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EXHIBIT 10.9




CREDIT AGREEMENT




DATED AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2006




BY AND AMONG




NNN APARTMENT REIT HOLDINGS, L.P.,




AS BORROWER




WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC




AS LEAD ARRANGER AND BOOK RUNNING MANAGER




AND




WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,




AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT




AND




THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO

AND THEIR ASSIGNEES UNDER SECTION 12.5,




AS LENDERS




 









 





     THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of October 31, 2006 by and among NNN
APARTMENT REIT HOLDINGS, L.P., a Virginia limited partnership (“Borrower”), each of the financial
institutions initially a signatory hereto together with their assignees pursuant to Section 12.5(d)
(collectively, the “Lenders” and individually a “Lender”), and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Agent (the “Agent”).



     WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to make a credit facility available to the Borrower; and



     WHEREAS, the parties desire to enter into this Agreement in order to set forth the terms and
provisions applicable to such facility;



     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the recitals herein and the mutual covenants contained
herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:



ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS




Section 1.0 Definitions.




     In addition to terms defined elsewhere herein, the following terms shall have the following
meanings for the purposes of this Agreement:



     “Additional Costs” has the meaning given that term in Section 4.1.



     “Adjusted EBITDA” means as of any date of determination the sum of (a) EBITDA of Parent for
the immediately preceding two (2) calendar quarters annualized less (b) the Capital Reserve
for such period.



     “Adjusted Eurodollar Rate” means, with respect to each Interest Period for any LIBOR Loan, the
rate obtained by dividing (a) LIBOR for such Interest Period by (b) a percentage equal to 1 minus
the stated maximum rate (stated as a decimal) of all reserves, if any, required to be maintained
against “Eurocurrency liabilities” as specified in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System (or against any other category of liabilities which includes deposits by
reference to which the interest rate on LIBOR Loans is determined or any category of extensions of
credit or other assets which includes loans by an office of any Lender outside of the United States
of America to residents of the United States of America).



     “Affiliate” means as to any Person: any other Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition,
“control” (including with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under
common control with”) means the possession directly or indirectly of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities or by contract or otherwise.



     “Agent” means Wachovia Bank, as contractual representative for the Lenders under the terms of
this Agreement, and any of its successors.



     “Agreement Date” means the date as of which this Agreement is dated.



     “Anti-Terrorism Laws” has the meaning given that term in Section 6.1(hh).



     “Applicable Law” means all applicable provisions of constitutions, statutes, rules,
regulations and orders of all governmental bodies, common law and all orders and decrees of all
courts, tribunals and arbitrators.



 









 





     “Applicable Margin” means at any time the percentage rate per annum set forth below in the
Base Rate Margin column with respect to Base Rate Loans and the LIBOR Margin column with respect to
LIBOR Loans and determined based upon the Collateral Pool Leverage Ratio:



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Pricing Level	 	Base Rate Margin	 	LIBOR Margin
	Pricing Level 1
	 	 	0.35	%	 	 	1.35	%
	Pricing Level 2
	 	 	0.50	%	 	 	1.50	%





As of the Agreement Date, the Applicable Margin is determined based on Pricing Level 2. The
Applicable Margin shall not be adjusted based upon the Collateral Pool Leverage Ratio, if at all,
until the Performance Pricing Determination Date (provided that each change in the Applicable
Margin as a result of a change in the Collateral Pool Leverage Ratio shall be effective only for
Loans (including Conversions or Continuations) which are made on or after the date of the relevant
Performance Pricing Determination Date). In the event that Borrower shall fail to deliver to the
Agent a Compliance Certificate and Collateral Pool Property Certificate on or before the date
required by Section 8.3, then without limiting any other rights of the Agent and the Lenders under
this Agreement, the Applicable Margin shall be at Pricing Level 2 if such failure is not cured
within any applicable grace or notice and cure period.




     “Appraisal” means, in respect of any Collateral Pool Property, an M.A.I. appraisal
commissioned by and addressed to the Agent (acceptable to Agent as to form, substance and appraisal
date), prepared by a professional appraiser acceptable to the Agent, having at least the minimum
qualifications required under applicable law governing the Agent and the Lenders, including FIRREA,
and determining the “as is” market value of such Property as between a willing buyer and a willing
seller.



     “Appraised Value” means, with respect to any Collateral Pool Property, the “as is” market
value of such Property as reflected in the then most recent Appraisal of such Property as the same
may have been reasonably adjusted by the Agent based upon its internal review of such Appraisal
which is based on criteria and factors then generally used and considered by the Agent in
determining the value of similar properties, which review shall be conducted prior to acceptance of
such Appraisal by the Agent.



     “Assignee” has the meaning given that term in Section 12.5(d).



     “Assignment and Acceptance Agreement” means an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement among a
Lender, an Assignee and the Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.



     “Assignment of Leases and Rents” means each of the assignments of leases and rents from the
Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor to the Agent, each such assignment entered into after the date
hereof to be substantially in the form of Exhibit B, with such changes thereto as Agent may
require as a result of state law or practice.



     “Assignment of Management Agreement and Subordination” means the assignment of the Management
Agreements from Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor to the Agent, as the same may be modified or
amended, pursuant to which there shall be assigned to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders a
security interest in the interest of such Person with respect to the Management Agreements,
together with the consent of the manager thereunder to such assignment and a subordination of the
manager’s rights with respect to the Collateral Pool Property to the rights of the Agent with
respect thereto, each such assignment to be substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto.



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     “Available Amount” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to seventy percent
(70%) of the Collateral Pool Value.



     “Available Increase Amount” has the meaning given that term in Section 2.14.



     “Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11, U.S.C.A., as amended from time to time or any successor
statute thereto.



     “Base Rate” means the per annum rate of interest equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate or
(b) the Federal Funds Rate plus one-half of one percent (0.5%). Any change in the Base Rate
resulting from a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall become effective as of
12:01 a.m. on the Business Day on which each such change occurs. The Base Rate is a reference rate
used by the Lender acting as the Agent in determining interest rates on certain loans and is not
intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by the Lender acting as the Agent or any other
Lender on any extension of credit to any debtor.



     “Base Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate based on the Base Rate.



     “Benefit Arrangement” means at any time an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section
3(3) of ERISA which is not a Plan or a Multiemployer Plan and which is maintained or otherwise
contributed to by any member of the ERISA Group.



     “Borrower” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.



     “Business Day” means (a) any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks in
Charlotte, North Carolina or New York, New York are authorized or required to close and (b) with
reference to a LIBOR Loan, any such day that is also a day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are
carried out in the London interbank market.



     “Capital Reserves” means, for any period and with respect to a Property, an amount equal to
(a) $200 per unit per annum for Properties, multiplied by (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is
the number of days in such period and the denominator of which is 365. If the term Capital
Reserves is used without reference to any specific Property, then the amount shall be determined on
an aggregate basis with respect to all Properties of the Borrower and a proportionate share of all
Properties of all of its Subsidiaries and Unconsolidated Affiliates.



     “Capitalization Rate” means 7.50% for Properties.



     “Capitalized Lease Obligations” means obligations under a lease that are required to be
capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. The amount of a Capitalized
Lease Obligation is the capitalized amount of such obligation as would be required to be reflected
on a balance sheet of the applicable Person prepared in accordance with GAAP as of the applicable
date.



