Eurodollar Business Day of the appropriate calendar month; (x) no Interest
Period shall ever extend beyond the Maturity Date; and (y) Interest Periods
shall be selected by Borrower in such a manner that the Interest Period with
respect to any portion of the Loans which shall become due shall not extend
beyond such due date.
Issuing Bank shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, in its capacity as
the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity
as provided in Section 2.8(i). The Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange
for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Issuing
Bank, in which case the term "Issuing Bank" shall include any such Affiliate
with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
LC Disbursement shall mean a payment made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a
Letter of Credit.
LC Exposure shall mean, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn
amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate
amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf
of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be
its Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.
Legal Requirement shall mean any law, statute, ordinance, decree,
requirement, order, judgment, rule, regulation (or interpretation of any of the
foregoing) of, and the terms of any license or permit issued by, any
Governmental Authority.
Lender Commitment means, for any Lender, the amount set forth opposite such
Lender's name on its signature page of this Agreement, or as may hereafter
become a signatory hereto.
Lender Reply Period shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
8.10.
Letter of Credit shall mean any letter of credit issued pursuant to this
Agreement.
Letter of Credit Collateral Account shall have the meaning ascribed thereto
in Section 7.2.
Letter of Credit Collateral shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 7.2.
Letter of Credit Fee shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.6(b).
Lien shall mean any mortgage, pledge, charge, encumbrance, security
interest, collateral assignment or other lien or restriction of any kind,
whether based on common law, constitutional provision, statute or contract, and
shall include reservations, exceptions, encroachments, easements, rights of way,
covenants, conditions, restrictions, leases and other title exceptions.
Limiting Agreements shall mean (a) any agreement, instrument or
transaction, including, without limitation, an Obligor's Organizational
Documents, which has or may have the effect of prohibiting or limiting any
Obligor's ability to pledge assets in the Pool to Agent as security for the
Loans, or (b) any provision of an Obligor's Organizational Documents which have
or may have the effect of prohibiting or limiting any Obligor's ability to sell,
transfer or convey the assets in the Pool.
Loans shall mean the Loans described in Sections 2.1, 2.2 and 2.8 hereof.
Loan shall mean any such Loan.
Majority Lenders shall mean the Lenders with an aggregate amount of at
least sixty-six and 67/100 percent (66.67%) of the amount of the Total
Commitment then outstanding, provided that, (i) after the Total Commitment has
expired or been terminated, Majority Lenders shall mean Lenders with an
aggregate amount in excess of sixty-six and 67/100 percent (66.67%) of the
unpaid balance of the Revolving Credit Exposures, which shall include, if
applicable, any participations in any Swing Loans, (ii) if there are fewer than
three (3) Lenders whether before or after the expiration or termination of the
Total Commitment, Majority Lenders shall mean all of the Lenders, and (iii) the
Lender Commitment of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded for the purpose
of determining whether or not the Majority Lenders exist for the purposes of
this definition.
Material Adverse Change shall mean a change which could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on (a) the
financial condition, or results of operations of Borrower and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole, (b) the ability of an Obligor to perform its material
obligations under the Credit Documents to which it is a party taken as a whole,
(c) the validity or enforceability of such Credit Documents taken as a whole, or
(d) the material rights and remedies of Lenders and Agent under the Credit
Documents taken as a whole.
Maturity Date shall mean three (3) years after the date of this Agreement,
as the same may hereafter be accelerated pursuant to the provisions of any of
the Credit Documents, or as the same may be extended pursuant to Section 2.9
hereof.
Maximum Commitment shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.7.
Moody's Rating shall mean the senior unsecured debt rating from time to
time received by the Operating Partnership from Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
Net Operating Income shall mean, for any income producing operating
Property, the difference between (a) any cash rentals, proceeds and other income
received from such Property (but excluding security or other deposits, late
fees, early lease termination or other penalties, or other income of a
non-recurring nature) during the determination period, less (b) an amount equal
to all costs and expenses (excluding interest expense and any expenditures that
are capitalized in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles)
incurred as a result of, or in connection with, or properly allocated to, the
operation or leasing of such Property during the determination period; provided,
however, that the amount for the expenses for the management of a Property
included in clause (b) above shall be the greater of the general and
administrative expenses that would be covered by a management fee, or three
percent (3%) of the amount provided in clause (a) above. Net Operating Income
shall be calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles, and including (without duplication) the Equity
Percentage of Net Operating Income for the Borrower's Unconsolidated Affiliates.
Net Worth shall mean Tangible Net Worth, plus intangibles deducted in
determining Tangible Net Worth. Net Worth shall be calculated on a consolidated
basis in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
Non-recourse Debt shall mean any Indebtedness the payment of which the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is not obligated to make other than to the
extent of any security therefor.
Notes shall mean the promissory notes of the Borrower described in Section
2.1 hereof, including the Swing Loan Note, any and all renewals, extensions,
modifications, rearrangements and replacements thereof and any and all
substitutions therefor, and Note shall mean any one of them.
Obligations shall mean, as at any date of determination thereof, the sum of
(a) the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures plus (b) all outstanding Swing
Loans plus (c) all other liabilities, obligations and Indebtedness of any
Parties under any Credit Document.
Obligors shall mean any Person now or hereafter primarily or secondarily
obligated to pay all or any part of the Obligations, including Borrower and
Guarantors.
Occupancy Level shall mean the occupancy level of a Property that is leased
to bona fide tenants not Affiliates of any Obligor or the subject property
manager (or any of their respective Affiliates) paying the stated rent under
written leases, based on the occupancy level at the time of determination.
Officer's Certificate shall mean a certificate in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit A.
Operating Partnership shall mean EastGroup Properties, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership.
Opinion Letters shall mean the opinion letters of independent counsel for
the Obligors, each in Proper Form.
Organizational Documents shall mean, with respect to a corporation, the
certificate of incorporation, articles of incorporation and bylaws of such
corporation; with respect to a partnership, the partnership agreement
establishing such partnership; with respect to a joint venture, the joint
venture agreement establishing such joint venture, and with respect to a trust,
the instrument establishing such trust; in each case including any and all
modifications thereof as of the date of the Credit Document referring to such
Organizational Document and any and all future modifications thereof which are
consented to by the Lenders.
Other Taxes shall mean any and all present or future stamp or documentation
taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising
from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement
of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement.
Partial Subsidiary Real Estate shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 5.15(c)(i).
Parties shall mean all Persons other than the Agent, or any Lender
executing any Credit Document.
Past Due Rate shall mean, on any day, a rate per annum, equal to the
Ceiling Rate for that day, or only if applicable law imposes no maximum
nonusurious rate of interest for that day, then the Past Due Rate for that day
shall be a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus an additional four percent
(4%) per annum, but in any event not to exceed the Ceiling Rate.
Percentage shall mean the amount, expressed as a percentage, of each Lender
Commitment as compared to the Total Commitment, set forth opposite the Lender's
name on its signature page of this Agreement, or as may hereafter become
signatory hereto.
Permitted Encumbrances shall mean (a) encumbrances consisting of zoning
restrictions, easements, or other restrictions on the use of real property,
provided that such items do not materially impair the use of such property for
the purposes intended and none of which is violated in any material respect by
existing or proposed structures or land use; (b) the following: (i) Liens for
taxes not yet due and payable, or being diligently contested in good faith; or
(ii) materialmen's, mechanic's, warehousemen's and other like Liens arising in
the ordinary course of business, securing payment of Total Liabilities whose
payment is not yet due, or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings diligently conducted, and for or against which the Property owner
has established adequate reserves in accordance with Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles; (c) Liens for taxes, assessments and governmental charges
or assessments that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted, and for or against which the Property owner has
established adequate reserves in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles; (d) Liens on real property which are insured around or against by
title insurance; (e) Liens securing assessments or charges payable to a property
owner association or similar entity which assessments are not yet due and
payable or are being diligently contested in good faith; and (f) Liens securing
this Agreement and Indebtedness hereunder, if any.
Person shall mean any individual, corporation, trust, unincorporated
organization, Governmental Authority or any other form of entity.
Pool shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.15(a).
Prime Rate shall mean, as of a particular date, the prime rate of interest
per annum most recently determined by the Agent, automatically fluctuating
upward or downward with and at the time specified in each such determination
without notice to Borrower or any other Person; each change in the Prime Rate
shall be effective on the date such change is determined; which Prime Rate may
not necessarily represent the Agent's lowest or best rate actually charged to a
customer.
Proper Form shall mean in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Agent and the Majority Lenders.
Property shall mean any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether
real, leasehold, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible.
Quarterly Unaudited Financial Statements shall mean the quarterly financial
statements of a Person, including all notes thereto, which statements shall
include a balance sheet as of the end of such quarter and an income statement
for such fiscal quarter, and for the fiscal year to date, a statement of cash
flows for such quarter and for the fiscal year to date, subject to normal
year-end adjustments, all setting forth in comparative form the corresponding
figures for the corresponding fiscal period of the preceding year (or, in the
case of the balance sheet, the end of the preceding fiscal year), prepared in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles except that the
Quarterly Unaudited Financial Statements may contain condensed footnotes as
permitted by regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, and containing a detailed listing of the Borrower's Property and the
Historical Value thereof, and certified as true and correct by a managing
director, senior vice president, or vice president of Borrower. The Quarterly
Unaudited Financial Statements shall be prepared on a consolidated basis in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
Rate Designation Date shall mean 12:00 noon, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time,
on the date three (3) Eurodollar Business Days preceding the first day of any
proposed Interest Period.
Recourse Amount shall mean the amount of the Indebtedness of an
Unconsolidated Affiliate which is recourse to the Borrower or another Subsidiary
of Borrower.
Regulation D shall mean Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System from time to time in effect and shall include any
successor or other regulation relating to reserve requirements applicable to
member lenders of the Federal Reserve System.
Regulations shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.9(e).
Rejecting Lender shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.9(a).
Request for Loan shall mean a written request substantially in the form of
Exhibit B.
Restricted Payment shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.8.
Revolving Credit Exposure shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any
time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Loans
(excluding any Swing Loans) and its LC Exposure at such time.
S&P Rating shall mean the senior unsecured debt rating from time to time
received by the Operating Partnership from Standard & Poor's Rating Services, a
division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Secured Debt shall mean the Indebtedness of the Borrower secured by a Lien,
and any Indebtedness of any of the Borrower's Subsidiaries owed to a Person not
an Affiliate of the Borrower or such Subsidiary.
Secured Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio shall mean the ratio (expressed as
a percentage) of Secured Debt to Total Asset Value.
Stabilization Date shall mean the earlier to occur of (a) the date the
Occupancy Level reaches eighty percent (80%) for the first time, or (b) one (1)
year after the construction of the building improvements, other than tenant
improvements, is substantially complete.
Stated Rate shall, on any day, mean whichever of the Base Rate or the
Eurodollar Rate has been designated and provided pursuant to this Agreement;
provided that, if on any day such rate shall exceed the Ceiling Rate for that
day, the Stated Rate shall be fixed at the Ceiling Rate on that day and on each
day thereafter until the total amount of interest accrued at the Stated Rate on
the unpaid principal balance of the Notes equals the total amount of interest
which would have accrued if there had been no Ceiling Rate. If the Notes mature
(or are prepaid) before such equality is achieved, then, in addition to the
unpaid principal and accrued interest then owing pursuant to the other
provisions of the Credit Documents, Borrower promises to pay on demand to the
order of the holders of the Notes interest in an amount equal to the excess (if
any) of (a) the lesser of (i) the total interest which would have accrued on the
Notes if the Stated Rate had been defined as equal to the Ceiling Rate from time
to time in effect and (ii) the total interest which would have accrued on the
Notes if the Stated Rate were not so prohibited from exceeding the Ceiling Rate,
over (b) the total interest actually accrued on the Notes to such maturity (or
prepayment) date.
Subsidiary shall mean, as to a particular parent entity, any entity of
which more than fifty percent (50%) of the indicia of voting equity or ownership
rights (whether outstanding capital stock or otherwise) is at the time directly
or indirectly owned by, such parent entity, or by one or more of its other
Subsidiaries.
Swing Loan shall mean a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.1(c) hereof.
Swing Loan Note shall mean that certain promissory note of even date
herewith in the original principal amount of $20,000,000.00 executed by the
Borrower payable to the order of PNC.
Tangible Net Worth shall mean total assets based on book value, and
including the book value of equity investments in each Unconsolidated Affiliate
multiplied by the Equity Percentage for that Unconsolidated Affiliate, less (1)
all intangibles and (2) all liabilities (including contingent and indirect
liabilities), all determined in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles. The term "intangibles" shall include, without limitation, (i)
deferred charges, (ii) the amount of any write-up in the book value of any
assets contained in any balance sheet resulting from revaluation thereof or any
write-up in excess of the cost of such assets acquired, and (iii) the aggregate
of all amounts appearing on the assets side of any such balance sheet for
franchises, licenses, permits, patents, patent applications, copyrights,
trademarks, trade names, goodwill, treasury stock, experimental or
organizational expenses and other like intangibles. The term "liabilities" shall
include, without limitation, (i) Total Liabilities secured by Liens on Property
of the Person with respect to which Tangible Net Worth is being computed whether
or not such Person is liable for the payment thereof, (ii) deferred liabilities,
and (iii) obligations under leases which have been capitalized. Tangible Net
Worth shall be calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles.
Taxes shall mean any tax, levy, impost, duty, charge or fee imposed by any
Governmental Authority.
Total Asset Value shall mean the sum of (without duplication) (a) the
aggregate Value of all of Borrower's operating real estate assets, plus (b) the
amount of any cash and cash equivalents, excluding tenant security and other
restricted deposits of the Borrower, plus (c) investments in Unconsolidated
Affiliates that are engaged primarily in the business of investment in and
operation of Industrial Buildings, valued at an amount equal to the Value of
each Unconsolidated Affiliate's operating real estate assets multiplied by the
Equity Percentage for that Unconsolidated Affiliate (subject to the maximum
investment limitation contained in Section 6.6(f)), plus (d) investments in
readily marketable securities of another Person, not an Affiliate of any
Obligor, traded on a national trading exchange, that is a real estate investment
trust under Section 856(c)(1) of the Code, or that is a real estate operating
company (subject to the maximum investment limitation contained in Section
6.6(i)), plus (e) investments in real estate assets that are being constructed
or developed to be Industrial Buildings, but are not yet in operation (so long
as the total actual and budgeted cost of construction or development in the
aggregate, used in this Value calculation does not exceed ten percent (10%) of
the Total Asset Value after giving effect to such investments), plus (f)
investments in loans, advances, and extensions of credit to Persons (who are not
Affiliates of any Obligor) secured by valid and enforceable first priority liens
on real estate (subject to the maximum investment limitations contained in
Section 6.6(g)) that are paid current and under which no default has occurred.
Except as otherwise provided herein, Total Asset Value shall be calculated on a
consolidated basis in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
Total Commitment shall mean the aggregate commitment of all of the Lenders
to lend funds under this Agreement, which shall initially be the sum of One
Hundred Seventy-Five Million Dollars ($175,000,000), being the sum of the Lender
Commitments.
Total Liabilities shall mean and include, without duplication, the sum of
(a) Indebtedness and (b) all other items which in accordance with Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles would be included on the liability side of a
balance sheet on the date as of which Total Liabilities is to be determined
(excluding capital stock, surplus, surplus reserves and deferred credits), and
including (without duplication) the Equity Percentage of Total Liabilities of
the Borrower's Unconsolidated Affiliates.
Total Liabilities to Total Asset Value Ratio shall mean the ratio
(expressed as a percentage) of Total Liabilities to Total Asset Value, with
Total Asset Value based on the immediately preceding calendar quarter.
Unconsolidated Affiliate shall mean, in respect of any Person, any other
Person (other than a Person whose stock is traded on a national trading
exchange) in whom such Person holds a voting equity or ownership interest and
whose financial results would not be consolidated under Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles with the financial results of such Person on the
consolidated financial statements of such Person.
Unencumbered Interest Coverage Ratio shall mean the ratio of (a) the Net
Operating Income for Property for the immediately preceding four (4) calendar
quarters, that is not subject to any Lien as of the last day of the preceding
calendar quarter to (b) the Unsecured Interest Expense for the period used to
calculate Net Operating Income. With regard to any such Property that has not
been owned by Borrower for the immediately preceding four (4) calendar quarters,
the Net Operating Income from such Property shall be annualized based upon the
period of Borrower's ownership.
Unhedged Variable Rate Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio shall mean the ratio
(expressed as a percentage) of (a) Indebtedness of the Borrower with the
non-default interest rate at other than a fixed rate of interest for the term of
the Indebtedness, that is not subject to an interest rate protection agreement
in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, to (b) Total Asset Value.
Unsecured Debt shall mean all Indebtedness other than Secured Debt.
Unsecured Interest Expense shall mean the Borrower's Interest Expense on
all of the Borrower's Unsecured Debt.
Unit Capital Expenditure shall mean, on an annual basis, an amount equal to
(a) for use in the Fixed Charged Coverage Ratio, the sum of (i) the daily
average aggregate number of gross square feet contained in each completed,
operating office building owned by Borrower or its Subsidiary during the
immediately preceding four (4) calendar quarters, multiplied by $1.00, plus (ii)
the daily average aggregate number of gross square feet contained in each
completed, operating Industrial Building owned by Borrower or its Subsidiary
during the immediately preceding four (4) calendar quarters, multiplied by
$0.25; and (b) for use in defining Value, the sum of (i) the aggregate number of
gross square feet contained in each completed, operating office building owned
by Borrower or its Subsidiary as of the last day of the immediately preceding
calendar quarter, multiplied by $1.00, plus (ii) the aggregate number of gross
square feet contained in each completed, operating Industrial Building owned by
Borrower or its Subsidiary as of the last day of the immediately preceding
calendar quarter, multiplied by $0.25.
Value shall mean the sum of (a) for Property that has reached the
Stabilization Date and that Borrower or its Subsidiary has owned for the full
preceding six (6) calendar months, the result of dividing (i) the aggregate Net
Operating Income of the subject Property based on the immediately preceding six
(6) calendar months and multiplied by two (2), less the aggregate Unit Capital
Expenditure for such Property, by (ii) nine and one-fourth percent (9.25%); plus
(b) for Property that has been constructed but that has not reached the
Stabilization Date or that has not been owned by Borrower or its Subsidiary for
the full preceding six (6) calendar months, the aggregate Historical Value of
the subject Property.
Withholding Certificate shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
3.9(e).
The following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in
the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in force in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania on the date hereof:
accessions, continuation statement, fixtures, general intangibles,
proceeds, security interest and security agreement.
2. The Loans.
2.1 Advances. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
each Lender severally agrees to make Loans (other than Swing Loans) prior to the
Maturity Date to the Borrower not to exceed an amount at any one time
outstanding equal to such Lender's Lender Commitment, provided that at no time
shall any Lender's Revolving Credit Exposure exceed its Lender Commitment. At no
time shall the sum of the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures plus any
outstanding Swing Loans exceed the Total Commitment. Each such request for a
Loan by Borrower shall be deemed a request for a Loan from each Lender equal to
such Lender's Percentage of the aggregate amount so requested, and such
aggregate amount shall be in an amount at least equal to $1,000,000.00 and equal
to a multiple of $250,000.00, or the difference between the Total Commitment and
the sum of the outstanding Swing Loans plus the aggregate Revolving Credit
Exposures, whichever is less. Each repayment of the Loans shall be deemed a
repayment of each Lender's Loan equal to such Lender's Percentage of the amount
so repaid. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint,
and the preceding two sentences will give rise to certain inappropriate results
if special provisions are not made to accommodate the failure of a Lender to
fund a Loan as and when required by this Agreement; therefore, notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, (A) no Lender shall be required to make Loans
at any one time outstanding in excess of such Lender's Percentage of the Total
Commitment and (B) if a Lender fails to make a Loan as and when required
hereunder (each such Lender, until such failure shall be corrected, shall be
called a "Defaulting Lender") and Borrower subsequently makes a repayment on the
Loans, such repayment shall be divided among the non-defaulting Lenders ratably
in accordance with their respective Percentages until each Lender has its
Percentage of all of the outstanding Loans, and the balance of such repayment
shall be divided among all of the Lenders in accordance with their respective
Percentages. The Loans (other than the Swing Loans) shall be evidenced by the
Notes substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto.
