SENIOR UNSECURED TERM LOAN AGREEMENT Dated as of August 2, 2012 among LASALLE HOTELOPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., as the Borrower, LASALLE HOTEL PROPERTIES, as the Parent, THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN, as the Guarantors, CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, COMPASS BANK, and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Co-Syndication Agents, The Banks Party Hereto, as the Banks, PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Co- Documentation Agents and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETSINC., as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Running Manager TABLE OF CONTENTS
Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
SENIOR UNSECURED TERM LOAN AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 2, 2012
among
LASALLE HOTEL OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.,
as the Borrower,
LASALLE HOTEL PROPERTIES,
as the Parent,
THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN,
as the Guarantors,
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent,
COMPASS BANK,
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Syndication Agents,
The Banks Party Hereto,
as the Banks,
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co- Documentation Agents
and
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Running Manager
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS | 1 | |||||
Section 1.01 | Certain Defined Terms | 1 | ||||
Section 1.02 | Computation of Time Periods | 24 | ||||
Section 1.03 | Accounting Terms; Changes in GAAP | 24 | ||||
Section 1.04 | Types of Advances | 24 | ||||
Section 1.05 | Miscellaneous | 25 | ||||
Section 1.06 | Commitment Increases; New Term Loan Tranches | 25 | ||||
ARTICLE II THE ADVANCES | 26 | |||||
Section 2.01 | The Term Loan; Advances | 26 | ||||
Section 2.02 | Method of Borrowing | 26 | ||||
Section 2.03 | Fees | 28 | ||||
Section 2.04 | Reduction of the Commitments | 29 | ||||
Section 2.05 | Repayment of Advances | 29 | ||||
Section 2.06 | Interest | 29 | ||||
Section 2.07 | Prepayments | 30 | ||||
Section 2.08 | Breakage Costs | 31 | ||||
Section 2.09 | Increased Costs | 31 | ||||
Section 2.10 | Payments and Computations | 32 | ||||
Section 2.11 | Taxes | 33 | ||||
Section 2.12 | Illegality | 35 | ||||
Section 2.13 | [Reserved] | 36 | ||||
Section 2.14 | Bank Replacement | 36 | ||||
Section 2.15 | Sharing of Payments, Etc. | 37 | ||||
Section 2.16 | Defaulting Lenders | 37 | ||||
ARTICLE III CONDITIONS OF LENDING | 38 | |||||
Section 3.01 | Conditions Precedent to Initial Advance | 38 | ||||
Section 3.02 | Conditions Precedent for each Borrowing | 40 | ||||
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 41 | |||||
Section 4.01 | Existence; Qualification; Partners; Subsidiaries | 41 | ||||
Section 4.02 | Partnership and Corporate Power | 42 | ||||
Section 4.03 | Authorization and Approvals | 42 | ||||
Section 4.04 | Enforceable Obligations | 42 | ||||
Section 4.05 | Parent Stock | 43 | ||||
Section 4.06 | Financial Statements | 43 | ||||
Section 4.07 | True and Complete Disclosure | 43 | ||||
Section 4.08 | Litigation | 43 | ||||
Section 4.09 | Use of Proceeds | 43 | ||||
Section 4.10 | Investment Company Act | 44 | ||||
Section 4.11 | Taxes | 44 | ||||
Section 4.12 | Pension Plans | 44 | ||||
Section 4.13 | Condition of Hotel Property; Casualties; Condemnation | 44 | ||||
Section 4.14 | Insurance | 45 |
Section 4.15 | No Burdensome Restrictions; No Defaults | 45 | ||||
Section 4.16 | Environmental Condition | 45 | ||||
Section 4.17 | Legal Requirements, Zoning, Utilities, Access | 46 | ||||
Section 4.18 | Existing Indebtedness | 46 | ||||
Section 4.19 | Title; Encumbrances | 46 | ||||
Section 4.20 | Leasing Arrangements | 46 | ||||
Section 4.21 | Unencumbered Properties | 47 | ||||
ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | 47 | |||||
Section 5.01 | Compliance with Laws, Etc. | 47 | ||||
Section 5.02 | Preservation of Existence, Separateness, Etc. | 47 | ||||
Section 5.03 | Payment of Taxes, Etc. | 48 | ||||
Section 5.04 | Visitation Rights; Bank Meeting | 48 | ||||
Section 5.05 | Reporting Requirements | 49 | ||||
Section 5.06 | Maintenance of Property | 51 | ||||
Section 5.07 | Insurance | 52 | ||||
Section 5.08 | Use of Proceeds | 52 | ||||
Section 5.09 | New Guarantors | 52 | ||||
ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS | 52 | |||||
Section 6.01 | Liens, Etc. | 52 | ||||
Section 6.02 | Indebtedness | 53 | ||||
Section 6.03 | Agreements Restricting Distributions From Subsidiaries | 54 | ||||
Section 6.04 | Restricted Payments | 54 | ||||
Section 6.05 | Fundamental Changes; Asset Dispositions | 55 | ||||
Section 6.06 | Participating Lessee Ownership | 55 | ||||
Section 6.07 | Investments, Loans, Future Properties | 55 | ||||
Section 6.08 | Affiliate Transactions | 56 | ||||
Section 6.09 | Sale and Leaseback | 57 | ||||
Section 6.10 | Sale or Discount of Receivables | 57 | ||||
Section 6.11 | Restriction on Negative Pledges | 57 | ||||
Section 6.12 | Material Documents | 57 | ||||
Section 6.13 | Limitations on Development, Construction, Renovation and Purchase of Hotel Properties | 57 | ||||
Section 6.14 | New York Properties | 58 | ||||
ARTICLE VII FINANCIAL COVENANTS | 58 | |||||
Section 7.01 | Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio | 58 | ||||
Section 7.02 | Maintenance of Net Worth | 58 | ||||
Section 7.03 | Limitations on Total Liabilities | 58 | ||||
Section 7.04 | Limitations on Unsecured Indebtedness | 58 | ||||
Section 7.05 | Limitations on Secured Indebtedness | 58 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES | 58 | |||||
Section 8.01 | Events of Default | 58 | ||||
Section 8.02 | Optional Acceleration of Maturity | 61 | ||||
Section 8.03 | Automatic Acceleration of Maturity | 62 |
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Section 8.04 | [Reserved] | 62 | ||||
Section 8.05 | Non-exclusivity of Remedies | 62 | ||||
Section 8.06 | Right of Set-off | 62 | ||||
ARTICLE IX [RESERVED] | 62 | |||||
Section 9.01 | [Reserved] | 62 | ||||
ARTICLE X AGENCY PROVISIONS | 62 | |||||
Section 10.01 | Authorization and Action | 62 | ||||
Section 10.02 | Administrative Agents Reliance, Etc. | 63 | ||||
Section 10.03 | Administrative Agent and Its Affiliates | 63 | ||||
Section 10.04 | Bank Credit Decision | 63 | ||||
Section 10.05 | Indemnification | 64 | ||||
Section 10.06 | Successor Administrative Agent | 64 | ||||
Section 10.07 | Co-Syndication Agents, Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Running Managers, Co-Documentation Agents | 64 | ||||
Section 10.08 | Designation of Additional Agents | 65 | ||||
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS | 65 | |||||
Section 11.01 | Amendments, Etc. | 65 | ||||
Section 11.02 | Notices, Etc. | 66 | ||||
Section 11.03 | No Waiver; Remedies | 68 | ||||
Section 11.04 | Costs and Expenses | 68 | ||||
Section 11.05 | Binding Effect | 68 | ||||
Section 11.06 | Bank Assignments and Participations | 69 | ||||
Section 11.07 | Indemnification | 71 | ||||
Section 11.08 | Execution in Counterparts | 72 | ||||
Section 11.09 | Survival of Representations, Indemnifications, etc. | 72 | ||||
Section 11.10 | Severability | 72 | ||||
Section 11.11 | Entire Agreement | 72 | ||||
Section 11.12 | Usury Not Intended | 72 | ||||
Section 11.13 | Governing Law | 73 | ||||
Section 11.14 | Consent to Jurisdiction; Service of Process; Jury Trial | 73 | ||||
Section 11.15 | Knowledge of Borrower | 74 | ||||
Section 11.16 | Banks Not in Control | 74 | ||||
Section 11.17 | Headings Descriptive | 74 | ||||
Section 11.18 | Time is of the Essence | 74 | ||||
Section 11.19 | Scope of Indemnities | 74 | ||||
Section 11.20 | Confidentiality | 74 | ||||
Section 11.21 | USA Patriot Act Notice | 75 | ||||
Section 11.22 | No Fiduciary Duties | 76 |
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EXHIBITS:
EXHIBIT A | | FORM OF NOTE | ||
EXHIBIT B | | FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE | ||
EXHIBIT C | | FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE | ||
EXHIBIT D | | FORM OF ENVIRONMENTAL INDEMNITY | ||
EXHIBIT E | | FORM OF GUARANTY | ||
EXHIBIT F | | FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING | ||
EXHIBIT G | | FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION OR CONTINUATION |
SCHEDULES:
SCHEDULE 1.01(A) | COMMITMENTS | |
SCHEDULE 1.01(B) | EXISTING PROPERTIES | |
SCHEDULE 1.01(C) | GUARANTORS | |
SCHEDULE 1.01(D) | QUALIFIED GROUND LEASES | |
SCHEDULE 4.01 | SUBSIDIARIES | |
SCHEDULE 4.08 | LITIGATION | |
SCHEDULE 4.17 | LEGAL REQUIREMENTS; ZONING; UTILITIES; ACCESS | |
SCHEDULE 4.18 | EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS | |
SCHEDULE 5.07 | INSURANCE |
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SENIOR UNSECURED TERM LOAN AGREEMENT
This SENIOR UNSECURED TERM LOAN AGREEMENT, dated as of August 2, 2012, is among LASALLE HOTEL OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, as the Borrower, LASALLE HOTEL PROPERTIES, a Maryland trust, as the Parent, the Guarantors from time to time party hereto, the Banks from time to time party hereto, CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., as sole lead arranger and sole book running manager.
The Borrower has requested, and the Banks have agreed to extend, certain credit facilities on the terms and conditions of this Agreement. In consideration of the mutual agreements contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Banks extend credit to the Borrower, and the Banks, upon the occurrence of the Closing Date and subject to the terms hereof, have agreed to lend monies and/or make advances, extensions of credit or other financial accommodations to, on behalf of or for the benefit of the Borrower pursuant hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the recitals set forth above, which by this reference are incorporated into this Agreement set forth below, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and on the basis of the representations and warranties herein set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree to the following:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
Section 1.01 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (unless otherwise indicated, such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
Accession Agreement means an Accession Agreement in the form attached respectively to the Guaranty and Environmental Indemnity as Annex 1 thereto, which agreement causes the Person executing and delivering the same to the Administrative Agent to become a party to the Guaranty and the Environmental Indemnity.
Adjusted Base Rate means a fluctuating interest rate per annum in effect from time to time, which rate per annum shall at all times be equal to the greatest of (a) the rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank in New York, New York, from time to time, as Citibanks base rate, (b) 2% per annum above the Federal Funds Rate and (c) the one-month LIBOR as offered on the applicable date of determination (or on the previous day if such day is not a Business Day), as the same may fluctuate from time to time, plus 1% per annum.
Adjusted Corporate EBITDA means, for the Rolling Period of the Parent most recently ended for which financial statements have been, or are required to be, delivered to the Banks hereunder, the Corporate EBITDA for such period adjusted for (i) any Investments made or disposed of during such period to include or exclude, as appropriate, the Corporate EBITDA attributable to such Investments for such period, and (ii) any Hotel Property acquired or disposed of during such period to include or exclude, as appropriate, the Adjusted NOI of such Hotel Property for such period, plus the aggregate FF&E
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Reserves for such period for such Hotel Property; provided in each case that the addition or deduction of the Corporate EBITDA attributable to such Investments or such Hotel Propertys Adjusted NOI, as applicable, for such period is subject to verification by either an accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or written certification reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent from an officer of the Borrower that such Corporate EBITDA or Adjusted NOI, as the case may be, is true and accurate.
Adjusted Net Worth means, for the Parent as of any date, the sum of (a) the Parents Net Worth on such date plus (b) the minority interest reflected in the Parents balance sheet on such date determined in accordance with GAAP.
Adjusted NOI means, for any Hotel Property for the Rolling Period of the Parent most recently ended for which financial statements have been, or are required to be, delivered to the Banks hereunder, an amount (if positive) equal to (a) the net income of such Hotel Property for such period after taxes, as determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding, however, those items that the Administrative Agent determines are extraordinary items, including but not limited to (i) any net gain or loss during such period arising from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of capital assets (such term to include all fixed assets) other than in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any write-up or write-down of assets, and (iii) expenses incurred in connection with hotel conversions prior to the opening of any such converted hotels; provided that to the extent that the net income for any Hotel Property does not include a reasonable allocation of administrative, accounting or other overhead of the Person or Persons who directly or indirectly own or lease such Hotel Property which directly pertains to the operation of Hotel Properties, then such allocation amount shall be deemed subtracted from such net income for purposes of the financial tests and other definitions contained in this Agreement which utilize Adjusted NOI, plus (b) to the extent deducted in determining Adjusted NOI, Interest Expense, income taxes, depreciation, amortization, and other non-cash items for such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP, minus (c) the aggregate FF&E Reserves for such period for such Hotel Property; provided further that in no event shall the Adjusted NOI for any Hotel Property be less than zero.
Administrative Agent means Citibank, in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the Banks pursuant to Article X and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Section 10.06.
Advance means an Advance by a Bank to the Borrower, any such Advance being either a Base Rate Advance or a LIBOR Advance.
Affected Bank has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).
Affiliate means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person. The term control (including the terms controlled by or 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 a Person, whether through ownership of a Control Percentage, by contract or otherwise.
Agreement means this Senior Unsecured Term Loan Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time.
Allocation Percentage means, for any Person, with respect to a Persons Joint Venture Subsidiary, the percentage ownership interest of such Person in such Joint Venture Subsidiary.
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Applicable Lending Office means, with respect to each Bank, such Banks Domestic Lending Office in the case of a Base Rate Advance and such Banks LIBOR Lending Office in the case of a LIBOR Advance.
Applicable Margin means, with respect to each Type of Advance at any date, the applicable percentage per annum set forth below based upon the Status then in effect under the column for such Type of Advance.
LEVERAGE RATIO | BASE RATE ADVANCES | LIBOR ADVANCES | ||||
Level I Status | £ 4.00:1.00 | 0.65% | 1.65% | |||
Level II Status | > 4.00:1.00 but £ 4.75:1.00 | 0.90% | 1.90% | |||
Level III Status | > 4.75:1.00 but £ 5.00:1.00 | 1.15% | 2.15% | |||
Level IV Status | > 5.00:1.00 | 1.60% | 2.60% |
Approved Electronic Communications means each Communication that the Borrower or any Guarantor is obligated to, or otherwise chooses to, provide to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Credit Document or the transactions contemplated therein, including any financial statement, financial and other report, notice, request, certificate and other information materials required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 5.05(a) through (d), (h), and (k); provided, however, that solely with respect to delivery of any such Communication by the Borrower or any Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and without limiting or otherwise affecting either the Administrative Agents right to effect delivery of such Communication by posting such Communication to the Approved Electronic Platform or the protections afforded hereby to the Administrative Agent in connection with any such posting, Approved Electronic Communication shall exclude (i) any notice of borrowing, notice of conversion or continuation, and any other notice, demand, communication, information, document and other material relating to a request for a new, or a conversion of an existing, Borrowing, (ii) any notice pursuant to Section 2.07(b) and any other notice relating to the payment of any principal or other amount due under any Credit Document prior to the scheduled date therefor, (iii) all notices of any Default or Event of Default and (iv) any notice, demand, communication, information, document and other material required to be delivered to satisfy any of the conditions set forth in Article III or any other condition to any Borrowing hereunder or any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement.
Approved Electronic Platform has the meaning specified in Section 11.02(c).
Approved Other Country means each of the following countries: Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, U. S. Virgin Islands, Bahamas, and Puerto Rico.
Approved Third Party Operating Leases means all operating leases for which either the Borrower or a Guarantor is the lessor thereunder, except any operating lease for which LaSalle Leasing or a Subsidiary of LaSalle Leasing is a lessee.
Asset Disposition means any sale, lease of substantially all of a Hotel Property (in which the Borrower or a Guarantor is lessor), conveyance, exchange, transfer, or assignment of any Property by the Borrower or a Guarantor to a Person other than the Borrower or a Guarantor.
Asset Value means, with respect to any Hotel Property, as of any date, (a) the Calculated Value of such asset; provided, however, that the value of each Hotel Property during the first twelve (12) months following acquisition shall be equal to the greater of (i) the acquisition price or (ii) the Calculated Value, (b) in the case of any Development Property, the undepreciated book value of such Hotel Property as
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determined in accordance with GAAP, or (c) in the case of any Hotel Property held by a Joint Venture Subsidiary, the pro rata share of such Hotel Property as determined in accordance with clause (a) or (b), as applicable.
Assignment and Acceptance means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Bank and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of the attached Exhibit B.
Banks means the lenders listed on the signature pages of this Agreement and each Eligible Assignee that shall become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 11.06.
Base Rate Advance means an Advance which bears interest as provided in Section 2.06(a).
Borrower means LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
Borrowing means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Advances of the same Type made by each Bank pursuant to Section 2.01 or Converted by each Bank to Advances of a different Type pursuant to Section 2.02(b).
Business Day means a day of the year on which banks are not required or authorized to close in New York City and, if the applicable Business Day relates to any LIBOR Advances, on which dealings are carried on in the London interbank market.
Calculated Value means for any Hotel Property (a) if such Hotel Property is leased to a Subsidiary of the Borrower, the Adjusted NOI for such Hotel Property for the preceding Rolling Period and, if such Hotel Property is not leased to a Subsidiary of the Borrower, the lesser of (i) the Adjusted NOI for such Hotel Property for the preceding Rolling Period or (ii) the actual rental payments received by the Parent or its Subsidiary under the participating lease for such Hotel Property during such Rolling Period divided by (b) the Capitalization Rate.
Capital Expenditure means any payment made directly or indirectly for the purpose of acquiring or constructing fixed assets, Real Property or equipment which in accordance with GAAP would be capitalized in the fixed asset accounts of such Person making such expenditure, including, without limitation, amounts paid or payable for such purpose under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or under any Capital Lease, but excluding repairs of Property in the normal and ordinary course of business.
Capitalization Event means any sale or issuance by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of equity securities except for the issuance of the Borrowers operating partnership units in exchange for a direct or indirect ownership interest in a Hotel Property or a Person that owns a Hotel Property.
Capitalization Rate means 8.25%.
Capital Lease means, for any Person, any lease of any Property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee which, in accordance with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
Capitalized Lease Obligations means, as to any Person, the capitalized amount of all obligations of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries under Capitalized Leases, as determined on a Consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP.
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CERCLA means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, state and local analogs, and all rules and regulations and requirements thereunder in each case as now or hereafter in effect.
Citibank means Citibank, N.A.
Closing Date means the date of this Agreement or such other date as may be agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor statute.
Commitment means, with respect to any Bank, the amount set opposite such Banks name on Schedule 1.01(a) as its Commitment, or if such Bank has entered into any Assignment and Acceptance, the amount set forth for such Bank as its Commitment in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 11.06(c), as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.04.
Commitment Letter means that certain commitment letter dated as of May 16, 2012 executed and delivered by the Borrower and to which the Administrative Agent is a party, as the same may be amended from time to time.
Compliance Certificate means a certificate of the Borrower in substantially the form of the attached Exhibit C.
Communications means each notice, demand, communication, information, document and other material provided for hereunder or under any other Credit Document or otherwise transmitted between the parties hereto relating to this Agreement, the other Credit Documents, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates, or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Credit Documents including, without limitation, all Approved Electronic Communications.
Consolidated refers to the consolidation of the accounts of the Borrower with the Borrowers Subsidiaries and the Parent with the Parents Subsidiaries, as applicable, in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Total Book Value means, at any time the same is to be determined, the aggregate book value of all assets that would appear on the balance sheet of the Parent and the Parents Subsidiaries determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, plus the aggregate book value of the accumulated depreciation of such assets determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Control Percentage means, with respect to any Person, the percentage of the outstanding capital stock of such Person having ordinary voting power which gives the direct or indirect holder of such stock the power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such Person.
Controlled Group means all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with the Parent and the Borrower, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
Corporate EBITDA means, for the Rolling Period of the Parent most recently ended for which financial statements have been, or are required to be, delivered to the Banks hereunder, an amount equal to (a) the net income of the Parent (on a Consolidated basis) for such period after taxes, as determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding, however, those items that the Administrative Agent determines are extraordinary items, including but not limited to (i) any net gain or loss during such period arising from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of capital assets (such term to include all fixed assets and all
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securities) other than in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any write-up or write-down of assets, and (iii) expenses incurred in connection with hotel conversions prior to the opening of any such converted hotels, plus (b) to the extent deducted in determining Corporate EBITDA, Interest Expense, income taxes, depreciation, amortization, and other non-cash items for such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
Convert, Conversion, and Converted each refers to a conversion of Advances of one Type into Advances of another Type pursuant to Section 2.02(b).
Credit Documents means this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranties, the Environmental Indemnities, the Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter and each other agreement, instrument or document executed by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or the Parent at any time in connection with this Agreement.
Default means (a) an Event of Default or (b) any event or condition which with notice or lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
Defaulting Lender means at any time, subject to Section 2.16(f), (i) any Bank that has failed for two or more Business Days to comply with its obligations under this Agreement to make an Advance or make any other payment due hereunder (each, a funding obligation), unless such Bank has notified the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Banks determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding has not been satisfied (which conditions precedent, together with the applicable default, if any, will be specifically identified in such writing), (ii) any Bank that has notified the Administrative Agent or the Borrower in writing, or has stated publicly, that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, unless such writing or statement states that such position is based on such Banks determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding cannot be satisfied (which conditions precedent, together with the applicable default, if any, will be specifically identified in such writing or public statement), (iii) any Bank that has, for three or more Business Days after written request of the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, failed to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Bank will cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (iii) upon the Administrative Agents and the Borrowers receipt of such written confirmation), or (iv) any Bank with respect to which a Lender Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to such Bank or its Parent Company, provided that a Bank shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Bank or any direct or indirect Parent Company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Bank with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Bank (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Bank (provided that in each case, neither the reallocation of funding obligations provided for in Section 2.16(b) as a result of a Banks being a Defaulting Lender nor the performance by Non-Defaulting Lenders of such reallocated funding obligations will by themselves cause the relevant Defaulting Lender to become a Non-Defaulting Lender). Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Bank is a Defaulting Lender under any of clauses (i) through (v) above will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Bank will be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.16(f)) upon notification of such determination by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and the Banks.
Delayed Draw Period has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
Delayed Draw Tranche has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
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Development Property means either (a) a new Hotel Property under construction including the conversion of a non-Hotel Property into a Hotel Property or (b) an existing Hotel Property which is undergoing an expansion pursuant to which the total guest rooms for such Hotel Property will be increased by 50% or more.
Dollars and $ means lawful money of the United States of America.
Domestic Lending Office means, with respect to any Bank, the office of such Bank specified as its Operations Contact in the questionnaire such Bank provided to the Administrative Agent, or such other office of such Bank as such Bank may from time to time specify to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Effective Date means the first date on which the conditions set forth in Article III shall be satisfied.
Eligible Assignee means (a) a commercial bank (or other financial institution acceptable to the Administrative Agent and, unless a Default has occurred and is continuing at the time any assignment is effected pursuant to Section 11.06, the Borrower, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) organized under the laws of the United States, or any State thereof, and having primary capital of not less than $250,000,000 and approved by the Administrative Agent, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, (b) a commercial bank (or other financial institution acceptable to the Administrative Agent and, unless a Default has occurred and is continuing at the time any assignment is effected pursuant to Section 11.06, the Borrower, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and having primary capital (or its equivalent) of not less than $250,000,000 and approved by the Administrative Agent, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, (c) a finance company, insurance company or other financial institution or fund (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity) acceptable to the Administrative Agent and, unless a Default has occurred and is continuing at the time any assignment is effected pursuant to Section 11.06, the Borrower, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, that is engaged in making, purchasing or otherwise investing in commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and having total assets in excess of $250,000,000, (d) a Bank (without approval of the Administrative Agent or the Borrower), and (e) an Affiliate of the respective assigning Bank, without approval of any Person but otherwise meeting the eligibility requirements of (a) or (b) above; provided, however, that neither the Borrower nor any Affiliate of the Borrower shall qualify as an Eligible Assignee under this definition. For avoidance of doubt, the Borrower shall have no approval or consent rights with respect to an Eligible Assignee so long as a Default has occurred and is continuing at the time any assignment is effected pursuant to Section 11.06.
