WRI-2015.03.02-8K Term Loan Exh 10.1




EXHIBIT 10.1








TERM LOAN AGREEMENT
dated as of
March 2, 2015
among
WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS,
The Lenders Party Hereto
and
REGIONS BANK,
as Administrative Agent




REGIONS CAPITAL MARKETS, A DIVISION OF REGIONS BANK and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners


and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Syndication Agent















TABLE OF CONTENTS
	
					
	 
	 
	 
	Page

	ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS
	1
	


	 
	SECTION 1.01
	Defined Terms.
	1
	


	 
	SECTION 1.02
	Classification of Loans and Borrowings.
	19
	


	 
	SECTION 1.03
	Terms Generally.
	19
	


	 
	SECTION 1.04
	Accounting Terms; GAAP.
	20
	


	ARTICLE II. THE CREDITS
	20
	


	 
	SECTION 2.01
	Commitments.
	20
	


	 
	SECTION 2.02
	Loans and Borrowings.
	20
	


	 
	SECTION 2.03
	Requests for Borrowings.
	21
	


	 
	SECTION 2.04
	[Reserved.]
	22
	


	 
	SECTION 2.05
	[Reserved.]
	22
	


	 
	SECTION 2.06
	Funding of Borrowings.
	22
	


	 
	SECTION 2.07
	Interest Elections.
	22
	


	 
	SECTION 2.08
	Establishment of Additional Term Loans.
	23
	


	 
	SECTION 2.09
	Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
	25
	


	 
	SECTION 2.10
	Prepayment of Loans.
	26
	


	 
	SECTION 2.11
	Fees.
	26
	


	 
	SECTION 2.12
	Interest.
	26
	


	 
	SECTION 2.13
	Alternate Rate of Interest.
	27
	


	 
	SECTION 2.14
	Increased Costs.
	28
	


	 
	SECTION 2.15
	Break Funding Payments.
	29
	


	 
	SECTION 2.16
	Taxes.
	29
	


	 
	SECTION 2.17
	Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
	31
	


	 
	SECTION 2.18
	Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
	33
	


	ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	34
	


	 
	SECTION 3.01
	Organization; Powers.
	34
	


	 
	SECTION 3.02
	Authorization; Enforceability.
	35
	


	 
	SECTION 3.03
	Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts.
	35
	


	 
	SECTION 3.04
	Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.
	35
	


	 
	SECTION 3.05
	Properties.
	35
	


	 
	SECTION 3.06
	Intellectual Property.
	37
	


	 
	SECTION 3.07
	Litigation and Environmental Matters.
	37
	


	 
	SECTION 3.08
	Compliance with Laws and Agreements.
	39
	


	 
	SECTION 3.09
	Investment Company Status.
	39
	


	 
	SECTION 3.10
	Taxes.
	39
	


	 
	SECTION 3.11
	ERISA.
	39
	


	 
	SECTION 3.12
	Disclosure.
	39
	


	 
	SECTION 3.13
	Insurance.
	40
	


	 
	SECTION 3.14
	Subsidiaries.
	40
	






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	ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS
	40
	


	 
	SECTION 4.01
	Effective Date.
	40
	


	 
	SECTION 4.02
	Each Credit Event.
	41
	


	ARTICLE V. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
	41
	


	 
	SECTION 5.01
	Financial Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information.
	42
	


	 
	SECTION 5.02
	Financial Tests.
	43
	


	 
	SECTION 5.03
	Notices of Material Events.
	43
	


	 
	SECTION 5.04
	Existence; Conduct of Business.
	44
	


	 
	SECTION 5.05
	Payment of Obligations.
	44
	


	 
	SECTION 5.06
	Maintenance of Properties; Insurance.
	44
	


	 
	SECTION 5.07
	Books and Records; Inspection Rights.
	44
	


	 
	SECTION 5.08
	Compliance with Laws.
	44
	


	 
	SECTION 5.09
	Use of Proceeds.
	45
	


	 
	SECTION 5.10
	Fiscal Year.
	45
	


	 
	SECTION 5.11
	Environmental Matters.
	45
	


	 
	SECTION 5.12
	[Reserved.]
	45
	


	 
	SECTION 5.13
	Further Assurances.
	45
	


	ARTICLE VI. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
	46
	


	 
	SECTION 6.01
	Liens.
	46
	


	 
	SECTION 6.02
	Fundamental Changes.
	46
	


	 
	SECTION 6.03
	Investments, Loans, Advances and Acquisitions.
	47
	


	 
	SECTION 6.04
	Hedging Agreements.
	47
	


	 
	SECTION 6.05
	Transactions with Affiliates.
	48
	


	 
	SECTION 6.06
	Restrictive Agreements.
	48
	


	 
	SECTION 6.07
	Government Regulation.
	48
	


	 
	SECTION 6.08
	Prohibited Restricted Payments.
	48
	


	ARTICLE VII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
	49
	


	ARTICLE VIII. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
	51
	


	 
	SECTION 8.01
	General.
	51
	


	 
	SECTION 8.02
	Defaulting Lenders.
	53
	


	ARTICLE IX. MISCELLANEOUS
	54
	


	 
	SECTION 9.01
	Notices.
	54
	


	 
	SECTION 9.02
	Waivers; Amendments.
	55
	


	 
	SECTION 9.03
	Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
	56
	


	 
	SECTION 9.04
	Successors and Assigns.
	57
	


	 
	SECTION 9.05
	Survival.
	60
	


	 
	SECTION 9.06
	Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.
	61
	


	 
	SECTION 9.07
	Severability.
	61
	


	 
	SECTION 9.08
	Right of Setoff.
	61
	


	 
	SECTION 9.09
	Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
	61
	


	 
	SECTION 9.10
	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
	62
	


	 
	SECTION 9.11
	Headings.
	62
	














	
					
	 
	SECTION 9.12
	Confidentiality.
	62
	


	 
	SECTION 9.13
	Interest Rate Limitation.
	64
	


	 
	SECTION 9.14
	Liability of Holders.
	64
	


	 
	SECTION 9.15
	USA Patriot Act.
	65
	
















SCHEDULES:
		
	Schedule 2.01
	--    Commitments


		
	Schedule 3.05(f)
	--    Flood, Earthquake or Seismic Area


		
	Schedule 3.07
	--    Disclosed Matters


		
	Schedule 3.14
	--    Subsidiaries


		
	Schedule 6.01
	--    Existing Liens


		
	Schedule 6.06
	--    Existing Restrictions


EXHIBITS:
		
	Exhibit A
	--    Form of Assignment and Assumption


		
	Exhibit B
	--    Form of Compliance Certificate


		
	Exhibit C
	--    [Reserved]


		
	Exhibit D
	--    Form of Note


		
	Exhibit E
	--    Form of Borrowing Request/Interest Rate Election


		
	Exhibit F
	--    [Reserved]


		
	Exhibit G-1
	--    Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)


		
	Exhibit G-2
	--    Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)


		
	Exhibit G-3
	--    Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)


		
	Exhibit G-4
	--    Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)















This TERM LOAN AGREEMENT dated as of March 2, 2015 (as amended, restated, supplemented, increased, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS, a Texas real estate investment trust (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party hereto, and REGIONS BANK, an Alabama state banking corporation, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide term loan facilities for the purposes set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to make the requested facilities available on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the covenants and agreements contained herein, the adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree that the aforementioned recitals are true and correct and hereby incorporated herein and that the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01    Defined Terms.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan is, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing are, bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall not be less than zero.
“Adjusted Net Operating Income” means, for any income producing Real Property, the Net Operating Income less the Capital Expenditure Reserve for such property.
“Administrative Agent” means as defined in the introductory paragraph hereto, together with its successors and assigns.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.  In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any Lender be deemed to be an Affiliate of Borrower.









“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%, and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the rate appearing on the applicable Reuters screen page at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day.  Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Alternate Base Rate shall not be less than zero.
“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment; provided that in the case of Section 8.02 where a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Applicable Percentage” shall mean, under the circumstances therein stated, the percentage of the total Commitments (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) represented by such Lender’s Commitment.  If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Term Loan Amounts most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.
“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any ABR Loan or Eurodollar Loan, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “ABR Spread” or “Eurodollar Spread”, as the case may be, based upon the ratings by Moody’s and S&P, respectively, applicable on such date to the Index Debt:
	
			
	Index Debt Ratings:
	ABR
Spread
	Eurodollar
Spread

	Category 1
A-/A3 or better
	0.000%
	0.900%

	Category 2
BBB+/Baa1
	0.000%
	0.975%

	Category 3
BBB/Baa2
	0.150%
	1.150%

	Category 4
BBB-/Baa3
	0.400%
	1.400%

	Category 5
Worse than BBB-/Baa3
	0.850%
	1.850%

	 
	 
	 




For purposes of the foregoing, (i) if either Moody’s or S&P shall not have in effect a rating for the Index Debt (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the last sentence of this definition), then such rating agency shall be deemed to have established a rating in Category 5; (ii) if the ratings established or deemed to have been established by Moody’s and S&P for the Index Debt shall fall within different Categories, the Applicable Rate shall be based on the higher of the two ratings unless one of the two ratings is two or more Categories lower than the other, in which case the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the Category next below that of the 