(b) The Borrower shall give the Agent notice of each borrowing to be made
hereunder as provided in Section 3.1 hereof, and the Agent shall deliver same to
each Lender promptly thereafter. Not later than 12:00 noon, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania time, on the date specified for each such borrowing hereunder of a
Loan other than a Swing Loan, each Lender shall make available the amount of the
Loan, if any, to be made by it on such date to the Agent at the Agent's
principal office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in immediately available funds,
for the account of the Borrower. Such amounts received by the Agent will be held
in Agent's general ledger account. The amounts so received by the Agent shall,
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, be made available to the
Borrower by wiring or otherwise transferring, in immediately available funds not
later than 2:00 P.M., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time, such amount to an account
designated by the Borrower and maintained with PNC in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
or any other account or accounts which the Borrower may from time to time
designate to the Agent by a written notice as the account or accounts to which
borrowings hereunder are to be wired or otherwise transferred. PNC shall make
available the amount of each Swing Loan by depositing the same in immediately
available funds in the foregoing account by 3:00 p.m., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
time, on the date of the borrowing.
(c) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, if necessary to meet the
Borrower's funding deadlines, PNC agrees to make Swing Loans to the Borrower at
any time on or prior to the Maturity Date, not to exceed an amount at any one
time outstanding equal to the lesser of (i) $20,000,000.00, or (ii) the
difference between the Total Commitment and the aggregate Revolving Credit
Exposures. Swing Loans shall constitute "Loans" for all purposes hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate amount of all Loans (including,
without limitation, all Swing Loans) shall not at any time exceed the difference
between the Total Commitment and the LC Exposure. Each request for a Swing Loan
shall be in an amount at least equal to $1,000,000.00 and equal to a multiple of
$100,000.00. If necessary to meet the Borrower's funding deadlines, the Agent
may treat any Request for Loan as a request for a Swing Loan from PNC and PNC
may fund it as a Swing Loan. Within two (2) Business Days after each Swing Loan
is funded, PNC shall request that each Lender, and each Lender shall, on the
third Business Day after such request is made, purchase a portion of any one or
more Swing Loans in an amount equal to that Lender's Percentage of such Swing
Loans by funding under such Lender's Note, such purchase to be made in
accordance with the terms of Section 2.1(b) just as if the Lender were funding
directly to the Borrower under its Note (such that all Lenders other than PNC
shall fund only under their respective Note and not under the Swing Loan Note).
Unless the Agent knew when PNC funded a Swing Loan that the Borrower had not
satisfied the conditions in this Agreement to obtain a Loan, each Lender's
obligation to purchase an interest in the Swing Loans shall be absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including, without
limitation, (i) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right
which such Lender or any other Person may have against PNC or any other Person
for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or
Event of Default or the termination of any Lender Commitment; (iii) any adverse
change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries; (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Credit Documents by
the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, the Agent or any other Lender; or (v) any
other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any
of the foregoing. Any portion of a Swing Loan not so purchased and converted may
be treated by PNC as a Loan which was not funded by the non-purchasing Lenders
as contemplated in Section 2.1(a), and as a funding by PNC under the Total
Commitment in excess of PNC's Percentage. Each Swing Loan, once so sold, shall
cease to be a Swing Loan for the purposes of this Agreement, but shall be a Loan
made under the Total Commitment and each Lender's Lender Commitment. If for any
reason any Lender fails or is otherwise unable to make payment to the Agent of
any amount due under this Section 2.1(c), such Lender shall be deemed, at the
option of the Agent, to have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from PNC,
without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in the
applicable Swing Loan in the amount of such payment not made by such Lender and
such interest and participation may be recovered from such Lender together with
interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for each day during the
period commencing on the date of demand and ending on the date such amount is
received. The Swing Loans shall be evidenced by the Swing Loan Note
substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 attached hereto.
2.2 Payments. (a) Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, all
payments of principal, interest and other amounts to be made by the Borrower
hereunder, under the Notes and under the other Credit Documents shall be made in
immediately available funds to the Agent, for the account of the Lenders, at its
principal office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (or in the case of a successor
Agent, at the principal office of such successor Agent in the United States),
not later than 12:00 noon Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time on the date on which
such payment shall become due (each such payment made after such time on such
due date to be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day)
which date, if not earlier, shall be the Maturity Date.
(b) The Borrower may, at the time of making each payment hereunder, under
any Note or under any other Credit Document, specify to the Agent the Loans or
other amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder or thereunder to which such
payment is to be applied, which must be pro rata on the basis of each Lender's
Percentage (and in the event that it fails so to specify, such payment shall be
applied to the Loans (first to Swing Loans) or, if no Loans are outstanding, to
other amounts then due and payable, provided that if no Loans or other amounts
are then due and payable, the Agent may apply such payment to the Obligations in
such order as it may elect in its sole discretion, but subject to the other
terms and conditions of this Agreement, including without limitation Section 2.3
hereof). If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all
payments received under the Credit Documents by the Agent shall be applied in
accordance with Section 7.3. Each payment received by the Agent hereunder, under
any Note or under any other Credit Document for the account of a Lender shall be
paid promptly to such Lender, in immediately available funds. If the Agent
receives a payment for the account of a Lender prior to 12:00 noon Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania time, such payment must be delivered to the Lender on that same day
and if it is not so delivered due to the fault of the Agent, the Agent shall pay
to the Lender entitled to the payment interest at the Federal Funds Effective
Rate on the amount of the payment from the date the Agent receives the payment
to the date the Lender received the payment. The Agent may apply payments
received from the Borrower to pay any unpaid principal and interest on the Swing
Loans before making payment to each Lender of the amounts due under the Notes
other than the Swing Loan Note. Loans may be prepaid only if the accompanying
Funding Loss, if any, is also paid.
(c) If the due date of any payment hereunder or under any Note falls on a
day which is not a Business Day or a Eurodollar Business Day, as the case may
be, the due date for such payments shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day or Eurodollar Business Day, respectively, and interest shall be
payable for any principal so extended for the period of such extension;
provided, however, that with respect to Eurodollar Rate Borrowings if such
extension would cause the Eurodollar Business Day of payment to fall in another
calendar month, the payment shall be due on the Eurodollar Business Day next
preceding the due date of the payment.
(d) The Borrower shall give the Agent written notice by at least 11 A.M.,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time on the prior Business Day of the Borrower's intent
to make any payment of principal or interest under the Credit Documents not
scheduled to be paid under the Credit Documents. Any such notification of
payment shall be irrevocable after it is made by the Borrower. Upon receipt by
the Agent of such notification of payment, it shall deliver same to the other
Lenders.
2.3 Pro Rata Treatment. Except to the extent otherwise provided herein: (a)
each borrowing from the Lenders under Section 2.1(a) hereof shall be made
ratably from the Lenders on the basis of their respective Percentages; (b) each
payment of the Commitment Fee, the Letter of Credit Fee and the Extension Fee,
shall be made for the account of the Lenders, and shall be applied, pro rata,
according to the Lenders' respective Lender Commitments; and (c) each payment by
the Borrower of principal or interest on the Loans other than the Swing Loans,
of any other sums advanced by the Lenders pursuant to the Credit Documents, and
of any other amount owed to the Lenders, other than the Fronting Fee and other
standard administrative fees payable to the Issuing Bank pursuant to Section
2.6(b), other fees payable pursuant to Section 2.6(d) and (e), payments of Swing
Loans, or any other sums designated by this Agreement as being owed to a
particular Lender, shall be made to the Agent for the account of the Lenders pro
rata in accordance with the respective unpaid principal amounts of the Loans
(other than Swing Loans) held by the Lenders. Payments with respect to Swing
Loans shall be for PNC's own account.
2.4 Non-Receipt of Funds by the Agent. Unless the Agent shall have been
notified by a Lender or the Borrower (the "Payor") prior to the date on which
such Lender is to make payment to the Agent of the proceeds of a Loan (or
purchase of a portion of a Swing Loan) to be made by it hereunder or the
Borrower is to make a payment to the Agent for the account of one or more of the
Lenders, as the case may be (such payment being herein called the "Required
Payment"), which notice shall be effective upon receipt, that the Payor does not
intend to make the Required Payment to the Agent, the Agent may assume that the
Required Payment has been made and may, in reliance upon such assumption (but
shall not be required to), make the amount thereof available to the intended
recipient on such date and, if the Payor has not in fact made the Required
Payment to the Agent, the recipient of such payment shall, on demand, pay to the
Agent the amount made available by the Agent together with interest thereon in
respect of the period commencing on the date such amount was so made available
by the Agent until the date the Agent recovers such amount at a rate per annum
equal to (a) the Past Due Rate for such period if the recipient returning a
Required Payment is the Borrower, or (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate for
such period if the recipient returning a Required Payment is the Agent or a
Lender.
2.5 Sharing of Payments, Etc. The Borrower agrees that, in addition to (and
without limitation of) any right of set-off, bankers' lien or counterclaim a
Lender may otherwise have, each Lender shall be entitled, at its option, to
offset balances held by it for the account of the Borrower at any of its
offices, against any principal of or interest on any of such Lender's Loans to
the Borrower hereunder, or other Obligations of the Borrower hereunder, which is
not paid (regardless of whether such balances are then due to the Borrower), in
which case it shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Agent thereof, provided
that such Lender's failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity
thereof. If a Lender shall obtain payment of any principal of or interest on any
Loan made by it under this Agreement (other than Swing Loans made by PNC) or
other Obligation then due to such Lender hereunder, through the exercise of any
right of set-off, banker's lien, counterclaim or similar right, or otherwise, it
shall promptly purchase from the other Lenders portions of the Loans made or
other Obligations held (other than Swing Loans made by PNC) by the other Lenders
in such amounts, and make such other adjustments from time to time as shall be
equitable to the end that all the Lenders shall share the benefit of such
payment (net of any expenses which may be incurred by such Lender in obtaining
or preserving such benefit) pro rata in accordance with the unpaid principal and
interest on the Obligations then due to each of them. To such end all the
Lenders shall make appropriate adjustments among themselves (by the resale of
participations sold or otherwise) if such payment is rescinded or must otherwise
be restored. Nothing contained herein shall require any Lender to exercise any
such right or shall affect the right of any Lender to exercise, and retain the
benefits of exercising, any such right with respect to any other indebtedness or
obligation of the Borrower.
2.6 Fees. (a) The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of each
Lender fees (the "Commitment Fee") equal to an amount payable as a commitment
fee by the Borrower to the Agent for the account of each Lender equal to the
portion of the daily unused amount of the Total Commitment (Swing Loans shall be
deemed a utilization of the Total Commitment for the purposes of this Section
2.6(a)) multiplied by the rate per annum corresponding to (i) the Total
Liabilities to Total Asset Value Ratio reflected in Table 1 on Schedule I
attached hereto (as determined as of the last day of each of the Borrower's
fiscal quarters) whenever and for so long as the Operating Partnership has not
received an S&P Rating and a Moody's Rating; and (ii) the S&P Rating or Moody's
Rating, whichever is lower, reflected in Table 2 on Schedule I attached hereto,
as same is in effect from time to time, whenever and for so long as the
Operating Partnership has received an S&P Rating and a Moody's Rating; such
Commitment Fee to be payable in arrears on or before the tenth (10th) day of
each April, July, October and January. The Commitment Fee shall not be
refundable. Any portion of the Commitment Fee which is not paid by the Borrower
when due shall bear interest at the Past Due Rate from the date due until the
date paid by the Borrower. The Commitment Fee shall be calculated on the actual
number of days elapsed in a year deemed to consist of 360 days. Any change in
the Commitment Fee determined pursuant to (i) above shall be effective on the
first day of the calendar quarter following the last calendar quarter covered by
the applicable Officer's Certificate and any change in the Commitment Fee
determined pursuant to (ii) above shall be effective on the date of the
applicable rating change.
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Agent for the account of each
Lender a participation fee (the "Letter of Credit Fee") with respect to its
participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the Applicable Margin
provided for Eurodollar Rate Borrowings on the average daily amount of such
Lender's LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed
LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the date of this
Agreement to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender's Lender
Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC
Exposure, and (ii) to the Issuing Bank a fronting fee (the "Fronting Fee"), in
the amount of 0.125% of the face amount of each Letter of Credit, as well as the
Issuing Bank's standard administrative fees with respect to the issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of
drawings thereunder. Letter of Credit Fees and Fronting Fees accrued through and
including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall
be payable on the third Business Day following such last day, commencing on the
first such date to occur after the date of this Agreement; provided that all
such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Total Commitment terminates
and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Total Commitment
terminates shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to the Issuing
Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within ten (10) days after
demand. All Letter of Credit Fees and Fronting Fees shall be computed on the
basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days
elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(c) If the Maturity Date is extended pursuant to Section 2.9 of this
Agreement, an extension fee ("Extension Fee") shall be due and payable to the
Agent as provided in Section 2.9(a) or (b), as applicable, for the ratable
benefit of each Lender, other than a Rejecting Lender, equal to 0.200% of each
Lender's Lender Commitment at that time.
(d) The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of the Lenders
certain fees pursuant to the Fee Letter. The Agent shall pay to the Lenders
shares of such fees in accordance with their separate agreements.
(e) The Borrower shall also pay to the Agent, for the Agent's own account,
an Agent's fee pursuant to the Fee Letter.
2.7 Commitment Increase. So long as the Borrower is not then in Default,
the Borrower may on one (1) occasion prior to the date two (2) years after the
date of this Agreement, request that the Total Commitment be increased, so long
as the Total Commitment does not exceed $200,000,000.00 (the "Maximum
Commitment"). If the Borrower requests that the Total Commitment be increased,
the Agent and the Borrower will cooperate with each other to obtain increased or
additional commitments up to the Maximum Commitment, and to do so may obtain
additional lenders subject to their mutual approval, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed, and without the necessity of approval from any
of the Lenders, as long as such additional lenders constitute Eligible
Institutions. The Borrower and each other Obligor shall execute an amendment to
this Agreement, additional Notes and other documents as the Agent may reasonably
require to evidence the increase of the Total Commitment, and the admission of
additional Eligible Institutions as Lenders, if necessary.
2.8 Letters of Credit. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit for its own
account (or for the account of any Subsidiary, and in such event the Borrower
shall be obligated under this Agreement and under such Letter of Credit as if
the Borrower were the named account party and such Letter of Credit shall create
LC Exposure), in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agent and the Issuing Bank,
at any time and from time to time prior to the Maturity Date (subject to Section
2.8(c)). In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of
this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit
application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by
the Borrower with, the Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms
and conditions of this Agreement shall control.
(b) To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment,
renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall
hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if
arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Bank) to the Issuing
Bank and the Agent (reasonably, but in no event less than five (5) Business
Days, in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or
identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and
specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be
a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which
shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of
Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other
information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter
of Credit. If requested by the Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a
letter of credit application on the Issuing Bank's standard form in connection
with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued,
amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and
warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed $15,000,000, (ii) the total
Revolving Credit Exposures plus the sum of the outstanding Swing Loans shall not
exceed the Total Commitment, and (iii) no more than fifteen (15) Letters of
Credit shall be issued and outstanding at any one time. Upon request, copies of
all Letters of Credit, and amendments, extensions and cancellations related
thereto, must be delivered to the Agent and the other Lenders by the Issuing
Bank.
(c) Each Letter of Credit shall expire no later than the earlier of (i) the
close of business on the date which is twelve (12) months following the date of
issuance of such Letter of Credit or (ii) the close of business on the date that
is thirty (30) days prior to the Maturity Date.
(d) By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of
Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part
of the Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the Issuing Bank hereby grants to each
Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Bank, a participation
in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender's Percentage of the aggregate
amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and
in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and
unconditionally agrees to pay to the Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank,
such Lender's Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and
not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of
this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the
Borrower for any reason. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation
to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of
Credit and to fund its Lender's Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the
Issuing Bank is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance whatsoever, including, without limitation, any amendment, renewal
or extension of any Letter of Credit, the occurrence and continuance of a
Default, the reduction or termination of the Total Commitment or the
commencement of a proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law
with respect to Borrower, and that each such payment shall be made without any
offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(e) If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a
Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to
the Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time, on the Business Day that such LC Disbursement is
made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior
to 10:00 a.m., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time, on such date, or, if such notice
has not been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not
later than 12:00 noon, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time, on the Business Day
immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice; provided
that the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein,
request in accordance with Section 2.1 that such payment be financed with a Base
Rate Borrowing in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the
Borrower's obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by
the resulting Base Rate Borrowing. If the Borrower fails to make such payment
when due, the Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement,
the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender's
Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Lender shall
pay to the Agent its Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in
the same manner as provided in Section 2.2 with respect to Loans made by such
Lender (and Section 2.2 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment
obligations of the Lenders), and the Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing
Bank the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt
by the Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the
Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank or, to the extent that
Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing
Bank, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear.
Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing
Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of Base Rate Borrowings as
contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the
Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
(f) The Borrower's obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in
paragraph (e) of this Section 2.8 shall be absolute, unconditional and
irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this
Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document
presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid
in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any
respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against
presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of
such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the
provisions of this Section 2.8, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or
provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower's obligations hereunder. Neither
the Agent, the Lenders nor the Issuing Bank, nor any of their Affiliates, shall
have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the
issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make
any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in
the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in
transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or
relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a
drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any
consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Bank; provided
that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from
liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to
consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the
Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower
that are caused by the Issuing Bank's failure to exercise care when determining
whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply
with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence
of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Bank, the
Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination.
In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the
parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their
face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the
Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon
such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of
any information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such
documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such
Letter of Credit.
(g) The Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine
all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of
Credit. The Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Agent and the Borrower by
telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether the
Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that
any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the
Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank and the Lenders with
respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(h) If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the
Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC
Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each
day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding
the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per
annum then applicable to Base Rate Borrowings; provided that, if the Borrower
fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of
this Section, then the LC Disbursement shall bear interest, for each day from
and including the date such LC Disbursement was due to, but excluding, the date
that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement at the Past Due Rate. Interest
accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Bank,
except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender
pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 2.8 to reimburse the Issuing Bank
shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.
(i) The Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among
the Borrower, the Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing
Bank. The Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of the Issuing
Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower
shall pay all unpaid Fronting Fees accrued for the account of the replaced
Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.6. From and after the effective date of any
such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and
obligations of the Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of
Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term "Issuing
Bank" shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing
Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall
require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced
Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the
rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to
Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be
required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
(j) If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business
Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Agent demanding the deposit of
cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall deposit in an
account with the Agent, in the name of the Agent and for the benefit of the
Lenders, an amount in cash equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any
accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit
such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall
become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind,
upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower
described in Section 7.1(g) or (h). Such deposit shall be held by the Agent as
collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower
under this Agreement. The Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control,
including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any
interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be
made at the option and sole discretion of the Agent and at the Borrower's risk
and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any,
on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account
shall be applied by the Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements
for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be
held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for
the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been
accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC Exposure representing
greater than 51% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other
obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the Borrower is required to
provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of
an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall
be returned to the Borrower within three (3) Business Days after all Events of
Default have been cured or waived.
2.9 Extension. (a) Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions listed in
Section 2.9(c), the Borrower may request that the Agent and the Lenders extend
the initial Maturity Date for an additional one (1) year period by executing and
delivering to the Agent at least sixty (60) days but no more than one hundred
twenty (120) days prior to the initial Maturity Date, a written request in the
form of Exhibit E (an "Extension Request"), with the joinder in the Extension
Request of each Guarantor. The Agent shall forward to each Lender a copy of the
Extension Request delivered to the Agent promptly after receipt thereof. The
Borrower understands that this Section has been included in this Agreement for
the Borrower's convenience in requesting an extension of the Maturity Date and
the Borrower acknowledges that none of the Lenders nor the Agent has promised
(either expressly or impliedly), nor has any obligation or commitment
whatsoever, to extend the Maturity Date. If all of the Lenders shall have
notified the Agent in writing on or prior to the date which is thirty (30) days
prior to the initial Maturity Date that they accept such Extension Request, then
the Maturity Date shall be extended to the date one (1) year following the
initial Maturity Date. If any Lender shall not have notified the Agent on or
prior to the date which is thirty (30) days prior to the initial Maturity Date
that it accepts such Extension Request, then the Maturity Date shall not be
extended. The Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower whether the Extension
Request has been accepted or rejected, and if rejected, the Agent shall also
give the Borrower notice of which Lenders rejected such Extension Request (each
such Lender, a "Rejecting Lender'). If accepted, within five (5) Business Days
after Borrower's receipt of notification thereof, Borrower shall pay the
Extension Fee to the Agent.