     “Cash Equivalents” means: (a) securities issued, guaranteed or insured by the United States
of America or any of its agencies with maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired;
(b) certificates of deposit with maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired which
are issued by a United States federal or state chartered commercial bank of recognized standing, or
a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or a political subdivision of any such
country, acting through a branch or agency, which bank at the time of the acquisition thereof has
capital and unimpaired surplus in excess of $500,000,000 and which bank or its holding company at
the time of the acquisition thereof has a short-term commercial paper rating of at least A-2 or the
equivalent by S&P or at least P-2



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or the equivalent by Moody’s; (c) reverse repurchase agreements with terms of not more than
seven days from the date acquired, for securities of the type described in clause (a) above and
entered into only with commercial banks having the qualifications described in clause (b) above;
(d) commercial paper issued by any Person incorporated under the laws of the United States of
America or any State thereof and rated at the time of the acquisition thereof at least A-2 or the
equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s, in each case with
maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired; and (e) investments in money market
funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which have at the time of the
acquisition thereof net assets of at least $500,000,000 and at least 85% of whose assets consist of
securities and other obligations of the type described in clauses (a) through (d) above.



     “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:



          (a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) is or becomes the “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a Person will be
deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such Person has the right to acquire,
whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or
indirectly, of more than twenty percent (20%) of the total voting power of the then outstanding
voting stock of Parent;




          (b) during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the Board of Trustees or
Directors of Parent consists of individuals who were not either (i) trustees or directors of Parent
as of the corresponding date of the previous year, (ii) selected or nominated to become trustees or
directors by the Board of Trustees or Directors of Parent of which a majority consisted of
individuals described in clause (b)(i) above, or (iii) selected or nominated to become trustees or
directors by the Board of Trustees or Directors of Parent of which a majority consisted of
individuals described in clause (b)(i) above and individuals described in clause (b)(ii), above
(excluding, in the case of both clause (ii) and (iii) above, any individual whose initial
nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member of the Board of Trustees or Directors occurs
as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for the election or
removal of one or more Directors or Trustees by any Person or group other than a solicitation for
the election of one or more directors or trustees by or on behalf of the Board);




          (c) Parent fails to be the sole general partner of Borrower and to directly own, free of any
liens, encumbrances or adverse claims, at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the Equity Interests of
Borrower;




          (d) Borrower fails to own, free of any liens, encumbrances or adverse claims, all of the
Equity Interests of each Guarantor (other than Parent);




          (e) NNN Apartment REIT Advisors, LLC shall fail to be the sole advisor to Parent, or NNN
Apartment REIT Advisors, LLC shall fail to be controlled by Triple Net Properties, LLC: or




          (f) to the extent that any Subsidiary Guarantor has a manager other than Borrower, there shall
be any change in such manager.



A “Change of Control” shall not include the sale, transfer or assignment of interests as a result
of the exercise of remedies by the Mezzanine Lender under the Mezzanine Loan Documents pursuant to
the Intercreditor Agreement.




     “Collateral” means all of the property, rights and interests of the Borrower and each
Guarantor which are subject to the security interests, security title, liens and mortgages created
by the Security Documents, including, without limitation, the Collateral Pool Properties.



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     “Collateral Account” means a special non-interest bearing deposit account maintained by the
Agent at the Principal Office and under its sole dominion and control.



     “Collateral Pool Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio (expressed
as a percentage) of (a) the sum of the outstanding principal Loans plus the Letter of Credit
Liabilities to (b) the Collateral Pool Value.



     “Collateral Pool Property Certificate” has the meaning given that term in Section 8.3.



     “Collateral Pool Property or Collateral Pool Properties” means the Eligible Real Estate owned
or leased (pursuant to an Eligible Ground Lease approved by the Agent) by the Borrower or a
Subsidiary Guarantor which is security for the Obligations pursuant to the Mortgages.



     “Collateral Pool Value” means as of any date of determination the sum (without duplication) of
(a) for all Collateral Pool Properties which have not been owned by Borrower or a Subsidiary
Guarantor for a period of six (6) consecutive calendar quarters, the aggregate Appraised Value of
such Collateral Properties, plus (b) for all Collateral Pool Properties that have been owned by
Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor for a period of at least six (6) consecutive calendar quarters,
an amount equal to (i) the Net Operating Income from such Collateral Pool Properties for the two
(2) calendar quarters most recently ended times two (2), divided by (ii) the Capitalization Rate.



     “Commitment” means, as to each Lender, such Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans
pursuant to Section 2.1, to issue (in the case of the Issuing Lender) or participate in (in the
case of the other Lenders) Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.3 and to participate in
Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.2, to an amount up to, but not exceeding (but in the case of
the Lender acting as the Issuing Lender excluding the aggregate amount of participations in the
Letters of Credit held by other Lenders) the amount set forth for such Lender on its signature page
hereto as such Lender’s “Commitment Amount” or as set forth in the applicable Assignment and
Acceptance Agreement, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.11,
increased pursuant to Section 2.14, or as appropriate to reflect any assignments to or by such
Lender effected in accordance with Section 12.5.



     “Commitment Percentage” means, as to each Lender, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (a)
the amount of such Lender’s Commitment to (b) the aggregate amount of the Commitments of all
Lenders hereunder; provided, however, that if at the time of determination the Commitments have
terminated or been reduced to zero, the “Commitment Percentage” of each Lender shall be the
Commitment Percentage of such Lender in effect immediately prior to such termination or reduction.



     “Compliance Certificate” has the meaning given that term in Section 8.3.



     “Condemnation Proceeds” means all compensation, awards, damages, judgments and proceeds
awarded to the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor by reason of any Taking, net of all reasonable
and customary amounts actually expended to collect the same.



     “Consolidated Basis” means a Person and its Subsidiaries, consolidated in accordance with
GAAP.



     “Construction-in-Process” means cash expenditures for land and improvements (including
indirect costs internally allocated and development costs) determined in accordance with GAAP on
all Development Properties that are under development or with respect to which construction is
reasonably anticipated to commence within twelve (12) months of the relevant determination.



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     “Contingent Liabilities” means as to any Person, but without duplication of any amount
included or includable in items (a) through (h), (j) and (k) of Indebtedness, as applied to any
obligation, means and includes liabilities or obligations with respect to: (a) a guaranty (other
than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business),
directly or indirectly, in any manner, of any part or all of such obligation; (b) an agreement,
direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, and whether or not constituting a guaranty, the
practical effect of which is to assure the payment or performance (or payment of damages in the
event of nonperformance) of any part or all of such obligation, whether by: (i) the purchase of
securities or obligations, (ii) the purchase, sale or lease (as lessee or lessor) of property or
the purchase or sale of services primarily for the purpose of enabling the obligor with respect to
such obligation to make any payment (or payment of damages in the event of nonperformance) of or on
account of any part or all of such obligation, or to assure the owner of such obligation against
loss, (iii) the supplying of funds to or in any other manner investing in the obligor with respect
to such obligation, (iv) repayment of amounts drawn down by beneficiaries of letters of credit
(including Letters of Credit), or (v) the supplying of funds to or investing in a Person on account
of all or any part of such Person’s obligation under a guaranty of any obligation or indemnifying
or holding harmless, in any way, such Person against any part or all of such obligation; (c) all
obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person under any synthetic lease, tax retention
operating lease, or similar off balance sheet financing arrangement; (d) all obligations of such
Person with respect to any take-out commitment or forward equity commitment; (e) purchase
obligations net of asset value; and (f) all obligations under performance and/or completion
guaranties (or other agreements the practical effect of which is to assure performance or
completion of such obligations) as and to the extent such obligations are required to be included
as liabilities on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.



     “Continue”, “Continuation” and “Continued” each refers to the continuation of a LIBOR Loan
from one Interest Period to another Interest Period pursuant to Section 2.8.



