EXHIBIT 10.1
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated
January 4, 2008
among
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, L.P.
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent
REGIONS BANK,
AND SUNTRUST BANK
as Co-Syndication Agents
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Documentation Agent
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner
and
the Lenders
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made
and entered into as of January 4, 2008, 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"), REGIONS BANK and SUNTRUST BANK, as Co-Syndication Agents, and WELLS
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Documentation Agent.
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, Borrower, certain of the Lenders, and Agent are parties to a
certain First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 6, 2004
(as amended, the "Existing Credit Agreement"), which Existing Credit Agreement
amended and restated a Credit Agreement among Borrower, Agent and certain of the
Lenders dated January 8, 2002; and
WHEREAS, Borrower, Lenders and Agent wish to amend and restate the Existing
Credit Agreement as set forth herein by, among other things, (i) adding certain
Lenders, (ii) reallocating the Commitments, (iii) extending the Maturity Date,
and (iv) modifying certain covenants and other provisions of the Existing Credit
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, in consideration of their mutual
covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and intending to be legally bound
hereby, agree to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety
as follows:
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 or a Competitive Bid
Loan, 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.
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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. The Annual Audited
Financial Statements shall be prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance
with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
Anti-Terrorism Laws shall mean any Legal Requirements relating to terrorism
or money laundering, including Executive Order No. 13224, the USA Patriot Act,
the Legal Requirements comprising or implementing the Bank Secrecy Act, and the
Legal Requirements administered by the United States Treasury Department's
Office of Foreign Asset Control (as any of the foregoing Legal Requirements may
from time to time be amended, renewed, extended, or replaced).
Applicable Margin shall mean (a) whenever and for so long as the Operating
Partnership shall not have obtained and maintain the Qualifying Ratings, 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 shall have obtained and shall
maintain the Qualifying Ratings, the percentage which will be in effect whenever
and for so long as the Operating Partnership shall have obtained and shall
maintain the corresponding Qualifying Ratings, reflected in Table 2 on Schedule
I attached hereto, provided that, in the event that the Qualifying Ratings are
not equivalent, the Applicable Margin shall be determined based upon the lower
or lowest of the Qualifying Ratings. 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.
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 Open Rate for that day plus three-quarters of
one percent (0.75%).
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.
Blocked Person shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.15
[Anti-Terrorism Laws] hereof.
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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.
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).
Competitive Bid shall mean an offer by a Lender to make a Competitive Bid
Loan pursuant to the terms of Section 2.10.
Competitive Bid Fee shall mean the amount of $500 for each Competitive Bid
Request.
Competitive Bid Loan shall mean a loan made by a Lender in its sole and
absolute discretion pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.10 at a rate equal
to the applicable Competitive Bid Rate.
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Competitive Bid Loan Note or Competitive Bid Loan Notes shall mean the
promissory notes of the Borrower, in the form of Exhibit F, in favor of each
Lender evidencing the Competitive Bid Loans, individually or collectively, as
appropriate, as such promissory notes may be amended, modified, supplemented,
extended, renewed or replaced from time to time.
Competitive Bid Rate shall mean the rate of interest applicable to any
Competitive Bid Loan, which shall be equal to the Adjusted Eurodollar Interbank
Rate plus or minus the applicable Eurodollar Bid Margin. In calculating the
Competitive Bid Rate for any interest period of seven (7) days through thirty
(30) days, such rate shall be calculated based upon the one (1) month Eurodollar
Interbank Rate, for any Interest Period of thirty-one (31) days through sixty
(60) days, such rate shall be calculated based upon the two (2) month Eurodollar
Interbank Rate, and for any Interest Period of sixty-one (61) through ninety
(90) days, such rate shall be calculated using the three (3) month Eurodollar
Interbank Rate.
Competitive Bid Quote shall mean a quote by a Lender for Competitive Bids
in the form of Exhibit I.
Competitive Bid Request shall mean a request by the Borrower for
Competitive Bids in the form of Exhibit G.
Co-Syndication Agents shall mean Regions Bank and SunTrust Bank, in their
capacities as such agents as provided in Section 8.13 hereof.
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).
Documentation Agent shall mean Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in
its capacity as such agent as provided in Section 8.13 hereof.
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
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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
interest rate per annum determined by the Agent (rounded upwards, if necessary,
to the nearest 1/100th of 1% per annum) which appears on the Bloomberg Page
BBAM1 (or on such other substitute Bloomberg page that displays rates at which
U.S. dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank
deposit market), or the rate which is quoted by another source selected by the
Agent which has been approved by the British Bankers' Association as an
authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying rates at which U.S.
dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit
market (an "Alternate Source"), at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two
(2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period as the
London interbank offered rate for U.S. Dollars for an amount comparable to such
Eurodollar Rate Borrowing and having a borrowing date and a maturity comparable
to such Interest Period (or if there shall at any time, for any reason, no
longer exist a Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or any substitute page) or any Alternate
Source, a comparable replacement rate determined by the Agent at such time
(which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error):
Eurodollar Bid Margin shall mean the margin above or below the Adjusted
Eurodollar Interbank Rate to be added or subtracted from the Adjusted Eurodollar
Interbank Rate, which margin shall be expressed in multiples of 1/100th of one
percent.
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,
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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 mean, for any day, the rate per annum
(based on a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed and rounded upward to the
nearest 1/100 of 1%) announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or any
successor) on such day as being the weighted average of the rates on overnight
federal funds transactions arranged by federal funds brokers on the previous
trading day, as computed and announced by such Federal Reserve Bank (or any
successor) in substantially the same manner as such Federal Reserve Bank
computes and announces the weighted average it refers to as the "Federal Funds
Effective Rate" as of the date of this Agreement; provided, if such Federal
Reserve Bank (or its successor) does not announce such rate on any day, the
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" for such day shall be the Federal Funds Effective
Rate for the last day on which such rate was announced.
Federal Funds Open Rate for any day shall mean the rate per annum (based on
a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed) which is the daily federal funds
open rate as quoted by ICAP North America, Inc. (or any successor) as set forth
on the Bloomberg Screen BTMM for that day opposite the caption "OPEN" (or on
such other substitute Bloomberg Screen that displays such rate), or as set forth
on such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying
such rate as selected by the Agent) (an "Alternate Source") (or if such rate for
such day does not appear on the Bloomberg Screen BTMM (or any substitute screen)
or on any Alternate Source, or if there shall at any time, for any reason, no
longer exist a Bloomberg Screen BTMM (or any substitute screen) or any Alternate
Source, a comparable replacement rate
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determined by the Agent at such time (which determination shall be conclusive
absent manifest error); provided, however, that if such day is not a Business
Day, the Federal Funds Open Rate for such day shall be the "open" rate on the
immediately preceding Business Day. If and when the Federal Funds Open Rate
changes, the rate of interest with respect to any advance to which the Federal
Funds Open Rate applies will change automatically without notice to the
Borrower, effective on the date of any such change.
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.
Fitch Rating means the senior unsecured debt rating from time to time
received by the Operating Partnership from Fitch IBCA, Duff & Phelps, a division
of Fitch, Inc. (or any successor).
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 or a Competitive Bid Loan
on a day other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period; (b)
Borrower's failure to borrow a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing or a Competitive Bid
Loan 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 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
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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., 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
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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, (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, and (c) the last day of the Interest Period for each Competitive Bid
Loan. 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 (a) for each Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, a period
commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Borrowing was made and ending on,
subject to availability, one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) months
thereafter and (b) for each Competitive Bid Loan, a period commencing on the
date such Competitive Bid Loan was made and ending no less than
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seven (7) days and no more than ninety (90) days 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; (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; and (z) Interest Periods of less than one (1) month may be permitted
hereunder from time to time for Eurodollar Rate Borrowings, at the request of
the Borrower, subject to the approval of the Agent in its sole discretion, and
Interest Periods for other periods of time may be permitted hereunder from time
to time for Eurodollar Rate Borrowings, at the request of Borrower, as long as
such Interest Periods are available to all of the Lenders.
Investment Grade Ratings shall mean the following senior unsecured debt
ratings: a Moody's Rating of Baa3 or better, an S&P Rating of BBB- or better or
a Fitch Rating of BBB- or better.
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.
Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes shall mean an Invitation for
Competitive Bid Quotes in the form of Exhibit H.
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.
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Letter of Credit shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.8(a).
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, 2.8 and 2.10
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 for this
purpose, if applicable, any participations in any Swing Loans, and the unpaid
balance of any Competitive Bid Loan held by any Lender, (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.
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Maturity Date shall mean January 3, 2012, 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 operating income, proceeds and other
income 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 Revolving Notes, the Swing Loan Note, and the
Competitive Bid Loan Notes and 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 outstanding Competitive Bid Loans plus (d) 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 occupied square footage that is leased to
bona fide tenants not Affiliates of any Obligor or the subject property manager
(or any of their respective
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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
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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.
Qualifying Ratings shall mean two out of three of the Investment Grade
Ratings.
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.
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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).
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 Competitive Bid Loans) and its LC Exposure at
such time.
Revolving Notes shall mean the promissory note of the Borrower described in
Section 2.1 hereof, and any and all renewals, extensions, modifications,
rearrangements, and replacements thereof, and any and all substitutions
therefor, and Revolving Note shall mean any one of them.
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, the
Eurodollar Rate or the Competitive Bid 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
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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 $25,000,000.00 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) 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 (ii) 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, and (ii) 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, 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, plus (e) investments in real estate assets that are being constructed
or developed to be Industrial
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Buildings, but are not yet in operation, 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 and second priority liens on
real estate that are paid current and under which no default has occurred, plus
(g) land not in development. 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 Two
Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000), being the sum of the Lender Commitments,
as the same may be increased pursuant to Section 2.7.
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.
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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 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
applicable reporting period (or calendar quarter), multiplied by $0.75, 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 applicable reporting period (or calendar quarter), multiplied by
$0.15; 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 applicable reporting
period (or calendar quarter), multiplied by $0.75, 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
applicable reporting period (or calendar quarter), multiplied by $0.15.
USA Patriot Act shall mean the Uniting and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of
2001, Public Law 107-56, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed,
extended, amended or replaced.
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) seven and one-half percent (7.5%); 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 and
Competitive Bid 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 and Competitive Bid 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
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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
outstanding Competitive Bid Loans plus the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures,
whichever is less. Each repayment of the Loans (other than a repayment of a
Competitive Bid Loan) 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 and the Competitive Bid Loans) shall be evidenced by the
Revolving 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 or a Competitive Bid 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) $25,000,000.00, or (ii) the
difference between the Total Commitment and the sum of the aggregate Revolving
Credit Exposures, and the aggregate Competitive Bid Loans. Except as otherwise
provided herein, Swing Loans shall constitute Loans for all purposes hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate amount of all Loans (including,
without limitation, all Swing Loans and all Competitive Bid 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
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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 (3rd) 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 Revolving 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 Revolving Note (such that all Lenders
other than PNC shall fund only under their respective Revolving 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
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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, including, without limitation, any Competitive Bid
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
and the Competitive Bid 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
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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 and Competitive Bid 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 and Competitive Bid Loans) held by
the Lenders. Payments with respect to Swing Loans shall be for PNC's own
account. Payments with respect to a Competitive Bid Loan shall be for the
account of the applicable Lender.
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 and
Competitive Bid Loans) 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 and Competitive Bid Loans) 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.
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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
Lender Commitment of such Lender 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 shall not have obtained and shall maintain the Qualifying Ratings;
and (ii) the Qualifying Ratings, 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 shall have obtained and shall maintain (provided that, in
the event that the Qualifying Ratings are not equivalent, the Commitment Fee
shall be determined based upon the lower or lowest of the Qualifying Ratings);
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 consisting of 365 or 366 days, as applicable.
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 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and shall be payable for the
actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last
day).
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(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) for the ratable benefit of each Lender,
equal to 0.125% of each Lender's Lender Commitment at the time of the delivery
of the Extension Request.
(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 three (3) years after the
date of this Agreement, request that the Total Commitment be increased, so long
as the Total Commitment does not exceed $300,000,000 (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. No
Lender shall have any obligation to increase its Lender Commitment pursuant to a
request by the Borrower to increase the Total Commitment. 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 standby letters of credit
(each, a "Letter 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. Each Letter of Credit shall be
subject either to the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (1993
Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 500, and any
amendments or revisions thereof adhered to by the Issuing Bank, or to the
International Standby Practices (ISP98), International Chamber of Commerce
Publication No. 590, as determined by the Issuing Bank.
(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
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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 ten percent (10%) of the Total
Commitment, (ii) the total Revolving Credit Exposures plus the sum of the
outstanding Swing Loans and the outstanding Competitive Bid 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 fourteen (14) days prior to the Maturity Date, except that a Letter of Credit
may extend beyond such dates to the extent that Borrower shall have deposited in
the Letter of Credit Collateral Account, at the time of issuance of such Letter
of Credit, cash in an amount equal to or in excess of the amount of such Letter
of Credit, which amount may not be withdrawn or reduced as long as such Letter
of Credit shall remain outstanding or a Default or an Event of Default shall be
continuing hereunder.
(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
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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
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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
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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.
2.9 Extension. (a) Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions listed in
Section 2.9(b), the Borrower shall have a single option to 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 eighty (180)
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. Upon satisfaction
of the conditions listed in Section 2.9(b), the Maturity Date shall be extended
to the date one (1) year following the initial Maturity Date.
(b) The extension of the Maturity Date under Section 2.9(a), 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), 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; and
(v) Such other documents, instruments and other items as Agent or any
Lender shall reasonably require to document the extension.
2.10 Competitive Bid Loans Subfacility.
(a) Competitive Bid Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, and subject to the condition that one of the Investment Grade Ratings
shall have been obtained and shall be maintained by the Borrower, the Borrower
may, from time to time, request in Dollars
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and each Lender may, in its sole discretion, agree to make Competitive Bid Loans
to the Borrower; provided, however, that (i) the sum of the aggregate amount of
Loans outstanding plus the aggregate amount of LC Exposure shall not exceed the
Total Commitment; (ii) the aggregate amount of Competitive Bid Loans outstanding
shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the Total Commitment and (iii) if a
Lender does make a Competitive Bid Loan it shall not reduce such Lender's
obligation to fund its Percentage of any other Loan.
(b) Competitive Bid Requests. The Borrower may solicit Competitive Bids by
delivery of a Competitive Bid Request, together with the Competitive Bid Fee, to
the Agent not later than 9:00 a.m., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, time, four (4)
Business Days prior to the requested borrowing of Competitive Bid Loan. A
Competitive Bid Request must be substantially in the form of Exhibit G and shall
specify (A) the date of the requested Competitive Bid Loan (which shall be a
Business Day), (B) the amount of the requested Competitive Bid Loan (which shall
be not less than $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess
thereof), (C) the applicable Interest Period or Interest Periods requested and
(D) a certification that the Borrower has complied in all respects with the
provisions of Section 3.1 applicable thereto. The Borrower may not request a
Competitive Bid more frequently than three (3) times per calendar quarter, and
each Competitive Bid Request shall be limited to one Interest Period.
(c) Competitive Bid Procedure. The Agent shall notify the Lenders of its
receipt of a Competitive Bid Request by 12:00 noon, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
time, on the date of receipt of the applicable Competitive Bid Request and the
contents thereof and invite the Lenders to submit Competitive Bids in response
thereto pursuant to the form of the Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes
attached hereto in the form of Exhibit H. Each Lender may, in its sole
discretion, make up to two (2) Competitive Bids to the Borrower in response to a
Competitive Bid Request. Each Competitive Bid must be in the form of the
Competitive Bid Quote attached hereto in the form of Exhibit I and must be
received by the Agent not earlier than 9:00 a.m., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
time, and not later than 9:30 a.m., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, time, three (3)
Business Days prior to the proposed date of the requested Competitive Bid Loan;
provided, however, that should the Agent, in its capacity as a Lender, desire to
submit a Competitive Bid, it shall notify the Borrower of its Competitive Bid
and the terms thereof not later than 8:30 a.m., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, time,
on the day specified for submitting Competitive Bids. A Lender may offer to make
all or part of the requested Competitive Bid Loan and may submit up to two (2)
Competitive Bids in response to a Competitive Bid Request. Any Competitive Bid
must specify (A) the particular Competitive Bid Request as to which the
Competitive Bid is submitted and the proposed date of such Competitive Bid Loan,
(B) the principal amount (which shall be not less than $5,000,000 and integral
multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof or greater than the amount of
Competitive Bid Loan requested) of the requested Competitive Bid Loan as to
which the Lender is willing to make, (C) the Eurodollar Bid Margin offered and
the Interest Period applicable thereto. Subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.5, a
Competitive Bid submitted by a Lender in accordance with the provisions hereof
shall be irrevocable. Any Competitive Bid shall be disregarded if it (1) is
received after the applicable time specified above, (2) is not substantially in
the form of a Competitive Bid as specified herein, (3) contains qualifying,
conditional or similar language, (4) proposes terms other than or in addition to
those set forth in the applicable Competitive Bid Request, or (5) is otherwise
not responsive to such Competitive Bid Request.
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Any Lender may correct a Competitive Bid containing a manifest error by
submitting a corrected Competitive Bid (identified as such) not later than the
applicable time requested for submission of Competitive Bids. Any such
submission of a corrected Competitive Bid shall constitute a revocation of the
Competitive Bid that contained the manifest error. The Agent may, but shall not
be required to, notify any Lender of any manifest error it detects in such
Lender's Competitive Bid.
(d) Notice to Borrower of Competitive Bids. Not later than 10:00 a.m.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, time, three (3) Business Days prior to the requested
date of any Competitive Bid Loans, the Agent shall provide the Borrower a copy
of all the bids made by the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.10(c).