(b) Notwithstanding the preceding subsection (a), after notification from
the Agent to the Borrower that an Extension Request has been rejected, the
Maturity Date shall be extended as requested in such Extension Request if (i)
the Majority Lenders consented to such Extension Request, (ii) no later than
twenty (20) days prior to the initial Maturity Date, the Borrower shall have
given written notice to the Agent and each Lender that the Borrower desires the
Maturity Date to be so extended notwithstanding such rejection, (iii) the
Borrower shall have, no later than five (5) days prior to the initial Maturity
Date (x) caused each Rejecting Lender to have assigned its respective Lender
Commitment to an existing or new Lender subject to and in accordance with the
provisions of Section 9.5(b) for a purchase price equal to the aggregate
principal balance of Loans then owing to such Rejecting Lender plus any accrued
but unpaid interest thereon and accrued but unpaid fees owing to such Rejecting
Lender, and (y) to the extent the Lender Commitment of any Rejecting Lender is
not so assigned by such date, paid to such Rejecting Lender the aggregate
principal balance of Loans then owing to such Rejecting Lender plus any accrued
but unpaid interest thereon and accrued but unpaid fees owing to such Rejecting
Lender, whereupon such Rejecting Lender's Lender Commitment shall terminate, and
such Rejecting Lender shall no longer be a party hereto or have any rights or
obligations hereunder or under any of the other Credit Documents, and (iv) on or
before the initial Maturity Date, the Borrower shall pay the Extension Fee to
the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders participating in the extension
to the extent of their Lender Commitments. In addition, in connection with any
such assignment by a Rejecting Lender or any such payment to a Rejecting Lender,
the Borrower shall pay the amounts, if any, due such Rejecting Lender under
Section 3.5(d). If the Borrower desires to cause any Rejecting Lender to assign
its Lender Commitment to an existing or new Lender pursuant to this subsection,
the Borrower shall so notify such Rejecting Lender, the Agent and the other
Lenders in writing no later than the date twenty (20) days prior to the initial
Maturity Date. A Rejecting Lender shall be obligated to assign its Lender
Commitment pursuant to this subsection if requested to do so by the Borrower
subject to Borrower's compliance with the provisions of this subsection. Each
Lender that is not a Rejecting Lender shall have the right (but not the
obligation) to acquire such Rejecting Lender's Lender Commitment and shall
exercise such right by giving written notice thereof to the Agent no later than
five (5) days following receipt of the Borrower's notice. Any Lender who has
failed to so notify the Agent and the Borrower within such five (5) day period
shall be deemed to have declined to exercise such right. If more than one Lender
exercises its right to acquire a Rejecting Lender's Lender Commitment, each such
Lender shall acquire an amount of such Rejecting Lender's Lender Commitment in
proportion to the Lender Commitments of the Lenders exercising such right. After
the expiration of such five (5) day period, the Borrower shall have the right to
attempt to cause one or more new or existing Lenders to accept an assignment of
a Rejecting Lender's Lender Commitment in accordance with, and subject to, the
provisions of Section 9.5(b) hereof. Neither the Agent nor any Lender shall have
any obligation to assist the Borrower in finding any such Lender. If the
Majority Lenders do not consent to the Extension Request or if the Borrower
fails to comply with any provision of this subsection, or with any of the
conditions listed in Section 2.9(c), the Maturity Date shall not be extended.
(c) The extension of the Maturity Date under Section 2.9(a) or (b), of this
Agreement shall be conditioned upon, among other things, the following terms and
conditions (which conditions shall be in addition to those required by Section
2.6, Section 3, and Section 2.9(a) or Section 2.9(b), as applicable, of this
Agreement):
(i) Execution by the Borrower of a renewal and extension agreement for
each Note in Proper Form;
(ii) No Default or Event of Default must be in existence on the date
of the Extension Request or on the original Maturity Date;
(iii) Payment of the Extension Fee as set forth in Section 2.6(c);
(iv) Delivery of an updated Officer's Certificate with the Extension
Request based upon the financial data for the most recent calendar
quarter for which an Officer's Certificate has been delivered by
Borrower to Agent, but reflecting any changes in Indebtedness since
the date of such Officer's Certificate;
(v) The written approval of the Extension Request by all of the
Lenders, or, to the extent that Borrower complies with the
requirements of Section 2.9(b), the Majority Lenders; and
(vi) Such other documents, instruments and other items as Agent or any
Lender shall reasonably require to document the extension.
3. Conditions.
3.1 All Loans. The obligation of any Lender to make any Loan, or to issue,
renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the accuracy of all
representations and warranties of the Borrower on the date of such Loan, to the
performance by the Borrower of its obligations under the Credit Documents and to
the satisfaction of the following further conditions: (a) the Agent shall have
received the following, all of which shall be duly executed and in Proper Form:
(1) a Request for Loan (i) by 11:00 a.m., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time, one (1)
Business Day before the date (which shall also be a Business Day) of the
proposed Loan which is to be a Base Rate Borrowing (other than Swing Loans and
Base Rate Borrowings to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as
contemplated by Section 2.8(e) hereof), (ii) by 12:00 noon, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, time, on the same Business Day of any proposed Swing Loan or Base
Rate Borrowings to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as
contemplated by Section 2.8(e) hereof, or (iii) by the Rate Designation Date of
the proposed Loan which is to be a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing; and (2) such other
documents as the Agent may reasonably require to satisfy itself or the request
of any Lender; (b) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing; (c) the making of the Loan shall not be prohibited by any Legal
Requirement; (d) the Borrower shall have paid all legal fees and expenses of the
type described in Section 5.10 hereof through the date of such Loan; and (e) in
the case of a Loan other than a Swing Loan, all Swing Loans then outstanding
shall have been paid or shall be paid with the proceeds of such Loan.
3.2 First Loan. In addition to the matters described in Section 3.1 hereof,
the obligation of the Lenders to make the first Loan under this Agreement is
subject to the receipt by the Lenders of each of the following, in Proper Form:
(a) the Notes, executed by the Borrower; (b) a certificate executed by the
Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each Obligor dated as of the date hereof as
to the resolutions of such Person authorizing the execution of the Credit
Documents and as to the incumbency of the officers of such Person; (c) a
certificate from the Secretary of State or other appropriate public official of
the state of organization of each Obligor as to the continued existence and good
standing of such Obligor; (d) a certificate from the appropriate public official
of every state where the location of the Obligor's Property requires it to be
qualified to do business as to the due qualification and good standing of such
Obligor; (e) a legal opinion from independent counsel for the Obligors as to the
matters set forth on Exhibit D acceptable to the Lenders; (f) an Officer's
Certificate in the form of Exhibit A; and (g) the termination of the Credit
Agreement dated January 13, 1999, between the Borrower and Chase Bank of Texas,
National Association and certain other Lenders; and to the further condition
that, at the time of the initial Loan, all legal matters incident to the
transactions herein contemplated shall be satisfactory to Marcus & Shapira LLP,
counsel for the Agent.
3.3 Options Available. The outstanding principal balance of the Notes shall
bear interest at the Base Rate; provided, that (a) all past due amounts, both
principal and accrued interest, shall bear interest at the Past Due Rate, (b)
the outstanding balance of the Swing Loan Note shall bear interest at the Base
Rate less one and one-half percent (1.5%), and (c) subject to the provisions
hereof, Borrower shall have the option of having all or any portion of the
principal balance of the Notes, other than the Swing Loan Note, from time to
time outstanding bear interest at a Eurodollar Rate. The records of the Lenders
with respect to Interest Options, Interest Periods and the amounts of Loans to
which they are applicable shall be prima facie evidence thereof. Interest on the
Loans shall be calculated at the Base Rate except where it is expressly provided
pursuant to this Agreement that a Eurodollar Rate is to apply.
3.4 Designation and Conversion. Borrower shall have the right to designate
or convert its Interest Options in accordance with the provisions hereof.
Provided no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and subject to the
provisions of Section 3.5, Borrower may elect to have a Eurodollar Rate apply or
continue to apply to all or any portion of the principal balance of the Notes,
other than the Swing Loan Note. Each change in Interest Options shall be a
conversion of the rate of interest applicable to the specified portion of the
Loans, but such conversion shall not change the respective outstanding principal
balance of the Notes. The Interest Options shall be designated or converted in
the manner provided below:
(a) Borrower shall give Agent a Request for Loan. Each such written notice
shall specify the amount of Loan which is the subject of the designation, if
any; the amount of borrowings into which such borrowings are to be converted or
for which an Interest Option is designated; the proposed date for the
designation or conversion and the Interest Period, if any, selected by Borrower.
The Request for Loan shall be irrevocable and shall be given to Agent no later
than the applicable Rate Designation Date. The Agent shall promptly deliver the
Request for Loan to the Lenders.
(b) No more than five (5) Eurodollar Rate Borrowings with five (5) Interest
Periods shall be in effect at any time.
(c) Each designation or conversion of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing shall
occur on a Eurodollar Business Day.
(d) Except as provided in Section 3.5 hereof, no Eurodollar Rate Borrowing
shall be converted on any day other than the last day of the applicable Interest
Period.
(e) Unless a Request for Loan to the contrary is received as provided in
this Agreement, each Eurodollar Rate Borrowing will convert to a Base Rate
Borrowing after the expiration of the Interest Period.
(f) To the extent that any Default shall have occurred and shall continue
to exist, Borrower shall not have the right to elect an Interest Period longer
than one (1) month.
3.5 Special Provisions Applicable to Eurodollar Rate Borrowings and Letters
of Credit.
(a) Options Unlawful. If the adoption of any applicable Legal Requirement
or any change in any applicable Legal Requirement or in the interpretation or
administration thereof by any Governmental Authority or compliance by the
Lenders with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law)
of any central bank or other Governmental Authority shall at any time make it
unlawful or impossible for any Lender to permit the establishment of or to
maintain any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, or to issue or participate in Letters of
Credit, the commitment of the Lenders to establish or maintain such Eurodollar
Rate Borrowing, or to issue or participate in Letters of Credit, shall forthwith
be suspended until such condition shall cease to exist and Borrower shall
forthwith, upon demand by Agent to Borrower, (1) convert the Eurodollar Rate
Borrowing with respect to which such demand was made to a Base Rate Borrowing;
(2) pay all accrued and unpaid interest to date on the amount so converted; and
(3) pay any amounts required to compensate the Lenders for any additional cost
or expense which the Lenders may incur as a result of such adoption of or change
in such Legal Requirement or in the interpretation or administration thereof and
any Funding Loss which the Lenders may incur as a result of such conversion. If,
when Agent so notifies Borrower, Borrower has given a Request for Loan
specifying a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing but the selected Interest Period has not
yet begun, such Request for Loan shall be deemed to be of no force and effect,
as if never made, and the balance of the Loans specified in such Request for
Loan shall bear interest at the Base Rate until a different available Interest
Option shall be designated in accordance herewith.
(b) Increased Cost of Borrowings. If the adoption of any applicable Legal
Requirement or any change in any applicable Legal Requirement or in the
interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority or
compliance by any Lender with any request or directive of general applicability
(whether or not having the force of law) of any central bank or Governmental
Authority shall at any time as a result of any portion of the principal balance
of the Notes being maintained on the basis of a Eurodollar Rate; or as a result
of any Lender issuing or participating in any Letter of Credit:
(1) subject any Lender or the Issuing Bank (or make it apparent that any
Lender or the Issuing Bank is subject) to any Taxes, or any deduction
or withholding for any Taxes, on or from any payment due under any
Eurodollar Rate Borrowing or other amount due hereunder, other than
income and franchise taxes of the United States and its political
subdivisions; or
(2) change the basis of taxation of payments due from Borrower to any
Lender under any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing or the Issuing Bank
(otherwise than by a change in the rate of taxation of the overall net
income of a Lender or the Issuing Bank); or
(3) impose, modify, increase or deem applicable any reserve requirement
(excluding that portion of any reserve requirement included in the
calculation of the applicable Eurodollar Rate), special deposit
requirement or similar requirement (including, but not limited to,
state law requirements and Regulation D) imposed, modified, increased
or deemed applicable by any Governmental Authority against assets held
by any Lender or the Issuing Bank, or against deposits or accounts in
or for the account of any Lender or the Issuing Bank, or against loans
made by any Lender, or against any other funds, obligations or other
property owned or held by any Lender or the Issuing Bank; or
(4) impose on any Lender or the Issuing Bank any other condition regarding
any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, or any Letter of Credit;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to any Lender of
agreeing to make or of making, renewing or maintaining such Eurodollar Rate
Borrowing, or issuing, participating in or monitoring such Letter of Credit, or
reduce the amount of any sum received by any Lender or the Issuing Bank, then,
upon demand by Agent, Borrower shall pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank,
from time to time as specified by such Lender or the Issuing Bank, additional
amounts which shall compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank for such
increased cost or reduced amount. Agent will promptly notify Borrower in writing
of any event which will entitle any Lender or the Issuing Bank to additional
amounts pursuant to this paragraph. A Lender's or the Issuing Bank's
determination of the amount of any such increased cost, increased reserve
requirement or reduced amount shall be prima facie evidence thereof. Borrower
shall have the right, if it receives from Agent any notice referred to in this
paragraph, upon three Business Days' notice to Agent, either (i) to repay in
full (but not in part) any borrowing with respect to which such notice was
given, together with any accrued interest thereon, or (ii) to convert the
Eurodollar Rate Borrowing which is the subject of the notice to a Base Rate
Borrowing; provided, that any such repayment or conversion shall be accompanied
by payment of (x) the amount required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Bank
for the increased cost or reduced amount referred to in the preceding paragraph;
(y) all accrued and unpaid interest to date on the amount so repaid or
converted, and (z) any Funding Loss which any Lender may incur as a result of
such repayment or conversion.
(c) Inadequacy of Pricing, and Rate Determination. If for any reason with
respect to any Interest Period Agent shall have determined (which determination
shall be prima facie evidence thereof) that:
(1) Agent is unable through its customary general practices to determine
any applicable Eurodollar Rate, or
(2) by reason of circumstances affecting the applicable market generally,
Agent is not being offered deposits in United States dollars in such
market, for the applicable Interest Period and in an amount equal to
the amount of any applicable Eurodollar Rate Borrowing requested by
Borrower, or
(3) any applicable Eurodollar Rate will not adequately and fairly reflect
the cost to the Lenders of making and maintaining such Eurodollar Rate
Borrowing hereunder for any proposed Interest Period,
then Agent shall give Borrower notice thereof and thereupon, (A) any Request for
Loan previously given by Borrower designating the applicable Eurodollar Rate
Borrowing which has not commenced as of the date of such notice from Agent shall
be deemed for all purposes hereof to be of no force and effect, as if never
given, and (B) until Agent shall notify Borrower that the circumstances giving
rise to such notice from Agent no longer exist, each Request for Loan requesting
the applicable Eurodollar Rate shall be deemed a request for a Base Rate
Borrowing, and any applicable Eurodollar Rate Borrowing then outstanding shall
be converted, without any notice to or from Borrower, upon the termination of
the Interest Period then in effect with respect to it, to a Base Rate Borrowing.
(d) Funding Losses. Borrower shall indemnify the Agent and each Lender
against and hold the Agent and each Lender harmless from any Funding Loss. This
agreement shall survive the payment of the Notes. A certificate as to any
additional amounts payable pursuant to this subsection and setting forth the
reasons for the Funding Loss submitted by Agent to Borrower shall be prima facie
evidence thereof.
3.6 Funding Offices, Adjustments Automatic. Any Lender may, if it so
elects, fulfill its obligation as to any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing by causing a
branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan and may transfer and carry
such Loan at, to, or for the account of, any branch office or Affiliate of such
Lender; provided, that in such event for the purposes of this Agreement such
Loan shall be deemed to have been made by such Lender and the obligation of
Borrower to repay such Loan shall nevertheless be to such Lender and shall be
deemed held by it for the account of such branch or Affiliate. Without notice to
Borrower or any other person or entity, each rate required to be calculated or
determined under this Agreement shall automatically fluctuate upward and
downward in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
3.7 Funding Sources, Payment Obligations. Notwithstanding any provision of
this Agreement to the contrary, each Lender shall be entitled to fund and
maintain its funding of all or any part of the Loans in any manner it sees fit,
it being understood, however, that for the purposes of this Agreement all
determinations hereunder shall be made as if each Lender had actually funded and
maintained each Eurodollar Rate Borrowing during each Interest Period through
the purchase of deposits having a maturity corresponding to such Interest Period
and bearing an interest rate equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest
Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Funding Losses, increased costs and other
obligations relating to Eurodollar Rate Borrowings described in Section 3.5 of
this Agreement will only be paid by the Borrower as and when they are actually
incurred or as and when they would have been incurred by the Lenders.
3.8 Mitigation, Non-Discrimination. (a) Each Lender will notify the
Borrower through the Agent of any event occurring after the date of this
Agreement which will require or enable such Lender to take the actions described
in Sections 3.5(a) or (b) of this Agreement as promptly as practicable after it
obtains knowledge thereof and determines to request such action, and (if so
requested by the Borrower through the Agent) will designate a different lending
office of such Lender for the applicable Eurodollar Rate Borrowing or will take
such other action as the Borrower reasonably requests if such designation or
action is consistent with the internal policy of such Lender and legal and
regulatory restrictions, can be undertaken at no additional cost, will avoid the
need for, or reduce the amount of, such action and will not, in the sole opinion
of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender (provided that such Lender
will have no obligation to designate a different lending office which is located
in the United States of America).
(b) None of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank shall be able to pass through
to the Borrower charges and costs under Sections 3.5 or 5.14 of this Agreement
on a discriminating basis, such that such charges and costs are not also passed
through by each Lender or the Issuing Bank to other customers of such Lender or
the Issuing Bank similarly situated where such customer is subject to documents
providing for such pass through.
(c) If any Lender elects under Section 3.5 of this Agreement to suspend or
terminate the availability of Eurodollar Rate Borrowings for any material period
of time, and the event giving rise to such election is not generally applicable
to all of the Lenders, the Borrower may within sixty (60) days after
notification of such Lender's election, and so long as no Event of Default is
then in existence, either (i) demand that such Lender, and upon such demand,
such Lender shall promptly, assign its Lender Commitment to another financial
institution subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.5 of
this Agreement for a purchase price equal to the unpaid balance of principal,
accrued interest, the unpaid balance of the Commitment Fee and Letter of Credit
Fees and expenses owing to such Lender pursuant to this Agreement, or (ii) pay
such Lender the unpaid balance of principal, accrued interest, the unpaid
balance of the Commitment Fee and Letter of Credit Fees and expenses owing to
such Lender pursuant to this Agreement, whereupon, such Lender shall no longer
be a party to this Agreement or have any rights or obligations hereunder or
under any other Credit Documents, and the Total Commitment shall immediately and
permanently be reduced by an amount equal to the Lender Commitment of such
Lender.
3.9 Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of
the Borrower hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for
any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if the Borrower shall be
required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then
(i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all
required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable
under this Section) the Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank (as the case may
be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such
deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the
Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) The Borrower shall indemnify the Agent, each Lender and the Issuing
Bank, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Agent, such Lender or the Issuing
Bank, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of
any obligation of the Borrower hereunder (including Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this
Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom
or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental
Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered
to the Borrower by a Lender or the Issuing Bank, or by the Agent on its own
behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to
the Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such
Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting
such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the
Agent.
(e) Each Lender or assignee or participant of a Lender that is not
incorporated under the Laws of the United States of America or a state thereof
(and, upon the written request of the Agent, each other Lender or assignee or
participant of a Lender) agrees that it will deliver to each of the Borrower and
the Agent two (2) duly completed appropriate valid Withholding Certificates (as
defined under section 1.1441-1(c)(16) of the Income Tax Regulations
("Regulations")) certifying its status (i.e., U.S. or foreign person) and, if
appropriate, making a claim of reduced, or exemption from, U.S. withholding tax
on the basis of an income tax treaty or an exemption provided by the Code. Such
delivery may be made by electronic transmission as described in section
1.1441-1(e)(4)(iv) of the Regulations if the Agent establishes an electronic
delivery system. The term "Withholding Certificate" means a Form W-9; a Form
W-8BEN; a Form W-8ECI; a form W-8IMY and the related statements and
certifications as required under section 1.871-14(c)(2)(v) of the Regulations;
or any other certificates under the Code or Regulations that certify or
establish the status of a payee or beneficial owner as a U.S. or foreign person.
Each Lender, assignee or participant required to deliver to the Borrower and the
Agent a valid Withholding Certificate pursuant to the preceding sentence shall
deliver such valid Withholding Certificate as follows: (A) each Lender which is
a party hereto on the date of this Agreement shall deliver such valid
Withholding Certificate at least five (5) Business Days prior to the first date
on which any interest or fees are payable by the Borrower hereunder for the
account of such Lender; (B) each assignee or participant shall deliver such
valid Withholding Certificate at least five (5) Business Days before the
effective date of such assignment or participation (unless the Agent in its sole
discretion shall permit such assignee or participant to deliver such Withholding
Certificate less that five (5) Business Days before such date in which case it
shall be due on the date specified by the Agent). Each Lender, assignee or
participant which so delivers a valid Withholding Certificate further undertakes
to deliver to each of the Borrower and the Agent two (2) additional copies of
such Withholding Certificate (or a successor form) on or before the date that
such Withholding Certificate expires or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence
of any event requiring a change in the most recent Withholding Certificate so
delivered by it, and such amendments thereto or extension or renewals thereof as
may be reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent. Notwithstanding the
submission of a Withholding Certificate claiming a reduced rate of, or exemption
from, U.S. withholding tax, the Agent shall be entitled to withhold United
States federal income taxes at the full 30% withholding rate if in its
reasonable judgment it is required to do so under the due diligence requirements
imposed upon a withholding agent under section 1.1441-7(b) of the Regulations.
