Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 11, 2022, to the Indenture dated as of November 26, 1996 between Simon Property Group, L.P. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee

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EX-4.1 3 tm2136588d5_ex4-1.htm EXHIBIT 4.1

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

ISSUER

 

TO

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

 

TRUSTEE

 

 

 

FORTY-SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

DATED AS OF JANUARY 11, 2022

 

 

 

$500,000,000 FLOATING RATE NOTES due 2024

 

SUPPLEMENT TO INDENTURE,

DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 26, 1996,

BETWEEN 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

AND 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

(AS SUCCESSOR TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK), 

AS TRUSTEE

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I      DEFINITIONS, CREATION, FORMS AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SECURITIES 2

 

SECTION 1.01.      Definitions  2
SECTION 1.02.      Creation of the Notes  6
SECTION 1.03.      Form of the Notes  6
SECTION 1.04.      Terms and Conditions of the Notes  6
     
ARTICLE II     COVENANTS; EVENTS AND NOTICE OF DEFAULT; SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES 11
     
SECTION 2.01.      Covenants for Benefit of Holders of Notes  11
SECTION 2.02.      Provision of Financial Information  11
SECTION 2.03.      Definitions      11
SECTION 2.04.      Events of Default      13
SECTION 2.05.      Notice of Defaults      14
SECTION 2.06.      Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders      14
SECTION 2.07.      Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders      14
     
ARTICLE III    TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE      14
     
SECTION 3.01.      Transfer and Exchange      14
     
ARTICLE IV   LEGENDS      15
     
SECTION 4.01.      Legends      15
     
ARTICLE V     TRUSTEE 16
     
SECTION 5.01.      Corporate Trust Office      16
SECTION 5.02.      Recitals of Fact; Other Matters      16
SECTION 5.03.      Successor      16
     
ARTICLE VI   MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS      16
     
SECTION 6.01.      Ratification of Original Indenture      16
SECTION 6.02.      Effect of Headings      17
SECTION 6.03.      Successors and Assigns      17
SECTION 6.04.      Separability Clause      17
SECTION 6.05.      Governing Law      17
SECTION 6.06.      Counterparts      17

 

EXHIBITS

 

EXHIBIT A      Form of Global Note 

EXHIBIT B      Form of Certificated Note

 

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FORTY-SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of January 11, 2022 (the “Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture”), between SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P. (formerly known as Simon DeBartolo Group, L.P.), a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer” or the “Operating Partnership”), having its principal offices at 225 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. (as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as trustee (the “Trustee”), having its Corporate Trust Office at 2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60602.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer and Simon Property Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership acting as a guarantor (the “Guarantor”), executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of November 26, 1996 (the “Original Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time of debt securities evidencing unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer;

 

WHEREAS, on December 31, 1997 the Guarantor was merged into the Issuer as contemplated under the Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer changed its name from “Simon DeBartolo Group, L.P.” to “Simon Property Group, L.P.” effective as of September 24, 1998;

 

WHEREAS, the Original Indenture provides that by means of a supplemental indenture, the Issuer may create one or more series of its debt securities and establish the form and terms and conditions thereof;

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer intends by this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture to create and provide for the following series of debt securities:

 

Simon Property Group, L.P. Floating Rate Notes due 2024 (the “Notes”) initially in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000;

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Simon Property Group, Inc., the general partner of the Issuer, has approved the creation of the Notes and the forms, terms and conditions thereof pursuant to Sections 301 and 1701 of the Original Indenture; and

 

WHEREAS, all actions required to be taken under the Original Indenture with respect to this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture have been taken.

 

 

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS, CREATION, FORMS AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SECURITIES

 

SECTION 1.01. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Original Indenture. Certain terms, used principally in Article II of this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture, are defined in that Article. In addition, the following terms shall have the following meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and the plural forms of the terms defined:

 

Benchmark” means, initially, Compounded SOFR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to Compounded SOFR (or the published SOFR Index used in the calculation thereof) or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement.

 

Benchmark Replacement” means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Issuer (or its Designee) as of the Benchmark Replacement Date:

 

(1)  the sum of: (A) an alternate rate of interest that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark and (B) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;

 

(2)  the sum of: (A) the ISDA Fallback Rate and (B) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; or

 

(3)  the sum of: (A) the alternate rate of interest that has been selected by the Issuer (or its Designee) as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark giving due consideration to any industry-accepted rate of interest as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated Notes at such time and (B) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

 

Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Issuer (or its Designee) as of the Benchmark Replacement Date:

 

(1)  the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero), or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement;

 

(2)  if the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement is equivalent to the ISDA Fallback Rate, the ISDA Fallback Adjustment; or

 

(3)  the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Issuer (or its Designee) giving due consideration to any industry-accepted spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the then-current Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated Notes at such time.

 

Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definitions or interpretations of Interest Period, the timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, the rounding of amounts or tenors and other administrative matters) that the Issuer (or its Designee) decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption of such Benchmark Replacement in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Issuer (or its Designee) decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Issuer (or its Designee) determines that no market practice for use of the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner as the Issuer (or its Designee) determines is reasonably practicable).

 

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Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark (including any daily published component used in the calculation thereof):

 

(1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of the Benchmark permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide the Benchmark (or such component); or

 

(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination.

 

Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark (including the daily published component used in the calculation thereof):

 

(1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the Benchmark (or such component) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide the Benchmark (or such component), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Benchmark (or such component);

 

(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the Benchmark (or such component), the central bank for the currency of the Benchmark (or such component), an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for the Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of the Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide the Benchmark (or such component) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Benchmark (or such component); or

 

(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the Benchmark announcing that the Benchmark is no longer representative.

 

Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

 

Calculation Agent” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. or any successor thereto appointed by the Issuer.

 

Certificated Notes” has the meaning set forth in Article III.

 

Compounded SOFR” means the rate, which shall be determined by the Calculation Agent in accordance with the following formula (and the resulting percentage will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point):

 

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where:

 

(1)            “SOFR IndexStart” means, for Interest Periods other than the initial Interest Period, the SOFR Index value on the preceding Interest Payment Determination Date, and, for the initial Interest Period, the SOFR Index value on January 7, 2022;

 

(2)            “SOFR IndexEnd” means the SOFR Index value on the Interest Payment Determination Date relating to the applicable Interest Payment Date (or in the final Interest Period, relating to the Stated Maturity, or in the case of any redemption of Notes, relating to the applicable Redemption Date);

 

(3)            “dc” is the number of calendar days in the relevant Observation Period; and

 

(4)            If a SOFR IndexStart or SOFR IndexEnd is not published on the associated Interest Payment Determination Date and a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have not occurred with respect to SOFR, “Compounded SOFR” means, for the applicable Interest Period for which such index is not available, the rate of return on a daily compounded interest investment calculated in accordance with the formula for “SOFR Averages”, and definitions required for such formula, published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website, initially located at https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/treasury-repo-reference-rates-information. For the purposes of this clause, references in the “SOFR Averages” compounding formula and related definitions to “calculation period” shall be replaced with “Observation Period” and the words “that is, 30-, 90-, or 180- calendar days” shall be removed. If SOFR does not so appear for any day “i” in the Observation Period, SOFR for such day “i” shall be SOFR published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which SOFR was published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website.

 

Designee” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04(c)(iii).

 

Dollar” or “$” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their successors and assigns.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

Global Note” means a permanent fully registered global Note in book-entry form, without coupons, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

Indenture” means the Original Indenture as supplemented by this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture.

