Credit_Agreement_w__Term_Loan_-_2014_Sabra












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Published CUSIP Number:  78571QAC1


SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT


Dated as of September 10, 2014
among
SABRA HEALTH CARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 
as Borrower,


SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT, INC., 
as REIT Guarantor,


THE OTHER GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,


THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer,


CITIZENS BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, 
as Co-Syndication Agents,


BARCLAYS BANK, PLC,
CITIBANK, N.A.,
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
J.P.MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
and
SUNTRUST BANK,
as Co-Documentation Agents
and
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, 
as Joint Lead Arranger and Sole Book Runner
and
CITIZENS BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, 
as Joint Lead Arrangers

















	
				
	TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 
	 
	 

	Article and Section
	Page
	


	 
	 

	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
	1
	


	1.01
	Defined Terms.
	1
	


	1.02
	Interpretive Provisions.
	35
	


	1.03
	Accounting Terms.
	36
	


	1.04
	Rounding.
	36
	


	1.05
	References to Agreements and Laws.
	36
	


	1.06
	Times of Day; Rates.
	37
	


	1.07
	Letter of Credit Amounts.
	37
	


	 
	 
	 

	ARTICLE II COMMITMENTS AND EXTENSION OF CREDITS
	37
	


	2.01
	Commitments.
	37
	


	2.02
	Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations.
	40
	


	2.03
	Additional Provisions with respect to Letters of Credit.
	42
	


	2.04
	Additional Provisions with respect to Swing Line Loans.
	50
	


	2.05
	Repayment of Loans.
	53
	


	2.06
	Prepayments.
	53
	


	2.07
	Termination or Reduction of Commitments.
	54
	


	2.08
	Interest.
	54
	


	2.09
	Fees.
	55
	


	2.10
	Computation of Interest and Fees.
	57
	


	2.11
	Payments Generally.
	57
	


	2.12
	Sharing of Payments.
	59
	


	2.13
	Evidence of Debt.
	60
	


	2.14
	[Reserved].
	61
	


	2.15
	[Reserved].
	61
	


	2.16
	Cash Collateral.
	61
	


	2.17
	Defaulting Lenders.
	62
	


	2.18
	Extension of Applicable Maturity Date.
	64
	


	 
	 
	 

	ARTICLE III  TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
	65
	


	3.01
	Taxes.
	65
	


	3.02
	Illegality.
	68
	


	3.03
	Inability to Determine Rates.
	69
	


	3.04
	Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurodollar Loans.
	69
	


	3.05
	Funding Losses.
	70
	


	3.06
	Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation.
	71
	


	3.07
	Survival.
	71
	


	 
	 
	 

	ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EXTENSION OF CREDITS
	71
	


	4.01
	Conditions to Closing Date.
	71
	


	4.02
	Conditions to all Extensions of Credit.
	74
	






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	ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	75
	


	5.01
	Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
	76
	


	5.02
	Existence, Qualification and Power.
	76
	


	5.03
	Authorization; No Contravention.
	77
	


	5.04
	Binding Effect.
	77
	


	5.05
	Litigation.
	77
	


	5.06
	Compliance with ERISA.
	77
	


	5.07
	Environmental Matters.
	78
	


	5.08
	Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.
	79
	


	5.09
	Compliance with Laws.
	79
	


	5.10
	Ownership of Property; Liens.
	79
	


	5.11
	Corporate Structure; Capital Stock, Etc.
	80
	


	5.12
	[Reserved].
	80
	


	5.13
	[Reserved].
	80
	


	5.14
	[Reserved].
	80
	


	5.15
	Solvency.
	80
	


	5.16
	Taxes.
	80
	


	5.17
	Insurance.
	81
	


	5.18
	No Default.
	81
	


	5.19
	[Reserved].
	81
	


	5.20
	Disclosure.
	81
	


	5.21
	Governmental Authorization; Other Consents.
	81
	


	5.22
	Anti-Terrorism Laws.
	81
	


	5.23
	REIT Status.
	82
	


	5.24
	OFAC.
	82
	


	 
	 
	 

	ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
	82
	


	6.01
	Financial Statements.
	82
	


	6.02
	Certificates; Other Information.
	83
	


	6.03
	Preservation of Existence and Franchises.
	85
	


	6.04
	Books and Records.
	85
	


	6.05
	Compliance with Law.
	86
	


	6.06
	Payment of Obligations.
	86
	


	6.07
	Insurance.
	86
	


	6.08
	Maintenance of Property.
	86
	


	6.09
	Visits and Inspections.
	86
	


	6.10
	Use of Proceeds.
	87
	


	6.11
	Financial Covenants.
	87
	


	6.12
	Environmental Matters.
	88
	


	6.13
	REIT Status.
	89
	


	6.14
	Additional Guarantors; Withdrawal or Addition of Unencumbered Properties; Release of Guarantors.
	89
	


	6.15
	Further Assurances.
	90
	


	6.16
	Compliance With Material Contracts.
	91
	


	 
	 
	 

	ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS
	91
	






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	7.01
	Liens.
	91
	


	7.02
	Indebtedness.
	92
	


	7.03
	[Reserved].
	93
	


	7.04
	Investments.
	93
	


	7.05
	[Reserved].
	94
	


	7.06
	Fundamental Changes.
	94
	


	7.07
	Dispositions.
	95
	


	7.08
	Business Activities.
	95
	


	7.09
	Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders.
	96
	


	7.10
	Organization Documents; Fiscal Year.
	96
	


	7.11
	[Reserved].
	96
	


	7.12
	[Reserved].
	96
	


	7.13
	No Further Negative Pledges.
	96
	


	7.14
	Limitation on Restricted Actions.
	96
	


	7.15
	Accounting Changes.
	97
	


	7.16
	Sanctions.
	97
	


	 
	 
	 

	ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
	97
	


	8.01
	Events of Default.
	97
	


	8.02
	Remedies Upon Event of Default.
	100
	


	8.03
	Application of Funds.
	100
	


	 
	 
	 

	ARTICLE IX ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
	102
	


	9.01
	Appointment and Authority.
	102
	


	9.02
	Rights as a Lender.
	102
	


	9.03
	Exculpatory Provisions.
	102
	


	9.04
	Reliance by Administrative Agent.
	103
	


	9.05
	Delegation of Duties.
	104
	


	9.06
	Resignation of Administrative Agent.
	104
	


	9.07
	Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.
	105
	


	9.08
	No Other Duties; Etc.
	105
	


	9.09
	Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.
	105
	


	9.10
	Guaranty Matters.
	106
	


	 
	 
	 

	ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS
	106
	


	10.01
	Amendments, Etc.
	106
	


	10.02
	Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications.
	108
	


	10.03
	No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement.
	110
	


	10.04
	Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
	111
	


	10.05
	Payments Set Aside.
	112
	


	10.06
	Successors and Assigns.
	113
	


	10.07
	Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality.
	117
	


	10.08
	Set‐off.
	118
	


	10.09
	Interest Rate Limitation.
	118
	


	10.10
	Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.
	119
	


	10.11
	Survival of Representations and Warranties.
	119
	






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	10.12
	Severability.
	119
	


	10.13
	Replacement of Lenders.
	119
	


	10.14
	Governing Law; Jurisdiction; etc..
	120
	


	10.15
	WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
	121
	


	10.16
	No Conflict.
	121
	


	10.17
	No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.
	122
	


	10.18
	Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents.
	122
	


	10.19
	USA Patriot Act Notice.
	123
	


	 
	 
	 

	ARTICLE XI GUARANTY
	123
	


	11.01
	The Guaranty
	123
	


	11.02
	Obligations Unconditional
	123
	


	11.03
	Reinstatement
	124
	


	11.04
	Certain Additional Waivers
	125
	


	11.05
	Remedies
	125
	


	11.06
	Rights of Contribution
	125
	


	11.07
	Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee
	125
	


	11.08
	Release of Subsidiary Guarantors; Certain Exempt Subsidiaries
	125
	


	11.09
	Keepwell
	126
	










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SCHEDULES


2.01    Lenders and Commitments
5.11    Corporate Structure; Capital Stock
5.22    Patriot Act Information
7.01    Liens
7.02    Indebtedness
7.04    Investments
10.02    Notice Addresses




EXHIBITS


A    Form of Loan Notice
B-1    Form of Revolving Note
B-2    Form of Term Note
C‐1    Form of Compliance Certificate
C-2    Form of Unencumbered Property Certificate
D    Form of Assignment and Assumption
E    Form of Subsidiary Guarantor Joinder Agreement
F    Form of Lender Joinder Agreement
G    Form of Conversion Notice







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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT


This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (as amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time, this “Credit Agreement” or this “Agreement”), entered into as of September 10, 2014 by and among SABRA HEALTH CARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”), SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT, INC., a Maryland corporation (together with its successors, the “REIT Guarantor”), the other Guarantors identified herein, the Lenders (as defined herein), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer (each, as defined herein), amends and restates that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 29, 2013 by and among the Borrower and certain of its Affiliates, as borrowers, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A, as administrative agent for such lenders (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Existing Credit Agreement”).


WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Revolving Lenders hereunder provide a revolving credit facility in an amount of $650,000,000 (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) and the option to convert up to $200,000,000 of the Revolving Credit Facility to a term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility” and together with the Revolving Credit Facility, the “Credit Facilities”) and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:













ARTICLE I 
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS


1.01    Defined Terms.


As used in this Credit Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:


“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders under any of the Credit Documents, or any successor administrative agent.


“Administrative Agent’s Fee Letter” means the letter agreement dated as of July 14, 2014 among the Borrower, the REIT Guarantor, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and the Administrative Agent, as amended and modified.


“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.


“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.


“Affiliate” means, with respect to any 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.


“Agent‐Related Persons” means the Administrative Agent, together with its Affiliates (including, in the case of Bank of America in its capacity as the Administrative Agent, the Arranger), and the officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys‐in‐fact of such Persons and Affiliates.


“Aggregate Revolving Commitments” means the Revolving Commitments of all the Revolving Lenders.


“Agreement” has the meaning provided in the introductory paragraph hereof.


“Applicable Maturity Date” means (a) with respect to the Revolving Loans, the Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit, the Revolving Loan Maturity Date and (b) with respect to the Term Loan, the Term Loan Maturity Date. 


“Applicable Percentage” means, for any applicable period, each of the following percentages per annum, as applicable, subject to clause (b) below, based upon the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(a):



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	Applicable Percentage

	Pricing Level
	Consolidated Leverage Ratio
	Eurodollar Loans for Revolving Loan Facility and Term Loan Facility
	Base Rate Loans for Revolving Loan Facility and Term Loan Facility
	Letter of Credit Fee

	1
	< 40.0%
	2.00%
	1.00%
	2.00%

	2
	> 40.0% but < 45.0%
	2.10%
	1.10%
	2.10%

	3
	> 45.0% but < 50.0%
	2.20%
	1.20%
	2.20%

	4
	> 50.0% but < 55.0%
	2.30%
	1.30%
	2.30%

	5
	> 55.0%
	2.60%
	1.60%
	2.60%






Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Percentage resulting from a change in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a); provided, however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered within ten (10) days after being due in accordance with such Section, then Pricing Level 5 shall apply as of the eleventh (11th) day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered until the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered.  The Applicable Percentages in effect from the Closing Date through the date that the Borrower delivers the Compliance Certificate for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2014 shall be determined based upon Pricing Level 2.  


(b)    (i) In the event that the Borrower or the REIT Guarantor achieves at least two Investment Grade Ratings from S&P, Moody’s and/or Fitch, and (ii) following the delivery of an irrevocable written notice of election (the “Election Notice”) from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the “Applicable Percentage” shall mean, for any applicable period, the appropriate applicable percentage corresponding to the following percentages per annum, based upon the Debt Ratings at each Pricing Level as set forth below (it being understood that if the Borrower or REIT Guarantor, as applicable, fails to maintain at least two Investment Grade Ratings, Pricing Level 5 shall apply):


	
									
	Applicable Percentage


	 

	Pricing Level
	

Debt Ratings
	Facility Fees
	Eurodollar Rate for Revolving Loans
	Eurodollar Rate for Term Loans
	Letter of Credit Fees
	Base Rate for Revolving Loans
	Base Rate for Term Loans
	 

	1
	> A-/A3
	.125%
	0.90%
	1.025%
	0.90%
	0.00%
	0.025%
	 

	2
	BBB+/Baa1
	.150%
	1.00%
	1.15%
	1.00%
	0.00%
	0.15%
	 

	3
	BBB/Baa2
	.200%
	1.10%
	1.30%
	1.10%
	0.10%
	0.30%
	 

	4
	BBB-/Baa3
	.250%
	1.35%
	1.60%
	1.35%
	0.35%
	0.60%
	 

	5
	< BBB-/Baa3
	.300%
	1.70%
	2.00%
	1.70%
	0.70%
	1.00%
	 






Each change in the Applicable Percentage resulting from a publicly announced change in the Debt Rating shall be effective, in the case of an upgrade, during the period commencing on the date of delivery by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent of notice thereof and ending on the day 

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immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change and, in the case of a downgrade, during the period commencing on the date of the public announcement thereof and ending on the day immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.  If at any time the Borrower or the REIT Guarantor, as applicable, has only two (2) Investment Grade Ratings, and such Investment Grade Ratings are split, then: (A) if the difference between such Investment Grade Ratings is one ratings category (e.g. Baa2 by Moody’s and BBB- by S&P or Fitch), the Applicable Percentage shall be the rate per annum that would be applicable if the higher of the Investment Grade Ratings were used; and (B) if the difference between such Investment Grade Ratings is two ratings categories or more (e.g. Baa1 by Moody’s and BBB- by S&P), the Applicable Percentage shall be the rate per annum that would be applicable if the ratings category one category below the higher Investment Grade Rating were used.  If at any time the Borrower or the REIT Guarantor, as applicable, has three (3) Investment Grade Ratings, and such Investment Grade Ratings are split, then: (A) if the difference between the highest and the lowest such Investment Grade Ratings is one ratings category (e.g. Baa2 by Moody’s and BBB- by S&P or Fitch), the Applicable Percentage shall be the rate per annum that would be applicable if the highest of the Investment Grade Ratings were used; and (B) if the difference between such Investment Grade Ratings is two ratings categories or more (e.g. Baa1 by Moody’s and BBB- by S&P or Fitch), the Applicable Percentage shall be the rate per annum that would be applicable if the average of the two (2) highest Investment Grade Ratings were used; provided, that if such average is not a recognized rating category, then the Applicable Percentage shall be the rate per annum that would be applicable if the second highest Debt Rating of the three were used.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, the determination of the Applicable Percentage for any period shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.10(b).


“Approved Fund” means any Fund 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.


“Arranger” means, collectively, (i) Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, in its capacity as joint lead arranger and sole book runner, (ii) Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, in its capacity as joint lead arranger, and (iii) Citizens Bank, National Association, in its capacity as joint lead arranger.
“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.


“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.


“Attorney Costs” means and includes all reasonable and documented fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel.



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“Attributable Principal Amount” means (a) in the case of capital leases, the amount of capital lease obligations determined in accordance with GAAP, (b) in the case of Synthetic Leases, an amount determined by capitalization of the remaining lease payments thereunder as if it were a capital lease determined in accordance with GAAP, (c) in the case of Securitization Transactions, the outstanding principal amount of such financing, after taking into account reserve amounts and making appropriate adjustments, determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment and (d) in the case of Sale and Leaseback Transactions, the present value (discounted in accordance with GAAP at the debt rate implied in the applicable lease) of the obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the term of such lease.


“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Parties for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Consolidated Parties, including the notes thereto.


“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A., together with its successors.


“Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, the occurrence of any of the following: (a) the entry of a decree or order for relief by a court or governmental agency in an involuntary case under any applicable Debtor Relief Law or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the appointment by a court or governmental agency of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of such Person or for any substantial part of its Property or the ordering of the winding up or liquidation of its affairs by a court or governmental agency and such decree, order or appointment is not vacated or discharged within sixty (60) days of its filing; or (b) the commencement against such Person of an involuntary case under any applicable Debtor Relief Law or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or of any case, proceeding or other action for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of such Person or for any substantial part of its Property or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and such involuntary case or other case, proceeding or other action shall remain undismissed for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days, or the repossession or seizure by a creditor of such Person of a substantial part of its Property; or (c) such Person shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable Debtor Relief Law or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or consent to the appointment of or the taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, creditor in possession, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of such Person or for any substantial part of its Property or make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (d) the filing of a petition by such Person seeking to take advantage of any Debtor Relief Law or any other applicable Law, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding‐up, or composition or adjustment of debts, or (e) such Person shall fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner (and if not dismissed within sixty (60) days) or shall consent to any petition filed against it in an involuntary case under such bankruptcy laws or other applicable Law or consent to any proceeding or action relating to any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding‐up, or composition or adjustment of debts with respect to its assets or existence, or (f) such Person shall admit in writing an inability to pay its debts generally as they become due.

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“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate” and (c) the Eurodollar Rate determined on such day (or if no such rate is determined on such day, the next preceding day for which a Eurodollar Rate is determined) for a Eurodollar Loan with an Interest Period of one month plus 1.00%.  The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate.  Any change in the “prime rate” announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.   


“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.


“Borrower” shall have the meaning given to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.


“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.


“Borrowing” means (a) a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, having the same Interest Period, or (b) a borrowing of Swing Line Loans, as appropriate.


“Business” or “Businesses” means, at any time, a collective reference to the businesses operated by the respective Consolidated Parties, as applicable, at such time.


“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, in the State of New York or the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Loan, means any such day that is also a London Banking Day. 


“Capital Lease” means a lease that would be capitalized on a balance sheet of the lessee prepared in accordance with GAAP.


“Capital Stock” means (a) in the case of a corporation, capital stock (including preferred capital stock), (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (c) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), (d) in the case of a limited liability company, membership interests and (e) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.


“Capitalization Rate” means (a) 10.25% for all government reimbursed assets (i.e. skilled nursing facilities, etc.) including, hospitals, (b) 7.75% for all non-government reimbursed assets (i.e. assisted living facilities, independent living facilities, medical office buildings, etc.), and (c) 9.25% for hospitals that are 100% private pay.

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“Cash Collateral” means cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer pledged and deposited with or delivered to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations.  “Cash Collateralization” and “Cash Collateralize” have meanings correlative thereto. 


“Cash Equivalents” means (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by (i) the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition, (b) time deposits and certificates of deposit of (i) any Lender, (ii) any domestic commercial bank of recognized standing having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 or (iii) any bank whose short‐term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A‐1 or the equivalent thereof or from Moody’s is at least P‐1 or the equivalent thereof (each an “Approved Bank”), in each case with maturities of not more than two hundred seventy (270) days from the date of acquisition, (c) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate notes issued by, or guaranteed by, any domestic corporation rated A‐1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P‐1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and maturing within six months of the date of acquisition, (d) repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with a bank or trust company (including any of the Lenders) or recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed by the United States in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a fair market value of at least 100% of the amount of the repurchase obligations and (e) Investments (classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets) in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that are administered by reputable financial institutions having capital of at least $500,000,000 and the portfolios of which are limited to Investments of the character described in the foregoing subclauses hereof. 


“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the
following: (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 administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives 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 or issued.


“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:  (i) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert shall have acquired beneficial ownership, directly or 

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indirectly, of, or shall have acquired by contract or otherwise, or shall have entered into a contract or arrangement that, upon consummation, will result in its or their acquisition of or control over, voting stock of the REIT Guarantor (or other securities convertible into such voting stock) representing thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the combined voting power of all voting stock of the REIT Guarantor, (ii) during any period of up to twenty-four (24) consecutive months, commencing after the Closing Date, individuals who at the beginning of such twenty-four (24) month period were directors of the REIT Guarantor (together with any new director whose election by the REIT Guarantor’s Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the REIT Guarantor’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the directors of the REIT Guarantor then in office.  As used herein, “beneficial ownership” shall have the meaning provided in Rule 13d‐3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or (iii) the occurrence of a “Change of Control” or any equivalent term or concept under either of the Sabra Senior Note Indentures.


“Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01.


“Commitment” means (a) with respect to each Lender, (i) the Revolving Commitment of any such Lender, (ii) the Term Loan Commitment of such Lender, (b) with respect to the L/C Issuer, the L/C Commitment and (c) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, the Swing Line Commitment.


“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).


“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C‐1; provided that each such Compliance Certificate shall, in any case, include (without limitation) supporting documents and materials reasonably required by the Administrative Agent for the evidencing of the calculations and certifications made in connection therewith.


“Consolidated Cash Taxes” means, as of any date for the four fiscal quarter period ending on such date with respect to the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis, the aggregate of all Federal, state and foreign income taxes, as determined in accordance with GAAP, to the extent the same are paid in cash; including, in any event, a pro rata share of the foregoing items and components attributable to interests in joint ventures.


“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, for the Consolidated Parties, the sum of (a) net income of the Consolidated Parties, in each case, excluding any non‐recurring or extraordinary gains and losses (including, without limitation, any costs related to an acquisition or other Disposition and all amounts allocated pursuant to the tax allocation agreement executed in connection with the Separation), plus (b) an amount which, in the determination of net income for such period pursuant to clause (a) above, has been deducted for or in connection with (i) Consolidated Interest Expense (for purposes hereof, the term “Consolidated Interest Expense” shall include the items otherwise excluded by clause (b)(i) in such definition), (ii) the amount of income taxes (or minus the amount of tax benefits), (iii) depreciation and amortization, and (iv) non-cash 

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compensation expenses to officers, directors and employees of the Consolidated Parties, in each case on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP; including, in any event, a pro rata share of the foregoing items and components attributable to interests in joint ventures.


“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges of the Consolidated Parties for the most recently completed four (4) fiscal quarters.


“Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, for any period, for the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense, plus (b) current scheduled principal payments of Consolidated Funded Debt for such period (including, for purposes hereof, payments in connection with current scheduled reductions in commitments, but excluding any “balloon” payment or final payment at maturity that is significantly larger than the scheduled payments that preceded it), plus (c) the aggregate amount of Consolidated Cash Taxes, plus (d) dividends and distributions on preferred stock, if any, for such period, in each case, as determined in accordance with GAAP; including, in any event, a pro rata share of the foregoing items and components attributable to interests in joint ventures.


“Consolidated Funded Debt” means, as of any date of determination, all Funded Debt of the Consolidated Parties determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; including, in any event, a pro rata share of the foregoing items and components attributable to interests in joint ventures.