     “Contribution Agreement” means the Contribution Agreement of even date herewith in
substantially the form of Exhibit E to be executed by the Borrower and the Guarantors.



     “Convert”, “Conversion” and “Converted” each refers to the conversion of a Loan of one Type
into a Loan of another Type pursuant to Section 2.9.



     “Credit Event” means any of the following: (a) the making (or deemed making) of any Loan, (b)
the Conversion of a Loan and (c) the issuance of a Letter of Credit.



     “Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio” means the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (a) the sum
of Parent’s, Borrower’s and their respective Subsidiaries’ Indebtedness to (b) Total Asset Value.



     “Default” means any of the events specified in Section 10.1, whether or not there has been
satisfied any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both.



     “Defaulting Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11.



     “Derivatives Contract” means 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. Not in limitation of the foregoing, the term
“Derivatives Contract” includes any and all transactions of any



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kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or
governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives
Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master
agreement, including any such obligations or liabilities under any such master agreement.



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



     “Development Property” means a Property currently under development that has not become a
Stabilized Property, or on which the improvements related to the development have not been
completed, provided that such a Development Property on which all improvements related to the
development of such Property have been completed for at least twelve (12) months shall cease to
constitute a Development Property notwithstanding the fact that such Property has not become a
Stabilized Property.



     “Dividend Restriction Date” means the first day of the calendar quarter first occurring after
the earlier to occur of (a) the raising of equity contributions and commitments in Parent and
Borrower in the aggregate of not less than $1,000,000,000 and (b) the date that is thirty-six (36)
months after the Agreement Date.



     “Dollars” or “$” means dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.



     “EBITDA” means, with respect to a Person for any period (without duplication): (a) net income
(or loss) of such Person for such period determined on a Consolidated Basis (prior to any impact
from minority interests) in accordance with GAAP, exclusive of the following (but only to the
extent included in the determination of such net income (or loss)): (i) depreciation and
amortization expense; (ii) Interest Expense; (iii) income tax expense; and (iv) extraordinary or
non-recurring gains and losses; plus (b) such Person’s pro rata share of EBITDA of its
Unconsolidated Affiliates. EBITDA shall be adjusted to remove any impact from straight line rent
leveling adjustments required under GAAP and amortization of intangibles pursuant to FAS 141.



     “Effective Date” means the later of: (a) the Agreement Date; and (b) the date on which all of
the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.1 shall have been fulfilled or waived in writing by
the Requisite Lenders.



     “Eligible Assignee” means any Person who is: (i) currently a Lender; (ii) a commercial bank,
trust company, insurance company, investment bank or pension fund organized under the laws of the
United States of America, or any state thereof, and having total assets in excess of
$5,000,000,000; (iii) a savings and loan association or savings bank organized under the laws of
the United States of America, or any state thereof, and having a tangible net worth of at least
$500,000,000; or (iv) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country which is a
member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or a political subdivision of
any such country, and having total assets in excess of $10,000,000,000, provided that such bank is
acting through a branch or agency located in the United States of America. Nothing herein shall
preclude a Lender or any affiliate thereof that is or was a Mezzanine Lender from being a Lender.



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     “Eligible Ground Lease” means a ground lease as to which no default or event of default
exists, approved by Agent and which at least contains the following terms and conditions: (a) a
remaining term (exclusive of any unexercised extension options) of 40 years or more from the
Effective Date; (b) the right of the lessee to mortgage and encumber its interest in the leased
property without the consent of the lessor; (c) the obligation of the lessor to give the holder of
any mortgage lien on such leased property written notice of any defaults on the part of the lessee
and agreement of such lessor that such lease will not be terminated until such holder has had a
reasonable opportunity to cure or complete foreclosure, and fails to do so; (d) reasonable
transferability of the lessee’s interest under such lease, including the ability to sublease; and
(e) such other rights customarily required by mortgagees making a loan secured by the interest of
the holder of the leasehold estate demised pursuant to a ground lease.



     “Eligible Real Estate” means Property:



          (a) which is wholly-owned in fee (or leased pursuant to an Eligible Ground Lease) by the
Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Borrower which is or will become a Subsidiary Guarantor;




          (b) which is located within the contiguous 48 States of the continental United States or the
District of Columbia;




          (c) such Property is free of all material structural defects or major architectural
deficiencies, title defects, environmental conditions or other adverse matters;




          (d) which is improved as a multifamily property;




          (e) as to which all of the representations set forth in this Agreement concerning Collateral
Pool Properties are true and correct;




          (f) as to which the Agent and the Required Lenders, as applicable, have received and approved
all Eligible Real Estate Qualification Documents, or will receive and approve them prior to
inclusion of such Property as a Collateral Pool Property; and




          (g) as to which, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, but subject to the
last sentence of Section 2.18(b), the Agent and the Required Lenders have approved for inclusion in
the Collateral Pool.




     “Eligible Real Estate Qualification Documents” means the documents and other deliveries
described in Schedule 1 attached hereto.



     “Environmental Laws” means any Applicable Law pertaining to any Mold Condition or relating to
environmental protection or the manufacture, storage, disposal or clean-up of Hazardous Materials
including, without limitation, the following: Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.; Federal
Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.; Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.; Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.; National Environmental Policy
Act, 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq.; regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency and any
applicable rule of common law and any judicial interpretation thereof relating primarily to the
environment or Hazardous Materials.



     “Equity Interest” means, with respect to any Person, any share of capital stock of (or other
ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any warrant, option or other right for the purchase
or other acquisition from such Person of any share of capital stock of (or other ownership or
profit interests in) such Person, any security convertible into or exchangeable for any share of
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ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrant, right or option for the purchase or
other acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and any other
ownership or profit interest in such Person (including, without limitation, partnership, member or
trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such share, warrant,
option, right or other interest is authorized or otherwise existing on any date of determination.



     “Equity Issuance” means any issuance by a Person of any Equity Interest and shall in any event
include the issuance of any Equity Interest upon the conversion or exchange of any security
constituting Indebtedness that is convertible or exchangeable, or is being converted or exchanged,
for Equity Interests.



     “Equity Percentage” means the aggregate ownership percentage of Borrower or a Subsidiary of
Borrower in each Unconsolidated Affiliate.



     “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as in effect from time to
time.



     “ERISA Group” means the Borrower, the other Obligors, any Subsidiary of Borrower or any of the
other Obligors and all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses
(whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with the Borrower, the other
Obligors or any of their respective Subsidiaries, are treated as a single employer under Section
414 of the Internal Revenue Code.



     “Event of Default” means any of the events specified in Section 10.1, provided that any
requirement for notice or lapse of time or any other condition has been satisfied.



     “Executive Order” has the meaning given that term in Section 6.1(hh).



     “Extension Fee” has the meaning given that term in Section 3.6.



     “Extension Request” has the meaning given that term in Section 2.16.



     “Fair Market Value” means, with respect to (a) a security listed on a national securities
exchange or the NASDAQ National Market, the price of such security as reported on such exchange by
any widely recognized reporting method customarily relied upon by financial institutions, and (b)
with respect to any other property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length free
market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of which is
under pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.



     “Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upward to the nearest
1/100th of 1%) 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 next 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 next preceding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so
published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the
average rate quoted to the Agent by federal funds dealers selected by the Agent on such day on such
transaction as determined by the Agent.



     “Fees” means the fees and commissions provided for or referred to in Section 3.6 and any other
fees payable by the Borrower to the Agent or any Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document.



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     “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means the ratio of (a) Adjusted EBITDA to (b) Fixed Charges for
the period used to calculate EBITDA annualized.