 

Interest Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04(c).

 

Interest Payment Determination Date” means the date that is two U.S. Government Securities Business Days before each Interest Payment Date (or in the final Interest Period, before the Stated Maturity), or in the case of the redemption of any Notes, before the applicable Redemption Date.

 

Interest Period” means (i) the period commencing on any Interest Payment Date (or, with respect to the initial Interest Period only, commencing on January 11, 2022) to, but excluding, the next succeeding Interest Payment Date; (ii) in the case of the last such Interest Period, from, and including, the Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the maturity date to but excluding such Stated Maturity; or (iii) in the event of the redemption of any Notes, from and including the Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the applicable Redemption Date to, but excluding, such Redemption Date.

 

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ISDA Definitions” means the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time.

 

ISDA Fallback Adjustment” means the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that would apply for derivatives transactions referencing the ISDA Definitions to be determined upon the occurrence of an index cessation event with respect to the Benchmark for the applicable tenor.

 

ISDA Fallback Rate” means the rate that would apply for derivatives transactions referencing the ISDA Definitions to be effective upon the occurrence of an index cessation date with respect to the Benchmark for the applicable tenor excluding the applicable ISDA Fallback Adjustment.

 

Issuer” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

 

Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

 

Observation Period” means, in respect of each Interest Period, the period from, and including, the date that is two U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the first date in such Interest Period to, but excluding, the date that is two U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the Interest Payment Date for such Interest Period (or in the final Interest Period, preceding the Stated Maturity, or in the case of the redemption of any Notes, preceding the applicable Redemption Date).

 

Operating Partnership” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

 

Original Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

 

Par Call Date” means January 11, 2023.

 

Redemption Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04(d).

 

Reference Time” with respect to any determination of the Benchmark means (1) if the Benchmark is Compounded SOFR, the SOFR Index Determination Time, and (2) if the Benchmark is not Compounded SOFR, the time determined by the Issuer (or its Designee) in accordance with the Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.

 

Regular Record Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04(c).

 

Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any successor thereto.

 

SOFR” means the daily secured overnight financing rate as provided by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website.

 

SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or any successor administrator of SOFR).

 

SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.

 

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SOFR Index” means, with respect to any U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the SOFR Index value as published by the SOFR Administrator as such index appears on the SOFR Administrator’s Website at 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on such U.S. Government Securities Business Day (the “SOFR Index Determination Time”); provided, that if a SOFR Index value does not so appear at the SOFR Index Determination Time, then: (i) if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have not occurred with respect to SOFR, then Compounded SOFR shall be the rate determined pursuant to clause (4) of the definition of “Compounded SOFR” in this Section 1.01 or (ii) if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to SOFR, then Compounded SOFR shall be the rate determined pursuant to Section 1.04(c)(iii) hereof.

 

SOFR Index Determination Time” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “SOFR Index”.

 

Trustee” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

 

Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

 

U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in U.S. government securities.

 

SECTION 1.02.        Creation of the Notes. In accordance with Section 301 of the Original Indenture, the Issuer hereby creates the Notes as a separate series of its debt securities issued pursuant to the Indenture. The Notes shall be issued initially in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000, except as permitted by Sections 301, 304, 305 or 306 of the Original Indenture.

 

SECTION 1.03.        Form of the Notes. The Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Notes, duly executed by the Operating Partnership and authenticated by the Trustee without the necessity of the reproduction thereon of the corporate seal of the General Partner (as defined in the Original Indenture), which shall be deposited with, or on behalf of, DTC and registered in the name of “Cede & Co.,” as the nominee of DTC. The Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. So long as DTC, or its nominee, is the registered owner of a Global Note, DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, shall be considered the sole owner or Holder of the Notes represented by such Global Notes for all purposes under the Indenture. Ownership of beneficial interests in such Global Notes shall be shown on, and transfers thereof will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to beneficial interests of participants) or by participants or Persons that hold interests through participants (with respect to beneficial interests of beneficial owners).

 

SECTION 1.04.      Terms and Conditions of the Notes. The Notes shall be governed by all the terms and conditions of the Indenture. In particular, the following provisions shall be terms of the Notes:

 

(a)            Title and Aggregate Principal Amount. The title of the Notes shall be as specified in the Recitals; and the aggregate principal amount of the Notes shall be as specified in Section 1.02 of this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture, except as permitted by Sections 301, 304, 305 or 306 of the Original Indenture.

 

(b)            Stated Maturity. The Notes shall mature, and the unpaid principal thereon shall be payable, on January 11, 2024, subject to the provisions of the Original Indenture and Section 1.04(d) below.

 

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(c)            Interest.

 

(i)            The interest rate on the Notes in effect for each day of an Interest Period shall be equal to Compounded SOFR, reset quarterly, plus a margin of 0.43%. The minimum interest rate on the Notes will be 0.000%. The interest rate will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States laws of general application. Interest on the Notes shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each January 11, April 11, July 11 and October 11, commencing on April 11, 2022 (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), to the Persons in whose names the applicable Notes are registered in the Security Register applicable to the Notes at the close of business on the immediately preceding January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 (each, a “Regular Record Date”). Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in the Observation Period. Interest on the Notes shall accrue from and including January 11, 2022.

 

(ii)            On each Interest Payment Determination Date relating to the applicable Interest Payment Date, the Calculation Agent will calculate the amount of accrued interest payable on the Notes for each Interest Period by multiplying: (i) the outstanding principal amount of the Notes by (ii) the product of (A) the interest rate for the relevant Interest Period multiplied by (B) the quotient of the actual number of calendar days in such Observation Period divided by 360.

 

Promptly upon determination that an adjustment to the interest rate on the Notes is required, the Issuer will inform the Trustee and the Calculation Agent, in writing of the occurrence of such adjustment and the interest rate or margin payable for the next Interest Period. Absent manifest error, the determination of the interest rate or margin by the Issuer shall be binding and conclusive on the Holders of the Notes, the Trustee, the Calculation Agent and the Issuer.

 

If an Interest Payment Date, the Stated Maturity of the Notes or a Redemption Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, such date shall be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day (unless, with respect to an Interest Payment Date other than the Stated Maturity of the Notes or a Redemption Date, such next succeeding Business Day would be in the following month, in which case, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day) with the same force and effect as if made on, and with no additional interest accruing after, such Interest Payment Date. Interest on the Notes will be paid to, but excluding, the relevant Interest Payment Date.

 

(iii)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Original Indenture, this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, if the Issuer or another entity designated by the Issuer (any such other entity, a “Designee”) determines on or prior to the relevant Reference Time that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to determining Compounded SOFR, then the benchmark replacement provisions set forth in this Section 1.04(c)(iii) will thereafter apply to all determinations of the rate of interest payable on the Notes. For the avoidance of doubt, in accordance with this Section 1.04(c)(iii), after a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred, the interest rate for each Interest Period on the Notes will be an annual rate equal to the sum of the Benchmark Replacement and the margin referred to in Section 1.04(c)(i) hereof).

 

If the Issuer (or its Designee) determines that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any determination of the Benchmark on any date, the Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes relating to the Notes in respect of such determination on such date and all determinations on all subsequent dates.

