FIRST AMENDMENT TO UNSECURED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT This First Amendment to Unsecured Revolving Credit Agreement (this "Amendment") is made as of the 26th day of November, 1996, by and among CENTERPOINT PROPERTIES CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation (the "Borrower"), the several banks, financial institutions and other entities from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement described below (collectively, the "Lenders"), LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC., d/b/a/ Lehman Capital, a division of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ("Lehman"), not individually but as Documentation Agent, and THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, not individually, but as "Administrative Agent." R E C I T A L S: A. The Lenders, the Administrative Agent, and Lehman as Documentation Agent are parties to an Unsecured Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of October 23, 1996 (the "Credit Agreement"). All capitalized terms used in this agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings described as such terms in the Credit Agreement. B. The parties desire to amend the Credit Agreement to clarify the way in which the interest rate applicable under the Facility is rounded. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: A G R E E M E N T S 1. The foregoing Recitals to this Amendment hereby are incorporated into and made a part of this Amendment. 2. The following sentence is hereby added to the definition of "LIBOR Base Rate" in Article I of the Credit Agreement: The LIBOR Base Rate shall be rounded to the next higher multiple of 1/16 of 1% if the rate is not such a multiple. 3. The last sentence in the definition of LIBOR Rate in Article I of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted. 4. All of the obligations of the parties to the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, are hereby ratified and confirmed. All references to the Credit Agreement shall henceforth be deemed to refer to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment. 5. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment by signing such counterpart. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date first above written. CENTERPOINT PROPERTIES CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation By: /s/ Paul S. Fisher --------------------------------- Print Name: ------------------------- Title: Chief Financial Officer ------------------------------ 401 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 3000 Chicago, IL 60611 Attention: Paul S. Fisher Telephone: (312) 346-5600 Facsimile: (312) 456-7696 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, Individually and as Administrative Agent By: /s/ Kevin L. Gillen --------------------------------- Print Name: ------------------------- Title: Corporate Banking Officer ------------------------------ One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60670 Attention: Kevin L. Gillen Suite 0151, 14th Floor Telephone: (312) 732-1486 Facsimile: (312) 732-1117 -2- LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS, INC., d/b/a Lehman Capital, a division of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Individually and as Documentation Agent By: /s/ Francis X. Gilhool --------------------------------- Print Name: ------------------------- Title: Vice President ------------------------------ 3 World Financial Center New York, New York 10285-1200 Attention: Allyson V. Bailey, Floor 12 Telephone: (212) 526-5849 Facsimile: (212) 526-5484 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON By: /s/ Lori Y. Litow --------------------------------- Print Name: ------------------------- Title: Vice President ------------------------------ Notice Address: The First National Bank of Boston 100 Federal Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 Attention: Real Estate Department Facsimile: (617) 434-7108 -3- NATIONSBANK, N.A. (SOUTH) By: /S/ Donna Friedel --------------------------------- Print Name: ------------------------- Title: Senior Vice President ------------------------------ Notice Address: Nationsbank Plaza 600 Peachtree, 6th Floor Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Attention: Donna Friedel Telephone: (404) 607-4107 Facsimile: (404) 607-4145 BANK OF AMERICA ILLINOIS By: /s/ George W. Kirtland, Jr. --------------------------------- Name: ------------------------------- Title: Vice President ------------------------------ Notice Address: Bank of America Illinois 231 S. LaSalle Street, 15th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60697 Attention: George W. Kirtland, Jr. Telephone: (312) 828-7230 Facsimile: (312) 974-4970 -4- LASALLE NATIONAL BANK By: /s/ John C. Hein --------------------------------- Name: ------------------------------- Title: Executive Vice President ------------------------------ Notice Address: LaSalle National Bank 135 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 1225 Chicago, Illinois 60603 Attention: John Hein Telephone: (312) 781-8620 Facsimile: (312) 904-6467 -5-