     “Fixed Charges” means, for the immediately preceding two (2) calendar quarters on an
annualized basis, the sum of (a) Interest Expense of the Parent, the Borrower and their
Subsidiaries determined on a Consolidated Basis for such period, plus (b) all regularly
scheduled principal payments made with respect to Indebtedness of the Parent, the Borrower and
their Subsidiaries during such period, other than any balloon, bullet or similar principal payment
which repays such Indebtedness in full, plus (c) all Preferred Dividends paid during such
period. The Parent’s, the Borrower’s and the Subsidiaries’ Equity Percentage in the Fixed Charges
of their Unconsolidated Affiliates shall be included in the determination of Fixed Charges.



     “Floating Rate Debt” means all Indebtedness of the Borrower, the other Obligors and each of
their respective Subsidiaries which bears interest at fluctuating rates (and in any event shall
include all Loans and other Indebtedness of the Borrower under any of the Loan Documents) and for
which the Borrower, such Obligor or such Subsidiary has not obtained Interest Rate Agreements which
Interest Rate Agreements effectively cause such variable rates to be equivalent to, or to be capped
at, fixed rates. For purposes of this definition, Floating Rate Debt of the Borrower, any other
Obligor or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, the other Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries
shall include the Floating Rate Debt of any Unconsolidated Affiliate of the Borrower, such Obligor
or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, only to the extent such Floating Rate Debt is recourse to
the Borrower, such Obligor or such Subsidiary.



     “Formation Transactions” means the entity formation transactions described in the Prospectus.



     “Funds From Operations” means, with respect to a Person and for a given period, (a) net income
(or loss) of such Person determined on a Consolidated Basis for such period minus (or
plus) (b) gains (or losses) from debt restructuring and sales of property during such
period, plus (c) depreciation with respect to such Person’s real estate assets and
amortization (other than amortization of deferred financing costs) of such Person for such period,
all after adjustment for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. Adjustments for
unconsolidated entities will be calculated to reflect funds from operations on the same basis.



     “GAAP” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the Agreement Date.



     “Governing Documents” of any Person means the declaration of trust, certificate or articles of
incorporation, by-laws, partnership agreement or operating or members agreement, as the case may
be, and any other organizational or governing documents, of such Person.



     “Governmental Approvals” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses and
exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, all Governmental Authorities.



     “Governmental Authority” means any national, state or local government (whether domestic or
foreign), any political subdivision thereof or any other governmental, quasi-governmental,
judicial, public or statutory instrumentality, authority, body, agency, bureau or entity
(including, without limitation, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Comptroller of the
Currency or the Federal Reserve Board, any central bank or any comparable authority) or any
arbitrator with authority to bind a party at law.



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     “Guarantors” (whether one or more) means Parent and any other Person that is now or hereafter
a party to the Guaranty as a “Guarantor”.



     “Guaranties” (whether one or more) means the Guaranty substantially in the form of Exhibit
F executed by the Guarantors as of the Agreement Date and delivered to the Agent in accordance
with this Agreement.



     “Hazardous Materials” means all or any of the following: (a) substances that are defined or
listed in, or otherwise classified pursuant to, any applicable Environmental Laws as “contaminant”,
“hazardous substances”, “hazardous materials”, “hazardous wastes”, “pollutant”, “toxic substances”
or any other formulation intended to define, list or classify substances by reason of deleterious
properties such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity,
“TCLP” toxicity or “EP toxicity”; (b) oil, petroleum or petroleum derived substances, natural gas,
natural gas liquids or synthetic gas and drilling fluids, produced waters and other wastes
associated with the exploration, development or production of crude oil, natural gas or geothermal
resources; (c) any flammable substances or explosives or any radioactive materials; (d) asbestos in
any form; (e) electrical equipment which contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing levels of
polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of fifty parts per million; and (f) any other chemicals,
materials or substances regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.



     “Implied Debt Service” means, as of a given date, an amount equal to the annual principal and
interest payment sufficient to amortize in full during a 25-year period an amount equal to the sum
of the aggregate principal balance of the Loans outstanding as of such date and Letter of Credit
Liabilities outstanding as of such date calculated using an interest rate equal to the greater of
(i) the yield on a 10 year United States Treasury Note issued most recently prior to the date of
determination at such time as determined by the Agent plus 125 basis points or (ii) 7.00%.



     “Implied Debt Service Coverage Ratio” means the ratio of (a) the Net Operating Income from the
Collateral Pool Properties for the preceding two (2) calendar quarters annualized to (b) the
Implied Debt Service.



     “Indebtedness” means, with respect to a Person, at the time of computation thereof, all of the
following (without duplication): (a) all obligations of such Person in respect of money borrowed;
(b) all obligations of such Person, whether or not for money borrowed (i) represented by notes
payable, or drafts accepted, in each case representing extensions of credit, (ii) evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, or (iii) constituting purchase money indebtedness,
conditional sales contracts, title retention debt instruments or other similar instruments, upon
which interest charges are customarily paid or that are issued or assumed as full or partial
payment for property or services rendered; (c) Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person; (d)
all reimbursement obligations of such Person under any letters of credit or acceptances (whether or
not the same have been presented for payment); (e) all Off-Balance Sheet Obligations of such
Person; (f) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make
any payment in respect of any Mandatorily Redeemable Stock issued by such Person or any other
Person, valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued
and unpaid dividends; (g) all obligations of such Person in respect of any purchase obligation,
repurchase obligation, takeout commitment or forward equity commitment, in each case evidenced by a
binding agreement (excluding any such obligation to the extent the obligation can be satisfied by
the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Mandatorily Redeemable Stock)); (h) net obligations
under any Derivatives Contract not entered into as a hedge against existing Indebtedness, in an
amount equal to the Derivatives Termination Value thereof; (i) all Contingent Liabilities of such
Person (except for and guaranties of customary exceptions for fraud, misapplication of funds,
environmental indemnities, and other similar exceptions to recourse liability (but not exceptions
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar events)); (j) all Indebtedness of
another Person secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right,
contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property or



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assets owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the
payment of such Indebtedness or other payment obligation; and (k) such Person’s pro rata share of
the Indebtedness of any Unconsolidated Affiliate of such Person. Indebtedness of any Person shall
include Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture in which such Person is a general partner
or joint venturer to the extent of such Person’s pro rata share of the ownership of such
partnership or joint venture (except if such Indebtedness, or portion thereof, is recourse to such
Person, in which case the greater of such Person’s pro rata portion of such Indebtedness or the
amount of the recourse portion of the Indebtedness, shall be included as Indebtedness of such
Person). All Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities shall constitute Indebtedness of the Borrower.



     “Indemnity Agreement” means the Agreement Regarding Environmental Activity now or hereafter
made by the Borrower and Guarantors in favor of the Agent and the Lenders, as the same may be
modified, amended or ratified, such agreement to be substantially in the form of Exhibit O.



     “Insurance Proceeds” means all insurance proceeds, damages and claims and the right thereto
under any insurance policies relating to any portion of any Collateral, net of all reasonable and
customary amounts actually expended to collect the same.



     “Intellectual Property” has the meaning given that term in Section 6.1(t).



     “Intercreditor Agreement” means the Intercreditor Agreement dated of even date herewith made
by Agent and the Mezzanine Lenders.



     “Interest Expense” means, for any period, without duplication, (a) total interest expense of
the Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries, including capitalized interest not funded under a
construction loan interest reserve account plus recurring fees such as recurring issuer, trustee
and credit enhancement fees in connection with tax-exempt financings, determined on a Consolidated
Basis in accordance with GAAP for such period, plus (b) the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ Equity
Percentage of Interest Expense of their Unconsolidated Affiliates for such period.