“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, for the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis, all interest expense and letter of credit fee expense, as determined in accordance with GAAP during such period; provided, that interest expenses shall, in any event, (a) include the interest component under Capital Leases and the implied interest component under Securitization Transactions and  include a pro rata share of the foregoing items and components attributable to interests in joint ventures, and (b) exclude (i) the amortization of any deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions and expenses, (ii) any expense resulting from the discounting of any outstanding Indebtedness in connection with the application of purchase accounting in connection with any acquisition or other Disposition, (iii) non-cash costs associated with Swap Agreements and (iv) any expense resulting from the accretion of discounts or amortization of premiums related to the assumption or issuance of debt.


“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Debt to (b) Consolidated Total Asset Value for the most recently completed fiscal quarter.


“Consolidated Parties” means the REIT Guarantor and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and “Consolidated Party” means any one of the “Consolidated Parties”, exclusive of any entity which is being required to be consolidated with the REIT Guarantor solely as a result of such entity being a “variable interest entity” pursuant to GAAP, provided that the REIT Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of the REIT Guarantor (exclusive of such 

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“variable interest entity”) has no recourse liability for any Indebtedness of such “variable interest entity”.  


“Consolidated Secured Funded Debt” means, as of any date of determination, all Funded Debt of the Consolidated Parties determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP that is secured by a Lien.


“Consolidated Secured Recourse Funded Debt” means any Consolidated Secured Funded Debt, in respect of which recourse for payment (exclusive of any “non-recourse debt” whereby the payee’s remedies are limited to specific, identified assets of the payor which secure such debt and where the payor has no personal liability beyond the loss of such specified asset other than liability for fraud, material misrepresentation, misapplication of funds, environmental indemnities, and other typical exceptions to non-recourse liability) is to the Consolidated Parties.


“Consolidated Tangible Net Worth” means, for the Consolidated Parties as of any date of determination, (a) stockholders’ equity on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP, but with no upward adjustments due to any revaluation of assets, less (b) all Intangible Assets, plus (c) all accumulated depreciation, all determined in accordance with GAAP.  


“Consolidated Total Asset Value” means the sum of all the following of the Consolidated Parties, without duplication: (a) the quotient of (1) Net Revenue from all Real Property Assets for the fiscal quarter most recently ended (for Real Property Assets owned for the prior four (4) fiscal quarters), minus the Net Revenue attributable to each Real Property Asset sold or otherwise disposed of during such most recently ended quarter, minus the Net Revenue from all Real Property Assets acquired during the prior four (4) fiscal quarter period, multiplied by four, divided by (2) the Capitalization Rate, plus (b) the acquisition cost of each Real Property Asset acquired during the prior four (4) fiscal quarter period, plus (c) the GAAP book value of the Borrower’s Investments permitted by Section 7.04, plus (d) cash and cash equivalents, plus (e) the Consolidated Parties’ pro rata share of the foregoing items and components attributable to interest in Unconsolidated Affiliates.


“Consolidated Unsecured Debt Yield” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Unencumbered Net Revenue plus interest income from unencumbered Qualified Mortgage Loans (provided, however, the aggregate amount of Qualified Mortgage Loans attributable to second mortgages or second deeds of trust shall not exceed $75,000,000), as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter multiplied by four (4) to (b) the Consolidated Unsecured Funded Debt for the most recently completed fiscal quarter.


“Consolidated Unsecured Funded Debt” means the aggregate principal amount of Funded Debt of the Consolidated Parties, on a consolidated basis, that is not Consolidated Secured Funded Debt.  


“Consolidated Unsecured Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Unencumbered Net Revenue for the most recently completed fiscal quarter to (b) the Consolidated Unsecured Interest Expense for the most recently completed fiscal quarter.



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“Consolidated Unsecured Interest Expense” means, for any period, for the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis, all interest expense and letter of credit fee expense, as determined in accordance with GAAP during such period, attributable to the Consolidated Parties’ aggregate Consolidated Unsecured Funded Debt; provided, that interest expenses shall, in any event, (a) include the interest component under Capital Leases and the implied interest component under Securitization Transactions; (b) exclude the amortization of any deferred financing fees; and (c) exclude any expense resulting from the accretion of discounts or amortization of premiums related to the assumption or issuance of debt.


“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.


“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.  “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managing general partners or the equivalent.


“Credit Agreement” has the meaning given to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.


“Credit Documents” means this Credit Agreement, the Notes, the Administrative Agent’s Fee Letter, the Letters of Credit, the Subsidiary Guarantor Joinder Agreements, the Unencumbered Property Certificates and the Compliance Certificates.


“Credit Party” means, as of any date, the Borrower or any Guarantor (including the REIT Guarantor) which is a party to the Guaranty as of such date; and “Credit Parties” means a collective reference to each of them.


“Debt Rating” means, as of any date of determination, the rating as determined by S&P, Moody’s and/or Fitch for the Borrower’s or REIT Guarantor’s non-credit-enhanced, senior unsecured long-term debt.


“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.


“Default” means any event, act or condition that, with notice, the passage of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.



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“Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to (a) the Base Rate plus (b) the Applicable Percentage, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (c) two percent (2%) per annum, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.


“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.17(b), any Lender that, as determined by the Administrative Agent, (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder,  including in respect of its Loans or participations in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans, within three Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, or (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority.


“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory itself is the subject of any Sanction.


“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.


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


“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) an Approved Fund; and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include the REIT Guarantor or any of the REIT Guarantor’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.


“Eligible Ground Lease” means, at any time, a ground lease (a) under which a Credit Party is the lessee and is the fee owner of (or leases) the structural improvements located thereon, (b) that has a remaining term of not less than thirty (30) years (including the initial term and any additional extension options that are solely at the option of such Credit Party), (c) where no party to such lease is subject to a then‐continuing Bankruptcy Event, (d) such ground lease (or a related document executed by the applicable ground lessor) contains customary provisions protective of a first mortgage lender to the lessee and (e) where such Credit Party’s interest in the underlying Real 

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Property Asset or the lease is not subordinate to any Lien other than the Eligible Ground Lease itself, any fee mortgage (if such fee mortgage has non-disturbed such Credit Party pursuant to a non-disturbance agreement reasonable satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), any Permitted Liens and other encumbrances reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in their discretion.  


“Eligible Tenant” means a third party Tenant which (a) is not in arrears on any required rental payment, principal or interest payment, payments of real property taxes or payments of premiums on insurance policies with respect to its lease beyond the later of (i) the applicable grace period with respect thereto, if any, and (ii) sixty (60) days; and (b) is not subject to a then continuing Bankruptcy Event.


“Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any Hazardous Substances into the environment, including those related to wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.


“Equity Transaction” means, with respect to any member of the Consolidated Parties, any issuance or sale of shares of its Capital Stock, other than an issuance (a) to any of the Consolidated Parties, (b) in connection with a conversion of debt securities to equity or one type of equity securities into another type of equity securities, (c) in connection with the exercise by a present or former employee, officer or director under a stock incentive plan, stock option plan or other equity‐based compensation plan or arrangement, or (d) in connection with any acquisition permitted hereunder.


“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.


“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the REIT Guarantor within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code).


“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the REIT Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the REIT Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition that could reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability by a Governmental Authority under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the REIT Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate.

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“Eurodollar Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate other than a Loan that bears interest at the Base Rate as determined by clause (c) of the first sentence of the definition of “Base Rate”.  


“Eurodollar Rate” means
(a)    For any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or a comparable or successor rate, which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as published by Bloomberg (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) (in such case, the “LIBOR Rate”) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; 


(b)    For any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to the LIBOR Rate, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, determined two (2) Business Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits with a term of one month commencing that day;


provided, that to the extent a comparable or successor rate is approved by the Administrative Agent in connection herewith, the approved rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; and, provided, further, that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Event of Default” has the meaning provided in Section 8.01.


“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant under a Credit Document by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act (or the application or official interpretation thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (determined after giving effect to Section 11.09 and any and all guarantees of such Guarantor’s Swap Obligations by other Credit Parties) at the time the Guaranty of such Guarantor, or grant by such Guarantor of a security interest, becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation.  If a Swap Obligation arises under a Master Agreement governing more than one Swap Contract, such exclusion shall apply to only the portion of such Swap Obligations that is attributable to Swap Contracts for which such Guaranty or security interest becomes illegal.


“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) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise 

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taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) 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 or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, (c) any backup withholding tax that is required by the Internal Revenue Code to be withheld from amounts payable to a Lender that has failed to comply with clause (A) of Section 3.01(e)(ii), (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 10.13), any United States withholding tax that (i) is required to be imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender pursuant to the Laws in force at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or (ii) is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with clause (B) of Section 3.01(e)(ii), except to the extent that such Foreign 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 tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(ii) or (iii) and (e) U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA.


“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the opening paragraph of this Agreement.  


“Extension of Credit” means (i) any Borrowing and (ii) any L/C Credit Extension.  


“Facility Fee” has the meaning provided in Section 2.09(b).  


“Facility Lease” means a lease or master lease with respect to any Real Property Asset owned or leased by any of the Consolidated Parties as lessor, to an Eligible Tenant, which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, is a commercial space lease or is a triple net lease such that such Eligible Tenant is required to pay all taxes, utilities, insurance, maintenance, casualty insurance payments and other expenses with respect to the subject Real Property Asset (whether in the form of reimbursements or additional rent) in addition to the base rental payments required thereunder such that net operating income for such Real Property Asset (before non-cash items and franchise or income taxes) equals the base rent paid thereunder; provided, that each such lease or master lease shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.


“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant thereto (including any intergovernmental agreements).


“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day immediately succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the immediately preceding Business Day as so published on the immediately succeeding Business Day, 

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and (b) if no such rate is so published on such immediately succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next 1/100th of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.


“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, a Subsidiary of Fimlac, S.A., and any successor thereto.  


“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the Laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.  For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.


“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.


“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender's Revolving Commitment Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender's participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender's Revolving Commitment Percentage of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender's participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.


“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.


“Funded Debt” means, as to any Person (or consolidated group of Persons) at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:


(a)    all obligations for borrowed money, whether current or long‐term (including the Obligations hereunder), and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;


(b)    all purchase money indebtedness (including indebtedness and obligations in respect of conditional sales and title retention arrangements, except for customary conditional sales and title retention arrangements with suppliers that are entered into in the ordinary course of business) and all indebtedness and obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable on customary trade terms);


(c)    all direct obligations under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances and similar instruments (including bank guaranties, surety bonds, comfort letters, keep‐well agreements and capital maintenance agreements) 

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to the extent such instruments or agreements support financial, rather than performance, obligations;


(d)    the Attributable Principal Amount of capital leases and Synthetic Leases;


(e)    the Attributable Principal Amount of Securitization Transactions;


(f)    all preferred stock and comparable equity interests providing for mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other like payments;


(g)    Support Obligations in respect of Funded Debt of another Person (other than Persons in such group, if applicable); and


(h)    Funded Debt of any partnership or joint venture or other similar entity in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, and, as such, has personal liability for such obligations, but only to the extent there is recourse to such Person (or, if applicable, any Person in such consolidated group) for payment thereof.


For purposes hereof, the amount of Funded Debt shall be determined based on the outstanding principal amount in the case of borrowed money indebtedness under clause (a) and purchase money indebtedness and the deferred purchase obligations under clause (b), based on the maximum amount available to be drawn in the case of letter of credit obligations and the other obligations under clause (c), and based on the amount of Funded Debt that is the subject of the Support Obligations in the case of Support Obligations under clause (g).  For purposes of clarification, “Funded Debt” of Person constituting a consolidated group shall not include inter‐company indebtedness of such Persons, general accounts payable of such Persons which arise in the ordinary course of business, accrued expenses of such Persons incurred in the ordinary course of business or minority interests in joint ventures or limited partnerships (except to the extent set forth in clause (h) above).  In addition, Funded Debt shall exclude (i) any foreign, federal, state, local or other taxes, or (ii) any indemnification, earnouts, adjustments or holdbacks of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or other Disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than guarantees of indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such transaction.


“Funds From Operations” means, with respect to any period, the REIT Guarantor’s net income (or loss), plus depreciation and amortization and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures as hereafter provided.  Notwithstanding contrary treatment under GAAP, for purposes hereof, (a) “Funds From Operations” (i) shall include, and be adjusted to take into account, the REIT Guarantor’s interests in unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures, on the same basis as consolidated partnerships and subsidiaries, as provided in the “white paper” issued in April 2002 by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, a copy of which has been provided to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (ii) shall exclude stock-based compensation expenses, the amortization of financing fees and any expense resulting from the accretion of discounts or amortization or premiums related to the assumption or issuance of debt, 

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and (b) net income (or loss) shall not include gains (or, if applicable, losses) resulting from or in connection with (i) restructuring of indebtedness, (ii) sales of property,(iii) sales or redemptions of preferred stock or (iv) the REIT Guarantor’s pro rata share of impairment write-downs of depreciable real estate or of investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates that are driven by measurable decreases in the fair value of depreciable real estate held by the Unconsolidated Affiliate. 


“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States as set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board from time to time applied on a consistent basis, subject to the provisions of Section 1.03.


“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.


“Guarantor” means, as of any date, (a) the REIT Guarantor, (b) any Subsidiary Guarantor which is a party to the Guaranty as of such date, (c) with respect to (i) Obligations under any Swap Contract, (ii) Obligations under any Treasury Management Agreement and (iii) any Obligation under any Swap Contract of a Specified Loan Party (determined before giving effect to Section 11.01 and 11.09) under the Guaranty, the Borrower and (d) the successors and permitted assigns of the foregoing; and “Guarantors” means a collective reference to each of them.


“Guaranty” means the Guaranty made by the Guarantors under Article XI in favor of the Lenders, together with each joinder agreement delivered pursuant to Section 6.14.


“Hazardous Substance” means any toxic or hazardous substance, including petroleum and its derivatives regulated under the Environmental Laws.


“Healthcare Facilities” means any skilled nursing facility, assisted living facility, independent living facility, continuing care retirement community, mental health facility, life science facility, medical office building, hospital or other property typically owned by healthcare real estate investment trusts and any ancillary businesses that are incidental to the foregoing.


“Healthcare Laws” has the meaning given to such term in Section 5.19(a) hereof.


“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:


(a)    all Funded Debt;


(b)    all contingent obligations under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances and similar instruments (including bank guaranties, surety bonds, comfort letters, keep‐well agreements and capital maintenance agreements) 

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to the extent such instruments or agreements support financial, rather than performance, obligations;


(c)    net obligations under any Swap Contract;


(d)    Support Obligations in respect of Indebtedness of another Person; and


(e)    Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture or other similar entity in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, and, as such, has personal liability for such obligations, but only to the extent there is recourse to such Person for payment thereof.


For purposes hereof, the amount of Indebtedness shall be determined based on Swap Termination Value in the case of net obligations under Swap Contracts under clause (c) and based on the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness that is the subject of the Support Obligations in the case of Support Obligations under clause (d).


“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.


“Indemnitees” has the meaning provided in Section 10.04.


“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07.


“Intangible Assets” means all assets of the Consolidated Parties that are properly classified as “intangible assets” in accordance with GAAP, but excluding interests in real estate that are classified as “intangible assets” in accordance with GAAP.


“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Base Rate Loan (including Swing Line Loans), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Applicable Maturity Date and, in the case of any Swing Line Loan, any other dates reasonably determined by the Swing Line Lender, and (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan (other than Swing Line Loans), the last Business Day of each Interest Period for such Loan and the Applicable Maturity Date, the date of repayment of principal of such Loan, and where the applicable Interest Period exceeds three months, the date every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period.  If an Interest Payment Date falls on a date that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be deemed to be the immediately succeeding Business Day.


“Interest Period” means, as to each Eurodollar Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the applicable Borrower in its Loan Notice; provided that:


(a)    any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the immediately succeeding Business Day unless such Business 

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Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;


(b)    any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and


(c)    no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Applicable Maturity Date.


“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended.


“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Capital Stock of another Person, (b) a loan, advance (other than deposits with financial institutions available for withdrawal or demand, prepaid expenses, accounts receivable, advances to employees and similar items made or incurred in the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution to, guaranty or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit.  For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.


“Investment Grade Rating” means a Debt Rating of BBB- or higher from S&P or Fitch or Baa3 or higher from Moody’s.


“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.


“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance of such Letter of Credit).


“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower or in favor of the L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.


“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.



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“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, such Revolving Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing.


“L/C Borrowing” means any extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit that has not been reimbursed or refinanced as a Borrowing of Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.03(c).


“L/C Commitment” means, with respect to the L/C Issuer, the commitment of the L/C Issuer to issue and to honor payment obligations under Letters of Credit, and, with respect to each Revolving Lender, the commitment of such Revolving Lender to purchase participation interests in L/C Obligations up to such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage thereof.


“L/C Committed Amount” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(b).


“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the renewal or increase of the amount thereof.


“L/C Issuer” means Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, in each case together with its successors in such capacity.


“L/C Obligations” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the maximum amount available to be drawn under Letters of Credit then outstanding, assuming compliance with all requirements for drawings referenced therein, plus (b) the aggregate amount of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.07.  For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.


“Lender” means each of the Persons identified as a “Lender” on the signature pages hereto (and, as appropriate, includes the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender) and each Person who joins as a Lender pursuant to the terms hereof, together with their respective successors and assigns.


“Lender Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement in the form of Exhibit F, executed and delivered in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01(e).


“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender set forth in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.


“Letter of Credit” means each standby (non-commercial) letter of credit issued hereunder.


“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.

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“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Revolving Loan Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day).


“Letter of Credit Fee” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 2.09(d).


“LIBOR” has the meaning provided in the definition of “Eurodollar Rate” in this Section 1.01.


“LIBOR Rate” has the meaning provided in the definition of “Eurodollar Rate” in this Section 1.01.


 “Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secured debt, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).


“Loan” means any Revolving Loan, Term Loan or Swing Line Loan, and the Base Rate Loans and Eurodollar Loans comprising such Loans.


“Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing of Loans (including Swing Line Loans), (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Loans, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.


“London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.


“Master Agreement” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Swap Contract.”


“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, the operations, business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of (i) the Borrower, (ii) the REIT Guarantor or (iii) the other Consolidated Parties, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Credit Document, or of the ability of (i) the Borrower, (ii) the REIT Guarantor or (iii) the other Credit Parties, taken as a whole, to perform its obligations under any Credit Document to which it is a party, or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against the Borrower or any other Credit Party of any Credit Document to which it is a party.



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“Material Contract” means, any lease or master lease of which a Credit Party or a Guarantor is a party and which, in the reasonable judgment of Agent, is a triple net lease; any cash management agreement, any applicable ground lease; or any similar agreement with respect to any Unencumbered Property.


“Medicaid” means the medical assistance programs administered by state agencies and approved by CMS pursuant to the terms of Title XIX of the Social Security Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396 et seq. and related regulations.


“Medical Services” means medical and health care services provided to a Person, including, but not limited to, medical and health care services provided to a Person which are covered by a policy of insurance, and includes, without limitation, physician services, nurse and therapist services, dental services, hospital services, skilled nursing facility services, comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation services, home health care services, residential and out-patient behavioral healthcare services, and medicine or health care equipment provided to a Person for a necessary or specifically requested valid and proper medical or health purpose.


“Medicare” means the program of health benefits for the aged and disabled administered by CMS pursuant to the terms of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. 1395 §§ et seq. and related regulations.


“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.  and any successor thereto.


“Mortgage Loan” means any loan owned or held by any of the Consolidated Parties secured by a mortgage or deed of trust on Real Property Assets.


“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the REIT Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.


“Negative Pledge” means any agreement (other than this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document) that in whole or in part prohibits the creation of any Lien on any assets of a Person; provided, however, that an agreement that establishes a maximum ratio of unsecured debt to unencumbered assets, or of secured debt to total assets, or that otherwise conditions a Person’s ability to encumber its assets upon the maintenance of one or more specified ratios that limit such Person’s ability to encumber its assets but that do not generally prohibit the encumbrance of its assets, or the encumbrance of specific assets, shall not constitute a “Negative Pledge” for purposes of this Credit Agreement; and provided further, however, that any provision under either of the Sabra Senior Note Indentures and/or any other document relating to the Sabra Senior Notes that may be included within this definition of “Negative Pledge” shall not constitute a “Negative Pledge” for purposes of the Credit Agreement. 


“Net Revenues” shall mean, with respect to any Real Property Asset for the applicable period, the sum of (a) rental payments received in cash by the applicable Credit Party (whether in 

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the nature of base rent, minimum rent, percentage rent, additional rent or otherwise, but exclusive of security deposits, earnest money deposits, advance rentals (which will be deemed Net Revenues in the month in which such rent is due), reserves for capital expenditures, charges, expenses or items required to be paid or reimbursed by the tenant thereunder (unless the Credit Party becomes entitled to retain the same) and proceeds from a sale or other disposition) pursuant to the Facility Leases applicable to such Real Property Asset, minus (b) if applicable, expenses of the applicable Credit Party related to such Real Property Asset (not including expenses paid or payable by the Tenants) minus (c) rental payments made by the applicable Credit Party with respect to any Eligible Ground Lease (unless paid by a Tenant).  It is understood that (i) adjustments will be permitted to allow a Credit Party to accommodate temporary changes in the timing of payments and (ii) Net Revenues shall also include proceeds of business interruption or rent insurance.


“Notes” means a collective reference to the Revolving Notes and the Term Notes; and “Note” means any one of them.


“Obligations” mean with respect to each Credit Party, without duplication, (a) all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Credit Party arising under any Credit Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding and (b) all obligations under any Swap Contract of any Credit Party to which a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender is a party and (c) all obligations of any Credit Party under any Treasury Management Agreement between any Credit Party and any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender; provided, however, that the “Obligations” of a Credit Party shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Credit Party.


“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.
“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non‐U.S.  jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.


“Other Taxes” means 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 under any other Credit Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document.

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“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any Borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date, (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date and (c) with respect to the Term Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any Borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Term Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date.


“Participant” has the meaning provided in Section 10.06(d).


“Participant Register” has the meaning provided in Section 10.06(d).


“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.


“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the REIT Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the REIT Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five plan years.


“Permitted Liens” has the meaning provided in Section 7.01.  


“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.


“Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the REIT Guarantor or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.


“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.


“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, at any time, each Credit Party with total assets exceeding $10,000,000 or that qualifies at such time as an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act and can cause another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.


“Qualified Mortgage Loan” means any Mortgage Loan that is secured by a first or second mortgage or a first or second deed of trust on Real Property Assets so long as the mortgagor or 

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grantor with respect to such Mortgage Loan is not delinquent sixty (60) days or more in interest or principal payments due thereunder.  


“Qualified REIT Subsidiary” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Internal Revenue Code.


“Real Property Asset” means, a parcel of real or leasehold property, together with all improvements (if any) thereon (including all tangible personal property owned by the person owning such real or leasehold property) owned in fee simple or leased pursuant to an Eligible Ground Lease by any Person; “Real Property Assets” means a collective reference to each Real Property Asset.