Environment or Environmental shall have the meanings set forth in 42 U.S.C. § 9601(8), as amended.
Environmental Claim means any third party (including governmental agencies and employees) action, lawsuit, claim, demand, regulatory action or proceeding, order, decree, consent agreement or notice of potential or actual responsibility or violation (including claims or proceedings under the Occupational Safety and Health Acts or similar laws or requirements relating to health or safety of employees) which seeks to impose liability under any Environmental Law.
Environmental Indemnity means that certain Environmental Indemnification Agreement effective the date hereof executed by the Borrower, the Parent and the Guarantors, any additional Environmental Indemnity Agreements in substantially the form of the attached Exhibit D and any future environmental indemnities executed in connection with any Hotel Property, as any of such environmental indemnities may be amended hereafter in accordance with the terms of such agreements.
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Environmental Law means all Legal Requirements arising from, relating to, or in connection with the Environment, health, or safety, including without limitation CERCLA, relating to (a) pollution, contamination, injury, destruction, loss, protection, cleanup, reclamation or restoration of the air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata, or other natural resources; (b) solid, gaseous or liquid waste generation, treatment, processing, recycling, reclamation, cleanup, storage, disposal or transportation; (c) exposure to pollutants, contaminants, hazardous, medical, infectious, or toxic substances, materials or wastes; (d) the safety or health of employees; or (e) the manufacture, processing, handling, transportation, distribution in commerce, use, storage or disposal of hazardous, medical, infectious, or toxic substances, materials or wastes.
Environmental Permit means any permit, license, order, approval or other authorization under Environmental Law.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
Eurocurrency Liabilities has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board (or any successor), as in effect from time to time.
Event of Default has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
Existing Properties means collectively the Hotel Properties listed on Schedule 1.01(B), and Existing Property means any of such Hotel Properties.
Existing Revolver means that certain $750,000,000 unsecured revolving credit facility in favor of the Borrower and certain of its Affiliates pursuant to the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement.
Existing Revolver Administrative Agent means Citibank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement and with respect to the Existing Revolver, together with any of its successors or assigns in such capacity.
Existing Revolving Closing Date means December 14, 2011.
Existing Revolving Credit Agreement means that certain Senior Unsecured Credit Agreement dated as of the Existing Revolver Closing Date by and among the Borrower, the Parent, the guarantors named therein or party thereto from time to time, Citibank, as administrative agent thereunder, and the various lenders party thereto from time to time, as amended by that certain First Letter Amendment dated as of May 11, 2012 by and among the Borrower, the Parent, the guarantors party thereto, Citibank, as administrative agent, and the various lenders party thereto, and as the same may be extended or amended (other than any amendments that may be made in breach of Section 6.14).
Extension Date has the meaning set forth in Section 1.07.
Extension Fee has the meaning set forth in Section 1.07.
FATCA has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(a).
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Federal Funds Rate means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for any such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
Federal Reserve Board means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any of its successors.
Fee Letter has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c).
FF&E means furniture, fixtures and equipment.
FF&E Reserve means, for any Person or any Hotel Property at any time, a reserve equal to four percent (4%) of gross revenues from any Hotel Property owned by such Person or from such Hotel Property, as applicable, for the Rolling Period of the Parent most recently ended for which financial statements have been, or are required to be, delivered to the Banks hereunder.
Fiscal Quarter means each of the three-month periods ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.
Fiscal Year means the twelve-month period ending on December 31.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means, as of the end of any Rolling Period, a ratio of (a) the Corporate EBITDA for such Rolling Period less the aggregate FF&E Reserves for such period in respect of each Hotel Property owned by the Parent or its Subsidiaries (whether located on land owned by or land leased to such owner of the Hotel Property) to (b) the Fixed Charges for such Rolling Period.
Fixed Charges means, for the Rolling Period of the Parent most recently ended for which financial statements are required to be delivered to the Banks hereunder, the sum of the following amounts for the Parent and the Parents Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis: (a) the amount (without duplication) of all mandatory principal payments scheduled to be made (excluding optional prepayments and scheduled principal payments in respect of any such Indebtedness which is payable in a single installment at final maturity), (b) Parents Interest Expense, (c) all payments scheduled to be made in respect of Capital Leases, and (d) all preferred stock dividends.
Funding Date has the meaning set forth in Section 1.06(b).
Future Property means any Hotel Property except for the Existing Properties which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower acquires.
GAAP means United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time, applied on a basis consistent with the requirements of Section 1.03.
Governmental Authority means any foreign governmental authority, the United States of America, any state of the United States of America and any subdivision of any of the foregoing, and any agency, department, commission, board, authority or instrumentality, bureau or court having jurisdiction over any Bank, the Parent, the Borrower, any Subsidiaries of the Borrower or the Parent, any participating lessee, a manager or any of their respective Properties.
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Governmental Proceedings means any action or proceedings by or before any Governmental Authority, including, without limitation, the promulgation, enactment or entry of any Legal Requirement.
Guarantor means (a) the Parent, (b) each Subsidiary which owns an Unencumbered Property, (c) each Operating Lessee, and (d) each Material Subsidiary, in each case excluding Permitted Other Subsidiaries and any Joint Venture Subsidiary which is contractually prohibited from acting as a Guarantor by the terms of (i) any document evidencing or securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries permitted by the terms of this Agreement or (ii) the organizational documents of such Person. The Guarantors on the Closing Date are identified on Schedule 1.01(c).
Guaranty means that certain Guaranty and Contribution Agreement effective the date hereof executed by the Parent, the Borrower and the Guarantors, evidencing the joint and several guaranty by the signatories thereto of the Obligations of Borrower in respect of the Credit Documents, any additional Guaranty and Contribution Agreements in substantially the form of the attached Exhibit E executed to secure Advances and any future guaranty and contribution agreement executed to secure Advances, as any of such agreements may be amended hereafter in accordance with the terms of such agreements.
Hazardous Substance means the substances identified as such pursuant to CERCLA and those regulated under any other Environmental Law, including without limitation pollutants, contaminants, petroleum, petroleum products, radio nuclides, radioactive materials, and medical and infectious waste.
Hazardous Waste means the substances regulated as such pursuant to any Environmental Law.
Hotel Property for any hotel means the Real Property and the Personal Property for such hotel.
Improvements for any hotel means all buildings, structures, fixtures, tenant improvements and other improvements of every kind and description now or hereafter located in or on or attached to the Land for such hotel; and all additions and betterments thereto and all renewals, substitutions and replacements thereof.
Indebtedness means (without duplication), at any time and with respect to any Person, (a) indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (whether by loan or the issuance and sale of debt securities) or for the deferred purchase price of property or services purchased (other than amounts constituting trade payables, accruals or bank drafts arising in the ordinary course of business); (b) indebtedness of others in the amount which such Person has directly or indirectly assumed or guaranteed or otherwise provided credit support therefor or for which such Person is liable as a partner of such Person; (c) indebtedness of others in the amount secured by a Lien on assets of such Person, whether or not such Person shall have assumed such indebtedness; (d) obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit, acceptance facilities, or drafts or similar instruments issued or accepted by banks and other financial institutions for the account of such Person (other than trade payables or bank drafts arising in the ordinary course); (e) obligations of such Person under Capital Leases; (f) obligations under interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements, interest rate collar agreements or other similar agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates; and (g) all preferred stock that is issued by such Person that is redeemable by the holder thereof in cash, a cash equivalent or some type of Indebtedness or convertible to some type of Indebtedness.
Interest Expense means, for any Person for any period for which such amount is being determined, the total interest expense (including that properly attributable to Capital Leases in accordance with GAAP) and all charges incurred with respect to letters of credit determined on a Consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP, plus capitalized interest of such Person and its Subsidiaries.
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Interest Period means, for each LIBOR Advance comprising part of the same Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Advance or the date of the Conversion of any Base Rate Advance into such an Advance and ending on the last day of the period selected by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions below and Section 2.02 and, thereafter, each subsequent period commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period and ending on the last day of the period selected by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions below and Section 2.02. The duration of each such Interest Period shall be one, two, three or six months, or, if approved by all Banks, nine or twelve months, in each case as the Borrower may select, upon notice received by the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest Period, provided, however, that:
(a) Interest Periods for Advances of the same Borrowing shall be of the same duration;
(b) whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day other than a Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be extended to occur on the next succeeding Business Day, provided that if such extension would cause the last day of such Interest Period to occur in the next following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period shall occur on the next preceding Business Day;
(c) any Interest Period which begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month in which it would have ended if there were a numerically corresponding day in such calendar month;
(d) each successive Interest Period shall commence on the day on which the next preceding Interest Period expires; and
(e) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of any Advance shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.
Interest Rate Agreements means (i) any Swap Contract between the Borrower and any Swap Bank, or (ii) any other interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect the Borrower, the Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates.
Investment means, with respect to any Person, (a) any loan or advance to any other Person, (b) the ownership, purchase or other acquisition of, any Stock, Stock Equivalents, other equity interest, obligations or other securities of, (i) any other Person, or (ii) all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person, or (iii) all or substantially all of the assets constituting the business of a division, branch or other unit operation of any other Person, or (c) any joint venture or partnership with, or any capital contribution to, or other investment in, any other Person or any real property.
Investment Amount means (a) for any Hotel Property the sum of (i) for any Existing Property, the amount set forth for such Existing Property on Schedule 1.01(b) attached hereto, and for any other Hotel Property, the aggregate purchase price paid by the Borrower or its Subsidiary for such other Hotel Property (giving effect to any securities used to purchase a Hotel Property at the fair market value of the securities at the time of purchase based upon the price at which such securities could be exchanged into the Parents common stock assuming such exchange occurred on the date of acquiring the Hotel Property), and (ii) 95% of (A) the actual cost of any Capital Expenditures or FF&E expenditures for such Hotel Property made by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries during any period minus (B) the FF&E Reserve
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for such Hotel Property, and (b) for any other Investment the aggregate purchase price paid by the Borrower or its Subsidiary for such other Investment (giving effect to any securities used to purchase such Investment at the fair market value of the securities at the time of purchase based upon the price at which such securities could be exchanged into the Parents common stock assuming such exchange occurred on the date of acquiring such Investment).
Joint Venture Guarantor means a direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower that (a) has no assets other than its equity interests in Joint Venture Subsidiaries whose sole assets are Unencumbered Properties, (b) is not liable for any Indebtedness other than the Obligations, (c) complies in all material respects with all of the covenants and requirements of the Guarantors under the Credit Documents and (d) has delivered to the Administrative Agent either (A) an original Guaranty and Environmental Indemnity Agreement executed by it or (B) an Accession Agreement executed by it.
Joint Venture Subsidiary means any Subsidiary in which the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (a) holds a majority of equity interests and (b) after giving effect to all buy/sell provisions contained in the applicable constituent documents of such Subsidiary, controls all material decisions of such Subsidiary, including without limitation the financing, refinancing and disposition of the assets of such Subsidiary.
Land for any hotel means the real property upon which the hotel is located, together with all rights, title and interests appurtenant to such real property, including without limitation all rights, title and interests to (a) all strips and gores within or adjoining such property, (b) the streets, roads, sidewalks, alleys, and ways adjacent thereto, (c) all of the tenements, hereditaments, easements, reciprocal easement agreements, rights-of-way and other rights, privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any way pertaining thereto, (d) all reversions and remainders, (e) all air space rights, and all water, sewer and wastewater rights, (f) all mineral, oil, gas, hydrocarbon substances and other rights to produce or share in the production of anything related to such property, and (g) all other appurtenances appurtenant to such property, including without limitation, any now or hereafter belonging or in anywise appertaining thereto.
LaSalle Leasing means LaSalle Hotel Lessee, Inc.
Legal Requirement means any law, statute, ordinance, decree, requirement, order, judgment, rule, regulation (or official interpretation of any of the foregoing) of, and the terms of any license or permit issued by, any Governmental Authority.
Lender Insolvency Event means that (i) the Bank or its Parent Company is insolvent, or is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or (ii) such Bank or its Parent Company is the subject of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or similar proceeding, or a receiver, trustee, conservator, intervenor or sequestrator or the like has been appointed for such Bank or its Parent Company, or such Bank or its Parent Company has taken any action in furtherance of or indicating its consent to or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment.
Leverage Ratio means the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Parents Total Liabilities by (b) the Adjusted Corporate EBITDA.
LHL Facility means that certain unsecured credit facility entered into by LaSalle Hotel Lessee, Inc., as borrower, and U.S. Bank National Association, as lender, pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note, dated as of December 14, 2011, from LaSalle Hotel Lessee, Inc. to U.S. Bank National Association, in the maximum principal amount of $25,000,000, as the same may be extended or amended to the extent permitted by Section 6.02.
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LIBOR means, for the Interest Period for each LIBOR Advance comprising part of the same Borrowing, an interest rate per annum equal to (A) the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor thereto) as the British Bankers Association London interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, provided that, if such rate is not available for any reason, the rate for this clause (A) shall be the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) at which deposits in Dollars are offered by the Administrative Agent to leading banks and accepted by leading banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) two (2) Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period, in an amount substantially equal to the Administrative Agents LIBOR Advance comprising part of such Borrowing and for a period equal to such Interest Period divided by (B) one minus the LIBOR Reserve Requirement. It is agreed that for purposes of this definition, LIBOR Advances made hereunder shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities as defined in Regulation D and to be subject to the reserve requirements of Regulation D.
LIBOR Advance means any Advance which bears interest as provided in Section 2.06(b).
LIBOR Lending Office means, with respect to any Bank, the office of such Bank specified as its Operations Contact in the questionnaire such Bank provided to the Administrative Agent, or such other office of such Bank as such Bank may from time to time specify to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
LIBOR Reserve Requirement shall mean, on any day, that percentage (expressed as a decimal fraction) which is in effect on such date, as provided by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in New York City with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency liabilities as currently defined as Regulation D (or with respect to any other category of liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate LIBOR Rate Advances is determined) having a term equal to such Interest Period. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of the LIBOR Reserve Requirement, shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower.
Lien means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, deed of trust, security interest, encumbrance or other type of preferential arrangement to secure or provide for the payment of any obligation of any Person, whether arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise (including, without limitation, the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Capital Lease or other title retention agreement).
Liquid Investments means cash and the following:
(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States;
(b) (i) negotiable or nonnegotiable certificates of deposit, time deposits, or other similar banking arrangements maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof (bank debt securities), issued by (A) any Bank or (B) any other bank or trust company which has a combined capital surplus and undivided profit of not less than $250,000,000, if at the time of deposit or purchase, such bank debt securities are rated not less than A (or the then
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equivalent) by the rating service of S&P or of Moodys, and (ii) commercial paper issued by (A) any Bank or (B) any other Person if at the time of purchase such commercial paper is rated not less than A-2 (or the then equivalent) by the rating service of S&P or not less than P-2 (or the then equivalent) by the rating service of Moodys, or upon the discontinuance of both of such services, such other nationally recognized rating service or services, as the case may be, as shall be selected by the Borrower with the consent of the Administrative Agent;
(c) repurchase agreements relating to investments described in clauses (a) and (b) above with a market value at least equal to the consideration paid in connection therewith, with any Person who regularly engages in the business of entering into repurchase agreements and has a combined capital surplus and undivided profit of not less than $250,000,000, if at the time of entering into such agreement the debt securities of such Person are rated not less than A (or the then equivalent) by the rating service of S&P or of Moodys; and
(d) such other instruments (within the meaning of New Yorks Uniform Commercial Code) as the Borrower may request and the Administrative Agent may approve in writing, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld.
Material Adverse Change shall mean a material adverse change in the business, financial condition, or results of operations of the Borrower, the Parent or the Borrower, the Parent and the other Guarantors taken as a whole, in each case since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Borrower or the Parent delivered to the Banks.
Material Subsidiary means any Subsidiary which owns assets that have an aggregate undepreciated book value greater than $10,000,000.
Maturity Date means August 2, 2016; as such date may be extended pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.06.
Maximum Rate means the maximum nonusurious interest rate under applicable law.
Minimum Tangible Net Worth means, with respect to the Parent, at any time, the sum of (a) $1,333,261,000 plus (b) 75% of the aggregate net proceeds received by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries after September 30, 2011 in connection with any offering of Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Parent or its Subsidiaries; provided however, that any such net proceeds used solely for the purpose of redeeming the Parents preferred stock shall not be included in such sum.
Moodys means Moodys Investor Service Inc.
Multiemployer Plan means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Parent, the Borrower or any member of a Controlled Group is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions.
Net Income means, for any period for which such amount is being determined, the net income of the Parent (on a consolidated basis) after taxes, as determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding, however, those items that the Administrative Agent determines are extraordinary items, including but not limited to (i) any net gain or loss during such period arising from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of capital assets (such term to include all fixed assets and all securities) other than in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any write-up or write-down of assets and (iii) expenses incurred in connection with hotel conversions prior to the opening of any such converted hotels.
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Net Worth means, for any Person, stockholders equity of such Person determined in accordance with GAAP.
New Property means, as at any date, any Hotel Property that has been owned for less than four (4) Fiscal Quarters, by the Parent or by a Person that has been a Subsidiary of the Parent during such entire period.
New York Mortgage means any consolidated, amended and restated mortgage by and from a Subsidiary that owns a New York Property in favor of the Existing Revolver Administrative Agent.
New York Property means any Hotel Property located in the State of New York (including the Park Central Asset).
New York Term Note means any consolidated, amended and restated promissory note made by a Subsidiary that owns a New York Property and payable to the order of the Existing Revolver Administrative Agent, with respect to which the Borrower is deemed to be a co-obligor with such Subsidiary.
Non-Core Hotel Property means a Hotel Property which is either (a) a full service hotel located in a secondary market or (b) a limited service hotel located in a non-urban market.
Non-Defaulting Lender means, at any time, a Bank that is not a Defaulting Lender or a Potential Defaulting Lender.
Note means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to the order of any Bank, in substantially the form of the attached Exhibit A, evidencing indebtedness of the Borrower to such Bank resulting from Advances owing to such Bank, and Notes means all of such promissory notes.
Notice of Borrowing means a notice of borrowing in the form of the attached Exhibit F signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
Notice of Conversion or Continuation means a notice of conversion or continuation in the form of the attached Exhibit G signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
Obligations means all Advances and other amounts payable by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or the Banks under the Credit Documents. The foregoing shall also include all obligations under any Swap Contract between Borrower or Parent and any Swap Bank that is permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.02(c).
Operating Lease means any operating lease of an Unencumbered Property between the applicable Subsidiary that owns such Unencumbered Property (whether in fee simple or subject to a Qualifying Ground Lease) and the applicable Operating Lessee that leases such Unencumbered Property, as each may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Operating Lessee means a lessee of an Unencumbered Property pursuant to an Operating Lease.
Parent means LaSalle Hotel Properties, a Maryland trust.
Parent Common Stock means the common shares of beneficial interest of Parent, par value $.01 per share.
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Parent Company means, with respect to a Bank, the bank holding company (as defined in Federal Reserve Board Regulation Y), if any, of such Bank, and/or any Person owning, beneficially or of record, directly or indirectly, a majority of the shares of such Bank.
Parent Hotel Properties means all Hotel Properties owned or leased by the Parent or one of the Parents Subsidiaries, including without limitation Unencumbered Properties.
Parents Interest Expense means, for the period for which such amount is being determined, the Interest Expense for the Parent and the Parents Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis.
Park Central Asset means the Hotel Property located at 870 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York and commonly known as the Park Central Hotel.
Participant Register has the meaning set forth in Section 11.06(e).
Patriot Act has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a)(ix).
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
Permitted Encumbrances means the Liens permitted to exist pursuant to Section 6.01.
Permitted Hazardous Substances means (a) Hazardous Substances, petroleum and petroleum products which are (i) used in the ordinary course of business and in typical quantities for a hotel and (ii) generated, used and disposed of in accordance with all Legal Requirements and good hotel industry practice and (b) non-friable asbestos to the extent (i) that no applicable Legal Requirements require removal of such asbestos from the Hotel Property and (ii) such asbestos is encapsulated in accordance with all applicable Legal Requirements and such reasonable operations and maintenance program as may be required by the Administrative Agent.
Permitted Hotel Sale means the Asset Disposition of all or a portion of (a) a Hotel Property or (b) the ownership interest in a Subsidiary of the Borrower which owns a Hotel Property, in either case with respect to which no Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur upon the consummation of such Asset Disposition.
Permitted Non-Unencumbered Property means any Hotel Property or other Property (a) which is not an Unencumbered Property; (b) which is owned by a Permitted Other Subsidiary; and (c) which neither is subject to any Environmental Claim, nor contains any Hazardous Substance which could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
Permitted Other Subsidiaries means a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or a Joint Venture Subsidiary of the Borrower which (a) does not own any Unencumbered Property, and (b) is a bankruptcy remote, single purpose Person.
Person means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, limited liability company, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof or any trustee, receiver, custodian or similar official.
Personal Property for any Hotel Property means all FF&E, inventory and other personal property of every kind, whether now existing or hereafter acquired, tangible and intangible, now or hereafter located on or about the Land, and used or to be used in the future in connection with the operation of such Hotel Property.
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Plan means an employee benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) maintained for employees of the Parent, the Borrower or any member of a Controlled Group and covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code.
Potential Defaulting Lender means, at any time, (i) any Bank with respect to which an event of the kind referred to in the definition of Lender Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing in respect of any Subsidiary of such Bank, (ii) any Bank that has notified, or whose Parent Company or a Subsidiary thereof has notified, the Administrative Agent or the Borrower in writing, or has stated publicly, that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under any other loan agreement or credit agreement or other similar agreement, unless such writing or statement states that such position is based on such Banks determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding cannot be satisfied (which conditions precedent, together with the applicable default, if any, will be specifically identified in such writing or public statement), or (iii) any Bank that has, or whose Parent Company has, a non-investment grade rating from Moodys or S&P or another nationally recognized rating agency. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Bank is a Potential Defaulting Lender under any of clauses (i) through (iii) above will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Bank will be deemed a Potential Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.16(f)) upon notification of such determination by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and the Banks.
Prescribed Forms means such duly executed form(s) or statement(s), and in such number of copies, which may, from time to time, be prescribed by law and which, pursuant to applicable provisions of (a) an income tax treaty between the United States and the country of residence of the Bank providing the form(s) or statement(s), (b) the Code, or (c) any applicable rule or regulation under the Code, permit the Borrower to make payments hereunder for the account of such Bank free of deduction or withholding of income or similar taxes (except for any deduction or withholding of income or similar taxes as a result of any change in or in the interpretation of any such treaty, the Code or any such rule or regulation).
Property of any Person means any property or assets (whether real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible) of such Person.
Property Owner for any Existing Property or Future Property, means the Person who owns fee or leasehold title interest (as applicable) in and to such Property.
Pro Rata Share means, at any time with respect to any Bank, either (a) the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Banks Commitment at such time to the aggregate Commitments at such time or (b) if the Commitments have been terminated, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Banks aggregate outstanding Advances at such time to the aggregate outstanding Advances of all the Banks at such time.
Qualified Ground Lease means each of the ground leases or ground subleases set forth on Schedule 1.01(d) hereto and for a Future Property means any ground lease (a) which is a direct ground lease or ground sublease granted by the fee owner of real property or a master ground lessee from such fee owner, (b) which may be transferred and/or assigned without the consent of the lessor (or as to which the lease expressly provides that (i) such lease may be transferred and/or assigned with the consent of the lessor and (ii) such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or subject to certain reasonable pre-defined requirements, (c) which has a remaining term (including any renewal terms exercisable at the sole option of the lessee) of at least twenty (20) years, (d) under which no material default has occurred and is continuing, (e) with respect to which a Lien may be granted without the consent of the lessor (but subject to customary requirements regarding the nature of the holder of such Lien and prior notice to the
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lessor), (f) which contains customary and reasonable lender protection provisions, including, without limitation, provisions to the effect that (i) the lessor shall notify any holder of a Lien in such lease of the occurrence of any default by the lessee under such lease and shall afford such holder the option to cure such default, and (ii) in the event that such lease is terminated, such holder shall have the option to enter into a new lease having terms substantially identical to those contained in the terminated lease and (g) which otherwise contains no non-customary terms that are material and adverse to the lessee.
Qualified Intermediary shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of the term Unencumbered Property.
Real Property for any hotel means the Land and the Improvements for such hotel, including without limitation, any retail or office space incorporated in the Improvements or located on the Land, parking rights and any and all real property rights to other ancillary functions necessary or desirable for the operation of such hotel.