Further, the Agent is indemnified under section 1.1461-1(e) of the Regulations
against any claims and demands of any Lender or assignee or participant of a
Lender for the amount of any tax it deducts and withholds in accordance with
regulations under section 1441 of the Code.
4. Representations and Warranties.
To induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans,
the Borrower jointly and severally represents and warrants to the Agent, the
Lenders and the Issuing Bank as follows:
4.1. Organization. Each Obligor is duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the state of its organization; has all power and
authority to conduct its business as presently conducted; and is duly qualified
to do business and in good standing in every state where the location of its
Property requires it to be qualified to do business, unless the failure to be so
qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.2 Financial Statements. The financial statements delivered to the Agent
fairly present, in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
(provided, however, that the Quarterly Unaudited Financial Statements are
subject to normal year-end adjustments and may contain condensed footnotes as
permitted by regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission), the financial condition and the results of operations of the
Borrower as at the dates and for the periods indicated. No Material Adverse
Change has occurred since the dates of such financial statements. No Obligor is
subject to any instrument or agreement which would materially prevent it from
conducting its business as it is now conducted or as it is contemplated to be
conducted.
4.3 Enforceable Obligations; Authorization. The Credit Documents are legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Parties, enforceable in accordance with
their respective terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and
other laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by general equitable
principles. The execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents have
all been duly authorized by all necessary action; are within the power and
authority of the Parties; do not and will not contravene or violate any Legal
Requirement or the Organizational Documents of the Parties; do not and will not
result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or
instrument by which the Parties or any of their respective Property may be bound
or affected; and do not and will not result in the creation of any Lien upon any
Property of any of the Parties except as expressly contemplated therein. All
necessary permits, registrations and consents for such making and performance
have been obtained.
4.4 Other Debt. No Obligor is in default in the payment of any other Total
Liabilities or under any agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement
or lease to which it is a party.
4.5 Litigation. There is no litigation or administrative proceeding pending
or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against, or any outstanding
judgment, order or decree affecting, the Obligors before or by any Governmental
Authority which is not adequately covered by insurance. No Obligor is in default
with respect to any judgment, order or decree of any Governmental Authority.
4.6 Taxes. Each Obligor has filed all tax returns required to have been
filed and paid all taxes shown thereon to be due, except those for which
extensions have been obtained or those which are being contested in good faith.
4.7 Regulation U. None of the proceeds of any Loan or Letter of Credit will
be used for the purpose of purchasing or carrying directly or indirectly any
margin stock or for any other purpose that would constitute this transaction a
"purpose credit" within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System.
4.8 Subsidiaries. The Borrower has no Subsidiaries (excluding wholly-owned
Subsidiaries which have executed a Guaranty) which individually or in the
aggregate own more than ten percent (10%) in value of the Borrower's and the
Subsidiaries' consolidated assets determined in accordance with Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles. Each of the Borrower's Subsidiaries is a
"qualified REIT subsidiary" under Section 856 of the Code.
4.9 Securities Act of 1933. Other than the Agent's efforts in syndicating
the Loans (for which the Agent is responsible) neither the Borrower nor any
agent acting for it has offered the Notes or any similar obligation of the
Borrower for sale to or solicited any offers to buy the Notes or any similar
obligation of the Borrower from any Person other than the Agent or any Lender.
4.10 No Contractual or Corporate Restrictions. No Obligor is a party to, or
bound by, any contract, agreement or charter or other corporate restriction
materially and adversely affecting its business, Property, assets, operations or
condition, financial or otherwise.
4.11 Investment Company Act Not Applicable. The Borrower is not an
"investment company", or a company "controlled" by an "investment company",
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
4.12 Public Utility Holding Company Act Not Applicable. The Borrower is not
a "holding company", or a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company", or an
"affiliate" of a "holding company", or an affiliate of a "subsidiary company" of
a "holding company", as such terms are defined in the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1995, as amended.
4.13 ERISA Not Applicable. No Obligor is subject to any requirements of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 as amended from time to time, or
any rules, regulations, rulings or interpretations adopted by the Internal
Revenue Service or the Department of Labor thereunder.
4.14 Pool Properties. As of the date of this Agreement, the Properties in
the Pool are listed on the attachment to the Officer's Certificate being
delivered pursuant to Section 3.2 and each such Property complies with the
requirements of Section 5.15.
4.15 Disclosure. The representations and warranties of Borrower contained
in the Credit Documents and all certificates, financial statements and other
documents delivered to the Agent in connection therewith, do not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of the date of this
Agreement, Borrower has not intentionally withheld any material fact from the
Agent and the Lenders in regard to any matter raised in the Credit Documents.
5. Affirmative Covenants.
The Borrower jointly and severally covenants and agrees with the Agent, the
Lenders and the Issuing Bank that prior to the termination of this Agreement it
and each of the other Obligors will do, and if necessary cause to be done, each
and all of the following:
5.1 Taxes, Existence, Regulations, Property, etc. At all times (a) pay when
due all taxes and governmental charges of every kind upon it or against its
income, profits or Property, unless and only to the extent that the same shall
be contested in good faith and reserves which are adequate under Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles have been established therefor; (b) do all things
necessary to preserve its existence, qualifications, rights and franchises in
all States where such qualification is necessary or desirable, except where
failure to obtain the same could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; (c) comply with all applicable Legal Requirements in respect of
the conduct of its business and the ownership of its Property; and (d) cause its
Property to be protected, maintained and kept in good repair (reasonable wear
and tear excepted) and make all replacements and additions to its Property as
may be reasonably necessary to conduct its business.
5.2 Financial Statements and Information. Furnish to the Agent and the
Lenders each of the following: (a) as soon as available and in any event within
100 days after the end of each respective fiscal year of the Borrower Annual
Audited Financial Statements of EastGroup Properties, Inc. and annual unaudited
financial statements of the Operating Partnership (which shall include an
unaudited statement of Funds From Operations); (b) as soon as available and in
any event within 50 days after the end of each quarter (except the last quarter)
of each respective fiscal year of the Borrower, Quarterly Unaudited Financial
Statements of the Borrower (which shall include a statement of Funds From
Operations); (c) within fifty (50) days after the end of the calendar quarter
and concurrently with the financial statements provided for in Subsections
5.2(a) and (b) hereof, (i) an Officer's Certificate, together with such
schedules, computations and other information (including, without limitation,
information as to Unconsolidated Affiliates of the Borrower), in reasonable
detail, as may be required by the Agent to demonstrate compliance with the
covenants set forth herein or reflecting any non-compliance therewith as of the
applicable date, all certified as true, correct and complete by a managing
director, vice president or senior vice president, of Borrower, and (ii) a
current capital plan for the next four (4) calendar quarters including projected
sources and uses of funds (including dividend and debt payments); (d) promptly
after the filing thereof, all reports to or filings made by the Borrower or any
of their respective Subsidiaries with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including, without limitation, registration statements and reports on Forms
10-K, 10-Q and 8-K (or their equivalents); (e) within two (2) Business Days
after the receipt thereof, a copy of the notification to the Operating
Partnership of the Borrower's S&P Rating or Moody's Rating, or change therein;
and (f) such other information relating to the financial condition and affairs
of the Borrower as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any Lender.
The Agent will send to each Lender the information received by the Agent
pursuant to this Section 5.2 promptly after the receipt thereof by Agent.
5.3 Financial Tests. The Borrower shall have and maintain, on a
consolidated basis in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles:
(a) a Secured Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio no greater than forty percent
(40%) at all times;
(b) an Interest Coverage Ratio of not less than 2.25:1.0 at all times;
(c) a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.50:1.00 at all times;
(d) a Tangible Net Worth of at least Two Hundred Seventy Million Dollars
($270,000,000.00), plus eighty-five percent (85%) of the net proceeds (gross
proceeds less reasonable and customary costs of sale and issuance paid to
Persons not Affiliates of any Obligor) received by the Borrower at any time
following the date of this Agreement from the issuance of an ownership interest
in the Borrower, at all times;
(e) an Unencumbered Interest Coverage Ratio of not less than 2.00:1.00 at
all times;
(f) a Total Liabilities to Total Asset Value Ratio no greater than
fifty-five percent (55%) at all times; and
(g) an Unhedged Variable Rate Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio no greater
than thirty percent (30%) at all times.
5.4 Inspection. In order to permit the Agent to ascertain compliance with
the Credit Documents, during normal business hours permit the Agent to inspect
its Property, to examine its files, books and records and make and take away
copies thereof, and to discuss its affairs with its officers and accountants,
all at such times and intervals and to such extent as a Lender may reasonably
desire.
5.5 Further Assurances. Promptly execute and deliver any and all other and
further instruments which may be reasonably requested by the Agent to cure any
defect in the execution and delivery of any Credit Document or more fully to
describe particular aspects of the Borrower's agreements set forth in the Credit
Documents or so intended to be.
5.6 Books and Records. Maintain books of record and account in accordance
with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
5.7 Insurance. Maintain insurance with such insurers, on such of its
properties, in such amounts and against such risks as is consistent with
insurance maintained by businesses of comparable type and size in the industry,
and furnish the Agent satisfactory evidence thereof promptly upon request.
5.8 Notice of Certain Matters. Notify the Agent promptly upon acquiring
knowledge of the occurrence of any of the following: the institution or
threatened institution of any lawsuit or administrative proceeding affecting any
Obligor in which the claim exceeds $1,000,000.00; when the Borrower believes
that there has been a Material Adverse Change; or the occurrence of any Event of
Default or any Default. The Borrower will notify the Agent in writing at least
thirty (30) Business Days prior to the date that any Obligor changes its name or
the location of its chief executive office or principal place of business or the
place where it keeps its books and records.
5.9 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans will be used for general
business purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the proceeds of the
Loans will be used to finance, fund or complete any hostile acquisition of any
Person or for any purpose which would violate Section 4.7 hereof.
5.10 Expenses of and Claims Against the Agent and the Lenders. To the
extent not prohibited by applicable law, the Borrower will pay all reasonable
costs and expenses incurred to third parties and reimburse the Agent, each
Lender and the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for any and all reasonable
expenditures of every character incurred or expended from time to time, in
connection with (a) regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred, the Agent's preparation, negotiation and completion of the Credit
Documents, and (b) during the continuance of an Event of Default, all costs and
expenses relating to the Agent's, such Lender's and the Issuing Bank's
exercising any of its rights and remedies under this or any other Credit
Document, including, without limitation, attorneys' fees, legal expenses, and
court costs; provided, that no rights or option granted by the Borrower to the
Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank or otherwise arising pursuant to any
provision of this or any other instrument shall be deemed to impose or admit a
duty on the Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank to supervise, monitor or
control any aspect of the character or condition of any property or any
operations conducted in connection with it for the benefit of the Borrower or
any other person or entity other than the Agent, such Lender or the Issuing
Bank.
5.11 Legal Compliance, Indemnification. (a) The Obligors shall operate
their respective Property and businesses in full compliance with all Legal
Requirements. EastGroup Properties, Inc. will comply with all Legal Requirements
to maintain, and will at all times qualify as and maintain, its status as a real
estate investment trust under Section 856(c)(1) of the Code.
(b) The Borrower shall indemnify the Agent, each Lender, and the Issuing
Bank, their directors, officers, employees and shareholders (the "Indemnified
Parties") for and defend and hold the Indemnified Parties harmless against any
and all claims, demands, liabilities, causes of action, penalties, obligations,
damages, judgments, deficiencies, losses, costs or expenses (including, without
limitation, interest, penalties, attorneys' fees, and amounts paid in
settlement) threatened or incurred by reason of, arising out of or in any way
related to (i) any failure of any Obligor to so comply with the provisions of
any Legal Requirement, this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, (ii) the
Agent or any Lender's making of the Loans, issuing or participating in any
Letters of Credit, or any other acts or omissions taken or made in connection
with the Loans or Letters of Credit (including any refusal by the Issuing Bank
to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents
presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms
of the Letter of Credit), and (iii) any and all matters arising out of any act,
omission, event or circumstance, regardless of whether the act, omission, event
or circumstance constituted a violation of any such Legal Requirement, this
Agreement or the other Credit Documents at the time of its existence or
occurrence. THE BORROWER SHALL INDEMNIFY THE AGENT, EACH LENDER AND THE ISSUING
BANK PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE ACT, OMISSION, FACTS,
CIRCUMSTANCES OR CONDITIONS GIVING RISE TO SUCH INDEMNIFICATION WERE CAUSED IN
WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE AGENT'S, SUCH LENDER'S OR THE ISSUING BANK'S NEGLIGENCE
(SIMPLE, BUT NOT GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT).
5.12 Obligors' Performance. If any Obligor should fail to comply with any
of the agreements, covenants or obligations required of it under this Agreement
or any other Credit Document, then the Agent (in the Obligor's name or in
Agent's name) may perform them or cause them to be performed for the account of
the said Obligor and at the sole expense of the Obligor, but shall not be
obligated to do so. Any and all expenses thus incurred or paid by the Agent and
by any Lender shall be the Borrower's demand obligations to the Agent or such
Lender and shall bear interest from the date of demand therefor until the date
that the Obligor repays it to the Agent or the applicable Lender at the Past Due
Rate. Upon making any such payment or incurring any such expense, the Agent or
the applicable Lender shall be fully subrogated to all of the rights of the
Person receiving such payment. Any amounts owing by any Obligor to the Agent or
any Lender pursuant to this provision or any other provision of this Agreement
shall automatically and without notice be secured by any collateral provided by
the Credit Documents. The amount and nature of any such expense and the time
when paid shall, absent manifest error, be fully established by the affidavit of
the Agent or the applicable Lender or any of the Agent's or the applicable
Lender's officers or agents.
5.13 Professional Services. Promptly upon the Agent's request to satisfy
itself or the request of any Lender, the Borrower, at the Borrower's sole cost
and expense, shall: (a) allow an inspection and/or appraisal of the Obligors'
Property to be made by a Person approved by the Agent in its sole discretion;
and (b) whenever the Agent or such other Lender has reasonable cause to believe
that a potential Default may exist, cause to be conducted or prepared any other
written report, summary, opinion, inspection, review, survey, audit or other
professional service relating to the Obligors' Property or any operations in
connection with it (all as designated in the Agent's request), including,
without limitation, any accounting, architectural, consulting, engineering,
design, legal, management, pest control, surveying, title abstracting or other
technical, managerial or professional service relating to such property or its
operations.
5.14 Capital Adequacy. (a) If after the date of this Agreement, the Agent,
any Lender or the Issuing Bank shall have determined that the adoption or
effectiveness of any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital
adequacy of general applicability, or any change therein, 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 the Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank with any
request or directive regarding capital adequacy of general applicability
(whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority,
central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the
rate of return on the Agent's, any Lender's or the Issuing Bank's capital as a
consequence of its obligations hereunder to a level below that which the Agent,
such Lender or the Issuing Bank could have achieved but for such adoption,
change or compliance (taking into consideration the Agent's, such Lender's or
the Issuing Bank's policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount
deemed by the Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank to be material, then from
time to time, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent, such Lender or the Issuing
Bank such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Agent or such
Lender for such reduction.
(b) A certificate of the Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank setting
forth such amount or amounts as shall be necessary to compensate the Agent, such
Lender or the Issuing Bank as specified in Section 5.14(a) hereof and making
reference to the applicable law, rule or regulation shall be delivered as soon
as practicable to the Borrower and shall be prima facie evidence thereof. The
Borrower shall pay the Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank the amount shown
as due on any such certificate within fourteen (14) Business Days after the
Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank delivers such certificate. In preparing
such certificate, the Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank may employ such
assumptions and allocations of costs and expenses as it shall in good faith deem
reasonable and may use any reasonable averaging and attribution method. Section
3.8(b) hereof shall apply to the costs assessed under this Section.
5.15 Property Pool. (a) The Borrower will and, subject to Section 5.15(b),
the Borrower's Subsidiaries will, at all times own (in fee simple title or
through an Eligible Ground Lease) a pool (the "Pool") of assets that are not
mortgaged, pledged, hypothecated, or encumbered in any manner, other than
Permitted Encumbrances, with an aggregate Value (calculated based on the
immediately preceding six (6) calendar months and annualized) equal to at least
two hundred percent (200%) of the Borrower's Indebtedness other than Secured
Debt outstanding from time to time, with the following characteristics: (i)
assets in the Pool shall be completed income producing Industrial Buildings with
net rentable area of not less than 30,000 square feet (based on the number of
square feet of the Industrial Buildings owned by the Borrower or its Subsidiary
within one (1) mile of each other and treated as one property by such Person),
with parking sufficient to meet all Legal Requirements and consistent with
market conditions that will accommodate full occupancy of the building,
provided, however, that Los Angeles Corporate Center Office Building in Los
Angeles, California, will not be excluded from the Pool because it is not an
Industrial Building; (ii) each individual Property must have an Occupancy Level
of more than seventy percent (70%) at all times, except for a ninety (90) day
period beginning on the date the Occupancy Level is seventy percent (70%) or
less not more than once every twelve (12) months; (iii) assets in the Pool
(other than the assets listed in the proviso of clause (a) above) must be
located in Approved Markets, except that no more than twenty percent (20%) of
the Value of the Pool can be located in any one Approved Market other than Los
Angeles, California, where no more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Value
of the Pool (not including the Value of the Los Angeles Corporate Center Office
Building) can be located, (iv) the Borrower must have received from third party
independent consultants, written assessments (including, without limitation,
Phase I environmental reports) for each Property in, or to be added to, the Pool
that do not disclose any material environmental conditions, structural defects
or title defects, or other material risks related to such Property, (v) the
Property is not subject to or affected by any Limiting Agreement, and (vi) the
Occupancy Level of the Pool in the aggregate must be at least eighty percent
(80%). If requested by the Agent, the Borrower will provide to the Agent written
assessments from third party independent environmental consultants for all Pool
properties acquired after the date of this Agreement. If the Agent determines
that there are material environmental conditions existing on or risks to such
properties, the properties will be excluded from the Pool.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the maximum Value of the Pool that
consists of Eligible Ground Leases is fifteen percent (15%) of the Value of the
Pool, before adding the effect of said Property; and (ii) the maximum Value of
the Pool attributable to a single Property is fifteen percent (15%) of the Value
of the Pool before adding the effect of said Property.
(c) If any Property to be included in the Pool is owned by a Subsidiary of
Borrower, it may be included in the Pool only if:
(i) the owner of the Property is either (A) a wholly owned Subsidiary
of the Borrower or (B) if not a wholly owned Subsidiary, then (1) the Value
of the Property owned by such Subsidiary ("Partial Subsidiary Real Estate")
to be used in the calculation in clause (a) above shall be as provided in
clause (a) multiplied by the cumulative percentage interest of the
Subsidiary owned by the Borrower, (2) the maximum value of the Pool that
can be attributable to Partial Subsidiary Real Estate is ten percent (10%)
of the value of the Pool before adding the effect of the Partial Subsidiary
Real Estate, and (3) the Borrower owns at least seventy-five percent (75%)
of the indicia of ownership of the Subsidiary, and controls all major
decisions regarding the Partial Subsidiary Real Estate, including the right
to sell or refinance the Partial Subsidiary Real Estate; and
(ii) the owner of the Property (A) executes a Guaranty in Proper Form
and delivers it to the Agent, together with such Subsidiary's
Organizational Documents and current certificates of existence and good
standing for the state in which it is organized, and such Guaranty must
remain in full force and effect, and (B) would not at any time be in
default of Sections 7.1 (f), (g), (h), (i) or (j), if said subsections were
applicable to said owner.
(d) If the Borrower requests inclusion of assets in the Pool that do not
meet the requirements of this Section 5.15, then such assets may only be
included in the Pool upon the prior written approval of the Majority Lenders.
5.16 Co-Borrowers. (a) Each Borrower shall be bound jointly and severally
with one another to keep, observe and perform the covenants, agreements,
obligations and liabilities imposed by this Agreement upon the "Borrower", (b) a
release of one or more Persons comprising "Borrower" shall not in any way be
deemed a release of any other Person comprising "Borrower", and (c) a separate
action hereunder may be brought and prosecuted against one or more of the
Persons comprising "Borrower" without limiting any liability or impairing the
Agent's or any Lender's right to proceed against any other Person comprising
"Borrower".