“Register” has the meaning provided in Section 10.06(c).


“Registered Public Accounting Firm” has the meaning specified in the Securities Laws and shall be independent of the Borrower as prescribed by the Securities Laws.


“REIT” means a real estate investment trust as defined in Sections 856‐860 of the Internal Revenue Code.


“REIT Guarantor” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.


“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.


“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the thirty‐day notice period has been waived.


“Request for Extension of Credit” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing of Loans (including Swing Line Loans) or the conversion or continuation of Loans, a Loan Notice and (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application.


“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, two or more Lenders (except to the extent only one Lender exists as of such date) having more than 50% of (a) the sum of the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and the aggregate Revolving Commitments or (b) if the aggregate Commitments and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Article VIII, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the sum of the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and the Revolving Obligations (including, in each case, the aggregate amount of each Revolving Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans); provided (i) that the Revolving Commitment of, and (ii) the portion of the Revolving Obligations held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.


“Required Revolving Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Revolving Lenders having more than 50% of (a) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments or (b) if the Revolving 

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Commitments and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Article VIII, Revolving Lenders holding in the aggregate at least 50% of the Revolving Obligations (including, in each case, the aggregate amount of each Revolving Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans); provided, (i) that the Revolving Commitment of, and (ii) the portion of the Revolving Obligations held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Lenders.


“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief investment officer and the controller of any Credit Party, solely for purposes of the delivery of incumbency certificates pursuant to Section 4.01, the secretary or any assistant secretary of a Credit Party, and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II, any other officer or employee of the applicable Credit Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent, or any other officer or employee of the applicable Credit Party designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the applicable Credit Party and the Administrative Agent.  Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Credit Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Credit Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Credit Party.


“Revolving Commitment” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, the commitment of such Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and to share in the Revolving Obligations hereunder up to such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage thereof.  The aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Commitments of all of the Revolving Lenders as in effect on the Closing Date is Six Hundred and Fifty Million Dollars ($650,000,000).


“Revolving Commitment Percentage” means, at any time for each Revolving Lender, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Committed Amount and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.  The initial Revolving Commitment Percentages are set forth on Schedule 2.01.


“Revolving Committed Amount” means, with respect to each Lender, the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment.  The initial Revolving Committed Amounts are set forth on Schedule 2.01.


“Revolving Commitment Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earlier of (a) in the case of Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans, the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, and, in the case of the Letters of Credit, the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, and (b) the date on which the Revolving Commitments shall have been terminated as provided herein.


“Revolving Lenders” means a collective reference to the Lenders holding Revolving Loans or Revolving Commitments.


“Revolving Loan” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.

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“Revolving Loan Maturity Date” means the later of (a) September 10, 2018 and (b) if maturity is extended pursuant to Section 2.18, such extended maturity date as determined pursuant to such Section; provided, however, that, in each case, if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.  


“Revolving Note” means the promissory notes in the form of Exhibit B, if any, given to each Revolving Lender to evidence the Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans of such Revolving Lender, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced.


“Revolving Obligations” means the Revolving Loans, the L/C Obligations and the Swing Line Loans.


“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw‐Hill Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.


“Sabra Senior Notes” means, collectively, the Sabra Senior Notes (2013) and the Sabra Senior Notes (2014).  


“Sabra Senior Notes (2013)” means the 5.375% senior notes due 2023 issued by Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership and Sabra Capital Corporation pursuant to the Sabra Senior Notes Indenture (2013), as such senior unsecured notes may be amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.  


“Sabra Senior Notes (2014)” means the 5.500% senior notes due 2021issued by Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership and Sabra Capital Corporation pursuant to the Sabra Senior Notes Indenture (2013), as supplemented by a third supplemental indenture dated January 23, 2014, as such senior unsecured notes may be amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.


“Sabra Senior Notes Indenture (2013)” means the Indenture, dated as of May 23, 2013, by and among the Notes Issuers, certain guarantors party thereto from time to time and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.  


“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any person whereby such Credit Party or Subsidiary thereof shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred.


“Sanction(s)” means any sanction administered or enforced by the United States Government (including without limitation, OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority.

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“Sanctioned Person” means (a) a Person named on the list of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” maintained by OFAC available at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List/Pages/default.aspx, or as otherwise published from time to time, (b) (i) an agency of the government of a Designated Jurisdiction, (ii) an organization controlled by a Designated Jurisdiction, or (iii) a Person resident in a Designated Jurisdiction, to the extent subject to a sanctions program administered by OFAC or (c) any Person or Persons owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b). 
“Sarbanes‐Oxley” means the Sarbanes‐Oxley Act of 2002.


“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.


“Securities Laws” means the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Sarbanes‐Oxley and the applicable accounting and auditing principles, rules, standards and practices promulgated, approved or incorporated by the SEC or the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, as each of the foregoing may be amended and in effect on any applicable date hereunder.


“Securitization Transaction” means any financing or factoring or similar transaction (or series of such transactions) entered by any member of the Consolidated Parties pursuant to which such member of the Consolidated Parties may sell, convey or otherwise transfer, or grant a security interest in, accounts, payments, receivables, rights to future lease payments or residuals or similar rights to payment (the “Securitization Receivables”) to a special purpose subsidiary or affiliate (a “Securitization Subsidiary”) or any other Person.


“Separation” means the distribution of all of the outstanding shares of common stock of SHG Services, Inc. to the stockholders of Sun Healthcare Group, Inc., as further described in that certain Credit Agreement dated as of November 3, 2010 by and among the Borrower, certain of its Affiliates, the financial institutions party thereto as lenders, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent for such lenders.  


“Solvent” means, with respect to any person on a particular date, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature, (d) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature, and (e) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which such Person is engaged.  In computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will 

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be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.


“Specified Loan Party” has the meaning specified in Section 11.09.


“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.  Unless otherwise provided, “Subsidiary” shall refer to a Subsidiary of the REIT Guarantor.


“Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Subsidiary of the REIT Guarantor other than (i) the Borrower, (ii) the Unrestricted Subsidiaries, (iii) any Subsidiary which, as of the Closing Date, is prohibited by the terms of secured project financing documents from being a Guarantor hereunder, (iv) any Subsidiary that is not required by the provisions of this Agreement (including Section 11.08) to be a Guarantor hereunder, (v) any Subsidiary that is released from being a Guarantor hereunder by the provisions of this Agreement (including Section 11.08) and (vi) any “variable interest entity” which is excluded from the definition of “Consolidated Parties” hereunder.  


“Subsidiary Guarantor Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement in the form of Exhibit E to be executed by each new Subsidiary of the REIT Guarantor that is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with Section 6.14(b) hereof. 


“Support Obligations” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person.  The amount of any Support Obligations shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Support Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith.



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“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross‐currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, that are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.


“Swap Obligations” means with respect to any Guarantor any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.


“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination values determined in accordance therewith, such termination values, and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amounts determined as the mark‐to‐market values for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid‐market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).


“Swing Line Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.01(c).


“Swing Line Commitment” means, with respect to the Swing Line Lender, the commitment of the Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Loans, and with respect to each Revolving Lender, the commitment of such Revolving Lender to purchase participation interests in Swing Line Loans.


“Swing Line Committed Amount” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(c).


“Swing Line Lender” means Bank of America in its capacity as such, together with any successor in such capacity.


“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(c).


“Synthetic Lease” means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off‐balance sheet loan or similar off‐balance sheet financing arrangement that is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease under GAAP.

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“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.


“Tenant” means any Person who is a lessee with respect to any lease held by a Credit Party as lessor or as an assignee of the lessor thereunder.


“Term Loan Commitment” means, (a) with respect to each Revolving Lender, the commitment of such Revolving Lender to convert its portion of the Revolving Commitments and/or funding Revolving Loans to Term Loans to the Borrower during the Term Loan Commitment Period pursuant to Section 2.01(d) and following any such conversion, such Revolving Lenders shall be Term Loan Lenders and their respective Revolving Commitments shall be deemed Term Loan Commitments to the extent of any such conversion, and (b) with respect to each Term Loan Lender, the commitment of such Term Loan Lender to make its portion of the Term Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(e), in the principal amount set forth opposite such Term Loan Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01; provided that, at any time after funding of a Term Loan, the determinations “Required Lender” shall also be based on the outstanding principal amount of such Term Loan.  


“Term Loan Commitment Percentage” means, at any time, for each Term Loan Lender, the percentage of the Term Loan (or aggregate Term Loan Commitment, prior to the termination thereof) held by such Term Loan Lender to the aggregate Term Loan (or Term Loan Commitments) held by all Term Loan Lenders, as such percentage may be modified in connection with any assignment made in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07.  


“Term Loan Commitment Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earlier of (a) two hundred and seventy (270) days from the Closing Date, (b) the date on which the full amount of the Term Loan Commitment has been Borrowed or (c) the date on which the Term Loan Commitments have been terminated as provided herein. 


“Term Loan Lenders” means a collective reference to the Lenders holding the Term Loans or Term Loan Commitments. 


“Term Loan” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(d).


“Term Loan Maturity Date” means the later of (a) September 10, 2018 and (b) if maturity is extended pursuant to Section 2.18, such extended maturity date as determined pursuant to such Section; provided, however, that, in each case, if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.  


“Term Note” means the promissory note in the form of Exhibit C, if any, given to each Term Loan Lender to evidence the Term Loan of such Term Loan Lender, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced.



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“Threshold Amount” means $25,000,000.


“Treasury Management Agreement” means any agreement governing the provision of treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, overnight draft, credit, purchasing or debit cards, funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services and other cash management services. 


“Type” means, with respect to any Revolving Loan or Term Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.


“UCP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits”.  


“Unconsolidated Affiliates” means an Affiliate of the Borrower whose financial statements are not required to be consolidated with the financial statements of the Consolidated Parties in accordance with GAAP.


“Unencumbered Asset Value” means the sum of the following, without duplication: (a) the quotient of (1) Unencumbered Net Revenue for the prior fiscal quarter (for Real Property Assets owned for the prior four (4) fiscal quarters), minus the Unencumbered Net Revenue attributable to each Unencumbered Property sold or otherwise disposed of during such most recently ended quarter, minus the Unencumbered Net Revenue from any Unencumbered Property acquired during the prior four (4) fiscal quarter period, multiplied by four, divided by (2) the Capitalization Rate plus (b) the acquisition cost of each Unencumbered Property acquired during the prior four (4) fiscal quarter period plus (c) the book value of unencumbered Qualified Mortgage Loans; provided, that when calculating the Unencumbered Asset Value, the aggregate amount of Qualified Mortgage Loans attributable to second mortgages or second deeds of trust added pursuant to clause (c) of this definition shall not exceed $75,000,000.


“Unencumbered Net Revenue” means, for any period, Net Revenue from all Unencumbered Properties.  


“Unencumbered Property” means a Real Property Asset which, as of any date of determination, satisfies all of the following requirements:  


(a)     such Real Property Asset is 100% owned by a Credit Party in fee simple or pursuant to the terms of an Eligible Ground Lease; provided, that no more than 15% of the Unencumbered Asset Value may be attributable to Unencumbered Properties subject to Eligible Ground Leases; 


(b)     such Real Property Asset is not subject to any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien described in clauses (a) through (j) of Section 7.01) or any Negative Pledge (other than pursuant to an Eligible Ground Lease); 



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(c)     such Real Property Asset is free of all material mechanical and structural defects, or other adverse matters except for defects, conditions or matters individually or collectively which are not material to the profitable operation of such Real Property Asset; 


(d)     such Real Property Asset has been fully developed for use as a Healthcare Facility; 


(e)     such Real Property Asset is leased or subleased to and operated by an Eligible Tenant; 


(f)     no required rental payment, principal or interest payment, payments of real property taxes (except taxes which are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP) or payments of premiums on insurance policies payable to the applicable Credit Party-owner with respect to such Real Property Asset is past due beyond the earlier of the applicable grace period with respect thereto, if any, and sixty (60) days; 


(g)     no event of default (after the expiration of any applicable notice and/or cure period) has occurred and is then‐continuing under any Material Contract applicable to such Real Property Asset; 


(h)     no Material Contract applicable to such Real Property Asset shall have been terminated without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); provided, however, that the expiration of any such Material Contract in accordance with its terms shall not be deemed or construed to constitute a termination of such Material Contract requiring the prior written consent of the Required Lenders;  


(i)     no condemnation or condemnation proceeding shall have been instituted (and remain undismissed for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days), in each case, with respect to a material portion of the Real Property Asset; 


(j)     no material casualty event shall have occurred with respect to the improvements located on such Real Property Asset which is not able to be fully remediated with available insurance proceeds and/or funds a Credit Party has put into escrow; and 


(k)     no Hazardous Substances are located on or under such Real Property Asset which constitute a violation of any Environmental Law and no other environmental conditions exist in connection with such Real Property Asset which constitute a violation of any Environmental Law.    


“Unencumbered Property Certificate” shall mean a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C‐2 hereto delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(b) or more frequently at the option of the Borrower and (a) identifying the Unencumbered Properties, setting forth a summary of the Consolidated Total Asset Value and stating the Unencumbered Net Revenue 

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attributable to each Unencumbered Property, in form, substance and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (b) certifying (in the Borrower’s good faith and based upon its own information and the information made available to any Credit Party by the applicable Tenants, which information the Borrower and such Credit Party believe in good faith to be true and correct in all material respects) (i) that each Real Property Asset used in the calculation of the Consolidated Total Asset Value and Unencumbered Net Revenue meets each of the criteria for qualification as an Unencumbered Property and (c) providing such other information with respect to the Unencumbered Property as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.


“Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code for the applicable plan year.
 
“United States” or “U.S.” means the United States of America.


“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning provided in Section 2.03(c)(i).


“Unrestricted Subsidiaries” means the “Unrestricted Subsidiaries” as such term is defined from time to time in the Sabra Senior Notes Indenture (2013), as applicable on the date hereof; provided, that to the extent the Sabra Senior Notes Indenture (2013) is, for any reason, terminated, the term “Unrestricted Subsidiaries” shall, for the remainder of the term of this Agreement, have the meaning assigned to such term in the Sabra Senior Notes Indenture (2013) immediately prior to the termination thereof.


“Unused Fee” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 2.09(a).


“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code.


“Wholly Owned” means, with respect to any direct or indirect Subsidiary of any Person, that 100% of the Capital Stock with ordinary voting power issued by such Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares and investments by foreign nationals mandated by applicable Law) is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.


1.02    Interpretive Provisions.


With reference to this Credit Agreement and each other Credit Document, unless otherwise provided herein or in such other Credit Document:


(a)    The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.



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(b)    (i)    The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Credit Document shall refer to such Credit Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.


(ii)    Unless otherwise provided or required by context, Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Credit Document in which such reference appears.


(iii)    The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.


(iv)    The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.


(c)    In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word “through” means “to and including.”


(d)    Section headings herein and in the other Credit Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document.


1.03    Accounting Terms.


(a)    All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Credit Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time.  


(b)    The Borrower will provide a written summary of material changes in GAAP or in the consistent application thereof with each annual and quarterly Compliance Certificate delivered in accordance with Section 6.02(a).  If at any time any change in GAAP or in the consistent application thereof would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Credit Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall object in writing to determining compliance based on such change, then such computations shall continue to be made on a basis consistent with the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) as to which no such objection has been made.


(c)    The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that all calculations of the financial covenants in Section 6.11, shall be made on a pro forma basis with respect to any Disposition or acquisition (including any financing implications of any such Disposition or acquisition) occurring during the applicable period, retroactive to the beginning of such applicable period.  


1.04    Rounding.

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Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Credit Parties pursuant to this Credit Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding‐up if there is no nearest number).


1.05    References to Agreements and Laws.


Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Credit Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by any Credit Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.


1.06    Times of Day; Rates.


Unless otherwise provided, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).


The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of “Eurodollar Rate” or with respect to any comparable or successor rate thereto.
1.07    Letter of Credit Amounts.


Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.




ARTICLE II 
COMMITMENTS AND EXTENSION OF CREDITS


2.01    Commitments.


Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein:



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(a)    Revolving Loans.  During the Revolving Commitment Period, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit loans (the “Revolving Loans”) to the Borrower on any Business Day; provided that after giving effect to any such Revolving Loan, (i) with regard to the Revolving Lenders collectively, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Revolving Obligations shall not exceed SIX HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($650,000,000) (as such amount may be increased or decreased in accordance with the provisions hereof), and (ii) with regard to each Revolving Lender individually, such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of Revolving Obligations shall not exceed its respective Revolving Committed Amount.  Revolving Loans may consist of Base Rate Loans, Eurodollar Loans, or a combination thereof, as provided herein, and may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof.


(b)    Letters of Credit.  During the Revolving Commitment Period, (i) subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section 2.01(b) and Section 2.03 (A) to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower on any Business Day, (B) to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued hereunder, and (C) to honor drafts under Letters of Credit; and (ii) the Revolving Lenders severally agree to purchase from the L/C Issuer a participation interest in the Letters of Credit issued hereunder and any drawings thereunder in an amount equal to such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage thereof; provided that (A) the aggregate principal amount of L/C Obligations shall not exceed THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS ($30,000,000) (the “L/C Committed Amount”), (B) with regard to the Revolving Lenders collectively, the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Obligations shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, and (C) with regard to each Revolving Lender individually, such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of Revolving Obligations shall not exceed its respective Revolving Committed Amount.  Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the Letter of Credit so requested complies with the conditions set forth in clauses (A) and (B) in the proviso to the preceding sentence.  Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the Revolving Commitment Period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.  


(c)    Swing Line Loans.  During the Revolving Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein (including the delivery of a Loan Notice), the Swing Line Lender may, in its discretion and in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.01(c) and Section 2.04, make revolving credit loans (the “Swing Line Loans”) to the Borrower on any Business Day; provided, that the aggregate principal amount of the Swing Line Loans shall not exceed (i) the TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($25,000,000) (the “Swing Line Committed Amount”), (ii) with respect to the Revolving Lenders collectively, the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Obligations shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, and (iii) the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan.  Swing Line Loans shall be comprised solely of Base Rate Loans, and may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof.  Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a participation interest in such 

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Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage thereof.  No Swing Line Loan shall remain outstanding for longer than five (5) Business Days.  


		
	(d)
	Conversion of Revolving Commitments/Revolving Loans into Term Loan Commitments/Term Loans.




(i)    Conditions; Amounts Available for Conversion.  Upon at least fifteen days prior written notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G (such notice to be given no later than fifteen days prior to the end of the Term Loan Commitment Period) which notice may be given up to two times during the Term Loan Commitment Period, an aggregate amount of up to $200,000,000 of the then-outstanding Revolving Commitments and funded Revolving Loans shall be automatically converted to Term Loan Commitments and (in the case of the funded portion of the Revolving Loans being converted) term loans (each a “Term Loan”) hereunder, all as provided in this Section 2.01(d); provided, that, (i) upon the conversion of Revolving Commitments to Term Loan Commitments, terms loans shall be advanced on the same day as such conversion, and (ii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the conversion provided in this Section 2.01(d) shall, immediately upon the effectiveness thereof, permanently terminate the equivalent amount of the Revolving Commitments and then outstanding Revolving Loans, in each case, as set forth on Exhibit G.
(ii)    Lenders’ Acknowledgements Concerning Conversion Rights.  Each Revolving Lender that, from time to time, holds any portion of a Revolving Commitment or a Revolving Loan hereunder hereby acknowledges and agrees that such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment and Revolving Loans may be subject to conversion to Term Loan Commitments and Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.01(d) and following such conversion, each such Revolving Lender shall be a Term Loan Lender to the extent of any such amount converted.
(iii)    Conversion.  (i) The allocation of any Revolving Commitments and Revolving Loans converted to Term Loan Commitments and Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.01(d), and as set forth on Exhibit G, among the Lenders shall be pro rata based on each such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of the then-outstanding Revolving Loans (prior to conversion) and any outstanding Revolving Commitments; and (ii) such conversion shall result in the converted outstanding Revolving Loans being deemed to be Term Loan Commitments and outstanding Term Loans of such Lenders, as set forth on Exhibit G, (which amounts shall, immediately thereafter, be subject to the provisions of clause (iv) below).  
(iv)    Conversion Mechanics.  The Revolving Commitments shall convert to Term Loan Commitments hereunder and any amount of such outstanding Revolving Loans shall, as set forth on Exhibit G, be, commencing as of such conversion date, deemed to be Term Loans existing under the Revolving Facility of the same Type and Interest Period as the 

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previously outstanding Revolving Loans and shall no longer, commencing as of such conversion date, be considered Revolving Loans for purposes hereof.
(v)    Conversion Amendment.  If any amendment to this Credit Agreement is reasonably requested to give effect to or to evidence any conversion pursuant to and in accordance with this Section 2.01(d), then the Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent shall execute such amendment which shall be effective upon such execution.  In connection with any such conversion into Term Loans and/or Term Loan Commitments, Schedule 2.01 shall be revised to reflect the new Commitments and Commitment percentages of the Revolving Lenders and the Term Loan Lenders.
(e)    Increases in Commitments; Addition of Incremental Term Loan Facilities.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may, at any time prior to the then Applicable Maturity Date, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, cause an increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (each such increase, an “Incremental Revolving Increase”), increase any existing Term Loans or add one or more tranches of term loans (each an “Incremental Term Loan Facility”; each Incremental Term Loan Facility and each Incremental Revolving Increase are collectively referred to as “Incremental Facilities”) of up to ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($100,000,000) (to an aggregate amount of not more than SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($750,000,000)); provided that such increase shall be conditioned and effective upon the satisfaction of the following conditions:


(i)    the Borrower shall obtain (whether through the Arranger or otherwise) commitments for the amount of the increase from existing Lenders or other commercial banks or financial institutions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which other commercial banks and financial institutions shall join in this Credit Agreement as Lenders by a Lender Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto or other arrangement reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that  in no case shall any Lender be required to increase its Commitment without its written consent);


(ii)    any such increase shall be in a minimum aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or the remaining amount, if less) or such other amount as agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent;


(iii)    if any Revolving Loans are outstanding at the time of any such increase, the Borrower shall make such payments and adjustments on the Revolving Loans (including payment of any break‐funding amounts owing under Section 3.05) as may be necessary to give effect to the revised commitment percentages and commitment amounts;


(iv)    the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent and the Arranger all fees required under any fee letter due in connection with the syndication of the increase in the Commitments;



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(iii)    the Borrower shall have executed any new or amended and restated Notes (to the extent requested by the Lenders) to reflect the revised commitment amounts; and


(iv)    the conditions to the making of a Loan set forth in Sections 4.02(b) and (c) shall be satisfied.


In connection with any such increase in the Commitments, Schedule 2.01 shall be revised to reflect the modified Commitments and Commitment percentages of the Lenders, and the Credit Parties shall provide supporting corporate resolutions, legal opinions, promissory notes and other items as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection therewith.  


