Exhibit 10.3

PROMISSORY NOTE A-1

 

$150,000,000.00   

Cherry Hill, New Jersey

August 15, 2012

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, PR CHERRY HILL STW LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“PR Cherry Hill”), and CHERRY HILL CENTER, LLC, a Maryland limited liability
company (“Cherry Hill Center”; PR Cherry Hill and Cherry Hill Center are
referred to herein individually and collectively, as the context may require, as
“Maker”), each having an office at c/o Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment
Trust, The Bellevue, 200 South Broad Street, 3rd Floor, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19102, jointly promises to pay to NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(“Holder”), a New York mutual insurance company, having its principal office at
51 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010-1603, or order, without offset, at
its principal office in New York, New York, or at such other place as may be
designated in writing by Holder, the principal sum of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION
DOLLARS ($150,000,000.00), lawful money of the United States of America,
together with interest thereon at the rate (“Interest Rate”) of three and
ninety-hundredths percent (3.90%) per annum, payable in monthly payments
(“Payments”) as follows: (a) interest only payments of Four Hundred Eighty-Seven
Thousand Five Hundred and 00/100 Dollars ($487,500.00), commencing on the first
(1st) day of October, 2012 and payable on the first (1st) day of each and every
month thereafter until and including September 1, 2014, and (b) principal and
interest payments of Seven Hundred Seven Thousand Five Hundred Three and 00/100
Dollars ($707,503.00), commencing on October 1, 2014 and payable on the first
(1st) day of each and every month thereafter until and including September 1,
2022 (“Maturity Date”). In addition, on the Maturity Date, Maker shall pay to
Holder the entire unpaid principal balance of this Note, together with all
interest then accrued thereon pursuant to this Note and all other Obligations
(as hereinafter defined) then unpaid pursuant to the Loan Instruments (as
hereinafter defined). Holder shall apply each Payment, when received, first to
the Obligations, other than principal and interest, which are then due and
payable, but only if so elected by Holder in its sole and absolute discretion,
and then to the payment of accrued interest on the outstanding principal balance
hereof and the remainder to the reduction of such principal balance. Interest
from the date hereof through and including August 31, 2012, is due and payable
on the date of this Note and shall be computed on the basis of the actual number
of days in such period over a 360 day year.

This Note is secured by, among other things, (a) a Mortgage, Assignment of
Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing (“Mortgage”), effective
as of the date hereof, granted by Maker to Holder and Teachers Insurance and
Annuity Association of America, a New York corporation (together with its
successors and assigns “Co-Lender”) and encumbering premises and other property
(“Secured Property”) more particularly described in the Mortgage and (b) an
Assignment of Leases, Rents, Income and Cash Collateral, effective as of the
date hereof, from Maker to Holder and Co-Lender. Obligations, Loan Instruments
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capitalized terms used in this Note and not expressly defined herein shall have
the meanings assigned to such terms in the Mortgage. The terms and provisions of
the Loan Instruments, other than this Note and Note A-2 (as defined below), are
hereby fully incorporated into this Note by reference.

All regularly scheduled monthly payments shall be made either by wire transfer
initiated by Maker or, at Maker’s option, electronic fund transfer debiting. In
the event that electronic fund transfer debiting is established for regularly
scheduled payments under the Loan Instruments, Maker will cooperate with Holder
and provide such documentation as is required to effectuate such payments by
electronic fund transfer debit transactions through the Automated Clearing House
network. Once the payment authorization is established, the failure of the
electronic funds transfer debit entry transaction to be timely completed, for
whatever reason, other than Holder’s failure to initiate the debit, shall not
relieve Maker of its obligations to make all payments required hereunder or
under the other Loan Instruments when due, and to comply with Maker’s other
obligations under the Loan Instruments.

During the existence of an Event of Default or from and after the Maturity Date,
the aggregate amount of the Obligations shall automatically bear interest at an
annual rate (“Increased Rate”) equal to the Interest Rate plus five percentage
points, unless compliance with applicable law requires a lesser interest rate,
in which event the aggregate amount of the Obligations shall bear interest at
the maximum rate permitted by law.

Any default in the making of any Payment or in the making of any payment due
pursuant to Section 1.04 of the Mortgage or in the making of any other deposit
or reserve due pursuant to any Loan Instrument on the date the same is due will
result in loss and additional expense to Holder in servicing the Obligations,
handling such delinquent payments and meeting its other financial obligations.
Accordingly, upon the occurrence of any such default, Maker shall pay, without
regard to any grace periods, a late charge (“Late Charge”) of four percent
(4%) of each such overdue payment (other than a Payment at the maturity of this
Note, whether by acceleration upon an Event of Default or otherwise), Maker
agrees that (a) the exact amount of such loss and additional expense is
extremely difficult, if not impossible to determine, (b) the Late Charge is a
reasonable estimate of such loss and expense and therefore does not constitute a
penalty and (c) in addition to, and not in lieu of, the exercise of any other
remedies to which Holder may be entitled, Holder may collect from Maker all Late
Charges for the purpose of defraying such loss and expense, unless applicable
law requires a lesser such charge, in which event Holder may collect from Maker
a Late Charge at the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.

Maker may not prepay the Obligations prior to October 1, 2015 (“Closed Period”).
On or at any time after October 1, 2015, Maker may prepay the outstanding
principal balance of this Note and that certain Promissory Note A-2 dated the
date hereof from Maker to Co-Lender in the original principal amount of
$150,000,000.00 (“Note A-2”) (each in whole but not in part), together with
accrued interest thereon to the date of prepayment and any other outstanding
Obligations, provided that (a) Maker gives Holder not less than sixty (60) and
not more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior written notice of Maker’s
intention to make such prepayment, (b) at least ten (10) business days prior to
the prepayment date, Maker gives Holder written

 

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notice confirming the actual prepayment date and (c) on such prepayment date, in
addition to paying the entire outstanding principal balance of this Note and
Note A-2, all accrued interest thereon and any other outstanding Obligations,
Maker pays to Holder the Make-Whole Amount. Any prepayment notice given by Maker
shall be deemed null and void if the prepayment covered by such notice is not
made within thirty (30) days of the date specified in Maker’s prepayment notice
as the designated date for prepayment. Notwithstanding anything contained herein
to the contrary, (w) provided that no Event of Default, or event which, with the
giving of notice or the passage of time could become an Event of Default, then
exists under the Loan Instruments, no Make-Whole Amount shall be due with
respect to, and to the extent of, any prepayment of all or any portion of the
Obligations by the application thereto of casualty proceeds or condemnation
awards in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage, (x) Maker may partially
prepay the Obligations in connection with a Permitted Transfer of the Property
as more particularly set forth in the Loan Instruments, (y) on thirty (30) days
prior written notice to Holder, Maker may prepay the Obligations during the last
three (3) months of the Loan term and no Make-Whole Amount shall be due with
respect to, and to the extent of, any such prepayment, and (z) Maker has no
right to prepay this Note without the simultaneous prepayment of Note A-2 in
accordance with its terms.

“Make-Whole Amount” means an amount equal to the greater of (a) one percent
(1%) of the then entire outstanding principal balance of this Note or (b) the
present value as of the date of prepayment of the remaining scheduled payments
of principal and interest (including any balloon payment), determined by
discounting such payments at the Monthly Equivalent Treasury Security Rate (as
hereinafter defined), less the amount of principal being prepaid, provided such
difference shall not be less than zero. “Monthly Equivalent Treasury Security
Rate” means the rate which, when compounded monthly, results in a yield that is
equivalent to the yield on the Most Recently Auctioned U.S. Treasury Security
(as hereinafter defined), which is compounded semi-annually having the same
maturity date as the Loan (or if there is not a Most Recently Auctioned U.S.
Treasury Security with the same maturity date as the maturity date of the Loan,
then the linearly interpolated yield-to-maturity of the two Most Recently
Auctioned U.S. Treasury Securities have the next longer and the next shorter
remaining terms to maturity), as reported in the Bloomberg News Service (or, if
Bloomberg New Service is no longer available, The Wall Street Journal or another
daily financial service or publication of national circulation selected by
Holder) as of the close of business on the second (2nd) business day preceding
the date of prepayment. “Most Recently Auctioned U.S. Treasury Security” means
the U.S. Treasury bonds, notes and bills with maturities of thirty (30) years,
ten (10) years, five (5) years, three (3) years, two (2) years, one (1) year,
six (6) months and three (3) months that were most recently auctioned by the
United States Treasury Department as of the date the Make-Whole Amount is
calculated. Maker waives any right of prepayment except as expressly provided
herein and as may be provided in the other Loan Instruments.

If the outstanding principal balance of this Note or any portion thereof shall
become due and payable or shall be paid as a result of (a) an Event of Default
(which Event of Default shall be presumed to be, and conclusively shall be
deemed to be a willful default and a deliberate attempt on Maker’s part to avoid
payment of the Make-Whole Amount), (b) the exercise by Maker or any other person
of any right of redemption or the taking by Maker or any other person of any
other action to prevent a foreclosure of the Secured Property, (c) any
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Loan in connection with a foreclosure or similar proceeding or a foreclosure
judgment, (d) a casualty or condemnation with respect to the Secured Property
(except as otherwise expressly provided in the Loan Instruments), or (e) any
other prepayment not permitted by the Loan Instruments, then the Make-Whole
Amount shall be due and payable and shall be computed, to the extent not
prohibited by applicable law, as if Maker had elected to prepay this Note, as
provided in the preceding paragraph, on the date of such Event of Default,
exercise, action, casualty or condemnation, as applicable. If such Event of
Default, exercise, action, casualty or condemnation occurs during the Closed
Period, then, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, the Make-Whole
Amount shall be equal to the greater of (a) ten percent (10%) of the principal
balance of this Note then unpaid or (b) the Make-Whole Amount, as calculated in
the manner set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph.

From and after the existence of an Event of Default, Holder, at its option, may
declare all Obligations to be immediately due and payable, then or thereafter,
as Holder may elect, regardless of the stated Maturity Date of this Note.

If Holder collects all or any part of the Obligations by an action, at law or in
equity, or in any bankruptcy, receivership or other court proceeding (whether at
the trial or appellate level), or if this Note is placed in the hands of
attorney(s) for collection, Maker shall pay, in addition to the principal and
interest due or deemed to be due, whether by acceleration or otherwise, and in
addition to the Make-Whole Amount (a) all costs, including, without limitation,
attorneys’ fees and expenses, of collecting or attempting to collect all amounts
due pursuant to this Note and all other Obligations, of enforcing or attempting
to enforce Holder’s rights and remedies pursuant to the Loan Instruments and of
protecting the collateral securing this Note, (b) all Late Charges due pursuant
to this Note and (c) interest, at the Increased Rate, computed on the amount of
the Obligations.

The failure by Holder to exercise any right, power, privilege, remedy or option
as to maturity, foreclosure or otherwise, provided in any Loan Instrument or
otherwise available at law or in equity (each a “Remedy” and collectively,
“Remedies”) before or after any Event of Default, in any one or more instances,
or the acceptance by Holder of any partial payment or partial performance, shall
not constitute a waiver of any default or any Remedy, each of which shall remain
continuously in force, until waived in writing by Holder. Holder, at its option,
may rescind, in writing, any acceleration of this Note, but the tender and
acceptance of partial payment or partial performance alone shall not rescind or
in any other way affect any acceleration of this Note or the exercise by Holder
of any of its Remedies.

Maker and Holder intend to comply strictly with all usury laws now or hereafter
in force in the jurisdiction (“State”) in which the Secured Property is located,
and all interest payable pursuant to this Note or any other Loan Instrument
shall be reduced to the maximum amount which is not in excess of the maximum
non-usurious rate of interest applicable to this Note or any other Loan
Instrument (“Legal Rate”) allowed under the usury laws of the State, as now or
hereafter construed by the courts having jurisdiction over such matters. If the
aggregate of all interest (whether designated as interest, Late Charges,
Make-Whole Amount or otherwise) contracted for, chargeable or receivable
pursuant to this Note or any other Loan Instrument, whether upon regular payment
or acceleration or otherwise, exceeds the Legal Rate, it shall

 

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conclusively be deemed a mutual mistake. Such excess shall be canceled
automatically, and, if theretofore paid, shall, at the option of Holder, either
be rebated to Maker or credited in reduction of the outstanding principal
balance of this Note, or, if this Note has been repaid, such excess shall be
rebated to Maker. In the event of a conflict between the provision of this
paragraph and the provisions of any other portion of this Note or any other Loan
Instrument, the provisions of this paragraph shall control.