(e) Acceptance of Competitive Bids. The Borrower may, in its sole
discretion, subject only to the provisions of this clause (e), accept or refuse
any Competitive Bid offered to it. To accept a Competitive Bid, the Borrower
shall give oral notification of its acceptance of any or all such Competitive
Bids (which shall be promptly confirmed in writing) to the Agent by 10:30 a.m.,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, time, three (3) Business Days prior to the date of the
proposed Competitive Bid Loan; provided, however, (A) the failure by the
Borrower to give timely notice of its acceptance of a Competitive Bid shall be
deemed to be a refusal thereof, (B) to the extent Competitive Bids are for
comparable Interest Periods, the Borrower may accept Competitive Bids only in
ascending order of rates, (C) the aggregate amount of Competitive Bids accepted
by the Borrower shall not exceed the principal amount specified in the
Competitive Bid Request, (D) if the Borrower shall accept a bid or bids made at
a particular Competitive Bid Rate, but the amount of such bid or bids shall
cause the total amount of bids to be accepted by the Borrower to be in excess of
the amount specified in the Competitive Bid Request, then the Borrower shall
accept a portion of such bid or bids in an amount equal to the amount specified
in the Competitive Bid Request less the amount of all other Competitive Bids
accepted with respect to such Competitive Bid Request, which acceptance in the
case of multiple bids at such Competitive Bid Rate, shall be made pro rata in
accordance with the amount of each such bid at such Competitive Bid Rate and (E)
no bid shall be accepted for a Competitive Bid Loan unless such Competitive Bid
Loan is in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of
$100,000 in excess thereof, except that where a portion of a Competitive Bid is
accepted in accordance with the provisions of clause (D) of this clause (e),
then in a minimum principal amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of
$100,000 (but not in any event less than the minimum amount specified in the
Competitive Bid), and in calculating the pro rata allocation of acceptances of
portions of multiple bids at a particular Competitive Bid Rate pursuant to
clause (D) of this clause (e), the amounts shall be rounded to integral
multiples of $100,000 in a manner which shall be in the discretion of the Agent.
A notice of acceptance of a Competitive Bid given by the Borrower in accordance
with the provisions hereof shall be irrevocable. The Agent shall promptly notify
each bidding Lender whether or not its Competitive Bid has been accepted (and if
so, in what amount and at what rate), and each successful bidder will thereupon
become bound, subject to the other applicable conditions hereof, to make the
Competitive Bid Loan in respect of which its bid has been accepted.
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(f) Funding of Competitive Bid Loans. Each Lender which is to make a
Competitive Bid Loan shall make its Competitive Bid Loan available to the Agent
by not later than 12:00 noon, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, time on the date
specified in the Competitive Bid Request by deposit of immediately available
funds at the Agent's principal office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, or at such
other address as the Agent may designate in writing. Such amounts received by
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 on the same day by wiring or otherwise transferring
immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
time, such amount to an account designated by 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.
(g) Maturity of Competitive Bid Loans. Each Competitive Bid Loan shall
mature and be due and payable in full on the last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto and, in any case, no later than the Maturity Date.
(h) Competitive Bid Loan Notes. The Competitive Bid Loans made by a Lender
shall be evidenced by a duly executed promissory note in the form of Exhibit F.
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, nor would occur after the making of any Loan or the issuance or
extension of any Letter of Credit; (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.
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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 Existing
Credit Agreement; 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 Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC, counsel for the Agent.
3.3 Options Available. (a) The outstanding principal balance of the Notes
shall bear interest at the Base Rate; provided, that (i) all past due amounts,
both principal and accrued interest, shall bear interest at the Past Due Rate,
(ii) the outstanding balance of the Swing Loan Note shall bear interest at the
Base Rate less one and one-half percent (1.5%), (iii) subject to the provisions
hereof, Borrower shall have the option of having all or any portion of the
principal balance of the Revolving Notes, other than the Swing Loan Note, from
time to time outstanding bear interest at a Eurodollar Rate, and (iv) each
Competitive Bid Loan shall bear interest at the Competitive Bid Rate applicable
to such Competitive Bid Loan. 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.
(b) In addition to the Interest Options described above, the Borrower shall
have the option to borrow using the Federal Funds Open Rate plus the Applicable
Margin as an additional interest rate option, so long as the Trigger Condition
(as hereinafter defined) is met. The "Trigger Condition" shall mean the
satisfaction of either of the following conditions:
(i) The primary senior unsecured line of credit for any three (3) of
Duke Realty, L.P., AMB Realty Operating Partnership, First Industrial,
L.P., Liberty Property Trust, or Prologis, Inc. shall include an option to
borrow with reference to the Federal Funds Open Rate; or
(ii) The primary senior unsecured line of credit for any ten (10)
investment grade, publicly traded real estate investment trusts shall
include an option to borrow with reference to the Federal Funds Open Rate.
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
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may elect to have a Eurodollar Rate apply or continue to apply to all or any
portion of the principal balance of the Revolving 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 Revolving
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 ten (10) Eurodollar Rate Borrowings and Competitive Bid
Loans with ten (10) 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,
Competitive Bid Loans 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 Competitive Bid Loan, or to issue or
participate in Letters of Credit, the commitment of the Lenders to establish or
maintain such Eurodollar Rate Borrowing or Competitive Bid Loan, 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 or Competitive Bid
Loan with respect to which such demand was made to a Base Rate Borrowing; (2)
pay all
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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 or Competitive Bid Loan 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 Competitive Bid Loan 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 Competitive Bid Loan 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 Competitive Bid Loan, 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 Competitive Bid Loan, or issuing, participating in or monitoring
such Letter of Credit, or reduce the amount of any sum
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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 or Competitive Bid Loan 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 or Competitive
Bid Loan 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 or Competitive Bid Loan hereunder for any proposed Interest
Period,
then Agent shall give Borrower and each Lender notice thereof and thereupon, (A)
any Request for Loan previously given by Borrower designating the applicable
Eurodollar Rate Borrowing or Competitive Bid Loan 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 or Competitive Bid Loan 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.