2.02    Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations.


(a)    Each Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by (A) telephone, or (B) a Loan Notice, provided that any telephonic notice must be confirmed immediately by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Loan Notice.  Each such Loan Notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) with respect to Eurodollar Loans, three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowings, conversion or continuation, or (ii) with respect to Base Rate Loans, on the requested date of, any Borrowing, conversion or continuation.  Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(c), each Borrowing, conversion or continuation shall be in a principal amount of (i) with respect to Eurodollar Loans, $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof or (ii) with respect to Base Rate Loans, $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof.  Each Loan Notice shall specify (i) whether the applicable request is with respect to Revolving Loans or Term Loans, (ii) whether such request is for a Borrowing, conversion, or continuation, (iii) the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation (which shall be a Business Day), (iv) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (v) the Type of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, and (vi) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto.  If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans.  Any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Loans.  If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Loans in any Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, the Interest Period will be deemed to be one month.


(b)    Following receipt of a Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender, as applicable, (and in any event, not later than 12:00 p.m. on the date it receives a Loan Notice from the Borrower) of the amount of its Revolving Commitment Percentage or Term Loan Commitment Percentage of the applicable Loans, as the case may be, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender, as applicable, of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in the preceding subsection.  In the case of a Borrowing, each Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative 

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Agent’s Office not later than 2:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Loan Notice.  Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Extension of Credit, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the party referenced in the applicable Loan Notice in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the applicable party on the books of the Administrative Agent with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date the Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are Swing Line Loans or L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing shall be applied, first, to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, second, to the payment in full of any such Swing Line Loans, and third, to the party identified in the applicable Loan Notice as provided above.


(c)    Except as otherwise provided herein, without the consent of the Required Lenders, a Eurodollar Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loan.  During the existence of a Default or Event of Default, (i) no Loan may be requested as, converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Loan if the Required Lenders shall have prohibited the same in writing to the Administrative Agent and (ii) at the request of the Required Lenders, any outstanding Eurodollar Loan shall be converted immediately to a Base Rate Loan.


(d)    The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Loans upon determination of such interest rate.  The determination of the Eurodollar Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in Bank of America’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.


(e)    After giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than eight (8) Interest Periods in effect with respect to Loans.


2.03    Additional Provisions with respect to Letters of Credit.


(a)    Obligation to Issue or Amend.


(i)    The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit if:


		
	(A)
	the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve (12) months after the date of issuance or last renewal, unless the Required Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date; or





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	(B)
	the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date.




(ii)    The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:


		
	(A)
	the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer; 




		
	(B)
	such Letter of Credit is in an initial amount less than $50,000, is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars or is not a standby (non-commercial) letter of credit;




		
	(C)
	any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it; 




		
	(D)
	any Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless the L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion), with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer's actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which the L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion.




		
	(E)
	the Revolving Commitments have been terminated pursuant to Article VIII.




(iii)    The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if:



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	(A)
	the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof; or




		
	(B)
	the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.




(iv)    The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated pursuant to Article VIII.


(b)    Procedures for Issuance and Amendment; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.


(i)    Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or the REIT Guarantor.  Such Letter of Credit Application may be sent by facsimile, by United States mail, by overnight courier, by electronic transmission using the system provided by the L/C Issuer, by personal delivery or by any other means acceptable to the L/C Issuer.  Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two (2) Business Days (or such later date and time as the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be.  In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer:  (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably require and (H) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit.  In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably require.


(ii)    Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof.  Upon receipt by the L/C Issuer of confirmation from the Administrative Agent that the requested issuance or amendment is permitted in accordance with the terms hereof, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the applicable Person or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices.  Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Lender 

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shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of such Letter of Credit.


(iii)    If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued.  Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension.  Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.


(iv)    Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.


(c)    Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.


(i)    Upon any drawing under any Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof.  To the extent such notice is provided (A) prior to 12:00 noon on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing on the Honor Date and (B) following 12:00 noon on the Honor Date, the Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing by not later than 11:00 a.m. on the Business Day immediately following the Honor Date.  If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall, no later than 1:00 p.m. on the date the Administrative Agent requests the Revolving Lenders to make funds available pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i), notify each Revolving 

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Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage thereof.  In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments or the conditions set forth in Section 4.02.  Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.


(ii)    Each Revolving Lender (including the Revolving Lender acting as L/C Issuer) shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Revolving Commitment Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 2:00 p.m.  on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount.  The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer.


(iii)    With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans for any reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.  In such event, each Revolving Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Revolving Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.


(iv)    Until each Revolving Lender funds its Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.


(v)    Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set‐off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Revolving Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, the Credit Parties or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or Event of Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.  Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery 

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by the Borrower of a Loan Notice).  Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set‐off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Revolving Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, the Credit Parties or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or Event of Default, (C) non‐compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 4.02  or (D) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.  No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.


(vi)    If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.  A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.


(d)    Repayment of Participations.


(i)    At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Lender such Revolving Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Revolving Lender its Revolving Commitment Percentage thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.


(ii)    If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Revolving Commitment Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Revolving Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.



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(e)    Obligations Absolute.  The obligations of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:


(i)    any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Credit Agreement, any other Credit Document or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;


(ii)    the existence of any claim, counterclaim, set‐off, defense or other right that the Borrower may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Credit Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;


(iii)    any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;


(iv)    any payment by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor‐in‐possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; 


(v)    any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower; 


(vi)    waiver by the L/C Issuer of any requirement that exists for the L/C Issuer’s protection and not the protection of the Borrower or any waiver by the L/C Issuer which does not in fact materially prejudice the Borrower;


(vii)    honor of a demand for payment presented electronically even if such Letter of Credit requires that demand be in the form of a draft; or


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documents must be received under such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the ISP or the UCP, as applicable.  


The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will immediately notify the L/C Issuer.  The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.


(f)    Role of L/C Issuer.  Each Revolving Lender and each Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document.  None of the L/C Issuer, any Agent‐Related Person nor any of the correspondents, participants or assignees of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Revolving Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders or the Required Revolving Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application.  The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement.  None of the L/C Issuer, any Agent‐Related Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of the L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by the L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or the L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit.  In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.  The L/C Issuer may send a Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society of Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary.  


(g)    Cash Collateral.  Upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the Required Revolving Lenders, (i) if the L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of 

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Credit Expiration Date, any Letter of Credit may for any reason remain outstanding and partially or wholly undrawn, the Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to such Outstanding Amount determined as of the date of such L/C Borrowing or the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, as the case may be).  For purposes hereof, “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders).  Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings.  Each Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing.  Cash collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non‐interest bearing deposit accounts with the Administrative Agent.


(h)    Applicability of ISP and UCP; Limitation of Liability.  Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, the rules of the ISP shall apply to each Letter of Credit.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible to the Borrower for, and the L/C Issuer’s rights and remedies against the Borrower shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of the L/C Issuer required or permitted under any Laws, order or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the law or any order of a jurisdiction where the L/C Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or the UCP, as applicable, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade – International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law and Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.


(i)    Letter of Credit Fees.  The Borrower shall pay Letter of Credit fees as set forth in Section 2.09.


(j)    Fronting Fees. The Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit, at the rate per annum specified in the Fee Letter, computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears.  Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the tenth Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December in respect of the most recently ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand.  For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.07.  In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect.  Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.


(k)    Conflict with Letter of Credit Application.  In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Letter of Credit Application, the terms hereof shall control.

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2.04    Additional Provisions with respect to Swing Line Loans.


(a)    Borrowing Procedures.  Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s  irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by (A) telephone, or (B) a Loan Notice (provided that any telephonic notice must be confirmed immediately by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Loan Notice); provided, however, that the Swing Line Lender shall not be under any obligation to make a Swing Line Loan if any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender, unless such Lender or Borrower shall have made arrangements satisfactory to the Swing Line Lender to eliminate the Swing Line Lender’s risk with respect to such Lender.  Each Loan Notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $500,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day.  Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof.  Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in this Article II, or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, if the Swing Line Lender has elected to make a Swing Line Loan to the Borrower, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower by crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of the Swing Line Lender in immediately available funds.


(b)    Refinancing.


(i)    The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Lender make a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of Swing Line Loans then outstanding.  Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, the unutilized portion of the Revolving Commitments or the conditions set forth in Section 4.02.  The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent.  Each Revolving Lender shall make an amount equal to its Revolving Commitment Percentage of the amount specified in such Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 2:00 p.m.  on the day specified in such Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(b)(ii), each Revolving Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Revolving 

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Loan that is a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount.  The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.


(ii)    If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Borrowing of Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.04(b)(i), the request for Revolving Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Revolving Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.


(iii)    If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(b) by the time specified in Section 2.04(b)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.  A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.


(iv)    Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(b) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set‐off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Revolving Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or Event of Default, (C) non‐compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 4.02, or (D) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.  No such purchase or funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.


(c)    Repayment of Participations.


(i)    At any time after any Revolving Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Revolving Lender its Revolving Commitment Percentage of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.


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any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Revolving Commitment Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate.  The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender.


(d)    Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender.  The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower (by delivery of an invoice or other notice to the Borrower) for interest on the Swing Line Loans.  Until each Revolving Lender funds its Revolving Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect thereof shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.


(e)    Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender.  The Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.


2.05    Repayment of Loans.


(a)    Revolving Loans.  The Borrower shall repay to the Revolving Lenders on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans outstanding on such date.


(b)    Swing Line Loans.  The Borrower shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earliest to occur of (i) the date five (5) Business Days after such Loan is made and (ii) the Revolving Loan Maturity Date.
    
(c)    Term Loans.  The Borrower shall repay to the Term Loan Lenders on the Term Loan Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans outstanding on such date. 


2.06    Prepayments.


(a)    Voluntary Prepayments.  The Loans may be repaid in whole or in part without premium or penalty (except, in the case of Loans other than Base Rate Loans, amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.05); provided that (i) notice thereof must be given in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent and must be received by 11:00 a.m. by the Administrative Agent (A) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the date of prepayment of Eurodollar Loans, and (B) on the Business Day prior to the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans, and (ii) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, and a minimum principal amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof, in the case of Base Rate Loans, or, in each case, the entire principal amount thereof, if less.  Each such notice of voluntary repayment hereunder shall specify the date and amount of prepayment and the Loans and Types of Loans which are to be prepaid.  The Administrative Agent will give prompt notice to the applicable Lenders of any prepayment on the 

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Loans and the Lender’s interest therein.  Prepayments of Eurodollar Loans hereunder shall be accompanied by accrued interest thereon and breakage amounts, if any, under Section 3.05.


(b)    Mandatory Prepayments.  If at any time (A) the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Obligations shall exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (B) the aggregate principal amount of L/C Obligations shall exceed the L/C Committed Amount, (C) the aggregate principal amount of Swing Line Loans shall exceed the Swing Line Committed Amount, immediate prepayment will be made on the Revolving Loans and/or to provide Cash Collateral to the L/C Obligations in an amount equal to such excess; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to provide Cash Collateral with respect to the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.06(b) unless after the prepayment in full of the Loans the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations exceed the Commitments then in effect. 


(c)    Application.  Within each Loan, prepayments will be applied first to Base Rate Loans, then to Eurodollar Loans in direct order of Interest Period maturities.  In addition:


(i)    Voluntary Prepayments.  Voluntary prepayments shall be applied as specified by the Borrower.  Voluntary prepayments on the Revolving Obligations and on the Term Loans will be paid by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Lenders and the Term Loan Lenders, as the case may be, ratably in accordance with their respective interests therein.


(ii)    Mandatory Prepayments.  Mandatory prepayments on the Revolving Obligations will be paid by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective interests therein; provided that mandatory prepayments in respect of the Revolving Commitments under subsection (b) above shall be applied to the respective Revolving Obligations as appropriate.


2.07    Termination or Reduction of Commitments.


The Revolving Commitments and the Term Loan Commitments hereunder may be permanently reduced in whole or in part by notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent; provided that (i) any such notice thereof must be received by 11:00 a.m. at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date of reduction or termination and any such prepayment, if any, shall be in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; and (ii) the Revolving Commitments may not be reduced to an amount less than the Revolving Obligations then outstanding.  The Administrative Agent will give prompt notice to the Lenders, as the case may be, of any such reduction in Revolving Commitments and/or Term Loan Commitments.  Any reduction of the Revolving Commitments and/or Term Loan Commitments shall be applied to the respective Commitment of each such Lender according to its Revolving Commitment Percentage and/or Term Loan Commitment Percentage thereof.  All commitment or other fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.


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(a)    Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurodollar Loan (other than Swing Line Loans) shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Percentage; (ii) each Loan that is a Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Percentage; and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for an Interest Period of one month plus the Applicable Percentage. 


(b)    If any amount payable by any Credit Party under any Credit Document is not paid when due (after taking into account any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.  Furthermore, upon the written request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.  Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.


(c)    Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein.  Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.


2.09    Fees.


(a)    Unused Fee.  From and after the Closing Date and during such times in which clause (a) of the definition of “Applicable Percentage” shall be applicable, the Borrower agrees to pay the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders an unused fee (the “Unused Fee”) in an amount equal to (a) 0.25% per annum (or 0.35% per annum to the extent that as of the beginning of any day, the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Obligations (excluding the amount of any then-outstanding Swing Line Loans) is equal to or less than 50% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments), multiplied by (b) the amount by which the Aggregate Revolving Commitments exceed the sum of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Obligations (excluding the amount of any then-outstanding Swing Line Loans) as of the beginning of such day.  The Unused Fee shall accrue at all times during the Revolving Commitment Period when clause (a) of the definition of “Applicable Percentage” shall be applicable, including periods during which the conditions to Extensions of Credit in Section 4.02 may not be met, and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date and on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date (and, if applicable, thereafter on demand); provided, that (i) no Unused Fee shall accrue on the Commitment of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender and (ii) any Unused Fee accrued with respect to the Commitment of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the 

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Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender.  For purposes of clarification, Swing Line Loans shall not be considered outstanding for purposes of determining the unused portion of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.  The Administrative Agent shall distribute the Unused Fee to the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective Revolving Commitments of the Lenders.


(b)    Facility Fee.  During such times in which clause (b) of the definition of “Applicable Percentage” shall be applicable, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Revolving Lenders, a facility fee at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Percentage times the actual daily amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.07 above), regardless of usage, or, if the Aggregate Revolving Commitments have terminated, on the outstanding amount of all Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations, (the “Facility Fee” and collectively, for all the Revolving Lenders, the “Facility Fees”).  To the extent applicable, the Facility Fee shall accrue at all times during the Revolving Commitment Period (and thereafter for so long as any Revolving Obligations remain outstanding) when clause (b) of the definition of “Applicable Percentage” shall be applicable (and thereafter so long as Obligations shall remain outstanding), including periods during which the conditions to Extensions of Credit in Section 4.02 may not be met, and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter, commencing with the first calendar quarter during which clause (b) of the definition of “Applicable Percentage” shall be applicable, and on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, as applicable (and, if applicable, thereafter on demand); provided, that, pursuant to Section 2.17(a)(iii), (i) no Facility Fee shall accrue on the Revolving Commitment of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Revolving Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender and (ii) any Facility Fee accrued with respect to the Commitment of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Revolving Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrowers so long as such Revolving Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender.  The Administrative Agent shall distribute the Facility Fee to the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective Commitments of the Lenders.


(c)    Upfront and Other Fees.  The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders the upfront and other fees provided in the Administrative Agent’s Fee Letter.


(d)    Letter of Credit Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender in accordance with its Revolving Commitment Percentage a Letter of Credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each standby Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Percentage times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit.  For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.07.  Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand and (ii) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the request of the Required Revolving Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) no Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue in favor of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Revolving Lender shall be a Defaulting 

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Lender and (2) any Letter of Credit Fees accrued in favor of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrower so long as such Revolving Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender


(e)    Administrative Agent’s Fees.  The Borrower agrees to pay the Administrative Agent such fees as provided in the Administrative Agent’s Fee Letter or as may be otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower from time to time.


(f)    Other Fees.


(i)    The Borrower shall pay to the Arranger and the Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Administrative Agent’s Fee Letter.  Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.


(ii)    The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified.  Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.


2.10    Computation of Interest and Fees.


(a)    All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate) shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed.  All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360‐day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365‐day year).  Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.11(a), bear interest for one day.  Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.


(b)    If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of the Credit Parties or for any other reason, any Credit Party or the Lenders determine that (i) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as calculated by the Credit Parties as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a proper calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for such period, the Credit Parties shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, within five (5) days of demand by the Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to any Credit Party under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period.  This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under Section 2.03, or 2.08 or under Article VIII.  

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The obligations of the Credit Parties under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.


2.11    Payments Generally.


(a)    All payments to be made by the Borrower or any other Credit Party shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m.  on the date specified herein.  The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Revolving Commitment Percentage or Term Loan Commitment Percentage (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office.  All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m.  shall be deemed received on the immediately succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.


(b)    Subject to the definition of “Interest Period,” if any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.


(c)    Unless the Borrower or any Lender has notified the Administrative Agent, prior to the time any payment is required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent hereunder, that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, has timely made such payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a corresponding amount to the Person entitled thereto.  If and to the extent that such payment was not in fact made to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds, then:


(i)    if the Borrower fails to make such payment, each Lender shall forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion of such assumed payment that was made available to such Lender in immediately available funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect; and


(ii)    if any Lender failed to make such payment, such Lender shall forthwith on demand pay to the Administrative Agent the amount thereof in immediately available funds, together with interest thereon for the period from the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent (the “Compensation Period”) at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.  If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in 

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the applicable Borrowing.  If such Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent may make a demand therefor upon the Borrower, and the Borrower shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent, together with interest thereon for the Compensation Period at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the applicable Borrowing.  Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights that the Administrative Agent or the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.


A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.


(d)    If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Extension of Credit set forth in Section 4.02 are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof or for any other reason, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.


(e)    The obligations of the Term Loan Lenders hereunder to make Term Loans and of the Revolving Lenders hereunder to make Revolving Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 10.04(c) are several and not joint.  The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 10.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 10.04(c).


(f)    Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.


(g)    If at any time insufficient funds are received by or are available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, L/C Borrowings, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, toward costs and expenses (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III) incurred by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, (ii) second, toward repayment 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 (iii) third, toward repayment of principal and L/C Borrowings then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and L/C Borrowings then due to such parties.


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If any Lender shall obtain on account of the Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans held by it (excluding any amounts applied by the Swing Line Lender to outstanding Swing Line Loans and excluding any amounts received by the L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender to secure the obligations of a Defaulting Lender to fund risk participations hereunder), any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set‐off, or otherwise, but excluding any payments made to a Lender in error by the Administrative Agent (which such payments shall be returned by the Lender to the Administrative Agent immediately upon such Lender’s obtaining knowledge that such payment was made in error)) in excess of its ratable share (or other share contemplated hereunder) thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans made by them and/or such subparticipations in the participations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans held by them, as the case may be, as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment in respect of such Loans or such participations, as the case may be, pro rata with each of them; provided, however, that (i) if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the purchasing Lender in its discretion), such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (A) the amount of such paying Lender’s required repayment to (B) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered, without further interest thereon and (ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (B) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.16, or (C) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).  The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set‐off, but subject to Section 10.08) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.  The Administrative Agent will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased under this Section and will in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases or repayments.  Each Lender that purchases a participation pursuant to this Section shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications under this Credit Agreement with respect to the portion of the Revolving Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Revolving Obligations purchased.


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(a)    The Extension of Credits made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business.  The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Extension of Credits made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon.  Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations.  In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.  The Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Note for each Lender requesting a Note, which Note shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records.  Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.


(b)    In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection (a), each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans.  In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.


2.14    [Reserved].


2.15    [Reserved].


2.16    Cash Collateral.


(a)    Certain Credit Support Events.  Upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer (i) if the L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize 105% of the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations.  At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, immediately upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to cover all Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).  


(b)    Grant of Security Interest.  All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America.  The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Revolving Lender, such Revolving Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Lenders (including 

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the Swing Line Lender), and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.16(c).  If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the applicable Fronting Exposure and other obligations secured thereby, the Borrower or the relevant Defaulting Lender will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency.


(c)    Application.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.16 or Sections 2.01(b), 2.01(c), 2.03, 2.04, 2.06, 2.17 or 8.02 in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, Swing Line Loans, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may be provided for herein. 


(d)    Release.  Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Revolving Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 10.06(b)(vi))) or (ii) the Administrative Agent's good faith determination that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) that Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of a Credit Party shall not be released during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default (and following application as provided in this Section 2.16 may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 8.03), and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.


2.17    Defaulting Lenders.


(a)    Adjustments.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:


(i)    Waivers and Amendments.  That Defaulting Lender's right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definitions of “Required Lenders” and “Required Revolving Lenders” and Section 10.01.


(ii)    Reallocation of Payments.  Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise, and 

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including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.09), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Swing Line Loan or Letter of Credit; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender's breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender's breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or L/C Borrowings were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Borrowings owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Borrowings owed to, that Defaulting Lender.  Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.17(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.  


(iii)    Certain Fees.  That Defaulting Lender (x) shall not be entitled to receive any fees pursuant to Section 2.09(a) and (b) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender) and (y) shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit Fees as provided in Section 2.03(i).   The Borrower shall (x) pay to each non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any commitment fee otherwise payable to a Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans that has been reallocated to such non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (y) pay to the L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, as applicable, the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such L/C Issuer’s or Swing Line Lender’s Fronting Exposure 

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to such Defaulting Lender, and (z) not be require to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.  


(iv)    Reallocation of Applicable Percentages to Reduce Fronting Exposure.  During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans pursuant to Sections 2.03 and 2.04, the "Revolving Commitment Percentage" of each non-Defaulting Lender shall be computed without giving effect to the Revolving Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided, that, (i) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default or Event of Default exists; and (ii) the aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans shall not exceed the positive difference, if any, of (1) the Revolving Commitment of that non-Defaulting Lender minus (2) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of that Lender. 


(b)    Defaulting Lender Cure.  If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Revolving Commitment Percentages (without giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)), whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender's having been a Defaulting Lender.


2.18    Extension of Applicable Maturity Date.


(a)    Request for Extension.  The Borrower may, by notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly notify the Lenders) not earlier than 90 days and not later than 30 days prior to the then Applicable Maturity Date (the “Extension Date”), make a one-time request that each such applicable Lender extend such Lender’s Revolving Loan Maturity Date and/or Term Loan Maturity Date, as the case may be, for an additional year from the Applicable Maturity Date currently in effect (the “Existing Maturity Date”) subject to the conditions set forth in clause (b) below.