     “Interest Period” means with respect to any LIBOR Loan, each period commencing on the date
such LIBOR Loan is made or the last day of the next preceding Interest Period for such Loan and
ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as the Borrower may select in a Notice of
Borrowing, Notice of Continuation or Notice of Conversion, as the case may be, except that each
Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month shall end on the last
Business Day of the appropriate subsequent calendar month. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) no
Interest Period for a Revolving Loan shall end after the Revolving Loan Termination Date; and (ii)
each Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day shall end on the
next succeeding Business Day (or, if such next succeeding Business Day falls in the next succeeding
calendar month, on the next preceding Business Day).



     “Interest Rate Agreement” means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement,
interest rate collar agreement or other similar contractual agreement or arrangement entered into
with a nationally recognized financial institution then having an unsecured, long term credit
rating of A-/A-3 (or equivalent) or higher from both S&P and Moody’s for the purpose of protecting
against fluctuations in interest rates.



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



     “Investment” means, with respect to any Person, any acquisition or investment (whether or not
of a controlling interest) by such Person, by means of any of the following: (a) the purchase or
other acquisition of any Equity Interest in another Person; (b) a loan, advance or extension of
credit to, capital



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contribution to, guaranty of Indebtedness of, or purchase or other acquisition of any
Indebtedness of, 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 the business or a division or operating unit of another
Person. Any binding commitment to make an Investment in any other Person, as well as any option of
another Person to require an Investment in such Person, shall constitute an Investment. Except as
expressly provided otherwise, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant contained in
the Loan Documents, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without
adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.



     “IPO” means the formation of Borrower and the initial public offering of common stock in
Parent and limited partnership interests in Borrower and the registration of Parent as a public
company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



     “Issuing Lender” means Wachovia Bank in its capacity as the Lender issuing the Letters of
Credit and its successors and assigns.



     “Joinder Agreement” means the joinder agreement with respect to the Guaranty, the Indemnity
Agreement and the Contribution Agreement to be executed and delivered pursuant to Section 7.12 by
any additional Guarantor, substantially in the form of Exhibit G.



     “L/C Commitment Amount” equals $10,000,000.



     “Lead Arranger” means Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC.



     “Leases” means all leases, licenses and agreements, whether written or oral, relating to the
use or occupation of space in any Collateral Pool Property.



     “Lender” means each financial institution from time to time party hereto which is a holder of
a Revolving Note, together with its respective successors and permitted assigns. The Issuing
Lender shall also be a Lender.



     “Lending Office” means, for each Lender and for each Type of Loan, the office of such Lender
specified as such on its signature page hereto or in the applicable Assignment and Acceptance
Agreement, or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may notify the Agent in writing from
time to time.



     “Letter of Credit” means an irrevocable standby letter of credit in respect of obligations of
the Borrower or a Subsidiary incurred pursuant to contracts made or performances undertaken or to
be undertaken in the ordinary course of such Person’s business which is payable upon presentation
of a sight draft and other documents described in the Letter of Credit, if any, as originally
issued pursuant to this Agreement or as amended, modified, extended, renewed or supplemented.



     “Letter of Credit Documents” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, collectively, any
application therefor, any certificate or other document presented in connection with a drawing
under such Letter of Credit and any other agreement, instrument or other document governing or
providing for (a) the rights and obligations of the parties concerned or at risk with respect to
such Letter of Credit or (b) any collateral security for any of such obligations.



     “Letter of Credit Liabilities” means, without duplication, at any time and in respect of any
Letter of Credit, the sum of (a) the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit plus (b) the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of all Reimbursement Obligations of the Borrower at such time due and
payable in respect of all drawings made under such Letter of Credit. For purposes of this
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(other than the Lender acting as the Issuing Lender) shall be deemed to hold a Letter of
Credit Liability in an amount equal to its participation interest in the related Letter of Credit
under Section 2.3, and the Lender acting as the Issuing Lender shall be deemed to hold a Letter of
Credit Liability in an amount equal to its retained interest in the related Letter of Credit after
giving effect to the acquisition by the Lenders other than the Lender acting as the Issuing Lender
of their participation interests under such section.



     “LIBOR” means, for any LIBOR Loan for any Interest Period therefor, the rate per annum
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) appearing on Dow Jones Markets
(formerly Telerate) Page 3750 (or any successor page) as the London interbank offered rate for
deposits in Dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the
first day of such Interest Period for a term comparable to such Interest Period. If for any reason
such rate is not available, the term “LIBOR” means, for any LIBOR Loan for any Interest Period
therefor, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%)
appearing on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in
Dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of
such Interest Period for a term comparable to such Interest Period; provided, however, if more than
one rate is specified on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page, the applicable rate shall be the arithmetic
mean of all such rates.



     “LIBOR Loans” means Loans bearing interest at a rate based on LIBOR.



     “Lien” as applied to the property of any Person means: (a) any security interest,
encumbrance, mortgage, deed to secure debt, deed of trust, pledge, lien, charge or lease
constituting a Capitalized Lease Obligation, conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
or other security title, encumbrance or preferential arrangement which has the same practical
effect of constituting a security interest or encumbrance of any kind, whether voluntarily incurred
or arising by operation of law, in respect of any property of such Person, or upon the income or
profits therefrom; (b) any arrangement, express or implied, under which any property of such Person
is transferred, sequestered or otherwise identified for the purpose of subjecting the same to the
payment of Indebtedness or performance of any other obligation in priority to the payment of the
general, unsecured creditors of such Person; and (c) the filing of any financing statement under
the Uniform Commercial Code or its equivalent in any jurisdiction, other than a financing statement
filed in respect of a lease not constituting a Capitalized Lease Obligation pursuant to Section
9-505 (or a successor provision) of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in an applicable
jurisdiction that is not in the nature of a security interest.



     “Loan” means a Revolving Loan or a Swingline Loan. Amounts drawn under a Letter of Credit
shall also be considered Revolving Loans as provided in Section 2.3.



     “Loan Document” means this Agreement, each Note, each Letter of Credit Document, the Guaranty,
the Contribution Agreement, the Security Documents, each Joinder Agreement, and each other document
or instrument now or hereafter executed and delivered by an Obligor in connection with, pursuant to
or relating to this Agreement.



     “Management Agreements” means agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the
management of the Collateral Pool Properties or any of them.



     “Mandatorily Redeemable Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interest of such
Person which by the terms of such Equity Interest (or by the terms of any security into which it is
convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable), upon the happening of any event or
otherwise (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or
otherwise (other than an Equity Interest to the extent redeemable in exchange for common stock or
other equivalent common Equity Interests), (b) is convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
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Redeemable Stock, or (c) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in
part (other than an Equity Interest which is redeemable solely in exchange for common stock or
other equivalent common Equity Interests); in each case, on or prior to the Revolving Loan
Termination Date.



     “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse change in or effect on (a) the business,
assets, financial condition, liabilities (actual or contingent), or results of operations or
prospects of Borrower and its Subsidiaries or any other Obligor and its Subsidiaries each taken as
a whole, (b) the ability of an Obligor to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which
it is a party, (c) the validity or enforceability of such Loan Documents or the creation,
perfection or priority of any Liens of Agent in the Collateral, or (d) the rights and remedies of
Lenders and Agent under the Loan Documents.



     “Material Contract” means any contract or other arrangement (other than Loan Documents),
whether written or oral, to which the Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their respective
Subsidiaries is a party as to which the breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew by
any party thereto could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



     “Mezzanine Borrower” means the Borrower.



     “Mezzanine Loan” means the $15,000,000.00 revolving credit facility made by Mezzanine Lender
to Mezzanine Borrower pursuant to the Mezzanine Loan Agreement.