 

In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Issuer (or its Designee) shall have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Issuer (or its Designee) pursuant to this Section 1.04(c)(iii), including any determination with respect to tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection: (i) will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error; (ii) if made by the Issuer, will be made in its sole discretion; (iii) if made by the Issuer’s Designee, will be made after consultation with the Issuer, and such Designee will not make any such determination, decision or election to which the Issuer objects; and (iv) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Original Indenture, this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, shall become effective without consent from the Holders of the Notes or any other party. No such change shall affect the Trustee’s or the Calculation Agent’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture, the Original Indenture, the calculation agency agreement or otherwise without their consent.

 

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Any determination, decision or election pursuant to this Section 1.04(c)(iii) shall be made by the Issuer (or its Designee, which may be the Issuer’s affiliate) on the basis as described above, and in no event shall the Calculation Agent be responsible for making any such determination, decision or election.

 

The interest rate and amount of interest to be paid on the Notes for each Interest Period will be determined by the Calculation Agent. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. will initially serve as the Calculation Agent; however, the Issuer may change the Calculation Agent at any time by providing written notice to the Calculation Agent at least 30 days before the change is to become effective and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. may resign as Calculation Agent at any time with prior written notice to the Issuer. The Calculation Agent will, upon the request of any holder of the Notes, provide the interest rate then in effect with respect to the Notes. All calculations made by the Calculation Agent shall in the absence of manifest error be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Issuer and the Holders of the Notes, the Trustee, the paying agent and the Calculation Agent. None of the Trustee, the paying agent or the Calculation Agent shall have any responsibility to determine whether any manifest error has occurred, and in the absence of notice from the Issuer, may conclusively assume that no manifest error exists and shall suffer no liability in so assuming. So long as Compounded SOFR is required to be determined with respect to the Notes, there will at all times be a Calculation Agent. In the event that any then acting Calculation Agent shall be unable or unwilling to act, or that such Calculation Agent shall fail to duly establish Compounded SOFR for any Interest Period, or that the Issuer proposes to remove such Calculation Agent, the Issuer shall appoint another calculation agent.

 

None of the Trustee, the paying agent or the Calculation Agent (unless the Issuer is acting in such capacity) shall be under any obligation to:

 

(A)       monitor, determine or verify the unavailability or cessation of SOFR or the SOFR Index, or whether or when there has occurred, or to give notice to any other transaction party of the occurrence of, any Benchmark Transition Event or related Benchmark Replacement Date,

 

(B)       to select, determine or designate any Benchmark Replacement, or other successor or replacement benchmark index, or whether any conditions to the designation of such a rate or index have been satisfied,

 

(C)      to select, determine or designate any Benchmark Replacement Adjustment, or other modifier to any replacement or successor index, or

 

(D)     to determine whether or what Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes are necessary or advisable, if any, in connection with any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, adjustments as to any alternative spread thereon, the business day convention, interest determination dates or any other relevant methodology applicable to such substitute or successor benchmark.

 

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For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Trustee, the paying agent or the Calculation Agent be required to act as the Issuer’s designee for the purposes of determining if any Benchmark Transition Event has occurred, selecting any Benchmark Replacement or determining any Benchmark Replacement Adjustment unless such Trustee, paying agent or Calculation Agent agrees to such appointment in writing.

 

In connection with the foregoing, each of the Trustee, the paying agent and the Calculation Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any determinations made by the Issuer (or its Designee) without independent investigation, and none will have any liability for actions taken at the Issuer’s direction in connection therewith.

 

None of the Trustee, the paying agent or the Calculation Agent shall be liable for any inability, failure or delay on its part to perform any of its duties set forth herein as a result of the unavailability of SOFR, the SOFR Index or other applicable Benchmark Replacement, including as a result of any failure, inability, delay, error or inaccuracy on the part of any other transaction party in providing any direction, instruction, notice or information required or contemplated by the terms of the Notes and reasonably required for the performance of such duties. None of the Trustee, the paying agent or the Calculation Agent shall be responsible or liable for the Issuer’s actions or omissions or for those of its Designee, or for any failure or delay in the performance by the Issuer (or its Designee), nor shall any of the Trustee, the paying agent or the Calculation Agent be under any obligation to oversee or monitor the Issuer’s performance or that of its Designee.

 

(d)            Sinking Fund, Redemption or Repayment. No sinking fund shall be provided for the Notes and the Notes shall not be repayable at the option of the Holders thereof prior to their Stated Maturity. The Notes will not be redeemable at the option of the Issuer at any time before the Par Call Date. On or after the Par Call Date, the Notes may be redeemed at any time at the option of the Issuer, in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to but excluding the Redemption Date (the “Redemption Price”), all in accordance with the provisions of Article XI of the Original Indenture, as supplemented herein.

 

If notice of redemption has been given as provided in the Original Indenture and as supplemented herein, and funds for the redemption of any Notes called for redemption shall have been made available on the Redemption Date referred to in such notice, such Notes shall cease to bear interest on the Redemption Date and the only right of the Holders of the Notes from and after the Redemption Date shall be to receive payment of the Redemption Price upon surrender of such Notes in accordance with such notice.

 

(e)            Registration and Form. The Notes shall be issuable as Registered Securities as provided in Section 1.03 of this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture. The Notes shall be issued and may be transferred only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. All payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of the Notes shall be made by the Issuer in immediately available funds.

 

(f)            Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance. The provisions for defeasance in Section 1402 of the Original Indenture, and the provisions for covenant defeasance (which provisions shall apply, without limitation, to the covenants set forth in Article II of this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture) in Section 1403 of the Original Indenture, shall be applicable to the Notes.

 

(g)            [Reserved.]

 

(h)            Further Issues. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Original Indenture, the Issuer may, from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Holders, create and issue further debt securities under the Indenture having the same terms and conditions as the Notes in all respects, except for issue date, issue price and, to the extent applicable, first payment of interest. Additional debt securities issued in this manner shall be consolidated with and shall form a single series with the previously outstanding Notes, provided, however, that if such additional notes will not be fungible with the previously outstanding Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such additional notes will have a separate CUSIP number. Notice of any such issuance shall be given to the Trustee and a new supplemental indenture shall be executed in connection with the issuance of such additional debt securities.

 

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(i)            Election to Redeem; Notice to the Trustee. The second sentence of Section 1102 of the Original Indenture is replaced in its entirety by the following with respect to the Notes:

 

“In case of any redemption at the election of the Issuer of less than all of the Securities of any series, the Issuer shall, at least 5 business days prior to the giving of the notice of redemption in Section 1104 (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed.”

 

(j)            Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed. The first paragraph of Section 1103 of the Original Indenture is replaced in its entirety by the following with respect to the Notes:

 

“If less than all the Securities of any series issued on the same day with the same terms are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee from the Outstanding Securities of such series issued on such date with the same terms not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (and in such manner as complies with the requirements of DTC, if applicable) and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series.”

 

(k)            Notice of Redemption. The first paragraph of Section 1104 of the Original Indenture is replaced in its entirety by the following with respect to the Notes:

 

“Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, unless a shorter period is specified by the terms of such series established pursuant to Section 301, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, but failure to give such notice in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other such Security or portion thereof.”

 

(l)            Other Terms and Conditions. The Notes shall have such other terms and conditions applicable to them as provided in the form thereof attached as Exhibit A.

 

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ARTICLE II

 

COVENANTS; EVENTS AND NOTICE OF DEFAULT; SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

SECTION 2.01.       Covenants for Benefit of Holders of Notes. In addition to the covenants set forth in Article X of the Original Indenture, there are established pursuant to Section 901(2) of the Original Indenture the following covenants for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and to which such Notes shall be subject.

 

(a)            Limitation on Debt. As of each Reporting Date (as defined below), Debt (as defined below) shall not exceed 65% of Total Assets (as defined below).

 

(b)            Limitation on Secured Debt. As of each Reporting Date, Secured Debt (as defined below) shall not exceed 50% of Total Assets.

 

(c)            Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. For the four consecutive quarters ending on each Reporting Date, the ratio of Annualized EBITDA (as defined below) to Annualized Interest Expense (as defined below) shall be at least 1.50 to 1.00.

 

(d)            Maintenance of Unencumbered Assets. As of each Reporting Date, Unencumbered Assets (as defined below) shall be at least 125% of Unsecured Debt (as defined below).

 

SECTION 2.02.      Provision of Financial Information. For the purposes of the Notes, Section 1010 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended by adding the following as the third paragraph of such section:

 

“The availability of the foregoing materials on the Commission’s website or on the Issuer’s website shall be deemed to satisfy the foregoing delivery obligations. The Trustee shall have no obligation to determine if and when the Issuer’s Financial Statements or reports are publicly available and accessible electronically.”

 

SECTION 2.03.     Definitions. As used herein:

 

Annualized EBITDA” means, for the four consecutive quarters ending on each Reporting Date, the Operating Partnership’s Pro Rata Share (as defined below) of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”), with other adjustments as are necessary to exclude the effect of all realized or unrealized gains and losses related to hedging obligations, items classified as extraordinary items and impairment charges in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, adjusted to reflect the assumption that (i) any EBITDA related to any assets acquired or placed in service since the first day of such four-quarter period had been earned, on an annualized basis, from the beginning of such period, and (ii) any assets disposed of during such four-quarter period had been disposed of as of the first day of such period and no EBITDA related to such assets had been earned during such period.

 

Annualized Interest Expense” means, for the four consecutive quarters ending on each Reporting Date, the Operating Partnership’s Pro Rata Share of interest expense, with other adjustments as are necessary to exclude the effect of items classified as extraordinary items, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, reduced by amortization of debt issuance costs and adjusted to reflect the assumption that (i) any interest expense related to indebtedness incurred since the first day of such four-quarter period is computed as if such indebtedness had been incurred as of the beginning of such period, and (ii) any interest expense related to indebtedness that was repaid or retired since the first day of such four-quarter period is computed as if such indebtedness had been repaid or retired as of the beginning of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of interest expense related to indebtedness under any revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such indebtedness during such four-quarter period).

 

Capitalization Rate” means 7.00%.

 

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Capitalized Value” means, as of any date, Annualized EBITDA divided by the Capitalization Rate.

 

Company” means Simon Property Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership.

 

Debt” means the Operating Partnership’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness in respect of (i) borrowed money evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, (ii) indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or any security interest existing on property owned by the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary directly, or indirectly through unconsolidated joint ventures, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, (iii) reimbursement obligations in connection with any letters of credit actually issued and called and (iv) any lease of property by the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary as lessee which is reflected in the Operating Partnership’s balance sheet as a financing lease, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; provided, that Debt also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, items of indebtedness of another Person (other than the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary) described in clauses (i) through (iv) above (or, in the case of any such obligation made jointly with another Person, the Operating Partnership’s or Subsidiary’s allocable portion of such obligation based on its ownership interest in the related real estate assets); and provided, further, that Debt excludes (a) Intercompany Debt (as defined below) and (b) in the case of clause (iv) above, operating lease liabilities on the Operating Partnership’s balance sheet in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Intercompany Debt” means Debt to which the only parties are the Company, the Operating Partnership and any of their Subsidiaries or affiliates (but only so long as such Debt is held solely by any of the Company, the Operating Partnership and any Subsidiary or affiliate) and provided that, in the case of Debt owed by the Operating Partnership to any Subsidiary or affiliate, the Debt is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes.

 

Pro Rata Share” means any applicable figure or measure of the Operating Partnership and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, less any portion attributable to minority interests, plus the Operating Partnership’s or its Subsidiaries’ allocable portion of such figure or measure, based on their ownership interest, of unconsolidated joint ventures.

 

Reporting Date” means March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year.

 

Secured Debt” means Debt secured by any mortgage, lien, pledge, encumbrance or security interest of any kind upon any of the property of the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary.

 

Stabilized Asset” means (i) with respect to an acquisition of an asset, such asset becomes stabilized when the Operating Partnership or its Subsidiaries or an unconsolidated joint venture in which the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary has an interest has owned the asset as of at least six Reporting Dates, and (ii) with respect to a new construction or development asset, such asset becomes stabilized four Reporting Dates after the earlier of (a) six Reporting Dates after substantial completion of construction or development or (b) the first Reporting Date on which the asset is at least 90% leased.

 

Total Assets” means, as of any Reporting Date, the sum of (i) for Stabilized Assets, Capitalized Value; (ii) for all other assets of the Operating Partnership and its Subsidiaries, the Operating Partnership’s Pro Rata Share of undepreciated book value as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and (iii) the Operating Partnership’s Pro Rata Share of cash and cash equivalents; provided, that Total Assets excludes right-of-use assets associated with operating leases in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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Unencumbered Annualized EBITDA” means Annualized EBITDA less any portion thereof attributable to assets serving as collateral for Secured Debt.

 

Unencumbered Assets” as of any Reporting Date means Total Assets as of such date multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is Unencumbered Annualized EBITDA and the denominator of which is Annualized EBITDA.

 

Unsecured Debt” means Debt that is not secured by any mortgage, lien, pledge, encumbrance or security interest of any kind.

 

SECTION 2.04.     Events of Default. For the purposes of the Notes, Section 501 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended by, supplemented with, and where inconsistent replaced by, the following provisions:

 

(a)Section 501(4) of the Original Indenture is replaced in its entirety by the following:

 

“(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Issuer in this Indenture with respect to any Security of that series (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Trustee or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or”

 

(b)Section 501(5) of the Original Indenture is replaced in its entirety by the following:

 

“(5) a default under any evidence of recourse indebtedness of the Issuer, or under any mortgage, indenture or other instrument of the Issuer (including a default with respect to Securities of any series other than that series) under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured any recourse indebtedness of the Issuer (or of any Subsidiary, the repayment of which the Issuer has guaranteed or for which the Issuer is directly responsible or liable as obligor or guarantor), whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall constitute a failure to pay an aggregate principal amount exceeding $50,000,000 of such indebtedness when due and payable after the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto and shall have resulted in such indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $50,000,000 becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged, or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, within a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Trustee or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default and requiring the Issuer to cause such indebtedness to be discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or”

 

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SECTION 2.05.      Notice of Defaults. For the purposes of the Notes, Section 601 of the Original Indenture is hereby replaced in its entirety by the following provision:

  

Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security of such series, or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to the Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a trust committee of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities and Coupons of such series; and provided further that in the case of any default or breach of the character specified in Section 501(4) with respect to the Securities and Coupons of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 90 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series.”

 

SECTION 2.06.     Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders. For the purposes of the Notes, Section 902(1) of the Original Indenture is hereby replaced in its entirety by the following:

 

“(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate or amount of interest thereon or any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof, or any premium payable upon the redemption or acceleration thereof, or change any obligation of the Issuer to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1012 (except as contemplated by Section 801(1) and permitted by Section 901(1) and (4)), or change the manner in which interest on any Security is calculated except as contemplated therein, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any Security, or change any Place of Payment where, or the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which, the principal of any Security or any premium or the interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the Redemption Date or the Repayment Date, as the case may be), or”

 

SECTION 2.07.     Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. For the purposes of the Notes, Section 901 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended by adding the following as Section 901(11): “to conform the terms of this Indenture or the Securities of a series or any Coupons to the description thereof contained in any prospectus, prospectus supplement or other offering document relating to the offer and sale of such Securities, as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate.”

 

ARTICLE III

 

TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE

 

SECTION 3.01.      Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a)            The Global Notes shall be exchanged by the Operating Partnership for one or more Notes of the same series in definitive, fully registered certificated form, without coupons, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto (the “Certificated Notes”) if (i) DTC (1) has notified the Operating Partnership that it is unwilling or unable to continue as, or ceases to be, a clearing agency registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act and (2) a successor to DTC registered as a clearing agency under Section 17A of the Exchange Act is not able to be appointed by the Operating Partnership within 90 calendar days or (ii) DTC is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depositary and the Operating Partnership is not able to appoint a successor to DTC within 90 calendar days. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Operating Partnership shall, at the request of the Trustee or the Holder thereof, exchange all or part of the applicable Global Note for one or more Certificated Notes of the same series, as applicable. In addition, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be exchanged for Certificated Notes of the same series upon request but only upon at least 30 calendar days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee by or on behalf of DTC in accordance with customary procedures. Whenever a Global Note is exchanged for one or more Certificated Notes of the same series, it shall be surrendered by the Holder thereof to the Trustee and cancelled by the Trustee. All Certificated Notes issued in exchange for a Global Note, a beneficial interest therein or a portion thereof shall be registered in such names, and delivered, as DTC shall instruct the Trustee.

 

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(b)            Any Holder of a Global Note shall, by acceptance of such Global Note, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Note may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by such Holder (or its agent), and that, subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, ownership of a beneficial interest in the Notes represented thereby shall be required to be reflected in book-entry form. Transfers of a Global Note shall be limited to transfers in whole and not in part, to DTC, its successors and their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in a Global Note shall be transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of DTC (or its successors).

 

ARTICLE IV

 

LEGENDS

 

SECTION 4.01.     Legends. Each Global Note shall bear the following legends on the face thereof:

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE THEREOF OR BY A NOMINEE THEREOF TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR.

 

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ARTICLE V

 

TRUSTEE

 

SECTION 5.01.     Corporate Trust Office. The Trustee is appointed as the principal paying agent, transfer agent and registrar for the Notes and for the purposes of Section 1002 of the Indenture. The Notes may be presented for payment at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or at any other agency as may be appointed from time to time by the Operating Partnership in The City of New York or the City of Chicago.

 

SECTION 5.02.      Recitals of Fact; Other Matters.

 

(a)            The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture or the due execution thereof by the Issuer. The recitals of fact contained herein shall be taken as the statements solely of the Issuer and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof.

 

(b)            The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under the Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fires; floods; wars; civil or military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communications service; accidents; labor disputes; acts of civil or military authority or governmental actions; it being understood that the Trustee shall use its best efforts to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

 

(c)            In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

(d)            The Trustee may reasonably rely upon and comply with instructions or directions sent via unsecured facsimile or email transmission and the Trustee shall not be liable for any loss, liability or expense of any kind incurred by the Issuer or the Holders of the Notes due to the Trustee’s reasonable reliance upon and compliance with instructions or directions given by unsecured facsimile or email transmission, provided, however, that such losses have not arisen from the negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee.

 

(e)            Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to the Indenture, the Notes or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

SECTION 5.03.     Successor. Any corporation or association into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or association to which all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee may be sold or otherwise transferred, shall be the successor trustee hereunder without any further act.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

SECTION 6.01.      Ratification of Original Indenture. This Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture is executed and shall be construed as an indenture supplemental to the Original Indenture, and as supplemented and modified hereby, the Original Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Original Indenture and this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

 

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SECTION 6.02.         Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

SECTION 6.03.        Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture by the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

 

SECTION 6.04.       Separability Clause. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

SECTION 6.05.       Governing Law. This Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. This Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

 

SECTION 6.06.       Counterparts. This Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts manually, by facsimile or by electronic signature, and each of such counterparts so executed shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission or other electronically-imaged format (including, without limitation, DocuSign or Adobe Sign) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF transmission or other electronically-imaged format (including, without limitation, DocuSign or Adobe Sign) shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of similar import in this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to include electronic or digital signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same effect, validity, and enforceability as manually executed signatures in wet ink or a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the fullest extent and as provided for under applicable law, including the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000 (15 U.S.C. §§ 7001-7006), the Electronic Signatures and Records Act of 1999 (N.Y. State Tech. §§ 301-309), or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee is not under any obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by such Trustee pursuant to procedures approved by such Trustee. Any documents to be executed in connection with the Notes and the transactions contemplated thereby may be executed in the manner provided in this Section in the case of this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed all as of the date first above written.

 

  SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.
   
  By: Simon Property Group, Inc., its sole General Partner
   
  By: /s/ Brian J. McDade
    Name: Brian J. McDade
    Title: Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
   
  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
   
  By: /s/ Kenneth Helbig
    Name: Kenneth Helbig
    Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture]

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE
[FACE OF GLOBAL NOTE]

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE THEREOF OR BY A NOMINEE THEREOF TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR.

 

REGISTERED      REGISTERED
NO. [ ]      PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
CUSIP NO. 828807DR5      $[]
ISIN NO. US828807DR54  
   

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

Floating Rate Note due 2024

 

Simon Property Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture (as defined below)), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal amount of [PRINCIPAL AMOUNT IN WORDS] dollars on January 11, 2024 (the “Maturity Date”), unless earlier redeemed as described on the reverse hereof, and to pay interest on the outstanding principal amount hereof from and including January 11, 2022, quarterly in arrears on January 11, April 11, July 11 and October 11 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on April 11, 2022, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at the rate equal to Compounded SOFR, reset quarterly, plus a margin of 0.43%, as further described on the reverse hereof, until payment of said principal amount has been made or duly provided for. The minimum interest rate on the Notes will be 0.000%. The interest rate will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States laws of general application.

 

The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered in the Security Register applicable to this Note at the close of business on the “Record Date” for such payment, which shall be the immediately preceding January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, regardless of whether such day is a Business Day (as defined below). Any interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date for the payment of such defaulted interest (which shall not be more than 15 calendar days and less than 10 calendar days prior to the date of the payment of such defaulted interest) established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Holders of the Notes not less than 10 calendar days preceding such subsequent record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in the Observation Period.

 

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Interest payable on this Note on any Interest Payment Date or, if applicable, on the date of redemption shall be the amount of interest accrued from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or from and including January 11, 2022, in the case of the initial period) to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or date of redemption, as the case may be. If an Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date of the Notes or a Redemption Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, such date shall be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day (unless, with respect to an Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity Date of the Notes or a Redemption Date, such next succeeding Business Day would be in the following month, in which case, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day) with the same force and effect as if made on, and with no additional interest accruing after, such Interest Payment Date. Interest on the Notes will be paid to, but excluding, the relevant Interest Payment Date. “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

 

The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date or the principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, payable on any earlier date of redemption shall be paid against presentation and surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or The City of Chicago. The Issuer hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in The City of New York as the office to be maintained by it where Notes may be presented for payment, registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices to or demands upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes or the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof may be served.

 

Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Note shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof after the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

 

This Note shall not be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee under such Indenture.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed manually or by facsimile by its authorized officers.

 

Dated:

 

   
  SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.,
  as Issuer
   
  By: SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC.
  its sole General Partner
   
  By:
    Name:
    Title:
   
Attest:  
   
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

 

  By:  
  Authorized Officer
   

 

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[REVERSE OF NOTE]

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

Floating Rate Note due 2024

 

This security is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities of the Issuer (hereinafter called the “Securities”), issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of November 26, 1996 (herein called the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Issuer to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of Securities of which this Note is a part), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto relating to this Note (including, without limitation, the Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 11, 2022, between the Issuer and the Trustee) reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered and for the definition of capitalized terms used hereby and not otherwise defined. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto. This Security is one of a series of debt securities under the Indenture designated as the Simon Property Group, L.P. Floating Rate Notes due 2024, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $500,000,000 (the “Notes”).

 

On each Interest Payment Determination Date relating to the applicable Interest Payment Date, the Calculation Agent will calculate the amount of accrued interest payable on the Notes for each Interest Period by multiplying: (i) the outstanding principal amount of the Notes by (ii) the product of (A) the interest rate for the relevant Interest Period multiplied by (B) the quotient of the actual number of calendar days in such Observation Period divided by 360.

 

Promptly upon determination that an adjustment to the interest rate on the Notes is required, the Issuer will inform the Trustee and the Calculation Agent in writing of the occurrence of such adjustment and the interest rate or margin payable for the next Interest Period. Absent manifest error, the determination of the interest rate or margin by the Issuer shall be binding and conclusive on the Holders of the Notes, the Trustee, the Calculation Agent and the Issuer.

 

If an Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date of the Notes or a Redemption Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, such date shall be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day (unless, with respect to an Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity Date of the Notes or a Redemption Date, such next succeeding Business Day would be in the following month, in which case, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day) with the same force and effect as if made on, and with no additional interest accruing after, such Interest Payment Date. Interest on the Notes will be paid to, but excluding, the relevant Interest Payment Date.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, the Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, if the Issuer or its Designee determines on or prior to the relevant Reference Time that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to determining Compounded SOFR, then the benchmark replacement provisions set forth in Section 1.04(c)(iii) of the Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture will thereafter apply to all determinations of the rate of interest payable on the Notes. For the avoidance of doubt, in accordance with Section 1.04(c)(iii) of the Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture, after a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred, the interest rate for each Interest Period on the Notes will be an annual rate equal to the sum of the Benchmark Replacement and the margin referred to on the face hereof.

 

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If the Issuer (or its Designee) determines that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any determination of the Benchmark on any date, the Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes relating to the Notes in respect of such determination on such date and all determinations on all subsequent dates.

 

In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Issuer (or its Designee) shall have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Issuer (or its Designee) pursuant to Section 1.04(c)(iii) of the Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture, including any determination with respect to tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection: (i) will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error; (ii) if made by the Issuer, will be made in its sole discretion; (iii) if made by the Issuer’s Designee, will be made after consultation with the Issuer, and such Designee will not make any such determination, decision or election to which the Issuer objects; and (iv) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, the Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, shall become effective without consent from the Holders of the Notes or any other party. No such change shall affect the Trustee’s or the Calculation Agent’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Indenture, the Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture, the calculation agency agreement or otherwise without their consent.

 

Any determination, decision or election pursuant to Section 1.04(c)(iii) of the Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture shall be made by the Issuer (or its Designee, which may be the Issuer’s affiliate) on the basis as described above, and in no event shall the Calculation Agent be responsible for making any such determination, decision or election.

 

The interest rate and amount of interest to be paid on the Notes for each Interest Period will be determined by the Calculation Agent. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. will initially serve as the Calculation Agent; however, the Issuer may change the Calculation Agent at any time by providing written notice to the Calculation Agent at least 30 days before the change is to become effective and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. may resign as Calculation Agent at any time with prior written notice to the Issuer. The Calculation Agent will, upon the request of any holder of the Notes, provide the interest rate then in effect with respect to the Notes. All calculations made by the Calculation Agent shall in the absence of manifest error be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Issuer and the Holders of the Notes, the Trustee, the paying agent and the Calculation Agent. None of the Trustee, the paying agent or the Calculation Agent shall have any responsibility to determine whether any manifest error has occurred, and in the absence of notice from the Issuer, may conclusively assume that no manifest error exists and shall suffer no liability in so assuming. So long as Compounded SOFR is required to be determined with respect to the Notes, there will at all times be a Calculation Agent. In the event that any then acting Calculation Agent shall be unable or unwilling to act, or that such Calculation Agent shall fail to duly establish Compounded SOFR for any Interest Period, or that the Issuer proposes to remove such Calculation Agent, the Issuer shall appoint another calculation agent.

 

None of the Trustee, the paying agent or the Calculation Agent (unless the Issuer is acting in such capacity) shall be under any obligation to:

 

(A)       monitor, determine or verify the unavailability or cessation of SOFR or the SOFR Index, or whether or when there has occurred, or to give notice to any other transaction party of the occurrence of, any Benchmark Transition Event or related Benchmark Replacement Date,

 

(B)       to select, determine or designate any Benchmark Replacement, or other successor or replacement benchmark index, or whether any conditions to the designation of such a rate or index have been satisfied,

 

(C)      to select, determine or designate any Benchmark Replacement Adjustment, or other modifier to any replacement or successor index, or

 

(D)            to determine whether or what Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes are necessary or advisable, if any, in connection with any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, adjustments as to any alternative spread thereon, the business day convention, interest determination dates or any other relevant methodology applicable to such substitute or successor benchmark.

 

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For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Trustee, the paying agent or the Calculation Agent be required to act as the Issuer’s designee for the purposes of determining if any Benchmark Transition Event has occurred, selecting any Benchmark Replacement or determining any Benchmark Replacement Adjustment unless such Trustee, paying agent or Calculation Agent agrees to such appointment in writing.

 

In connection with the foregoing, each of the Trustee, the paying agent and the Calculation Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any determinations made by the Issuer (or its Designee) without independent investigation, and none will have any liability for actions taken at the Issuer’s direction in connection therewith.

 

None of the Trustee, the paying agent or the Calculation Agent shall be liable for any inability, failure or delay on its part to perform any of its duties set forth herein as a result of the unavailability of SOFR, the SOFR Index or other applicable Benchmark Replacement, including as a result of any failure, inability, delay, error or inaccuracy on the part of any other transaction party in providing any direction, instruction, notice or information required or contemplated by the terms of the Notes and reasonably required for the performance of such duties. None of the Trustee, the paying agent or the Calculation Agent shall be responsible or liable for the Issuer’s actions or omissions or for those of its Designee, or for any failure or delay in the performance by the Issuer (or its Designee), nor shall any of the Trustee, the paying agent or the Calculation Agent be under any obligation to oversee or monitor the Issuer’s performance or that of its Designee.

 

In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal amount of the Notes may be declared, and in certain cases shall automatically be, accelerated and thereupon become due and payable, in the manner, with the effect, and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

 

The Notes will not be redeemable at the option of the Issuer at any time before the Par Call Date. On or after the Par Call Date, the Notes may be redeemed at any time at the option of the Issuer, in whole or from time to time in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to but excluding the Redemption Date. Notice of any optional redemption shall be given to Holders at their addresses, as shown in the Security Register for the Notes, not more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. The notice of redemption shall specify, among other items, the Redemption Price and the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed.

 

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected (voting as one class), evidenced as provided in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security so affected, (i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or premium, (if any) or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate or amount of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption or acceleration thereof or change the manner in which interest on any Security is calculated except as contemplated therein, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any Security, or change any Place of Payment where, or the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which, the principal of any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities the Holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, or (iii) reduce the percentage of Securities the Holders of which are required to consent to any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or any waiver of certain defaults and consequences thereunder or to reduce the quorum or voting requirements set forth in the Indenture, or (iv) effect certain other changes to the Indenture or any supplemental indenture or in the rights of Holders of the Securities. The Indenture also permits the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series (or, in the case of certain defaults or Events of Default, all series of Securities), on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series (or all of the Securities, as the case may be), to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults or Events of Default under the Indenture and their consequences, prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of such Securities, or subject to certain conditions, rescind a declaration of acceleration and its consequences with respect to such Securities. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note that may be issued in exchange or substitution hereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Note or such other Note.

 

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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, this Note in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture to the contrary, no recourse shall be had, whether by levy or execution or otherwise, for the payment of any sums due under the Securities, including, without limitation, the principal, premium, if any, or interest payable under the Securities, or for the payment or performance of any obligation under, or for any claim based on, the Indenture or otherwise in respect thereof, against any partner of the Issuer, whether limited or general, including Simon Property Group, Inc. or such partner’s assets or against any principal, shareholder, officer, director, trustee or employee of such partner. It is expressly understood that the sole remedies under the Securities and the Indenture, or under any other document with respect to the Securities, against such parties with respect to such amounts, obligations or claims shall be against the Issuer.

 

This Note is issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. This Note may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of the same series of other authorized denominations at the office or agency of the Issuer in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or The City of Chicago, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, but without the payment of any service charge, except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note at the office or agency of the Issuer in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or The City of Chicago, one or more new Notes of the same series of authorized denominations in an equal aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge, except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

The Issuer, the Trustee and any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the absolute owner and Holder of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and any premium hereon and, subject to the provisions on the face hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

This Note, including the validity hereof, and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of such state, except as may otherwise be required by mandatory provisions of law.

 

Capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture and the Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture referred to herein.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM – as tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT –                Custodian      (Cust)___

(minor) under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act      (State)
TEN ENT – as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN – as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address, including postal zip code of assignee.)

 

this      Note      and      all      rights      thereunder      and      does      hereby      irrevocably      constitute      and      appoint ______________Attorney to transfer this Note on the books of the Trustee, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:      
 
  Notice: The signature(s) on this Assignment must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face of this Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever
 

 

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Exhibit B

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATED NOTE

 

[FACE OF CERTIFICATED NOTE]

 

REGISTEREDREGISTERED
NO. [ ]PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
 $[]

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

Floating Rate Note due 2024

 

Simon Property Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture (as defined below)), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal amount of [PRINCIPAL AMOUNT IN WORDS] dollars on January 11, 2024 (the “Maturity Date”), unless earlier redeemed as described on the reverse hereof, and to pay interest on the outstanding principal amount hereof from and including January 11, 2022, quarterly in arrears on January 11, April 11, July 11 and October 11 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on April 11, 2022, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at the rate equal to Compounded SOFR, reset quarterly, plus a margin of 0.43%, as further described on the reverse hereof, until payment of said principal amount has been made or duly provided for. The minimum interest rate on the Notes will be 0.000%. The interest rate will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States laws of general application.

 

The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered in the Security Register applicable to this Note at the close of business on the “Record Date” for such payment, which shall be the immediately preceding January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, regardless of whether such day is a Business Day (as defined below). Any interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date for the payment of such defaulted interest (which shall not be more than 15 calendar days and less than 10 calendar days prior to the date of the payment of such defaulted interest) established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Holders of the Notes not less than 10 calendar days preceding such subsequent record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in the Observation Period.

 

Interest payable on this Note on any Interest Payment Date or, if applicable, on the date of redemption shall be the amount of interest accrued from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or from and including January 11, 2022, in the case of the initial period) to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or date of redemption, as the case may be. If an Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date of the Notes or a Redemption Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, such date shall be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day (unless, with respect to an Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity Date of the Notes or a Redemption Date, such next succeeding Business Day would be in the following month, in which case, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day) with the same force and effect as if made on, and with no additional interest accruing after, such Interest Payment Date. Interest on the Notes will be paid to, but excluding, the relevant Interest Payment Date. “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

 

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The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date or the principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, payable on any earlier date of redemption shall be paid against presentation and surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or The City of Chicago. The Issuer hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in The City of New York as the office to be maintained by it where Notes may be presented for payment, registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices to or demands upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes or the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof may be served.

 

Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Note shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof after the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

 

This Note shall not be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee under such Indenture.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed manually or by facsimile by its authorized officers.

 

Dated:

 

  SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.,
  as Issuer
   
  By: SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC.
    its sole General Partner
   
  By:   
  Name:               
  Title:  

 

Attest:

 

By:     
Name:  
Title:  

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
   
  By:            
  Authorized Officer

 

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[REVERSE OF NOTE]

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P.

 

Floating Rate Note due 2024

 

This security is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities of the Issuer (hereinafter called the “Securities”), issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of November 26, 1996 (herein called the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Issuer to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of Securities of which this Note is a part), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto relating to this Note (including, without limitation, the Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 11, 2022, between the Issuer and the Trustee) reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered and for the definition of capitalized terms used hereby and not otherwise defined. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto. This Security is one of a series of debt securities under the Indenture designated as the Simon Property Group, L.P. Floating Rate Notes due 2024, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $500,000,000 (the “Notes”).

 

On each Interest Payment Determination Date relating to the applicable Interest Payment Date, the Calculation Agent will calculate the amount of accrued interest payable on the Notes for each Interest Period by multiplying: (i) the outstanding principal amount of the Notes by (ii) the product of (A) the interest rate for the relevant Interest Period multiplied by (B) the quotient of the actual number of calendar days in such Observation Period divided by 360.

 

Promptly upon determination that an adjustment to the interest rate on the Notes is required, the Issuer will inform the Trustee and the Calculation Agent in writing of the occurrence of such adjustment and the interest rate or margin payable for the next Interest Period. Absent manifest error, the determination of the interest rate or margin by the Issuer shall be binding and conclusive on the Holders of the Notes, the Trustee, the Calculation Agent and the Issuer.

 

If an Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date of the Notes or a Redemption Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, such date shall be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day (unless, with respect to an Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity Date of the Notes or a Redemption Date, such next succeeding Business Day would be in the following month, in which case, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day) with the same force and effect as if made on, and with no additional interest accruing after, such Interest Payment Date. Interest on the Notes will be paid to, but excluding, the relevant Interest Payment Date.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, the Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, if the Issuer or its Designee determines on or prior to the relevant Reference Time that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to determining Compounded SOFR, then the benchmark replacement provisions set forth in Section 1.04(c)(iii) of the Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture will thereafter apply to all determinations of the rate of interest payable on the Notes. For the avoidance of doubt, in accordance with Section 1.04(c)(iii) of the Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture, after a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred, the interest rate for each Interest Period on the Notes will be an annual rate equal to the sum of the Benchmark Replacement and the margin referred to on the face hereof.

 

If the Issuer (or its Designee) determines that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any determination of the Benchmark on any date, the Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes relating to the Notes in respect of such determination on such date and all determinations on all subsequent dates.

 

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In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Issuer (or its Designee) shall have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Issuer (or its Designee) pursuant to Section 1.04(c)(iii) of the Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture, including any determination with respect to tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection: (i) will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error; (ii) if made by the Issuer, will be made in its sole discretion; (iii) if made by the Issuer’s Designee, will be made after consultation with the Issuer, and such Designee will not make any such determination, decision or election to which the Issuer objects; and (iv) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, the Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, shall become effective without consent from the Holders of the Notes or any other party. No such change shall affect the Trustee’s or the Calculation Agent’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Indenture, the Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture, the calculation agency agreement or otherwise without their consent.

 

Any determination, decision or election pursuant to Section 1.04(c)(iii) of the Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture shall be made by the Issuer (or its Designee, which may be the Issuer’s affiliate) on the basis as described above, and in no event shall the Calculation Agent be responsible for making any such determination, decision or election.

 

The interest rate and amount of interest to be paid on the Notes for each Interest Period will be determined by the Calculation Agent. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. will initially serve as the Calculation Agent; however, the Issuer may change the Calculation Agent at any time by providing written notice to the Calculation Agent at least 30 days before the change is to become effective and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. may resign as Calculation Agent at any time with prior written notice to the Issuer. The Calculation Agent will, upon the request of any holder of the Notes, provide the interest rate then in effect with respect to the Notes. All calculations made by the Calculation Agent shall in the absence of manifest error be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Issuer and the Holders of the Notes, the Trustee, the paying agent and the Calculation Agent. None of the Trustee, the paying agent or the Calculation Agent shall have any responsibility to determine whether any manifest error has occurred, and in the absence of notice from the Issuer, may conclusively assume that no manifest error exists and shall suffer no liability in so assuming. So long as Compounded SOFR is required to be determined with respect to the Notes, there will at all times be a Calculation Agent. In the event that any then acting Calculation Agent shall be unable or unwilling to act, or that such Calculation Agent shall fail to duly establish Compounded SOFR for any Interest Period, or that the Issuer proposes to remove such Calculation Agent, the Issuer shall appoint another calculation agent.

 

None of the Trustee, the paying agent or the Calculation Agent (unless the Issuer is acting in such capacity) shall be under any obligation to:

 

(A)       monitor, determine or verify the unavailability or cessation of SOFR or the SOFR Index, or whether or when there has occurred, or to give notice to any other transaction party of the occurrence of, any Benchmark Transition Event or related Benchmark Replacement Date,

 

(B)       to select, determine or designate any Benchmark Replacement, or other successor or replacement benchmark index, or whether any conditions to the designation of such a rate or index have been satisfied,

 

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(C)      to select, determine or designate any Benchmark Replacement Adjustment, or other modifier to any replacement or successor index, or

 

(D)            to determine whether or what Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes are necessary or advisable, if any, in connection with any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, adjustments as to any alternative spread thereon, the business day convention, interest determination dates or any other relevant methodology applicable to such substitute or successor benchmark.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Trustee, the paying agent or the Calculation Agent be required to act as the Issuer’s designee for the purposes of determining if any Benchmark Transition Event has occurred, selecting any Benchmark Replacement or determining any Benchmark Replacement Adjustment unless such Trustee, paying agent or Calculation Agent agrees to such appointment in writing.

 

In connection with the foregoing, each of the Trustee, the paying agent and the Calculation Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any determinations made by the Issuer (or its Designee) without independent investigation, and none will have any liability for actions taken at the Issuer’s direction in connection therewith.

 

None of the Trustee, the paying agent or the Calculation Agent shall be liable for any inability, failure or delay on its part to perform any of its duties set forth herein as a result of the unavailability of SOFR, the SOFR Index or other applicable Benchmark Replacement, including as a result of any failure, inability, delay, error or inaccuracy on the part of any other transaction party in providing any direction, instruction, notice or information required or contemplated by the terms of the Notes and reasonably required for the performance of such duties. None of the Trustee, the paying agent or the Calculation Agent shall be responsible or liable for the Issuer’s actions or omissions or for those of its Designee, or for any failure or delay in the performance by the Issuer (or its Designee), nor shall any of the Trustee, the paying agent or the Calculation Agent be under any obligation to oversee or monitor the Issuer’s performance or that of its Designee.

 

In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal amount of the Notes may be declared, and in certain cases shall automatically be, accelerated and thereupon become due and payable, in the manner, with the effect, and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

 

The Notes will not be redeemable at the option of the Issuer at any time before the Par Call Date. On or after the Par Call Date, the Notes may be redeemed at any time at the option of the Issuer, in whole or from time to time in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to but excluding the Redemption Date. Notice of any optional redemption shall be given to Holders at their addresses, as shown in the Security Register for the Notes, not more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. The notice of redemption shall specify, among other items, the Redemption Price and the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed.

 

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected (voting as one class), evidenced as provided in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security so affected, (i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or premium, (if any) or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate or amount of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption or acceleration thereof or change the manner in which interest on any Security is calculated except as contemplated therein, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any Security, or change any Place of Payment where, or the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which, the principal of any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities the Holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, or (iii) reduce the percentage of Securities the Holders of which are required to consent to any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or any waiver of certain defaults and consequences thereunder or to reduce the quorum or voting requirements set forth in the Indenture, or (iv) effect certain other changes to the Indenture or any supplemental indenture or in the rights of Holders of the Securities. The Indenture also permits the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series (or, in the case of certain defaults or Events of Default, all series of Securities), on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series (or all of the Securities, as the case may be), to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults or Events of Default under the Indenture and their consequences, prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of such Securities, or subject to certain conditions, rescind a declaration of acceleration and its consequences with respect to such Securities. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note that may be issued in exchange or substitution hereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Note or such other Note.

 

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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, this Note in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture to the contrary, no recourse shall be had, whether by levy or execution or otherwise, for the payment of any sums due under the Securities, including, without limitation, the principal, premium, if any, or interest payable under the Securities, or for the payment or performance of any obligation under, or for any claim based on, the Indenture or otherwise in respect thereof, against any partner of the Issuer, whether limited or general, including Simon Property Group, Inc. or such partner’s assets or against any principal, shareholder, officer, director, trustee or employee of such partner. It is expressly understood that the sole remedies under the Securities and the Indenture, or under any other document with respect to the Securities, against such parties with respect to such amounts, obligations or claims shall be against the Issuer.

 

This Note is issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. This Note may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of the same series of other authorized denominations at the office or agency of the Issuer in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or The City of Chicago, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, but without the payment of any service charge, except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note at the office or agency of the Issuer in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or The City of Chicago, one or more new Notes of the same series of authorized denominations in an equal aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge, except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

The Issuer, the Trustee and any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the absolute owner and Holder of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and any premium hereon and, subject to the provisions on the face hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

This Note, including the validity hereof, and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of such state, except as may otherwise be required by mandatory provisions of law.

 

Capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture and the Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture referred to herein.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM – as tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT –            Custodian           (Cust)_____

(minor) under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act                    (State)
TEN ENT – as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN – as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

 

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address, including postal zip code of assignee.)

 

this Note and all rights thereunder and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint                             Attorney to transfer this Note on the books of the Trustee, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:      
       
      Notice: The signature(s) on this Assignment must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face of this Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever

 

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