6. Negative Covenants.
The Borrower jointly and severally covenants and agrees with the Agent, the
Lenders and the Issuing Bank, that prior to the termination of this Agreement it
will not (without consent given in accordance with Section 9.1) do any of the
following:
6.1 Indebtedness. Create, incur, suffer or permit to exist, or assume or
guarantee, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, or become or
remain liable with respect to any Secured Debt, other than (a) Secured Debt
which is not Non-recourse Debt in an amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any
time, and (b) Non-recourse Debt and liabilities customarily excepted from
nonrecourse mortgage financing, such as fraud, criminal activity and
misapplication of funds.
6.2 Mergers, Consolidations and Acquisitions of Assets. In any single
transaction or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly: (a)
liquidate or dissolve; (b) other than a merger or consolidation in which the
Borrower is the surviving entity and the value of the assets of the other party
to such merger or consolidation is less than fifteen percent (15%) of the value
of the assets of the Borrower on a consolidated basis (in accordance with
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) after such merger or consolidation, be
a party to any merger or consolidation; (c) other than an acquisition in which
the Borrower acquires all or substantially all of the assets of another Person
and the value of the assets acquired is less than fifteen percent (15%) of the
value of the assets of the Borrower on a consolidated basis (in accordance with
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) after such acquisition, acquire all or
substantially all of the assets of any Person; or (d) except for sales or leases
executed in the ordinary course of business, sell, convey or lease all or any
substantial part of its assets.
6.3 Redemption. Neither Borrower shall at any time buy back, redeem, retire
or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its capital stock if
such action would cause the Borrower to not be in compliance with this
Agreement, and so long as the aggregate market value of such stock when acquired
shall not exceed, during any calendar year, fifteen percent (15%) of Borrower's
Net Worth.
6.4 Nature of Business; Management. Change the nature of its business or
enter into any business which is substantially different from the business in
which it is presently engaged.
6.5 Transactions with Related Parties. Enter into any transaction or
agreement with any officer, director, or holder of more than five percent (5%)
(based on voting rights) of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the
Borrower (or any Affiliate of the Borrower), unless the same is upon terms
substantially similar to those obtainable from qualified wholly unrelated
sources.
6.6 Loans and Investments. Make any loan, advance, extension of credit or
capital contribution to, or make or have any investment in, any Person, or make
any commitment to make any such extension of credit or investment, except:
(a) travel advances in the ordinary course of business to officers,
employees and agents;
(b) readily marketable securities issued or fully guaranteed by the United
States of America (or investments or money market accounts consisting of the
same);
(c) commercial paper rated "Prime 1" by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or
A-1 by Standard and Poor's Rating Services, a Division of the McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc. (or investments or money market accounts consisting of the
same);
(d) certificates of deposit or repurchase certificates issued by financial
institutions acceptable to the Agent (or investments or money market accounts
consisting of the same), all of the foregoing b, c and d not having a maturity
of more than one (1) year from the date of issuance thereof;
(e) investments in Subsidiaries through which the Borrower invests in real
estate assets permitted by this Agreement;
(f) investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates that are engaged primarily in
the business of investment in and operation of Industrial Buildings (valued at
an amount equal to the Value of each Unconsolidated Affiliate's operating real
estate assets multiplied by the Equity Percentage for that Unconsolidated
Affiliate), so long as the aggregate amount of such investments described in
this clause (f) does not exceed five percent (5%) of the Total Asset Value after
giving effect to such investments;
(g) loans, advances, and extensions of credit to Persons (who are not
Affiliates of any Obligor) secured by valid and enforceable first priority liens
on real estate so long as the aggregate amount does not exceed ten percent (10%)
of Total Asset Value, after giving effect to such investments;
(h) undeveloped land, so long as the aggregate Historical Value of such
land does not exceed five percent (5%) of Total Asset Value, after giving effect
to such investments;
(i) investments in readily marketable securities (valued at the lower of
cost or then market price) of another Person, not an Affiliate of any Obligor,
traded on a national trading exchange, that is a real estate investment trust
under Section 856(c)(1) of the Code, or that is a real estate operating company,
so long as the aggregate amount of such investments does not exceed ten percent
(10%) of Total Asset Value, after giving effect to such investments,
(j) investments in Industrial Buildings;
(k) investments in real estate assets that are being constructed or
developed (including such assets that the Person has contracted to purchase and
has no option to terminate without penalty) to be Industrial Buildings, but are
not yet in operation, so long, as the total actual and budgeted cost of
construction or development of such real estate assets (including such costs
incurred and to be incurred by Unconsolidated Affiliates to the extent of the
greater of (i) the Equity Percentage of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the
Borrower in the applicable Unconsolidated Affiliate times the total actual and
budgeted cost of construction or development of the real estate asset or (ii)
the Recourse Amount with respect to such Unconsolidated Affiliate related to the
applicable real estate asset), in the aggregate, at that time does not exceed
fifteen percent (15%) of the Total Asset Value after giving effect to such
investments; and
(l) investments in income producing operating Property other than
Industrial Buildings, so long as the aggregate Value of such investments does
not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the Total Asset Value after giving effect to
such investments.
The Borrower will not mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or encumber in any manner
the loans, advances or extensions of credit made pursuant to Section 6.6(g) or
the securities held pursuant to Section 6.6(i). In addition to the limitations
set forth above, in no event shall the aggregate value of all of the investments
permitted under Sections 6.6(f), (g), (h) and (i), exceed twenty-five percent
(25%) of the Total Asset Value, after giving effect to such investments. The
calculation of the limitation pursuant to the preceding sentence will be made
without duplication if a loan or investment shall be included in more than one
category described in this Section 6.6.
6.7 Limiting Agreements. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has
entered into, and after the date hereof, neither Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries shall enter into, any Limiting Agreements for assets in the Pool.
6.8 Restricted Payments. EastGroup Properties, Inc. will not make any
Restricted Payment during any calendar quarter which, when added to all
Restricted Payments made during the three (3) immediately preceding calendar
quarters, (a) exceeds ninety percent (90%) of the Funds From Operations during
the immediately preceding four (4) calendar quarters, or (b) exceeds one hundred
percent (100%) of the Funds Available for Distribution during the immediately
preceding four (4) calendar quarters; provided that the foregoing shall not
prohibit EastGroup Properties, Inc. from (x) making the minimum amount of
Restricted Payments required to be made in order for EastGroup Properties, Inc.
to comply with the provisions of Section 5.11, or (y) issuing stock in EastGroup
Properties, Inc. to a transferor (not an Affiliate of any Obligor) of Property
to the Borrower as a result of said transferor's election to convert partnership
interests in Operating Partnership to stock in EastGroup Properties, Inc.
pursuant to agreements with said transferor allowing said conversion as a
portion of the consideration for the transfer. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
after the occurrence of an Event of Default, EastGroup Properties, Inc. will not
make any Restricted Payment except as required by clause (x) above. For purposes
of this provision "Restricted Payment" means (i) any dividend or other
distribution on any shares of a Person's capital stock (except dividends payable
solely in shares of its capital stock or in rights to subscribe for or purchase
shares of its capital stock) or (ii) any payment on account of the purchase,
redemption, retirement or acquisition of (x) any shares of a Person's capital
stock or (y) any option, warrant or other right to acquire shares of a Person's
capital stock.
6.9 Securities Act of 1933. Neither the Borrower nor any agent acting for
it will take any action which would subject the sale of the Notes to the
provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
6.10 Subsidiaries. The Borrower will not acquire or form any Subsidiary
(excluding wholly-owned Subsidiaries which have executed and delivered a
Guaranty) which individually or in the aggregate with all other Subsidiaries
would own more than ten percent (10%) in value of the Borrower's and the
Subsidiaries' consolidated assets as determined in accordance with Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles. To the extent that any wholly-owned Subsidiary
executes and delivers a Guaranty, such Guaranty shall be delivered in Proper
Form to the Agent, together with such Subsidiary's Organizational Documents and
current certificates of existence and good standing for the state in which it is
organized and such Guaranty must remain in full force and effect.
7. Events of Default and Remedies.
7.1. Events of Default. If any of the following events shall occur, then,
as to the events described in, Sections 7.1(b), (c), and (d), if the event has
not been waived, cured or remedied within twenty (20) days after the Agent gives
the Borrower written notice of such event, at any time thereafter, and as to all
of the other events described herein, at any time, the Agent may, or, at the
request of the Majority Lenders, shall do any or all of the following, provided
that the declaration described in (1) below and the termination described in (2)
below shall be deemed to have been made immediately upon the occurrence of any
event described in Sections 7.1(g) or (h); (1) without notice to the Borrower,
declare the Notes to be, and thereupon the Notes shall forthwith become,
immediately due and payable, together with all accrued interest thereon, without
notice of any kind, notice of acceleration or of intention to accelerate,
presentment and demand or protest, all of which are hereby expressly waived; (2)
without notice to the Borrower, terminate the Total Commitment; (3) exercise, as
may any other Lender, its rights of offset against each account and all other
Property of the Borrower in the possession of the Agent or any such Lender,
which right is hereby granted by the Borrower to the Agent and each Lender; and
(4) exercise any and all other rights pursuant to the Credit Documents:
(a) The Borrower shall fail to pay or prepay any principal of or
interest on the Notes, any reimbursement obligation with respect of an LC
Disbursement, or any fee or any other obligation hereunder when due; or
(b) Any Obligor shall fail to pay when due, or within any applicable
period of grace, any principal of or interest on any other Indebtedness in
excess of $5,000,000.00; or
(c) Any written representation or warranty made in any Credit Document
by or on behalf of any Obligor, when taken as a whole shall prove to have
been incorrect, false or misleading in any material respect; or
(d) Default shall occur in the punctual and complete performance of
any covenant of the Borrower or any other Person other than the Agent or
the Lenders contained in any Credit Document not specifically set forth in
this Section; or
(e) A final judgment or judgments in the aggregate for the payment of
money in excess of $5,000,000.00 shall be rendered against any Obligor and
the same shall remain undischarged for a period of thirty (30) days during
which execution shall not be effectively stayed; or
(f) Any order shall be entered in any proceeding against any Obligor
decreeing the dissolution, liquidation or split-up thereof, and such order
shall remain in effect for more than thirty (30) days; or
(g) Any Obligor shall make a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors or shall petition or apply to any tribunal for the appointment of
a trustee, custodian, receiver or liquidator of all or any substantial part
of its business, estate or assets or shall commence any proceeding under
any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of
debt, dissolution or liquidation law of any jurisdiction, whether now or
hereafter in effect; or
(h) Any such petition or application shall be filed or any such
proceeding shall be commenced against any Obligor and such Person by any
act or omission shall indicate approval thereof, consent thereto or
acquiescence therein, or an order shall be entered appointing a trustee,
custodian, receiver or liquidator of all or any substantial part of the
assets of any Obligor or granting relief to any Obligor or approving the
petition in any such proceeding, and such order shall remain in effect for
more than ninety (90) days; or
(i) Any Obligor shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become
due or suffer any writ of attachment or execution or any similar process to
be issued or levied against it or any substantial part of its Property
which is not released, stayed, bonded or vacated within thirty (30) days
after its issue or levy; or
(j) Any Obligor shall have concealed, removed, or permitted to be
concealed or removed, any part of its Property, with intent to hinder,
delay or defraud its creditors or any of them, or made or suffered a
transfer of any of its Property which may be fraudulent under any
bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance or similar law; or shall have made any
transfer of its Property to or for the benefit of a creditor at a time when
other creditors similarly situated have not been paid; or
(k) Any Change of Control shall occur.
7.2 Actions in Respect of Letters of Credit.
(a) If, at any time and from time to time, any Letter of Credit shall have
been issued hereunder and an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, then, upon the occurrence and during the continuation thereof, the
Agent may, and upon the demand of the Majority Lenders shall, whether in
addition to the taking by the Agent of any of the actions described in Section
7.1 or otherwise, make a demand upon the Borrower to, and forthwith upon such
demand (but in any event within ten (10) days after such demand) the Borrower
shall pay to the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, in same day funds at the
Agent's office designated in such demand, for deposit in a special cash
collateral account (the "Letter of Credit Collateral Account") to be maintained
in the name of the Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) and under its sole dominion
and control at such place as shall be designated by the Agent, an amount equal
to the amount of the LC Exposure under the Letters of Credit. Interest shall
accrue on the Letter of Credit Collateral Account at a rate equal to the rate on
overnight funds.
(b) The Borrower hereby pledges, assigns and grants to the Agent, as
administrative agent for its benefit and the ratable benefit of the Lenders a
lien on and a security interest in, the following collateral (the "Letter of
Credit Collateral"):
(i) the Letter of Credit Collateral Account, all cash deposited
therein and all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time
representing or evidencing the Letter of Credit Collateral Account;
(ii) all notes, certificates of deposit and other instruments from
time to time hereafter delivered to or otherwise possessed by the Agent for
or on behalf of the Borrower in substitution for or in respect of any or
all of the then existing Letter of Credit Collateral;
(iii) all interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property
from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect
of or in exchange for any or all of the then existing Letter of Credit
Collateral; and
(iv) to the extent not covered by the above clauses, all proceeds of
any or all of the foregoing Letter of Credit Collateral.
The lien and security interest granted hereby secures the payment of all
obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing hereunder and under any
other Credit Document.
(c) The Borrower hereby authorizes the Agent for the ratable benefit of the
Lender to apply, from time to time after funds are deposited in the Letter of
Credit Collateral Account, funds then held in the Letter of Credit Collateral
Account to the payment of any amounts, in such order as the Agent may elect, as
shall have become due and payable by the Borrower to the Lenders in respect of
the Letters of Credit.
(d) Neither the Borrower nor any Person claiming or acting on behalf of or
through the Borrower shall have any right to withdraw any of the funds held in
the Letter of Credit Collateral Account, except as provided in Section 7.2(h)
hereof.
(e) The Borrower agrees that it will not (i) sell or otherwise dispose of
any interest in the Letter of Credit Collateral or (ii) create or permit to
exist any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance upon or with
respect to any of the Letter of Credit Collateral, except for the security
interest created by this Section 7.2.
(f) If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
(i) The Agent may, in its sole discretion without notice to the
Borrower except as required by law and at any time from time to time,
charge, set off or otherwise apply all or any part of first, (x) to amounts
previously drawn on any Letter of Credit that have not been reimbursed by
the Borrower and (y) any LC Exposure described in the definition thereof
that is then due and payable and second, to any other unpaid Obligations
then due and payable against the Letter of Credit Collateral Account or any
part thereof, in such order as the Agent shall elect. The rights of the
Agent under this Section 7.2 are in addition to any rights and remedies
which any Lender may have.
(ii) The Agent may also exercise, in its sole discretion, in respect
of the Letter of Credit Collateral Account, in addition to the other rights
and remedies provided herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights
and remedies of a secured party upon default under the Uniform Commercial
Code in effect in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at that time.
(g) The Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the
custody and preservation of the Letter of Credit Collateral if the Letter of
Credit Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the
Agent accords its own property, it being understood that, assuming such
treatment, the Agent shall not have any responsibility or liability with respect
thereto.
(h) At such time as all Events of Default have been cured or waived in
writing, all amounts remaining in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account shall
be promptly returned to the Borrower. Absent such cure or written waiver, any
surplus of the funds held in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account and
remaining after payment in full of all of the Obligations of the Borrower
hereunder and under any other Credit Document after the Maturity Date shall be
paid to the Borrower or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive such
surplus.
7.3 Allocation of Proceeds. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, all payments received by the Agent under any of the Credit
Documents in respect of any principal of or interest on the Obligations or any
other amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder or thereunder, shall be applied
by the Agent in the following order and priority:
(a) amounts due to the Agent and the Lenders in respect of fees and
expenses due under Section 5.10;
(b) payments of the fees due to the Agent and the Lenders under Section
2.6;
(c) payments of any amounts due to the Agent and the Lenders under Sections
3.5, 3.9 and 5.14;
(d) payments of interest on the Loans to be applied for the ratable benefit
of the Lenders;
(e) payments of principal of the Loans to be applied for the ratable
benefit of the Lenders;
(f) payments of all other amounts due under any of the Credit Documents, if
any, to be applied for the ratable benefit of the Lenders; and
(g) any amount remaining after application as provided above, shall be paid
to the Borrower or whomever else may be legally entitled thereto.
7.4 Remedies Cumulative. No remedy, right or power conferred upon the Agent
or the Lenders is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, right or power
given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law, in equity, or otherwise,
and all such remedies, rights and powers shall be cumulative.
8. The Agent.
8.1 Appointment, Powers and Immunities. (a) Each Lender and the Issuing
Bank hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Agent to act as its agent
hereunder and under the other Credit Documents with such powers as are
specifically delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together
with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Agent (i) shall
not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and shall not by reason of this
Agreement or any other Credit Document be a trustee for any Lender; (ii) shall
not be responsible to any Lender for any recitals, statements, representations
or warranties contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or in
any certificate or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by
any of them under, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or for the
value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability, execution, filing,
registration, collectibility, recording, perfection, existence or sufficiency of
this Agreement or any other Credit Document or any other document referred to or
provided for herein or therein or any property covered thereby or for any
failure by any Party or any other Person to perform any of its obligations
hereunder or thereunder, and shall not have any duty to inquire into or pass
upon any of the foregoing matters; (iii) shall not be required to initiate or
conduct any litigation or collection proceedings hereunder or any other Credit
Document except to the extent requested by the Majority Lenders; (iv) SHALL NOT
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MISTAKE OF LAW OR FACT OR ANY ACTION TAKEN OR OMITTED TO
BE TAKEN BY IT HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT OR ANY OTHER
DOCUMENT OR INSTRUMENT REFERRED TO OR PROVIDED FOR HEREIN OR THEREIN OR IN
CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PURSUANT TO ITS
OWN NEGLIGENCE, BUT NOT INCLUDING AND EXCEPT FOR THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL
MISCONDUCT OF THE AGENT; (v) shall not be bound by or obliged to recognize any
agreement among or between the Borrower, the Agent, any Lender and the Issuing
Bank other than this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, regardless of
whether the Agent has knowledge of the existence of any such agreement or the
terms and provisions thereof; (vi) shall not be charged with notice or knowledge
of any fact or information not herein set out or provided to the Agent in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement or any other Credit Document; (vii)
shall not be responsible for any delay, error, omission or default of any mail,
telegraph, cable or wireless agency or operator; and (viii) shall not be
responsible for the acts or edicts of any Governmental Authority. The Agent may
employ agents and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be responsible for the
negligence or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it
with reasonable care.
(b) Without the prior written consent of Agent and all of the Lenders which
are not Defaulting Lenders, Agent shall not (i) modify or amend in any respect
whatsoever the interest rate provisions of the Credit Documents, (ii) increase
the Total Commitment above $175,000,000.00, except as provided in Section 2.7
hereof, (iii) extend the Maturity Date other than in accordance with the express
provisions of the Credit Documents, (iv) extend or reduce the due date for or
the amount of the scheduled payments of principal or interest on the Loans, the
LC Disbursements, the Commitment Fee, the Letter of Credit Fee or the Extension
Fee, (v) amend the definition of Majority Lenders or any requirement that
certain actions be taken only with the consent of a certain number of the
Lenders, (vi) release any Guarantor or any collateral for the Loans, (vii)
modify or amend any provision of any Credit Document which by its terms requires
the consent of all of the Lenders for amendment, (viii) subject to Section
5.15(d), amend the terms of Section 5.15, or (ix) amend the definition of Value.
Any Extension Request submitted pursuant to Section 2.9(a) shall be subject to
the approval of all of the Lenders, or, to the extent that Borrower complies
with all of the requirements of Section 2.9(b), the Majority Lenders. From time
to time upon Agent's request, each Lender shall execute and deliver such
documents and instruments as may be reasonably necessary to enable Agent to
effectively administer and service the Loan in its capacity as Agent and in the
manner contemplated by the provisions of this Agreement. No amendment or
agreement shall increase the Lender Commitment of any Lender without the written
consent of such Lender.
(c) All information provided to the Agent under or pursuant to the Credit
Documents, and all rights of the Agent to receive or request information, or to
inspect information or Property, shall be by the Agent on behalf of the Lenders
and the Issuing Bank. If any Lender requests that it be able to receive or
request such information, or make such inspections, in its own right rather than
through the Agent, the Borrower will cooperate with the Agent and such Lender in
order to obtain such information or make such inspection as such Lender may
reasonably require.
(d) The Borrower shall be entitled to rely upon a written notice or a
written response from the Agent as being pursuant to concurrence or consent of
the Majority Lenders unless otherwise expressly stated in the Agent's notice or
response.