     “Mezzanine Loan Documents” means the Mezzanine Loan Agreement and the other agreements
evidencing or securing the indebtedness contemplated by the Mezzanine Loan Agreement, as the same
may be amended, restated, consolidated, supplemented, renewed or extended subject to the terms of
the Intercreditor Agreement.



     “Mezzanine Loan Agreement” means that certain Mezzanine Credit Agreement dated of even date
herewith by and among the Mezzanine Borrower, Wachovia Bank, the other lenders that are or become
parties thereto, and Wachovia Bank in its capacity as agent for itself and the other lenders that
are or become parties thereto, as the same may be amended, restated, consolidated, supplemented,
renewed or extended subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.



     “Mezzanine Lenders” means the lenders from time to time a party to the Mezzanine Loan
Agreement, which term shall include without limitation any agent, collateral agent or nominee
acting on behalf of such lenders.



     “Mold” means surficial or airborne microbial constituents, regardless of genus, species, or
whether commonly referred to as mildew, mold, mold spores, fungi, bacteria or similar description.



     “Mold Condition” means the growth or existence of Mold, in such condition, location or
quantity existing on, within or under a Property as would, individually or in the aggregate, have
any material adverse effect on (i) human health or the environment, as determined by an independent
professional engineer generally recognized as expert in the detection, analysis and remediation of
environmental matters; (ii) the value or condition of a Property, as determined by the Agent or the
Borrower in their respective reasonable good faith judgment; or (iii) the business or financial
condition of such Property or the owner thereof, as determined by the Agent or the Borrower in
their reasonable good faith judgment.



     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.



     “Mortgage Receivable” means mortgage and notes receivable, including interest payments
thereunder, of Borrower or any Subsidiary in a Person (other than Borrower or its Subsidiaries).



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     “Mortgages” means the mortgages, deeds to secure debt and/or deeds of trust from the Borrower
or a Subsidiary Guarantor to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders (or to trustees named therein
acting on behalf of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders), as the same may be modified or
amended, pursuant to which the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor has conveyed or granted a
mortgage lien upon or a conveyance in fee simple (or of a leasehold, if applicable) of a Collateral
Pool Property as security for the Obligations, each such mortgage entered into after the date
hereof to be substantially in the form of Exhibit D, with such changes thereto as Agent may
require as a result of state law or practice.



     “Multiemployer Plan” means at any time an employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any member of the ERISA Group is then making or accruing an
obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five plan years made contributions,
including for these purposes any Person which ceased to be a member of the ERISA Group during such
five year period.



     “Negative Pledge” means a provision of any document, instrument or agreement (including any
Governing Document), other than this Agreement or any other Loan Document or Mezzanine Loan
Document, that prohibits, restricts or limits, or purports to prohibit, restrict or limit, the
creation or assumption of any Lien on any assets of a Person as security for the Indebtedness of
such Person or any other Person, or entitles another Person to obtain or claim the benefit of a
Lien on any assets of such Person; provided, however, that an agreement that 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.



     “Net Operating Income” or “NOI” means, for any Property and for a given period, the sum of the
following (without duplication and determined on a consistent basis with prior periods): (a) rents
and other revenues received in the ordinary course from such Property (including proceeds of rent
loss or business interruption insurance but excluding pre-paid rents and revenues (including
termination payments) and security deposits except to the extent applied in satisfaction of
tenants’ obligations for rent) minus (b) all expenses paid (excluding interest but
including an appropriate accrual for property taxes and insurance) related to the ownership,
operation or maintenance of such Property, including but not limited to property taxes, assessments
and the like, insurance, utilities, payroll costs, maintenance, repair and landscaping expenses,
marketing expenses, and general and administrative expenses (including an appropriate allocation
for legal, accounting, advertising, marketing and other expenses incurred in connection with such
Property, but specifically excluding general overhead expenses of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
and any property management fees) minus (c) the Capital Reserves for such Property as of
the end of such period minus (d) the greater of (i) the actual property management fee paid
during such period and (ii) an imputed management fee in the amount of 3% of the gross revenues for
such Property for such period. Net Operating Income shall, as appropriate, include a Person’s pro
rata share of Net Operating Income of its Unconsolidated Affiliates. Net Operating Income shall be
adjusted to remove any impact from straight line rent leveling adjustments required under GAAP and
amortization of intangibles pursuant to FAS 141.



     “Nonrecourse Indebtedness” means, with respect to a Person, (a) Indebtedness in respect of
which recourse for payment (except for customary exceptions for fraud, misapplication of funds,
environmental indemnities, violation of “special purpose entity” covenants, bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other similar events and other similar exceptions to recourse liability until a
claim is made with respect thereto, and then such Indebtedness shall not constitute “Nonrecourse
Indebtedness” only to the extent of the amount of such claim) is contractually limited to specific
assets of such Person encumbered by a Lien securing such Indebtedness or (b) if such Person is a
Single Asset Entity, any Indebtedness of such Person.



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     “Note” means a Revolving Note or a Swingline Note.



     “Notice of Borrowing” means a notice in the form of Exhibit H to be delivered to the
Agent pursuant to Section 2.1(b) evidencing the Borrower’s request for a borrowing of Revolving
Loans.



     “Notice of Continuation” means a notice in the form of Exhibit I to be delivered to
the Agent pursuant to Section 2.8 evidencing the Borrower’s request for the Continuation of a LIBOR
Loan.



     “Notice of Conversion” means a notice in the form of Exhibit J to be delivered to the
Agent pursuant to Section 2.9 evidencing the Borrower’s request for the Conversion of a Loan from
one Type to another Type.



     “Notice of Swingline Borrowing” means a notice in the form of Exhibit K to be
delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 2.2 evidencing the Borrower’s request for a borrowing of
Swingline Loans.



     “Obligations” means, individually and collectively: (a) the aggregate principal balance of,
and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all Loans; (b) all Reimbursement Obligations and all other
Letter of Credit Liabilities; and (c) all other indebtedness, liabilities, obligations, covenants
and duties of the Borrower and the other Obligors owing to the Agent, the Swingline Lender, the
Issuing Lender or any Lender of every kind, nature and description, under or in respect of this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the Fees and
indemnification obligations, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or not due,
contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or not evidenced by any promissory
note.



     “Obligors” means any Person now or hereafter primarily or secondarily obligated to pay all or
any part of the Obligations, including Borrower and Guarantors.



     “Occupancy Rate” means, with respect to a Property at any time, the ratio, expressed as a
percentage, of (a) the number of multifamily units actually occupied by tenants that are not
affiliated with the Borrower and paying rent at rates not materially less than rates generally
prevailing at the time the applicable lease was entered into, pursuant to binding leases as to
which no monetary default has occurred and has continued unremedied for 30 or more days to (b) the
aggregate number of multifamily units of such Property.



     “OFAC” means Office of Foreign Asset Control of the Department of the Treasury of the United
States of America.



     “Off-Balance Sheet Obligations” means liabilities and obligations of the Parent, the Borrower,
any Subsidiary or any other Person in respect of “off-balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in
the SEC Off-Balance Sheet Rules) which the Parent would be required to disclose in the
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section of
the Parent’s report on Form 10-Q or Form 10-K (or their equivalents) which the Parent is required
to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any Governmental Authority substituted
therefore). As used in this definition, the term “SEC Off-Balance Sheet Rules” means the
Disclosure in Management’s Discussion and Analysis About Off Balance Sheet Arrangements, Securities
Act Release No. 33-8182, 68 Fed. Reg. 5982 (Feb. 5, 2003) (codified at 17 CFR Parts 228, 229 and
249).



     “Parent” means NNN Apartment REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation.



     “Participant” has the meaning given that term in Section 12.5(c).



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     “Patriot Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools
Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, as the same may be amended from time to
time, and corresponding provisions of future laws.



     “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any successor agency.



     “Performance Pricing Determination Date” means the first (1st) Business Day following the
delivery by Borrower to the Agent of the Compliance Certificate and Collateral Pool Property
Certificate at the end of a fiscal quarter or year, as applicable, (or the first (1st) Business Day
after such delivery was required, as applicable).



     “Permitted Liens” means, as to any asset or property of a Person, (a) 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 or pursuant to any Environmental Laws) or the
claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen or landlords for labor, materials,
supplies or rentals incurred in the ordinary course of business, which are not at the time required
to be paid or discharged under the applicable provisions of this Agreement; (b) liens consisting of
deposits or pledges made, in the ordinary course of business, in connection with, or to secure
payment of, obligations under workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or similar applicable
laws; (c) liens consisting of encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions, easements, and
rights or restrictions of record on the use of real property, which do not materially detract from
the value of such property or impair the intended use thereof in the business of such Person; (d)
the rights of tenants under leases or subleases not interfering with the ordinary conduct of
business of such Person; (e) liens in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders; (f) liens
in favor of the Borrower or a Guarantor securing obligations owing by a Subsidiary to the Borrower
or a Guarantor; and (g) as to any Collateral Pool Property, liens permitted by the applicable
Security Documents.



     “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint stock
company, association, trust or unincorporated organization, joint venture, a government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.



     “Plan” means at any time an employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412
of the Internal Revenue Code and either (a) is maintained, or contributed to, by any member of the
ERISA Group for employees of any member of the ERISA Group or (b) has at any time within the
preceding five years been maintained, or contributed to, by any Person which was at such time a
member of the ERISA Group for employees of any Person which was at such time a member of the ERISA
Group.



     “Post-Default Rate” means, in respect of any principal of any Loan or any other Obligation
that is not paid when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by optional or mandatory
prepayment or otherwise), a rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) four percent (4.0%) per annum
plus (b) the sum of (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Margin as in effect
from time to time.



     “Potential Collateral” means any Property of the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor which is
not at the time included in the Collateral and which consists of (i) Eligible Real Estate, or (ii)
Property which is capable of becoming Eligible Real Estate through the approval of the Agent and
the Required Lenders and the completion and delivery of Eligible Real Estate Qualification
Documents.



     “Preferred Dividends” means, for any period and without duplication, all Restricted Payments
paid during such period on Preferred Equity Interests issued by the Parent, the Borrower, or a
Subsidiary of either of them. Preferred Dividends shall not include dividends or distributions (a)
paid or payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Mandatorily Redeemable Stock) payable to
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Equity Interests; (b) paid or payable to the Borrower or a Subsidiary of Borrower; or (c)
constituting or resulting in the redemption of Preferred Equity Interests, other than scheduled
redemptions not constituting balloon, bullet or similar redemptions in full.



     “Preferred Equity Interest” means, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests in such Person
which are entitled to preference or priority over any other Equity Interest in such Person in
respect of the payment of dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation or both.



     “Pricing Level” means one of the following two pricing levels, as applicable, based on the
Collateral Pool Leverage Ratio as provided herein:




“Pricing Level 1” means the Pricing Level which would be applicable
for so long as the Collateral Pool Leverage Ratio is less than or
equal to 55%.




“Pricing Level 2” means the Pricing Level which would be applicable
for so long as the Collateral Pool Leverage Ratio is greater than
55%.



     “Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum announced publicly by the Lender acting as
the Agent as its prime rate from time to time. The Prime Rate is not necessarily the best or the
lowest rate of interest offered by the Lender acting as the Agent or any other Lender.



     “Principal Office” means the office of the Agent located at One Wachovia Center, Charlotte,
North Carolina, or such other office of the Agent as the Agent may designate from time to time.



     “Prohibited Person” has the meaning given that term in Section 6.1(hh).



     “Property” means any parcel of real property, together with all improvements thereon, which is
a multifamily property owned, leased pursuant to a ground lease or operated by Borrower, any other
Obligor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any Unconsolidated Affiliate of Borrower and
which is located in a State of the United States of America or the District of Columbia.



     “Prospectus” means the prospectus contained in the final Registration Statement (File No.
333-130945) as filed by Parent on July 19, 2006 with the Securities and Exchange Commission in
connection with the IPO, as supplemented by Supplement No. 1 to the Prospectus filed on September
19, 2006.



     “Register” has the meaning given that term in Section 12.5(e).



     “Regulatory Change” means, with respect to any Lender, any change in Applicable Law effective
after the Agreement Date (including without limitation, Regulation D of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System) or the adoption or making after such date of any interpretation,
directive or request applying to a class of banks, including such Lender, of or under any
Applicable Law (whether or not having the force of law and whether or not failure to comply
therewith would be unlawful) by any Governmental Authority or monetary authority charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive
regarding capital adequacy.



     “Reimbursement Obligation” means the absolute, unconditional and irrevocable obligation of the
Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Lender for any drawing honored by the Issuing Lender under a
Letter of Credit.



     “REIT” means a Person qualifying for treatment as a “real estate investment trust” under the
Internal Revenue Code.



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     “Release” has the meaning given that term in Section 6.1(p)(ii)(C).



     “Requisite Lenders” means, as of any date, Lenders whose aggregate Commitment Percentage
equals or exceeds 66-2/3% (excluding Defaulting Lenders who, accordingly, are not entitled to
vote), or if the Commitments (or any part thereof) are no longer in effect as a result of the terms
of Section 10.2, Lenders holding at least 66-2/3% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
the Loans and participations in Letters of Credit (excluding Defaulting Lenders who, accordingly,
are not entitled to vote); provided that if there shall only be two Lenders, then the Requisite
Lenders shall mean both of the Lenders (excluding Defaulting Lenders who, accordingly, are not
entitled to vote).



     “Responsible Officer” means (a) with respect to Parent (acting as a signatory for Borrower),
Parent’s President, chief financial officer, chief accounting officer or any other senior officer,
(b) with respect to any other Obligor, such Obligor’s chief executive officer, chief financial
officer, or any other senior officer, and (c) with respect to any Lender, any officer, partner,
managing member or similar person apparently authorized to execute documents on behalf of such
Lender. A Responsible Officer shall also include any other person or officer specifically
authorized and designated as such by the applicable Person.



     “Restricted Payment” means (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on
account of any Equity Interest of the Borrower, any Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries
now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in Equity Interests of identical
class to the holders of that class; (b) any redemption, conversion, exchange, retirement, sinking
fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any Equity
Interest of the Borrower, any Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries now or hereafter
outstanding; and (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding
warrants, options or other rights to acquire any Equity Interests of the Borrower, any Obligor or
any of their respective Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding.



     “Revolving Loan” means a loan made by a Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.



     “Revolving Loan Termination Date” means October 31, 2009, or if the Revolving Loan Termination
Date has then been extended pursuant to Section 2.16, such extended Revolving Loan Termination
Date, or if the Commitments are earlier terminated pursuant to Section 2.11, such earlier
termination date.



     “Revolving Note” has the meaning given that term in Section 2.10(a).



     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, together with
all rules and regulations issued thereunder.



     “Security Documents” means, collectively, the Joinder Agreements, the Mortgages, the
Assignments of Leases and Rents, the Indemnity Agreements, the Assignment of Management Agreement
and Subordination, UCC-1 financing statements and any further collateral assignments to the Agent
for the benefit of the Lenders.