Maker waives all requirements for presentment, protest, notice of protest,
notice of dishonor, demand for payment and diligence in collection of this Note
or the Loan Instruments, and any and all other notices and matters of a like
nature, except for those expressly required by this Note, the Mortgage or any of
the other Loan Instruments. Without notice to Maker and without discharging
Maker’s liability hereunder, Maker consents to any extension of time (whether
one or more) of payment of this Note, release of all or any part of the security
for the payment of this Note or release of any Person liable for payment of this
Note.

This Note may be changed only by an agreement, in writing, signed by Maker and
Holder. Maker waives and renounces all homestead exemption rights as to the
Obligations or any renewal or extension thereof. No failure or delay on the part
of Holder in exercising any Remedy pursuant to this Note or any Loan Instrument,
and no course of dealing between Maker and Holder, shall operate as a waiver of
any Remedy, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any Remedy preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other Remedy. All
Remedies expressly provided for in the Loan Instruments are cumulative, and are
not exclusive of any rights, powers, privileges or remedies which Holder would
otherwise have at law or equity. No notice to or demand on Maker in any case
shall entitle Maker to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other
circumstances, nor shall any such notice or demand constitute a waiver of the
right of Holder to take any other or further action in any circumstances without
notice or demand.

The obligations of each Person and entity comprising Maker shall be joint and
several. The unenforceability or invalidity of any provision of this Note as to
any Person or circumstance shall not render that provision unenforceable or
invalid as to any other Person or circumstance, and all provisions hereof, in
all other respects, shall remain valid and enforceable. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained herein, Lender shall not be obligated to accept the
cure of any default or Event of Default unless this Note or the other Loan
Instruments expressly provide for a cure period.

If an Event of Default has occurred, Holder may exercise any and all Remedies,
and shall have full recourse to the Secured Property and to any other collateral
given by Maker to secure any or all of the Obligations, provided that any
judgment obtained by Holder in any proceeding to enforce the Remedies shall be
enforced only against the Secured Property and/or such other collateral.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holder may name Maker or any of its successors or
assigns or any Person holding under or through them as parties to any actions,
suits or other proceedings initiated by Holder to enforce any Remedies against
the Secured Property and/or such other collateral, including without,
limitation, any action, suit or proceeding to foreclose the lien of the Mortgage
against the Secured Property or to otherwise realize upon any other lien or
security interest created in any other collateral given to secure the payment of
any or all of the Obligations. The restriction on enforcement contained in the
first sentence of this paragraph shall not apply to, and Maker shall be
personally liable for, and Holder may seek and enforce judgment against Maker
for:

 

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  (i) any and all losses, claims, damages, costs, expenses and/or liabilities,
including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses, incurred by Holder:

 

  (a) relating to or as a result of any material misstatement of fact (1) by
Maker or any Person constituting Maker, made to induce Holder to advance the
principal amount evidenced hereby or (2) contained in any Loan Instrument,

 

  (b) relating to or as a result of fraud committed by Maker or any Person
constituting Maker,

 

  (c) relating to or as a result of the (1) collection or application of any
insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, trust funds or Rents in a manner which
is not in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Instruments or
(2) misappropriation or misapplication of any Lessee security deposit,

 

  (d) relating to or as a result of the breach of any representation or warranty
contained in the Sections of the Mortgage pertaining to environmental matters,
including without limitation, Sections 1.05E(4), 2.03(C) and 2.03(D), or any
default with respect to any covenant contained in the Sections of the Mortgage
pertaining to environmental matters, including without limitation,
Section 1.05(E),

 

  (e) as a result of any default with respect to Maker’s covenant to pay
Impositions or insurance premiums pursuant to the Mortgage or with respect to
Maker’s covenant to obtain the insurance required by the Mortgage, including
without limitation, the Terrorism Insurance,

 

  (f) arising from, in respect of, as a consequence of, or in connection with:
(1) the existence of any circumstance or the occurrence of any action described
in Section 1.05E(1) of the Mortgage, (2) claims asserted by any Person
(including, without limitation, any Governmental Agency) in connection with, or
in any way arising out of, the presence, storage, use, disposal, generation,
transportation or treatment of any Hazardous Material on, in, under or about the
Secured Property, (3) the violation or claimed violation of any law relating to
any Hazardous Material or any other Environmental Requirement in regard to the
Secured Property, regardless of whether or not such violation or claimed
violation occurred prior to or after the date of this Note or whether or not
such violation or claimed violation occurred prior to or after the time that
Maker became the owner of the Secured Property, or (4) the preparation of any
environmental audit as to the Secured Property, whether conducted or authorized
by Maker, Holder or any other Person or the implementation of any environmental
audit’s recommendations,

 

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  (g) relating to or as a result of a violation of Section 5.20 of the Mortgage,
and/or

 

  (h) as a result of any intentional, bad faith waste of the Secured Property
committed by Maker or its agents (such damages to include, without limitation,
all repair costs incurred by Holder);

 

  (ii) all outstanding principal, interest and other Obligations, including the
Make-Whole Amount:

 

  (a) if there shall be a violation of Section 1.11 of the Mortgage; and/or

 

  (b) in the event that Maker or any Guarantor shall be the subject of any
petition or proceeding for bankruptcy, reorganization or arrangement pursuant to
federal bankruptcy law, or any similar federal or state law that remains
undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days or more, and/or Maker or any
Guarantor shall become the subject of any liquidation, dissolution, receivership
or other similar proceeding; and/or

 

  (c) if the Mortgage or any of the other Loan Instruments are deemed fraudulent
conveyances or preferences or are otherwise deemed void pursuant to any
principles limiting the rights of creditors, whether such claims, demands or
assertions are made under the United States Bankruptcy Code (as amended or
replaced from time to time), including, without limitation, under Sections 544,
547 or 548 thereof, or under any applicable state fraudulent conveyance statutes
or similar laws; and

 

  (iii) in the event of a loss which is or would be covered by the required
Terrorism Insurance, an amount equal to the deductible on such Terrorism
Insurance, which amount shall either be applied by Holder to the debt secured by
the Mortgage or disbursed by Holder for the repair and restoration of the
Secured Property, all in accordance with the terms of the Loan Instruments.

The restriction on enforcement contained in the first sentence of the preceding
paragraph shall not apply to the Environmental Indemnity Agreement of even date
herewith executed by Maker and the other indemnitors, if any, in favor of Holder
and Co-Lender and/or to the obligations of any Guarantor. It is expressly
understood and agreed, however, that nothing contained in the preceding
paragraph shall (a) in any manner or way constitute or be deemed to be a release
of the Obligations or otherwise affect or impair the enforceability of the
liens, assignments, rights and security interests created by the Mortgage or any
of the other Loan Instruments or any future advance or any related agreements or
(b) preclude Holder or Co-Lender from foreclosing the Mortgage or from
exercising its other remedies set forth in the Mortgage or the Assignment, or
from enforcing any of its rights and remedies in law or in equity (including,
without limitation, injunctive and declaratory relief, restraining orders and
receivership proceedings), except as provided in the preceding paragraph.

 

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If any payment required hereunder or under any other Loan Instrument becomes due
on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday in the state in which the Premises are
located (those being non-business days), then such payment shall be due and
payable (a) on the immediately preceding business day if such payments are made
by the Automated Clearing House network, or (b) on the immediately succeeding
business day if such payments are made by wire transfer.

“Maker” and “Holder” shall be deemed to include the respective heirs,
administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of Maker and
Holder.

Time is of the essence with respect to each and every provision hereof.

This Note shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with
the laws of the State, other than such laws with respect to conflicts of laws.

In the event of any inconsistencies between (a) the terms of both this Note and
Note A-2 and (b) the terms of any other Loan Instruments, the terms of both this
Note and Note A-2 shall prevail.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker has executed this Promissory Note A-1 as of the date
first above written.

 

PR CHERRY HILL STW LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:  

PREIT Associates, L.P.,

a Delaware limited partnership,

its sole member

  By:  

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust,

its sole general partner

    By:   /s/ Andrew M. Ioannou     Name:   Andrew M. Ioannou     Title:  
Senior Vice President & Treasurer

 

CHERRY HILL CENTER, LLC,

a Maryland limited liability company

By:  

Cherry Hill Center Manager, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company,

its managing member

  By:  

PREIT Associates, L.P.,

a Delaware limited partnership,

its sole member

    By:  

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust,

its sole general partner

      By:   /s/ Andrew M. Ioannou       Name:   Andrew M. Ioannou       Title:  
Senior Vice President & Treasurer