8.2 Reliance. The Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any certification,
notice or other communication (including any thereof by telephone, telex,
telecopy, telegram or cable) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and correct
and to have been signed or sent by or on behalf of the proper Person or Persons,
and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (which may be counsel for the
Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Agent. The
Agent shall not be required in any way to determine the identity or authority of
any Person delivering or executing the same. As to any matters not expressly
provided for by this Agreement or any other Credit Document, the Agent shall in
all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder
and thereunder in accordance with instructions of the Majority Lenders, and any
action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding on all of the
Lenders. If any order, writ, judgment or decree shall be made or entered by any
court affecting the rights, duties and obligations of the Agent under this
Agreement or any other Credit Document, then and in any of such events the Agent
is authorized, in its sole discretion, to rely upon and comply with such order,
writ, judgment or decree which it is advised by legal counsel of its own
choosing is binding upon it under the terms of this Agreement, the relevant
Credit Document or otherwise; and if the Agent complies with any such order,
writ, judgment or decree, then it shall not be liable to any Lender or to any
other Person by reason of such compliance even though such order, writ, judgment
or decree may be subsequently reversed, modified, annulled, set aside or
vacated.
8.3 Defaults. The Agent shall not be deemed to have constructive knowledge
of the occurrence of a Default (other than the non-payment of principal of or
interest on Loans) unless it has received notice from a Lender or the Borrower
specifying such Default and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default".
In the event that the Agent receives such a notice of the occurrence of a
Default, or whenever the Agent has actual knowledge of the occurrence of a
Default, the Agent shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Lenders (and
shall give each Lender prompt notice of each such non-payment). The Agent shall
(subject to Section 8.7 hereof) take such action with respect to such Default as
shall be directed by the Majority Lenders and within its rights under the Credit
Documents and at law or in equity, provided that, unless and until the Agent
shall have received such directions, the Agent may (but shall not be obligated
to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, permitted hereby with
respect to such Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the
Lenders and within its rights under the Credit Documents in order to preserve,
protect or enhance the collectibility of the Loans, at law or in equity.
Provided, however, that if there is an occurrence of an Event of Default, then
in no event or under any circumstances shall any of the actions described in
Sections 8.1(b)(i) through (ix) of this Agreement be taken, without in each
instance the written consent of Agent and all of the Lenders other than any
Defaulting Lender.
8.4 Rights as a Lender. With respect to the Total Commitment and the Loans
made, Agent, in its capacity as a Lender hereunder shall have the same rights
and powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it
were not acting in its agency capacity, and the term "Lender" or "Lenders"
shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, include the Agent in its
individual capacity. The Agent may (without having to account therefor to any
other Lender) as a Lender, and to the same extent as any other Lender, accept
deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust,
letter of credit, agency or other business with the Borrower (and any of its
Affiliates) as if it were not acting as the Agent but solely as a Lender. The
Agent may accept fees and other consideration from the Borrower (in addition to
the fees heretofore agreed to between the Borrower and the Agent) for services
in connection with this Agreement or otherwise without having to account for the
same to the Lenders.
8.5 Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify the Agent, its
officers, directors, agents and Affiliates, ratably in accordance with each
Lender's respective Percentage, for any and all liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements of any kind and nature whatsoever (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE AGENT) which may be imposed on,
incurred by or asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or arising out
of this Agreement or any other Credit Document or any other documents
contemplated by or referred to herein or therein, or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby (including, without limitation, interest,
penalties, reasonable attorneys' fees and amounts paid in settlement in
accordance with the terms of this Section 8, but excluding, unless a Default has
occurred and is continuing, normal administrative costs and expenses incident to
the performance of its agency duties hereunder) or the enforcement of any of the
terms hereof or thereof or of any such other documents, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE AGENT, provided that no Lender shall be liable
for any of the foregoing to the extent they arise from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of the party to be indemnified, or from the Agent's default
in the express obligations of the Agent to the Lenders provided for in this
Agreement. The obligations of the Lenders under this Section 8.5 shall survive
the termination of this Agreement and the repayment of the Obligations.
8.6 Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it has
received current financial information with respect to the Obligors and that it
has, independently and without reliance on the Agent or any other Lender and
based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its
own credit analysis of the Obligors and decision to enter into this Agreement
and that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other
Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate
at the time, continue to make its own analysis and decisions in taking or not
taking action under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents. The
Agent shall not be required to keep itself informed as to the performance or
observance by any Party of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents
or any other document referred to or provided for herein or therein or to
inspect the properties or books of the Borrower or any Party except as
specifically required by the Credit Documents. Except for notices, reports and
other documents and information expressly required to be furnished to the
Lenders by the Agent hereunder or the other Credit Documents, the Agent shall
not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or
other information concerning the affairs, financial condition or business of the
Borrower or any other Party (or any of their affiliates) which may come into the
possession of the Agent. Each Lender assumes all risk of loss in connection with
its Percentage in the Loans to the full extent of its Percentage therein. The
Agent assumes all risk of loss in connection with its Percentage in the Loans to
the full extent of its Percentage therein.
8.7 Failure to Act. Except for action expressly required of the Agent, as
the case may be, hereunder, or under the other Credit Documents, the Agent shall
in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to act hereunder and
thereunder unless it shall receive further assurances to its satisfaction by the
Lenders of their indemnification obligations under Section 8.5 hereof against
any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of
taking or continuing to take any such action.
8.8 Resignation of Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a
successor Agent as provided below, the Agent may resign at any time by giving
notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower. The Agent shall resign upon the
request of the Majority Lenders to the extent that the Agent shall have
committed any gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of its
duties under this Agreement. Upon any such resignation, (i) the Majority Lenders
without the consent of the Borrower shall have the right to appoint a successor
Agent so long as such successor Agent is also a Lender at the time of such
appointment and (ii) the Majority Lenders shall have the right to appoint a
successor Agent that is not a Lender at the time of such appointment so long as
the Borrower (if no Event of Default is then in existence) consents to such
appointment (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). If no successor
Agent shall have been so appointed by the Majority Lenders and accepted such
appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent's giving of notice of
resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, and with the
consent of the Borrower which shall not be unreasonably withheld, appoint a
successor Agent. Any successor Agent shall be an Eligible Institution. Upon the
acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such
successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring
Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations as Agent thereafter
arising hereunder and under any other Credit Documents, but shall not be
discharged from any liabilities for its actions as Agent prior to the date of
discharge. Such successor Agent shall promptly specify by notice to the Borrower
its principal office referred to in Section 2.1 and Section 2.2 hereof. After
any retiring Agent's resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this
Section 8 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions
taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Agent.
8.9 No Partnership. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement
nor any of the other Credit Documents nor any interest the Lenders, the Agent or
any of them may now or hereafter have in all or any part of the Obligations
shall create or be construed as creating a partnership, joint venture or other
joint enterprise between the Lenders or among the Lenders and the Agent. The
relationship between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Agent, on the other,
is and shall be that of principals and agent only, and nothing in this Agreement
or any of the other Credit Documents shall be construed to constitute the Agent
as trustee or other fiduciary for any Lender or to impose on the Agent any duty,
responsibility or obligation other than those expressly provided for herein and
therein.
8.10 Consents and Approvals. All communications from Agent to the Lenders
requesting the Lenders' determination, consent, approval or disapproval (i)
shall be given in the form of a written notice to each Lender, (ii) shall be
accompanied by a description of the matter or item as to which such
determination, approval, consent or disapproval is requested, or shall advise
each Lender where such matter or item may be inspected, or shall otherwise
describe the matter or issue to be resolved, (iii) shall include, if reasonably
requested by a Lender and to the extent not previously provided to such Lender,
written materials and a summary of all oral information provided to Agent by
Borrower in respect of the matter or issue to be resolved, and (iv) shall
include Agent's recommended course of action or determination in respect
thereof. Each Lender shall reply promptly, but in any event within ten (10)
Business Days after receipt of the request therefor from Agent (the "Lender
Reply Period"). Unless a Lender shall give written notice to Agent that it
objects to the recommendation or determination of Agent (together with a written
explanation of the reasons behind such objection) within the Lender Reply
Period, such Lender shall be deemed to have approved of or consented to such
recommendation or determination. With respect to decisions requiring the
approval of the Majority Lenders or all the Lenders, Agent shall submit its
recommendation or determination for approval of or consent to such
recommendation or determination to all Lenders and upon receiving the required
approval or consent shall follow the course of action or determination of the
Majority Lenders (and each non-responding Lenders shall be deemed to have
concurred with such recommended course of action) or all the Lenders, as the
case may be.
9. Miscellaneous.
9.1 No Waiver, Amendments. No waiver of any Default shall be deemed to be a
waiver of any other Default. No failure to exercise or delay in exercising any
right or power under any Credit Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor
shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power preclude any
further or other exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.
Except as may be prohibited by Section 8.1 hereof, no amendment, modification or
waiver of any provision of any Credit Document shall be effective unless the
same is in writing and signed by the Borrower and the Majority Lenders. No
notice to or demand on the Borrower or any other Person shall entitle the
Borrower or any other Person to any other or further notice or demand in similar
or other circumstances.
9.2 Notices. Any notice, request, demand, direction or other communication
(for purposes of this Section 9.2 only, a "Notice") to be given to or made upon
any party hereto under any provision of this Agreement shall be given or made by
telephone or in writing (which includes by means of electronic transmission
(i.e., "e-mail") or facsimile transmission or by setting forth such Notice on a
site on the World Wide Web (a "Website Posting") if Notice of such Website
Posting (including the information necessary to access such site) has previously
been delivered to the applicable parties hereto by another means set forth in
this Section 9.2) in accordance with this Section 9.2. Any such Notice must be
delivered to the applicable parties hereto at the addresses and numbers set
forth under their respective names on the signature pages hereof or in
accordance with any subsequent unrevoked Notice from any such party that is
given in accordance with this Section 9.2. Any Notice shall be effective:
(a) In the case of hand-delivery, when delivered;
(b) If given by mail, four days after such Notice is deposited with the
United States Postal Service, with first-class postage paid, return receipt
requested;
(c) In the case of a telephonic Notice, when a party is contacted by the
telephone, if delivery of such telephonic Notice is confirmed no later than the
next Business Day by hand delivery, a facsimile or electronic transmission, a
Website Posting or an overnight courier delivery of a confirmatory Notice
(received at or before noon on such next Business Day);
(d) In the case of a facsimile transmission, when sent to the applicable
party's facsimile machine's telephone number, if the party sending such Notice
receives confirmation of the delivery thereof from its own facsimile machine;
(e) In the case of electronic transmission, when actually received;
(f) In the case of a Website Posting, upon delivery of a Notice of such
posting (including the information necessary to access such site) by another
means set forth in this Section 9.2; and
(g) If given by any other means (including by overnight courier), when
actually received. Any Lender giving a Notice to an Obligor shall concurrently
send a copy thereof to the Agent, and the Agent shall promptly notify the other
Lenders of its receipt of such Notice.
9.3 Venue. ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA SHALL BE A PROPER PLACE OF VENUE
TO ENFORCE PAYMENT OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT
DOCUMENTS, UNLESS THE AGENT SHALL GIVE ITS PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT TO A DIFFERENT
VENUE. THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA AND AGREES
AND CONSENTS THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE UPON IT IN ANY PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF ANY OF THE CREDIT DOCUMENTS BY SERVICE OF PROCESS AS PROVIDED BY
PENNSYLVANIA LAW. THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING
OF VENUE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY OF
THE CREDIT DOCUMENTS IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA, OR IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF
PENNSYLVANIA, PITTSBURGH DIVISION, AND HEREBY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY
CLAIMS THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS
BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. THE BORROWER (A) AGREES TO DESIGNATE AND
MAINTAIN AN AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AND TO DELIVER TO THE AGENT
EVIDENCE THEREOF AND (B) IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OUT OF
ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY
NOTICE GIVEN AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS AGREEMENT. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE
RIGHT OF THE AGENT OR THE LENDERS TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE
PROCEED AGAINST THE BORROWER IN ANY JURISDICTION OR TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY
MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT
ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER ARISING OUT OF OR
IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS SHALL BE BROUGHT
AND MAINTAINED IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA OR
THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA,
PITTSBURGH DIVISION.
9.4 Choice of Law. THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS
HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED, EXECUTED AND DELIVERED IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
AND SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, INCLUDING ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAW,
FROM TIME TO TIME IN FORCE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
9.5 Survival; Parties Bound; Successors and Assigns. (a) All
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by or on behalf of
the Borrower in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of
the Credit Documents, shall not be affected by any investigation made by any
Person, and shall bind the Borrower and its successors, trustees, receivers and
assigns and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Agent, the
Lenders and the Issuing Bank (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that
issues any Letter of Credit); provided, however, that the Borrower may not
assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of the Agent and all of the Lenders, and any such assignment or
transfer without such consent shall be null and void.
(b) Subject to Sections 9.5(d) and (e) of this Agreement, a Lender may
assign part of its Lender Commitment to an Eligible Institution so long as such
assignment shall (i) include the voting rights and all other rights and
obligations attributable thereto, and include a written assumption by the
assignee of the assigning Lender's obligations under the Credit Documents, (ii)
require the written consent of the Borrower (so long as no Event of Default is
then in existence) and the Agent (and in the case of an assignment of all or a
portion of a Lender Commitment or any Lender's obligation in respect of its LC
Exposure, the Issuing Bank), such consents not to be unreasonably withheld,
(iii) be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000.00 if assigned to a Person not
already a Lender, (iv) not reduce the Lender's Lender Commitment to an amount
less than $5,000,000.00, and (v) include payment to the Agent by the Lender of a
service fee for each assignment equal to $3,000.00.
(c) Subject to Section 9.5(d) and (e) of this Agreement, a Lender may sell
participating interests in any of its Loans to (i) an Eligible Institution so
long as such participation shall (A) limit the voting rights of the participant,
if any, to the ability to vote for changes in the amount of the Total
Commitment, the interest rate on the Loans, the amount of the Commitment Fee,
the Letter of Credit Fee or the Extension Fee, the requirements for Guaranties
and for collateral, and the Maturity Date, and (B) require written notice to the
Agent and the Borrower but not any consent of the Agent, the Borrower or any
other Lender; and (ii) any Person formed to hold Eurodollar Rate Borrowings for
specific Interest Periods, with liquidity and credit support provided by the
participating Lender, so long as such participation shall convey no voting
rights to the participant. In connection with any sale of a participating
interest made in compliance with this Agreement, (i) the participating Lender
shall continue to be liable for its Lender Commitment and its other obligations
under the Credit Documents, (ii) the Agent, the Borrower and the other Lenders
shall continue to deal solely and directly with the participating Lender in
connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under the Credit Documents,
and (iii) the participant may not require the participating Lender to take or
refrain from taking any action under the Credit Documents that is in conflict
with the terms and provisions of the Credit Documents.
(d) A Lender may assign all or any part of its Loans, participations in
Letters of Credit or its Lender Commitment or its Lender Commitment to an
Affiliate of the Lender without written consent of the Agent and the Borrower.
(e) Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, any Lender may
assign and pledge all or any portion of its Lender Commitment and Loans to a
Federal Reserve Bank; provided, however, that any such assignment or pledge
shall not relieve such Lender from its obligations under the Credit Documents.
(f) The term of this Agreement shall be until the final maturity of the
Notes and the payment of all amounts due under the Credit Documents.
9.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several identical
counterparts, and by the parties hereto on separate counterparts, and each
counterpart, when so executed and delivered, shall constitute an original
instrument, and all such separate counterparts shall constitute but one and the
same instrument.
9.7 Usury Not Intended; Refund of Any Excess Payments. It is the intent of
the parties in the execution and performance of this Agreement to contract in
strict compliance with the usury laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and
the United States of America from time to time in effect. In furtherance
thereof, the Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower stipulate and agree that none
of the terms and provisions contained in this Agreement or the other Credit
Documents shall ever be construed to create a contract to pay for the use,
forbearance or detention of money with interest at a rate in excess of the
Ceiling Rate and that for purposes hereof "interest" shall include the aggregate
of all charges which constitute interest under such laws that are contracted
for, reserved, taken, charged or received under this Agreement. In determining
whether or not the interest paid or payable, under any specific contingency,
exceeds the Ceiling Rate, the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders shall, to the
maximum extent permitted under applicable law, (a) characterize any nonprincipal
payment as an expense, fee or premium rather than as interest, (b) exclude
voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) "spread" the total amount
of interest throughout the entire contemplated term of the Loans. The provisions
of this paragraph shall control over all other provisions of the Credit
Documents which may be in apparent conflict herewith.
9.8 Captions. The headings and captions appearing in the Credit Documents
have been included solely for convenience and shall not be considered in
construing the Credit Documents.
9.9 Severability. If any provision of any Credit Documents shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be
affected or impaired thereby.
9.10 Disclosures. Every reference in the Credit Documents to disclosures of
the Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders in writing, to the extent that such
references refer to disclosures at or prior to the execution of this Agreement,
shall be deemed strictly to refer only to written disclosures delivered to the
Agent and the Lenders in an orderly manner concurrently with the execution
hereof.
9.11 Entire Agreement. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS
TOGETHER CONSTITUTE A WRITTEN AGREEMENT AND REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN 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 BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
9.12. Waiver of Jury Trial. THE BORROWER, THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS WAIVE
THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BASED UPON, OR RELATED
TO, THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR
ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED TO ANY OF THE CREDIT DOCUMENTS. THIS WAIVER IS
KNOWINGLY, INTENTIONALLY AND VOLUNTARILY MADE BY BORROWER, THE AGENT AND THE
LENDERS AND BORROWER, THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NONE OF THE
THEM NOR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY OF THEM HAS OR HAVE MADE ANY
REPRESENTATIONS OF FACT TO INDUCE THIS WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY OR IN ANY WAY TO
MODIFY OR NULLIFY ITS EFFECT. THE BORROWER, THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS FURTHER
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EACH OF THEM HAS BEEN REPRESENTED (OR HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE REPRESENTED) IN THE SIGNING OF THIS AGREEMENT AND IN THE MAKING OF THIS
WAIVER BY INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL, SELECTED BY ITS OWN FREE WILL, AND THAT
EACH OF THEM HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS WAIVER WITH COUNSEL. THE
BORROWER, THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS AGREE THAT THE OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED BY THIS
AGREEMENT ARE EXEMPTED TRANSACTIONS UNDER THE TRUTH-IN-LENDING ACT, 15 U.S.C.
SECTION 1601, ET SEQ. THE BORROWER, THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS FURTHER
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EACH OF THEM HAS READ AND UNDERSTANDS THE MEANING OF THIS
WAIVER PROVISION.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of
the date set forth above.
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: EastGroup Properties General
Partners, Inc., General Partner
By: /s/ N. KEITH MCKEY
Name: N. Keith McKey
Title: Chief Financial Officer
By: /s/ BRUCE CORKERN
Name: Bruce Corkern
Title: Controller
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.
By: /s/ N. KEITH MCKEY
Name: N. Keith McKey
Title: Chief Financial Officer
By: /s/ BRUCE CORKERN
Name: Bruce Corkern
Title: Controller
Address:
188 East Capitol Street, Suite 300
Jackson, Mississippi 39201
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Lender Commitment: $20,500,000 PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Percentage: 11.714286% as Administrative Agent and as a Lender
By: /s/ WAYNE P. ROBERTSON
Name: Wayne P. Robertson
Title: Vice President
Address:
One PNC Plaza
249 Fifth Avenue
Mail Stop: P1-POPP-19-2
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Attention: Wayne P. Robertson
Telephone No.: 412-762-8452
Telecopy No.: 412-762-6500
E-Mail: wayne.robertson@pnc.com
With a copy to:
One PNC Plaza
249 Fifth Avenue
Mail Stop: P1-POPP-22-1
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Attention: Lisa Pierce
Telephone No.: 412-762-6442
Telecopy No.: 412-762-8672
E-Mail: lisa.pierce@pnc.com
Lender Commitment: $20,000,000 COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT,
Percentage: 11.428571% NEW YORK BRANCH, as Syndication Agent and
as a Lender
By: /s/ DOUGLAS P. TRAYNOR
Name: Dougls P. Traynor
Title: Senior Vice President
By: /s/ RALPH C. MARRA
Name: Ralph C. Marra
Title: Vice President
Address:
Two World Financial Center
New York, NY 10028
Attn: Ralph Marra
Telephone No.: 732-747-5727
Telecopy No: 520-833-4348
E-Mail: ralph.marra@verizon.net
rmarra@cbkna.com
Lender Commitment: $20,000,000 SOUTHTRUST BANK, as Co-Syndication
Percentage: 11.428571% Agent and as a Lender
By: /s/ SIDNEY CLAPP
Name: Sidney Clapp
Title: Loan Officer
Address:
Corporate Banking
420 North 20th Street, 11th Floor
Mail Code: A-001-TR-1105
Birmingham, AL 35203
Attn: Sidney Clapp
Telephone No.: 205-254-4183
Telecopy No: 205-254-8270
E-Mail: sidney.clapp@southtrust.com
Lender Commitment: $20,000,000 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Percentage: 11.428571% as Documentation Agent and as a Lender
By: /s/ MAUREEN A. DUNNE
Name: Maureen A. Dunne
Title: Senior Vice President
Address:
425 Walnut Street, 10th Floor
Mail Code: CN-WN-10CR
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Attn: Maureen A. Dunne
Telephone No.: 513-632-3903
Telecopy No.: 513-632-5590
E-Mail: maureen_dunne@firstar.com
Lender Commitment: $20,000,000 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
Percentage: 11.428571% ASSOCIATION, as Co-Documentation
Agent and as a Lender
By: /s/ C. JACKSON HOOVER
Name: C. Jackson Hoover
Title: Vice President
Address:
2859 Paces Ferry Road, Suite 1805
Atlanta, GA 30339
Attn: Kerry Richards
Telephone No.: 770-319-5220
Telecopy No.: 770-435-2262
E-Mail: richarke@wellsfargo.com
Lender Commitment: $20,500,000 AMSOUTH BANK, as Managing Agent
Percentage: 11.714286% and as a Lender
By: /s/ MARK W. MCDOWELL
Name: Mark W. McDowell
Title: Vice President
Address:
1900 Fifth Avenue North
Commercial Real Estate, AST9
Birmingham, AL 35203
Attn: Brian Coffee
Telephone No.: 205-801-0335
Telecopy No.: 205-326-5715
E-Mail: brian.coffee@amsouth.com
Lender Commitment: $20,000,000 SUNTRUST BANK, as a Lender
Percentage: 11.428571%
By: /s/ STEPHEN C. BRILL
Name: Stephen C. Brill
Title: Vice President
Address:
8245 Boone Boulevard, Suite 820
Vienna, VA 22182
Attn: Stephen C. Brill
Telephone No.: 703-902-9041
Telecopy No: 703-902-9190
E-Mail: stephen.brill@suntrust.com
Lender Commitment: $16,000,000 COMPASS BANK, as a Lender
Percentage: 9.142858%
By: /s/ JOHANNA DUKE PALEY
Name: Johanna Duke Paley
Title: Senior Vice President
Address:
15 South 20th Street, 15th Floor
Birmingham, AL 35233
Attn: Jo Paley
Telephone No.: 205-297-3851
Telecopy No: 205-297-7994
E-Mail: mjd@compassbnk.com
Lender Commitment: $11,000,000 TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK, as a
Percentage: 6.285715% Lender
By: /s/ HEATHER JARRATT
Name: Heather Jarratt
Title: Commercial Real Estate Officer
Address:
248 E. Capitol Street, Suite 800
Jackson, MS 39201
Attn: Heather Jarratt
Telephone No.: 601-592-7838
Telecopy No.: 601-949-6823
E-Mail: hjarratt@trustmark.com
Lender Commitment: $7,000,000 FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL
Percentage: 4.000000% ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
By: /s/ LEE HUNTER
Name: Lee Hunter
Title: Vice President
Address:
Commercial Real Estate
165 Madison Avenue, 10Th Floor
Memphis, TN 38103
Attn: Lee Hunter
Telephone No.: 901-523-4049
Telecopy No.: 901-523-4032
E-Mail: jlhunter@ftb.com
SCHEDULE I
TABLE 1
TOTAL LIABILITIES TO
TOTAL ASSET VALUE RATIO APPLICABLE MARGIN COMMITMENT FEE RATE
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EURODOLLAR RATE BASE RATE
BORROWING BORROWING
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than or equal to 30% 1.05% 0 0.15%
Greater than 30% but less than or 1.15% 0 0.175%
equal to 40%
Greater than 40% but less than or 1.25% 0 0.20%
equal to 50%
Greater than 50% but less than or 1.40% 0 0.25%
equal to 55%
TABLE 2
S&P RATING /
MOODY'S RATING APPLICABLE MARGIN COMMITMENT FEE RATE
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EURODOLLAR RATE BASE RATE
BORROWING BORROWING
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Better than or equal to 0.85% 0 0.15%
BBB+/Baal
BBB/Baa2 1.05% 0 0.15%
BBB-/Baa3 1.25% 0 0.20%
Worse than BBB-/Baa3 1.45% 0 0.25%
SCHEDULE II
APPROVED MARKETS
1. Florida: Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando, South Florida (Ft. Lauderdale,
Pompano Beach, Palm Beach, Miami)
2. Texas: Dallas, Houston, El Paso, Austin
3. California: Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, San Francisco Bay Area,
Fresno
4. Oklahoma: Oklahoma City, Tulsa
5. Tennessee: Memphis
6. Arizona: Phoenix, Tucson
7. Colorado: Denver
8. Louisiana: New Orleans
9. Mississippi: Jackson
10. Nevada: Las Vegas
11. Utah: Salt Lake City
OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE
EastGroup Properties, L.P. and EastGroup Properties, Inc., jointly and
severally (collectively, the "Borrower"), PNC Bank, National Association, as
Agent (the "Agent") and certain other Lenders (the "Lenders") entered into that
certain Credit Agreement (as amended, supplemented and restated from time to
time, the "Agreement") dated as of January 8, 2002. Any term used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Agreement.
The undersigned, as an officer of the General Partner of EastGroup
Properties, L.P. certifies that:
I. I am the _______________ of the General Partner of EastGroup Properties,
L.P.
II. The attached financial statements were prepared in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied (except for the
omission of footnote disclosures and appropriately disclosed consistency
exceptions) and present fairly the financial position of the Borrower as of the
date thereof and the results of its operations for the period covered thereby
subject to normal year-end adjustments.
III. As of the end of the period covered by the attached financial
statements dated _____________:
1. Tangible Net Worth Calculation:
(a) Assets $________
(b) Liabilities and intangibles $________
(c) Tangible Net Worth ((a) - (b)) $________
(must be at least $270,000,000.00 plus 85% of net
issuance proceeds)
2. Interest Coverage Ratio
(a) Borrower's EBITDA $________
(b) Interest Expense $________
(c) Interest Coverage Ratio ____:1.0
(must be not less than 2.25: 1.0)
3. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Calculation:
(a) Borrower's EBITDA $________
EXHIBIT A
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(b) Unit Capital Expenditures $________
(attach daily average calculation)
(c) (a) - (b) $________
(d) Principal paid and payable, plus Interest Expense, $________
plus amounts paid and payable on preferred stock
(e) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ((c) to (d)) ____:1.0
(must be not less than 1.50: 1.0)
4. Total Liabilities to Total Asset Value Ratio Calculation:
(a) Total Liabilities $________
(b) Net Operating Income for properties that have reached the
Stabilization Date and owned during the full period $________
(c) Unit Capital Expenditure $________
(d) (b) - (c) / 0.0925 $________
(e) Historical Value of properties acquired during the
period or that have been constructed but not
reached the Stabilization Date $________
(f) Value ((d) + (e)) $________
(g) Cash and cash equivalents excluding tenant
security and other restricted deposits $________
(h) Investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates (limited to
5% of Total Asset Value) $________
(i) Investments in marketable securities of other REITs
(limited to 10% of Total Asset Value) $________
(j) Investments in real estate assets being constructed
or developed (cost limited to 10% of Total Asset Value) $________
(k) Investments in first lien loans (limited to 10% of Total
Asset Value) $________
(1) Total Asset Value ((f) + (g) + (h) + (i) + (j) + (k)) $________
(m) Total Liabilities to Total Asset Value Ratio _______%
(as a percentage, (a)/(l))
(must be no greater than 55%)
5. Secured Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio
(a) Indebtedness secured by a Lien
And Subsidiary Indebtedness $________
(b) Total Asset Value $________
(c) Secured Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio _______%
(must be no greater than 40%)
EXHIBIT A
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6. Unhedged Variable Rate Debt to Total Asset
Value Ratio Calculation:
(a) Indebtedness not subject to interest rate protection $________
agreement
(b) Total Asset Value $________
(c) Unhedged Variable Rate Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio _______%
((a) to (b)) (must be no greater than 30%)
7. Unencumbered Interest Coverage Ratio
(a) Net Operating Income for Property
that is not subject to any Lien $________
(b) Unsecured Interest Expense $________
(c) Unencumbered Interest Coverage Ratio ((a) to (b)) ____:1.0
(must be not less than 2.00: 1.00)
8. Asset Maintenance Calculation
(a) Value of Pool (attach list of each Property)
(must equal at least 8(c)) $________
(b) Outstanding unsecured Indebtedness $________
x 2.00
(c) Minimum Value of Pool $________
9. Restricted Payments
(a) Restricted Payments for preceding $________
4 quarters (cannot exceed 90% of (b)
or 100% of (c))
(b) Funds from Operations $________
(c) Funds Available for Distribution $________
10. Limitation on recourse Secured Debt to no more
than $50,000,000.00
Amount: $________
EXHIBIT A
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11. Limitation on investments in Unconsolidated
Affiliates to no more than 5% of Total Asset
Value
(a) Amount $________
(b) Percentage of Total Asset Value _______%
12. Limitation on mortgages receivable to no more
than 10% of Total Asset Value
(a) Amount $________
(b) Percentage of Total Asset Value _______%
13. Limitation on undeveloped land to no more than
5% of Total Asset Value
(a) Amount $________
(b) Percentage of Total Asset Value _______%
14. Limitation on investments in securities of other
REITs and real estate operating companies to no
more than 10% of Total Asset Value
(a) Amount $________
(b) Percentage of Total Asset Value _______%
15. Limitation on investments in properties under
development to no more than 15% of Total
Asset Value
(a) Total actual and budgeted cost of construction
and development $________
(b) Percentage of Total Asset Value _______%
16. Limitation on investments in non-industrial
buildings to no more than 15% of Total Asset Value
(a) Amount $________
(b) Percentage of Total Asset Value _______%
EXHIBIT A
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17. Limitation on Repurchase of EastGroup Shares to
no more than 15% of Net Worth in a Calendar Year
(a) Amount $________
(b) Percentage of Net Worth _______%
18. Average Occupancy of Pool (cannot be less than 80%)
(a) Total amount of leased and occupied space in Pool $________
(b) Total amount of space in Pool $________
(c) (a) divided by (b) _______%
19. Aggregate Limitation of Investments to no more
than 25% of Total Asset Value
(a) Amount of investments pursuant to Section 6.6(f), (g),
(h) and (i) $________
(b) Percentage of Total Asset Value _______%
IV. Attached hereto is a statement of Funds From Operations for the
Borrower as of the most recent date required by the Agreement.
V. A review of the activities of the Borrower during the period covered by
the attached financial statements has been made under my supervision and with a
view to determining whether during such period the Borrower has kept, observed,
performed and fulfilled all of its obligations under the Agreement.
VI. (Check either (a) or (b))
[ ] (a) The Borrower has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and
every one of its obligations under the Agreement during the period covered by
the attached financial statements.
[ ] (b) The Borrower has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and
every one of its obligations under the Agreement during the period covered by
the attached financial statements except for the following matters: [Describe
all such defaults, specifying the nature, duration and status thereof and what
action the Borrower has taken or proposes to take with respect thereto.]
Date:_______________, 200_ _______________________________
Name:__________________________
EXHIBIT A
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POOL PROPERTY LIST
List each property separately showing the Value and the components, and the
Occupancy Level.
EXHIBIT A
Page 6 of 6
REQUEST FOR LOAN
Date: January __, 2002
PNC Bank, National Association, as Agent
One PNC Plaza, 249 Fifth Avenue
Mail Stop: P1-POPP-19-2
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
("Lender")
RE: Request for Loan Under Credit Agreement (as amended from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement") dated as of January 8, 2002, among EastGroup
Properties, L.P. and EastGroup Properties, Inc., jointly and severally
(collectively "Borrower"), the Agent and the Lenders as signatory to the
Credit Agreement
Gentlemen:
Borrower hereby requests [check as applicable] [ ] a conversion of an
existing Loan as provided below, and/or [ ] an advance under the Credit
Agreement, which is allowed pursuant to Section 5.9 of the Credit Agreement, in
the amount of $_____________ [minimum of $1,000,000.00 and in multiples of
$250,000.00].
Maximum Principal Amount $175,000,000.00
Less the amount outstanding under the
Credit Agreement (including Swing Loans) ($_____________)
Less the LC Exposure ($_____________)
Available amount $______________
Less amount requested ($______________)
Amount remaining to be advanced $______________
The advance or conversion is to be made as follows:
A. Base Rate Borrowing
1. Amount of Base Rate Borrowing: $_______________
2. Date of Base Rate Borrowing ___________, 200_
EXHIBIT B
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B. Eurodollar Rate Borrowing:
1. Amount of Eurodollar Rate $________.___
Borrowing:
2. Amount of conversion of existing $________.___
Loan to Eurodollar Rate Borrowing:
3. Number of Eurodollar Rate _____________
Borrowing(s) now in effect:
[cannot exceed 5]
4. Date of Eurodollar Rate Borrowing ________, 200_
or conversion:
5. Interest Period: _____________
6. Expiration date of current Interest ________, 200_
Period as to this conversion:
C. Swing Loan:
1. Amount of Swing Loan $_____________
(minimum of $_________ and in
multiples of $___________)
2. Date of Swing Loan ________, 200_
EXHIBIT B
Page 2 of 3
Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the amounts set forth above
are true and correct, that the amount above requested has actually been
incurred, that the representations and warranties contained in the Credit
Agreement are true and correct as if made as of this date, and that Borrower has
kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every one of its obligations
under the Credit Agreement as of the date hereof [except as follows:]
Very truly yours,
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: EastGroup Properties General Partners, Inc.,
General Partner
By:____________________________
Name:__________________________
Title:_________________________
By:____________________________
Name:__________________________
Title:_________________________
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.
By:_______________________________
Name:_____________________________
Title:____________________________
EXHIBIT B
Page 3 of 3
PROMISSORY NOTE
$[____________] ____________, 200_
FOR VALUE RECEIVED EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership and EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation (herein
collectively called "Maker"), jointly and severally promise to pay to the order
of [_____________________], a [_____________] (___________, and any subsequent
holder, being hereinafter called the "Payee"), at the offices of PNC Bank,
National Association, a national banking association, as "Agent" under the
Credit Agreement, at One PNC Plaza, 249 Fifth Avenue, Mail Stop P1-POPP-19-2,
Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or at such other place as the Payee may hereafter
designate in writing, in immediately available funds and in lawful money of the
United States of America, the principal sum of [________________] Dollars
($[_____________]) (or the unpaid balance of all principal advanced against this
Promissory Note (the "Note"), if that amount is less), together with interest on
the unpaid principal balance of this Note from time to time outstanding at the
Stated Rate and interest on all past due amounts, both principal and accrued
interest, at the Past Due Rate; provided, that for the full term of this Note
the interest rate produced by the aggregate of all sums paid or agreed to be
paid to the Payee for the use, forbearance or detention of the debt evidenced
hereby (including, but not limited to, all interest on this Note at the Stated
Rate) shall not exceed the Ceiling Rate.
1. Definitions. Any terms not defined herein shall have the meaning given
to them in the Credit Agreement dated of even date herewith among the Maker, the
Agent, the Payee and certain other Lenders (as the same may be amended or
modified, the "Credit Agreement").
2. Rate Change Automatically and Without Notice. Without notice to Maker or
any other person or entity and to the full extent allowed by applicable law from
time to time in effect, the Prime Rate and the Ceiling Rate shall each
automatically fluctuate upward and downward as and in the amount by which
Agent's said prime rate, and such maximum nonusurious rate of interest permitted
by applicable law, respectively, fluctuate.
3. Calculation of Interest. Interest shall be computed for the actual
number of days elapsed in a year (up to 365, or 366 in a leap year) deemed to
consist of 360 days, unless the Ceiling Rate would thereby be exceeded, in which
event, to the extent necessary to avoid exceeding the Ceiling Rate, interest
shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in the
applicable calendar year in which it accrued.
EXHIBIT C
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4. Excess Interest Will be Refunded or Credited. If, for any reason
whatever, the interest paid or received on this Note during its full term
produces a rate which exceeds the Ceiling Rate, the Payee shall refund to the
Maker or, at the Payee's option, credit against the principal of this Note such
portion of that interest as shall be necessary to cause the interest paid on
this Note to produce a rate equal to the Ceiling Rate.
5. Interest Will Be Spread. All sums paid or agreed to be paid to the Payee
for the use, forbearance or detention of the indebtedness evidenced hereby, to
the extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent necessary to avoid
violating applicable usury laws, shall be amortized, prorated, allocated and
spread in equal parts throughout the full term of this Note, so that the
interest rate is uniform throughout the full term of this Note.
6. Payment Schedule. The principal of this Note shall be due and payable on
the Maturity Date. Accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable on each
Interest Payment Date. All payments shall be applied first to accrued interest,
the balance to principal.
7. Prepayment. Maker may prepay this Note only as provided in the Credit
Agreement.
8. Revolving Credit. Upon and subject to the terms and conditions of the
Credit Agreement and the other provisions of this Note, Maker may borrow, repay
and reborrow against this Note at any time unless and until a Default or Event
of Default has occurred which the Payee has not declared to have been fully
cured or waived, and (except as the Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit
Documents may otherwise provide) there is no limit on the number of advances
against this Note so long as the total unpaid principal of this Note at any time
outstanding does not exceed the Payee's Lender Commitment. Interest on the
amount of each advance against this Note shall be computed on the amount of the
unpaid balance of that advance from the date it is made until the date it is
repaid. If Maker's right (if any) to borrow against this Note shall ever lapse
because of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, it shall not be
reinstated (or construed from any course of conduct or otherwise to have been
reinstated) unless and until the Payee shall declare in a signed writing that it
has been cured or waived. The unpaid principal balance of this Note at any time
shall be the total of all principal lent against this Note to Maker or for
Maker's account less the sum of all principal payments and permitted prepayments
on this Note received by the Payee. Absent manifest error, the Payee's computer
records shall on any day conclusively evidence the unpaid balance of this Note
and its advances and payments history posted up to that day. All loans and
advances and all payments and permitted prepayments made on this Note may be
(but are not required to be) endorsed by the Payee on the schedule attached
hereto (which is hereby made a part hereof for all purposes) or otherwise
recorded in the Payee's computer or manual records; provided, that the Payee's
failure to make notation of (a) any principal advance or accrual of interest
shall not cancel, limit or otherwise affect Maker's obligations or the Payee's
rights with respect to that advance or accrual, or (b) any payment or permitted
prepayment of principal or interest shall not cancel, limit or otherwise affect
Maker's entitlement to credit for that payment as of the date of its receipt by
the Payee.
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9. Credit Agreement. This Note has been issued pursuant to the terms of the
Credit Agreement, to which reference is made for all purposes. Advances against
this Note by the Payee shall be governed by the Credit Agreement. The Payee is
entitled to the benefits of the Credit Agreement. As additional security for
this Note, Maker hereby grants to the Payee an express lien against, security
interest in and contractual right of setoff in and to, all property and any and
all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any
time held by the Payee for any Maker's credit or account.
10. Defaults and Remedies. Time is of the essence. Maker's failure to pay
any principal or accrued interest owing on this Note when due and after
expiration of any applicable period for notice and right to cure such a failure
which is specifically provided for in the Credit Agreement or any other
provision of this Note, or the occurrence of any Event of Default under the
Credit Agreement or any other Credit Documents shall constitute a default under
this Note, whereupon the Payee may elect to exercise any or all rights, powers
and remedies afforded (a) under the Credit Agreement and all other papers
related to this Note and (b) by law, including the right to accelerate the
maturity of this entire Note.
In addition to and cumulative of such rights, the Payee is hereby
authorized at any time and from time to time after any such Event of Default, at
Payee's option, without notice to Maker or any other person or entity (all
rights to any such notice being hereby waived), to set off and apply any and all
of any Maker's deposits at any time held by the Payee, and any other debt at any
time owing by the Payee to or for the credit or account of any Maker, against
the outstanding balance of this Note, in such order and manner as the Payee may
elect in its sole discretion.
The Payee's right to accelerate this Note on account of any late payment or
other Event of Default shall not be waived or deemed waived by the Payee by
reason of the Payee's having previously accepted one or more late payments or by
reason of the Payee's otherwise not accelerating this Note or exercising other
remedies for any Event of Default, and in no event shall the Payee ever be
obligated or deemed obligated to notify Maker or any other person that Payee is
requiring strict compliance with this Note or any papers securing or otherwise
relating to it before the Payee may accelerate this Note or exercise any other
remedy.
11. Legal Costs. If the Payee retains an attorney in connection with any
such Default or Event of Default or to collect, enforce or defend this Note or
any papers intended to secure or guarantee it in any lawsuit or in any probate,
reorganization, bankruptcy or other proceeding, or if Maker sues the Payee in
connection with this Note or any such papers and does not prevail, then Maker
agrees to pay to the Payee, in addition to principal and interest, all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Payee in trying to collect this
Note or in any such suit or proceeding, including reasonable attorneys' fees.