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(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 or
Competitive Bid Loan 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 or Competitive Bid Loan 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 or
Competitive Bid Loans 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
Competitive Bid Loan 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
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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 or Competitive Bid
Loans 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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4.15 Anti-Terrorism Laws.
(a) General. No Obligor is in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law or
engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or
has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the
prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law.
(b) Executive Order No. 13224. None of the Obligors, or their respective
agents acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Loan or other
transactions hereunder, is any of the following (each a "Blocked Person"):
(i) a Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject
to the provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224;
(ii) a Person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of,
any Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to
the provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224;
(iii) a Person or entity with which any Bank is prohibited from
dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism
Law;
(iv) a Person or entity that commits, threatens or conspires to commit
or supports "terrorism" as defined in Executive Order No. 13224;
(v) a Person or entity that is named as a "specially designated
national" on the most current list published by the U.S. Treasury
Department Office of Foreign Asset Control at its official website or
any replacement website or other replacement official publication of
such list, or
(vi) a person or entity who is affiliated or associated with a person
or entity listed above.
No Obligor, or, to the knowledge of any Obligor, any of their agents acting
in any capacity in connection with the Loan, any letters of credit or other
transactions hereunder (i) conducts any business or engages in making or
receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of
any Blocked Person, or (ii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction
relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to Executive
Order No. 13224.
4.16 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.
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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 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.; (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 EastGroup Properties Inc. (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 and 10-Q (or their equivalents); (e) within two (2)
Business Days after the receipt thereof, a copy of the notification to EastGroup
Properties Inc. of its 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:
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(a) a Secured Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio no greater than forty-five
percent (45%) at all times;
(b) a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.40:1.00 at all times;
(c) a Tangible Net Worth of at least Three Hundred Million Dollars
($300,000,000.00), 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;
(d) an Unencumbered Interest Coverage Ratio of not less than 2.00:1.00 at
all times; and
(e) a Total Liabilities to Total Asset Value Ratio no greater than sixty
percent (60%) 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.
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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
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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
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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) such that the
total amount of the Borrower's Indebtedness other than Secured Debt outstanding
from time to time, shall never be greater than sixty percent (60%) of such
Value. Such Pool shall have the following characteristics: (i) assets in the
Pool shall be completed income producing Industrial Buildings (including
properties containing multiple buildings in one industrial park), 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) 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, (iii) the Property is not subject to or affected
by any Limiting Agreement, and (iv) 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) 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,
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and (2) the Borrower 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.
(c) 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 Indebtedness in excess of the Indebtedness
which may be incurred within the limitations contained in Section 5.3 and
Section 5.15.
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.
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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);
(g) loans, advances, and extensions of credit to Persons (who are not
Affiliates of any Obligor) secured by valid and enforceable first and second
priority liens on real estate;
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(h) undeveloped land;
(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;
(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; and
(l) miscellaneous investments in other assets not described above not to
exceed five percent (5%) of Total Asset Value in the aggregate.
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) (i), (k) [valued at the total actual
and budgeted cost of construction or development of such real estate assets
(excluding any such assets on which construction has not commenced), 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
or (ii) the Recourse Amount with respect to such Unconsolidated Affiliate
related to the applicable real estate asset], and (l) exceed thirty percent
(30%) 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, exceeds ninety percent (90%) of the Funds From Operations 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
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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.
6.11 Anti-Terrorism Laws. The Obligors and their Affiliates and agents
shall not (i) conduct any business or engage in any transaction or dealing with
any Blocked Person, including the making or receiving any contribution of funds,
goods or services to or for the benefit of any Blocked Person; (ii) deal in, or
otherwise engage in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in
property blocked pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224; or (iii) engage in or
conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose
of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set
forth in Executive Order No. 13224, the USA Patriot Act or any other
Anti-Terrorism Law. The Obligors shall deliver to any Lender any certification
or other evidence requested from time to time by any Lender in its sole
discretion, confirming Obligors' compliance with this Section 6.11.
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,
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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
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(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, provided that Borrower had not prior thereto made a deposit with
respect to the applicable Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.8(c) hereof,
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, 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). The Borrower shall also deposit in the
Letter of Credit Collateral Account any amounts required under Section 2.8(c).
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
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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.
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(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) Except in the case of a deposit made pursuant to Section 2.8(c) hereof,
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. Any deposit
made pursuant to Section 2.8(c) shall either be applied in reimbursement of any
amount funded pursuant to a draw on the applicable Letter of Credit, or promptly
returned to the Borrower in the event of the termination or cancellation of such
Letter of Credit without a draw having been made thereon so long as no Default
or Event of Default shall then exist hereunder.
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
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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 $200,000,000.00, except as provided in Section 2.7
hereof, (iii) extend the Maturity Date other
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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. 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 or all of the Lenders, as applicable, 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.
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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, BUT NOT THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR
WILLFUL MISCONDUCT 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
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NEGLIGENCE OF THE AGENT, BUT NOT THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT 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
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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.
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8.11 No Reliance on Agent's Customer Identification Program. Each Lender
acknowledges and agrees that neither such Lender, nor any of its Affiliates,
participants or assignees, may rely on the Agent to carry out such Lender's,
Affiliate's, participant's or assignee's customer identification program, or
other obligations required or imposed under or pursuant to the USA Patriot Act
or the regulations thereunder, including the regulations contained in 31 CFR
103.121 (as hereafter amended or replaced, the "CIP Regulations"), or any other
Anti-Terrorism Law, including any programs involving any of the following items
relating to or in connection with the Borrower, its Affiliates or its agents,
the Credit Documents or the transactions hereunder or contemplated hereby: (1)
any identity verification procedures, (2) any recordkeeping, (3) comparisons
with government lists, (4) customer notices or (5) other procedures required
under the CIP Regulations or such other Laws.