Refinancing Debt has the meaning set forth in Section 6.02(e).
Register has the meaning set forth in paragraph (c) of Section 11.06.
REIT means a real estate investment trust under Sections 856-860 of the Code.
Release shall have the meaning set forth in CERCLA or under any other Environmental Law.
Reportable Event means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA.
Required Lenders means, at any time, Banks holding at least 51% of the Unused Commitments and the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Advances at such time.
Response shall have the meaning set forth in CERCLA or under any other Environmental Law.
Responsible Officer means the Chief Executive Officer, President, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, or Treasurer of any Person.
Restricted Payment means (a) any direct or indirect payment, prepayment, redemption, purchase, or deposit of funds or Property for the payment (including any sinking fund or defeasance), prepayment, redemption or purchase of Indebtedness not permitted by this Agreement, and (b) the making by any Person of any dividends or other distributions (in cash, property, or otherwise) on, or payment for the purchase, redemption or other acquisition of, any shares of any capital stock, any limited liability company interests or any partnership interests of such Person, other than dividends or distributions payable in such Persons stock, limited liability company interests or any partnership interests.
Rolling Period means, as of any date, the four Fiscal Quarters ending on or immediately preceding such date.
S&P means Standard & Poors Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor thereof.
Secured Indebtedness means all Secured Recourse Indebtedness plus all Secured Non-Recourse Indebtedness of the Parent and the Parents subsidiaries determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that Secured Indebtedness shall exclude the Indebtedness evidenced by any New York Term Note.
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Secured Non-Recourse Indebtedness of any Person means all Indebtedness of such Person with respect to which recourse for payment is limited to specific assets encumbered by a Lien securing such Indebtedness; provided, however, that personal recourse of a holder of Indebtedness against any obligor with respect thereto for fraud, misrepresentation, misapplication of cash, non-payment of real estate taxes or ground lease rent, waste, non-permitted transfers or liens, bankruptcy, violation of special purpose covenants and other circumstances customarily excluded from non-recourse provisions in non-recourse financing of real estate shall not, by itself, prevent any Indebtedness from being characterized as Secured Non-Recourse Indebtedness, provided further that if a personal recourse claim is made in connection therewith, such claim shall not constitute Secured Non-Recourse Indebtedness for the purposes of this Agreement.
Secured Recourse Indebtedness of any Person means any Total Liabilities (excluding any Secured Non-Recourse Indebtedness) of such Person for which the obligations thereunder are secured by a Lien on any assets of such Person or its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Indebtedness evidenced by a New York Mortgage shall not comprise Secured Indebtedness and shall be treated for all purposes as Unsecured Indebtedness, so long as (a) the Administrative Agent qualifies as a Qualified Unsecured Lender (as such term is defined and used in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement), and (b) the New York Property to which such New York Note relates is not subject to any Liens other than the related New York Mortgage.
Status means the existence of Level I Status, Level II Status, Level III Status, or Level IV Status as the case may be. As used in this definition:
Level I Status exists at any date if, at such date, the Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00;
Level II Status exists at any date if, at such date, the Leverage Ratio is greater than 4.00 to 1.00 but less than or equal to 4.75 to 1.00;
Level III Status exists at any date if, at such date, the Leverage Ratio is greater than 4.75 to 1.00 but less than or equal to 5.00 to 1.00; and
Level IV Status exists at any date if, at such date, the Leverage Ratio is greater than 5.00 to 1.00.
Status shall be determined and changed as of the 45th day following any Fiscal Quarter; provided, that until the 45th day following the Fiscal Quarter first ending after the Closing Date, the Status shall be determined with reference to the Compliance Certificate delivered in connection with the initial Borrowing hereunder. The Leverage Ratio shall be based upon the components of the calculation of the Leverage Ratio for the Rolling Period just ended or as of the end of such Rolling Period, as applicable.
Stock means shares of capital stock, beneficial or partnership interests, participations or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a corporation or equivalent entity, whether voting or non-voting, and includes, without limitation, common stock and preferred stock.
Stock Equivalents means all securities (other than Stock) convertible into or exchangeable for Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase or subscribe for any stock, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable.
Subsidiary of a Person means any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding shares of capital stock (or other equivalent interests) having
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by the terms thereof ordinary voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect a majority of the board of directors or Persons performing similar functions (or, if there are no such directors or Persons, having general voting power) of such entity (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock (or other equivalent interests) of any other class or classes of such entity shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
Swap Bank means (a) any Person that is a Bank or an Affiliate of a Bank at the time that it becomes a party to a Swap Contract with the Borrower and (b) any Bank on the Closing Date or Affiliate of such Bank that is party to a Swap Contract with the Borrower in existence on the Closing Date, in each case to the extent permitted by Section 6.02(c).
Swap Contract means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a Master Agreement), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
Term Loan means the aggregate amount of the Banks Commitments, which shall not exceed $300,000,000.
Termination Event means (a) the occurrence of a Reportable Event with respect to a Plan, as described in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder (other than a Reportable Event not subject to the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC under such regulations), (b) the withdrawal of the Parent, the Borrower or any of a Controlled Group from a Plan during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, (c) the giving of a notice of intent to terminate a Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA, (d) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Plan by the PBGC, or (e) any other event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan.
Ticking Fee has the meaning set forth in paragraph (a) of Section 2.03.
Total Commitments means the aggregate amount of the Banks Commitments which shall initially be Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000), as such amount may be increased pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.06 or decreased pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.04 or other applicable provisions of this Agreement.
Total Liabilities of any Person means the sum of the following (without duplication): (a) all Indebtedness of such Person and its Subsidiaries determined on a Consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP, plus (b) such Persons Unconsolidated Entity Percentage of Indebtedness (including Secured Non-Recourse Indebtedness) of such Persons Unconsolidated Entities, plus (c) to the extent not already included in the calculation of either of the preceding clauses (a) or (b), the aggregate amount of letters of
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credit for which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries would have a direct or contingent obligation to reimburse the issuers of such letters of credit upon a drawing under such letters of credit, minus (d) to the extent included in the calculation of any of the preceding clauses (a), (b) or (c), (i) trade payables and accruals incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the amount of any minority interests and (iii) Capital Lease Obligations for a ground lease for any Hotel Property, minus (e), with respect to the Parent, the sum of (i) the Parents cash proceeds from (x) any sale or issuance of equity securities of the Parent or Indebtedness of the Parent, provided that such sale or issuance occurred within the 60 days proceeding the date such Total Liabilities are determined and (y) any like-kind exchange under Section 1031 of the Code, provided that such like-kind exchange proceeds shall be held in escrow in accordance with the requirements of such Section 1031, (ii) Indebtedness that has been defeased in accordance with the loan documents for such Indebtedness and for which the Borrower certifies as to such defeasance in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (iii) cash on hand of the Parent and its Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed 0.50% of Consolidated Total Book Value, provided that such cash is not subject to any Lien or other encumbrance or restriction of any kind.
Total Unencumbered Asset Value means, at any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Asset Values of all Unencumbered Properties (which shall include any New York Property) on such date plus (ii) Liquid Investments of the Parent on a Consolidated basis on such date that are not subject to any Liens of any kind (including any such Lien or restriction imposed by (A) any agreement governing Indebtedness and (B) the organizational documents of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) and, in each case, that (a) are not subject to any agreement (including (x) any agreement governing Indebtedness and (y) if applicable, the organizational documents of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) which prohibits or limits the ability of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon such assets (excluding any agreement or organizational document which limits generally the amount of Indebtedness which may be incurred by the Parent or its Subsidiaries), and (b) are not subject to any agreement (including any agreement governing Indebtedness) which entitles any Person to the benefit of any Lien on such assets, or would entitle any Person to the benefit of any such Lien upon the occurrence of any contingency (including, without limitation, pursuant to an equal and ratable clause), but excluding any agreement that conditions the ability of the Parent or its Subsidiaries to encumber their assets upon the maintenance of one or more specified ratios that limit the ability of such Persons to encumber their assets but that do not generally prohibit the encumbrance of assets, or the encumbrance of specific assets); provided that, for purposes of calculating this amount, (1) Unencumbered Properties owned or leased by Joint Venture Subsidiaries may not exceed 25% of the Total Unencumbered Asset Value, and (2) Non-Core Hotel Properties may not comprise more than 10% of Total Unencumbered Asset Value.
Type has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04.
Unconsolidated Entity means, with respect to any Person, at any date, any other Person in whom such Person holds an Investment, which Investment is accounted for in the financial statements of such Person on an equity basis of accounting or as a loan or advance to the other Person, and whose financial results would not be consolidated under GAAP with the financial results of such Person on the consolidated financial statements of such Person, if such statements were prepared as of such date. Any Person that is an Unconsolidated Entity with respect to another Person shall not be deemed to be a Subsidiary of such Person.
Unconsolidated Entity Percentage means, for any Person, with respect to a Persons Unconsolidated Entity, the percentage ownership interest of such Person in such Unconsolidated Entity; provided that, in the event that such Person is the general partner of such Unconsolidated Entity, such Persons Unconsolidated Entity Percentage with respect to such Unconsolidated Entity shall be 100% with respect to any Indebtedness for which recourse may be made against any general partner of such
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Unconsolidated Entity (provided that such Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be recourse to such general partner solely because of customary carveouts to non-recourse Indebtedness as described in the definition of Secured Non-Recourse Indebtedness); provided further that when the Investment in an Unconsolidated Entity is in the form of preferred stock or a loan or advance, the Unconsolidated Entity Percentage shall be a percentage equal to (a) the amount of such Investment divided by (b) the aggregate amount of the Investments by all Persons in the Unconsolidated Entity.
Unencumbered means, with respect to any Hotel Property, at any date of determination, the circumstance that such Hotel Property on such date:
(a) is not subject to any Liens (including restrictions on transferability or assignability) of any kind (including any such Lien or restriction imposed by (i) any agreement governing Indebtedness, and (ii) the organizational documents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, but excluding Permitted Encumbrances and, in the case of any Qualified Ground Lease (to the extent permitted by the definition thereof), restrictions on transferability or assignability in respect of such Qualified Ground Lease);
(b) is not subject to any agreement (including (i) any agreement governing Indebtedness, and (ii) if applicable, the organizational documents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) which prohibits or limits the ability of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon such Hotel Property, other than Permitted Encumbrances (excluding any agreement or organizational document which limits generally the amount of Indebtedness which may be incurred by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries); and
(c) is not subject to any agreement (including any agreement governing Indebtedness) which entitles any Person to the benefit of any Lien (other than Permitted Encumbrances) on such Hotel Property, or would entitle any Person to the benefit of any such Lien upon the occurrence of any contingency (including, without limitation, pursuant to an equal and ratable clause).
For the purposes of this Agreement, any Hotel Property owned by a Subsidiary of the Borrower shall not be deemed to be Unencumbered unless both (i) such Hotel Property and (ii) all Stock owned directly or indirectly by Borrower in such Subsidiary is Unencumbered.
Unencumbered Property means, as of any date it is to be determined, each Hotel Property that is owned or leased by the Borrower or any Guarantor, and that satisfies each of the following conditions:
(a) such Hotel Property (i) is Unencumbered, (ii) free of all material title defects, and (iii) either (A) owned (together with the land on which it is located) in fee simple by the Borrower or its direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or Joint Venture Subsidiary, (B) owned by the Borrower or its direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or Joint Venture Subsidiary and located on land leased to the Borrower or such Subsidiary pursuant to a Qualified Ground Lease, or (C) owned (together with the land on which it is located ) in fee simple by a qualified intermediary within the meaning of Internal Revenue Service Regulation 1.1031(k)-1(g)(4) that is acting for the benefit of the Borrower or its direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or Joint Venture Subsidiary (each such entity, a Qualified Intermediary), all as evidenced by a copy of the most recent ALTA Owners Policy of Title Insurance (or commitment to issue such a policy to the Borrower or its Subsidiary owning or to own such Hotel Property) relating to such Hotel Property showing the identity of the fee titleholder thereto and all matters of record as of its date and, if such Hotel Property is owned by a Qualified Intermediary, documents establishing that the Qualified Intermediary acts at the direction of the Borrower or its direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or Joint Venture Subsidiary;
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(b) If the Property Owner for such Hotel Property is not the Borrower, the Property Owner shall be (i) either a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or a Joint Venture Subsidiary of the Borrower whose sole assets are Unencumbered Properties, who is not liable for any Indebtedness other than the Obligations, who complies in all material respects with all of the covenants and requirements of Guarantors under the Credit Documents and who has delivered to the Administrative Agent either (A) an original Guaranty and Environmental Indemnity executed by such Subsidiary or (B) an Accession Agreement executed by such Subsidiary, (ii) a Qualified Intermediary, as defined in clause (a) above, whose sole assets are Unencumbered Properties, who is not liable for any Indebtedness, and whose sole beneficiary is either the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or Joint Venture Subsidiary of the Borrower that complies in all material respects with all of the covenants and requirements of Guarantors under the Credit Documents and has delivered to the Administrative Agent either (A) an original Guaranty and Environmental Indemnity executed by such Subsidiary or (B) an Accession Agreement executed by such Subsidiary, or (iii) a Joint Venture Subsidiary that has more than 50% of its outstanding equity interests owned by a Joint Venture Guarantor or the Borrower.
(c) if such Hotel Property is subject to a Qualified Ground Lease, no default by the lessee under the Qualified Ground Lease exists and the Qualified Ground Lease remains in full force and effect;
(d) such Hotel Property is free of all material structural defects;
(e) such Hotel Property is (i) in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable Environmental Laws, and (ii) not subject to any material Environmental Claim;
(f) neither all nor any material portion of such Hotel Property shall be the subject of any proceeding by a governmental authority for the condemnation, seizure or appropriation thereof, nor the subject of any negotiations for sale in lieu of condemnation, seizure or appropriation;
(g) such Hotel Property is (i) located in either the United States of America or in an Approved Other Country and (ii) either (A) a full service hotel located in a resort, convention or urban market, (B) a limited service hotel located in an urban market, or (C) a Non-Core Hotel Property; and
(h) the Borrower shall have executed and acknowledged (or caused to be executed and acknowledged) and delivered to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Banks, all documents, and taken all actions reasonably required by the Administrative Agent from time to time to confirm the rights created or now or hereafter intended to be created under the Credit Documents, or otherwise to carry out the purposes of the Credit Documents, and the transactions contemplated thereunder, the Administrative Agent shall have received all other evidence and information that it may reasonably require.
Unsecured Indebtedness of any Person means the Total Liabilities of such Person, plus, with respect to the Parent, to the extent deducted in determining Total Liabilities, those items included in clause (e) of the definition of Total Liabilities, minus all Secured Indebtedness of such Person. Without limiting the foregoing and for purposes of clarification, Unsecured Indebtedness shall include any Indebtedness evidenced by a New York Term Note, so long as the New York Property to which such New York Note relates is not subject to any Liens other than the related New York Mortgage.
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Unused Commitment means, with respect to any Bank at any time, such Banks Commitment at such time minus the aggregate principal amount of all Advances made by such Bank and outstanding at such time.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of a Person means any Subsidiary for which such Persons ownership interest is 99% or more.
Section 1.02 Computation of Time Periods. In this Agreement in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word from means from and including and the words to and until each means to but excluding.
Section 1.03 Accounting Terms; Changes in GAAP. (a) All accounting terms not specifically defined in this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis.
(b) Unless otherwise indicated, all financial statements of the Borrower and the Parent, all calculations for compliance with covenants in this Agreement, and all calculations of any amounts to be calculated under the definitions in Section 1.01 shall be based upon the Consolidated accounts of the Borrower, the Parent and their respective Subsidiaries (as applicable) in accordance with GAAP.
(c) If any changes in accounting principles after the Closing Date required by GAAP or the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or similar agencies results in a change in the method of calculation of, or affects the results of such calculation of, any of the financial covenants, standards or terms found in this Agreement, then the parties shall enter into and diligently pursue negotiations in order to amend such financial covenants, standards or terms so as to equitably reflect such change, with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (determined on a Consolidated basis) shall be the same after such change as if such change had not been made. Until covenants, standards, or terms of this Agreement are amended in accordance with this Section 1.3(c), such covenants, standards and terms shall be computed and determined in accordance with accounting principles in effect prior to such change in accounting principles.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made (i) without giving effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at fair value, as defined therein, and (ii) without giving effect to any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof.
Section 1.04 Types of Advances. Advances are distinguished by Type. The Type of an Advance refers to the determination whether such Advance is a LIBOR Advance or Base Rate Advance, each of which constitutes a Type.
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Section 1.05 Miscellaneous. Article, Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to Articles and Sections of and Schedules and Exhibits to this Agreement, unless otherwise specified.
Section 1.06 Commitment Increases. (a) Subject to the restrictions set forth in the Commitment Letter, the Borrower shall be entitled to request that the Total Commitments be increased to an amount not exceeding Four Hundred Million Dollars ($400,000,000), provided that (i) no Default then exists, (ii) the Borrower gives the Banks thirty (30) days prior written notice of such election, (iii) no Bank shall be obligated to increase such Banks Commitment without such Banks written consent which may be withheld in such Banks sole discretion, (iv) the Borrower, not the Banks or the Administrative Agent, shall be responsible for arranging for Persons to provide the additional Commitment amounts; and (v) any Person providing any additional Commitment amount must qualify as an Eligible Assignee and be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent if such Person is not already a Bank. In connection with any such increase in the Total Commitments the parties shall execute any documents reasonably requested in connection with or to evidence such increase, including without limitation an amendment to this Agreement.
(b) On the date (Funding Date) of any future increase in the Total Commitments permitted by this Agreement, such date designated by the Administrative Agent, the Banks whose Commitments have increased in connection with such future increase in the Total Commitments shall fund to the Administrative Agent such amounts as may be required to cause each of them to hold its Pro Rata Share of Advances based upon the Commitments as of such Funding Date, and the Administrative Agent shall distribute the funds so received to the other Banks in such amounts as may be required to cause each of them to hold its Pro Rata Share of Advances as of such Funding Date. The Banks receiving such amounts to be applied to LIBOR Advances may demand payment of the breakage costs under Section 2.08 as though the Borrower had elected to prepay such LIBOR Advances on such date and the Borrower shall pay the amount so demanded as provided in Section 2.08. The first payment of interest received by the Administrative Agent after such Funding Date shall be paid to the Banks in amounts adjusted to reflect the adjustments of their respective Pro Rata Shares of the Advances as of the Funding Date.
Section 1.07 Maturity Date Extension.
(a) The Borrower shall be entitled to extend the Maturity Date to August 2, 2017; provided that (i) no Default then exists, (ii) the Borrower gives the Administrative Agent, at least ninety (90) days but no more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the initial Maturity Date, written notice of such extension, (iii) on or prior to the initial Maturity Date, the Borrower pays to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Banks an extension fee equal to 0.15% of the total Advances outstanding as of the first day of the one (1) year extension (the Extension Fee), and (iv) the Administrative Agent shall have received on or prior to the initial Maturity Date for the account of each Bank a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Parent, dated as of the initial Maturity Date (the Extension Date), stating that: (a) the representations and warranties contained in Article IV are true and correct on and as of the Extension Date as such representations and warranties may have changed based upon events or activities not prohibited by this Agreement, (b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such extension, and (c) the Borrower, Parent and Guarantor is in compliance with the covenants contained in Article VII immediately before and, on a pro forma basis, immediately after the extension, together with a Compliance Certificate or other reasonable supporting information demonstrating such compliance. The Borrowers delivery of written notice to extend shall be irrevocable, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Bank of any such notice. In connection with any such extension, the parties hereto shall execute any documents reasonably requested in connection with or to evidence such extension.
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ARTICLE II
THE ADVANCES
Section 2.01 The Term Loan; Advances. Each Bank severally agrees, on and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make a single Advance to the Borrower on the Effective Date in an amount equal to such Banks total Commitment; provided, however, that a portion of the Term Loan in an aggregate amount more particularly specified in Schedule 1.01(A) and not exceeding $100,000,000 (the Delayed Draw Tranche) may be advanced to the Borrower pursuant to one or more Advances made within 95 days after the Effective Date (the Delayed Draw Period); provided further that (A) the conditions in Section 3.02 shall have been satisfied and (B) the aggregate amounts advanced to the Borrower in the Delayed Draw Tranche shall not exceed the available Commitments therefor set forth in Schedule 1.01(A). The Borrower may from time to time prepay the Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.07. Amounts repaid on the Term Loan may not be reborrowed.
Section 2.02 Method of Borrowing. (a) Notice. Each Borrowing shall be made by telephone (promptly confirmed in writing on the same day) pursuant to a Notice of Borrowing, given not later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) (i) on the third Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing, in the case of a Borrowing consisting of LIBOR Advances, or (ii) on the Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing, in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Advances, by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, which shall give each Bank prompt notice on the day of receipt of such timely telephone call or Notice of Borrowing of such proposed Borrowing by telecopier. Each Notice of Borrowing shall be in writing or by telecopier specifying the requested (i) date of such Borrowing, (ii) Type of Advances comprising such Borrowing, (iii) aggregate amount of such Borrowing, and (iv) if such Borrowing is to be comprised of LIBOR Advances, the Interest Period for each such Advance. In the case of a proposed Borrowing comprised of LIBOR Advances, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Bank of the applicable interest rate under Section 2.06(b). Each Bank shall, before 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the date of such Borrowing, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Administrative Agent at its address referred to in Section 11.02, or such other location as the Administrative Agent may specify by notice to the Banks, in same day funds, such Banks Pro Rata Share of such Borrowing. Upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, the Administrative Agent will make such funds available to the Borrower at its account with the Administrative Agent or to such other account as the Borrower shall specify to the Administrative Agent in writing.
(b) Conversions and Continuations. In order to elect to Convert or continue Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing under this Section, the Borrower shall deliver an irrevocable Notice of Conversion or Continuation to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents office no later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) (i) on the date which is at least three Business Days in advance of the proposed Conversion or continuation date in the case of a Conversion to or a continuation of a Borrowing comprised of LIBOR Advances and (ii) on the Business Day prior to the proposed conversion date in the case of a Conversion to a Borrowing comprised of Base Rate Advances. Each such Notice of Conversion or Continuation shall be in writing or by telecopier, specifying (i) the requested Conversion or continuation date (which shall be a Business Day), (ii) the Borrowing amount and Type of the Advances to be Converted or continued, (iii) whether a Conversion or continuation is requested, and if a Conversion, into what Type of Advances, and (iv) in the case of a Conversion to, or a continuation of, LIBOR Advances, the requested Interest Period. Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Conversion or Continuation under this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall provide each Bank with a copy thereof and, in the case of a Conversion to or a continuation of LIBOR Advances, notify each Bank of the applicable interest rate under Section 2.06(b). For
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purposes other than the conditions set forth in Section 3.02, the portion of Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing that are Converted to Advances of another Type shall constitute a new Borrowing. If the Borrower shall fail to specify an Interest Period for a LIBOR Advance including the continuation of a LIBOR Advance, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected a Base Rate Advance.
(c) Certain Limitations. Notwithstanding anything in paragraphs (a) and (b) above:
(i) each Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of not less than $25,000,000 or such greater amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000;
(ii) [Reserved];
(iii) at no time shall there be more than eight (8) Interest Periods applicable to outstanding LIBOR Advances;
(iv) the Borrower may not select LIBOR Advances for any Borrowing to be made, Converted or continued if a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(v) if any Bank shall, at any time prior to the making of any requested Borrowing comprised of LIBOR Advances, notify the Administrative Agent that the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation after the date hereof makes it unlawful, or that any central bank or other governmental authority asserts that it is unlawful, for such Bank or its LIBOR Lending Office to perform its obligations under this Agreement to make LIBOR Advances or to fund or maintain LIBOR Advances, then such Banks Pro Rata Share of such Borrowing shall be made as a Base Rate Advance, provided that such Base Rate Advance shall be considered part of the same Borrowing and interest on such Base Rate Advance shall be due and payable at the same time that interest on the LIBOR Advances comprising the remainder of such Borrowing shall be due and payable; and such Bank agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policies and legal and regulatory restrictions) to designate a different Applicable Lending Office if the making of such designation would avoid the effect of this paragraph and would not, in the reasonable judgment of such Bank, be otherwise materially disadvantageous to such Bank;
(vi) if the Administrative Agent is unable to determine the LIBOR for LIBOR Advances comprising any requested Borrowing, the right of the Borrower to select LIBOR Advances for such Borrowing or for any subsequent Borrowing shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Banks that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist, and each Advance comprising such Borrowing shall be a Base Rate Advance;
(vii) if the Required Lenders shall, at least one Business Day before the date of any requested Borrowing, notify the Administrative Agent that the LIBOR for LIBOR Advances comprising such Borrowing will not adequately reflect the cost to such Banks of making or funding their respective LIBOR Advances, as the case may be, for such Borrowing, the right of the Borrower to select LIBOR Advances for such Borrowing or for any subsequent Borrowing shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Banks that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist, and each Advance comprising such Borrowing shall be a Base Rate Advance; and
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(viii) if the Borrower shall fail to select the duration or continuation of any Interest Period for any LIBOR Advances in accordance with the provisions contained in the definition of Interest Period in Section 1.01 and paragraph (a) or (b) above, the Administrative Agent will forthwith so notify the Borrower and the Banks and such Advances will be made available to the Borrower on the date of such Borrowing as Base Rate Advances or, if an existing Advance, Converted into Base Rate Advances.