(b)    Conditions to Effectiveness of Extension.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the extension of the Applicable Maturity Date, as the case may be, pursuant to this Section shall not be effective with respect to any Lender unless:



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(i)    no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such extension and after giving effect thereto;


(ii)    the representations and warranties contained in Article V and the other Credit Documents shall (A) with respect to representations and warranties that contain a materiality qualification, be true and correct and (B) with respect to representations and warranties that do not contain a materiality qualification, be true and correct in all material respects, in each case on and as of the Extension Date as if made on and as of such date except for any representation or warranty made as of an earlier date, which representation and warranty shall remain true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.18, the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.01 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of Section 6.01; 


(iii)    the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent on the applicable Existing Maturity Date a fee, as applicable, (A) to be shared among the Revolving Lenders based upon their pro rata share of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments equal to the product of (i) 0.20% multiplied by (ii) the then Aggregate Revolving Commitments and/or (B) to be shared among the Term Loan Lenders based upon their pro rata share of the Term Loans equal to the product of (i) 0.20% multiplied by (ii) the then Outstanding Amount of the Term Loans.


(c)    Conflicting Provisions.  This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 10.01 to the contrary.


ARTICLE III  
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY


3.01    Taxes.


(a)    Payments Free of Taxes.  (i) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Credit Parties hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, provided that if any Credit Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by applicable law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes (including any Other Taxes) from such payments, then the Administrative Agent or such Credit Party shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding, upon the basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to subsection (e) below.


(ii)     If any Credit Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by the Internal Revenue Code to withhold any Taxes, including both U.S. federal backup withholding and withholding Taxes, from any payment, then (A) to the extent that the withholding is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, 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 Administrative Agent 

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shall make such deductions and (iii) the Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.


(b)    Payment of Other Taxes by the Credit Parties.  Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Credit Parties shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.


(c)    Indemnification by the Credit Parties and Indemnification by the Lenders.  (i) The Credit Parties shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, 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 (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each of the Credit Parties shall, and does hereby, jointly and severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender for any reason fails to pay indefeasibly to the Administrative Agent as required pursuant to Section 3.01(c)(ii) below.


(ii)    Each Lender shall, and does hereby, severally indemnify, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, (x) the Administrative Agent against any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Credit Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), (y) the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties, as applicable, against any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 10.06(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties, as applicable, against any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or a Credit Party in connection with any Credit Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such 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 any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Credit Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii).  


(d)    Evidence of Payments.  As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by any Credit Party 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.



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(e)    Status of Lenders.  (i) Each Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments under any Credit Document shall deliver to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent  as will permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not payments made hereunder or under any other Loan Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lender's entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise to establish such Lender's status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 3.01(e)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.


(ii)    Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if such Borrower is a U.S. Person, 


(A)    any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by applicable laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements; 


(B)     each Foreign Lender that is entitled under the Internal Revenue Code or any applicable treaty to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:


(I)    executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,


(II)    executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,



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(III)    executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY and all required supporting documentation, or


(IV)    in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code and (y) duly completed copies of  Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, 


(C)    any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit such Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and 


(D)    if a payment made to a Lender under any Credit 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 Internal Revenue Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.


(iii)    Each Lender shall promptly (A) notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (B) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable 

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Laws of any jurisdiction that the Borrower or the Administrative Agent make any withholding or deduction for taxes from amounts payable to such Lender.


3.02    Illegality.


If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Eurodollar Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist.  Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Loans.  Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.  Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.


3.03    Inability to Determine Rates.


If the Administrative Agent determines that for any reason adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Loan, or that the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender.  Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Loans shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice.  Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.


		
	3.04
	Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurodollar Loans.




(a)    If any Lender determines that as a result of the introduction after the date hereof of or any change in or in the interpretation, after the date hereof, of any Law, or such Lender’s compliance therewith, there shall be any increase in the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or (as the case may be) issuing or participating in Letters of Credit, or a reduction in the amount received or receivable by such Lender in connection with any of the foregoing (excluding for purposes of this subsection (a) any such increased costs or reduction in amount resulting from (i) Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which Section 3.01 

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shall govern), (ii) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the United States or any foreign jurisdiction or any political subdivision of either thereof under the Laws of which such Lender is organized or has its Lending Office, and (iii) reserve requirements contemplated by Section 3.04(c)), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction.


(b)    If any Lender determines that the introduction after the date hereof of any Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity requirements or any change therein made after the date hereof or in the interpretation thereof made after the date hereof, or compliance by such Lender (or its Lending Office) therewith, has the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder (taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy and such Lender’s desired return on capital), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction.  


(c)    The Borrower shall pay to each Lender, as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as “Eurocurrency liabilities”), additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided the Borrower shall have received at least fifteen (15) days’ prior written notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest from such Lender.  If a Lender fails to give notice fifteen (15) days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest shall be due and payable fifteen (15) days from receipt of such notice.


(d)    Each Lender agrees to make reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid or reduce the amounts payable under this Section 3.04 and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender


3.05    Funding Losses.


Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:


(a)    any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);



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(b)    any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower; or


(c)    any assignment of a Eurodollar Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.13;


including any loss, cost or expense (other than loss of anticipated profits) arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained.  The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.


For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Base Rate used in determining the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Loan was in fact so funded.


3.06    Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation.


(a)    A certificate of the Administrative Agent or any Lender claiming compensation under this Article III and setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error (i) unless such amount or amounts result from or is with respect to any period prior to the date that is 120 days prior to the date on which the Administrative Agent or the applicable Lender makes a claim hereunder if the Administrative Agent or the applicable Lender prior to such date knew or could reasonably have been expected to know of the circumstances giving rise to the claim hereunder or the fact that such circumstances would result in the claim hereunder and (ii) provided that no compensation shall be claimed under this Article III unless the Administrative Agent or the applicable Lender is making similar claims to other similarly situated borrowers.  In determining such amount, the Administrative Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.


(b)    Upon any Lender’s making a claim for compensation under Section 3.01, 3.02 or 3.04, the Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 10.13.


3.07    Survival.


All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.




ARTICLE IV 
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EXTENSION OF CREDITS

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The obligation of each Lender to make Extensions of Credit hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:


4.01    Conditions to Closing Date.


The obligation of the Lenders to make the initial Extension of Credit hereunder is subject to the satisfaction in all material respects on or prior to the Closing Date of such of the following conditions as shall not have been expressly waived in writing by the Administrative Agent and Lenders:


(a)    Certain Credit Documents, Organization Documents, Etc.  The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Credit Party, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its legal counsel:


(i)    executed counterparts of this Credit Agreement and the Administrative Agent’s Fee Letter, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Credit Party;


(ii)    a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting a Note;


(iii)    copies of the Organization Documents of each Credit Party certified to be true and complete as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority of the state or other jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, where applicable, and certified by a secretary or assistant secretary of such Credit Party to be true and correct as of the Closing Date;  


(iv)    such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Credit Party as the Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Credit Agreement and the other applicable Credit Documents to which such Credit Party is a party; and


(v)    such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Credit Party is duly organized or formed, and is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in (A) the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and (B) each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



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(b)    Opinions of Counsel.  The Administrative Agent shall have received legal opinion with respect to certain of the Credit Documents (in each case dated as of the Closing Date, addressed to the Administrative Agent and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) from:


		
	(i)
	Sherry Meyerhoff Hanson & Crance LLP, counsel for the Credit Parties;




		
	(ii)
	Menaker & Herrmann LLP, special New York counsel for the Credit Parties; and 




		
	(iii)
	Venable LLP, special Maryland counsel for the REIT Guarantor. 




(c)    Material Adverse Change.  No material adverse change shall have occurred since December 31, 2013 in the business, assets, operations or financial condition of the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, or in the facts and information regarding such Credit Parties as of the Closing Date. 


(d)    Litigation.  There shall not exist any pending or threatened action, suit, investigation or proceeding against any Credit Party or any of their Affiliates that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or could otherwise materially and adversely affect the transactions set forth herein or contemplated hereby.


(e)    [Reserved].  


(f)    [Reserved].


(g)    [Reserved]. 


(h)    Officer’s Certificates.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate or certificates executed by a Responsible Officer of the REIT Guarantor as of the Closing Date, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, stating that (i) each Credit Party is in compliance with all existing financial obligations (whether pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Credit Agreement or otherwise), (ii) all governmental, shareholder and third party consents and approvals, if any, with respect to the Credit Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained, (iii) no action, suit, investigation or proceeding is pending or threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or governmental instrumentality (A) that purports to affect (1) the REIT Guarantor, in a materially adverse manner, (2) the Borrower in a materially adverse manner (3) the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, in a materially adverse manner, (4) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (B) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on (1) the REIT Guarantor, (2) the Borrower, (3) the transactions contemplated hereby or (4) the ability of the Credit Parties to perform their obligations under the Credit Documents or, (iv) immediately prior to and following the transactions contemplated herein, each of the Credit Parties shall be Solvent, and (v) as of the Closing Date, (A) no Default or Event of Default exists and (B) all representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Credit Documents are (i) with respect to representations and warranties that contain a materiality qualification, true and correct 

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and (ii) with respect to representations and warranties that do not contain a materiality qualification, true and correct in all material respects.


(i)    Opening Unencumbered Property Certificate.  Receipt by the Administrative Agent of an Unencumbered Property Certificate as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2, duly completed and executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or the REIT Guarantor.


(j)    Financial Statements.  Receipt by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of (i) the Audited Financial Statements, (ii) pro forma projections of financial statements (balance sheet, income and cash flows) for each of the following four (4) fiscal quarters of the Consolidated Parties and each of the following three (3) fiscal years of the Consolidated Parties, and (iii) such other information relating to the Consolidated Parties as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require in connection with the structuring and syndication of credit facilities of the type described herein.


(k)    Consents/Approvals.  The Credit Parties shall have received all approvals, consents and waivers, and shall have made or given all necessary filings and notices as shall be required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Credit Documents without the occurrence of any default under, conflict with or violation of (i) any applicable Law or (ii) any agreement, document or instrument to which any Credit Party is a party or by which any of them or their respective properties is bound, except for such approvals, consents, waivers, filings and notices the receipt, making or giving of which would not reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.  


(l)    Administrative Agent Fees and Expenses.  Payment by the Credit Parties to the Administrative Agent of all fees and expenses relating to the preparation, execution and delivery of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents which are due and payable on the Closing Date.


(m)    Lender Fees.  Payment by the Credit Parties to the Administrative Agent (on behalf of itself and the other Lenders) of all upfront/commitment fees as agreed upon among the Credit Parties, the Arranger and the respective Lenders.


(n)    Opening Compliance Certificate.  Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a Compliance Certificate as of the Closing Date signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or the REIT Guarantor and including (i) pro forma calculations for the current fiscal quarter (taking into account any Extension of Credit made or requested hereunder as of such date) and (ii) pro forma calculations of all financial covenants contained herein for each of the following four (4) fiscal quarters (based on the projections set forth in the materials delivered pursuant to clause (j) of this Section 4.01).


(o)    Other.  Receipt by the Lenders or the Administrative Agent of such other documents, instruments, agreements or information as reasonably requested by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, including, but not limited to, additional legal opinions, contribution agreements, corporate resolutions, indemnifications and information regarding litigation, tax, accounting, labor, insurance, 

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pension liabilities (actual or contingent), real estate leases, debt agreements, property ownership and contingent liabilities of the Credit Parties.


Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 9.03, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender.


4.02    Conditions to all Extensions of Credit.


The obligation of any Lender to make any Extension of Credit hereunder is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions on or prior to the proposed date of the making of such Extension of Credit:


(a)    The Administrative Agent shall receive the applicable Request for Extension of Credit and, with respect to the initial Extension of Credit, the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 shall have been met as of the Closing Date;


(b)    No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately before the making of such Extension of Credit and no Default or Event of Default shall exist immediately thereafter;


(c)    The representations and warranties of the Credit Parties contained in Article V of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall (i) with respect to representations and warranties that contain a materiality qualification, be true and correct and (ii) with respect to representations and warranties that do not contain a materiality qualification, be true and correct in all material respects, in each case on and as of the date of such Extension of Credit as if made on and as of such date except for any representation or warranty made as of an earlier date, which representation and warranty shall remain true and correct as of such earlier date, except that for purposes of this Section 4.02(c), the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.01 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of Section 6.01; and


(d)    (i) Immediately following the making of such Extension of Credit the sum of the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Obligations shall not exceed the Revolving Committed Amount and (ii) with respect to Term Loans, the amount of such requested Extension of Credit and/or conversion of Revolving Commitments and/or Revolving Loans will not exceed the available aggregate Term Loan Commitments.


The making of such Extension of Credit hereunder shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the facts specified in clauses (b), (c), and (d) of this Section.





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ARTICLE V 
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES


The Credit Parties hereby represent and warrant that, on and after the Closing Date and until the Obligations, together with interest, fees and other obligations hereunder, have been paid in full and the Revolving Commitments hereunder shall have terminated:


5.01    Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.


(a)    The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present the financial condition of the Consolidated Parties as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Consolidated Parties as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness.


(b)    The unaudited consolidated and consolidating balance sheets of the Consolidated Parties dated June 30, 2014, and the related consolidated and consolidating statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter ended on that date (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (ii) fairly present the financial condition of the Consolidated Parties as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments.  


(c)    During the period from December 31, 2013 to and including the Closing Date, there has been no sale, transfer or other disposition by the Consolidated Parties of any material part of the business or Property of the Consolidated Parties, taken as a whole, and no purchase or other acquisition by any of them of any business or property (including any Capital Stock of any other Person) material in relation to the consolidated financial condition of the Consolidated Parties, taken as a whole, in each case, which is not reflected in the foregoing financial statements or in the notes thereto and has not otherwise been disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date. 


(d)    The financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) and (b) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as may otherwise be permitted under Section 6.01(a) and (b)) and present fairly (on the basis disclosed in the footnotes to such financial statements) the consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Consolidated Parties as of such date and for such periods.


(e)    Since December 31, 2013, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



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5.02    Existence, Qualification and Power.


Each of the Credit Parties (a) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Credit Documents to which it is a party, and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


5.03    Authorization; No Contravention.


The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of each Credit Document to which such Person is party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to be made under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (c) violate any Law.


5.04    Binding Effect.


This Credit Agreement has been, and each other Credit Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party that is party thereto.  This Credit Agreement constitutes, and each other Credit Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable against each Credit Party that is party thereto in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditor’s rights generally and subject to general principals of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.


5.05    Litigation.


There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party after due and diligent investigation, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against any Consolidated Party or against any of its properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (b) either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


5.06    Compliance with ERISA.

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(a)    Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws.  Each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification.  The REIT Guarantor and each ERISA Affiliate have made all required contributions to each Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any Plan.


(b)    There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules under ERISA with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.


(c)    (i)  No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (iii) neither the REIT Guarantor nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) neither the REIT Guarantor nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) neither the REIT Guarantor nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA. 


5.07    Environmental Matters.


Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:


(a)    To the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Credit Parties, each of the facilities and real properties owned, leased or operated by the Consolidated Parties (the “Facilities”) and all operations with respect to each of the Facilities are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws in all material respects and there are no conditions relating to the Facilities or the Businesses of the Consolidated Parties that are likely to give rise to liability under any applicable Environmental Laws. 


(b)    To the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Credit Parties, none of the Facilities contains, or has previously contained, any Hazardous Substances at, on or under such property in amounts or concentrations that constitutes a violation of, or could give rise to liability under, applicable Environmental Laws.


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regarding, any violation, alleged violation, non‐compliance, liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Facilities or the Businesses of the Consolidated Parties, nor does any Responsible Officer of any Credit Party have knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is being threatened.


(d)    To the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Credit Parties, Hazardous Substances have not been transported or disposed of at the Facilities, or generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any of the Facilities, in each case by or on behalf of any of the Consolidated Parties, in violation of, or in a manner that is likely to give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law.


(e)    To the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Credit Parties, no judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is pending or threatened, under any Environmental Law which any Consolidated Party is or will be named as a party, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect to any Consolidated Party, the Facilities or the Businesses of the Consolidated Parties.  


5.08    Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.


(a)    No Credit Party is engaged or will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock and no part of the Letters of Credit or proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock.


(b)    None of the Credit Parties (i) is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or (ii) is subject to regulation under any other Law which limits its ability to incur the Obligations.


5.09    Compliance with Laws.  


Each of the Consolidated Parties is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


5.10    Ownership of Property; Liens.


Each of the Consolidated Parties has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for Permitted Liens and such defects in title as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Set forth on the most recently delivered 

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Unencumbered Property Certificate required pursuant to Section 6.02 is a list of all Unencumbered Properties used in the calculation of Consolidated Total Asset Value.  The Property of the Consolidated Parties is subject to no Liens, other than Permitted Liens.  


5.11    Corporate Structure; Capital Stock, Etc.


As of the Closing Date and as of each date on which such schedule is subsequently updated pursuant to the terms hereof through the delivery of a Compliance Certificate, Schedule 5.11 correctly sets forth the corporate structure of REIT Guarantor and each of its Subsidiaries (including each of the Credit Parties), as well as the entity and ownership structure of the Consolidated Parties and the correct legal name, tax identification number and the jurisdiction of formation of the Consolidated Parties.  Also included on Schedule 5.11 is a listing, as of such date, of the number of shares of each class of Capital Stock outstanding with respect to each Consolidated Party, the Persons holding equity interests in such Consolidated Parties, their percentage equity or voting interest in the Consolidated Parties and the number and effect, if exercised, of all outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all other similar rights with respect thereto.  Except as set forth on Schedule 5.11, as of the Closing Date: (i) no Consolidated Party has issued to any third party any securities convertible into any equity interest in such Consolidated Party, or any options, warrants or other rights to acquire any securities convertible into any such equity interest, and (ii) the outstanding Capital Stock of each Consolidated Party is owned by the Persons indicated on Schedule 5.11, is validly issued, fully paid and non‐assessable, and is free and clear of all Liens, warrants, options and rights of others of any kind whatsoever.  Each Person owning an Unencumbered Property shown on the most recent Unencumbered Property Certificate is a Credit Party hereunder.  Each Credit Party (other than the REIT Guarantor and the Borrower) is a Wholly Owned direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower.    


5.12    [Reserved].


5.13    [Reserved].


5.14    [Reserved].


5.15    Solvency.


Immediately before and immediately after giving effect to this Agreement, (a) the Borrower is Solvent and (b) the Consolidated Parties are Solvent on a consolidated basis.


5.16    Taxes.


Each of the Consolidated Parties have filed all Federal, state and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all Federal, state and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties (including all Real Property Assets), income or assets prior to delinquency, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP.  There is no proposed tax assessment against any Credit 

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Party that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect.  Other than the tax allocation agreement executed in connection with the Separation, no Credit Party is party to any tax sharing agreement.


5.17    Insurance.


The Real Property Assets of each of the Consolidated Parties are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Borrower, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the applicable Consolidated Party operates.  


5.18    No Default.


(a)    No Consolidated Party is in default after all applicable notice and cure periods under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation that individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


(b)    No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.


5.19    [Reserved].


5.20    Disclosure.


Each Credit Party has disclosed to the Administrative Agent and 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, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  No report, financial statement, certificate or other information furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of any Credit Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Credit Document (in each case, 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 Credit Parties represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.


5.21    Governmental Authorization; Other Consents.


No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Credit Party of this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document.


5.22    Anti-Terrorism Laws.

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Neither any Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “enemy” or an “ally of the enemy” within the meaning of Section 2 of the Trading with the Enemy Act of the United States of America (50 U.S.C. App. §§ 1 et seq.) (the “Trading with the Enemy Act”), as amended.  Neither any Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of (a) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, (b) any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, (c) the Patriot Act or (d) the Laws of any applicable jurisdiction related to bribery or anti-corruption.  Set forth on Schedule 5.22 is the exact legal name of each Credit Party, the state of incorporation or organization, the chief executive office, the principal place of business, the jurisdictions in which the Credit Parties are qualified to do business, the federal tax identification number and organization identification number of each of the Credit Parties as of the Closing Date.  The Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers and employees with anti-corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.


5.23    REIT Status.


The REIT Guarantor is taxed as a “real estate investment trust” within the meaning of Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code and each of the other Credit Parties are Qualified REIT Subsidiaries.  


5.24    OFAC.


Neither any Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any Affiliate thereof, or any of their respective officers, employees or directors (a) is a Sanctioned Person, (b) has any of its assets in Designated Jurisdictions, or (c) derives any of its operating income from investments in, or transactions with, Sanctioned Persons or Designated Jurisdictions.  No part of the proceeds of any Loans hereunder will be used directly or indirectly to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in or make any payments to a Sanctioned Person or a Designated Jurisdiction or for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended and in effect from time to time.




ARTICLE VI 
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS


The Credit Parties hereby covenant and agree that until the Obligations, together with interest, fees and other obligations hereunder, have been paid in full and the Revolving Commitments hereunder shall have terminated:


6.01    Financial Statements.

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The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall disseminate such information pursuant to the terms of Section 6.02 hereof), in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:


(a)    as soon as available, but in any event within ninety (90) days (or within five (5) days of such other time period required by the SEC) after the end of each fiscal year of the REIT Guarantor, a consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Parties as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year (setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year), all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by (i) a report and opinion of a Registered Public Accounting Firm of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and applicable Securities Laws and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit and (ii) an attestation report of such Registered Public Accounting Firm as to the Credit Party’s internal controls pursuant to Section 404 of Sarbanes‐Oxley expressing a conclusion to which the Required Lenders do not object; and


(b)    as soon as available, but in any event within forty-five (45) days (or within five (5) days of such other time period required by the SEC) after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the REIT Guarantor, a consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Parties as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the REIT Guarantor’s fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case, in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the REIT Guarantor as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Consolidated Parties in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year‐end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes; provided, that the Administrative Agent hereby agrees that a Form 10-Q of the REIT Guarantor in form similar to that delivered to the SEC shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 6.01(b).