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higher of the two ratings; and (iii) if the ratings established or deemed to have been established by Moody’s and S&P for the Index Debt shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system of Moody’s or S&P), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by the applicable rating agency, irrespective of when notice of such change shall have been furnished by the Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.01(e) hereof or otherwise.  Each change in the Applicable Rate shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.  If the rating system of Moody’s or S&P shall change, or if either such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Borrower and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the rating most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.
“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
“Borrower” means as defined in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Borrowing” means Term Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03, and in the form attached as Exhibit E hereto.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
“Capital Expenditure Reserve” means, on an annual basis, an amount equal to (a) for use in calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and the Adjusted Net Operating Income, the product of (i) the aggregate number of gross square feet of improvements contained in each Real Property parcel owned by Borrower or any Subsidiary measured as of the last day of each of the immediately preceding four (4) calendar quarters and averaged, multiplied by (ii) $0.15; and (b) for use in 

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calculating Value, the product of (i) the aggregate number of gross square feet of improvements contained in the applicable Real Property owned by Borrower or any Subsidiary as of the last day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter, multiplied by (ii) $0.15.  Capital Expenditure Reserve shall be calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, and including (without duplication) the Equity Percentage of Capital Expenditure Reserve for the Borrower’s Unconsolidated Affiliates.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Change in Control” means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), of shares representing more than 33% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Borrower; (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of the Borrower nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated; or (c) the acquisition of direct or indirect Control of the Borrower by any Person or group.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence after the date of this Agreement or, with respect to any Lender, such later date on which such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement of (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.14(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority; provided however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, interpretations, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith (whether or not having the force of law) or (ii) regulations promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or issued.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Term Loans, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Term Loan Amount hereunder, as such commitment may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.  The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant 

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to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable.  The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is $200,000,000.00.
“Compliance Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(c) hereof and a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise, which includes the customary powers of a managing member of any limited liability company, any general partner of any limited partnership, or any board of directors of a corporation.  “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio” means the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the Borrower’s Indebtedness (net of cash and cash equivalents not subject to a Lien or negative pledge or otherwise restricted, in excess of $35,000,000 to the extent there is an equivalent amount of Indebtedness maturing within two (2) years (the “Net Unrestricted Cash Amount”) to Total Asset Value.
“Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender, as determined by Administrative Agent, that has (a) failed to fund any portion of its Loans within two (2) Business Days after the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) notified Borrower, Administrative Agent or any Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) failed, within two (2) Business Days after request by Administrative Agent, to confirm that it will comply with the terms of this Agreement relating to its obligations to fund prospective Loans, (d) otherwise failed to pay over to Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two (2) Business Days after the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (e) (i) become or is insolvent or has a parent company that has become or is insolvent or (ii) become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or has a parent company that has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment.
“Disclosed Matters” means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental matters disclosed in Schedule 3.07.
“Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
“EBITDA” means an amount derived from (a) net income, plus (b) to the extent included in the determination of net income, depreciation, amortization, interest expense and income taxes, 

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in each case, as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, plus or minus (c) to the extent included in the determination of net income, any losses or gains resulting from (i) Real Property sales other than merchant build sales, (ii) write-downs, write-ups, write-offs or other valuation adjustments of assets or liabilities or (iii) the early retirement of Indebtedness, plus (d) to the extent included in the determination of net income, Real Property acquisition costs, and including (without duplication) the Equity Percentage of EBITDA for Borrower’s Unconsolidated Affiliates.
“Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).
“Eligible Ground Lease” means a lease of Real Property in which the Borrower or a Subsidiary is ground lessee meeting the following requirements: (a) a remaining term (including renewal options exercisable at lessee’s sole option) of at least twenty-five (25) years, and (b) the Administrative Agent has determined that the ground lease is financeable in that it provides or allows (either in the ground lease or in a current valid estoppel letter executed by the landlord) for, without further consent from the landlord, (i) notice and right to cure to lessee’s lender, (ii) a pledge and mortgage of the leasehold interest, and (iii) recognition of a foreclosure of the leasehold interest including no prohibition on entering into a new lease with the lender.
“Environmental Laws” means all applicable laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters and includes (without limitation) the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., the Hazardous Materials Transportation Authorization Act, 49 U.S.C. § 5101 et seq., the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq., the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §7401 et seq., the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq., (to the extent the same relates to any Hazardous Materials), and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq, as such laws have been amended or supplemented, and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and all analogous state and local statutes.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) exposure to any Hazardous Materials in violation of any Environmental Law, (c) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment in violation of any Environmental Law or (d) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Percentage” means the aggregate ownership percentage of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in each Unconsolidated Affiliate, which shall be calculated as follows: (a) for inclusion in Indebtedness, Borrower’s nominal capital ownership interest in the Unconsolidated Affiliate as 

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set forth in the Unconsolidated Affiliate’s organizational documents, and (b) for all other purposes, the greater of (i) Borrower’s nominal capital ownership interest in the Unconsolidated Affiliate as set forth in the Unconsolidated Affiliate’s organizational documents, and (ii) Borrower’s economic ownership interest in the Unconsolidated Affiliate, reflecting Borrower’s share of income and expenses of the Unconsolidated Affiliate.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
“Eurodollar”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder:  (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar taxes imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located and (c) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.18(b)), any withholding taxes resulting from any law in effect (including FACTA) on such Non-U.S. Lender at the time such Non-U.S. Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending 

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office) or is attributable to such Non-U.S. Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.16(f), except to the extent that such Non-U.S. Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding taxes pursuant to Section 2.16(a).
“Existing Revolving Credit Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2011, and as amended on April 18, 2013, by and among the Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent, and the financial institutions party thereto.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement and any regulations or official interpretations thereof.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Fee Letter” means that certain joint fee letter agreement dated on or about February 11, 2015 among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers.
“Financial Officer” means the vice president of capital markets, the chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.
“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means the ratio of (a) the Borrower’s EBITDA for the immediately preceding four (4) calendar quarters less the Capital Expenditure Reserve for such period; to (b) all of the principal due and payable and principal paid on the Borrower’s Indebtedness (excluding balloon payments of principal due at the stated maturity of such Indebtedness, and any full or partial loan prepayments prior to the stated maturity thereof), plus all of the Borrower’s Interest Expense, plus the aggregate of all cash dividends payable on the Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ preferred stock, in each case for the period used to calculate EBITDA, all of the foregoing calculated without duplication.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, subject to the provisions of Section 1.04.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government, and any group or body charged with setting financial accounting or regulatory capital rules or standards (including, without limitation, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Bank for 

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International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision) or any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing.
“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business, and shall not include guaranties or contingent liabilities under operating leases customarily undertaken or incurred by Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business as either landlord or tenant.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Hedging Agreement” means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.
“Historical Value” means the recorded book value, before consideration of accumulated depreciation, of Real Property, including improvements, ordinary related purchase transaction costs, and the cost of capital improvements (including construction costs for property under construction or development) made by the Borrower, less any provision for losses, all determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (g) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others based on the amount guaranteed by such Person, (h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account 

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party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (j) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (k) all obligations contingent or otherwise, of such Person with respect to any Hedging Agreements (calculated on a mark-to-market basis as of the reporting date), however, in the case of more than one Hedging Agreement with the same counterparty, the obligation shall be netted, (l) payments received in consideration of sale of an ownership interest in Borrower when the interest so sold is determined, and the date of delivery is, more than one (1) month after receipt of such payment and only to the extent that the obligation to deliver such interest is not payable solely in such interest of such Person, and (m) all TIF liabilities characterized as debt by GAAP, less the amount of any of the identical TIF obligations that are owned by the obligor under such TIF liabilities.  The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.  Indebtedness shall be calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, and including (without duplication) the Equity Percentage of Indebtedness for the Borrower’s Unconsolidated Affiliates.
“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Index Debt” means senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower that is not guaranteed by any other Person or subject to any other credit enhancement.
“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07, and in the form attached as Exhibit E hereto.
“Interest Expense” means all of a Person’s paid, accrued or capitalized interest expense on such Person’s Indebtedness (whether direct, indirect or contingent, and including, without limitation, interest on all convertible debt but not non-cash interest expense on convertible debt), and including (without duplication) the Equity Percentage of Interest Expense for the Borrower’s Unconsolidated Affiliates.
“Interest Payment Date” means, with respect to (i) any ABR Loan, the first Business Day of each calendar quarter, the date of any prepayment and the Maturity Date or (ii) any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan (provided, in the case of any Interest Period of longer than three (3) months, “Interest Payment Date” shall also include each date that is three (3) months, or an integral multiple thereof, after the commencement of such Interest Period), the date of any prepayment and the Maturity Date;.
“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending (i) on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter, or (ii) seven days thereafter for no more than three (3) Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding at one time, as the Borrower may elect; provided, that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing only, such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining 

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to a Eurodollar Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period.  For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“Joint Lead Arrangers” means, collectively, Regions Capital Markets, a division of Regions Bank, and U.S. Bank National Association.
“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
“LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on the applicable Reuters page, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period.  In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” with respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Notes and all other instruments, agreements and written obligations executed and delivered by the Borrower in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
“Loans” means the Term Loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
“Major Acquisition” means (i) any single acquisition of a Person or assets by Borrower that has a gross purchase price equal to or greater than ten percent (10.0%) of the then Total Asset Value (without giving effect to the acquisition), or (ii) one or more acquisitions of one or more Persons or assets by Borrower in any two (2) consecutive calendar quarters which in the aggregate have a gross purchase price equal to or greater than ten percent (10.0%) of the Total Asset Value (without giving effect to the acquisition).

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“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations, or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under the Loan Documents.
“Material Indebtedness” means, without duplication (a) Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Non-recourse Debt), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25,000,000, or (b) Indebtedness under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement.
“Maturity Date” means March 2, 2020.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.13.
“Minority Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary whose accounts would be consolidated with those of its parent (as defined in the definition of Subsidiary) as provided in the definition of Subsidiary, but the parent owns securities or other ownership interests representing less than 50% of the equity or less than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, less than 50% of the general partnership interests.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“Mortgage Notes” means mortgages and notes receivable secured by valid and enforceable first priority liens on real estate.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Net Operating Income” means, for any income producing operating Real Property, the difference between (a) any rentals (other than those paid or payable other than in cash), proceeds and other income received from such property, including all pass-through reimbursables (to the extent the expense being reimbursed is included as an expense in clause (b) below) and percentage rent (but excluding security or other deposits, early lease termination or other penalties, or other income of a non-recurring nature) during the determination period, less (b) an amount equal to all costs and expenses (excluding interest expense, income taxes and any expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with GAAP) incurred as a result of, or in connection with, or properly allocated to, the operation or leasing of such property during the determination period; provided, however, that the amount for the expenses for the management of a property included in clause (b) above shall be set at three percent (3%) of the amount provided in clause (a) above.  Net Operating Income shall be calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, and including (without duplication) the Equity Percentage of Net Operating Income for the Borrower’s Unconsolidated Affiliates.
“Net Secured Cash Amount” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Secured Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio.

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“Net Unrestricted Cash Amount” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio.
“Net Worth” means Total Asset Value less Indebtedness of the Borrower.
“Non-recourse Debt” means any Indebtedness the payment of which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is not obligated to make other than to the extent of any security therefor and customary carve-outs, including, without limitation, fraud, criminal activity, misapplication of funds, ad valorem taxes, and environmental matters.
“Non-U.S. Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
“Note” means a promissory note in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D payable to a Lender evidencing certain of the obligations of the Borrower to such Lender and executed by Borrower, as the same may be amended, supplemented, modified or restated from time to time; “Notes” means, collectively, all of such Notes outstanding at any given time.
“Occupancy Level” means the occupancy level of a Real Property that is leased to bona fide tenants not Affiliates of the Borrower or the subject property manager (or any of their respective Affiliates) paying rent under written leases, based on the square feet of occupancy at the time of determination.
“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement.
“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means:
(a)    Liens imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.05;
(b)    carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, workers’, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than thirty (30) days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.05;
(c)    pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations (excluding any Liens imposed by ERISA);
(d)    deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, purchase, construction or sales contracts and similar obligations, leases, statutory obligations, surety 

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and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e)    judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (j) of Article VII;
(f)    easements, outstanding mineral and royalty interests, building setback lines, maintenance liens, use restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(g)    uniform commercial code protective filings with respect to personal property leased to the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and
(h)    landlords’ liens for rent not yet due and payable;
provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness consisting of borrowed money.
“Permitted Investments” means:
(a)    direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(b)    investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, a credit rating from S&P or from Moody’s of A2/P2 or better;
(c)    investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;
(d)    fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than thirty (30) days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above;
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(f)    investments in obligations of the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, with the highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or from Moody’s;
(g)    investments in other real estate investment trusts; and
(h)    investments in TIF obligations issued solely to finance Real Property owned by the Borrower, Subsidiaries or Unconsolidated Affiliates.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by Regions Bank as its prime rate then in effect; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.  The Prime Rate is a reference rate and is not necessarily the lowest or best rate charged to customers.
“Qualified Real Property” means Real Property that (a) is not subject to a Lien in any manner, other than Permitted Encumbrances, (b) is not subject to or affected by any limiting agreement described in Section 6.06(a), and (c) is owned by Borrower, or is owned by a Person that does not have any Indebtedness other than Non-recourse Debt.
“Real Property” means, collectively, all interest in any land and improvements located thereon (including Eligible Ground Leases and direct financing leases of land and improvements owned by a Person), together with all equipment, furniture, materials, supplies and personal property now or hereafter located at or used in connection with the land and all appurtenances, additions, improvements, renewals, substitutions and replacements thereof now or hereafter acquired by any Person.
“Regions Bank” means Regions Bank, an Alabama state banking corporation, in its individual capacity, together with its successors and assigns.
“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, dumping, emptying, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration on or into the indoor or outdoor environment or into or out of any property.

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“Remedial Action” means all actions, including without limitation any capital expenditures, required or necessary to (i) clean up, remove, treat or in any other way address any Hazardous Material; (ii) prevent the Release or threat of Release, or minimize the further Release, of any Hazardous Material so it does not migrate or endanger public health or the environment; (iii) perform pre-remedial studies and investigations or post-remedial monitoring and care; or (iv) bring facilities on any property owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries into compliance with all Environmental Laws.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Term Loan Amounts representing at least 51% of the sum of the total Term Loan Amounts of all Lenders.
“Retail Property” means Real Property other than undeveloped land that is used primarily as a retail shopping center, which may include ancillary uses such as office, medical and restaurant uses.
“Revolving Credit Agreement Effective Date” means September 30, 2011.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s.
“Secured Debt” means the Indebtedness of the Borrower and any of its subsidiaries secured by a Lien, and (without duplication) any Indebtedness (secured and unsecured) of any Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Secured Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio” means the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of Secured Debt (net of cash and cash equivalents not subject to a Lien or negative pledge or otherwise restricted, in excess of $35,000,000 to the extent there is an equivalent amount of Secured Debt maturing within two (2) years (the “Net Secured Cash Amount”)) to Total Asset Value.
“Stabilization Date” means, with respect to a property, the earlier of (a) eighteen (18) months after substantial completion of new construction or development, or (b) the first date the Occupancy Level is at least ninety percent (90%).
“Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to which the Administrative Agent is subject, with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board).  Such reserve percentage shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.  Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation.  The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

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“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with full consolidation method GAAP as of such date.
“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“Term Loan” means a term loan made pursuant to Section 2.03.
“Term Loan Amount” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Term Loans at such time.
“TIF” means tax increment financing issued by a Governmental Authority chartered in the United States of America backed by dedicated tax increments.
“Total Asset Value” means the sum of (without duplication) (a) the aggregate Value of all of Borrower’s Real Property; plus (b) the amount of any cash and cash equivalents, excluding tenant security and other restricted deposits of the Borrower, less the Net Unrestricted Cash Amount (but only in the case of a calculation of the Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio) or the Net Secured Cash Amount (but only in the case of a calculation of the Secured Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio); plus (c) investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates that are engaged primarily in the business of investment in and operation of Real Property, valued at an amount equal to the Value of each Unconsolidated Affiliate’s Real Property multiplied by the Equity Percentage for that Unconsolidated Affiliate; plus (d) loans, advances and extensions of credit that are not then in default (calculated on the book value of the investment in accordance with GAAP) (but the amount of same that are not loans to Affiliates of the Borrower that are Mortgage Notes or used to purchase TIF obligations may not exceed five percent (5%) of Total Asset Value inclusive of such amount); plus (e) the result of multiplying (i) Borrower’s aggregate gross asset management and property management income for the immediately preceding six (6) calendar months multiplied by two (2), by (ii) five (5), provided, however, that such amount may not exceed five percent (5%) of Total Asset Value inclusive of such amount.  Total Asset Value for items (a) through (e) above shall be calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.  For the purposes of calculating Total Asset Value, (x) the aggregate value of Real Property under construction or development (to include Real Property subject to unconditional purchase contracts), investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates, loans to Affiliates of the Borrower that are Mortgage Notes or used to purchase TIF obligations, other loans and undeveloped land may not exceed thirty percent (30%) of Total Asset Value inclusive of such amount, and (y) the value of Real Property (not including undeveloped land) that is not Retail Property may not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of Total Asset Value inclusive of such amount.
“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans and the use of the proceeds thereof.

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“Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
“Unconsolidated Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”), at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would not be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with full consolidation method GAAP as of such date.
“Unencumbered Interest Coverage Ratio” means the ratio of (a) the Adjusted Net Operating Income for Qualified Real Property for the immediately preceding four (4) calendar quarters (and solely for the purposes of this definition, including Adjusted Net Operating Income for Qualified Real Property owned by Unconsolidated Affiliates that are engaged primarily in the business of investment in and operation of Real Property, based on the Equity Percentage of Adjusted Net Operating Income for such Unconsolidated Affiliates), to (b) the Borrower’s Interest Expense on all of the Borrower’s Indebtedness other than Secured Debt for the period used to calculate Adjusted Net Operating Income.
“Unencumbered Value Ratio” means the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (a) Borrower’s Indebtedness other than Secured Debt to (b) the sum of (without duplication) the aggregate Value of all of Borrower’s Qualified Real Property plus investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates that are engaged primarily in the business of investment in and operation of Real Property, valued at an amount equal to the Value of each Unconsolidated Affiliate’s Qualified Real Property multiplied by the Equity Percentage for that Unconsolidated Affiliate (with Value for the purposes of this ratio not including (i) Real Property that is under construction and development or that is undeveloped land in excess of fifteen percent (15%) of Value inclusive of such amount and (ii) Real Property that is not owned by Borrower or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Borrower in excess of twenty percent (20%) of Value inclusive of such amount.
“U.S. Person” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.16(f)(iv).
“Value” means the sum of the following:
(a)    for Real Property that has reached the Stabilization Date and that Borrower or a Subsidiary of Borrower has owned for all of the immediately preceding eighteen (18) calendar months, and for any Real Property project (but not a portion thereof) that Borrower or a Subsidiary of Borrower has owned for at least six (6) calendar months that is described in clause (b) of this definition but which Borrower elects to include (which shall be an irrevocable decision) in this clause (a), the result of dividing (i) the aggregate Net Operating Income of the subject property based on the immediately preceding six (6) calendar months and multiplied by two (2), less the Capital Expenditure Reserve for such property, by (ii) seven and one-fourth percent (7.25%); plus

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(b)    for Real Property that is completed but (i) has not reached the Stabilization Date or (ii) has not been owned by Borrower or a Subsidiary of Borrower for all of the immediately preceding eighteen (18) calendar months, the Historical Value of the subject property, provided, however, that such aggregate amount (not including Real Property that Borrower or a Subsidiary of Borrower has owned for less than six (6) calendar months) included in Total Asset Value may not exceed ten percent (10%) of Total Asset Value before inclusion of such amount; plus
(c)    for Real Property that is under construction or development, the Historical Value of the subject property; plus
(d)    for Real Property that is undeveloped land, and for Real Property that is the Borrower’s corporate offices owned in fee by the Borrower, currently located at 2600 Citadel, Houston, Texas, the Historical Value of the subject property.
In calculating Value, if the Real Property is not owned by the Borrower or a wholly-owned Subsidiary but the Borrower or a Subsidiary guarantees Indebtedness secured by such Real Property, the Value of the applicable Real Property will be based on the percentage of the Indebtedness that is guaranteed and recorded in accordance with GAAP so long as the guaranty is senior in right of payment to any equity interest of an owner.
“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“Withholding Agent” means the Borrower and/or the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 1.02    Classification of Loans and Borrowings.  For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Loan” or an “ABR Loan”).  Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Borrowing” or an “ABR Borrowing”).
SECTION 1.03    Terms Generally.  The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.  Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be 

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construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
SECTION 1.04    Accounting Terms; GAAP.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Administrative Agent and Lenders recognize that the Borrower changed its method of accounting from the pro rata method of accounting to the full consolidation method of accounting for financial accounting purposes, in accordance with GAAP.  Notwithstanding such change, the Borrower shall continue to calculate compliance with the financial covenants in this Agreement based on GAAP prior to the change, and shall prepare footnotes to each Compliance Certificate required to be delivered under this Agreement that indicate which method was used for a particular covenant calculation.
ARTICLE II.
THE CREDITS
SECTION 2.01    Commitments.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Term Loans to the Borrower in an amount equal to the initial Commitment of such Lender, which initial Term Loans will be disbursed to the Borrower in Dollars in a single advance on the Effective Date.  The initial Term Loans may consist of ABR Loans, Eurodollar Loans, or a combination thereof, as the Borrower may request.  Amounts repaid on any Term Loan may not be re-borrowed.  Pursuant to Chapter 346 (“Chapter 346”) of the Texas Credit Code, Borrower, Administrative Agent and Lenders expressly agree that Chapter 346 shall not apply to the Notes or to any Loan evidenced by the Notes and that neither the Notes nor any such Loan shall be governed by or subject to the provisions of Chapter 346 in any manner whatsoever.
SECTION 2.02    Loans and Borrowings.
(a)    Each Term Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.  The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.
(b)    Subject to Section 2.13, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith.  Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign 

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branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c)    At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing and at the time that each ABR Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000.  Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of five (5) Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding.
(d)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.03    Requests for Borrowings.  To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon (Eastern time), three (3) Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon (Eastern time), one (1) Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing.  Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto and hereby made a part hereof and signed by the Borrower.  Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i)    the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(ii)    the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii)    whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;
(iv)    in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and
(v)    the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06.
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified in the Borrowing Request, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing.  If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration, in the case of such Eurodollar Borrowing.  Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

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SECTION 2.04    [Reserved.]
SECTION 2.05    [Reserved.]
SECTION 2.06    Funding of Borrowings.
(a)    Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 1:00 p.m. (Eastern time), to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders.  The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request.
(b)    Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.  In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the corresponding Loan made to the Borrower.  If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.  A Defaulting Lender shall also make the payments required by the last paragraph of Article VIII.
SECTION 2.07    Interest Elections.
(a)    Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request.  Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section.  The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.
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would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election.  Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in the form of a Borrowing Request (with proper election made for an interest rate election only) and signed by the Borrower.
(c)    Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i)    the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii)    the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii)    whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and
(iv)    if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
(d)    Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e)    If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month’s duration.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
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The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time after the Effective Date and prior to the Maturity Date, upon prior written notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, request an increase in the principal amount of any existing Term Loans or the establishment of one or more additional tranches of Term Loans from existing Lenders or other Persons selected by the Borrower (other than the Borrower or any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Borrower) and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided, however, if requested by Borrower in writing, the Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain increased or additional commitments for such Term Loans up to the maximum amount stated in clause (a) below, and to do so the Administrative Agent may, after first offering the existing Lenders the opportunity to participate in such increased or additional Commitments, obtain additional lenders of its choice (and approved by Borrower, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and without the necessity of approval from any of the Lenders; provided, further, that:
(a)    (i) the Borrower may make a maximum of three (3) such requests, (ii) any such increase in existing Term Loans or additional tranche of Term Loans shall be in a minimum aggregate principal amount of $20,000,000 and integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess thereof, and (iii) the aggregate principal amount of all such increased or additional Term Loans shall not exceed $100,000,000;
(b)    no Default or Event of Default shall exist before and immediately after giving effect to such increased or additional Term Loans;
(c)    the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of any such increased or additional Term Loans, with the financial covenants set forth in Section 5.02, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01;
(d)    no existing Lender shall be under any obligation to provide a portion of any increased or additional Term Loans and any such decision whether to provide a portion of any increased or additional Term Loans shall be in such Lender’s sole and absolute discretion;
(e)    (1) any new Lender shall join this Agreement by executing such joinder documents reasonably required by the Administrative Agent and/or (2) any existing Lender electing to provide a Commitment with respect to such increased or additional Term Loan shall have executed a commitment or joinder agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent;
(f)    the establishment of any increased or additional Term Loans shall be subject to receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certificate of the Borrower dated as of the date of the establishment of such increased or additional Term Loans signed by the secretary, assistant secretary and/or other responsible officer of the Borrower (x) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by the Borrower approving or consenting to such increase, 

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and (y) certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increased or additional Term Loans, (1) the representations and warranties contained in Article III and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such increased or additional Term Loans, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.08, the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.04 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of Section 5.01, and (2) no Default or Event of Default exists; 
(g)    the terms and provisions of such increased or additional Term Loans (and any related Commitments thereto) shall be identical to the then-existing Term Loans; provided, that any commitment, upfront or similar fees payable to any increasing or new Lender in connection with such increased or additional Term Loans shall be determined by the Borrower and the applicable Lender; and
(h)    the Borrower shall execute an amendment to this Agreement, additional Notes and other documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence the increased or additional Commitments, and the admission of additional Persons as Lenders, if necessary.


SECTION 2.09    Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a)    The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan on the Maturity Date.  The Loans shall be evidenced by the Notes; provided, however, that upon written request of any Lender, its Loans will be evidenced by this Agreement and a Note will not be executed in favor of such Lender.  Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Term Loans shall be evidenced by Notes executed by the Borrower, one to each Lender for such Lender’s Commitment.
(b)    Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(c)    The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
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recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.10    Prepayment of Loans.
(a)    The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay, without penalty, any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section, and subject to Section 2.15, if applicable.
(b)    The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m. (Eastern time), three (3) Business Days before the date of prepayment, or (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m. (Eastern time), one (1) Business Day before the date of prepayment.  Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02.  Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing.  Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.12.
(c)    In connection with the prepayment of any Loan prior to the expiration of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay any applicable expenses pursuant to Section 2.15.
(d)    Amounts to be applied to the prepayment of Loans pursuant to any of the preceding subsections of this Section shall be applied, first, to reduce outstanding ABR Loans and next, to the extent of any remaining balance, to reduce outstanding Eurodollar Loans.  Each such prepayment shall be applied to prepay ratably the Loans of the Lenders.
SECTION 2.11    Fees.
The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers such fees in amounts and at the times as are specified in the Fee Letter.  All such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever, except to the extent set forth in the Fee Letter.
SECTION 2.12    Interest.
(a)    The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the lesser of (x) the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate, or (y) the Maximum Rate.

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(b)    The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at the lesser of (x) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate, or (y) the Maximum Rate.
(c)    [Reserved].
(d)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, the lesser of (x) 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section, or (y) the Maximum Rate, or (ii) in the case of any other amount, the lesser of (x) 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section, or (y) the Maximum Rate.
(e)    Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(f)    All interest and fees hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate (even if such Alternate Base Rate is based on the Adjusted LIBO Rate) shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).  The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.13    Alternate Rate of Interest.  If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:
(a)    the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or
(b)    the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that (i) the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making, converting, continuing or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period and (ii) such fact is generally applicable to its loans of this type to similar borrowers, as evidenced by a certification from such Lenders;

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then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective, and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing.
SECTION 2.14    Increased Costs.
(a)    If any Change in Law shall:
(i)    impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate); or
(ii)    impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition (other than one relating to Excluded Taxes), affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b)    If any Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c)    A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.
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compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than sixty (60) days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 60-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION 2.15    Break Funding Payments.  In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.10(b)), or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.18, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event.  In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market.  A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
SECTION 2.16    Taxes.
(a)    Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if the Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent or any Lender (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

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(b)    In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c)    The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within ten (10) days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d)    As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e)    Any Non-U.S. Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate.
(f)    Any Lender shall, if it is legally eligible to do so, deliver to Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies reasonably requested by Borrower and the Administrative Agent) on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a party hereto, duly completed and executed copies of whichever of the following is applicable
(i)    in the case of a Lender that is a U.S. Person, IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding tax;
(ii)    in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (1) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (2) with respect to any other applicable payments under this Agreement, IRS Form W‐8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

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(iii)    in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender for whom payments under this Agreement constitute income that is effectively connected with such Lender’s conduct of a trade or business in the United States, IRS Form W-8ECI;
(iv)    in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code both (1) IRS Form W-8BEN and (2) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G (a “U.S. Tax Certificate”) to the effect that such Lender is not (a) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (b) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code (c) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (d) conducting a trade or business in the United States with which the relevant interest payments are effectively connected;
(v)    in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender that is not the beneficial owner of payments made under this Agreement (including a partnership or a participating Lender) (1) an IRS Form W-8IMY on behalf of itself and (2) the relevant forms prescribed in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vi) of this subsection (f) that would be required of each such beneficial owner or partner of such partnership if such beneficial owner or partner were a Lender; provided, however, that if the Lender is a partnership and one or more of its partners are claiming the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, such Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Certificate on behalf of such partners; or
(vi)    any other form prescribed by law as a basis for claiming exemption from, or a reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax together with such supplementary documentation necessary to enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the amount of Tax (if any) required by law to be withheld.
(g)    If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Withholding Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent as may be necessary for the Withholding Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has or has not complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA and, as necessary, to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this subsection, “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.17    Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.

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(a)    The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest or fees, or of amounts payable under Section 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16, or otherwise) prior to 1:00 p.m. (Eastern time), on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim.  Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon.  All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 3050 Peachtree Road NW, Suite 400, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, Attention:  Syndicate Services, except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto.  If the Administrative Agent receives a payment for the account of a Lender prior to 1:00 p.m. (Eastern time), such payment must be delivered to the Lender on the same day and if it is not so delivered due to the fault of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall pay to the Lender entitled to the payment interest thereon for each day after payment should have been received by the Lender pursuant hereto until the  Lender receives payment, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.  If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.  All payments hereunder shall be made in Dollars.
(b)    If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.
(c)    If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).  The Borrower consents to the 

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foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(d)    Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due.  In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(e)    If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.06(b) or 2.17(d), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
(f)    If the Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17, it shall pay over such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower and without interest on such sums (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  This Section shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.
SECTION 2.18    Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
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and 2.16 as promptly as practicable after it obtains knowledge thereof and determines to request such compensation, provided that such Person shall not be liable for the failure to provide such notice.  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any such Person or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to avoid or minimize the amounts payable, including, without limitation, the designation of a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or the assignment of its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.16, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.  The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b)    If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16, or if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.14 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.16, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments.  A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent that:
SECTION 3.01    Organization; Powers.  The Borrower is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse 

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Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.
SECTION 3.02    Authorization; Enforceability.  The Transactions are within the trust, corporate, partnership or limited liability company powers (as applicable) of the Borrower and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or limited liability company action.  This Agreement and the Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 3.03    Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts.  The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (b) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries.
SECTION 3.04    Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.
(a)    The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders financial statements (i) as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 reported on by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants, and (ii) as of and for the fiscal quarter and the portion of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014 certified by its chief financial officer.  Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii) above.
(b)    Since September 30, 2014 there has been no material adverse change in the business, assets, operations, prospects or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 3.05    Properties.
(a)    Subject to Liens permitted by Section 6.01, each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business, except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes.

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(b)    Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to the Borrower’s business, and the use thereof by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c)    All components of all improvements included within the Real Property owned or leased, as lessee, by the Borrower, including, without limitation, the roofs and structural elements thereof and the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, sewer, waste water, storm water, paving and parking equipment, systems and facilities included therein, are in good working order and repair, subject to such exceptions which are not reasonably likely to have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  All water, gas, electrical, steam, compressed air, telecommunication, sanitary and storm sewage lines and systems and other similar systems serving the Real Property owned or leased by the Borrower are installed and operating and are sufficient to enable the Real Property to continue to be used and operated in the manner currently being used and operated, and the Borrower has no knowledge of any factor or condition that reasonably could be expected to result in the termination or material impairment of the furnishing thereof, subject to such exceptions which are not likely to have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  No improvement or portion thereof is dependent for its access, operation or utility on any land, building or other improvement not included in the Real Property owned or leased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, other than for access provided pursuant to a recorded easement or other right of way establishing the right of such access subject to such exceptions which are not likely to have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(d)    All franchises, licenses, authorizations, rights of use, governmental approvals and permits (including all certificates of occupancy and building permits) required to have been issued by Governmental Authority to enable all Real Property owned or leased by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to be operated as then being operated have been lawfully issued and are in full force and effect, other than those which the failure to obtain in the aggregate could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Borrower is not in violation of the terms or conditions of any such franchises, licenses, authorizations, rights of use, governmental approvals and permits, which violation would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e)    The Borrower has not received any notice nor has any knowledge of any pending, threatened or contemplated condemnation proceeding affecting any Real Property owned or leased by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any part thereof, or any proposed termination or impairment of any parking at any such owned or leased Real Property or of any sale or other disposition of any Real Property owned or leased by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any part thereof in lieu of condemnation, which in the aggregate, are reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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(f)    Except for events or conditions not reasonably likely to have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (i) no portion of any Real Property owned or leased by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has suffered any material damage by fire or other casualty loss which has not heretofore been completely repaired and restored to its condition prior to such casualty, and (ii) no portion of any Real Property owned or leased by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is located in a special flood hazard area as designated by any federal Government Authorities or any area identified by the insurance industry or other experts acceptable to the Administrative Agent as an area that is a high probable earthquake or seismic area, except as set forth on Schedule 3.05(f).
SECTION 3.06    Intellectual Property.  To the knowledge of the Borrower, the Borrower owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its business, and the use thereof by the Borrower does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  To the knowledge of the Borrower, there are no material slogans or other advertising devices, projects, processes, methods, substances, parts or components, or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by the Borrower with respect to the operation of any Real Property, and no claim or litigation regarding any slogan or advertising device, project, process, method, substance, part or component or other material employed, or now contemplated to be employed by the Borrower, is pending or threatened, the outcome of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.07    Litigation and Environmental Matters.
(a)    There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) that involve this Agreement or the Transactions.
(b)    Except for the Disclosed Matters and except with respect to any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect :
(i)    to the knowledge of the Borrower, all Real Property leased or owned by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is free from contamination by any Hazardous Material, except to the extent such contamination could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii)    to the knowledge of the Borrower, the operations of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and the operations at the Real Property leased or owned by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, 

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except to the extent such noncompliance could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect;
(iii)    neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries have known liabilities with respect to Hazardous Materials and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, no facts or circumstances exist which could reasonably be expected to give rise to liabilities with respect to Hazardous Materials, in either case, except to the extent such liabilities could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(iv)    neither the Real Property currently leased or owned by Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, (x) any predecessor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, nor (y) any of the Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ Real Property owned or leased in the past, nor (z) any owner of Real Property leased or operated by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, are subject to any outstanding written order or contract, with any Governmental Authority or other Person, or to any federal, state, local, foreign or territorial investigation of which the Borrower or any such Subsidiary has been given notice respecting (A) Environmental Laws, (B) Remedial Action, or (C) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material, in each case, except to the extent such written order, contract or investigation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(v)    none of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any pending legal proceeding alleging the violation of any Environmental Law nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, are any such proceedings threatened, in either case, except to the extent any such proceedings could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(vi)    none of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any predecessor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or to the knowledge of the Borrower, any owner of Real Property leased by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, has filed any notice under federal, state or local, territorial or foreign law indicating past or present treatment, storage, or disposal of or reporting a Release of Hazardous Material into the environment, in each case, except to the extent such Release of Hazardous Material could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(vii)    none of the operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, of any owner of premises currently leased by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or of any tenant of premises currently leased from Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, involve or previously involved the generation, transportation, treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste, as defined under 40 C.F.R. Part 261.3 (in effect as of the date of this Agreement) or any state, local, territorial or foreign equivalent, in violation of Environmental Laws, except to the extent the same could not readily be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

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(viii)    to the knowledge of the Borrower, there is not now, nor has there been in the past (except, in all cases, to the extent the existence thereof could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), on, in or under any Real Property leased or owned by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their predecessors (A) any underground storage tanks or surface tanks, dikes or impoundments (other than for surface water); (B) any friable asbestos-containing materials; (C) any polychlorinated biphenyls; or (D) any radioactive substances other than naturally occurring radioactive material.
(c)    Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the status of the Disclosed Matters that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in, or materially increased the likelihood of, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.08    Compliance with Laws and Agreements.  Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  No Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 3.09    Investment Company Status.  None of the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.
SECTION 3.10    Taxes.  The Borrower and each of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries that Borrower Controls has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such Person has set aside on its books adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.11    ERISA.  No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed by more than $10,000,000 the fair market value of the assets of such Plan, and the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed by more than $10,000,000 the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans.
SECTION 3.12    Disclosure.  The Borrower has disclosed or made available to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to 

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result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Executive Summary dated February 2015 prepared by the Administrative Agent in conjunction with the Borrower, nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.
SECTION 3.13    Insurance.  Borrower has provided to Administrative Agent an insurance schedule which accurately sets forth, in all material respects, as of the Effective Date all insurance policies and programs currently in effect with respect to the assets and business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, specifying for each such policy and program, (i) the amount thereof, (ii) the risks insured against thereby, (iii) the name of the insurer and each insured party thereunder, (iv) the policy or other identification number thereof and (v) the expiration date thereof.  Such insurance policies and programs (or such other similar policies as are permitted pursuant to Section 5.06) are currently in full force and effect, and, together with payment by the insured of scheduled deductible payments, are in amounts sufficient to cover the replacement value of the respective assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 3.14    Subsidiaries.  As of the Effective Date, the Borrower has only the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 3.14 attached hereto.  Each of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries that is a corporation other than Weingarten Investments Inc. is a “qualified REIT subsidiary” under Section 856 of the Code.
ARTICLE IV.
CONDITIONS
SECTION 4.01    Effective Date.  The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
(a)    The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from the Borrower either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement and all other Loan Documents to which it is party signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of each such Loan Document other than the Notes) that such party has signed a counterpart of the Loan Documents, together with copies of all Loan Documents.
(b)    The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of Winstead PC, counsel for the Borrower, covering such matters relating to the Borrower, the 

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Loan Documents or the Transactions as the Required Lenders shall reasonably request.  The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinion.
(c)    The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the Borrower, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Borrower, this Agreement or the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(d)    The Administrative Agent shall have received a Compliance Certificate, dated the date of this Agreement (but calculated as of, and for the period ending, September 30, 2014) and signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e)    The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
SECTION 4.02    Each Credit Event.  The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a)    The representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Borrowing.
(b)    At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(c)    With respect to any requested Borrowings, the Borrower shall have complied with Section 2.03.
Each Borrowing shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in this Section.
ARTICLE V.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

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SECTION 5.01    Financial Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information.  The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a)    within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by Deloitte & Touche LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(b)    within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c)    concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (the “Compliance Certificate”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto;
(d)    promptly after the same become publicly available for Forms 10-K and 10-Q described below, and upon written request for items other than Forms 10-K and 10-Q described below, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with the Securities and Exchange Commission (including registration statements and reports on Form 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K (or their equivalents)), or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Borrower to its shareholders generally, as the case may be;
(e)    promptly after Moody’s or S&P shall have announced a change in the rating established or deemed to have been established for the Index Debt, written notice of such rating change;
(f)    concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above (or earlier if prepared and completed earlier by the Borrower) a current capital plan of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (based on the Borrower’s good faith estimates and 

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projections) for the next four (4) calendar quarters including projected sources and uses of funds (including dividend and debt payments); and
(g)    promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.
SECTION 5.02    Financial Tests.  The Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have and maintain, on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP:
(a)    a Secured Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio no greater than thirty-five percent (35%) at all times;
(b)    a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.50:1.00 at all times;
(c)    a Net Worth of at least Two Billion Four Hundred Million Dollars ($2,400,000,000), plus fifty percent (50%) of the net proceeds (gross proceeds less reasonable and customary costs of sale and issuance paid to Persons not Affiliates of the Borrower) received by the Borrower at any time from the issuance of capital stock of the Borrower after the Revolving Credit Agreement Effective Date, at all times;
(d)    an Unencumbered Interest Coverage Ratio of not less than 2.00:1.00 at all times;
(e)    an Unencumbered Value Ratio no greater than sixty percent (60%) at all times; provided that said ratio may increase to sixty-five percent (65%) for up to two (2) consecutive calendar quarters ending immediately following a Major Acquisition; and
(f)    a Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio no greater than sixty percent (60%) at all times; provided that said ratio may increase to sixty-five percent (65%) for up to two (2) consecutive calendar quarters ending immediately following a Major Acquisition.
SECTION 5.03    Notices of Material Events.  The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender written notice of the following promptly after it becomes aware of same:
(a)    the occurrence of any Default;
(b)    the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c)    the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $10,000,000; and

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(d)    any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.04    Existence; Conduct of Business.  The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries that it Controls to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.02.  The Borrower will maintain at least one class of common shares of the Borrower having trading privileges on the New York Stock Exchange.
SECTION 5.05    Payment of Obligations.  The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries that it Controls to, pay its obligations, including Tax liabilities, that, if not paid, could result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Borrower or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.06    Maintenance of Properties; Insurance.  The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries that it Controls to, (a) keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and (b) maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are set forth in the schedule provided pursuant to Section 3.13, or as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations.
SECTION 5.07    Books and Records; Inspection Rights.
(a)    The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries that it Controls to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities.
(b)    The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries that it Controls to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice and subject to rights of tenants, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested.
SECTION 5.08    Compliance with Laws.  The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries that it Controls to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any 

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Governmental Authority (a) applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (b) required to maintain, and will at all times qualify as and maintain, its status as a real estate investment trust under Section 856(c)(1) of the Code.
SECTION 5.09    Use of Proceeds.  The proceeds of the Loans will be used to refinance existing Indebtedness and/or for other general corporate purposes including acquisition, development and enhancement of Real Property and working capital.  No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for financing, funding or completing the hostile acquisition of publicly traded Persons or for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations G, U and X.
SECTION 5.10    Fiscal Year.  Borrower shall maintain as its fiscal year the twelve (12) ‐ month period ending on December 31 of each year.
SECTION 5.11    Environmental Matters.
(a)    Borrower shall comply and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries that it Controls and each Real Property owned or leased by such parties to comply in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws currently or hereafter in effect, except to the extent noncompliance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)    If the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders at any time have a reasonable basis to believe that there may be a material violation of any Environmental Law related to any Real Property owned or leased by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that it Controls, or Real Property adjacent to such Real Property, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, then Borrower agrees, upon request from the Administrative Agent, to provide the Administrative Agent, at the Borrower’s expense, with such reports, certificates, engineering studies or other written material or data as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably require so as to reasonably satisfy the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders that the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries or Real Property owned or leased by Borrower or any such Subsidiary is in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws.
(c)    Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries that it Controls to, take such Remedial Action or other action as required by Environmental Law or any Governmental Authority.
SECTION 5.12    [Reserved.]
SECTION 5.13    Further Assurances.  At any time upon the request of the Administrative Agent, Borrower will, promptly and at its expense, execute, acknowledge and deliver such further documents and perform such other acts and things as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Loans made hereunder and interest thereon in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

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ARTICLE VI.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION 6.01    Liens.  The Borrower will not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it or its Subsidiaries, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
(a)    Permitted Encumbrances;
(b)    any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.01; provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations (whether present or future) set forth in the governing loan documents, as of the date hereof and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof; and
(c)    any Lien securing Indebtedness not prohibited by this Agreement.
SECTION 6.02    Fundamental Changes.
(a)    The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries when taken as a whole, or all or substantially all of the stock of its Subsidiaries when taken as a whole (in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (i) any Person may merge into, or consolidate with, the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) any Person (other than the Borrower) may merge into, or consolidate with, any Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Subsidiary, (iii) any Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to the Borrower or to another Subsidiary, (iv) any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders, (v) any Subsidiary may merge into (or consolidate with) or liquidate or dissolve into, any other Subsidiary, and (vi) any Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to Borrower or to any other Subsidiary; provided that any such merger involving a Person that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger shall not be permitted unless also permitted by Section 6.03.

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(b)    The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the date of execution of this Agreement and businesses reasonably related thereto.
SECTION 6.03    Investments, Loans, Advances and Acquisitions.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary prior to such merger) any capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit, not including receivables, deposits or prepaid items, except:
(a)    Permitted Investments;
(b)    investments in the capital stock of new or existing Subsidiaries and intercompany loans between or among the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries;
(c)    investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates (valued at an amount equal to the Value of each Unconsolidated Affiliate’s Real Property multiplied by the Equity Percentage for that Unconsolidated Affiliate), and in other real estate investment trusts (at market value);
(d)    loans, advances and extensions of credit to Affiliates of the Borrower that are Mortgage Notes or are used to purchase TIF obligations;
(e)    loans, advances and extensions of credit that are not included in clause (d);
(f)    undeveloped land;
(g)    Real Property;
(h)    capital stock, obligations or securities received in settlement of debts (created in the ordinary course of business) owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and
(i)    mergers, consolidations and other transactions permitted under Section 6.02, so long as same do not cause the Borrower to be in violation of any provision of this Section 6.03.
The loans and investments described above may be purchased or acquired, directly or indirectly, through partnerships, joint ventures, or otherwise.
SECTION 6.04    Hedging Agreements.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Hedging Agreement, other than Hedging Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is exposed in the conduct of its business or the management of its liabilities.

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SECTION 6.05    Transactions with Affiliates.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) in the ordinary course of business at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, and (b) transactions between or among the Borrower and its wholly owned Subsidiaries not involving any other Affiliate.
SECTION 6.06    Restrictive Agreements.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement (including the organizational documents of such Person) that prohibits or restricts (a) the ability of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon, or sell, transfer or otherwise convey all or any part of, any of its property or assets, or (b) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any shares of its capital stock or to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by this Agreement, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on the date hereof, which are to the best of Borrower’s knowledge, identified on Schedule 6.06 (but shall apply to any extension or renewal of, or any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition), (iii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale or other disposition of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (iv) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, (v) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases restricting the assignment thereof, and (vi) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in joint venture and partnership agreements, or other organizational documents, with Persons other than Borrower or its Affiliates restricting Liens on property owned thereby or on venture or partnership interests.
SECTION 6.07    Government Regulation.  The Borrower will not (a) be or become subject at any time to any legal requirement, or list of any government agency (including, without limitation, the U.S. Office of Foreign Asset Control list) that prohibits or limits the Lenders from making any advance or extension of credit to the Borrower or from otherwise conducting business with the Borrower, or (b) fail to provide documentary and other evidence of the Borrower’s identity as may be requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender at any time to enable the Administrative Agent or any Lender to verify its identity or to comply with any applicable legal requirement, including, without limitation, Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act of 2001, 31 U.S.C. Section 5318.
SECTION 6.08    Prohibited Restricted Payments.  During the existence of a Default or an Event of Default the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any ownership interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property) on account of the purchase, 

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redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such ownership interests (including any sinking fund or similar deposit), or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such ownership interests (“Restricted Payment”), except (a) the minimum amount of Restricted Payments required to be made in other to maintain Borrower’s REIT status, and (b) dividends payable by the Borrower solely in additional shares of common stock.
ARTICLE VII.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:
(a)    the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;
(b)    the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under any Loan Documents, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue un-remedied for a period of over three (3) Business Days;
(c)    any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower in or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any amendment or modification hereof or waiver hereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;
(d)    the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Article V or VI other than Sections 5.05, 5.06, 5.07(a), 5.08, and 5.11;
(e)    the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clauses (a), (b) or (d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue un-remedied for a period of over thirty (30) days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which notice will be given at the request of any Lender);
(f)    the principal of any Material Indebtedness is not paid when due, or the interest on any Material Indebtedness is not paid when due and, in either case, any grace period has expired, or any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (f) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness 

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that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;
(g)    an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, other than a Minority Subsidiary, of the Borrower or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Subsidiary, other than a Minority Subsidiary, of the Borrower or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue un-dismissed for sixty (60) days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(h)    the Borrower or any Subsidiary, other than a Minority Subsidiary, of the Borrower shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for such Person or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(i)    the Borrower or any Subsidiary, other than a Minority Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(j)    one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $10,000,000 shall be rendered against the Borrower, any Subsidiary, other than a Minority Subsidiary, of the Borrower or any combination thereof and the same shall remain un-discharged for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of such Person to enforce any such judgment;
(k)    an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding (i) $5,000,000 in any year or (ii) $10,000,000 for all periods; or
(l)    a Change in Control shall occur;
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the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take some or all of the following actions, at the same or different times:  (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower, and (iii) exercise any other rights or remedies provided under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any other right or remedy available by law or equity; and in case of any event described in clause (g) or (h) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.
ARTICLE VIII.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
SECTION 8.01    General.  Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.  The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.  The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any 

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Default (other than the non-payment of principal of or interest on Loans) unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person.  The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon.  The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts reasonably selected.
The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower.  The Required Lenders (without consideration of Administrative Agent’s ownership interest in the Loans) may remove Administrative Agent immediately at any time it is determined that Administrative Agent has committed gross negligence or willful misconduct in the exercise of its duties hereunder.  Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the approval of Borrower (provided no Default has occurred and is continuing), which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, to appoint a successor.  If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent.  Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder.  The fees payable by the Borrower 

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to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor.  After the Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
Except as otherwise specifically described herein, none of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or any other Persons identified on the facing page or signature pages of, or elsewhere in connection with, this Agreement as a “syndication agent,” “documentation agent,” “joint bookrunner,” or “joint lead arranger” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than, in the case of such Lenders, those applicable to all Lenders as such.  Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Lenders, including without limitation the Lenders or other Persons identified in the foregoing sentence, shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 8.02    Defaulting Lenders.  If for any reason any Lender shall become a Defaulting Lender, then, in addition to the rights and remedies that may be available to Administrative Agent, the other Lenders, Borrower or any other party at law or in equity, and not as a limitation thereof,
(i)    such Defaulting Lender’s right to participate in the administration of, or decision-making rights related to, the Loans, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be suspended during the pendency of such failure or refusal;
(ii)    fees, if any, shall cease to accrue on the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.11;
(iii)    the Commitment and the Loans of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether all Lenders or the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment or waiver pursuant to Section 9.02); provided that any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender which affects such Defaulting Lender differently than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender;
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to such Defaulting Lender, and in satisfaction of any such payment obligation, be retained by Administrative Agent in a segregated account and, subject to any applicable requirements of law, be applied at such time or times as may be determined by Administrative Agent (a) first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to Administrative Agent hereunder, (b) second, to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by Administrative Agent, (c) third, if so determined by Administrative Agent and Borrower, held in such account as cash collateral for future funding obligations of the Defaulting Lender under this Agreement, (d) fourth, pro rata, to the payment of any amounts owing to Borrower or the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by Borrower or any Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement, and (e) fifth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if such payment is a prepayment of the principal amount of any Loans which a Defaulting Lender has funded, such payment shall be applied solely to prepay the Loans of all non-defaulting Lenders pro rata prior to being applied to the prepayment of any Loans of any Defaulting Lender.
A Defaulting Lender’s rights to participate in Lender decision-making and to fully participate in payments due from Borrower shall be restored only upon the payment by such Defaulting Lender of the amounts as to which it is delinquent, and any damages suffered by Borrower as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s default hereunder (including, without limitation, interest on any portion of draw requests funded by Borrower with equity at the Prime Rate plus three percent (3%) per annum).
The non-defaulting Lenders shall also have the right, but not the obligation, in their respective, sole and absolute discretion, to acquire for no cash consideration (pro rata, based on the respective Commitments of those Lenders electing to exercise such right), the Defaulting Lender’s Commitment to fund future Loans (the “Future Commitment”).  Upon any such purchase of the Defaulting Lender’s Future Commitment, the Defaulting Lender’s share in future Loans and its rights under the Loan Documents with respect thereto shall terminate on the date of purchase, and the Defaulting Lender shall promptly execute all documents reasonably requested to surrender and transfer such interest.  Each Defaulting Lender shall indemnify Administrative Agent and each non-defaulting Lender from and against any and all loss, damage or expenses, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees and funds advanced by Administrative Agent or by any non-defaulting Lender, on account of a Defaulting Lender’s failure to timely perform its obligations under the Loan Documents.
ARTICLE IX.
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.01    Notices.  Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone, all notices and other communications provided for herein shall 

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be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
(a)    if to the Borrower, to it at 2600 Citadel Plaza Drive, P. O. Box 924111, Houston, Texas 77292, Attention:  Steve Richter (Telecopy No. 713/866-6072); with a copy to Weingarten Realty Investors, 2600 Citadel Plaza Drive, P. O. Box 924111, Houston, Texas 77292, Attention:  Linda Kubena (Telecopy No. 713/880-6107); with a copy to Winstead PC, 600 Travis Street, Suite 1100, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention:  Vincent Marino (Telecopy No. 713/650-2400);
(b)    if to the Administrative Agent, to Regions Bank, 3050 Peachtree Road NW, Suite 400, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, Attention:  Syndicate Services (Telephone No. 404/279-7483 and Telecopy No. 404/279-7474), with a copy to Regions Bank, 1900 5th Avenue North, 15th Floor, Birmingham, Alabama 35303, Attention:  Real Estate Corporate Banking - Operations (Telephone No. 205/326-5300 and Telecopy No. 205/264-5456);
(c)    if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth on the signature pages of this Agreement, or as provided to Borrower in writing by the Administrative Agent or the Lender.
Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender.  The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.  All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given (i) if given by telecopy, when such telecopy is transmitted to the telecopy number specified in this Section and the appropriate confirmation is received (or if such day is not a Business Day, on the next Business Day); (ii) if given by mail (return receipt requested), on the earlier of receipt or three (3) Business Days after such communication is deposited in the mail with first class postage prepaid, addressed as aforesaid; or (iii) if given by any other means, when delivered at the address specified in this Section; provided that notices to the Administrative Agent under Article II shall not be effective until received.
SECTION 9.02    Waivers; Amendments.
(a)    No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.  The rights and remedies 