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12. Waivers. Except only for any notices which are specifically required by
the Credit Agreement, Maker and any and all co-makers, endorsers, guarantors and
sureties severally waive notice (including, but not limited to, notice of intent
to accelerate and notice of acceleration, notice of protest and notice of
dishonor), demand, presentment for payment, protest, diligence in collecting and
the filing of suit for the purpose of fixing liability and consent that the time
of payment hereof may be extended and re-extended from time to time without
notice to any of them. Each such person agrees that his, her or its liability on
or with respect to this Note shall not be affected by any release of or change
in any guaranty or security at any time existing or by any failure to perfect or
maintain perfection of any lien against or security interest in any such
security or the partial or complete unenforceability of any guaranty or other
surety obligation, in each case in whole or in part, with or without notice and
before or after maturity.
13. Rate of Return Maintenance Covenant. If at any time after the date of
this Note, the Payee determines that (a) any applicable law, rule or regulation
regarding capital adequacy of general applicability has been adopted or changed,
or (b) its interpretation or administration by any governmental authority,
central bank or comparable agency has changed, and determines that such change
or the Payee's compliance with any request or directive regarding capital
adequacy of general applicability (whether or not having the force of law) of
any such authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the
effect of reducing the rate of return on the Payee's capital as a consequence of
its obligations under this Note or any related papers to a level below that
which the Payee could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance
(taking into consideration the Payee's own capital adequacy policies) by an
amount the Payee deems to be material, then Maker promises to pay from time to
time to the order of the Payee such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate the Payee for such reduction. A certificate of the Payee setting
forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate the Payee as specified above
shall be given to Maker as soon as practicable after the Payee has made such
determination and shall be conclusive and binding, absent manifest error. Maker
shall pay the Payee the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 15
days after the Payee gives it. In preparing such certificate, the Payee may
employ such assumptions and make such allocations of costs and expenses as the
Payee in good faith deems reasonable and may use any reasonable averaging and
attribution method. Section 3.8(b) of the Credit Agreement shall apply to the
charges assessed under this Section.
14. Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Venue. THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FROM TIME TO TIME IN EFFECT.
15. General Purpose of Loan. Maker warrants and represents to the Payee
that all loans evidenced by this Note are and will be for business, commercial,
investment or other similar purpose.
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16. Participations and Assignments. The Payee reserves the right to sell
participations, assign interests or both, in all or any part of this Note or the
debt evidenced by this Note, in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
17. Provisions Relating to Co-Makers. Each Maker agrees that it shall never
be entitled to be subrogated to any of the Payee's rights against any Obligor or
any other person or entity or any collateral or offset rights held by the Payee
for payment of the indebtedness and obligations incurred under or pursuant to
the Credit Documents (the "Debt") until full payment of the Debt, complete
performance of all of the obligations of the Obligors under the Credit Documents
and final termination of the Payee's obligations, if any, to make further
advances under this Note or to provide any other financial accommodations to any
Obligor. The value of the consideration received and to be received by each
Maker is reasonably worth at least as much as the liability and obligation of
each Maker incurred or arising under this Note and all other Credit Documents.
Each Maker has determined that such liability and obligation may reasonably be
expected to substantially benefit each Maker directly or indirectly. Each Maker
has had full and complete access to the underlying papers relating to the Debt
and all other papers executed by any Obligor or any other person or entity in
connection with the Debt, has reviewed them and is fully aware of the meaning
and effect of their contents. Each Maker is fully informed of all circumstances
which bear upon the risks of executing this Note and which a diligent inquiry
would reveal. Each Maker has adequate means to obtain from each other Maker on a
continuing basis information concerning such other Maker's financial condition,
and is not depending on the Payee or Agent to provide such information, now or
in the future. Each Maker agrees that neither Agent nor the Payee shall have any
obligation to advise or notify any Maker or to provide any Maker with any data
or information regarding any other Maker.
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EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: EastGroup Properties General Partners, Inc.,
General Partner
By:_____________________________
Name: N. Keith McKey
Title: Chief Financial Officer
By:_____________________________
Name: Bruce Corkern
Title: Controller
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.
By:________________________________
Name: N. Keith McKey
Title: Chief Financial Officer
By:________________________________
Name: Bruce Corkern
Title: Controller
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Promissory Note (cont'd)
SCHEDULE
LOANS AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
Amount of
Amount of Type of Principal Maturity Notation
Date Loan Loan Repaid Date Made By
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SWING LOAN NOTE
$20,000,000 January __, 2002
FOR VALUE RECEIVED EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership and EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation (herein
collectively called "Maker"), jointly and severally promise to pay to the order
of PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, (PNC Bank,
National Association, or other subsequent holder being, hereinafter called the
"Payee"), at One PNC Plaza, 249 Fifth Avenue, Mail Stop P1-POPP-19-2,
Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or at such other place as the Payee may hereafter
designate in writing, in immediately available funds and in lawful money of the
United States of America, the principal sum of Twenty Million Dollars
($20,000,000) (or the unpaid balance of all principal advanced against this
Swing Loan Note (the "Note"), if that amount is less), together with interest on
the unpaid principal balance of this Note from time to time outstanding at the
Stated Rate and interest on all past due amounts, both principal and accrued
interest, at the Past Due Rate; provided, that for the full term of this Note
the interest rate produced by the aggregate of all sums paid or agreed to be
paid to the Payee for the use, forbearance or detention of the debt evidenced
hereby (including, but not limited to, all interest on this Note at the Stated
Rate) shall not exceed the Ceiling Rate.
1. Definitions. Any terms not defined herein shall have the meaning given
to them in the Credit Agreement dated of even date herewith among the Maker, the
Payee and certain other Lenders (as the same may be amended or modified the
"Credit Agreement").
2. Rate Change Automatically and Without Notice. Without notice to Maker or
any other person or entity and to the full extent allowed by applicable law from
time to time in effect, the Prime Rate and the Ceiling Rate shall each
automatically fluctuate upward and downward as and in the amount by which
Agent's said prime rate, and such maximum nonusurious rate of interest permitted
by applicable law, respectively, fluctuate.
3. Calculation of Interest. Interest shall be computed for the actual
number of days elapsed in a year (up to 365, or 366 in a leap year) deemed to
consist of 360 days, unless the Ceiling Rate would thereby be exceeded, in which
event, to the extent necessary to avoid exceeding the Ceiling Rate, interest
shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in the
applicable calendar year in which it accrued.
4. Excess Interest Will be Refunded or Credited. If, for any reason
whatever, the interest paid or received on this Note during its full term
produces a rate which exceeds the Ceiling Rate, the Payee shall refund to the
Maker or, at the Payee's option, credit against the principal of this Note such
portion of that interest as shall be necessary to cause the interest paid on
this Note to produce a rate equal to the Ceiling Rate.
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5. Interest Will Be Spread. All sums paid or agreed to be paid to the Payee
for the use, forbearance or detention of the indebtedness evidenced hereby, to
the extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent necessary to avoid
violating applicable usury laws, shall be amortized, prorated, allocated and
spread in equal parts throughout the full term of this Note, so that the
interest rate is uniform throughout the full term of this Note.
6. Payment Schedule. The principal of this Note shall be due and payable on
the Maturity Date. Accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable on each
Interest Payment Date. All payments shall be applied first to accrued interest,
the balance to principal.
7. Prepayment. Maker may prepay this Note only as provided in the Credit
Agreement.
8. Revolving Credit. Upon and subject to the terms and conditions of the
Credit Agreement and the other provisions of this Note, Maker may borrow, repay
and reborrow against this Note at any time unless and until a Default or Event
of Default has occurred which the Payee has not declared to have been fully
cured or waived, and (except as the Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit
Documents may otherwise provide) there is no limit on the number of advances
against this Note so long as the total unpaid principal of this Note at any time
outstanding does not exceed $20,000,000. Interest on the amount of each advance
against this Note shall be computed on the amount of the unpaid balance of that
advance from the date it is made until the date it is repaid. If Maker's right
(if any) to borrow against this Note shall ever lapse because of the occurrence
of any Default or Event of Default, it shall not be reinstated (or construed
from any course of conduct or otherwise to have been reinstated) unless and
until the Payee shall declare in a signed writing that it has been cured or
waived. The unpaid principal balance of this Note at any time shall be the total
of all principal lent against this Note to Maker or for Maker's account less the
sum of all principal payments and permitted prepayments on this Note received by
the Payee. Absent manifest error, the Payee's computer records shall on any day
conclusively evidence the unpaid balance of this Note and its advances and
payments history posted up to that day. All loans and advances and all payments
and permitted prepayments made on this Note may be (but are not required to be)
endorsed by the Payee on the schedule attached hereto (which is hereby made a
part hereof for all purposes) or otherwise recorded in the Payee's computer or
manual records; provided, that the Payee's failure to make notation of (a) any
principal advance or accrual of interest shall not cancel, limit or otherwise
affect Maker's obligations or any Payee's rights with respect to that advance or
accrual, or (b) any payment or permitted prepayment of principal or interest
shall not cancel, limit or otherwise affect Maker's entitlement to credit for
that payment as of the date of its receipt by the Payee.
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9. Credit Agreement. This Note has been issued pursuant to the terms of the
Credit Agreement, to which reference is made for all purposes. Advances against
this Note by the Payee shall be governed by the Credit Agreement. Payee is
entitled to the benefits of the Credit Agreement. As additional security for
this Note, Maker hereby grants to Payee an express lien against, security
interest in and contractual right of setoff in and to, all property and any and
all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any
time held by the Payee for any Maker's credit or account.
10. Defaults and Remedies. Time is of the essence. Maker's failure to pay
any principal or accrued interest owing on this Note when due and after
expiration of any applicable period for notice and right to cure such a failure
which is specifically provided for in the Credit Agreement or any other
provision of this Note, or the occurrence of any Event of Default under the
Credit Agreement or any other Credit Documents shall constitute a default under
this Note, whereupon the Payee may elect to exercise any or all rights, powers
and remedies afforded (a) under the Credit Agreement and all other papers
related to this Note and (b) by law, including the right to accelerate the
maturity of this entire Note.
In addition to and cumulative of such rights, the Payee is hereby
authorized at any time and from time to time after any such Event of Default, at
the Payee's option, without notice to Maker or any other person or entity (all
rights to any such notice being hereby waived), to set off and apply any and all
of any Maker's deposits at any time held by the Payee, and any other debt at any
time owing by the Payee to or for the credit or account of a Maker, against the
outstanding balance of this Note, in such order and manner as the Payee may
elect in its sole discretion.
The Payee's right to accelerate this Note on account of any late payment or
other default shall not be waived or deemed waived by the Payee by reason of the
Payee's having previously accepted one or more late payments or by reason of the
Payee's otherwise not accelerating this Note or exercising other remedies for
any Event of Default, and in no event shall the Payee ever be obligated or
deemed obligated to notify Maker or any other person that the Payee is requiring
strict compliance with this Note or any papers securing or otherwise relating to
it before the Payee may accelerate this Note or exercise any other remedy.
11. Legal Costs. If the Payee retains an attorney in connection with any
such Default or Event of Default or to collect, enforce or defend this Note or
any papers intended to secure or guarantee it in any lawsuit or in any probate,
reorganization, bankruptcy or other proceeding, or if Maker sues the Payee in
connection with this Note or any such papers and does not prevail, then Maker
agrees to pay to the Payee, in addition to principal and interest, all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Payee in trying to collect this
Note or in any such suit or proceeding, including reasonable attorneys' fees.
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12. Waivers. Except only for any notices which are specifically required by
the Credit Agreement, Maker and any and all co-makers, endorsers, guarantors and
sureties severally waive notice (including, but not limited to, notice of intent
to accelerate and notice of acceleration, notice of protest and notice of
dishonor), demand, presentment for payment, protest, diligence in collecting and
the filing of suit for the purpose of fixing liability and consent that the time
of payment hereof may be extended and re-extended from time to time without
notice to any of them. Each such person agrees that his, her or its liability on
or with respect to this Note shall not be affected by any release of or change
in any guaranty or security at any time existing or by any failure to perfect or
maintain perfection of any lien against or security interest in any such
security or the partial or complete unenforceability of any guaranty or other
surety obligation, in each case in whole or in part, with or without notice and
before or after maturity.
13. Rate of Return Maintenance Covenant. If at any time after the date of
this Note, the Payee determines that (a) any applicable law, rule or regulation
regarding capital adequacy of general applicability has been adopted or changed,
or (b) its interpretation or administration by any governmental authority,
central bank or comparable agency has changed, and determines that such change
or the Payee's compliance with any request or directive regarding capital
adequacy of general applicability (whether or not having the force of law) of
any such authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the
effect of reducing the rate of return on the Payee's capital as a consequence of
its obligations under this Note or any related papers to a level below that
which the Payee could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance
(taking into consideration the Payee's own capital adequacy policies) by an
amount the Payee deems to be material, then Maker promises to pay from time to
time to the order of the Payee such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate the Payee for such reduction. A certificate of the Payee setting
forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate the Payee as specified above
shall be given to Maker as soon as practicable after the Payee has made such
determination and shall be conclusive and binding, absent manifest error. Maker
shall pay the Payee the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 15
days after the Payee gives it. In preparing such certificate, the Payee may
employ such assumptions and make such allocations of costs and expenses as the
Payee in good faith deems reasonable and may use any reasonable averaging and
attribution method. Section 3.8(b) of the Credit Agreement shall apply to the
charges assessed under this Section.
14. Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Venue. THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FROM TIME TO TIME IN EFFECT.
15. General Purpose of Loan. Maker warrants and represents to the Payee
that all loans evidenced by this Note are and will be for business, commercial,
investment or other similar purpose.
16. Participations and Assignments. The Payee reserves the right to sell
participations, assign interests or both, in all or any part of this Note or the
debt evidenced by this Note, in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
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17. Provisions Relating to Co-Makers. Each Maker agrees that it shall never
be entitled to be subrogated to any of the Payee's rights against any Obligor or
any other person or entity or any collateral or offset rights held by the Payee
for payment of the indebtedness and obligations incurred under or pursuant to
the Credit Documents (the "Debt") until full payment of the Debt, complete
performance of all of the obligations of the Obligors under the Credit Documents
and final termination of the Payee's obligations, if any, to make further
advances under this Note or to provide any other financial accommodations to any
Obligor. The value of the consideration received and to be received by each
Maker is reasonably worth at least as much as the liability and obligation of
each Maker incurred or arising under this Note and all other Credit Documents.
Each Maker has determined that such liability and obligation may reasonably be
expected to substantially benefit each Maker directly or indirectly. Each Maker
has had full and complete access to the underlying papers relating to the Debt
and all other papers executed by any Obligor or any other person or entity in
connection with the Debt, has reviewed them and is fully aware of the meaning
and effect of their contents. Each Maker is fully informed of all circumstances
which bear upon the risks of executing this Note and which a diligent inquiry
would reveal. Each Maker has adequate means to obtain from each other Maker on a
continuing basis information concerning such other Maker's financial condition,
and is not depending on the Payee or Agent to provide such information, now or
in the future. Each Maker agrees that neither Agent nor the Payee shall have any
obligation to advise or notify any Maker or to provide any Maker with any data
or information regarding any other Maker.
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EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: EastGroup Properties General Partners, Inc.,
General Partner
By:_______________________________
Name: N. Keith McKey
Title: Chief Financial Officer
By:_______________________________
Name: Bruce Corkern
Title: Controller
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.
By:_________________________________
Name: N. Keith McKey
Title: Chief Financial Officer
By:_________________________________
Name: Bruce Corkern
Title: Controller
EXHIBIT C-1
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Swing Loan Note (cont'd)
SCHEDULE
LOANS AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
Amount of
Amount of Type of Principal Maturity Notation
Date Loan Loan Repaid Date Made By
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OPINION OF COUNSEL
(For Borrower and Guarantors)
1. The Person (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the state of Delaware; (b) has all requisite power and
authority and all material governmental licenses, authorizations, permits and
approvals to own its Property and to carry on its business as, and in the places
where, such Property is owned or such business is now conducted, and (c) is duly
qualified to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which
such qualification is necessary or desirable.
2. The execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Agreement and the
other Credit Documents (a) have all been duly authorized by all necessary action
by the Person, (b) are within the power and authority of the Person; (c) will
not contravene or violate any Legal Requirement or the Organizational Documents
of the Person; (d) to the best of our knowledge, will not result in the breach
of, or constitute a default under, any agreement, instrument, judgment, license,
order or pen-nit to which the Person is a party or by which the Person or any of
its Property may be bound or affected, and (e) to the best of our knowledge, do
not result in the creation of any Lien upon any Property of the Person except as
expressly contemplated by the Credit Documents.
3. All authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses, permissions and
registrations, if any, of or with any Governmental Authority, or to the best of
our knowledge, any other Person, required in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance of the Credit Agreement, the Note and the other Credit
Documents have been obtained.
4. The Credit Documents are legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Person enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and other
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by
general equitable principles.
5. To the best of our knowledge and except as heretofore disclosed to the
Agent, there is no litigation or administrative proceeding pending or threatened
against, or any outstanding judgment, order decree or award affecting, the
Person before or by any Governmental Authority or arbitral body which in the
aggregate have, or if adversely determined could have, any material adverse
effect on the condition, business or prospects, financial or otherwise, of the
Person.
6. The Borrower is not an "investment company", or a copy "controlled" by
an "investment company", within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.
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REQUEST FOR EXTENSION
To: PNC Bank, National Association Borrower: EastGroup Properties, L.P.
One PNC Plaza and East Group Properties, Inc.
249 Fifth Avenue
Mail Stop P1-POPP-19-2
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2707 Loan No.___________________________
Attn: Wayne Robertson
Phone: 412-762-8452
Fax: 412-762-6500
The undersigned hereby requests an extension of the maturity date of the
above referenced loan ("Loan") to __________, 2006, pursuant to the provisions
in the Credit Agreement ("Agreement") dated as of January 8, 2002 between
EastGroup Properties, L.P. and EastGroup Properties, Inc., as Borrower and PNC
Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and as a Lender, Commerzbank
Aktiengesellschaft, New York Branch, as Syndication Agent and as a Lender,
SouthTrust Bank, as Co-Syndication Agent and as a Lender, U.S. Bank National
Association, as Documentation Agent and as a Lender, Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Co-Documentation Agent and as a Lender, and AmSouth Bank, as
Managing Agent and as a Lender, and the other Lenders listed on the signature
pages of the Agreement (all capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Agreement).
The Loans are evidenced by the Notes and the other Credit Documents defined
in the Agreement (collectively, the "Credit Documents"). The Borrower warrants
and represents that all Loan Documents remain in full force and effect, and no
Default or Event of Default has occurred. An updated Officer's Certificate dated
as of the date hereof, is enclosed herewith.
The undersigned agrees to execute whatever additional documents may be
required in order to implement or to clarify the terms of this extension or to
preserve and maintain the security granted in connection with the Loans.
The Extension Fee shall be paid to the Agent in accordance with Section
2.6(c) of the Agreement.
Date:_____________________________________
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ATTEST/WITNESS: EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: EastGroup Properties General Partners, Inc.,
General Partner
By:_________________________ By:________________________________
Name:______________________________
Title:_____________________________
By:__________________________ By:________________________________
Name:______________________________
Title:_____________________________
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.
By:___________________________ By:_______________________________
Name:_____________________________
Title:____________________________
By:___________________________ By:_______________________________
Name:_____________________________
Title:____________________________
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CONSENT OF GUARANTORS
The undersigned Guarantors hereby acknowledge their continued liability
pursuant to that certain Guaranty dated as of ______________, 2002, and that
such liability shall remain unaffected by the above extension of the maturity
date of the Loan, if approved pursuant to Section 2.9 of the Agreement.
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES HOLDINGS, INC.
By:____________________________
Name:__________________________
Title:_________________________
By:____________________________
Name:__________________________
Title:_________________________
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES GENERAL PARTNERS,
INC.
By:____________________________
Name:__________________________
Title:_________________________
By:____________________________
Name:__________________________
Title:_________________________
EASTGROUP TENNESSEE PROPERTIES, L.P.
BY: NASH IND CORPORATION,
General Partner
By:_____________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:__________________________
By:_____________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:__________________________
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NASH IND CORPORATION
By:_____________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:__________________________
By:_____________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:__________________________
SAMPLE 1-95 ASSOCIATES
BY: EASTGROUP PROPERTIES GENERAL
PARTNERS, INC., General Partner
By:__________________________
Name:________________________
Title:_______________________
By:__________________________
Name:________________________
Title:_______________________
EASTGROUP TRS, INC.
By:___________________________
Name:_________________________
Title:________________________
By:___________________________
Name:_________________________
Title:________________________
EXHIBIT E
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