6.02    Certificates; Other Information.


The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall disseminate such information pursuant to the terms of this Section 6.02), in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:


(a)    concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or the REIT Guarantor;


(b)    concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b), an Unencumbered Property Certificate calculated as of the end of the immediately prior 

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fiscal quarter, duly completed and executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or the REIT Guarantor; provided, however, the Borrower may, at its option, provide an updated Unencumbered Property Certificate more frequently than quarterly;


(c)    [reserved];


(d)    within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal year of the REIT Guarantor, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013, an annual operating forecast of the REIT Guarantor containing, among other things, pro forma financial statements for the then current fiscal year;


(e)    promptly after any request by the Administrative Agent, copies of any detailed audit reports, management letters or recommendations submitted to the board of directors by the independent accountants of the REIT Guarantor (or the audit committee of the board of directors of the REIT Guarantor) in respect of the REIT Guarantor (and, to the extent any such reports, letters or recommendations are prepared separately for any other Credit Party, such Credit Party) by independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of the REIT Guarantor (or such Credit Party) or any audit of the REIT Guarantor (or such Credit Party);


(f)    promptly after the same are available, (i) copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of the REIT Guarantor, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which the REIT Guarantor may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or to a holder of any Indebtedness owed by the REIT Guarantor in its capacity as such holder and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto and (ii) upon the request of the Administrative Agent, all reports and written information to and from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or any state or local agency responsible for environmental matters, the United States Occupational Health and Safety Administration, or any state or local agency responsible for health and safety matters, or any successor agencies or authorities concerning environmental, health or safety matters;


(g)    promptly upon receipt thereof, a copy of any other report or “management letter” submitted by independent accountants to the REIT Guarantor or any Credit Party in connection with any annual, interim or special audit of the books of the REIT Guarantor (or any such Credit Party(ies));


(h)    promptly upon any Responsible Officer of any Credit Party becoming aware thereof, notice of (i) any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) any other Default or Event of Default; 


(i)    promptly, such additional information regarding the business, financial or corporate affairs of the Credit Parties, or compliance with the terms of the Credit Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) may from time to time reasonably request; and



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(j)    promptly upon any public announcement by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch of any change or possible adverse change in a Debt Rating.


Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or Section 6.02(b), (c), (d), (e) or (f)(i) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Credit Parties post such documents, or provides a link thereto on the REIT Guarantor’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 10.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Credit Parties’ behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third‐party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (A) the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender that requests the Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and (B) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender (by telecopier or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required to provide paper copies of the Compliance Certificates required by Section 6.02(a) to the Administrative Agent.  Except for such Compliance Certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Credit Parties with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.  


The Credit Parties hereby acknowledge that (x) the Administrative Agent will promptly make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Credit Parties hereunder (collectively, the “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (y) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Credit Parties or their Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Person’s securities.  Each of the Credit Parties hereby agrees that (ww) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof (xx) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Credit Parties shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Credit Parties or their securities for purposes of United States federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 10.07); (yy) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated as “Public Investor;” and (zz) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not marked as “Public Investor.”  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Credit Parties shall be under no obligation to mark any Borrower Materials “PUBLIC”.



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6.03    Preservation of Existence and Franchises.


Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do all things necessary to (a) preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted by Section 7.06; (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) preserve or renew all of its registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the non-preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


6.04    Books and Records.
    
Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of such Person.


6.05    Compliance with Law.


Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees (including, without limitation, building and zoning laws and all Healthcare Laws) applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; or (b) the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  


6.06    Payment of Obligations.


Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge (or cause to be paid or discharged) (a) all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by such Person and (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon its property, subject to rights of contest as set forth in Section 7.01.


6.07    Insurance.


The Credit Parties shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons.  



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6.08    Maintenance of Property.


Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain, preserve and protect (or caused to be maintained, preserved and protected) all of its Unencumbered Properties and all other material property and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order and condition, in each case, in a manner consistent with how such Person maintained its Unencumbered Properties and other material property on the Closing Date, ordinary wear and tear excepted.  
6.09    Visits and Inspections.


Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to (subject to applicable Facility Leases), permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to: (a) visit and inspect all Real Property Assets to the extent any such right to visit or inspect is within the control of such Person; (b) inspect and make extracts from their respective books and records, including but not limited to management letters prepared by independent accountants; and (c) discuss with its principal officers, and its independent accountants, its business, properties, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations and performance.  If requested by the Administrative Agent, the applicable Credit Party shall execute an authorization letter addressed to its accountants authorizing the Administrative Agent or any Lender to discuss the financial affairs of such Credit Party with its accountants.


6.10    Use of Proceeds.


The Borrower shall use the proceeds of any Extension of Credit for general corporate purposes not in contravention of any Law or of any Credit Document, including, but not limited to the acquisition of Healthcare Facilities or companies owning Healthcare Facilities, funding working capital, dividends and capital expenditures (it being understood and agreed that the Borrower shall not use such proceeds, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose).


6.11    Financial Covenants.


(a)     Consolidated Leverage Ratio.  The Credit Parties shall cause the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, as of the end of each fiscal quarter, to be equal to or less than 60%.


(b)    Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.  The Credit Parties shall cause the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as of the end of each fiscal quarter, to be equal to or greater than 1.75 to 1.00.


(c)    Consolidated Tangible Net Worth.  The Credit Parties shall cause the Consolidated Tangible Net Worth as of the end of each fiscal quarter to be equal to or greater than the sum of (i) an amount equal to $645,068,800 plus (ii) an amount equal to 75% of the net cash proceeds received 

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by the Consolidated Parties from Equity Transactions during the period following the Closing Date and ending as of the last day of the fiscal quarter for which such calculation is being performed. 


(d)    Distribution Limitation.  The Credit Parties shall cause the aggregate cash distributions to the REIT Guarantor’s shareholders made by the REIT Guarantor during the four (4) fiscal quarter period ending as of the end of each fiscal quarter to be equal to or less than ninety-five percent (95%) of the aggregate cumulative Funds From Operations accrued during such four (4) fiscal quarter period (or such greater amount as is required for the REIT Guarantor to maintain REIT status) (it being understood that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 6.11(d), the REIT Guarantor may (i) distribute to the REIT Guarantor’s shareholders any and all cash proceeds received by the REIT Guarantor in connection with any issuance or sale of shares of its Capital Stock (regardless of when issued or sold) and (ii) make unlimited distributions to the REIT Guarantor’s shareholders payable solely in the form of common stock of the REIT Guarantor).


(e)    Maximum Unsecured Leverage Ratio.  The Credit Parties shall cause the ratio of Consolidated Unsecured Funded Debt to Unencumbered Asset Value as of the end of each fiscal quarter to be equal to or less than 60%.  


(f)    Maximum Secured Debt Ratio.  The Credit Parties shall cause the ratio of Consolidated Secured Funded Debt to Consolidated Total Asset Value as of the end of each fiscal quarter to be equal to or less than 30%.  


(g)    Maximum Secured Recourse Debt Ratio.  At all times other than while the Borrower or REIT Guarantor, as applicable, has two Investment Grade Ratings, the Credit Parties shall cause the ratio of Consolidated Secured Recourse Funded Debt to Consolidated Total Asset Value as of the end of each fiscal quarter to be equal to or less than 10%.


(h)    Consolidated Unsecured Debt Yield.  The Credit Parties shall cause the Consolidated Unsecured Debt Yield, as of the end of any fiscal quarter, to be equal to or greater than 12.5%.  


(i)    Consolidated Unsecured Interest Coverage Ratio.  The Credit Parties shall cause the Consolidated Unsecured Interest Coverage Ratio, as of the end of any fiscal quarter, to be equal to or greater than 2.00 to 1.00.  


6.12    Environmental Matters.


(a)    Each of the Credit Parties shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply or shall cause Tenant to comply with all Environmental Laws in respect of its Real Property Assets.  The Credit Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, promptly take all actions necessary to prevent the imposition of any Liens on any of its Real Property Assets arising out of or related to any Environmental Laws.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Credit Parties shall not be required to comply with the foregoing requirements in instances in which (i) the requirement of any applicable Environmental Law is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings 

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diligently conducted or (ii) the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


(b)    In respect of any Real Property Asset, if any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party shall (i) receive notice that any violation of any Environmental Law may have been committed or is about to be committed by such Person, (ii) receive notice that any administrative or judicial complaint or order has been filed or is about to be filed against any Credit Party or Subsidiary alleging violations of any Environmental Law or requiring any such Person to take any action in connection with the release of any Hazardous Substance or (iii) receive any notice from a Governmental Authority or private party alleging that any such Person may be liable or responsible for costs associated with a response to or cleanup of a release of a Hazardous Substance or any damages caused thereby, the applicable Person shall provide the Administrative Agent with a copy of such notice within ten (10) days after the receipt thereof by such Person.  


6.13    REIT Status.


The REIT Guarantor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, operate its business at all times so as to satisfy all requirements necessary to qualify and maintain the REIT Guarantor’s qualification as a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code.  The REIT Guarantor will maintain adequate records so as to comply with all record‐keeping requirements relating to its qualification as a real estate investment trust as required by the Internal Revenue Code and applicable regulations of the Department of the Treasury promulgated thereunder and will properly prepare and timely file (taking into account any valid extensions) with the Internal Revenue Service all returns and reports required thereby.


6.14    Additional Guarantors; Withdrawal or Addition of Unencumbered Properties; Release of Guarantors. 


(a)    Upon the acquisition, incorporation or other creation of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower which owns an Unencumbered Property and/or provides a  guaranty of the Sabra Senior Notes or other unsecured Funded Debt of the REIT Guarantor or the Borrower and to the extent such Subsidiaries have not been designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the Borrower shall (i) cause such Subsidiary to become a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder through the execution and delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Subsidiary Guarantor Joinder Agreement on or before the deadline for the delivery of the Compliance Certificate required pursuant to Section 6.02(a) following the fiscal quarter in which the foregoing conditions for becoming a Subsidiary Guarantor are met, and (ii) cause such Subsidiary to deliver such other documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in connection with the foregoing, including, without limitation, certified resolutions and other organizational and authorizing documents of such Subsidiary, favorable opinions of counsel to such Subsidiary (which shall cover, among other things, the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of the documentation referred to above), all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.



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(b)    The Borrower may add and withdraw Real Property Assets from the pool of Unencumbered Properties without the consent of the Administrative Agent or any Lender; provided, that:


(i)     in the case of addition of a Real Property Asset owned or leased by a Consolidated Party that is not a Credit Party, the owner of the Real Property Asset shall have complied with the requirements of clause (a)(i) of this Section 6.14, and 


(ii)     in the case of withdrawal of a Real Property Asset, (x) the Borrower shall have given notice thereof to the Administrative Agent, together with a written request to release the owner of the subject Real Property Asset from the Guaranty, where appropriate, in accordance with the provisions hereof, (y) the Borrower shall have delivered a pro forma covenant compliance certificate demonstrating that, on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to such release, all financial covenants contained herein shall be satisfied and (z) no Default or Event of Default shall exist at the time of such withdrawal or arise as a result thereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no withdrawal shall be permitted if after giving effect to such withdrawal (i) there would be less than eight (8) Unencumbered Properties remaining in the pool of Unencumbered Properties or (ii) the Unencumbered Asset Value of the Unencumbered Properties remaining in the pool of Unencumbered Properties would be less than $150,000,000.  In the case of withdrawal of a subject Property from the pool of Unencumbered Properties entitling the owner of the subject Real Property Asset to a release from the Guaranty hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall acknowledge (in writing delivered to the Borrower upon written request of the Borrower) withdrawal of the subject Real Property Asset and release of Guaranty of the owner in respect thereof (excepting a situation where an Event of Default shall then exist and be continuing, or where withdrawal of the subject Real Property Asset would cause the pool of Unencumbered Properties to be insufficient to support the outstanding Obligations, which in either such case, the owner of the subject Real Property Asset shall not be released from its Guaranty hereunder until such time as the foregoing conditions no longer exist).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if the removal of any Unencumbered Properties would have the effect of curing all existing Events of Default, Borrower shall be permitted (subject to the limitations above regarding the number of Unencumbered Properties remaining in the pool and the Unencumbered Asset Value of the Unencumbered Properties remaining in the pool after any withdrawal) to withdraw such Real Property Assets, and any Event of Default with respect thereto shall be deemed cured as of the date of such withdrawal.


(c)    Notwithstanding the requirements set forth in clauses (a) or (b) of this Section 6.14, to the extent that (i) the Borrower has received two (2) Investment Grade Ratings and (ii) the Borrower provides a written request to the Administrative Agent that the Guarantors be released from their respective Guaranties pursuant to the Credit Documents in conjunction with the simultaneous or substantially simultaneous issuance (or modification) by such Subsidiary Guarantors of any pari passu senior unsecured notes (including, without limitation, the Sabra Senior Notes) or other unsecured debt of the Borrower and the REIT Guarantor that do not require, or no longer require, a guaranty from the Subsidiary Guarantors of such notes or unsecured debt, then following the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such notice (and so long as no Default or Event of 

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Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such notice), the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be automatically released from their respective Guaranties pursuant to the Credit Documents (the “Release”).  


Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) the Obligations shall remain a senior unsecured obligation, pari passu with all other senior unsecured Funded Debt of the Borrower and (B) to the extent that following any such Release, any Real Property Asset owned by an otherwise released or to be released Guarantor that is obligated in respect of outstanding recourse debt for Funded Debt (exclusive of any non-recourse carveout liability or any environmental indemnity liability, in each case, arising from non-recourse debt) shall not be deemed an Unencumbered Property for purposes of this Agreement.
6.15    Further Assurances.


Each Credit Party shall, promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, (a) correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in any Credit Document or in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation thereof, and (b) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably require from time to time in order to (i) carry out more effectively the purposes of the Credit Documents, and (ii) assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer, preserve, protect and confirm more effectively unto the Administrative Agent the rights granted or now or hereafter intended to be granted to the Administrative Agent under any Credit Document or under any other instrument executed in connection with any Credit Document to which any Credit Party is or is to be a party.


6.16    Compliance With Material Contracts.


Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, perform and observe all the terms and provisions of each Material Contract to be performed or observed by it, maintain each such Material Contract in full force and effect, use its commercially reasonable efforts to enforce, in all respects, each such Material Contract in accordance with its terms, other than, in each case, where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  




ARTICLE VII 
NEGATIVE COVENANTS


The Credit Parties hereby covenant and agree that until the Obligations, together with interest, fees and other obligations hereunder, have been paid in full and the Revolving Commitments hereunder shall have terminated:


7.01    Liens.

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No Credit Party shall, nor shall they permit any Subsidiary to, at any time, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or sign or file or suffer to exist under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction a financing statement that names any such Person as debtor, or assign any accounts or other right to receive income, other than the following (collectively, “Permitted Liens”): 


(a)Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders;


(b)    Liens, if any, in favor of the L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender to cash collateralize or otherwise secure the obligations of a Defaulting Lender to fund risk participations hereunder; 


(c)    Liens in existence as of the Closing Date as set forth on Schedule 7.01; 


(d)     Liens securing taxes, assessments and other charges or levies imposed by any Governmental Authority (excluding any Lien imposed pursuant to any of the provisions of ERISA), in each case, which are not yet delinquent (other than those which are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP); 


(e)    Liens evidencing the claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen or landlords for labor, materials, supplies or rentals, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business and which are not at the time required to be paid or discharged (other than those which are being contested in good faith and for which a bond or other assurance has been posted as required by applicable Law); 


(f)    Liens consisting of deposits or pledges made, in the ordinary course of business, in connection with, or to secure payment of, obligations under workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance or similar applicable Laws; 


(g)    zoning restrictions, easements, rights‐of‐way, covenants, reservations and other rights, restrictions or encumbrances on the use of Real Property Assets, which do not materially detract from the value of such property or materially impair the use thereof for the business of such Person; 


(h)    Liens arising pursuant to Facility Leases; 


(i)    any interest of title of a lessor under, and Liens arising from UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings, registrations or agreements in foreign jurisdictions) relating to, leases permitted by this Agreement; 


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any material respect with such Real Property Asset or the business of the applicable Borrower; and 


(k)    other Liens incurred in connection with Consolidated Funded Debt as long as after giving effect thereto, the Credit Parties are in compliance with the financial covenants in Section 6.11, on a pro forma basis as if such Lien had been incurred as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 (or if such Lien exists as of the Closing Date, as of June 30, 2014).  


7.02    Indebtedness.


No Credit Party shall, nor shall they permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:  


(a)    Indebtedness under the Credit Documents;


(b)    Indebtedness set forth in Schedule 7.02 (and renewals, refinancings and extensions thereof); provided that (i) the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder and capitalized interest or reserves relating thereto and (ii) the terms relating to principal amount, amortization, maturity, collateral (if any) and subordination (if any), and other material terms taken as a whole, of any such refinancing, refunding, renewing or extending Indebtedness, and of any agreement entered into and of any instrument issued in connection therewith, are no less favorable in any material respect to the applicable Credit Party or Subsidiary or the Lenders than the terms of any agreement or instrument governing the Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended and the interest rate applicable to any such refinancing, refunding, renewing or extending Indebtedness does not exceed the then applicable market interest rate;


(c)    unsecured intercompany Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.04;


(d)    obligations (contingent or otherwise) of the Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof existing or arising under any Swap Contract, provided that (i) such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes in the value of securities issued by such Person (whether from floating to fixed rate interest or fixed to floating rate interest), and not for purposes of speculation or taking a “market view;” and (ii) such Swap Contract does not contain any provision exonerating the non‐defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party;


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(f)    other Indebtedness (including any portion of any renewal, financing, or extension of Indebtedness set forth in Schedule 7.02 to the extent such portion does not meet the criteria set for the in the proviso of clause (b) above) as long as, after giving effect thereto, the Credit Parties are in compliance with the financial covenants in Section 6.11, on a pro forma basis as if such Indebtedness had been incurred as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 (or if such Indebtedness exists as of the Closing Date, as of June 30, 2014).


7.03    [Reserved].


7.04    Investments.


No Credit Party shall, nor shall they permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make any Investments, except:


(a)    Investments held in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents;


(b)    Investments (i) by any Person in any Credit Party and (ii) by any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party in any other Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party;


(c)    Investments existing as of the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 7.04;


(d)    Guarantees permitted by Section 7.02;


(e)    acquisitions of personal property in the ordinary course of business to the extent required to continue to operate a Credit Party’s Businesses in the manner in which they are currently being operated; 


(f)    payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses in accordance with GAAP;
 
(g)    Investments received in satisfaction of judgments or in settlements of debt or compromises of obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business;
 
(h)    any Investment consisting of prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, endorsements for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business, utility or workers compensation, performance and similar deposits entered into as a result of the operations of the business in the ordinary course of business;
 
(i)    pledges or deposits by a Person under workers compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business; and



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(j)    Investments in or related to Healthcare Facilities and Investments as described in Section 6.10 (including, without limitation, Investments of the type set forth in subclauses (i)-(iv) of this clause (j)); provided, however, that after giving effect to any such Investments, (i) the aggregate amount of Investments consisting of unimproved land holdings shall not, at any time, exceed 5% of Consolidated Total Asset Value, (ii) the aggregate amount of Investments consisting of Mortgage Loans and notes receivables shall not, at any time, exceed 20% of Consolidated Total Asset Value, (iii) the aggregate amount of Investments consisting of construction in progress shall not, at any time, exceed 15% of Consolidated Total Asset Value and (iv) the aggregate amount of Investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates shall not, at any time, exceed 20% of Consolidated Total Asset Value; provided, further, that the aggregate amount of all Investments made pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above shall not, at any time, exceed 30% of Consolidated Total Asset Value.


7.05    [Reserved].


7.06    Fundamental Changes.


No Credit Party shall, nor shall they permit any Subsidiary to, merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person; except that so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, (a) the Borrower may merge or consolidate with any of its Subsidiaries provided that the Borrower is the continuing or surviving Person, (b) any Subsidiary Guarantor may merge or consolidate with any other Subsidiary Guarantor, (c) any Consolidated Party (other than the REIT Guarantor and the Borrower, but including any Unrestricted Subsidiary) which is not a Credit Party may be merged or consolidated with or into any Credit Party provided that either such Credit Party shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or the continuing or surviving corporation shall become a Credit Party as herein provided, and (d) any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party may dissolve, liquidate or wind up its affairs at any time provided that such dissolution, liquidation or winding up, as applicable, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


7.07    Dispositions.


No Credit Party shall, nor shall they permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition, except:


(a)    Dispositions of obsolete or worn out Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business;


(b)    Dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business;


(c)    Dispositions of equipment or Property to the extent that (i) such Property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement Property; provided, that if the Property disposed of is an Unencumbered Property it is removed from the calculation of the Consolidated Total Asset Value.



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(d)    Dispositions of Property by any Subsidiary to a Credit Party or to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary; provided, that if the transferor of such property is a Credit Party, the transferee thereof must be a Credit Party; 


(e)    Dispositions permitted by Section 7.04; 


(f)    real estate leases entered into in the ordinary course of business; and 


(g)    Dispositions by the Consolidated Parties not otherwise permitted under this Section 7.07; provided, that (i) at the time of such Disposition, no Default or Event of Default exists and is continuing (that would not be cured by such Disposition) or would result from such Disposition and (ii) after giving effect thereto, the Credit Parties are in compliance with the financial covenants in Section 6.11, on a pro forma basis as if such Disposition had been incurred as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01.


Notwithstanding anything above, any Disposition pursuant to clauses (a) through (g) shall be for fair market value.  


7.08    Business Activities.


No Credit Party shall, nor shall they permit any Subsidiary to, engage, directly or indirectly, in any business activities other than owning, developing, managing and providing secured financing for real and personal property and similar interests in leasehold properties which are owned by or net leased to healthcare operators for use as Healthcare Facilities; provided, however, that the foregoing restriction shall not be deemed to prohibit any taxable REIT subsidiary of the Borrower or the REIT Guarantor from operating any Real Property Asset.  


7.09    Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders.


Except as permitted pursuant to Section 7.04(b)(ii) hereof, no Credit Party shall, nor shall they permit any Subsidiary to, at any time, enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of the Borrower, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to such Person as would be obtainable by such Person at the time in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate.


7.10    Organization Documents; Fiscal Year.


No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, (a) amend, modify or change, in any manner materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders, its organization documents or (b) change its fiscal year.


7.11    [Reserved].


7.12    [Reserved].

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7.13    No Further Negative Pledges.


No Credit Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, enter into, assume or become subject to any Negative Pledges or agreement prohibiting or otherwise restricting the existence of any Lien upon any of its Property in favor of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Lenders) for the purpose of securing the Obligations, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or requiring the grant of any security for any obligation if such Property is given as security for the Obligations, except (a) in connection with any Permitted Lien described in clauses (a) through (j) in Section 7.01 or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien described in clauses (a) through (j) in Section 7.01, provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien, (b) pursuant to customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any Property permitted under Section 7.07, pending the consummation of such sale and (c) restrictions arising in connection with the Sabra Senior Notes. 


7.14    Limitation on Restricted Actions.


No Credit Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any such Person to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the REIT Guarantor on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, (b) pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to any Credit Party, (c) make loans or advances to any Credit Party, (d) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to any Credit Party, or (e) pledge its assets pursuant to the Credit Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof, except (in respect of any of the matters referred to in clauses (a)‐(d) above) for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (ii) applicable Law, (iii) any Lien or any documentation or instrument governing any Lien permitted under Section 7.01 provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Lien, (v) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any Unencumbered Property permitted under Section 7.07, pending the consummation of such sale, or (vi) the Sabra Senior Note Indentures. 