(d) Notices Irrevocable. Each Notice of Borrowing and Notice of Conversion or Continuation shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower. In the case of any Borrowing which the related Notice of Borrowing specifies is to be comprised of LIBOR Advances, the Borrower shall indemnify each Bank against any loss, out-of-pocket cost or expense incurred by such Bank as a result of any condition precedent for Borrowing set forth in Article III not being satisfied for any reason, including, without limitation, any loss, cost or expense actually incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Bank to fund the Advance to be made by such Bank as part of such Borrowing when such Advance, as a result of such failure, is not made on such date.
(e) Administrative Agent Reliance. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Bank before the date of any Borrowing that such Bank will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Banks Pro Rata Share of the Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Bank has made its Pro Rata Share of such Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section 2.02 and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such Bank shall not have so made its Pro Rata Share of such Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, such Bank and the Borrower severally agree to immediately repay to the Administrative Agent on demand, and without duplication, such corresponding amount, together with interest on such amount, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable on each such day to Advances comprising such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Bank, the Federal Funds Rate for each such day. If such Bank shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount and interest as provided above, such corresponding amount so repaid shall constitute such Banks Advance as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement even though not made on the same day as the other Advances comprising such Borrowing.
(f) Bank Obligations Several. The failure of any Bank to make the Advance to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Bank of its obligation, if any, to make its Advance on the date of such Borrowing. No Bank shall be responsible for the failure of any other Bank to make the Advance to be made by such other Bank on the date of any Borrowing.
(g) Notes. Upon the request of a Bank, the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Bank resulting from Advances owing to such Bank shall be evidenced by the Note of the Borrower payable to the order of such Bank in substantially the form of Exhibit A; provided, however, that to the extent no Note has been issued to a Bank, this Agreement shall be deemed to comprise conclusive evidence for all purposes of the indebtedness resulting from the Advances and extensions of credit made hereunder.
Section 2.03 Fees. (a) Ticking Fee. With respect to the Delayed Draw Tranche, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Banks with Commitments to the Delayed
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Draw Tranche a ticking fee (each, a Ticking Fee) in accordance with this Section 2.03(a). The Ticking Fee shall accrue from the date that is thirty days after the Closing Date until the earlier of (i) the last day of the Delayed Draw Period or (ii) the date on which the full amount of the Delayed Draw Tranche (the Ticking Fee Accrual Date) is advanced to the Borrower, in an amount equal to 0.20% per annum of the unused portion of the Commitments under the Delayed Draw Tranche and shall be payable in full to the Administrative Agent on the Ticking Fee Accrual Date for the account of the applicable Banks on a pro rata basis in accordance with their respective Commitments to the Delayed Draw Tranche.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) Administrative Agent Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the Administrative Agents account the fees set forth in any separate letter agreement executed and delivered by the Borrower and to which the Administrative Agent is a party, as the same may be amended from time to time (collectively, the Fee Letter) in accordance with the terms thereof, as and when the same are due and payable pursuant to the terms of such Fee Letter.
(d) Extension Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay the Extension Fee at the time specified in, and to the extent required by, Section 1.06.
(e) Defaulting Lender. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, during such period as a Bank is a Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender will not be entitled to any fees accruing during such period pursuant to Section 2.03(a) and Section 2.03(c) (without prejudice to the rights of the Non-Defaulting Lenders in respect of such fees).
Section 2.04 Reduction of the Commitments. The Borrower may, upon at least three Business Days prior notice to the Administrative Agent, permanently terminate in whole or permanently reduce ratably in part the unused Commitments of the Banks with respect to the Delayed Draw Tranche; provided, however, that each partial reduction shall be in the aggregate amount of not less than $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Immediately upon expiration of the Delayed Draw Period, any unused Commitments shall automatically terminate without further action on the part of Administrative Agent, Banks or the Borrower.
Section 2.05 Repayment of Advances. The Borrower shall repay the outstanding principal amount of each Advance on the Maturity Date.
Section 2.06 Interest. The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance made by each Bank from the date of such Advance until such principal amount shall be paid in full, at the following rates per annum:
(a) Base Rate Advances. If such Advance is a Base Rate Advance, a rate per annum (computed on the actual number of days elapsed, including the first day and excluding the last, based on (x) a 365 or 366, as the case may be, day year to the extent the interest rate is based upon Citibanks base rate and (y) a 360 day year to the extent the interest rate is based upon either the Federal Funds Rate or LIBOR) equal at all times to the lesser of (i) the Adjusted Base Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin and (ii) the Maximum Rate, payable in arrears on the first day of each calendar month, provided that during the continuance of an Event of Default, Base Rate Advances shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal at all times to the lesser of (1) the rate required to be paid on such Advance immediately prior to the date on which such Event of Default commenced plus two percent (2%) and (2) the Maximum Rate.
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(b) LIBOR Advances. If such Advance is a LIBOR Advance, a rate per annum (computed on the actual number of days elapsed, including the first day and excluding the last, based on a 360 day year) equal at all times during the Interest Period for such Advance to the lesser of (i) the LIBOR for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin and (ii) the Maximum Rate, payable in arrears on the last day of such Interest Period, and on the date such LIBOR Advance shall be paid in full, and, with respect to LIBOR Advances having an Interest Period in excess of one month, the numerically corresponding day to the initial day of such Interest Period in each calendar month during such Interest Period; provided, however, that if there is no numerically corresponding day in any such month or if the Interest Period begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month, interest shall be payable on the last Business Day of each calendar month during the Interest Period; provided further that during the continuance of an Event of Default, LIBOR Advances shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal at all times to the lesser of (i) the rate required to be paid on such Advance immediately prior to the date on which such Event of Default commenced plus two percent (2%) and (ii) the Maximum Rate.
(c) Usury Recapture. In the event the rate of interest chargeable under this Agreement or the Notes at any time is greater than the Maximum Rate, the unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall bear interest at the Maximum Rate until the total amount of interest paid or accrued on the Notes equals the amount of interest which would have been paid or accrued on the Notes if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect. In the event, upon payment in full of the Notes, the total amount of interest paid or accrued under the terms of this Agreement and the Notes is less than the total amount of interest which would have been paid or accrued if the rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had, at all times, been in effect, then the Borrower shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, pay the Administrative Agent for the account of the Banks an amount equal to the difference between (i) the lesser of (A) the amount of interest which would have been charged on the Notes if the Maximum Rate had, at all times, been in effect and (B) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the Notes if the rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect and (ii) the amount of interest actually paid or accrued under this Agreement on the Notes. In the event the Banks ever receive, collect or apply as interest any sum in excess of the Maximum Rate, such excess amount shall, to the extent permitted by law, be applied to the reduction of the principal balance of the Notes, and if no such principal is then outstanding, such excess or part thereof remaining shall be paid to the Borrower.
(d) Other Amounts Overdue. If any amount payable under this Agreement other than the Advances is not paid when due and payable, including without limitation, accrued interest and fees, then such overdue amount shall accrue interest hereon due and payable on demand at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Base Rate plus two percent (2%), from the date such amount became due until the date such amount is paid in full.
Section 2.07 Prepayments.
(a) Right to Prepay. The Borrower shall have no right to prepay any principal amount of any Advance except as provided in this Section 2.07.
(b) Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may elect to prepay any of the Advances, after giving by 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) (i) in the case of LIBOR Advances, at least three Business Days prior written notice or (ii) in case of Base Rate Advances, at least one Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent stating the proposed date and aggregate principal amount of such prepayment, and if applicable, the relevant Interest Period for the Advances to be prepaid. If any such notice is given, the Borrower shall prepay Advances
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comprising part of the same Borrowing in whole or ratably in part in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount specified in such notice, and with respect to LIBOR Advances shall also pay accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid and amounts, if any, required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.08 as a result of such prepayment being made on such date; provided, however, that each partial prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount not less than $1,000,000 and in integral multiples of $100,000.
(c) Ratable Payments. Each payment of any Advance pursuant to this Section 2.07 or any other provision of this Agreement shall be made in a manner such that all Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing are paid in whole or ratably in part.
(d) Effect of Notice. All notices given pursuant to this Section 2.07 shall be irrevocable and binding upon the Borrower.
Section 2.08 Breakage Costs. If (a) any payment of principal of any LIBOR Advance is made other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such Advance as a result of any payment pursuant to Section 2.07 or the acceleration of the maturity of the Notes pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise; (b) any Conversion of a LIBOR Advance is made other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such Advance pursuant to Section 2.12 or otherwise; or (c) the Borrower fails to make a principal or interest payment with respect to any LIBOR Advance on the date such payment is due and payable, the Borrower shall, within 10 days of any written demand sent by any Bank to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Bank any amounts (without duplication of any other amounts payable in respect of breakage costs) required to compensate such Bank for any losses (other than lost profit), out-of-pocket costs or expenses which it reasonably incurs as a result of such payment or nonpayment, including, without limitation, any loss, cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by any Bank to fund or maintain such Advance.
Section 2.09 Increased Costs. (a) LIBOR Advances. If, due to either (i) the introduction of or any change (other than any change by way of imposition or increase of reserve requirements included in the calculation of the LIBOR) in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation enacted, issued or promulgated after the date of this Agreement or (ii) the compliance with any guideline, rule, directive or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law) enacted, issued or promulgated after the date of this Agreement, there shall be any increase in the cost to any Bank of agreeing to make or making, funding, converting into, continuing or maintaining LIBOR Advances, then the Borrower shall from time to time, within 10 days of written demand by such Bank (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Bank additional amounts (without duplication of any other amounts payable in respect of increased costs) sufficient to compensate such Bank for such increased cost; provided, however, that, before making any such demand, each Bank agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to designate a different Applicable Lending Office if the making of such a designation would avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, such increased cost and would not, in the reasonable judgment of such Bank, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Bank. A certificate as to the amount of such increased cost and detailing the calculation of such cost submitted to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent by such Bank at the time such Bank demands payment under this Section shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(b) Capital Adequacy. If any Bank determines in good faith that compliance with any law or regulation or any guideline, rule, directive or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law) enacted, issued or promulgated after the date of this Agreement affects or would affect the amount of capital or liquidity
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required or expected to be maintained by such Bank or any corporation controlling such Bank and that the amount of such capital is increased by or based upon the existence of such Banks commitment to lend and other commitments of this type, then, upon 30 days prior written notice by such Bank (with a copy of any such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall immediately pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Bank, as the case may be, from time to time as specified by such Bank, additional amounts (without duplication of any other amounts payable in respect of increased costs) sufficient to compensate such Bank, in light of such circumstances, to the extent that such Bank reasonably determines such increase in capital to be allocable to the existence of such Banks commitment to lend under this Agreement. A certificate as to such amounts and detailing the calculation of such amounts submitted to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent by such Bank shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as amended, and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued, and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) shall in each case be deemed an introduction or change of the type referred to in this Section 2.09, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
Section 2.10 Payments and Computations.
(a) Payment Procedures. Except if otherwise set forth herein, the Borrower shall make each payment under this Agreement and under the Notes not later than 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the day when due in Dollars to the Administrative Agent without setoff, deduction or counterclaim at the location referred to in the Notes (or such other location as the Administrative Agent shall designate in writing to the Borrower) in same day funds. The Administrative Agent will on the same day such payment is deemed received from the Borrower cause to be distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal, interest or fees ratably (other than amounts payable solely to the Administrative Agent or a specific Bank pursuant to Section 2.03(c), 2.06(c), 2.08, 2.09, 2.11 or 2.12, but after taking into account payments effected pursuant to Section 11.04) to the Banks in accordance with each Banks Pro Rata Share for the account of their respective Applicable Lending Offices, and like funds relating to the payment of any other amount payable to any Bank for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, in each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. If and to the extent that the Administrative Agent shall not have so made payment to a Bank on the day required under this Agreement, the Administrative Agent agrees to immediately pay such Bank such payment, together with interest on such amount, for each day from the date such amount was deemed received by the Administrative Agent until the date such amount is paid to such Bank at the Federal Funds Rate for each such day.
(b) Computations. All computations of interest based on Citibanks base rate shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and all computations of fees and interest based on the LIBOR and the Federal Funds Rate shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days, in each case for the actual number of days (including the first day, but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest or fees are payable. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
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(c) Non-Business Day Payments. Whenever any payment shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of payment of interest or fees, as the case may be; provided, however, that if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of LIBOR Advances to be made in the next following calendar month, such payment shall be made on the next preceding Business Day.
(d) Administrative Agent Reliance. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Banks that the Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent on such date and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Bank on such date an amount equal to the amount then due such Bank. If and to the extent the Borrower shall not have so made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent, each Bank shall repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such Bank, together with interest, for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Bank until the date such Bank repays such amount to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate for each such day.
(e) Application of Payments. Unless otherwise specified in Section 2.07 hereof, whenever any payment received by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement is insufficient to pay in full all amounts then due and payable under this Agreement and the Notes, such payment shall be distributed and applied by the Administrative Agent and the Banks in the following order: first, to the payment of fees and expenses due and payable to the Administrative Agent under and in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document and the payment of fees and expenses due and payable to each Bank under Section 11.04, ratably among such parties in accordance with the aggregate amount of such payments owed to each such party; second, to the payment of all expenses due and payable under Section 2.11(c), ratably among the Banks in accordance with the aggregate amount of such payments owed to each such Bank; third, to the payment of all other fees due and payable under Section 2.03; fourth, to the payment of the interest accrued on all of the Notes, ratably among the Banks in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares; and fifth, to the payment of (i) the principal amount of all of the Notes, regardless of whether any such amount is then due and payable and (ii) breakage, termination or other amounts owing in respect of any Swap Contract between the Borrower and any Swap Bank, to the extent such Swap Contract is permitted hereunder, ratably among the Banks in accordance with the aggregate amount of such payments owed to each such Bank.
(f) Register. The Administrative Agent shall record in the Register the Commitment and the Advances from time to time of each Bank and each repayment or prepayment in respect to the principal amount of such Advances of each Bank. Any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and each Bank, absent manifest error; provided however, that failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect the Borrowers obligations hereunder in respect of such Advances.
Section 2.11 Taxes.
(a) No Deduction for Certain Taxes. Any and all payments by the Borrower shall be made, in accordance with Section 2.10, free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, (i) in the case of each Bank and the Administrative Agent, taxes
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imposed on its income, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Bank or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) is organized or any political subdivision of such jurisdiction or by the jurisdiction of such Banks Applicable Lending Office or any political subdivision of such jurisdiction and (ii) any U.S. federal withholding tax imposed pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), including any current or future implementing Treasury Regulations and administrative pronouncements thereunder (collectively, FATCA) (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as Taxes). If the Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable to any Bank or the Administrative Agent, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as may be necessary so that, after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.11), such Bank or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made; provided, however, that if the Borrowers obligation to deduct or withhold Taxes is caused solely by such Banks or the Administrative Agents failure to provide the forms described in paragraph (e) of this Section 2.11 and such Bank or the Administrative Agent could have provided such forms, no such increase shall be required; (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions; and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable Legal Requirements.
(b) Other Taxes. In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement, the Notes, or the other Credit Documents (hereinafter referred to as Other Taxes).
(c) Indemnification. Subject to the proviso of Section 2.11(a), the Borrower indemnifies each Bank and the Administrative Agent for the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed by any Governmental Authority on amounts payable under this Section 2.11) paid by such Bank or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) and any liability (including interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted. Each payment required to be made by the Borrower in respect of this indemnification shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of any party claiming such indemnification within 30 days from the date the Borrower receives written demand detailing the calculation of such amounts therefor from the Administrative Agent on behalf of itself as Administrative Agent or any such Bank. If any Bank or the Administrative Agent receives a refund in respect of any Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Borrower under this paragraph (c), such Bank or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly pay to the Borrower the Borrowers share of such refund.
(d) Evidence of Tax Payments. The Borrower will pay prior to delinquency all Taxes and Other Taxes payable in respect of any payment. Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent, at its address referred to in Section 11.02, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment of such Taxes or Other Taxes.
(e) Foreign Bank Withholding Exemption. Each Bank that is not incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or a state thereof agrees that it will deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on the date of this Agreement or upon the effectiveness
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of any Assignment and Acceptance two duly completed copies of the Prescribed Forms, certifying in each case that such Bank is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement and the Notes payable to it, without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes. Each Bank which delivers to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a Prescribed Form further undertakes to deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two further copies of a replacement Prescribed Form, on or before the date that any such Prescribed Form expires or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and such extensions or renewals thereof as may reasonably be requested by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent certifying that such Bank is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes. If an event (including without limitation any change in treaty, law or regulation) has occurred prior to the date on which any delivery required by the preceding sentence would otherwise be required which renders all such forms inapplicable or which would prevent any Bank from duly completing and delivering any such Prescribed Form with respect to it and such Bank advises the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that it is not capable of receiving payments without any deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax, such Bank shall not be required to deliver such forms. The Borrower shall withhold tax at the rate and in the manner required by the laws of the United States with respect to payments made to a Bank failing to timely provide the requisite Prescribed Forms. If a payment made to a Bank under any Credit Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Bank were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Bank shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Bank has complied with such Banks obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for the purposes of this subsection (e), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Section 2.12 Illegality. If any Bank shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any Legal Requirement makes it unlawful, or that any central bank or other Governmental Authority asserts that it is unlawful for such Bank or its LIBOR Lending Office to perform its obligations under this Agreement to maintain any LIBOR Advances of such Bank then outstanding hereunder, then, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Borrower shall, if demanded by such Bank by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent no later than 12:00 Noon (New York City time), (a) if not prohibited by Legal Requirement to maintain such LIBOR Advances for the duration of the Interest Period, on the last day of the Interest Period for each outstanding LIBOR Advance of such Bank or (b) if prohibited by Legal Requirement to maintain such LIBOR Advances for the duration of the Interest Period, on the second Business Day following its receipt of such notice from such Bank, Convert all LIBOR Advances of such Bank then outstanding to Base Rate Advances, and pay accrued interest on the principal amount Converted to the date of such Conversion and amounts, if any, required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.08 as a result of such Conversion being made on such date. Each Bank agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policies and legal and regulatory restrictions) to designate a different Applicable Lending Office if the making of such designation would avoid the effect of this paragraph and would not, in the reasonable judgment of such Bank, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Bank. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
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Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as amended, and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, referred to in Section 2.09 and this Section 2.12, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued, and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) shall in each case be deemed an introduction or change of the type referred to in this Section 2.12, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
Section 2.13 [Reserved].
Section 2.14 Bank Replacement.
(a) Right to Replace. The Borrower shall have the right to replace any Defaulting Lender and each Bank affected by a condition under Section 2.02(c)(v), 2.09, 2.11, or 2.12 for more than 90 days (each such affected Bank, an Affected Bank) in accordance with the procedures in this Section 2.14 and provided that no reduction of the total Commitments occurs as a result thereof.
(b) First Right of Refusal; Replacement. (i) Upon the occurrence of any condition permitting the replacement of a Bank, the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion shall have the right to reallocate the amount of the Commitments of the Affected Banks among the non-Affected Banks pro rata in accordance with their respective commitments, including without limitation to Persons which are not already party to this Agreement but which qualify as Eligible Assignees, which election shall be made by written notice within 30 days after the date such condition occurs, provided any reallocation to any non-Affected Bank may not in any event exceed the Commitment of such non-Affected Bank as in effect at the time of such reallocation.
(ii) If the aggregate amount of the reallocated Commitments is less than the Commitments of the Affected Banks, (A) the respective Commitments of the Banks which have received such reallocated Commitments shall be increased by the respective amounts of their proposed reallocations, and (B) the Borrower shall have the right to add additional Banks which are Eligible Assignees to this Agreement to replace such Affected Banks, which additional Banks would have aggregate Commitments no greater than those of the Affected Banks minus the amounts of the Commitments already reallocated.
(c) Procedure. Any assumptions of Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be (i) made by the purchasing Bank or Eligible Assignee and the selling Bank entering into an Assignment and Acceptance and by following the procedures in Section 11.06 for adding a Bank. In connection with the reallocation of the Commitments of any Bank pursuant to the foregoing paragraph (b), each Bank with a reallocated Commitment shall purchase from the Affected Banks at par such Banks ratable share of the outstanding Advances of the Affected Banks.
(d) Defaulting Lenders Assignment and Acceptance. If a Defaulting Lender being replaced pursuant to this Section 2.14 does not execute and deliver to the Eligible Assignee a duly completed Assignment and Assumption and/or any other documentation necessary to reflect such replacement within a period of time deemed reasonable by the Administrative Agent after the date on which the Eligible Assignee executes and delivers such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other related documentation contemplated by this Section 2.14, then such Defaulting Lender shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation as of such date and the Borrower shall be entitled (but not obligated) to execute and deliver such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation on behalf of such Defaulting Lender.
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Section 2.15 Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Bank shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off or otherwise) on account of its Advances in excess of its Pro Rata Share of payments on account of the Advances obtained by all the Banks, such Bank shall notify the Administrative Agent and forthwith purchase from the other Banks such participations in the Advances made by them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Bank to share the excess payment ratably in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement with each of them; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Bank, such purchase from each Bank shall be rescinded and such Bank shall repay to the purchasing Bank the purchase price to the extent of such Banks ratable share (according to the proportion of (a) the amount of the participation sold by such Bank to the purchasing Bank as a result of such excess payment to (b) the total amount of such excess payment) of such recovery, together with an amount equal to such Banks ratable share (according to the proportion of (a) the amount of such Banks required repayment to the purchasing Bank to (b) the total amount of all such required repayments to the purchasing Bank) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Bank in respect of the total amount so recovered. The Borrower agrees that any Bank so purchasing a participation from another Bank pursuant to this Section 2.15 may, to the fullest extent permitted by Legal Requirement, unless and until rescinded as provided above, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Bank were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
Section 2.16 Defaulting Lenders. (a) [Reserved].
(b) [Reserved].
(c) [Reserved].
(d) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if at any time the Required Lenders determine that the Person serving as Administrative Agent is (without taking into account any provision in the definition of Defaulting Lender requiring notice from the Administrative Agent or any other party) a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (v) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders (determined after giving effect to Section 11.01) may by notice to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a replacement Administrative Agent hereunder. Such removal will, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be effective on the earlier of (i) the date a replacement Administrative Agent is appointed and (ii) the date thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice by the Required Lenders (regardless of whether a replacement Administrative Agent has been appointed).
(e) The Borrower may terminate the unused amount of the Commitment of a Defaulting Lender upon not less than ten (10) Business Days prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly notify the Banks thereof), provided that such termination will not be deemed to be a waiver or release of any claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Bank may have against such Defaulting Lender.
(f) If the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree in writing, in their discretion, that a Bank is no longer a Defaulting Lender or a Potential Defaulting Lender, as the case may be, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein, such Bank will, to the
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extent applicable, purchase at par such portion of outstanding Advances of the other Banks and/or make such other adjustments as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the aggregate amount of all outstanding Advances of the Banks to be on a pro rata basis in accordance with their respective Commitments, whereupon such Bank will cease to be a Defaulting Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender and will be a Non-Defaulting Lender (and such exposure of each Bank will automatically be adjusted on a prospective basis to reflect the foregoing); provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while such Bank was a Defaulting Lender; and provided further that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender to Non-Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Banks having been a Defaulting Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender.
(g) So long as any Bank is a Defaulting Lender, such Bank shall not be a Swap Bank with respect to any Swap Contract entered into while such Bank was a Defaulting Lender.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
Section 3.01 Conditions Precedent to Initial Advance. The obligation of each Bank to make its initial Advance under this Agreement as part of the initial Borrowing under this Agreement are subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) Documentation. The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Agreement executed by the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Banks, and the following duly executed by all the parties thereto, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and, with respect to this Agreement, the Notes, all Guaranties and the Environmental Indemnity, in sufficient copies for each Bank (except for each Note, as to which one original of each shall be sufficient):
(i) a Note duly executed by the Borrower and payable to the order of each Bank that has requested the same, all Guaranties, and the Environmental Indemnity;
(ii) a certificate from the Chief Executive Officer, President or Chief Financial Officer of the Parent on behalf of the Borrower dated as of the Closing Date stating that as of the Closing Date (A) all representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement and the Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any representation or warranty that is qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all respects); (B) no Default has occurred and is continuing; (C) the conditions in this Section 3.01 have been met or waived in writing; and (D) to the best of the Borrowers knowledge there are no claims, defenses, counterclaims or offsets by the Borrower against the Banks under the Credit Documents;
(iii) a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Parent on behalf of the Borrower, each Guarantor, each Subsidiary of the Parent and each general partner or managing member (if any) of each of the foregoing, dated as of the Closing Date certifying as of the Closing Date to the extent applicable (A) the names and true signatures of officers or authorized representatives of the general partner of such Person authorized to sign the Credit Documents to which such Person is a party as general partner of such Person, (B) resolutions of the Board of Directors or the members of the general partner of such Person approving the
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transactions herein contemplated and of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental and other third party approvals and consents, if any, with respect to the transactions under the Credit Documents and each Credit Document to which it is or is to be a party, (C) a true and correct copy of the organizational documents of the general partner of such Person, (D) a true and correct copy of the bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement or other governing document of such Person, and (E) a true and correct copy of all partnership or other organizational authorizations necessary or desirable in connection with the transactions herein contemplated;
(iv) a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Parent dated as of the Closing Date certifying as of the Closing Date (A) resolutions of the Board of Directors or the members of the general partner of such Person approving the transactions herein contemplated and of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental and other third party approvals and consents, if any, with respect to the transactions under the Credit Documents and each Credit Document to which it is or is to be a party, (B) the copies of the charter and bylaws of the Parent and any modification or amendment to the articles or certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Parent made since such date, and (C) that the Parent owns 100% of the general partner interests and at least 70% of the limited partnership interests in the Borrower;
(v) a copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State (or equivalent authority) of the jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation of each of the Parent, the Borrower and each Guarantor, dated reasonably near (but prior to) the Closing Date, certifying, if and to the extent such certification is generally available for entities of the type of such Person, (A) as to a true and correct copy of the charter, certificate of limited partnership, limited liability company agreement or other organizational document of such Person, and each amendment thereto on file in such Secretarys office, (B) that (1) such amendments are the only amendments to the charter, certificate of limited partnership, limited liability company agreement or other organizational document, as applicable, of such Person on file in such Secretarys office, (2) such Person has paid all franchise taxes to the date of such certificate and (C) such Person is duly incorporated, organized or formed and in good standing or presently subsisting under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, organization or formation;
(vi) A copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State (or equivalent authority) of each jurisdiction in which any of the Parent, the Borrower and each Guarantor owns or leases property or in which the conduct of its business requires it to qualify or be licensed as a foreign corporation except where the failure to so qualify or be licensed could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, dated reasonably near (but prior to) the Closing Date, with respect to each such Person that such Person is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company in such State and has filed all annual reports required to be filed to the date of such certificate;
(vii) (A) one or more favorable written opinions of DeCampo, Diamond and Ash, Hagan & Vidovic, LLP and Hunton & Williams LLP, each special counsel for the Borrower, the Parent, and their Subsidiaries, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in each case dated as of the Closing Date and with such changes as the Administrative Agent may approve, and (B) such other legal opinions as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, in each case dated as of the Closing Date and with such changes as the Administrative Agent may approve;
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(viii) in the event the initial Advance is a LIBOR Advance made on the Closing Date, a breakage indemnity letter agreement executed by the Borrower and dated as of the date of the related Notice of Borrowing in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(ix) any information or materials reasonably required by the Administrative Agent or any Bank in order to assist the Administrative Agent or such Bank in maintaining compliance with (i) the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the Patriot Act) and (ii) any applicable know your customer or similar rules and regulations;
(x) a Compliance Certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Parent, dated the Closing Date or, if later, the date of the initial Advance, in each case confirming that the Parent is in compliance with the covenants contained in Article VII on such date (including after giving effect to the initial Advance, if any, made on such date); and
(xi) such other documents, governmental certificates, agreements, and lien searches as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties contained in Article IV hereof, the Guaranties, and the Environmental Indemnity shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any representation or warranty that is qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all respects).
(c) Certain Payments. The Borrower shall have paid the fees required to be paid as of the execution of this Credit Agreement pursuant to the Fee Letter.
(d) Qualified Unsecured Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that the Administrative Agent is a Qualified Unsecured Lender and that the Obligations constitute Qualified Unsecured Debt (in each case as such term is defined and used in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement) and, as such, the Administrative Agent is entitled to the rights, benefits and protections accorded to a Qualified Unsecured Lender under Section 9.01(f) of the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement (which evidence may, in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, include copies of each of the notices, documents, certificates and acknowledgements identified in the definition of Qualified Unsecured Lender set forth in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement).
(e) Other. The Administrative Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions or documents deemed necessary or desirable by any Bank or the Administrative Agent as such party may reasonably request.
Section 3.02 Conditions Precedent for each Borrowing. The obligation of each Bank to fund an Advance on the occasion of each Borrowing (other than the Conversion or continuation of any existing Borrowing) shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that on the date of such Borrowing:
(a) the following statements shall be true (and each of the giving of the applicable Notice of Borrowing and the acceptance by the Borrower of the proceeds of such Borrowing shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that on the date of such Borrowing such statements are true):
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(i) the representations and warranties contained in Article IV hereof, the Guaranties, and the Environmental Indemnity are correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any representation or warranty that is qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all respects) as such representations and warranties may have changed based upon events or activities not prohibited by this Agreement on and as of the date of such Borrowing, before and after giving effect to such Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds from such Borrowing, as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date; and
(ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds therefrom;
(b) the Borrower shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a Notice of Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.02; and
(c) the Administrative Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions or documents deemed necessary or desirable by any Bank or the Administrative Agent as such party may reasonably request in order to confirm (i) the accuracy of the Borrowers and any Guarantors representations and warranties contained in the Credit Documents, (ii) the Borrowers and any Guarantors timely compliance with the terms, covenants and agreements set forth in the Credit Documents, (iii) the absence of any Default and (iv) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Bank or the ability of the Borrower to perform any of the Obligations.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Borrower represents and warrants as follows:
Section 4.01 Existence; Qualification; Partners; Subsidiaries. (a) The Borrower is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of Delaware and in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of property or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would not cause a Material Adverse Change.
(b) The Parent is a real estate investment trust duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of Maryland and in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of property or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would not cause a Material Adverse Change with respect to the Parent. The Parent has no first tier Subsidiaries except for (i) the Borrower, (ii) Subsidiaries the sole assets of which are direct or indirect partnership interests in the Borrower, (iii) members of Permitted Other Subsidiaries, (iv) LHO Hollywood Financing, Inc. (QRS), a Delaware corporation, and (v) LHO New Orleans Financing, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
(c) The Parent is the Borrowers sole general partner with full power and authority to bind the Borrower to the Credit Documents.
(d) The Parent owns a 1% general partner interest in and at least 70% of the limited partnership interest in the Borrower.
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(e) Each Subsidiary of the Borrower is a limited partnership, general partnership, limited liability company or corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation and in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of property or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect on such Subsidiary. The Borrower has no Subsidiaries on the date of this Agreement other than the Subsidiaries listed on the attached Schedule 4.01, and Schedule 4.01 lists the jurisdiction of formation and the address of the principal office of each such Subsidiary existing on the date of this Agreement. As of the date of this Agreement, the Borrower and/or the Parent owns, directly or indirectly, at least 99% of the interests in each such Subsidiary.
(f) As of the date of this Agreement, neither the Borrower, nor the Parent, nor any of the Subsidiaries own directly or indirectly (i) such a percentage of the beneficial ownership interest in any participating lessee for a Hotel Property or (ii) such an Investment in the Personal Property for any Hotel Property as would cause a potential Event of Default under Section 8.01(m).
Section 4.02 Partnership and Corporate Power. The execution, delivery, and performance by the Borrower, the Parent, and each Guarantor of the Credit Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (a) are within such Persons trust, partnership, limited liability company and corporate powers, as applicable, (b) have been duly authorized by all necessary trust, corporate, limited liability company and partnership action, as applicable, (c) do not contravene (i) such Persons declaration of trust, certificate or articles, as the case may be, of incorporation or by-laws, operating agreement or partnership agreement, as applicable, or (ii) any law or any contractual restriction binding on or affecting any such Person, the contravention of which could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change, and (d) will not result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien prohibited by this Agreement. At the time of each Borrowing, such Borrowing and the use of the proceeds of such Borrowing will be within the Borrowers partnership powers, will have been duly authorized by all necessary partnership action, (a) will not contravene (i) the Borrowers partnership agreement or (ii) any law or any contractual restriction binding on or affecting the Borrower, the contravention of which could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change, and (b) will not result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien prohibited by this Agreement.
Section 4.03 Authorization and Approvals. No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower, the Parent, or any Guarantor of the Credit Documents to which it is a party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby. At the time of each Borrowing, no authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority will be required for such Borrowing or the use of the proceeds of such Borrowing the absence of which could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
Section 4.04 Enforceable Obligations. This Agreement, the Notes, and the other Credit Documents to which the Borrower is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower; this Agreement, each Guaranty and the other Credit Documents to which each Guarantor and the Parent is a party have been duly executed and delivered by such Guarantor and the Parent, and the Environmental Indemnity has been duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto. Each Credit Document is the legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Borrower, the Parent, and each Guarantor which is a party to it enforceable against the Borrower, the Parent, and each such Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar law affecting creditors rights generally and by general principles of equity (whether considered in proceeding at law or in equity).
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Section 4.05 Parent Stock. As of July 18, 2012, the entire authorized capital stock of the Parent consists of (a) 200,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock of which 86,261,081 shares of Parent Common Stock are duly and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable as of the Closing Date, and (b) 40,000,000 preferred shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value per share, of which, 9,098,888 shares in the aggregate of Series G and Series H of such preferred shares of beneficial interest are duly and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable as of the Closing Date and such preferred shares of beneficial interest provide no rights to any holder thereof that may cause a violation of Section 6.04(f). The issuance and sale of such Parent Common Stock and such preferred shares of beneficial interest of the Parent either (i) has been registered under applicable federal and state securities laws or (ii) was issued pursuant to an exemption therefrom. The Parent meets the requirements for taxation as a REIT under the Code.
Section 4.06 Financial Statements. The Consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, and the related Consolidated statements of operations, shareholders equity and cash flows, of the Parent and its Subsidiaries contained in the most recent financial statements delivered to the Banks, fairly present the financial condition in all material respects and reflects the Indebtedness of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the respective dates of such statements and the results of the operations of the Existing Properties for the periods indicated, and such balance sheet and statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end adjustments. Since December 31, 2011, neither a Material Adverse Change, nor any material adverse change to the prospects or the Property of the Parent or the Borrower has occurred.
Section 4.07 True and Complete Disclosure. No representation, warranty, or other statement made by the Borrower (or on behalf of the Borrower) in this Agreement or any other Credit Document contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which they were made as of the date of this Agreement. There is no fact known to the Borrower or the Parent on the date of this Agreement that has not been disclosed to the Administrative Agent which could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change. All projections, estimates, and pro forma financial information furnished by the Borrower and the Parent or on behalf of the Borrower or the Parent were prepared on the basis of assumptions, data, information, tests, or conditions believed to be reasonable at the time such projections, estimates, and pro forma financial information were furnished. No representation, warranty or other statement made in any filing required by the Exchange Act contains any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which they were made as of the date same were made. Borrower and/or Parent have made all filings required by the Exchange Act.
Section 4.08 Litigation. Except as set forth in the attached Schedule 4.08 and except with respect to any other actions or proceedings that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change, as of the date of this Agreement there is no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened action or proceeding affecting the Borrower, the Parent, any participating lessee for a Hotel Property or any of their respective Subsidiaries before any court, Governmental Authority or arbitrator.
Section 4.09 Use of Proceeds.
(a) Advances. The proceeds of the Advances will be used by the Borrower (i) to refinance and repay existing Indebtedness, (ii) to make investments permitted pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.07, (iii) to finance the renovation, repair, restoration and expansion of Hotel Properties, Capital Expenditures and expenditures for FF&E for any Hotel Properties in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.06 and as permitted pursuant to the provisions of
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Sections 6.07 and 6.13, (iv) for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and (v) for costs incurred in connection with this Agreement and any Capitalization Event done in compliance with this Agreement.
(b) Regulations. No proceeds of Advances will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock in violation of Regulations T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board, as the same is from time to time in effect, and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof. The Borrower is not engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board).
Section 4.10 Investment Company Act. Neither the Borrower, the Parent nor any of their respective Subsidiaries is an investment company or a company controlled by an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Section 4.11 Taxes. All federal, state, local and foreign tax returns, reports and statements required to be filed (after giving effect to any extension granted in the time for filing) by the Parent, the Borrower, their respective Subsidiaries, or any member of a Controlled Group have been filed with the appropriate governmental agencies in all jurisdictions in which such returns, reports and statements are required to be filed, and where the failure to file could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change, except where contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; and all taxes and other impositions due and payable (which are material in amount) have been timely paid prior to the date on which any fine, penalty, interest, late charge or loss (which are material in amount) may be added thereto for non-payment thereof except where contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings. As of the date of this Agreement, neither the Parent, the Borrower nor any member of a Controlled Group has given, or been requested to give, a waiver of the statute of limitations relating to the payment of any federal, state, local or foreign taxes or other impositions. None of the Property owned by the Parent, the Borrower or any other member of a Controlled Group is Property which the Parent, the Borrower or any member of a Controlled Group is required to be treated as being owned by any other Person pursuant to the provisions of Section 168(f)(8) of the Code. Proper and accurate amounts have been withheld by the Borrower and all members of each Controlled Group from their employees for all periods to comply in all material respects with the tax, social security and unemployment withholding provisions of applicable federal, state, local and foreign law. Timely payment of all material sales and use taxes required by applicable law have been made by the Parent, the Borrower and all other members of each Controlled Group, the failure to timely pay of which could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change. The amounts shown on all tax returns to be due and payable have been paid in full or adequate provision therefor is included on the books of the appropriate member of the applicable Controlled Group.
Section 4.12 Pension Plans. All Plans are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of ERISA. No Termination Event has occurred with respect to any Plan, and each Plan has complied with and been administered in all material respects in accordance with applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code. No accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) has occurred and there has been no excise tax imposed under Section 4971 of the Code. No Reportable Event has occurred with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, and each Multiemployer Plan has complied with and been administered in all material respects with applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code. Neither the Parent, the Borrower, nor any member of a Controlled Group has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan for which there is any material withdrawal liability. As of the most recent valuation date applicable thereto, neither the Parent, the Borrower nor any member of a Controlled Group has received notice that any Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or in reorganization.
Section 4.13 Condition of Hotel Property; Casualties; Condemnation. Except as disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent, and except for such items as the Borrower or a Subsidiary is or will
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be addressing consistent with sound business practices and has sufficient funds to address, each Existing Property and any Future Property (a) is and will continue to be in good repair, working order and condition, normal wear and tear excepted, (b) is free of structural defects, (c) is not subject to material deferred maintenance and (d) has and will have all building systems contained therein and all other FF&E in good repair, working order and condition, normal wear and tear excepted. None of the Properties of the Borrower or of any of its Subsidiaries has been materially and adversely affected as a result of any fire, explosion, earthquake, flood, drought, windstorm, accident, strike or other labor disturbance, embargo, requisition or taking of property or cancellation of contracts, permits or concessions by a Governmental Authority, riot, activities of armed forces or acts of God or of any public enemy. No condemnation or other like proceedings that has had, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Change, are pending and served nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against any Property in any manner whatsoever. No casualty has occurred to any Property that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change.
Section 4.14 Insurance. The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries carry, or are the beneficiaries under, the insurance required pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.07.
Section 4.15 No Burdensome Restrictions; No Defaults. (a) Except in connection with Indebtedness which is (i) either permitted pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.02, or (ii) being repaid with the proceeds of the initial Borrowing, neither the Parent, the Borrower nor any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party to any indenture, loan or credit agreement. Neither the Borrower, the Parent nor any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any charter or corporate restriction or provision of applicable law or governmental regulation which could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change. Neither the Borrower, the Parent nor any of their Subsidiaries is in default under or has received any notice of default with respect to (i) any contract, agreement, lease or other instrument or (ii) any Qualified Ground Lease, franchise agreement or management agreement which default could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
(b) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
Section 4.16 Environmental Condition. (a) Except as disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent, to the knowledge of the Borrower, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (i) have obtained all Environmental Permits material for the ownership and operation of their respective Properties and the conduct of their respective businesses; (ii) have been and are in material compliance with all terms and conditions of such Environmental Permits and with all other requirements of applicable Environmental Laws; (iii) have not received notice of any violation or alleged violation of any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit; and (iv) are not subject to any actual or contingent Environmental Claim.
(b) Except as disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent, to the knowledge of Borrower, none of the present or previously owned or operated Property of the Borrower or of any of its present or former Subsidiaries, wherever located, (i) has been placed on or proposed to be placed on the National Priorities List, the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation Liability Information System list, or their state or local analogs, or have been otherwise investigated, designated, listed, or identified as a potential site for removal, remediation, cleanup, closure, restoration, reclamation, or other response activity under any Environmental Laws which could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change; (ii) is subject to a Lien, arising under or in connection with any Environmental Laws, that attaches to any revenues or to any Property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, wherever located; (iii) has been the site of any Release, use or storage of Hazardous Substances or Hazardous Wastes from present or past operations except for Permitted
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Hazardous Substances, which Permitted Hazardous Substances have not caused at the site or at any third-party site any condition that has resulted in or could reasonably be expected to result in the need for Response or (iv) none of the Improvements are constructed on land designated by any Governmental Authority having land use jurisdiction as wetlands.
Section 4.17 Legal Requirements, Zoning, Utilities, Access. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.17 attached hereto, the use and operation of each Hotel Property as a commercial hotel with related uses constitutes a legal use under applicable zoning regulations (as the same may be modified by special use permits or the granting of variances) and complies in all material respects with all Legal Requirements, and does not violate in any material respect any material approvals, material restrictions of record or any material agreement affecting any Hotel Property (or any portion thereof). The Borrower and its Subsidiaries possess all certificates of public convenience, authorizations, permits, licenses, patents, patent rights or licenses, trademarks, trademark rights, trade names rights and copyrights (collectively Permits) required by Governmental Authority to own and operate the Hotel Properties, except for those Permits if not obtained would not cause a Material Adverse Change. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries own and operate their business in material compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements. To the extent necessary for the full utilization of each Hotel Property in accordance with its current use, telephone services, gas, steam, electric power, storm sewers, sanitary sewers and water facilities and all other utility services are available to each Hotel Property, are adequate to serve each such Hotel Property, exist at the boundaries of the Land and are not subject to any conditions, other than normal charges to the utility supplier, which would limit the use of such utilities. All streets and easements necessary for the occupancy and operation of each Hotel Property are available to the boundaries of the Land.
Section 4.18 Existing Indebtedness. Except for the Obligations, the only Indebtedness of the Borrower, the Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries existing as of the Closing Date is the Secured Non-Recourse Indebtedness, Secured Recourse Indebtedness and other Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 4.18 attached hereto and certain other Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $50,000. No default or event of default, however defined, has occurred and is continuing under any such Indebtedness (or with respect to the giving of this representation after the date of this Agreement, as otherwise disclosed to the Administrative Agent in writing after the date of this Agreement and prior to the date such representation is deemed given).
Section 4.19 Title; Encumbrances. With respect to the Existing Properties, the Borrower or any Guarantor, as the case may be, has (i) good and marketable fee simple title to the Real Property (other than for Real Property subject to a ground lease, as to which it has a valid leasehold interest) and (ii) good and marketable title to the Personal Property (other than Personal Property for any Hotel Property for which the Property Owner has a valid leasehold interest) free and clear of all Liens, and there exists no Liens or other charges against such Property or leasehold interest or any of the real or personal, tangible or intangible, Property of the Borrower or any Guarantor (including without limitation statutory and other Liens of mechanics, workers, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, taxing authorities and others; provided that certain Capital Expenditures have been made to the Hotel Properties prior to the Effective Date for which the payment is not past due), except (A) Permitted Encumbrances and (B) the Personal Property (plus any replacements thereof) owned by the participating lessee for such Existing Property.
Section 4.20 Leasing Arrangements. Except for (i) those Operating Leases between a Property Owner and LaSalle Leasing or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of LaSalle Leasing and (ii) the Approved Third Party Operating Leases, the only material leases of Unencumbered Properties for which either the Borrower or a Guarantor is a lessee are the Qualified Ground Leases. The Property Owner for a Real Property subject to a Qualified Ground Lease is the lessee under such Qualified Ground Lease and no consent is necessary to such Person being the lessee under such Qualified Ground Lease which has not already been obtained. The Qualified Ground Leases are in full force and effect and no defaults exist thereunder.
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Section 4.21 Unencumbered Properties. The Borrower represents to the Banks and the Administrative Agent that the Unencumbered Properties as of the date of this Agreement are identified as such on Schedule 1.01(B) attached hereto.
ARTICLE V
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Note or any amount under any Credit Document shall remain unpaid or any Bank shall have any Commitment hereunder, unless the Administrative Agent shall otherwise consent in writing (subject to the provisions of Section 11.01), the Borrower agrees to comply with the following covenants.
Section 5.01 Compliance with Laws, Etc. The Borrower will comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries and the Parent to comply, in all material respects with all Legal Requirements.
Section 5.02 Preservation of Existence, Separateness, Etc. (a) The Borrower will (i) preserve and maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries and the Parent to preserve and maintain, its partnership, limited liability company, corporate or trust (as applicable) existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its formation, and (ii) qualify and remain qualified, and cause each such Subsidiary and the Parent to qualify and remain qualified, as a foreign partnership, limited liability company, corporation or trust, as applicable, in each jurisdiction in which qualification is necessary or desirable in view of its business and operations or the ownership of its properties, and, in each case, where failure to qualify or preserve and maintain its rights and franchises could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
(b) (i) The Parent Common Stock shall at all times be duly listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or another nationally recognized stock exchange and (ii) the Parent shall timely file all reports required to be filed by it with the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. and the Securities and Exchange Commission or such other nationally recognized stock exchange, as applicable.
(c) The Borrower shall cause the Permitted Other Subsidiaries which have Indebtedness and own a Hotel Property to, (i) maintain financial statements, payroll records, accounting records and other corporate records and other documents separate from each other and any other Person, (ii) maintain its own bank accounts in its own name, separate from each other and any other Person, (iii) pay its own expenses and other liabilities from its own assets and incur (or endeavor to incur) obligations to other Persons based solely upon its own assets and creditworthiness and not upon the creditworthiness of each other or any other Person, and (iv) file its own tax returns or, if part of a consolidated group, join in the consolidated tax return of such group as a separate member thereof. The Borrower shall use reasonable efforts to correct any known misunderstanding or misrepresentation regarding the independence of the Permitted Other Subsidiaries from the Borrower and the Borrowers other Subsidiaries.
(d) The Borrower shall, and shall cause the Permitted Other Subsidiaries which have Indebtedness and own a Hotel Property to, take all actions necessary to keep such Permitted Other Subsidiaries separate from the Borrower and the Borrowers other Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, (i) the taking of action under the direction of the Board of Directors,
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members or partners, as applicable, of such Permitted Other Subsidiaries and, if so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws, operating agreement or partnership agreement, as applicable, of such Permitted Other Subsidiaries or by any Legal Requirement, the approval or consent of the stockholders, members or partners, as applicable, of such Permitted Other Subsidiaries, (ii) the preparation of corporate, partnership or limited liability company minutes for or other appropriate evidence of each significant transaction engaged in by such Permitted Other Subsidiaries, (iii) the observance of separate approval procedures for the adoption of resolutions by the Board of Directors or consents by the partners, as applicable, of such Permitted Other Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and of the Borrower and the Borrowers other Subsidiaries, on the other hand, (iv) the holding of the annual stockholders meeting, if applicable, of such Permitted Other Subsidiaries, which are corporations on a date other than the date of the annual stockholders meeting of the Parent, and (v) preventing the cash, cash equivalents, credit card receipts or other revenues of the Hotel Properties owned by such Permitted Other Subsidiaries or any other assets of such Permitted Other Subsidiaries from being commingled with the cash, cash equivalents, credit card receipts or other revenues collected by the Borrower or the Borrowers other Subsidiaries, provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit a Permitted Other Subsidiary from making dividend payments or distributions to the Borrower.