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of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder and under any other Loan Document are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have.  No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b)    Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the aggregate Commitments without the written consent of each Lender, except pursuant to Section 2.08, or increase the Commitment of any Lender without such Lender’s consent, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone or extend the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone or extend the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.17(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender, or (vi) release the Borrower from its obligations under the Loan Documents, without the written consent of each Lender; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 9.03    Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a)    The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of this Agreement or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated); provided, however, that unless requested by the Borrower, the Borrower shall not be required to pay the expenses associated with assignments or participations from Lenders after the Effective Date in accordance with Section 9.04, and (ii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any 

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counsel for the Administrative Agent or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.
(b)    The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, each Lender and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or the use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.  THE FOREGOING INDEMNITY INDEMNIFIES EACH INDEMNITEE FROM ITS OWN NEGLIGENCE.
(c)    To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such.
(d)    To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof.
(e)    All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten days after written demand therefor.
SECTION 9.04    Successors and Assigns.
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except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void), and (ii) a Lender may not assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section.  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b)    (i)  Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:
(A)    the Borrower, provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee; and
(B)    the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund.  The Administrative Agent will provide written notice of consent or denial within ten (10) days Business Days after its receipt of a written request for assignment.
(ii)    Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A)    except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, or an Approved Fund, or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(B)    each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement;
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(D)    the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; and
(E)    no assignment shall be made to (1) the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (2) any Defaulting Lender or (3) any natural person.
(iii)    Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections  2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03).  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.
(iv)    The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v)    Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register.  No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
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a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant.  Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.17(c) as though it were a Lender.
(ii)    A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.14 or 2.16 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent.  A Participant that would be a Non-U.S. Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.16 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.16(e) as though it were a Lender.
(d)    Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent and that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
SECTION 9.05    Survival.  All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or 

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any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid.  The provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
SECTION 9.06    Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  This Agreement and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent or any other Persons constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.  Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.07    Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.08    Right of Setoff.  If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be un-matured.  Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower after any such setoff and application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.  The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.
SECTION 9.09    Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a)    This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of Texas.
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Texas and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of Texas (Houston Division), and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court.  Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.  Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c)    The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section.  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d)    Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01.  Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 9.10    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS A CONSTITUTIONAL ONE, BUT THAT IT MAY BE WAIVED.  EACH OF THEM, AFTER CONSULTING OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT, WITH COUNSEL OF THEIR CHOICE, KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT ANY OF THEM MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) BETWEEN OR AMONG THEM ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN), OR ACTION OF ANY OF THEM.  THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO LENDERS TO PROVIDE THE FINANCING DESCRIBED HEREIN OR IN THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.
SECTION 9.11    Headings.  Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 9.12    Confidentiality.
(a)    Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including 

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accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (iii) to the extent  required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to any other party to this Agreement, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (1) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (2) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (vii) with the consent of the Borrower or (viii) to the extent such Information (1) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (2) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Borrower.  For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower; provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential.  Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
(b)    EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 9.12(a) FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BORROWER AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
(c)    ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE BORROWER OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE BORROWER AND ITS AFFILIATES.  ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC 

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INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW.
SECTION 9.13    Interest Rate Limitation.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively, the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law (the “Maximum Rate”), the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been paid in respect of such Loan but were not payable as result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.  If, for any reason whatsoever, the Charges paid or received on the Loans produces a rate which exceeds the Maximum Rate, the Lenders shall credit against the principal of the Loans (or, if such indebtedness shall have been paid in full, shall refund to the payor of such Charges) such portion of said Charges as shall be necessary to cause the interest paid on the Loans to produce a rate equal to the Maximum Rate.  All sums paid or agreed to be paid to the holders of the Loans for the use, forbearance or detention of the Loans shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread in equal parts throughout the full term of this Agreement, so that the interest rate is uniform throughout the full term of this Agreement.  The provisions of this Section shall control all agreements, whether now or hereafter existing and whether written or oral, between the parties hereto.  On each day, if any, that Texas law establishes the Maximum Rate, the Maximum Rate shall be the “weekly ceiling” (as defined in Chapter 303 of the Texas Finance Code (the “Texas Finance Code”) as amended) for that day.  The Administrative Agent may from time to time, as to current and future balances, implement any other ceiling under the Texas Finance Code by notice to the Borrower, if and to the extent permitted by the Texas Finance Code.  Without notice to the Borrower or any other person or entity, the Maximum Rate shall automatically fluctuate upward and downward as and in the amount by which such maximum non-usurious rate of interest permitted by applicable law fluctuates.
SECTION 9.14    Liability of Holders.  With respect to the incurrence of certain liabilities hereunder and the making of certain agreements by the Borrower as herein stated, such incurrence of liabilities and such agreements shall be binding upon the Borrower only as a trust formed under the Texas Real Estate Investment Trust Act pursuant to that certain Restated Declaration of Trust dated March 23, 1988 (as amended from time to time), and only upon the assets of such Borrower.  No Trust Manager or officer or holder of any beneficial interest in the Borrower shall have any personal liability for the payment of any indebtedness or other liabilities incurred by the Borrower hereunder or for the performance of any agreements made by the Borrower hereunder, nor for any other act, omission or obligation incurred by the Borrower or the Trust Managers except, in the case of a Trust Manager, any liability arising from his own willful misfeasance or malfeasance or gross negligence.

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SECTION 9.15    USA Patriot Act.  Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
	
				
	 
	WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	By:
	/s/ Stephen C Richter
	 

	 
	Name:
	Stephen C. Richter
	 

	 
	Title:
	EVP/CFO
	 















Signature page to Term Loan Agreement with Weingarten Realty Investors
	
				
	 
	REGIONS BANK, as a Lender and as Administrative
 Agent,

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	By:
	/s/ Kyle D. Upton
	 

	 
	Name:
	Kyle D. Upton
	 

	 
	Title:
	Vice President
	 

















Signature page to Term Loan Agreement with Weingarten Realty Investors
	
				
	 
	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	By:
	/s/ Gregory N. Kaye
	 

	 
	Name:
	Gregory N. Kaye

	 
	Title:
	Senior Vice President
	 




	
				
	 
	Address:
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	8 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1100
	 

	 
	Houston, Texas 77046
	 

	 
	Attention:
	Gregory N. Kaye
	 

	 
	Telephone No.:
	(713) 212-3710
	 

	 
	Telecopy No.:
	(713) 212-3720
	 















Signature page to Term Loan Agreement with Weingarten Realty Investors
	
				
	 
	ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	By:
	/s/ Daniel LePage
	 

	 
	Name:
	Daniel LePage
	 

	 
	Title:
	Authorize Signatory
	 




	
				
	 
	Address:
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	Three World Financial Center
	 

	 
	200 Vesey Street
	 

	 
	New York, New York 10281
	 

	 
	Attention:
	Daniel LePage
	 

	 
	 
	Corporate Banking - Managing

	 
	 
	Director
	 

	 
	Telephone No.:
	212-428-6605
	 

	 
	Telecopy No.:
	212-428-6459
	 

















Signature page to Term Loan Agreement with Weingarten Realty Investors
	
				
	 
	THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	By:
	/s/ Eugene Dempsey
	 

	 
	Name:
	Eugene Dempsey
	 

	 
	Title:
	Director and Execution Head




	
				
	 
	Address:
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	650 West Georgia Street, Suite 1800

	 
	Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 4N7

	 
	Attention:
	Eugene Dempsey
	 

	 
	Telephone No.:
	604-697-2214
	 

	 
	Telecopy No.:
	604-697-2200
	 















Signature page to Term Loan Agreement with Weingarten Realty Investors
	
				
	 
	BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	By:
	/s/ Eric Searls
	 

	 
	Name:
	Eric Searls
	 

	 
	Title:
	Senior Vice President




	
				
	 
	Address:
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	200 West 2nd Street

	 
	Winston Salem, North Carolina 27101

	 
	Attention:
	R. Eric Searls
	 

	 
	Telephone No.:
	336-733-2741
	 

	 
	Telecopy No.:
	252-234-0736
	 















Signature page to Term Loan Agreement with Weingarten Realty Investors
	
				
	 
	THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	By:
	/s/ Keith L. Burson
	 

	 
	Name:
	Keith L. Burson
	 

	 
	Title:
	Vice President




	
				
	 
	Address:
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	50 S. LaSalle Street, M-27

	 
	Chicago, Illinois 60603

	 
	Attention:
	Keith L. Burson
	 

	 
	Telephone No.:
	312-444-3099
	 

	 
	Telecopy No.:
	312-557-1425