7.15    Accounting Changes.


No Credit Party will, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, make any change in (a) accounting policies or reporting practices, except as required by GAAP, or (b) fiscal year.


7.16    Sanctions.


The Borrower will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of any Extension of Credit, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other individual or entity, to fund any activities of or business with any individual or entity, or in any Designated Jurisdiction, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions, or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any individual or entity (including any individual 

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or entity participating in the transaction, whether as Lender, Arranger, Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, Swing Line Lender, or otherwise) of Sanctions or anti-corruption Laws.




ARTICLE VIII 
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES


8.01    Events of Default.


Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:


(a)    Non‐Payment.  The Borrower or any other Credit Party fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or any L/C Obligation, (ii) within three (3) Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or on any L/C Obligation, or any fee due hereunder, or (iii) within five (5) Business Days after the earlier of (A) a Responsible Officer of any Credit Party becoming aware that the same has not been paid when due or (B) written notice from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, any other amount payable herein or under any other Credit Document becomes due; or


(b)    Specific Covenants.  The Borrower (or Credit Parties, as applicable) fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Sections 6.03, 6.06, 6.10, 6.11, 6.13 or 6.14 or Article VII; or 


(c)    Other Defaults.  (i) The Borrower (or Credit Parties, as applicable) fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Sections 6.01 or 6.02 and such failure continues for five (5) days or (ii) any Credit Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a), (b) or (c)(i) above) contained in any Credit Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) a Responsible Officer of the REIT Guarantor or any Credit Party becoming aware of such default or (ii) written notice thereof by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (or, if such failure cannot be reasonably cured within such period, sixty (60) days, so long as the applicable Credit Party has diligently commenced such cure and is diligently pursuing completion thereof); or


(d)    Representations and Warranties.  Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by the Credit Parties and contained in this Credit Agreement, in any other Credit Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made, provided to the extent any representation or warranty is qualified by a materiality standard, such representation or warranty shall fail to be accurate in all respects; or


(e)    Cross‐Default.  (i) there occurs any event of default (after the expiration of any applicable notice and/or cure period) under the Sabra Senior Notes Indenture (2013) or other senior notes indenture, (ii) any Credit Party or any Subsidiary (A) fails to perform or observe (beyond the applicable notice and grace or cure period with respect thereto, if any) any Contractual Obligation 

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if such failure could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (B) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise and beyond the applicable notice and grace or cure period with respect thereto, if any) in respect of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal amount, individually or in the aggregate, (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than the Threshold Amount, or otherwise fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded, in each case to the extent such Indebtedness or other obligation is in an amount, individually or in the aggregate, (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than the Threshold Amount; or (iii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) after expiration of any applicable notice and grace or cure periods or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by such Person as a result thereof is greater than the Threshold Amount; or  


(f)    Insolvency Proceedings, Etc.  Any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its properties; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any Credit Party of Subsidiary or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding and, in any case with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantors only, such action could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or


(g)    Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment.  (i) Any Credit Party or any Subsidiary becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the properties of any Credit Party or Subsidiary and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within thirty (30) days after its issue or levy and, in any case with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantors only, such action could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

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(h)    Judgments.  There is entered against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary (i) any one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money in an amount, individually or in the aggregate, exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third‐party insurance as to which the insurer has been notified of the claim and does not dispute coverage), or (ii) any one or more non‐monetary final judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B) there is a period of ten (10) consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or


(i)    ERISA.  (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount, or (ii) any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable notice and grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or


(j)    Invalidity of Credit Documents; Guaranty.  (i) Any Credit Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or as a result of satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Credit Party contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Credit Document; or any Credit Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Credit Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Credit Document; or (ii) except as the result of or in connection with a dissolution, merger or disposition of a Subsidiary Guarantor not prohibited by the terms of this Credit Agreement, the Guaranty shall cease to be in full force and effect, or any Guarantor hereunder shall deny or disaffirm such Guarantor’s obligations under such Guaranty, or any Guarantor shall default in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or agreement on its part to be performed or observed pursuant to the Guaranty; or 


(k)    Change of Control.  There occurs any Change of Control.


8.02    Remedies Upon Event of Default.


If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:


(a)    declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;


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Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;


(c)    require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to 105% of the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations); and


(d)    exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Credit Documents;


provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to any Credit Party under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.


8.03    Application of Funds.


After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to provide Cash Collateral as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.02), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:


First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (other than principal and interest but including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;


Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;


Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans and L/C Borrowings and fees, premiums and scheduled periodic payments, and any interest accrued thereon, due under any Swap Contract, ratably among the Lenders (and, in the case of such Swap Contracts, Affiliates of Lenders) and the L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third held by them;


Fourth, to (a) payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings, (b) payment of breakage, termination or other payments, and any interest accrued thereon, due under any Swap Contract, (c) payments of amounts due under any Treasury Management Agreement and (d) Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit, ratably among the Lenders (and, in the case of 

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such Swap Contracts and Treasury Management Agreements, the holders of such Obligations) and the L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them; and


Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.


Subject to Section 2.03(c), amounts used to provide Cash Collateral for the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fourth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur.  If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.  Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to any Guarantor shall not be paid with amounts received from such Guarantor or such Guarantor’s assets, but appropriate adjustments shall be made with respect to payments from other Credit Parties to preserve the allocation to Obligations otherwise set forth above in this Section.




ARTICLE IX 
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT


9.01    Appointment and Authority.


Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents 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 or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and neither the Borrower nor any other Credit Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.  It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Credit Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.


9.02    Rights as a Lender.


The Person 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 the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity.  Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with any Credit Party or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

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9.03    Exculpatory Provisions.


The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:


(a)    shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;


(b)    shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Credit Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Credit Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Credit Document or applicable law; and


(c)    shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Credit Party or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.


Except as otherwise specifically set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Revolving Lender or Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 10.01 and 9.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment.  The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until notice describing such Default or Event of Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender.


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 Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Credit Document 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.


9.04    Reliance by Administrative Agent.

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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 (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated 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 have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon.  In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit.  The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Credit Parties), 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.


9.05    Delegation of Duties.


The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Credit Document 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 of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of this Article 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.


9.06    Resignation of Administrative Agent.


The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower.  Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower (other than during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States.  If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 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 meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (a) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Credit Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any of the Credit Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (b) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to 

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or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section, and such Lenders so acting shall have the benefit and protection of all provisions hereunder in favor of the Administrative Agent as if each of them were the Administrative Agent.  Upon the acceptance of a successor's appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Credit Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section).  The fees payable by the Borrower 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 retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring 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 the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.


Any resignation by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender.  Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, (ii) the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Credit Documents, and (iii) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.


9.07    Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.


Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Credit Agreement.  Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties 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 Credit Agreement, any other Credit Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.


9.08    No Other Duties; Etc.


Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the bookrunners, arrangers, syndication agents, documentation agents or co-agents shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the L/C Issuer hereunder.

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9.09    Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.


In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:


(a)    to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations arising under the Credit Documents that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(i), 2.09 and 10.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and


(b)    to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;


and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 10.04.


Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.


9.10    Guaranty Matters.


The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to release any Subsidiary Guarantor (but not the REIT Guarantor) from its obligations under the Guaranty in accordance with Section 11.08.  Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the authority of the Administrative Agent to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations hereunder pursuant to this Section 9.10.  


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Parties' request and at the Credit Parties' expense, such documentation as is reasonably necessary to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Credit Documents.




ARTICLE X 
MISCELLANEOUS


10.01    Amendments, Etc.  


Subject to the provisions of Section 2.01(d)(v) (which permits certain amendments to be made by the Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent without the consent of the Lenders), no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Credit Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Credit Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:


(a)    extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;


(b)    postpone any date fixed by this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Credit Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;


(c)    reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Credit Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate;


(d)    change Section 2.12 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender; 


(e)    change any provision of this Section, the definition of “Required Lenders”, the definition of “Required Revolving Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender; 


(f)    waive any Default or Event of Default for purposes of Section 4.02 without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders; or

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(g)    release all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors from their obligations hereunder (other than as provided herein or as appropriate in connection with transactions permitted hereunder) or release the REIT Guarantor from the Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender;


and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Credit Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Credit Agreement and (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.  


10.02    Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications.


(a)    Notices Generally.  Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:


(i)    if to the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02; and


(ii)    if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.


Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient).  Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).



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(b)    Electronic Communications.  Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to service of process or to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication.  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.


Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.


(c)    The Platform.  THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”  THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS.  NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON‐INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM.  In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Credit Parties, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Credit Parties’ or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials or notices through the Platform, any other electronic platform or electronic messaging service, or through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to the Credit Parties, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).


(d)    Change of Address, Etc.  Each of the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.  Each other Lender 

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may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender.  In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.  Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to the Credit Parties or its securities for purposes of United States Federal or state securities laws.


(e)    Reliance by Administrative Agent and Lenders.  The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Credit Parties even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof.  The Credit Parties shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Credit Parties.  All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.


10.03    No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement.


No failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.  The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided, and provided under each other Credit Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.


Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Credit Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Credit Documents against the Credit Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 8.02 for the benefit of all the Lenders; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, (b) the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line 

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Lender from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 10.08 (subject to the terms of Section 2.12), or (d) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Credit Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.02 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.12, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.


10.04    Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.


(a)    Costs and Expenses.  The Credit Parties shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent), in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the L/C Issuer in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all out‐of‐pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent or any Lender), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.


(b)    Indemnification by the Credit Parties.  The Credit Parties shall indemnify the
Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), 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, penalties and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any other Credit Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Credit Agreement, any other Credit Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents (including in respect of any matters addressed in Section 3.01), (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with 

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the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by any Credit Party, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to any Credit Party, 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, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Credit Party, 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, penalties or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any other Credit Party against such Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Credit Document, if such Borrower or such other Credit Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.  


(c)    Reimbursement by Lenders.  To the extent that the Credit Parties for any reason fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the L/C Issuer or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the L/C Issuer or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage and/or Term Loan Commitment 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 (or any such sub-agent) or the L/C Issuer in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or L/C Issuer in connection with such capacity.  The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.11(e).


(d)    Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Credit Parties 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 Credit Agreement, any other Credit Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.  No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to such unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.


(e)    Payments.  All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten Business Days after demand therefor.



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(f)    Survival.  The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations. 


10.05    Payments Set Aside.


To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Credit Parties is made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises its right of set‐off, and such payment or the proceeds of such set‐off or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such set‐off had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.  The obligations of the Lenders under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Credit Agreement.


10.06    Successors and Assigns.


(a)    Successors and Assigns Generally.  The provisions of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that no Credit Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or thereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void).  Nothing in this Credit Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.


(b)    Assignments by Lenders.  Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:



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(i)    Minimum Amounts.  


(A)    in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and


(B)    in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the 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 or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however, that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met. 


(ii)    Proportionate Amounts.  Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to the Swing Line Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans;


(iii)    Required Consents.  No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:


(A)    the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;


(B)    the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender; and


(C)    the consent of the L/C Issuer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether or not then outstanding); and



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(D)    the consent of the Swing Line Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender for any assignment in respect of Revolving Loans and Revolving Commitments.


(iv)    Assignment and Assumption.  The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment.  The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.


(v)    No Assignment to Borrower.  No such assignment shall be made to any Credit Party or any of the Credit Parties’ Affiliates or Subsidiaries.


(vi)    No Assignment to Natural Persons.  No such assignment shall be made to a natural person.


Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Credit Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Credit 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 Credit Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 10.04 and 10.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment).  Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender.  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Credit Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Credit Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.


(c)    Register.  The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office 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 Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, 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.  



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(d)    Participations.  Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Credit Parties or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person or the Credit Parties or any of the Credit Parties’ Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent, the other Lenders and the L/C Issuer 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, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to Section 10.01(a) that affects such Participant.  Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, the Credit Parties agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender.  Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Credit Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant's interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Credit Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.


(e)    Limitation on Participant Rights.  A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.  


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Reserve Bank or other central bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.


(g)    Resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender after Assignment.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank of America assigns all of its Revolving Commitment and Revolving Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, Bank of America may, (i) upon thirty days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon thirty days’ notice to the Borrower, resign as Swing Line Lender.  In the event of any such resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of Bank of America as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be.  If Bank of America resigns as L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)).  If Bank of America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c).  Upon the appointment of a successor L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender, (1) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, and (2) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Bank of America to effectively assume the obligations of Bank of America with respect to such Letters of Credit.


10.07    Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality.


Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors and representatives (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), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Credit Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Credit Agreement or any Eligible Assignee invited to be a Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(e) or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) 

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to any swap or derivative transaction relating to any Credit Party and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section by the disclosing person or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Credit Parties.


For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof relating to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, provided that, in the case of information received from a Credit Party or any such Subsidiary 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.


Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders acknowledge that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning the Credit Parties, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws.


10.08    Set‐off.


If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Credit Parties against any and all of the obligations of the Credit Parties now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Credit Document to such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document and although such obligations of the Credit Parties may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness.  The rights of each Lender and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or their respective Affiliates may have.  Each Lender agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 10.08, if at any time any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates maintains one or more deposit accounts for the Borrower or any other Credit Party into which Medicare and/or Medicaid receivables are deposited, such Person shall waive the right of setoff set forth herein.



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10.09    Interest Rate Limitation.


Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Credit Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Credit Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non‐usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”).  If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower.  In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.


10.10    Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.


This Credit Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  This Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents 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 Credit Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Credit Agreement by telecopy or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Credit Agreement.


10.11    Survival of Representations and Warranties.


All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Credit Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof.  Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default at the time of any Extension or Credit, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.


10.12    Severability.


If any provision of this Credit Agreement or the other Credit Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby 

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and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions.  The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.


10.13    Replacement of Lenders.


If any Lender can no longer make Eurodollar Loans under Section 3.02 or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, or if any Lender (a “Non-Consenting Lender”) refuses to consent to an amendment, modification or waiver of this Agreement that, pursuant to Section 10.01, requires consent of 100% of the Lenders or if any other circumstance exists hereunder that gives the Borrower the right to replace a Lender as a party hereto, 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, and consents required by, Section 10.06), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement and the related Credit Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:


(a)    the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 10.06(b);


(b)    such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and L/C Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Credit Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05) 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);


(c)    in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and


(d)    such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.


A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or 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.


10.14    Governing Law; Jurisdiction; etc..


(a)    GOVERNING LAW.  THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.


(b)    SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION.  THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER CREDIT PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS 

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PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE 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.  


(c)    WAIVER OF VENUE.  THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER CREDIT PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT 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 APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.


(d)    SERVICE OF PROCESS.  EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.02.  NOTHING IN THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.


10.15    WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.


EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS 

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BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.


10.16    No Conflict.


To the extent there is any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions hereof and the provisions of any other Credit Document, this Credit Agreement shall control.


10.17    No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.


In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document), the Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other Credit Parties, acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Credit Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arranger are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Credit Parties and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arranger, on the other hand, (B) each of the Credit Parties has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) each of the Credit Parties is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Credit Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each Arranger is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for any Credit Party or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) neither the Administrative Agent, any Lender nor any Arranger has any obligation to any Credit Party or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arranger and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Credit Parties and their respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent, any Lender nor any Arranger has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Credit Parties or any of their respective Affiliates.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Credit Parties hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arranger with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.


10.18    Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents.


The words “execute”, “execution,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Assumptions, amendments or other modifications, Loan Notices, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature 

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or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary the Administrative Agent is under no obligations to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it.  


10.19    USA Patriot Act Notice.


Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of each Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Credit Party in accordance with the Act.  The Borrower shall, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Act.




ARTICLE XI 
GUARANTY


11.01    The Guaranty.  Each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantees to each Lender and the Administrative Agent as hereinafter provided, as primary obligor and not as surety, the prompt payment of the Obligations in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash collateralization or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof.  The Guarantors hereby further agree that if any of the Obligations are not paid in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash collateralization or otherwise), the Guarantors will, jointly and severally, promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash collateralization or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.


Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any other of the Credit Documents or Swap Contracts the obligations of each Guarantor under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall not exceed an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render such obligations subject to avoidance under applicable Debtor Relief Laws.


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regularity or enforceability of any of the Credit Documents or Swap Contracts, or any other agreement or instrument referred to therein, or any substitution, release, impairment or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 11.02 that the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.  Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against the Borrower or any other Credit Party for amounts paid under this Article XI until such time as the Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have expired or terminated.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of the Guarantor hereunder, which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:


(a)    at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Guarantor, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;


(b)    any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of any of the Credit Documents or any Swap Contract between any Credit Party and any Lender, or any Affiliate of a Lender, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Credit Documents or such Swap Contracts shall be done or omitted;


(c)    the maturity of any of the Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Obligations shall be modified, supplemented, waived or amended in any respect, or any right under any of the Credit Documents or any Swap Contract between any Credit Party and any Lender, or any Affiliate of a Lender, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Credit Documents or any Swap Contract shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the Obligations or any security therefor shall be released, impaired or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with;


(d)    any Lien granted to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Lenders as security for any of the Obligations shall fail to attach or be perfected, or shall be released in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; 


(e)    any of the Obligations shall be determined to be void or voidable (including, without limitation, for the benefit of any creditor of the Guarantor) or shall be subordinated to the claims of any Person (including, without limitation, any creditor of the Guarantor); or


(f)    any other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor.


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Administrative Agent or any Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against any Person under any of the Credit Documents or any Swap Contract between any Credit Party and any Lender, or any Affiliate of a Lender, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Credit Documents or any Swap Contract or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Obligations.


11.03    Reinstatement.  The obligations of the Guarantors under this Article XI shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of any Person in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and each Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.


11.04    Certain Additional Waivers.  Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of recourse to security for the Obligations, except through the exercise of rights of subrogation pursuant to Section 11.02 and through the exercise of rights of contribution pursuant to Section 11.06.


11.05    Remedies.  The Guarantors agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, the Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 8.02 (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in said Section 8.02) for purposes of Section 11.01 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing the Obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against any other Person and that, in the event of such declaration (or the Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), the Obligations (whether or not due and payable by any other Person) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 11.01.  


11.06    Rights of Contribution.  The Guarantors agree among themselves that, in connection with payments made hereunder, each Guarantor shall have contribution rights against the other Guarantors as permitted under applicable law.  Such contribution rights shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the obligations of such Guarantors under the Credit Documents and no Guarantor shall exercise such rights of contribution until all Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have terminated.


11.07    Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee.  The guarantee in this Article XI is a guaranty of payment and not of collection, is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Obligations whenever arising.



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11.08    Release of Subsidiary Guarantors; Certain Exempt Subsidiaries.  Within five (5) Business Days following the written request by a Responsible Officer of Borrower, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, shall release a Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty to the extent that the following conditions are satisfied to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent: (a) there is no Default or Event of Default existing under the Agreement either at the time of such request or at the time such Subsidiary Guarantor is released; and (b) such Responsible Officer of  Borrower delivers to Administrative Agent a certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent stating that (i) such request is being made in connection with any of the following:  (A) such Subsidiary Guarantor becoming an Unrestricted Subsidiary under both Sabra Senior Note Indentures; (B) such Subsidiary Guarantor is obtaining financing to be secured by, among other things, real property owned or ground leased by such Subsidiary Guarantor and the terms of such financing prohibits such Subsidiary Guarantor from remaining obligated under the Guaranty; (C) such Subsidiary Guarantor is acquiring an entity which owns, or assets which include, real property upon which existing financing is to be assumed by such Subsidiary Guarantor and the terms of such existing financing prohibit such Subsidiary Guarantor from remaining obligated under the Guaranty; (D) such Subsidiary Guarantor is acquiring an entity which owns,  or assets which include, real property and, in connection therewith, such Subsidiary Guarantor is obtaining acquisition financing, the terms of which prohibit such Subsidiary Guarantor from remaining obligated under the Guaranty; or (E) such Subsidiary Guarantor is being released from its obligation with respect to both Sabra Senior Note Indentures for any reason not described in clauses (A) through (D) above and (ii) such Subsidiary Guarantor will also be released from its guaranty obligations under the Sabra Senior Notes.


In addition, a Subsidiary shall not be required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder (a) to the extent it is being acquired or being formed in connection with any of the transactions described in clauses (b)(i)(A) through (D) above, and the terms of the applicable financing documentation prohibit such Subsidiary from becoming a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, or (b) if such Subsidiary is otherwise not required by the terms of either of the Sabra Senior Note Indentures to become a guarantor of any of the obligations thereunder.


11.09    Keepwell.  Each Credit Party that is a Qualified ECP Guarantor at the time the Guaranty in this Article XI by any Credit Party that is not then an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act (a “Specified Loan Party”) or the grant of a security interest under the Credit Documents by any such Specified Loan Party, in either case, becomes effective with respect to any Swap Obligation, hereby jointly and severally, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support to each Specified Loan Party with respect to such Swap Obligation as may be needed by such Specified Loan Party from time to time to honor all of its obligations under the Credit Documents in respect of such Swap Obligation on (but, in each case, only up to the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering such Qualified ECP Guarantor’s obligations and undertakings under this Article XI voidable under applicable Debtor Relief Laws, and not for any greater amount).  The obligations and undertakings of each applicable Credit Party under this Section shall remain in full force and effect until the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full. Each Credit Party intends this Section to constitute, and this Section shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, 

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or other agreement” for the benefit of each Credit Party that would otherwise not constitute an Eligible Contract Participant for any Swap Obligation for all purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act.




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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Credit Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.


		
	BORROWER: 
	SABRA HEALTH CARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership




		
	By:
	SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT, INC., its general partner




By:    /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer



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REIT GUARANTOR:            SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.,
a Maryland corporation


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


GUARANTORS:                SABRA IDAHO, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SUNSET POINT NURSING CENTER LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA NEW MEXICO, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA OHIO, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA KENTUCKY, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA NC, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer











SABRA CONNECTICUT II, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


WEST BAY NURSING CENTER LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


CONNECTICUT HOLDINGS I LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA HEALTH CARE DELAWARE, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA HEALTH CARE PENNSYLVANIA, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA GAYLORD LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA CADILLAC LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer











SABRA MIDLAND LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA GREENVILLE LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA MECOSTA LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA MANISTEE LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA TAWAS LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA MASON LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA ALPENA LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer













SABRA HEALTH CARE, L.L.C.


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


NEW HAMPSHIRE HOLDINGS, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


NORTHWEST HOLDINGS I, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


395 HARDING STREET, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


1104 WESLEY AVENUE, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


KENTUCKY HOLDINGS I, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA LAKE DRIVE, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer











BAY TREE NURSING CENTER, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA HEALTH CARE HOLDINGS I, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA HEALTH CARE HOLDINGS II, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA HEALTH CARE HOLDINGS III, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA HEALTH CARE HOLDINGS IV, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA CAPITAL CORPORATION


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA TEXAS GP, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer











SABRA MICHIGAN LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA CALIFORNIA II, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA PHOENIX WISCONSIN, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA HEALTH CARE VIRGINIA, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


ORCHARD RIDGE NURSING CENTER, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA HEALTH CARE FRANKENMUTH, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA HEALTH CARE NORTHEAST, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer











OAKHURST MANOR NURSING CENTER, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA TEXAS PROPERTIES, L.P.