(e) The Borrower shall, and shall cause the Permitted Other Subsidiaries to, manage the business of and conduct the administrative activities of the Permitted Other Subsidiaries independently from the business of the Borrower, any of the Borrowers other Subsidiaries and any other Person. Any moneys earned by the Permitted Other Subsidiaries on their assets or proceeds of the sale of any of their assets shall be deposited in bank accounts separate from any of the assets of the Borrower, any of the Borrowers other Subsidiaries and any other Person, and no assets of the Permitted Other Subsidiaries shall become commingled with assets of such Persons.
(f) The Borrower shall hold itself out, and shall continue to hold itself out, to the public and to its creditors as a legal entity, separate and distinct from all other entities, and shall continue to take all steps reasonably necessary to avoid (i) misleading any other Person as to the identity of the entity with which such Person is transacting business or (ii) implying that the Borrower is, directly or indirectly, absolutely or contingently, responsible for the Indebtedness or other obligations of the Permitted Other Subsidiaries or any other Person.
Section 5.03 Payment of Taxes, Etc. The Borrower will pay and discharge, and cause each of its Subsidiaries and the Parent to pay and discharge, before the same shall become delinquent (a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or Property that are material in amount, prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto and (b) all lawful claims that are material in amount which, if unpaid, might by Legal Requirement become a Lien upon its Property; provided, however, that neither the Borrower nor any such Subsidiary or the Parent shall be required to pay or discharge any such tax, assessment, charge, levy, or claim (a) which is being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, (b) with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided, (c) such charge or claim does not constitute and is not secured by any choate Lien on any portion of any Hotel Property and no portion of any Hotel Property is in jeopardy of being sold, forfeited or lost during or as a result of such contest, (d) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Bank could become subject to any civil fine or penalty or criminal fine or penalty, in each case as a result of non-payment of such charge or claim and (e) such contest does not, and could not reasonably be expected to, result in a Material Adverse Change.
Section 5.04 Visitation Rights; Bank Meeting. At any reasonable time and from time to time and so long as any visit or inspection will not unreasonably interfere with the Borrowers or any of its
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Subsidiaries or the Parents operations, upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours, the Borrower will, and will cause its Subsidiaries and the Parent and any participating lessees to, permit the Administrative Agent or any of its agents or representatives thereof (at the Borrowers expense) and any Bank or any of its agents or representatives thereof (at such Banks expense), to examine and make copies of and abstracts from the records and books of account of, and visit and inspect at its reasonable discretion the properties of, the Borrower and any such Subsidiary and the Parent, to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower and any such Subsidiary and the Parent with any of their respective officers or directors. Without in any way limiting the foregoing, the Borrower will, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, participate in a meeting with the Administrative Agent and the Banks once during each calendar year to be held at a location as may be agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at such time as may be agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent; provided that, without limitation of the provisions of Section 11.04, the Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse the Banks for such Persons travel expenses in connection with such meeting.
Section 5.05 Reporting Requirements. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Banks in each case in accordance with Section 11.02(b):
(a) Quarterly Financials. As soon as available and in any event not later than 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter of the Parent (except when such Fiscal Quarter ends on the same day as the end of a Fiscal Year of Parent), the unaudited Consolidated balance sheets of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter and the related unaudited statements of income, shareholders equity and cash flows of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and the period commencing at the end of the previous year and ending with the end of such Fiscal Quarter, and the corresponding figures as at the end of, and for, the corresponding periods in the preceding Fiscal Year, all duly certified with respect to such statements (subject to year-end audit adjustments) by a Responsible Officer of the Parent as having been prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with a Compliance Certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Parent.
(b) Annual Financials. As soon as available and in any event not later than 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Parent, a copy of the annual audit report for such year for the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including therein the Consolidated balance sheets of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Year and the related Consolidated statements of income, shareholders equity and cash flows of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, and the corresponding figures as at the end of, and for, the preceding Fiscal Year, and certified by KPMG L.L.P. or other independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent in an opinion, without qualification as to the scope, and including, if requested by the Administrative Agent, any management letters delivered by such accountants to the Parent in connection with such audit, together with a Compliance Certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Parent.
(c) Notices of Material Variations and Supplemental Reports. As soon as available and in any event not later than 60 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter of the Parent and 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Parent, (i) written notice of any anticipated material variation to the consolidated operating budget or a Capital Expenditure and FF&E expenditure budget prepared pursuant to Section 5.05(d), except for such changes resulting from the acquisition of a New Property or the acquisitions of New Properties, (ii) a report certified by a Responsible Officer of the Parent setting forth for each Unencumbered Property for the Fiscal Quarter just ended the average daily rate, the average occupancy, the RevPAR, the total gross revenues, the total expenses, the Adjusted NOI and the payments made under the participating leases for such Hotel Properties, and (iii) a report certified by a Responsible Officer of the Parent
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setting forth for all of the Hotel Properties owned or leased by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis for the Fiscal Quarter just ended the average daily rate, the average occupancy, the RevPAR, the total gross revenues, the total expenses, the Adjusted NOI and the payments made under the participating leases for such Hotel Properties.
(d) Annual Budgets. No later than 60 days after the start of each Fiscal Year, the annual operating budget and Capital Expenditure and FF&E expenditure budget for such Fiscal Year for (i) the Unencumbered Properties on a Consolidated basis, (ii) all of the Hotel Properties owned or leased by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, and (iii) on a Consolidated basis for the Parent and its Subsidiaries, in each case in reasonable detail and duly certified by a Responsible Officer of the Parent as the budgets presented or to be presented to the Parents Board of Directors for their review.
(e) Securities Law Filings. Promptly and in any event within 10 Business Days after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all proxy material, reports and other information which the Borrower, the Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries sends to or files with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or sends to all shareholders of the Parent or partners of the Borrower.
(f) Defaults. As soon as possible and in any event within five days after the occurrence of each Default known to a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, the Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries, a statement of an authorized financial officer or Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of such Default and the actions which the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.
(g) ERISA Notices. As soon as possible and in any event (i) within 30 days after the Parent, the Borrower or any of a Controlled Group knows that any Termination Event described in clause (a) of the definition of Termination Event with respect to any Plan has occurred, (ii) within 10 days after the Parent, the Borrower or any of a Controlled Group knows that any other Termination Event with respect to any Plan has occurred, a statement of the Chief Financial Officer of the Parent describing such Termination Event and the action, if any, which the Parent, the Borrower or such member of such Controlled Group proposes to take with respect thereto; (iii) within 10 days after receipt thereof by the Parent, the Borrower or any of a Controlled Group from the PBGC, copies of each notice received by the Parent, the Borrower or any such member of such Controlled Group of the PBGCs intention to terminate any Plan or to have a trustee appointed to administer any Plan; and (iv) within 10 days after receipt thereof by the Parent, the Borrower or any member of a Controlled Group from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor, a copy of each notice received by the Parent, the Borrower or any member of such Controlled Group concerning the imposition or amount of withdrawal liability pursuant to Section 4202 of ERISA.
(h) Environmental Notices. Promptly upon receipt thereof by the Parent, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries, a copy of any form of notice, summons or citation received from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or any other Governmental Authority concerning (i) violations or alleged violations of Environmental Laws, which seeks to impose liability therefor, (ii) any action or omission on the part of the Parent or Borrower or any of their present or former Subsidiaries in connection with Hazardous Waste or Hazardous Substances which, based upon information reasonably available to the Borrower, could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change or an Environmental Claim in excess of $1,000,000, (iii) any notice of potential responsibility under CERCLA, or (iv) concerning the filing of a Lien upon, against or in connection with the Parent, Borrower, their present or former Subsidiaries, or any of their leased or owned Property, wherever located.
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(i) Other Governmental Notices or Actions. Promptly and in any event within five Business Days after receipt thereof by the Borrower, the Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a copy of any notice, summons, citation, or proceeding seeking to adversely modify in any material respect, revoke, or suspend any license, permit, or other authorization from any Governmental Authority, which action could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change, and (ii) any revocation or involuntary termination of any license, permit or other authorization from any Governmental Authority, which revocation or termination could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
(j) Other Notices. (i) Promptly, a copy of any notice of default or any other material notice (including without limitation property condition reviews) received by the Borrower or any Guarantor from any franchisor, property manager, or any ground lessor under a Qualified Ground Lease, and
(ii) Promptly following any merger or dissolution of any Subsidiary of the Borrower which is permitted hereunder or event which would make any of the representations in Sections 4.01-4.04 untrue, notice thereof.
(k) Material Litigation. As soon as possible and in any event within five days of any of the Borrower, the Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries having knowledge thereof, notice of any litigation, claim or any other event which could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
(l) Certificate in Support of Release. Not more than 30 days prior to a request to release a Subsidiarys obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to Section 5.09(b), a Compliance Certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Parent.
(m) Other Information. Such other information respecting the business or Properties, or the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower, the Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries, as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
Section 5.06 Maintenance of Property. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) maintain their owned, leased, or operated Property in a manner substantially consistent with hotel properties and related property of the same quality and character and shall keep or cause to be kept every part thereof and its other properties in good condition and repair, reasonable wear and tear excepted, and make all reasonably necessary repairs, renewals or replacements thereto as may be reasonably necessary to conduct the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (b) not renovate or expand any such Hotel Property except for the renovation or expansion of a Hotel Property which complies with the limitations set forth in this Agreement on the aggregate amount of renovations and expansions the Borrower, the Parent and their Subsidiaries are permitted at any one time, (c) not knowingly or willfully permit the commission of waste or other injury, or the occurrence of pollution, contamination or any other condition in, on or about any Hotel Property, and (d) substantially maintain and repair each Hotel Property as required by any franchise agreement, license agreement, management agreement or ground lease for such Hotel Property. Except as may be required to maintain the Parents status as a REIT under the Code, any Capital Expenditures or expenditures or leases for FF&E made for any Hotel Property shall be in the name or for the benefit of the Property Owner for such Hotel Property.
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Section 5.07 Insurance. The Borrower will maintain and/or remain the beneficiary under, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and/or remain the beneficiary under, the insurance required pursuant to Schedule 5.07.
Section 5.08 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Advances have been, and will be used by the Borrower for the purposes set forth in Section 4.09(a).
Section 5.09 New Guarantors. (a) The Borrower will promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the creation of or Investment in a Person which may fall within the definition of a Guarantor and will provide any financial and other information with respect to such Person as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request. In the event the Administrative Agent (after consultation with the Borrower) determines that such Person is required to be designated a Guarantor hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall provide notice of the same to the Borrower, it being understood and agreed that any Person that owns an Unencumbered Property and any Person who leases an Unencumbered Property as an Operating Lessee shall be required to become a Guarantor promptly and in any event on or prior to the date any Hotel Property owned by such Person is included as an Unencumbered Property hereunder. Within sixty (60) days after the Borrowers receipt of such notice from the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall cause such Person to deliver to the Administrative Agent (i) either (a) an original Guaranty and Environmental Indemnity executed by such Person or (b) an Accession Agreement executed by such Person, and (ii) such other information or documents with respect to such Person as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(b) If no Default exists at such time, and any Hotel Property no longer qualifies as an Unencumbered Property, any Subsidiary of the Borrower which owned or leased such Hotel Property, but not any other Unencumbered Property, shall be released by the Administrative Agent from such Subsidiarys obligations under the Guaranty upon such time that the Borrower provides the Administrative Agent with (i) a written request for such release and (ii) a Compliance Certificate evidencing pro forma compliance with Article VII hereof.
ARTICLE VI
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Note or any amount under any Credit Document shall remain unpaid or any Bank shall have any Commitment, the Borrower agrees, unless the Administrative Agent shall otherwise consent in writing (subject to the provisions of Section 11.01), to comply with the following covenants.
Section 6.01 Liens, Etc. The Borrower will not create, assume, incur or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Subsidiaries (except for Permitted Other Subsidiaries) to create, assume, incur, or suffer to exist, any Lien on or in respect of any of its Property whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or assign any right to receive income, except that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens:
(a) securing the Obligations;
(b) for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies on Property of the Borrower or any Guarantor to the extent not required to be paid pursuant to Sections 5.03;
(c) imposed by law (such as landlords, carriers, warehousemens and mechanics liens or otherwise arising from litigation) (a) which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, (b) with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been
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provided, (c) which have not resulted in any Hotel Property being in jeopardy of being sold, forfeited or lost during or as a result of such contest, (d) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Bank could become subject to any civil fine or penalty or criminal fine or penalty, in each case as a result of non-payment of such charge or claim and (e) such contest does not, and could not reasonably be expected to, result in a Material Adverse Change;
(d) on leased personal property to secure solely the lease obligations associated with such property;
(e) securing Secured Recourse Indebtedness and Secured Non-Recourse Indebtedness permitted pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.02; and
(f) arising under the New York Mortgages; provided, no New York Mortgage shall be permitted hereunder unless the Administrative Agent is a Qualified Unsecured Lender (as such term is defined in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement) with respect to such New York Mortgage for purposes of Section 9.01(f) of the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement.
Section 6.02 Indebtedness. The Borrower, the Parent and their respective Subsidiaries will not incur or permit to exist any Indebtedness other than the Obligations and the following:
(a) Unsecured Indebtedness; provided, however, that the maximum principal amount of the LHL Facility and any Refinancing Debt in respect thereof shall not exceed $25,000,000 at any time;
(b) Secured Recourse Indebtedness and Secured Non-Recourse Indebtedness incurred by Permitted Other Subsidiaries to the extent that the covenants contained in Article VII are complied with;
(c) The Swap Contracts with the Swap Banks in effect as of the Closing Date and any other Indebtedness in the form of Interest Rate Agreements; provided that (i) such agreements shall be unsecured, (ii) the dollar amount of indebtedness subject to such agreements and the indebtedness subject to Interest Rate Agreements in the aggregate shall not exceed the sum of the amount of the Commitments and other Indebtedness permitted pursuant to this Section 6.02 which bears interest at a variable rate, and (iii) the agreements shall be at such interest rates and otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
(d) Any of the following Indebtedness incurred by the Parent (to the extent the same constitutes Indebtedness):
(i) guaranties in connection with the Indebtedness secured by a Hotel Property of (A) if the Hotel Property is subject to a ground lease, the payment of rent under such ground lease, (B) real estate taxes relating to such Hotel Property, and (C) capital reserves required under such Indebtedness;
(ii) indemnities for certain acts of malfeasance, misappropriation and misconduct and an environmental indemnity for the lender under Indebtedness permitted under this Agreement;
(iii) indemnities for certain acts of malfeasance, misappropriation and misconduct by the Permitted Other Subsidiaries, environmental indemnities, and other customary
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non-recourse carveouts as described in the definition of Secured Non-Recourse Indebtedness, all for the benefit of the lenders of other Permitted Other Subsidiary Indebtedness in connection with such Indebtedness; and
(iv) guaranties of franchise agreements;
(e) If and to the extent the same would not otherwise be permitted under paragraphs (a) through (d) above, extensions, renewals and refinancing of any of the Indebtedness specified in paragraphs (a) - (d) above (any such extension, renewal or refinancing, Refinancing Debt) so long as (A) the principal amount of such Indebtedness is not thereby increased and (B) the other material terms, taken as a whole, of any such Indebtedness are no less favorable in any material respect to the Borrower, the Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries or the Banks than the terms governing the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced;
(f) Indebtedness of a Guarantor to the Borrower or another Guarantor provided such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
(g) Capital Leases for personal property not to exceed in the aggregate $5,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided, for purposes of this clause (g), no Qualified Ground Lease shall comprise a Capital Lease.
Section 6.03 Agreements Restricting Distributions From Subsidiaries. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries (other than Permitted Other Subsidiaries) to, enter into any agreement (other than a Credit Document) which limits distributions to or any advance by any of the Borrowers Subsidiaries to the Borrower.
Section 6.04 Restricted Payments. Neither the Parent, the Borrower, nor any of their respective Subsidiaries, will make any Restricted Payment, except that:
(a) provided no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Parent may make cash payments to its shareholders with respect to the Parent Common Stock (including in connection with the repurchase of Stock or Stock Equivalents);
(b) provided no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower shall be entitled to make cash distributions to its partners, including the Parent;
(c) a Subsidiary of the Borrower may make a Restricted Payment to the Borrower;
(d) the limited partners of the Borrower shall be entitled to exchange limited partnership interests in the Borrower for the Parents stock or redeem such interests for cash, as provided in the Borrowers limited partnership agreement;
(e) the Borrower shall be entitled to issue limited partnership interests in the Borrower in exchange of ownership interests in Subsidiaries and Unconsolidated Entities which own a Future Property to the extent such Investment is permitted pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.07;
(f) provided no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Parent may pay cash dividends to the holders of the Parent preferred stock permitted by this Agreement; and
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(g) provided no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Parent may repurchase Parent Common Stock and repurchase or redeem Parent preferred stock.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to the following sentence, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Parent may only declare or make cash distributions to its shareholders during any Fiscal Quarter in an aggregate amount not to exceed the minimum amount necessary for the Parent to maintain its status as a REIT. If a Default or Event of Default specified in Section 8.1(a) or Section 8.1(f) of this Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing, or if as a result of the occurrence of any other Event of Default the Obligations have been accelerated pursuant to Section 8.2 of this Agreement, the Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any Restricted Payments to any Person whatsoever other than to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 6.05 Fundamental Changes; Asset Dispositions. Neither the Parent, the Borrower, nor any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than the Permitted Other Subsidiaries) will, (a) merge or consolidate with or into any other Person, unless (i) a Guarantor (or another Person, if such merger with another Person is to effect an Investment permitted hereunder) is merged into the Borrower or another Guarantor and the Borrower or such other Guarantor, as the case may be, is the surviving Person or a Subsidiary (other than a Permitted Other Subsidiary which has Indebtedness other than the Obligations) is merged into any Subsidiary (other than a Permitted Other Subsidiary which has Indebtedness other than the Obligations), and (ii) immediately after giving effect to any such proposed transaction no Default would exist; (b) sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of all or any of such Persons material property except for a Permitted Hotel Sale, dispositions or replacements of personal property in the ordinary course of business, or Hotel Properties which are not Unencumbered Properties; (c) sell or otherwise dispose of any material shares of capital stock, membership interests or partnership interests of any Subsidiary (except for a Permitted Other Subsidiary and except to effectuate a Permitted Hotel Sale); (d) except for sales of ownership interests not prohibited by this Agreement and the issuance of limited partnership interests in the Borrower in exchange for ownership interests in Subsidiaries and Unconsolidated Entities to the extent permitted pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.04, materially alter the corporate, capital or legal structure of any such Person (except for a Permitted Other Subsidiary); (e) liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution) provided that nothing herein shall prohibit the Borrower from dissolving any Subsidiary which has no assets on the date of dissolution or (f) materially alter the character of their respective businesses from that conducted as of the date of this Agreement; in each case provided that the Parent shall be permitted to issue (i) Common Stock and (ii) preferred stock in the Parent which is not deemed Indebtedness under this Agreement.
Section 6.06 Participating Lessee Ownership. Neither the Parent nor the Borrower shall, nor shall permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, own directly or indirectly such a percentage of the beneficial ownership interest in any participating lessee as would cause a potential Event of Default under Section 8.01(m) of this Agreement.
Section 6.07 Investments, Loans, Future Properties. Neither the Parent nor the Borrower shall, nor shall permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, acquire by purchase, or otherwise, all or substantially all of the business, property or fixed assets of any Person or any Hotel Property or other real estate, make or permit to exist any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or make any Investments in (including without limitation, loans and advances to, and other Investments in, Subsidiaries), or purchase or commit to purchase any evidences of Indebtedness of, stock or other securities, partnership interests, member interests or other interests in any Person, except the following (provided that after giving effect thereto there shall exist no Default):
(a) Liquid Investments;
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(b) trade and customer accounts receivable which are for goods furnished or services rendered in the ordinary course of business and are payable in accordance with customary trade terms, and other assets owned in the ordinary course of owning the Hotel Properties and operating the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(c) a Future Property (or a Person that owns a Future Property) which qualifies as an Unencumbered Property or a Permitted Non-Unencumbered Property; provided that no such individual Hotel Property shall exceed 30% of the Consolidated Total Book Value;
(d) Investments in (i) unimproved land which do not in the aggregate have an Investment Amount which exceeds 5% of the Consolidated Total Book Value; (ii) Development Properties which do not in the aggregate have an Investment Amount which exceeds 15% of the Consolidated Total Book Value, (iii) Unconsolidated Entities which do not in the aggregate have an Investment Amount which exceeds 15% of the Consolidated Total Book Value, and (iv) mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt or similar instruments that are a lien on real property or mezzanine loans that are secured by pledges of equity interests in entities that directly or indirectly own real property, in each case where such real property is improved by fully operational hotels and which instruments and pledges secure Indebtedness evidenced by a note or bond, which do not in the aggregate have an Investment Amount which exceeds 10% of the Consolidated Total Book Value; provided that the aggregate Investment Amount for all Investments made pursuant to this Section 6.07(d) shall not exceed 30% of the Consolidated Total Book Value;
(e) Investments in Subsidiaries that are used by such Subsidiaries to make Investments permitted under this Section 6.07;
(f) Capital Expenditures in Hotel Properties; and
(g) any other Investments not covered by the preceding paragraphs of this Section 6.07 and not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement, provided that the aggregate Investment Amount for all Investments made pursuant to this clause (g) shall not exceed 0.50% of Consolidated Total Book Value.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Borrower, nor the Parent, nor their respective Subsidiaries shall acquire a Future Property or otherwise make an Investment which would (a) cause a Default, (b) cause or result in the Borrower or the Parent failing to comply with any of the financial covenants contained herein, (c) cause the aggregate Investment Amount for (i) all Future Properties located outside the United States and (ii) all Investments made pursuant to Section 6.07(d) which are either located outside the United States or in an Unconsolidated Entity which has at least 50% of its assets located outside the United States to exceed 10% of the Consolidated Total Book Value or (e) cause the Parents or any Subsidiarys Investment in the Personal Property for any Hotel Property to cause a potential Event of Default under Section 8.01(m) of this Agreement.
Section 6.08 Affiliate Transactions. Except as otherwise approved by a majority of the Board of Trustees of the Parent including a majority of the independent trustees, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make, directly or indirectly (a) any transfer, sale, lease, assignment or other disposal of any assets to any Affiliate of the Borrower which is not a Guarantor or any purchase or acquisition of assets from any such Affiliate; or (b) any arrangement or other transaction directly or indirectly with or for the benefit of any such Affiliate (including without limitation, guaranties and assumptions of obligations of an Affiliate), other than in the ordinary course of business and at market rates.
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Section 6.09 Sale and Leaseback. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement with any Person, whereby in contemporaneous transactions the Borrower or such Subsidiary sells essentially all of its right, title and interest in a material asset and the Borrower or such Subsidiary acquires or leases back the right to use such property.
Section 6.10 Sale or Discount of Receivables. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, sell with recourse, or discount or otherwise sell for less than the face value thereof, any of its notes or accounts receivable, other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past and existing business practices.
Section 6.11 Restriction on Negative Pledges. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries that directly or indirectly own an interest in any Unencumbered Property to, enter into or suffer to exist any agreement (other than (i) this Agreement and the Credit Documents, (ii) any agreement that conditions the ability of the Parent or its Subsidiaries to encumber their assets upon the maintenance of one or more specified ratios that limit the ability of such Persons to encumber their assets but that do not generally prohibit the encumbrance of assets or the encumbrance of specific assets, and (iii) a provision in any agreement governing Qualified Unsecured Debt (as such term is defined in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement or, in the event that the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement is no longer then in effect, as such term was defined in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement last in effect) generally prohibiting the encumbrance of assets (exclusive of any outright prohibition on the encumbrance of particular Unencumbered Properties) so long as such provision is generally consistent with a comparable provision of the Credit Documents) prohibiting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon the Unencumbered Properties, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; provided that, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are Guarantors may permit a Lien upon a Hotel Property that was an Unencumbered Property at the end of the immediately preceding Fiscal Quarter of the Parent, so long as no Default exists at such time or would be caused thereby and the Borrower has provided to the Administrative Agent a Compliance Certificate evidencing pro forma compliance with Article VII hereof following the removal of such Hotel Property as an Unencumbered Property.
Section 6.12 Material Documents. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries (other than Permitted Other Subsidiaries) to, enter into any termination, modification or amendment of any of the following documents without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent:
(a) Qualified Ground Lease; and
(b) Any other material agreement, including without limitation any participating lease or management agreement.
provided, however, that so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such terminations, modifications or amendments shall be permitted so long as they could not reasonably be expected to (i) cause a Material Adverse Change or (ii) impair or otherwise adversely affect in any material respect the interests or rights of the Administrative Agent or any Bank, in each case after taking into account the effect of any agreements that supplement or serve to replace, in whole or in part, such Qualified Ground Leases or other material agreements. Any termination, modification or amendment prohibited under this Section 6.12 shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be void and of no force and effect.
Section 6.13 Limitations on Development, Construction, Renovation and Purchase of Hotel Properties. Neither the Parent nor the Borrower shall or shall permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to (a) engage in the development, construction or expansion of any Hotel Properties (except for
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Development Properties permitted by the provisions of Section 6.07) or (b) enter into any binding agreements to purchase Hotel Properties or other assets; provided that the Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries may enter into binding agreements to purchase Hotel Properties or other assets if at all times such Person has available sources of capital equal to the portion of the purchase price of such Hotel Properties or other assets which constitutes a recourse obligation of the Parent, the Borrower or its Subsidiary, which available sources of capital may include Advances to the extent that the Borrower may borrow the same for the purposes required or other Indebtedness permitted by the terms of this Agreement.
Section 6.14 New York Properties. So long as any New York Mortgage remains in effect, the Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any modification or amendment with respect to Section 9.01(f) of the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement (or any of the defined terms Qualified Unsecured Lender, Qualified Unsecured Debt or New York Mortgage under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement) without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
ARTICLE VII
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
So long as any Note or any amount under any Credit Document shall remain unpaid or any Bank shall have any Commitment hereunder, unless the Administrative Agent shall otherwise consent in writing (subject to the provisions of Section 11.01), the Borrower agrees to comply and cause the Parent to comply with the following covenants.
Section 7.01 Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Parent shall maintain at the end of each Rolling Period a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.50 to 1.0.
Section 7.02 Maintenance of Net Worth. The Parent shall at all times maintain an Adjusted Net Worth of not less than the Minimum Tangible Net Worth.
Section 7.03 Limitations on Total Liabilities. The Parent shall not at any time permit the Leverage Ratio to be greater than 6.0 to 1.0.
Section 7.04 Limitations on Unsecured Indebtedness. The Parent shall not at any time on a Consolidated basis permit the ratio of (a) the Parents Unsecured Indebtedness to (b) the Total Unencumbered Asset Value to exceed sixty percent (60%).
Section 7.05 Limitations on Secured Indebtedness. The Parent shall not at any time on a Consolidated basis permit the ratio of (a) the Parents Secured Indebtedness to (b) the Consolidated Total Book Value to exceed forty-five percent (45%).
ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES
Section 8.01 Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute an Event of Default under any Credit Document:
(a) Principal Payment. The Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Note when the same becomes due and payable as set forth in this Agreement;
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(b) Interest or Other Obligation Payment. The Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Note or any fee or other amount payable hereunder or under any other Credit Document when the same becomes due and payable as set forth in this Agreement, provided however that the Borrower will have a grace period of five days after the payments covered by this Section 8.01(b) becomes due and payable for the first two defaults under this Section 8.01(b) in every calendar year;
(c) Representation and Warranties. Any representation or warranty made or deemed to be made (i) by the Borrower in this Agreement or in any other Credit Document, (ii) by the Borrower (or any of its officers) in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or (iii) by the Parent or any Subsidiary in any Credit Document shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed to be made;
(d) Covenant Breaches. (i) The Borrower shall fail to perform or observe any covenant contained in Sections 5.02(a)(i), (b)(i) or (f), Article VI or Article VII of this Agreement or the Borrower shall fail to perform or observe, or shall fail to cause any Guarantor to perform or observe any covenant in any Credit Document beyond any notice and/or cure period for such default expressly provided in such Credit Document or (ii) the Borrower or any Guarantor shall fail to perform or observe any term or covenant set forth in any Credit Document which is not covered by clause (i) above or any other provision of this Section 8.01, in each case if such failure shall remain unremedied for 30 days after the earlier of the date written notice of such default shall have been given to the Borrower or such Guarantor by the Administrative Agent or any Bank or the date a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or any Guarantor has actual knowledge of such default, unless such default in this clause (ii) cannot be cured in such 30 day period and the Borrower is diligently proceeding to cure, or caused to be cured, such default, in which event the cure period shall be extended to 90 days;
(e) Cross-Defaults. (i) with respect to (A) any Secured Non-Recourse Indebtedness which is outstanding in a principal amount of at least $75,000,000 individually or when aggregated with all such Secured Non-Recourse Indebtedness of the Borrower, the Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries or (B) any other Indebtedness (but excluding Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes) which is outstanding in a principal amount of at least 0.5% of Consolidated Total Book Value individually or when aggregated with all such Indebtedness of the Borrower, the Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries, any of the following:
(A) any such Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment), prior to the stated maturity thereof,
(B) the Borrower, the Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall fail to pay any principal of or premium or interest of any of such Indebtedness (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument relating to such Indebtedness, or
(C) any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement or instrument relating to such Indebtedness, and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such event or condition is to permit the holders of such Indebtedness to accelerate the maturity of such Indebtedness;
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(f) Insolvency. The Borrower, the Parent, any Guarantor, or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any proceeding shall be instituted by or against the Borrower, the Parent, any Guarantor, or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such proceeding instituted against the Borrower, the Parent, any Guarantor, or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries, either such proceeding shall remain undismissed for a period of 60 days or any of the actions sought in such proceeding shall occur; or the Borrower, the Parent, any Guarantor, or any of their respective Material Subsidiaries shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the actions set forth above in this paragraph (f);
(g) Judgments. Any judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of $75,000,000 (reduced for purposes of this paragraph for the amount in respect of such judgment or order that a reputable insurer has acknowledged being payable under any valid and enforceable insurance policy) shall be rendered against the Borrower, the Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries which, within 60 days from the date such final judgment is entered, shall not have been discharged or execution thereof stayed pending appeal;
(h) ERISA. (i) Any Person shall engage in any prohibited transaction (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan, (ii) any accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, shall exist with respect to any Plan, (iii) a Reportable Event shall occur with respect to, or proceedings shall commence to have a trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to administer or to terminate, any Plan, which Reportable Event or commencement of proceedings or appointment of a trustee is likely to result in the termination of such Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, unless such Reportable Event, proceedings or appointment are being contested by the Parent or the Borrower in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, (iv) any Plan shall terminate for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (v) the Parent, the Borrower or any member of a Controlled Group shall incur any liability in connection with a withdrawal from a Multiemployer Plan or the insolvency (within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA) or reorganization (within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA) of a Multiemployer Plan, unless such liability is being contested by the Parent or the Borrower in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, or (vi) any other event or condition shall occur or exist, with respect to a Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (vi) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, could subject the Borrower or any Guarantor to any tax, penalty or other liabilities in the aggregate exceeding $75,000,000 at the time of such event or upon occurrence of such condition;
(i) Guaranty. Any Guaranty shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding on any Guarantor or any Guarantor shall so state in writing;
(j) Environmental Indemnity. Any Environmental Indemnity shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding on any Person party thereto or any such Person shall so state in writing;
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(k) LaSalle Leasing. The Borrower shall for any reason cease to own, directly or indirectly, at least 99.9% of the equity interests in LaSalle Leasing;
(l) Default Under Qualified Ground Lease. Qualified Ground Leases for Hotel Properties which comprise twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Asset Value have in the aggregate either (i) been terminated because of a default by the lessee under such Qualified Ground Lease or (ii) are subject to a default by the lessee under such Qualified Ground Lease which has not been cured or waived 10 days prior to the date the ground lessors under such Qualified Ground Lease would have the right to terminate such Qualified Ground Leases;
(m) Parents REIT Status. There shall be a determination from the applicable Governmental Authority from which no appeal can be taken that the Parents tax status as a REIT has been lost;
(n) Parent Common Stock. The Parent at any time hereafter fails to cause the Parent Common Stock to be duly listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or another nationally recognized stock exchange; or
(o) Changes in Ownership and Control. Any of the following occur without the written consent of the Required Lenders: (A) the Parent (i) amends the Borrowers partnership agreement in any material and adverse respect (which shall not include any customary amendments to reflect transactions permitted by this Agreement so long as such amendments are not otherwise adverse to the Administrative Agent or any of the Banks), (ii) admits a new general partner to the Borrower, (iii) own less than 70% of the partnership interests in and beneficial ownership of the Borrower, or (iv) resigns as general partner of the Borrower, or (B) the failure of individuals who are members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the Parent on the Closing Date (together with any new or replacement directors whose initial nomination for election was approved by a majority of the directors who were either directors on the Closing Date or previously so approved) to constitute a majority of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the Parent.
Section 8.02 Optional Acceleration of Maturity. If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default pursuant to paragraph (f) of Section 8.01 with respect to the Borrower or the Parent) shall have occurred and be continuing, then, and in any such event,
(a) the Administrative Agent (i) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, declare the obligation of each Bank to make Advances to be terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith terminate, and (ii) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Notes, all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under this Agreement to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the Notes, all such interest and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable in full, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind (including, without limitation, any notice of intent to accelerate or notice of acceleration), all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower,
(b) [Reserved], and
(c) the Administrative Agent shall at the request of, or may with the consent of, the Required Lenders proceed to enforce its rights and remedies under the Credit Documents for the ratable benefit of the Banks by appropriate proceedings.
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Section 8.03 Automatic Acceleration of Maturity. If any Event of Default pursuant to paragraph (f) of Section 8.01 with respect to the Borrower or the Parent shall occur, the obligation of each Bank to make Advances shall immediately and automatically be terminated and the Notes, all interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable under this Agreement shall immediately and automatically become and be due and payable in full, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind (including, without limitation, any notice of intent to accelerate or notice of acceleration), all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower.
Section 8.04 [Reserved].
Section 8.05 Non-exclusivity of Remedies. No remedy conferred upon the Administrative Agent or the Banks is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, and each remedy shall be cumulative of all other remedies existing by contract, at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
Section 8.06 Right of Set-off. Upon (a) the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and (b) the granting of the consent, if any, specified by Section 8.02 to authorize the Administrative Agent to declare the Notes and any other amount payable hereunder due and payable pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.02 or the automatic acceleration of the Notes and all amounts payable under this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.03, each Bank is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Bank to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement, the Note held by such Bank, and the other Credit Documents, irrespective of whether or not such Bank shall have made any demand under this Agreement, such Note, or such other Credit Documents, and although such obligations may be unmatured. Each Bank agrees to promptly notify the Borrower after any such set-off and application made by such Bank, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of each Bank under this Section are in addition to any other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) which such Bank may have; provided, however, that in the event that any Defaulting Lender exercises such right of set-off hereunder, (x) all amounts so set off will be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for distribution in accordance with this Agreement and, pending such payment, will be segregated by such Defaulting Lender form its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Banks and (y) the Defaulting Lender will provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of set-off.
ARTICLE IX
[RESERVED]
Section 9.01 [Reserved].
ARTICLE X
AGENCY PROVISIONS
Section 10.01 Authorization and Action. Each Bank hereby appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as the Administrative Agent on its behalf and to exercise such
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powers under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and of the other Credit Documents, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement or any other Credit Document (including, without limitation, enforcement or collection of the Notes), the Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Lenders, and such instructions shall be binding upon all Banks and all holders of Notes; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action which exposes the Administrative Agent to personal liability or which is contrary to this Agreement, any other Credit Document, or applicable law. The functions of the Administrative Agent are administerial in nature and in no event shall the Administrative Agent have a fiduciary or trustee relation in respect of any Bank by reason of this Agreement or any other Credit Document. Within 5 Business Days of the Administrative Agent or a Bank receiving actual notice (without any duty to investigate) of a Default, the Administrative Agent or such Bank, as applicable, will provide written notice of such Default to the Banks.
Section 10.02 Administrative Agents Reliance, Etc. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken (including such Persons own negligence) by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent: (a) may treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof until the Administrative Agent receives written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof signed by such payee and in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; (b) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (c) makes no warranty or representation to any Bank and shall not be responsible to any Bank for any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the other Credit Documents; (d) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement or any other Credit Document on the part of the Parent, the Borrower or their Subsidiaries or to inspect the property (including the books and records) of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries; (e) shall not be responsible to any Bank for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other Credit Document; and (f) shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Credit Document by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by telecopier, telegram, cable or telex) believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper party or parties.
Section 10.03 Administrative Agent and Its Affiliates. With respect to its Commitment, the Advances made by it and the Notes issued to it, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent. The term Bank or Banks shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as trustee under indentures of, and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and any Person who may do business with or own securities of the Borrower or any such Subsidiary, all as if the Administrative Agent were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Banks.
Section 10.04 Bank Credit Decision. Each Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Bank and based on the Parents and the Borrowers financial statements and the Parents filings under the Exchange Act and such other
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documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Bank and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Credit Document shall require the Administrative Agent or any of its directors, officers, agents or employees to carry out any know your customer or other checks in relation to any Person on behalf of any Bank and each Bank confirms to the Administrative Agent that it is solely responsible for any such checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any statement in relation to such checks made by the Administrative Agent or any of its directors, officers, agents or employees.
Section 10.05 Indemnification. The Banks severally agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower), according to their respective Pro Rata Shares from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Credit Document (including the Administrative Agents own negligence), provided that no Bank shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Administrative Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Bank agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent promptly upon demand for its Pro Rata Share of any out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, to the extent that the Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by the Borrower.
Section 10.06 Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Banks and the Borrower and may be removed at any time with cause by the Required Lenders upon receipt of written notice from the Required Lenders to such effect. Upon receipt of notice of any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent which successor Administrative Agent shall be acceptable to the Borrower, unless an Event of Default then exists, in which event the Borrower shall have no such approval right. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agents giving of notice of resignation or the Required Lenders removal of the retiring Administrative Agent, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Banks and the Borrower, appoint a successor Administrative Agent acceptable to the Borrower, which shall be a commercial bank meeting the financial requirements of an Eligible Assignee. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. After any retiring Administrative Agents resignation or removal hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article X shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was such Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
Section 10.07 Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Running Manager. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. shall be named as sole lead arranger and sole book running manager under the Credit Documents, but such sole lead arranger and sole book running manager shall have no right or duty to act as agent on behalf of the Banks in such capacity.
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Section 10.08 Designation of Additional Agents. The Administrative Agent shall have the continuing right, for purposes hereof, at any time and from time to time to designate one or more of the Banks (and/or its or their Affiliates) as arrangers or other designations for purposes hereof, but no such designation shall have any substantive effect, and no such Banks or their Affiliates shall have any additional powers, duties or responsibilities as a result thereof.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01 Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, the Notes, or any other Credit Document, nor consent to any departure by the Borrower or any Guarantor therefrom, nor increase in the aggregate Commitments of the Banks, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no amendment shall increase the Commitment of any Bank without the written consent of such Bank, and no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by all the Banks, do any of the following: (a) increase the aggregate Commitments of the Banks in excess of $400,000,000, (b) reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Credit Document or otherwise release the Borrower from any Obligations, (c) postpone any date fixed for any scheduled payment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, (d) change the percentage of the Commitments of the Banks which shall be required for the Banks or any of them to take any action hereunder or under any other Credit Document, (e) amend this Section 11.01, (f) amend the definition of Required Lenders, (g) amend the definition of Asset Value, but not the definitions that are used in such definition, (h) release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty; provided that the Administrative Agent can, if no Default then exists, release any Subsidiary of the Borrower which no longer is a Property Owner of an Unencumbered Property, (i) modify any provisions requiring payment to be made for the ratable account of the Banks, or (j) amend the definition of Pro Rata Share; and provided, further, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Banks required above to take such action, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Credit Document. In addition, none of the following decisions shall be made without the written consent of the Required Lenders:
(a) release any Person from its obligations under any of the Environmental Indemnities;
(b) any determination to make a Borrowing after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default;
(c) increases the maximum duration of Interest Periods permitted under this Agreement;
(d) any waiver of or any amendment to the financial covenants contained in Article VII of this Agreement or any definitions used therein;
(e) any waiver or modification of the covenants contained in Article V or Article VI;
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(f) any amendment, supplement or modification to, or waiver of, the provisions of Section 8.01 of this Agreement;
(g) any determination to send notice to the Borrower of, or otherwise declare, an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.01 of this Agreement;
(h) any determination to accelerate the Obligations pursuant to Section 8.02 of this Agreement;
(i) any exercise of remedies under any Credit Document;
(j) any waiver for more than 45 days of, or any amendment to, the reporting requirements set forth in clauses (a)-(d) of Section 5.05 of this Agreement;
(k) any material waiver of the conditions to a Hotel Property qualifying as either an Unencumbered Property or a Permitted Non-Unencumbered Property; and
(l) any other waiver or modification of the Credit Documents unless the applicable provision of this Agreement expressly permits such waiver to be made by the Administrative Agent.
Any amendment to this Agreement including a covenant of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or amendment to a definition shall require the Borrowers written consent. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, during such period as a Bank is a Defaulting Lender, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, such Bank will not be entitled to vote in respect of amendments and waivers hereunder and the Commitment and the outstanding Advances or other extensions of credit of such Bank hereunder will not be taken into account in determining whether the Required Lenders or all of the Banks, as required, have approved any such amendment or waiver (and the definition of Required Lenders will automatically be deemed modified accordingly for the duration of such period; provided, that any such amendment or waiver that would increase or extend the term of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, extend the date fixed for the payment of principal or interest owing to such Defaulting Lender hereunder, reduce the principal amount of any obligation owing to such Defaulting Lender, reduce the amount of or the rate or amount of interest on any amount owing to such Defaulting Lender or of any fee payable to such Defaulting Lender hereunder, or alter the terms of this proviso, will require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
Section 11.02 Notices, Etc. (a) Except as specifically provided herein, all notices and other communications shall be in writing (including telecopy or telex) and mailed, telecopied, telexed, hand delivered or delivered by a nationally recognized overnight courier, (a) if to the Borrower, at its address at 3 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 1200, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, Attention: Mr. Bruce A. Riggins, with a copy to William Diamond at DeCampo Diamond & Ash, 747 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017 (telephone: (212)  ###-###-####; telecopy (212)  ###-###-####) and a copy to Robert K. Hagan at Hagan & Associates, Suite 4322, 200 East Randolph Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601 (telephone: (312)  ###-###-####; telecopy (312)  ###-###-####); (b) if to any Bank at its Domestic Lending Office; (c) if to the Administrative Agent, at its address at Citibank, N.A. Agency Department, 1615 Brett Road OPS III, New Castle, Delaware 19720, Attention: Global Loans Agency Department, (telecopy: (212)  ###-###-####; telephone: (302)  ###-###-####); or (d) as to each party, at such other address or telecopier number as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties. All such notices and communications shall (i) when mailed, telecopied, telexed or hand delivered or delivered by overnight courier, be effective three days after deposited in the mails, when telecopy transmission is completed, when confirmed by telex answer-back or when delivered, (ii) when delivered by posting to an Approved Electronic Platform, an Internet
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website or a similar telecommunication device requiring that a user have prior access to such Approved Electronic Platform, website or other device (to the extent permitted by Section 11.02(b) to be delivered thereunder), when such notice, demand, request, consent and other communication shall have been made generally available on such Approved Electronic Platform, Internet website or similar device to the class of Person being notified (regardless of whether any such Person must accomplish, and whether or not any such Person shall have accomplished, any action prior to obtaining access to such items, including registration, disclosure of contact information, compliance with a standard user agreement or undertaking a duty of confidentiality) and such Person has been notified in respect of such posting that a communication has been posted to the Approved Electronic Platform, provided that if requested by any Bank, the Administrative Agent shall deliver a copy of the Communications to such Bank by e-mail or telecopier and (iii) when delivered by electronic mail or any other telecommunications device, when receipt is confirmed by electronic mail as provided in this clause (a); provided, however, that notices and communications to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article II or Article X shall not be effective until received by the Administrative Agent; provided further that any notice or communication which is delivered after the close of regular business hours of the recipient shall be deemed received on the next Business Day. Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of a signature page to any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the Notes or of any Exhibit hereto to be executed and delivered hereunder shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart thereof. Each Bank agrees (i) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing of such Banks e-mail address to which a notice may be sent by electronic transmission (including by electronic communication) on or before the date such Bank becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record an effective e-mail address for such Bank) and (ii) that any notice may be sent to such e-mail address.
(b) Notwithstanding clause (a) (unless the Administrative Agent requests that the provisions of clause (a) be followed) and any other provision in this Agreement or any other Credit Document providing for the delivery of any Approved Electronic Communication by any other means, the Borrower and the Guarantors shall deliver all Approved Electronic Communications to the Administrative Agent by properly transmitting such Approved Electronic Communications in an electronic/soft medium in a format acceptable to the Administrative Agent to ***@*** or such other electronic mail address (or similar means of electronic delivery) as the Administrative Agent may notify to the Borrower. Nothing in this clause (b) shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent or any Bank to deliver any Approved Electronic Communication to the Borrower or any Guarantor in any manner authorized in this Agreement or to request that the Borrower effect delivery in such manner.
(c) Each of the Banks and the Borrower and each Guarantor agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the Approved Electronic Communications available to the Banks by posting such Approved Electronic Communications on IntraLinks or a substantially similar electronic platform chosen by the Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the Approved Electronic Platform). Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Closing Date, a dual firewall and a User ID/Password Authorization System) and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a single-user-per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Banks and the Borrower and each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. In consideration for the convenience and other benefits afforded by such
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distribution and for the other consideration provided hereunder, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each of the Banks and the Borrower and each Guarantor hereby approves distribution of the Approved Electronic Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.
(d) THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ARE PROVIDED AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE. NONE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT NOR ANY OF ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES WARRANT THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND EACH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES IN CONNECTION WITH THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM.
(e) Each of the Banks and the Borrower and each Guarantor agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to, store the Approved Electronic Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with the Administrative Agents generally-applicable document retention procedures and policies.
Section 11.03 No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of any Bank or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies provided in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
Section 11.04 Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay on demand all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, due diligence, administration, modification and amendment of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Credit Documents and syndication of the Obligations including, without limitation, (a) the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent (and no other Bank), and (b) to the extent not included in the foregoing, the costs of any local counsel, travel expenses of the Administrative Agent and its consultants and representatives, engineering reports, environmental reports, mortgage and intangible taxes (if any), and any title or Uniform Commercial Code search costs, any flood plain search costs, insurance consultant costs and other costs usual and customary in connection with a credit facility of this type. In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay on demand all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, if any, of the Administrative Agent and each Bank (including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent and each Bank) in connection with the enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
Section 11.05 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and when the Administrative Agent shall have, as to each Bank, either received a counterpart hereof executed by such Bank or been notified by such
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Bank that such Bank has executed it and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Bank and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights or delegate its duties under this Agreement or any interest in this Agreement without the prior written consent of each Bank.
Section 11.06 Bank Assignments and Participations. (a) Assignments. Any Bank may assign to one or more banks or other entities all or any portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment, the Advances owing to it, and the Notes held by it); provided, however, that (i) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all of such Banks rights and obligations under this Agreement and shall involve a ratable assignment of such Banks Commitment and such Banks Advances, (ii) the amount of the resulting Commitment and Advances of the assigning Bank (unless it is assigning all its Commitment) and the assignee Bank pursuant to each such assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than $10,000,000 and shall be an integral multiple of $1,000,000, (iii) each such assignment shall be to an Eligible Assignee, (iv) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, for its acceptance and recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance, together with the Notes subject to such assignment, (v) the consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, except with respect to assignments to other Banks or an Affiliate of the assigning Bank, (vi) no such assignments shall be made to any Defaulting Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender or any of their respective subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Bank hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause, and (vii) each Eligible Assignee (other than an Eligible Assignee which is an Affiliate of the assigning Bank) shall pay to the Administrative Agent a $3,500 administrative fee. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, which effective date shall be at least three Business Days after the execution thereof, (A) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto for all purposes and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Bank hereunder and (B) such Bank thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of such Banks rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Bank shall cease to be a party hereto). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Bank may assign, as collateral or otherwise, any of its rights under the Credit Documents, including to any Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such assignment. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment will be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Administrative Agent and, unless a Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, the applicable pro rata share of Advances previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent and each other Bank hereunder (and interest accrued thereon), and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Advances. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder becomes effective under applicable law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest will be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
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(b) Term of Assignments. By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the Bank thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, such Bank makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency of value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (ii) such Bank makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrower or the Guarantors or the performance or observance by the Borrower or the Guarantors of any of their obligations under this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements and filings under the Exchange Act referred to in Sections 4.06 and 5.05, if applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, such Bank or any other Bank and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (v) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vi) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Bank.
(c) The Register. The Administrative Agent shall maintain at its address referred to in Section 11.02 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Banks and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the Advances owing to, each Bank from time to time (the Register). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Banks may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Bank hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Bank at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Procedures. Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by a Bank and an Eligible Assignee, together with the Note subject to such assignment, the Administrative Agent shall, if such Assignment and Acceptance has been completed and is in substantially the form of the attached Exhibit B, (i) accept such Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) record the information contained therein in the Register, and (iii) give prompt notice thereof to the Borrower. Within five Business Days after its receipt of such notice, the Borrower, at its own expense, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent in exchange for the surrendered Note, a new Note payable to the order of such Eligible Assignee in amount equal to, respectively, the Commitment and the outstanding Advances assumed by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, and if the assigning Bank has retained any Commitment hereunder, a new Note payable to the order of such Bank in an amount equal to, respectively, the Commitment and the outstanding Advances retained by it hereunder. Such new Note shall be dated the effective date of such Assignment and Acceptance and shall otherwise be in substantially the form of the attached Exhibit A.
(e) Participations. Each Bank may sell participations to one or more banks or other entities in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including,
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without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment, the Advances owing to it, and the Notes held by it); provided, however, that (i) such Banks obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, its Commitment to the Borrower hereunder) shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Bank shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) such Bank shall remain the holder of any such Note for all purposes of this Agreement, (iv) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the other Banks shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Bank in connection with such Banks rights and obligations under this Agreement, and (v) such Bank shall not require the participants consent to any matter under this Agreement, except for change in the principal amount of any Note in which the participant has an interest, reductions in fees or interest, or extending the Maturity Date except as permitted in this Agreement. The Borrower hereby agrees that participants shall have the same rights under Sections 2.08, 2.09, and 2.11(c) hereof as the Bank to the extent of their respective participations, provided that no participant shall be able to collect in excess of amounts payable to the Bank selling to such participant under such Sections in respect of the interest sold to such participant or to collect any such amounts from the Borrower. Each Bank that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participants interest in the Advances or other obligations under the Credit Documents (the Participant Register); provided that no Bank shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participants interest in any commitments, loans, or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Bank shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(f) Confidentiality. Each Bank may furnish any information concerning the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the possession of such Bank from time to time to assignees and participants (including prospective assignees and participants); provided that, prior to any such disclosure, the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant shall agree in writing to preserve the confidentiality of any confidential information relating to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries received by it from or on behalf of such Bank in accordance with Section 11.20. Such Bank shall promptly deliver a signed copy of any such confidentiality agreement to the Administrative Agent.
Section 11.07 Indemnification. (a) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Banks (in any capacity or title and including any lender which was a Bank hereunder prior to any full assignment of its Commitment), and each affiliate thereof and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from, and discharge, release, and hold each of them harmless against, any and all losses, liabilities, claims or damages (including reasonable legal fees) to which any of them may become subject, insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims or damages (including reasonable legal fees) arise out of or result from (i) any actual or proposed use by the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower of the proceeds of any Advance, (ii) any breach by the Borrower or any Guarantor of any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (iii) any investigation, litigation or other proceeding (including any threatened investigation or proceeding) relating to the foregoing regardless of the identity of the party bringing such investigation, litigation or other proceeding, or (iv) any Environmental Claim or requirement of Environmental Laws concerning or relating to the present or previously-owned or
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operated properties, or the operations or business, of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and the Borrower shall reimburse the Administrative Agent and each Bank, and each affiliate thereof and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, upon demand for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including legal fees) incurred in connection with any such investigation, litigation or other proceeding; and expressly including any such losses, liabilities, claims, damages, or expense incurred by reason of the Person being indemnifieds own negligence, but excluding any such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses incurred by reason of such indemnified Persons gross negligence or willful misconduct or willful breach in bad faith of a material provision of this Agreement as determined in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any such indemnified party, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Advance, or the use of the proceeds thereof.
(c) No indemnified Person referred to in this Section 11.07 shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
Section 11.08 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
Section 11.09 Survival of Representations, Indemnifications, etc. All representations, warranties contained in this Agreement or made in writing by or on behalf of the Borrower in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Credit Documents, the making of the Advances and any investigation made by or on behalf of the Banks, none of which investigations shall diminish any Banks right to rely on such representations and warranties. All obligations of the Borrower provided for in Sections 2.08, 2.09, 2.11(c), 10.05 and 11.07 shall survive any termination of this Agreement and repayment in full of the Obligations.
Section 11.10 Severability. In case one or more provisions of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein or therein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 11.11 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Notes and the other Credit Documents constitute the entire understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any prior agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto.
Section 11.12 Usury Not Intended. It is the intent of the Borrower and each Bank in the execution and performance of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to contract in strict compliance with applicable usury laws, including conflicts of law concepts, governing the Advances of each Bank including such applicable laws of the State of New York and the United States of America from time to time in effect. In furtherance thereof, the Banks 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
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construed to create a contract to pay, as consideration for the use, forbearance or detention of money, interest at a rate in excess of the Maximum Rate and that for purposes hereof interest shall include the aggregate of all charges which constitute interest under such laws that are contracted for, charged or received under this Agreement; and in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, under any circumstances the aggregate amounts taken, reserved, charged, received or paid on the Advances, include amounts which by applicable law are deemed interest which would exceed the Maximum Rate, then such excess shall be deemed to be a mistake and each Bank receiving same shall credit the same on the principal of its Notes (or if such Notes shall have been paid in full, refund said excess to the Borrower). In the event that the maturity of the Notes is accelerated by reason of any election of the holder thereof resulting from any Event of Default under this Agreement or otherwise, or in the event of any required or permitted prepayment, then such consideration that constitutes interest may never include more than the Maximum Rate and excess interest, if any, provided for in this Agreement or otherwise shall be canceled automatically as of the date of such acceleration or prepayment and, if theretofore paid, shall be credited on the applicable Notes (or, if the applicable Notes shall have been paid in full, refunded to the Borrower). In determining whether or not the interest paid or payable under any specific contingencies exceeds the Maximum Rate, the Borrower and the Banks shall to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law amortize, prorate, allocate and spread in equal parts during the period of the full stated term of the Notes all amounts considered to be interest under applicable law at any time contracted for, charged, received or reserved in connection with the Obligations. The provisions of this Section shall control over all other provisions of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents which may be in apparent conflict herewith.
Section 11.13 Governing Law. ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY BANK, OR ANY INDEMNITEE ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THEM IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS, AND WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE RESOLVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS) OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 11.14 Consent to Jurisdiction; Service of Process; Jury Trial. (a) Exclusive Jurisdiction. Except as provided in subsection (b), each of the parties hereto agrees that all disputes among them arising out of, connected with, related to, or incidental to the relationship established among them in connection with, this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents whether arising in contract, tort, equity, or otherwise, shall be resolved exclusively by state or federal courts located in the City, county and state of New York, but the parties hereto acknowledge that any appeals from those courts may have to be heard by a court located outside of New York. Each of the parties hereto waives in all disputes brought pursuant to this subsection (a) any objection that it may have to the location of the court considering the dispute.
(b) Other Jurisdictions. The Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent, any Bank or any Indemnitee shall have the right to proceed against the Borrower or its Property in a court in any location to enable such person to (1) obtain personal jurisdiction over the Borrower or (2) enforce a judgment or other court order entered in favor of such Person. The Borrower agrees that it will not assert any permissive counterclaims in any proceeding brought by such Person to enforce a judgment or other court order in favor of such Person. The Borrower waives any objection that it may have to the location of the court in which such Person has commenced a proceeding described in this subsection (b).
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(c) Service of Process. The Borrower waives personal service of any process upon it and irrevocably consents to the service of process of any writs, process or summonses in any suit, action or proceeding by the mailing thereof by the Administrative Agent or the Banks by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the Borrower addressed as provided herein. Nothing herein shall in any way be deemed to limit the ability of the Administrative Agent or the Banks to serve any such writs, process or summonses in any other manner permitted by applicable law. The Borrower irrevocably waives any objection (including, without limitation, any objection of the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens) which it may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any other instrument, document or agreement executed or delivered in connection herewith in any jurisdiction set forth above.
(d) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably waives any right to have a jury participate in resolving any dispute, whether sounding in contract, tort, or otherwise, arising out of, connected with, related to or incidental to the relationship established among them in connection with this Agreement or any other instrument, document or agreement executed or delivered in connection herewith. Each of the parties hereto agrees and consents that any such claim, demand, action or cause of action shall be decided by court trial without a jury and that any party hereto may file an original counterpart or a copy of this Agreement with any court as written evidence of the consent of the parties hereto to the waiver of their right to trial by jury.
(e) Waiver of Bond. The Borrower waives the posting of any bond otherwise required of any party hereto in connection with any judicial process or proceeding to realize on the collateral enforce any judgment or other court order entered in favor of such party, or to enforce by specific performance, temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction, this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
Section 11.15 Knowledge of Borrower. For purposes of this Agreement, knowledge of the Borrower means the actual knowledge of any of the executive officers and all other Responsible Officers of the Parent.
Section 11.16 Banks Not in Control. None of the covenants or other provisions contained in the Credit Documents shall or shall be deemed to, give the Banks the rights or power to exercise control over the affairs and/or management of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any Guarantor, the power of the Banks being limited to the right to exercise the remedies provided in the Credit Documents.
Section 11.17 Headings Descriptive. The headings of the several Sections and paragraphs of the Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement.
Section 11.18 Time is of the Essence. Time is of the essence under the Credit Documents.
Section 11.19 Scope of Indemnities. The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that certain of its Obligations and indemnities under this Agreement include any claims resulting from the negligence or alleged negligence of the Administrative Agent, the Banks, or any other Person being indemnified.
Section 11.20 Confidentiality. (a) The Administrative Agent and each Bank severally agrees that it will use its commercially reasonable efforts not to disclose without the prior written consent of the Parent or the Borrower (other than to an Affiliate or such Persons or their Affiliates directors, officers, employees, auditors, regulators or counsel) any Information (as defined below) with respect to the Parent or the Borrower which is furnished pursuant to this Agreement except that the Administrative Agent and
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each Bank may disclose any such Information (a) which is or becomes generally available to the public other than by a breach of this Section 11.20, (b) which is known by or becomes known by such Person from another Person, (c) as may be required or appropriate in any report, statement or testimony submitted to any Governmental Authority, regulatory authority or self-regulatory authority (whether in the United States or elsewhere), (d) as may be required or appropriate in response to any summons or subpoena or any law, order, regulation, ruling or similar legal process applicable to the Administrative Agent or such Bank, (e) to any other party hereto, (f) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (g) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 11.20, to (1) any prospective participant or assignee in connection with any contemplated transfer pursuant to Section 11.06 in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.06(f) or (2) any actual or prospective party to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder, (h) on a confidential basis to (1) any rating agency in connection with rating the Parent or its Subsidiaries or this Agreement or (2) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to this Agreement, (i) with the consent of the Borrower, or (j) to the extent such Information becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Bank or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For purposes of this Section, Information means all information received from the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (including the Fee Letter and any information obtained based on a review of the books and records of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) relating to the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses; provided that, in the case of information so received after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in any other written or oral understanding or agreement to which the parties hereto are parties or by which they are bound, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (i) any obligations of confidentiality contained herein and therein do not apply and have not applied from the commencement of discussions between the parties to the tax treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents (and any related transactions or arrangements), and (ii) each party (and each of its employees, representatives, or other agents) may disclose to any and all parties as required, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to such party relating to such tax treatment and tax structure, all within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4; provided, however, that each party recognizes that the privilege each has to maintain, in its sole discretion, the confidentiality of a communication relating to the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents, including a confidential communication with its attorney or a confidential communication with a federally authorized tax practitioner under Section 7525 of the Internal Revenue Code, is not intended to be affected by the foregoing.
Section 11.21 USA Patriot Act Notice. The Patriot Act and federal regulations issued with respect thereto require all financial institutions to obtain, verify and record certain information that identifies individuals or business entities which open an account with such financial institution. Consequently, the Administrative Agent (for itself and/or as Administrative Agent for all Banks hereunder) may from time-to-time request, and the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers and each Guarantors name, address, tax identification number and/or such other
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identification information as shall be necessary for each Bank to comply with federal law. An account for this purpose may include, without limitation, a deposit account, cash management service, a transaction or asset account, a credit account, a loan or other extension of credit, and/or other financial services product.
Section 11.22 No Fiduciary Duties. The Parent, the Borrower and each Guarantor agrees that nothing in the Credit Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between the Administrative Agent, any Bank, or any Affiliate thereof, on the one hand, and the Parent, the Borrower or such Guarantor, as applicable, its stockholders or its Affiliates, on the other. The Parent, the Borrower and each Guarantor agrees that the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents (including the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arms-length commercial transactions. The Parent, the Borrower and each Guarantor agrees that it has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto. The Parent, the Borrower and each Guarantor acknowledges that the Administrative Agent, the Banks and their respective Affiliates may have interests in, or may be providing or may in the future provide financial or other services to other parties with interests which the Parent, the Borrower or such Guarantor may regard as conflicting with its interests and may possess information (whether or not material to the Parent, the Borrower or such Guarantor) other than as a result of (x) the Administrative Agent acting as administrative agent hereunder or (y) the Banks acting as lenders hereunder, that the Administrative Agent or any Bank may not be entitled to share with the Parent, the Borrower or any Guarantor. Without prejudice to the foregoing, each of the Parent, the Borrower and each Guarantor agrees that the Administrative Agent, the Banks and their respective Affiliates may (a) deal (whether for its own or its customers account) in, or advise on, securities of any Person, and (b) accept deposits from, lend money to, act as trustee under indentures of, accept investment banking engagements from and generally engage in any kind of business with other Persons in each case, as if the Administrative Agent were not the Administrative Agent and as if Banks were not lenders hereunder, and without any duty to account therefor to the Parent, the Borrower or any Guarantor. The Parent, the Borrower and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives, in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Banks, any conflict of interest which may arise by virtue of the Administrative Agent and the Banks acting in various capacities under the Credit Documents or for other customers of the Administrative Agent or any Bank as described in this Section 11.22.
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EXECUTED as of the date first referenced above.
BORROWER: | ||||
LASALLE HOTEL OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., | ||||
a Delaware limited partnership | ||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Properties | |||
General Partner | ||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||
Name: Bruce A. Riggins | ||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||||
PARENT: | ||||
LASALLE HOTEL PROPERTIES, | ||||
a Maryland real estate investment trust | ||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||
Name: Bruce A. Riggins | ||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to LHO Term Loan Agreement]
GUARANTORS: | ||||
LASALLE HOTEL LESSEE, INC., an Illinois corporation | ||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||
Name: Bruce A. Riggins | ||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||||
GLASS HOUSES, a Maryland real estate investment trust | ||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||
Name: Bruce A. Riggins | ||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||||
DA ENTITY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company | ||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Properties | |||
Member | ||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||
Name: Bruce A. Riggins | ||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||||
and | ||||
By: | RDA Entity, Inc. | |||
Member | ||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||
Name: Bruce A. Riggins | ||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to LHO Term Loan Agreement]
RDA ENTITY, INC LHO GRAFTON HOTEL LESSEE, INC. LHO LE PARC LESSEE, INC. LHO SANTA CRUZ ONE LESSEE, INC. LUCKY TOWN BURBANK LESSEE, INC. RAMROD LESSEE, INC. LHO MISSION BAY ROSIE LESSEE, INC. PARADISE LESSEE, INC. GEARY DARLING LESSEE, INC. CHAMBER MAID LESSEE, INC. SEASIDE HOTEL LESSEE, INC. LET IT FLHO LESSEE, INC. LASALLE WASHINGTON ONE LESSEE, INC. LHO LEESBURG ONE LESSEE, INC. LHO SAN DIEGO ONE LESSEE, INC., each, a Delaware corporation |
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||
Name: Bruce A. Riggins | ||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
LHO WASHINGTON HOTEL ONE, L.L.C. LHO WASHINGTON HOTEL TWO, L.L.C. LHO WASHINGTON HOTEL THREE, LLC LHO WASHINGTON HOTEL FOUR, L.L.C. LHO WASHINGTON HOTEL SIX, L.L.C. I&G CAPITOL, LLC LHO TOM JOAD CIRCLE DC, L.L.C. H STREET SHUFFLE, LLC SILVER P, LLC, each, a Delaware limited liability company |
By: | Glass Houses | |||
Managing Member | ||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||
Name: Bruce A. Riggins | ||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to LHO Term Loan Agreement]
DC ONE LESSEE, L.L.C. DC TWO LESSEE, L.L.C. DC THREE LESSEE, L.L.C. DC FOUR LESSEE, L.L.C. DC SIX LESSEE, L.L.C. DC I&G CAPITAL LESSEE, L.L.C. LHO TOM JOAD CIRCLE DC LESSEE, L.L.C. H STREET SHUFFLE LESSEE, LLC SILVER P LESSEE, LLC, each, a Delaware limited liability company |
By: | LaSalle Washington One Lessee, Inc. | |||
Managing Member | ||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||
Name: Bruce A. Riggins | ||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
LHO ALEXANDRIA ONE, L.L.C. NYC SERENADE, L.L.C. LHO VIKING HOTEL, L.L.C. LHO CHICAGO RIVER, L.L.C. LHO ALEXIS HOTEL, L.L.C. LHO ONYX HOTEL ONE, L.L.C. PC FESTIVUS, LLC, MICASA SHUCASA, LLC each, a Delaware limited liability company |
By: | LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P. | |||||
Managing Member | ||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Properties | |||||
General Partner | ||||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||||
Name: Bruce A. Riggins | ||||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to LHO Term Loan Agreement]
SEASIDE HOTEL, LP, a Delaware limited partnership | ||||||||
By: | Seaside Hotel, LLC | |||||||
General Partner | ||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P. | |||||||
Managing Member | ||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Properties | |||||||
General Partner | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Name: Bruce A. Riggins | ||||||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to LHO Term Loan Agreement]
GEARY DARLING, LP, a Delaware limited partnership | ||||||||||
By: | Geary Darling, LLC | |||||||||
General Partner | ||||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P. | |||||||||
Managing Member | ||||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Properties | |||||||||
General Partner | ||||||||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||||
Name: Bruce A. Riggins | ||||||||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
CHAMBER MAID, LP, | ||||||||
a Delaware limited partnership | ||||||||
By: | Chamber Maid, LLC General Partner | |||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P. | |||||||
Managing Member | ||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Properties | |||||||
General Partner | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Name: Bruce A. Riggins | ||||||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
LET IT FLHO, LP, | ||||||||
a Delaware limited partnership | ||||||||
By: | Let It FLHO, LLC | |||||||
General Partner | ||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P. | |||||||
Managing Member | ||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Properties | |||||||
General Partner | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Name: Bruce A. Riggins Title: Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to LHO Term Loan Agreement]
LHO GRAFTON HOTEL, L.P., | ||||||||
a Delaware limited partnership | ||||||||
By: | LHO Grafton Hotel, L.L.C. | |||||||
General Partner | ||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P. | |||||||
Managing Member | ||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Properties | |||||||
General Partner | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Name: | Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||||
LHO LE PARC, L.P., | ||||||||
a Delaware limited partnership | ||||||||
By: | LHO Le Parc, L.L.C. | |||||||
General Partner | ||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P. | |||||||
Managing Member | ||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Properties | |||||||
General Partner | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Name: | Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||||
LHO SANTA CRUZ HOTEL ONE, L.P., | ||||||||
a Delaware limited partnership | ||||||||
By: | LHO Santa Cruz Hotel One, L.L.C | |||||||
General Partner | ||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P. | |||||||
Managing Member | ||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Properties | |||||||
General Partner | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Name: | Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to LHO Term Loan Agreement]
LUCKY TOWN BURBANK, L.P., | ||||||||
a Delaware limited partnership | ||||||||
By: | Lucky Town Burbank, L.L.C. | |||||||
General Partner | ||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P. | |||||||
Managing Member | ||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Properties | |||||||
General Partner | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Name: | Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
LHO MISSION BAY ROSIE HOTEL, L.P., | ||||||||
a Delaware limited partnership | ||||||||
By: | LHO Mission Bay Rosie Hotel, L.L.C. | |||||||
General Partner | ||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P. | |||||||
Managing Member | ||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Properties | |||||||
General Partner | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Name: | Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
LHO MISSION BAY HOTEL, L.P., | ||||||||
a Delaware limited partnership | ||||||||
By: | LHO San Diego Financing, L.L.C | |||||||
General Partner | ||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P. | |||||||
Managing Member | ||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Properties | |||||||
General Partner | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Name: | Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to LHO Term Loan Agreement]
LHO SAN DIEGO FINANCING, L.L.C., | ||||||||
a Delaware limited liability company | ||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P. Member | |||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Properties General Partner | |||||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Name: Bruce A. Riggins | ||||||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
LHO HOLLYWOOD LM, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership | ||||||||
By: | LHO Hollywood Financing, Inc. General Partner | |||||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Name: Bruce A. Riggins | ||||||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
LHO NEW ORLEANS LM, L.P., | ||||||||
a Delaware limited partnership | ||||||||
By: | LHO New Orleans Financing, Inc. General Partner | |||||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Name: Bruce A. Riggins | ||||||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to LHO Term Loan Agreement]
WILD INNOCENT I, LP, | ||||||||
a Delaware limited partnership | ||||||||
By: | Innocent I, LLC General Partner | |||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P. Managing Member | |||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Properties General Partner | |||||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Name: Bruce A. Riggins | ||||||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
CHIMES OF FREEDOM, LLC, | ||||||||
a Delaware limited liability company | ||||||||
By: | OF Freedom I, LLC Managing Member | |||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P. Managing Member | |||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Properties General Partner | |||||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Name: Bruce A. Riggins | ||||||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
WILD I, LLC CHIMES I, LLC OF FREEDOM I, LLC, | ||||||||
each, a Delaware limited liability company | ||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P. Managing Member | |||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Properties General Partner | |||||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||
Name: Bruce A. Riggins | ||||||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to LHO Term Loan Agreement]
LHO ALEXANDRIA ONE LESSEE, L.L.C. LHO ONYX ONE LESSEE, L.L.C. NYC SERENADE LESSEE, L.L.C. LHO CHICAGO RIVER LESSEE, L.L.C. LHO ALEXIS LESSEE, L.L.C. CHIMES OF FREEDOM LESSEE, LLC WILD INNOCENT I LESSEE, LLC PC FESTIVUS LESSEE, LLC, each, a Delaware limited liability company |
By: | LaSalle Hotel Lessee, Inc. Managing Member | |||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||||
Name: | Bruce A. Riggins | |||||
Title: | Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer |
LHO SAN DIEGO HOTEL ONE, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership | ||||||||||
By: | LHO San Diego Hotel One, L.L.C. | |||||||||
General Partner | ||||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Operating Partnership, L.P. | |||||||||
Managing Member | ||||||||||
By: | LaSalle Hotel Properties | |||||||||
General Partner | ||||||||||
By: | /s/ Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||||
Name: | Bruce A. Riggins | |||||||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to LHO Term Loan Agreement]
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND BANK: | ||
CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and a Bank | ||
By: | /s/ Michael Chlopak | |
Name: Michael Chlopak | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to LHO Term Loan Agreement]
BANKS: | ||
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Bank | ||
By: | /s/ J.E. Spedden, Jr. | |
Name: J.E. Spedden, Jr. | ||
Title: S.V.P. |
[Signature Page to LHO Term Loan Agreement]
COMPASS BANK, as a Bank | ||
By: | /s/ Don Byerly | |
Name: Don Byerly | ||
Title: Senior Vice President |
[Signature Page to LHO Term Loan Agreement]
MEGA INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK CO., LTD. LOS ANGELES BRANCH, as a Bank | ||
By: | /s/ Hsiao-Ho Huang | |
Name: Hsiao-Ho Huang | ||
Title: SVP & GM |
[Signature Page to LHO Term Loan Agreement]
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as a Bank | ||
By: | /s/ JT Coe | |
Name: JT Coe | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
By: | /s/ George Reynolds | |
Name: George Reynolds | ||
Title: Director |
[Signature Page to LHO Term Loan Agreement]
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as a Bank | ||
By: | /s/ Lori Y. Jensen | |
Name: Lori Y. Jensen | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to LHO Term Loan Agreement]
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as a Bank | ||
By: | /s/ Mark F. Monahan | |
Name: Mark F. Monahan | ||
Title: Senior Vice President |
[Signature Page to LHO Term Loan Agreement]
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, as a Bank | ||
By: | /s/ William G. Karl | |
Name: William G. Karl | ||
Title: General Manager |
[Signature Page to LHO Term Loan Agreement]