8.12 Section 313 of the Patriot Act. 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 is not excepted from the certification
requirement contained in Section 313 of the USA Patriot Act and the applicable
regulations because it is both (i) an affiliate of a depository institution or
foreign bank that maintains a physical presence in the United States or foreign
county, and (ii) subject to supervision by a banking authority regulating such
affiliated depository institution or foreign bank) shall deliver to the Agent
the certification, or, if applicable, recertification, certifying that such
Lender is not a "shell" and certifying to other matters as required by Section
313 of the USA Patriot Act and the applicable regulations: (1) within 10 days
after the date of this Agreement, and (2) at such other times as are required
under the USA Patriot Act.
8.13 Titled Agents. Each of the Documentation Agent and Co-Syndication
Agents in each such respective capacity, assumes no responsibility or obligation
hereunder, including, without limitation, for servicing, enforcement or
collection of any of the Loans, nor any duties as an agent hereunder for the
Lenders. The titles of "Co-Syndication Agent" and "Documentation Agent" are
solely honorific and imply no fiduciary responsibility on the part of such
agents to the Agent, the Borrower or any Lender and the use of such titles does
not impose on such agents any duties or obligations greater than those of any
other Lender or entitle such agents to any rights other than those to which any
other Lender is entitled.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Name: N. Keith McKey
Title: Chief Financial Officer
By:/s/ BRUCE CORKERN
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Name: Bruce Corkern
Title: Controller
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.
By:/s/ N. KEITH MCKEY
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Name: N. Keith McKey
Title: Chief Financial Officer
By:/s/ BRUCE CORKERN
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Name: Bruce Corkern
Title: Controller
Address:
188 East Capitol Street, Suite 300
Jackson, Mississippi 39201
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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Lender Commitment: $40,000,000 PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Percentage: 20% as Administrative Agent and as a Lender
By:/s/ WAYNE ROBERTSON
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Name: Wayne P. Robertson
Title: Senior 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:
PNC Firstside Center
500 First Avenue, 4th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Attention: Lisa Pierce
Telephone No.: 412-762-6442
Telecopy No.: 412-762-8672
E-Mail: lisa.pierce@pnc.com
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Lender Commitment: $32,500,000 REGIONS BANK,
Percentage: 16.25% as Co-Syndication Agent and as a Lender
By:/s/ LORI CHAMBERS
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Name: Lori Chambers
Title: Vice President
Address:
1900 5th Avenue North, 15th Floor
Birmingham, AL 35203
Attn: Lori Chambers
Telephone No.: 205-326-5465
Telecopy No.: 205-264-5456
E-Mail: lori.chambers@regions.com
Lender Commitment: $30,000,000 SUNTRUST BANK, as Co-Syndication Agent and
Percentage: 15% as a Lender
By:/s/ W. JOHN WENDLER
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Name: W. John Wendler
Title: Senior Vice President
Address:
American Center West
8330 Boone Boulevard, 8th Floor
Vienna, VA 22182-2624
Attn: John Wendler
Telephone No.: 703-442-1563
Telecopy No. 703-442-1570
E-Mail: john.wendler@suntrust.com
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Lender Commitment: $32,500,000 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
Percentage: 16.25% ASSOCIATION, as Documentation Agent and as a
Lender
By:/s/ ANDREW W. HUSSION
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Name: Andrew W. Hussion
Title: RM
Address:
2859 Paces Ferry Road, Suite 1200
Atlanta, GA 30339
Attn: Andrew Hussion
Telephone No.: 770-319-3267
Telecopy No.: 770-435-2262
E-Mail: andrew.hussion@wellsfargo.com
Lender Commitment: $25,000,000 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Percentage: 12.5% as a Lender
By: /s/ DENNIS REDPATH
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Name: Dennis Redpath
Title: Senior Vice President
Address:
209 South LaSalle
Suite 210, MK-IL-RY2C
Chicago, IL 60604
Attn: Dennis J. Redpath
Telephone No.: 312-325-8875
Telecopy No.: 312-325-8852
E-Mail: dennis.redpath@usbank.com
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Lender Commitment: $20,000,000 TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK, as a Lender
Percentage: 10%
By:/s/ GRETCHEN WARE
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Name: Gretchen Ware
Title: First Vice President
Address:
248 E. Capitol Street, Suite 800
Jackson, MS 39201
Attn: Gretchen Ware
Telephone No.: 601-208-6460
Telecopy No.: 601-208-6823
E-Mail: gware@trustmark.com
Lender Commitment: $20,000,000 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
Percentage: 10%
By:/s/ JOAN G. THIGPEN
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Name: Joan G. Thigpen
Title: Assistant Vice President
Address:
600 Peachtree Street, NE
GA1-006-06-25
Atlanta, GA 30308-3318
Attn: Tonya Hunter
Telephone No.: 404-607-4160
Telecopy No: 404-607-4144
E-Mail: tonya.s.hunter@bankofamerica.com
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SCHEDULE I
TABLE 1
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TOTAL LIABILITIES TO COMMITMENT
TOTAL ASSET VALUE APPLICABLE MARGIN FEE RATE
RATIO
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EURODOLLAR BASE RATE
RATE BORROWING
BORROWING
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Less than or equal to 25% 0.60% 0 0.15%
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Greater than 25% but less 0.675% 0 0.15%
than or equal to 35%
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Greater than 35% but less 0.70% 0 0.20%
than or equal to 45%
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Greater than 45% but less 0.85% 0 0.20%
than or equal to 55%
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Greater than 55% but less 1.0% 0 0.20%
than or equal to 60%
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TABLE 2
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S&P RATING/ COMMITMENT
MOODY'S RATING/ APPLICABLE MARGIN FEE RATE
FITCH RATING
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EURODOLLAR BASE RATE
RATE BORROWING
BORROWING
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Better than or equal 0.55% 0 0.15%
to BBB+/Baal
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BBB/Baa2 0.65% 0 0.15%
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BBB-/Baa3 0.70% 0 0.20%
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Worse than BBB-/Baa3 1.0% 0 0.20%
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SCHEDULE I
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 Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended, supplemented
and restated from time to time, the "Agreement") dated as of January 4, 2008.
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 $300,000,000 plus 85% of net
issuance proceeds)
2. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Calculation:
(a) Borrower's EBITDA $________
(b) Unit Capital Expenditures $________
(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 1.40: 1.0)
3. 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))/0.075 $________
(e) Historical Value of properties acquired during the
period or that have been constructed but not
reached the Stabilization Date $________
EXHIBIT A
(f) Value ((d) + (e)) $________
(g) Cash and cash equivalents excluding tenant
security and other restricted deposits $________
(h) Investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates $________
(i) Investments in marketable securities of other REITs $________
(j) Investments in real estate assets being constructed
or developed $________
(k) Investments in first and second lien loans $________
(l) Undeveloped land $________
(m) Total Asset Value ((f)+(g)+(h)+(i)+(j)+(k)+(l)) $________
(n) Total Liabilities to Total Asset Value Ratio _______%
(as a percentage, (a) (l))
(must be no greater than 60%)
4. 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 45%)
5. 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)) ______ %
(must be not less than 2.00: 1.00)
6. Asset Maintenance Calculation
(a) Outstanding Indebtedness (other than Secured Debt) $________
(b) Value of Pool
(attach list of each Property) $________
(c) Outstanding Indebtedness (other than Secured Debt) to _______%
Value of Pool ((a) to (b)) (must be no greater than 60%)
7. Restricted Payments
(a) Restricted Payments for preceding 4 quarters $________
(b) Funds from Operations $________
(c) Maximum Amount of Restricted Payments
(90% of (b)) $________
8. Limitation on miscellaneous investments to 5% of
Total Asset Value
(a) Amount $________
EXHIBIT A
9. 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 _______%
10. 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) _______%
11. Aggregate Limitation of Investments to no more
than 30% of Total Asset Value
(a) Amount of investments pursuant to Section 6.6(f), (g),
(h), (i), (k) [(valued at the total actual and budgeted cost
of construction or development of such real estate assets
(excluding any such assets on which construction has not
commenced), 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 or (ii) the Recourse Amount
with respect to such Unconsolidated Affiliate related to the
applicable real estate asset)], and (l) $________
(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
POOL PROPERTY LIST
List each property separately showing the Value and the components, and the
Occupancy Level.
[Borrower to provide]
EXHIBIT A
REQUEST FOR LOAN
Date: __________, 20__
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 the Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement (as amended from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") dated
as of January 4, 2008, 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 $200,000,000.00
Less the amount outstanding under the
Credit Agreement (including Swing Loans
and Competitive Bid Loans) ($_____________)
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_
B. Eurodollar Rate Borrowing:
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1. Amount of Eurodollar Rate $________.___
Borrowing:
2. Amount of conversion of existing $________.___
Loan to Eurodollar Rate Borrowing:
3. Number of Eurodollar Rate _____________
Borrowing(s) and Competitive Bid Loans
now in effect: [cannot exceed 10]
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_
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:
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Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT B
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland
corporation
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT B
PROMISSORY NOTE
$[____________] January 4, 2008
FOR VALUE RECEIVED EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership and EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation (herein
collectively called "Maker"), jointly and severally promise to pay to the order
of [_____________________], a [_____________] (___________, and any subsequent
holder, being hereinafter called the "Payee"), at the offices of PNC Bank,
National Association, a national banking association, as "Agent" under the
Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), at One PNC Plaza, 249 Fifth Avenue,
Mail Stop P1-POPP-19-2, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or at such other place as the
Payee may hereafter designate in writing, in immediately available funds and in
lawful money of the United States of America, the principal sum of
[________________] Dollars ($[_____________]) (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 Second Amended and Restated 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 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.
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
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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.
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.
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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.
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
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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.
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
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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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EXHIBIT C
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: EastGroup Properties General Partners, Inc.,
General Partner
By:
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Name: N. Keith McKey
Title: Chief Financial Officer
By:
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Name: Bruce Corkern
Title: Controller
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland
corporation
By:
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Name: N. Keith McKey
Title: Chief Financial Officer
By:
-----------------------------------
Name: Bruce Corkern
Title: Controller
EXHIBIT C
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
$25,000,000 January 4, 2008
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-Five Million Dollars
($25,000,000) (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 Second Amended and Restated 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 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.
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
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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 $25,000,000. 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.
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
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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.
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
EXHIBIT C-1
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.
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
EXHIBIT C-1
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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EXHIBIT C-1
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: EastGroup Properties General Partners, Inc.,
General Partner
By:
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Name: N. Keith McKey
Title: Chief Financial Officer
By:
----------------------------
Name: Bruce Corkern
Title: Controller
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland
corporation
By:
---------------------------------
Name: N. Keith McKey
Title: Chief Financial Officer
By:
---------------------------------
Name: Bruce Corkern
Title: Controller
EXHIBIT C-1
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
EXHIBIT C-1
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 permit 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.
EXHIBIT D
REQUEST FOR EXTENSION
To: PNC Bank, National Association Borrower: EastGroup Properties, L.P.
One PNC Plaza and EastGroup Properties, Inc.
249 Fifth Avenue
Mail Stop P1-POPP-19-2
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2707 Loan No.
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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 January 3, 2013, pursuant to the provisions in
the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement ("Agreement") dated as of
January 4, 2008 between EastGroup Properties, L.P. and EastGroup Properties,
Inc., as Borrower and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent,
Regions Bank and SunTrust Bank, as Co-Syndication Agents, and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as Documentation Agent, and the 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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EXHIBIT E
ATTEST/WITNESS: EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: EastGroup Properties General Partners, Inc.,
General Partner
By: By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland
corporation
By: By:
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EXHIBIT E
CONSENT OF GUARANTORS
The undersigned Guarantors hereby acknowledge their continued liability
pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Guaranty dated as of
January 4, 2008, and that such liability shall remain unaffected by the above
extension of the maturity date of the Loan.
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
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Name:
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EASTGROUP PROPERTIES GENERAL PARTNERS,
INC.
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EXHIBIT E
SAMPLE 1-95 ASSOCIATES
BY: EASTGROUP PROPERTIES GENERAL
PARTNERS, INC., General Partner
By:
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EASTGROUP TRS, INC.
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EXHIBIT E
COMPETITIVE BID LOAN NOTE
January 4, 2008
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 (as hereinafter defined), 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 aggregate principal amount of
all advances made by the Payee as Competitive Bid Loans, together with interest
on the unpaid principal balance of this Competitive Bid Loan Note (the "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 Second Amended and Restated 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 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.
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.
EXHIBIT F
6. Payment Schedule. The principal of this Note shall be due and payable on
the last day of each Interest Period applicable to each Competitive Bid Loan
evidenced by this Note. 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. 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.
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)
EXHIBIT F
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.
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
EXHIBIT F
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.
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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EXHIBIT F
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: EastGroup Properties General Partners, Inc.,
General Partner
By:
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Name: N. Keith McKey
Title: Chief Financial Officer
By:
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Name: Bruce Corkern
Title: Controller
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland
corporation
By:
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Name: N. Keith McKey
Title: Chief Financial Officer
By:
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Name: Bruce Corkern
Title: Controller
EXHIBIT F
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
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF COMPETITIVE BID REQUEST
TO: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Firstside Center, 500 First Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Attention: Gerri Porter
Fax: 412-762-8672
RE: Request for Competitive Bid under Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement (as the same may be amended, modified, extended or restated from
time to time, the "Credit Agreement") dated as of January 4, 2008 among
EastGroup Properties, L.P., and EastGroup Properties, Inc., jointly and
severally (collectively, the "Borrowers") the Agent and the Lenders as
signatory to the Credit Agreement.
DATE: ______________, 200____
1. This Competitive Bid Request is made pursuant to the terms of the Credit
Agreement. All capitalized terms used herein unless otherwise defined shall
have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.
2. The Borrower hereby requests quotes for a proposed Competitive Bid Loan,
and in connection therewith sets forth below the terms of such proposed
Competitive Bid Loan:
(A) Date of requested Competitive
Bid Loan __________________
(B) Amount of requested
Competitive Bid Loan __________________
(C) Interest Period(s) and the
last day thereof __________________
3. On and as of the date of the requested Competitive Bid Loan, immediately
after giving effect to the funding and the application thereof, (a) the sum
of the aggregate principal amount of Loans outstanding plus LC Exposure
outstanding will be $____________, which is less than or equal to the Total
Commitment, (b) the aggregate amount of LC Exposure outstanding will be
$__________, which is less than or equal to ten percent (10%) of the Total
Commitment, and (c) the aggregate amount of Swing Line Loans outstanding
will be $_______________, which is less than or equal to $25,000,000.
4. The representations and warranties made by the Obligors in any Credit
Document are true and correct in all material respects at and as if made on
such date except to the extent they expressly relate to an earlier date.
EXHIBIT G
5. No Default or Event of Default exists or is continuing on the date hereof
or will be caused by giving effect to this Competitive Bid Request.
6. The Operating Partnership's senior unsecured debt ratings are
____________________.
By its execution below, the undersigned represents that the foregoing complies
with Sections 2.10 and 3.1 of the Credit Agreement.
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: EastGroup Properties General Partners, Inc.,
General Partner
By:
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By:
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Title:
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EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland
corporation
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT G
FORM OF INVITATION FOR COMPETITIVE BID QUOTES
From: PNC Agency Services
Attn: Gerri Porter
Fax: 412-762-8672 Phone: 412-768-6056
To:
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Fax:
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Date: 00/00/00
Re: EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, L.P. and EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement Dated January 4, 2008
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Bid Request Number
Request Date 00/00/00
Base Rate Code (Margin)
Amount Requested $
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Term 1:
Start Date: 00/00/00
End Date: 00/00/00
Term 2:
Start Date: 00/00/00
End Date: 00/00/00
Lender replies must be received not earlier than 9:00 a.m., Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, time and not later than 9:30 a.m. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, time
on 00/00/00.
Agent reply must be received by 8:30 a.m., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, time on
00/00/00
Please call _____________________ at _____________________ if you have any
questions.
Best regards,
EXHIBIT H
FORM OF COMPETITIVE BID QUOTE
To: PNC Bank, National Association
Re: Competitive Quote to EastGroup Properties, L.P., and EastGroup Properties,
Inc. (collectively, the "Borrower")
In response to your invitation on behalf of the Borrower dated , 20__, we
hereby make the following ------------------ Competitive Bid Quote on the
following terms:
1. Quoting Lender:
2. Person to contact at Quoting Lender:
3. Date of Borrowing: *
4. We hereby offer to make Competitive Bid Loan(s) in the following principal
amounts, for the following Interest Periods and at the following rates:
Principal Interest [Eurodollar Bid
Amount** Period*** Margin****]
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$
$
[Provided, that the aggregate principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans for
which the above offers may be accepted shall not exceed $ .]**
We understand and agree that the offer(s) set forth above, subject to the
satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in the Second Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 4, 2008, among the Borrower, the
Lenders parties thereto, Regions Bank and SunTrust Bank, as Co-Syndication
Agents, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Documentation Agent, and
yourselves, as Administrative Agent, irrevocably obligates us to make the
Competitive Bid Loan(s) for which any offer(s) are accepted, in whole or in
part.
Very truly yours,
[NAME OF BANK]
Dated: By:
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Authorized Officer
* As specified in the related Invitation.
** Principal amount bid for each Interest Period may not exceed principal amount
requested. Specify aggregate limitation if the sum of the individual offers
exceeds the amount the Lender is willing to lend. Bids must be made for
$5,000,000 or a larger multiple of $100,000.
*** Not less than 7 days or more than 90 days, as specified in the related
Invitation. No more than two (2) bids are permitted for each Interest Period.
EXHIBIT I
**** Margin over or under the Adjusted Eurodollar Interbank Rate determined for
the applicable Interest Period. Specify percentage (to the nearest 1/100th of
1%) and specify whether "PLUS" or MINUS.
***** Specify rate of interest per annum (to the nearest 1/100th of 1%).
EXHIBIT I