By:    Sabra Texas GP, LLC, its general partner


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews            
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA TEXAS PROPERTIES II, L.P.


By:    Sabra Texas GP, LLC, its general partner


By:    /s/ Harold Andrews        
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA TEXAS HOLDINGS, L.P.


		
	By:
	Sabra Texas Holdings GP, LLC, its general partner




By:     /s/ Harold Andrews        
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


HHC 1998-1 TRUST


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews                
		
	Name:
	Harold Andrews, as Trustee and not individually

















SABRA TEXAS PROPERTIES III, L.P.,  
a Texas limited partnership 


By:      Sabra Texas GP, LLC, a Texas limited                                 liability company, its General Partner




By:    /s/ Harold Andrews                      
Name: Harold W. Andrews, Jr.
        Title:   Chief Financial Officer and Secretary


SABRA PHOENIX TRS VENTURE, LLC


By:    /s/ Harold Andrews                      
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer




RESERVOIR REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews                      
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA HEALTH CARE VIRGINIA II, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews                      
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


C.H.P. LIMITED LIABILITY CO.


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews                      
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABLE-AURORA, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews                      
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer













SABRA MONTANA, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews                      
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SB FOUNTAIN CITY, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews                      
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SB NEW MARTINSVILLE, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews                      
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


C.H.R. LIMITED LIABILITY CO.


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews                      
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


DJB REALTY L.L.C.


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews                      
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA BEAUMONT PREFERRED EQUITY, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews                      
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA NEW BRAUNFELS PREFERRED EQUITY, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews                      
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer













SABRA PHOENIX TRS VENTURE II, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews                      
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


SABRA TEXAS HOLDINGS GP, LLC


By:     /s/ Harold Andrews                      
Name:    Harold Andrews
Title:   Chief Financial Officer























LENDERS:                    BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent


By:    /s/ Darleen R. Parmelee        
Name: Darleen R. Parmelee
Title:   Vice President 




BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as L/C Issuer, Swing Line Lender and as a Lender


By:    /s/ Yinghua Zhang            
Name: Yinghua Zhang
Title:   Vice President













CITIZENS BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender


By:    /s/ Samuel A. Bluso            
Name: Samuel A. Bluso
Title:   Senior Vice President



























































































CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as a Lender


By:    /s/ Jeff Ferrell                    
Name: Jeff Ferrell
Title:   Managing Director




By:    /s/ John Bosco                    
Name: John Bosco
Title:   Director















































































BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Lender


By:    /s/ Ronnie Glenn              
Name: Ronnie Glen
Title:   Vice President



























































































CITIBANK, N.A.,, as a Lender


By:    /s/ John C. Rowland            
Name: John C. Rowland
Title:   Vice President





























































































ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender


By:    /s/ Brian Gross            
Name: Brian Gross
Title:   Authorized Signatory 





























































































WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as a Lender


By:    /s/ Darin Mullis            
Name: Darin Mullis
Title:   Director





























































































JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender


By:    /s/ Rita Lai                
Name: Rita Lai
Title:   Authorized Signer





























































































SUN TRUST BANK, as a Lender


By:    /s/ Joshua Turner            
Name: Joshua Turner
Title:   Vice President





























































































THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, as a Lender


By:    /s/ Michael Shiferaw              
Name: Michael Shiferaw
Title:   Vice President





























































































RAYMOND JAMES BANK, N.A., as a Lender


By:    /s/ James M. Armstrong        
Name: James M. Armstrong
Title:   Senior Vice President





























































































STIFEL BANK & TRUST, as a Lender


By:    /s/ Joseph L. Sooter, Jr.         
Name: Joseph L. Sooter, Jr. 
Title:   Senior Vice President





























































































CHANG HWA COMMERCIAL BANK LTD., LOS ANGELES BRANCH, as a Lender


By:    /s/ Kang Yang                
Name: Kang Yang
Title:   VP & General Manager 























































































Schedule 2.01


LENDERS AND COMMITMENTS











	
			
	





Lender
	Revolving Committed Amount
	

Revolving Commitment Percentage

	 
	 
	 

	Bank of America, N.A.
	$77,000,000
	11.846153850%

	Citizens Bank, National Association
	$76,500,000
	11.769230770%

	Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
	$76,500,000
	11.769230770%

	Barclays Bank, PLC
	$60,000,000
	9.230769231%

	Citibank, N.A.
	$60,000,000
	9.230769231%

	Royal Bank of Canada
	$60,000,000
	9.230769231%

	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
	$60,000,000
	9.230769231%

	J.P.Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
	$60,000,000
	9.230769231%

	SunTrust Bank
	$60,000,000
	9.230769231%

	The Huntington National Bank
	$25,000,000
	3.846153846%

	Raymond James Bank, N.A.
	$20,000,000
	3.076923077%

	Stifel Bank & Trust
	$10,000,000
	1.538461538%

	Chang Hwa Commercial Bank, Ltd.
	$5,000,000
	0.769230769%

	Total:
	$650,000,000
	100.000000000%

	 
	 
	 















Schedule 5.11


CORPORATE STRUCTURE; CAPITAL STOCK


See attached.























 









 



















Schedule 5.22


PATRIOT ACT INFORMATION 


See attached.





















 









 









 









 



















Schedule 7.01


LIENS


None.











Schedule 7.02


INDEBTEDNESS 


None













Schedule 7.04


INVESTMENTS


None
 













Schedule 10.02


NOTICE ADDRESSES


Credit Parties:
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.
18831 Von Karman, Suite 400
Irvine, CA  92612
Attention:    Richard K. Matros, Chief Executive Officer
Telephone:    949-679-0236
Facsimile:    949-719-1212
Email:        rmatros@sabrahealth.com


with a copy to:
Sherry Meyerhoff Hanson & Crance LLP 
610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1200 
Newport Beach, California 92660 
Attention:    Scott A. Meyerhoff 
Telephone:    949-719-2195 
Facsimile:    949-719-1212 
E-mail:     smeyerhoff@calawyers.com


Administrative Agent:
For payments and Requests for Credit Extensions:


Bank of America, N.A.
101 N. Tryon St.
Mail code: NC1-001-05-46
Charlotte, NC 28255
Attn:  Robert Garvey
Telephone:  980-387-9468
Facsimile:   617-310-3288
Email:  robert.garvey@baml.com


Wiring Instructions:
Bank of America NA
ABA 026009593
Acct. number: 1366212250600
Acct Name:  Corporate Credit Services
Ref:  Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership









For all other Notices:


Bank of America, N.A.
900 W. Trade St
Mail Code:  NC1-025-06-03 
Charlotte, NC 28255
Attn:  Patrick Devitt
Phone:  980-387-4155
Fax:      704-409-0016 
Email:  patrick.devitt@baml.com 


with a copy to:


Bank of America, N.A.
100 N. Tryon St.
Mail Code: NC1-007-17-11
Charlotte, NC 28255 
Attention:  Yinghua Zhang 
Telephone:  980-387-5915 
Facsimile:  312-453-2722
Email:  yinghua.zhang@baml.com 

Lenders:


Contact information set forth on each Lender’s administrative details form on file with the Administrative Agent. 




















Exhibit A


FORM OF LOAN NOTICE




Date:  __________, 20__


To:    Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent


		
	Re:
	Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of September ___, 2014, by and among Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership (the “Borrower”), Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (the “REIT Guarantor”), the other Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.




Ladies and Gentlemen:


The undersigned hereby requests (select one):


  A Borrowing          A Continuation           A Conversion 


of [Revolving Loans][Swing Line Loans][Term Loans]:        


1.    On:  _______________, 20__ (which is a Business Day).


		
	2.
	In the principal amount of:  ___________________.




3.    Comprised of:  ________________ (Type of Loan).


4.    For Eurodollar Loans:  with an Interest Period of ______________ months.


With respect to any Borrowing or any conversion or continuation requested herein, the undersigned hereby represents and warrants that (i) in the case of a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, (A) such request complies with the requirements of Section 2.01 of the Credit Agreement and  (B) each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 of the Credit Agreement have been satisfied on and as of the date of such Borrowing, (ii) in the case of a Borrowing of Term Loans, (A) such request complies with the requirements of Section 2.01(d) of the Credit Agreement and (B) each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 of the Credit Agreement have been satisfied  on and as of the date of such Borrowing, (iii) in the case of a Borrowing of Swing Line Loans, such request complies with the requirements of the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a) of the Credit Agreement and (iv) in the case of a Borrowing or any conversion or continuation, each of the conditions set forth in Section 2.02 of the Credit Agreement have been satisfied on and as of the date of such Borrowing or such conversion or continuation.













SABRA HEALTH CARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership


		
	By:
	SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT, INC., its general partner




By:                        
Name:                        
Title:                        











Exhibit B-1


FORM OF REVOLVING NOTE


[Date]


FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to [INSERT LENDER] or its registered assigns (the “Lender”), in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of each Revolving Loan from time to time made by the Lender to the Borrower under that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of September ___, 2014 by and among the Borrower, Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (the “REIT Guarantor”), the other Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders identified therein and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.


The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan from the date of such Revolving Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Credit Agreement.  All payments of principal and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in Dollars in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office.  If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder (after taking into account any applicable grace periods), such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Credit Agreement.


This Revolving Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein.  Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Credit Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note, upon written notice to the Borrower, may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Credit Agreement.  Revolving Loans made by the Lender may be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business. The Lender may also attach schedules to this Revolving Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Revolving Loans and payments with respect thereto.


Except as otherwise provided for in the Credit Agreement, the Borrower, for itself, its respective successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and nonpayment of this Revolving Note.









THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.
SABRA HEALTH CARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership


		
	By:
	SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT, INC., its general partner




By:                        
Name:                        
Title:                        




        











Exhibit B-2


FORM OF TERM NOTE


[Date]


FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to [INSERT LENDER] or its registered assigns (the “Lender”), in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of each Term Loan from time to time made by the Lender to the Borrower under that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of September ___, 2014 by and among the Borrower, Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (the “REIT Guarantor”), the other Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders identified therein and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.


The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan from the date of such Term Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Credit Agreement.  All payments of principal and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in Dollars in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office.  If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder (after taking into account any applicable grace periods), such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Credit Agreement.


This Term Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein.  Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Credit Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Term Note, upon written notice to the Borrower, may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Credit Agreement.  Term Loans made by the Lender may be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business. The Lender may also attach schedules to this Term Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Term Loans and payments with respect thereto.


Except as otherwise provided for in the Credit Agreement, the Borrower, for itself, its respective successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and nonpayment of this Term Note.











THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.
SABRA HEALTH CARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership


		
	By:
	SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT, INC., its general partner




By:                        
Name:                        
Title:                        











Exhibit C-1


FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE


Financial Statement Date: __________, 200__   


To:    Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent


		
	Re:
	Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of September ___, 2014, by and among Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership (the “Borrower”), Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (the “REIT Guarantor”), the other Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.




Ladies and Gentlemen:


The undersigned Responsible Officer of the [Borrower][REIT Guarantor] hereby certifies as of the date hereof that [he/she] is the _______________ of the [Borrower][REIT Guarantor], and that, in [his/her] capacity as such, [he/she] is authorized to execute and deliver this Compliance Certificate to the Administrative Agent on the behalf of the Borrower, and that:


[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal year‐end financial statements:]


[1.    Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are the financial statements required by Section 6.01(a) of the Credit Agreement for the fiscal year of the REIT Guarantor ended as of the above date.]


[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal quarter‐end financial statements:]


[1.    Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are the financial statements required by Section 6.01(b) of the Credit Agreement for the fiscal quarter of the REIT Guarantor ended as of the above date.  Such financial statements fairly present the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Consolidated Parties in accordance with GAAP as at such date and for such period, subject only to normal year‐end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.]


2.    The undersigned has reviewed and is familiar with the terms of the Credit Agreement and has made, or has caused to be made, a review of the transactions and condition (financial or otherwise) of each of the Consolidated Parties during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements.


3.    A review of the activities of each member of the Credit Parties during such fiscal period has been made under the supervision of the undersigned with a view to determining whether during such fiscal period the Credit Parties have performed and observed in all material respects all their respective Obligations under the Credit Documents, and 


[select one:]


[to the best knowledge of the undersigned Responsible Officer during such fiscal period, each of the Credit Parties has performed and observed in all material respects each covenant and condition of the Credit Documents applicable to it.]











[or:]


[the following covenants or conditions of the Credit Documents have not been performed or observed in all material respects and the following is a list of any Default or Event of Default and its nature and status:]


4.    The financial covenant analyses and information set forth on Schedule 2 hereto are true and accurate in all material respects on and as of the date of this Compliance Certificate.


[5.    Attached hereto are such supplements to Schedule 5.11 of the Credit Agreement, such that, as supplemented, such Schedule is accurate and complete as of the date hereof.]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Compliance Certificate as of __________, 20__.


SABRA HEALTH CARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership


		
	By:
	SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT, INC., its general partner




By:                        
Name:                        
Title:                        
        











Schedule 2


Financial Covenant Analysis


[TO BE COMPLETED BY BORROWER]











Exhibit C-2
FORM OF UNENCUMBERED PROPERTY CERTIFICATE


Date:  __________, 20__


To:    Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent


		
	Re:
	Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of September ___, 2014, by and among Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership (the “Borrower”), Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (the “REIT Guarantor”), the other Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.




The undersigned, on behalf of the Borrower, hereby represents, warrants and certifies that, in the Borrower’s good faith and based upon the Borrower’s own information and the information made available to the Borrower and the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor by the respective Tenants of the Real Property Assets, which information the undersigned believes in good faith to be true and correct in all material respects, for the fiscal quarter ended _______________, 20__:


(a)    Each Real Property Asset used in the calculation of the Consolidated Total Asset Value and Unencumbered Net Revenue set forth on Schedule I hereto meets each of the criteria for qualification as an Unencumbered Property;


(b)    Schedule I hereto accurately sets forth the calculation of the Consolidated Total Asset Value as of the end of the fiscal quarter referred to above; and 


(c)    Schedule I hereto accurately sets forth the Unencumbered Net Revenues attributable to each Unencumbered Property.
    











The undersigned, a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, hereby represents and warrants that he/she has the necessary power and authority to execute this Unencumbered Property Certificate on behalf of the Credit Parties and that such action has been duly authorized by all necessary action of the Borrower prior to or on the date hereof.


SABRA HEALTH CARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership


		
	By:
	SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT, INC., its general partner




By:                        
Name:                        
Title:                        













Schedule 1


Unencumbered Property Information


[TO BE COMPLETED BY BORROWER]













Exhibit D


FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION


This Assignment and Assumption (this “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the “Assignor”) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the “Assignee”).  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement identified below, receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee.  The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.


For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including, without limitation, Letters of Credit and Guaranty included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as, the “Assigned Interest”); provided, however, the Assignor shall remain entitled to the indemnities set forth in Section 10.04 of the Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms thereof.  Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.


1.    Assignor:                            


2.    Assignee:                             [and is an
Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]]


3.         Borrower:    Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership
(the “Borrower”)    


4.    Administrative Agent:    Bank of America, N.A.


		
	5.
	Credit Agreement:    The Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September ___, 2014, by and among the Borrower, Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (the “REIT Guarantor”),  the other Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent













6.    Assigned Interest:


	
				
	Facility Assigned
	Aggregate Amount of 
Commitment/Loans 
for all Lenders
	Amount of 
Commitment/Loans 
Assigned
	Percentage Assigned of Commitment/Loans

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 




    
7.    Trade Date:        __________________


8.    Effective Date:        __________________











The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:


ASSIGNOR:    [NAME OF ASSIGNOR]


By:                      
Name: 
Title:


		
	ASSIGNEE:
	[NAME OF ASSIGNEE] 
 
By:                      
Name: 
Title:




[Consented to and]  Accepted:


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent


By:                      
Name: 
Title:


[Consented to:]


SABRA HEALTH CARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
a Delaware corporation




By:                     
Name:
Title:


[Consented to:]  


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender


By:                     
Name:
Title:











Annex 1 to Assignment and Assumption


STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS


1.    Representations and Warranties.


1.1.    Assignor.  The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrowers, any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Credit Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrowers or any Guarantor, any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Credit Document.


1.2.    Assignee.  The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all requirements of an Eligible Assignee under the Credit Agreement (subject to receipt of such consents as may be required under the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and (v) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached hereto is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.


2.    Payments.  From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.


3.    General Provisions.  This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption.  This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of laws principles.




















Exhibit E


FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR JOINDER AGREEMENT


THIS SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR JOINDER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of _____________, 20__, is by and between [INSERT NEW GUARANTOR], a [INSERT TYPE OF ORGANIZATION] (the “Subsidiary”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N. A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent under that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as it may be amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of September ___, 2014, by and among SABRA HEALTH CARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (the “Borrower”), SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT, Inc. (the “REIT Guarantor”), the other Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders and Bank of America, N. A., as Administrative Agent.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.


The Credit Parties are required under the provisions of Section 6.14(b) of the Credit Agreement to cause the Subsidiary to become a “Guarantor”.


Accordingly, the Subsidiary hereby agrees as follows with the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders:


1.    The Subsidiary hereby acknowledges, agrees and confirms that, by its execution of this Agreement, the Subsidiary will be deemed to be a party to the Credit Agreement and a “Guarantor” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement, and shall have all of the obligations of a Guarantor thereunder as if it had executed the Credit Agreement.  The Subsidiary hereby ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and conditions applicable to the Guarantor contained in the Credit Agreement.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing terms of this paragraph 1, the Subsidiary hereby jointly and severally together with the other Guarantors, guarantees to each Lender, the Administrative Agent and each other holder of the Obligations, as provided in Article XI of the Credit Agreement, the prompt payment and performance of the Obligations in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof.


2.    The address of the Subsidiary for purposes of all notices and other communications is described on Schedule 10.02 of the Credit Agreement.


3.    The Subsidiary hereby waives acceptance by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of the guaranty by the Subsidiary upon the execution of this Agreement by the Subsidiary.


4.    This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute one contract.


5.    This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of laws principles.











IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Subsidiary has caused this Subsidiary Guaranty Joinder Agreement to be duly executed by its authorized officer, and the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, has caused the same to be accepted by its authorized officer, as of the day and year first above written.
    
[INSERT NEW GUARANTOR]




By:                    
Name:                    
Title:                    




Acknowledged and accepted:        
    
BANK OF AMERICA, N. A., 
as Administrative Agent


By:                    
Name:                    
Title:                    









Exhibit F


FORM OF LENDER JOINDER AGREEMENT


THIS LENDER JOINDER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of __________, 201__ to the Credit Agreement referenced below is by and among [INSERT NEW LENDER] (the “New Lender”), Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors, the Lenders and Bank of America, N. A., as Administrative Agent.  All of the defined terms of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference.


W I T N E S S E T H


WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September ___, 2014 (as amended and modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among the Borrower, SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT, Inc. (the “REIT Guarantor”), the other Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders and Bank of America, N. A., as Administrative Agent, the Lenders have agreed to provide the Borrowers with a revolving credit facility;


WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.01(d) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrowers have requested that the New Lender provide an [Incremental Revolving Increase][Incremental Term Loan Facility] under the Credit Agreement; and


WHEREAS, the New Lender has agreed to provide the additional Revolving Commitment on the terms and conditions set forth herein and to become a “Lender” under the Credit Agreement in connection therewith; 


NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:


1.    The New Lender hereby agrees to provide an [Incremental Revolving Increase][Incremental Term Loan Facility] to the Borrowers in the amounts set forth on Schedule 2.01 to the Credit Agreement as attached hereto. The [Revolving Commitment Percentage][Term Loan Percentage] of the New Lender shall be as set forth on Schedule 2.01.


2.    [The New Lender shall be deemed to have purchased without recourse a risk participation from the L/C Issuer in all Letters of Credit issued or existing under the Credit Agreement and the obligations arising thereunder in an amount equal to its pro rata share of the obligations under such Letters of Credit (based on the Revolving Commitment Percentages of the Lenders as set forth on Schedule 2.01 as attached hereto), and shall absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably assume, as primary obligor and not as surety, and be obligated to pay to the L/C Issuer therefor and discharge when due, its pro rata share of the obligations arising under such Letter of Credit.]  


3.    The New Lender (a) represents and warrants that it is a commercial lender, other financial institution or other “accredited” investor (as defined in SEC Regulation D) that makes or acquires loans in the ordinary course of business and that it will make or acquire Loans for its own account in the ordinary course of business, (b) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.01 thereof and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement; (c) agrees 









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 deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement; (d) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (e) agrees that, as of the date hereof, the New Lender shall (i) be a party to the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (ii) be a “Lender” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (iii) perform all of the obligations that by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a “Lender” under the Credit Agreement and (iv) shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.


4.    The Borrower agrees that, as of the date hereof, the New Lender shall (i) be a party to the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (ii) be a “Lender” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and (iii) have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.


5.    The address of the New Lender for purposes of all notices and other communications is __________________, __________________________, Attention of ______________ (Facsimile No. _______________).


6.    This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the various parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one contract.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.


7.    This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of laws principles.









IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Lender Joinder Agreement to be executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.


NEW LENDER:    [INSERT NEW LENDER], 
as New Lender


By:                    
Name:
Title:


BORROWER:        SABRA HEALTH CARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
            


By:                    
Name:
Title:






Accepted and Agreed:


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent 
                
By:                    
Name:
Title:











Exhibit G


FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE






Date:  __________, 20__


To:    Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent


		
	Re:
	Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of September ___, 2014, by and among Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership (the “Borrower”), Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (the “REIT Guarantor”), the other Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.




Ladies and Gentlemen:


The undersigned hereby requests pursuant to Section 2.01(d) of the Credit Agreement that on _____________, 20__ (which is a Business Day) $_______________ of the then outstanding Revolving Commitments and funded Revolving Loans be converted to Term Loan Commitments and (in the case of the funded portion of the Revolving Loans being converted) Term Loans.  Upon such conversion, the Revolving Loan Commitments so converted and the outstanding Revolving Loans so converted will be permanently terminated.  


Upon such conversion, any amount of outstanding Revolving Loans shall be deemed to be Term Loans of the same Type and Interest Period as the previously outstanding Revolving Loans. 




SABRA HEALTH CARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership


		
	By:
	SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT, INC., its general partner




By:                        
Name:                        
Title: