EXHIBIT 10.1
SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK
EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
THIS EXCHANGE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into as of June
20, 2003, between DELPHI PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Issuer")
and DELPHI CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Delphi").
RECITALS
A. The Issuer intends to sell to the public up to 12,000,000 shares of
the Issuer's Series A non-cumulative redeemable exchangeable perpetual preferred
stock, $25.00 liquidation preference per share (the "Series A preferred stock").
B. The Series A preferred stock will be automatically exchangeable into
a like number of Series AA non-cumulative redeemable perpetual preferred stock
of Delphi, $25.00 liquidation preference per share (the "Exchange Stock"), under
certain circumstances described below.
C. The parties hereto desire to ensure that, in the event of the
occurrence of circumstances requiring the automatic exchange of Series A
preferred stock into Exchange Stock, holders of Series A preferred stock will be
deemed to have tendered their shares of Series A preferred stock to Delphi, and
Delphi will be deemed to have exchanged Exchange Stock for Series A preferred
stock on a share-for-share basis.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby expressly acknowledged, the parties hereto,
intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
1. Exchange of the Series A Preferred Stock. If at any time after the
issuance and sale of the Series A preferred stock:
(i) the Issuer fails to declare dividends on the Series A
preferred stock for any two quarterly dividend periods
within a rolling 60-month period;
(ii) the 7.75% mortgage notes due 2033, issued by Delphi to the
Issuer, dated [ ], 2003 (the "Mortgage Notes") mature or are
prepaid or the Issuer transfers (other than to Delphi
Properties Holdings, LLC) or liquidates any assets with
respect to which Delphi is the primary obligor or guarantor,
and Delphi fails to refinance such matured or prepaid Mortgage
Notes or to contribute or sell to the Issuer, within 90 days.
(a) other mortgage notes;
(b) residential mortgage loans or commercial mortgage
loans, including participation interests in
residential or commercial mortgage loans;
(c) mortgage-backed securities eligible to be held by
real estate investment trusts ("REITs"), as defined
in the U.S. Internal Revenue Code;
(d) cash, cash items (which includes receivables) and
government securities, or
(e) other real estate assets;
that will, in the judgment of the Issuer's Board of Directors,
yield investment income substantially similar to the matured
or prepaid Mortgage Notes or the transferred or liquidated
assets, as applicable, such that in all cases the Issuer's
aggregate investment income is expected, in the judgment of
the Issuer's Board of Directors, to be sufficient to pay full
dividends on the Series A preferred stock, plus reasonably
anticipated expenses;
(iv) there is an event of default in respect of any of the Mortgage
Notes, as defined in the applicable Mortgage Note or any
assets for which Delphi is the primary obligor or guarantor;
(v) Delphi fails to remain at all times the primary obligor or
guarantor in respect of investments accounting for at least
two-thirds of the Issuer's investment income;
(vi) Delphi fails to maintain its long-term senior unsecured debt
ratings at or above "Ba2" from Moody's Investors Service Inc.
(or any successor thereto) and "BB" from Standard & Poor's
Ratings Services (or any successor thereto);
(vii) there is an acceleration of any debt of Delphi in a principal
amount in excess of $50 million;
(viii) (A) Delphi's board of directors passes a resolution
authorizing Delphi to (I) commence a voluntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry of an order for
relief in an involuntary case under any such law, (II) consent
to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or
similar official of Delphi for all or substantially all of the
property and assets of Delphi or (III) effect any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (B) (I) Delphi
ceases to pay its debts generally as such debts become due; or
(II) a custodian, other than a trustee, receiver, or agent
appointed or authorized to take charge of less than
substantially all of the property of Delphi for the purpose of
enforcing a lien against such property, shall be appointed or
take possession of all or substantially all of the property
and assets of Delphi. For the purposes of this subsection, all
terms used herein but not otherwise defined in this Agreement
shall have the meaning given to them in Title 11 of the United
States Code;
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(ix) the Issuer receives an opinion of counsel, rendered by a law
firm experienced in such matters, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Issuer, which states that there is more
than an insubstantial risk that the Issuer is or will be
considered an "investment company" that is required to be
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the "Investment Company Act"), as a result of the
occurrence of a change in law or regulation or a written
change in interpretation or application of law or regulation
by any legislative body, court, governmental agency, or
regulatory authority; or the Issuer is required by official
order or directive to be registered under the Investment
Company Act; or
(x) the Issuer fails to qualify, or to remain qualified, as a
REIT, whether because of a failure to distribute annually 90%
of the Issuer's REIT taxable income; the nature of the
Issuer's assets; the Issuer's manner of operation,
organization, capital structure or equity ownership; or other
factor; provided, however, that the automatic exchange in this
event will occur as of the date the Internal Revenue Service
officially determines that the Issuer will no longer qualify
as a REIT or upon the receipt by the Issuer of an opinion of
counsel, rendered by a law firm experienced in such matters,
in form and substance satisfactory to the Issuer, that the
Issuer will no longer qualify as a REIT and the Issuer does
not exercise its right to redeem the Series A preferred stock;
then
(i) any holder or holders of the Series A preferred stock shall
immediately, in accordance with procedures set forth in the
Articles of Incorporation of the Issuer, as amended, the
Certificate of Designations of Delphi relating to the Exchange
Stock (the "Certificate of Designations"), and this Agreement,
be deemed to have delivered such holder's or holders' Series A
preferred stock to Delphi in exchange (the "Exchange") for
Exchange Stock, on a one share for one share basis;
(ii) the Exchange Stock shall be deemed to have been, and shall
be, unconditionally issued and delivered to the holder or
holders of the Series A preferred stock;
(iii) holders of Series A preferred stock that is exchanged for the
Exchange Stock will be entitled to receive dividends on the
Exchange Stock received that are equivalent to the dividends
that, at the time of the Exchange, were declared and unpaid on
the Series A preferred stock, upon declaration by Delphi's
board of directors; and
(iv) upon the occurrence of the Exchange, all of the Series A
preferred stock shall be cancelled and shall cease to be
outstanding without any further action by the Issuer or the
holders thereof, all rights of holders of Series A preferred
stock as the Issuer's stockholders shall cease, and such
persons shall be, for all purposes, solely holders of Exchange
Stock. Unless and until certificates representing Exchange
Stock are delivered or in the event such replacement
certificates are not delivered, any certificates previously
representing the Series A preferred stock shall be deemed for
all purposes to represent Exchange Stock.
2. Permitted Assignment. (i) In the event Delphi effects, or is the
subject of, a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, sale of assets or
other form of business combination, (a) in which Delphi is not the surviving,
resulting or receiving corporation thereof
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or (b) if Delphi is the surviving or resulting corporation, shares representing
a majority of Delphi's total voting power are either converted or exchanged into
securities of another person or into cash or other property (any such
transaction in either (a) or (b) being a "Business Combination"), then, at the
election of the Board of Directors of Delphi prior to the effectiveness of such
Business Combination, Delphi may assign, effective upon the consummation of such
Business Combination, all of its obligations and rights under this Agreement to
a Successor Entity (as defined below) that has Substitute Preferred Stock (as
defined below) and, as a result of such assignment, all references to Delphi and
Exchange Stock herein shall become and be deemed to be references to such
Successor Entity and to such Substitute Preferred Stock, respectively.
"Successor Entity" means a corporation designated by the Board of Directors of
Delphi (a) that is the surviving, resulting or receiving corporation, as
applicable, in any Business Combination, (b) the securities of which are
received in a Business Combination by some or all holders of Delphi voting
shares or (c) that the Board of Directors of Delphi determines to be an acquiror
of Delphi in a Business Combination. "Substitute Preferred Stock" means a class
or series of equity securities of a Successor Entity having the preferences,
limitations and relative rights in its articles or certificate of incorporation
or other constituent documents that are substantially similar to those set forth
in the Certificate of Designations establishing the Exchange Stock.
(ii) This Section 2 shall apply to any subsequent Business
Combination mutatis mutandis.
3. Cancellation. The Issuer acknowledges and accepts hereby that upon
the occurrence of the Exchange, the Series A preferred stock will be cancelled
and no longer outstanding.
4. Effectiveness. This agreement shall become effective at the time the
Certificate of Designations is filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.
5. Governing Law. This agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of New York.
6. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original as against any party whose
signature appears thereon and all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument. This Agreement shall become binding when one or more
counterparts hereof, individually or taken together, shall bear the signatures
of all of the parties reflected hereon as signatories.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date set forth above.
DELPHI CORPORATION
By: /s/ John Blahnik
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Name: John Blahnik
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
DELPHI PROPERTIES, INC.
By: /s/ John Blahnik
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Name: John Blahnik
Title: Chief Executive Officer
and President