     “Single Asset Entity” means a bankruptcy remote, single purpose entity which is a Subsidiary
of Borrower which owns real property and related assets which are security for Indebtedness of such
entity, and which Indebtedness does not constitute Indebtedness of any other Person (except for
customary non-recourse exceptions described in the definition of Nonrecourse Indebtedness).



     “Solvent” means, when used with respect to any Person, that (a) the fair value and the fair
salable value of its assets are each in excess of the fair valuation of its total liabilities
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Liabilities computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing
at such time, represents the amount that could reasonably be expected to become an actual and
matured liability); (b) such Person is able to pay its debts or other obligations in the ordinary
course as they mature; and (c) such Person has capital not unreasonably small to carry on its
business and all business in which it proposes to be engaged.



     “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
and its successors.



     “Stabilized Property” means a completed Property that has achieved an Occupancy Rate of at
least eighty-five percent (85%) for a period of not less than one (1) full calendar quarter.



     “Stated Amount” means the amount available to be drawn by a beneficiary under a Letter of
Credit from time to time, as such amount may be increased, reinstated or reduced from time to time
in accordance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.



     “Subsidiary” means, for any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or
other entity of which at least a majority of the Equity Interests having by the terms thereof
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing
similar functions of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity
(without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned
or controlled by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one
or more Subsidiaries of such Person, and shall include all Persons the accounts of which are
consolidated with those of such Person pursuant to GAAP.



     “Subsidiary Guarantors” means Apartment REIT Walker Ranch, LP, Apartment REIT Walker Ranch GP,
LLC and any additional Subsidiary that is the direct or indirect owner of a Collateral Pool
Property which becomes a Guarantor.



     “Survey” means an instrument survey of each Collateral Pool Property prepared by a registered
land surveyor which shall show the location of all buildings, structures, easements and utility
lines on such property, shall be sufficient to remove the standard survey exception from the Title
Policy, shall show that all buildings and structures are within the lot lines of the Collateral
Pool Property and shall not show any encroachments by others (or to the extent any encroachments
are shown, such encroachments shall be acceptable to the Agent in its reasonable discretion), shall
show rights of way, adjoining sites, establish building lines and street lines, the distance to and
names of the nearest intersecting streets and such other details as the Agent may reasonably
require; and shall show whether or not the Collateral Pool Property is located in a flood hazard
district as established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or any successor agency or is
located in any flood plain, flood hazard or wetland protection district established under federal,
state or local law and shall otherwise be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Agent.



     “Swingline Commitment” means the Swingline Lender’s obligation to make Swingline Loans
pursuant to Section 2.2 in an amount up to, but not exceeding, $10,000,000, as such amount may be
reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.



     “Swingline Lender” means Wachovia Bank, together with its successors and assigns.



     “Swingline Loan” means a loan made by the Swingline Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section
2.2.



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     “Swingline Note” means the promissory note of the Borrower payable to the order of the
Swingline Lender in a principal amount equal to the amount of the Swingline Commitment as
originally in effect and otherwise duly completed, substantially in the form of Exhibit L.



     “Syndication Agent” means any Lender now or hereafter designated by Agent and Borrower as
“Syndication Agent.”



     “Taking” means the taking or appropriation (including by deed in lieu of condemnation) of any
Collateral Pool Property, or any part thereof or interest therein, whether permanently or
temporarily, for public or quasi-public use under the power of eminent domain, by reason of any
public improvement or condemnation proceeding, or in any other manner or any damage or injury or
diminution in value through condemnation, inverse condemnation or other exercise of the power of
eminent domain.



     “Tangible Net Worth” means, as of a given date, the sum of (a) the stockholders’ equity of the
Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries determined on a Consolidated Basis on such date
plus (b) accumulated depreciation and amortization as of such date minus (c) the
following (to the extent reflected in determining stockholders’ equity of the Parent, the Borrower
and their Subsidiaries): (i) the amount of any write-up in the book value of any assets contained
in any balance sheet resulting from revaluation thereof or any write up in excess of the cost of
such assets acquired, and (ii) all amounts appearing on the assets side of any such balance sheet
for assets which would be classified as intangible assets under GAAP.



     “Taxes” has the meaning given that term in Section 3.12.



     “Titled Agent” means any of the Lead Arranger, the Syndication Agent and their respective
successors and permitted assigns.



     “Title Insurance Company” means any title insurance company or companies approved by the Agent
and the Borrower.



     “Title Policy” means with respect to each Collateral Pool Property, an ALTA standard form
title insurance policy (or, if such form is not available, an equivalent, legally promulgated form
of mortgagee title insurance policy reasonably acceptable to the Agent) issued by a Title Insurance
Company (with such reinsurance as the Agent may reasonably require, any such reinsurance to be with
direct access endorsements to the extent available under applicable law) in an amount as the Agent
may reasonably require based upon the fair market value of the applicable Collateral Pool Property
insuring the priority of the Mortgage thereon and that the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as
applicable, holds marketable fee simple title to or a valid and subsisting leasehold interest in
such parcel, subject only to the encumbrances acceptable to Agent in its reasonable discretion and
which shall not contain standard exceptions for mechanics liens, persons in occupancy (other than
tenants as tenants only under Leases) or matters which would be shown by a survey, shall not insure
over any matter except to the extent that any such affirmative insurance is acceptable to the Agent
in its reasonable discretion, and shall contain (a) a revolving credit endorsement and (b) such
other endorsements and affirmative insurance as the Agent may reasonably require and is available
in the State in which the Real Estate is located including but not limited to (i) a comprehensive
endorsement, (ii) a variable rate of interest endorsement, (iii) a usury endorsement, (iv) a doing
business endorsement, (v) an ALTA form 3.1 zoning endorsement, (vi) a “tie-in” endorsement relating
to all Title Policies issued by such Title Insurance Company in respect of other Collateral Pool
Properties, and (vii) a “first loss” endorsement.



     “Total Asset Value” means as of any date of determination the sum (without duplication) of all
of the following of the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated Basis determined in
accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis: (a) cash and Cash Equivalents, plus
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until the earlier of (i) the date such Property is no longer a Development Property or (ii)
the calendar quarter after the Property becomes a Stabilized Property, plus (c) with
respect to each Property which has previously been included under clause (b) above as
Construction-in-Process but is no longer eligible to be included therein owned by the Parent or any
Subsidiary of Parent, the quotient of (i) Net Operating Income attributable to such Property for
the two calendar quarters most recently ended times two (2), divided by (ii) the Capitalization
Rate, plus (d) the GAAP book value of Properties acquired during the most recent period of
six (6) consecutive calendar quarters, plus (e) with respect to each Property which has
previously been included under clause (d) but has been owned by Parent or a Subsidiary of Parent
for more than six (6) consecutive calendar quarters, the quotient of (i) the Net Operating Income
attributable to such Property for the two (2) calendar quarters most recently ended times two (2),
divided by (ii) the Capitalization Rate, plus (f) the GAAP book value of Unimproved Land,
Mortgage Receivables and other promissory notes. The Parent’s pro rata share of assets held by
Unconsolidated Affiliates will be included in Total Asset Value calculations consistent with the
above described treatment for wholly-owned assets. For purposes of determining Total Asset Value,
Net Operating Income from Properties acquired or disposed of by the Parent, any Subsidiary of
Parent or any Unconsolidated Affiliate during the immediately preceding two (2) calendar quarters
of the Parent shall be excluded.



     “Total Commitment” means, as of any date, the sum of the then current Commitments of the
Lenders. As of the Effective Date, the Total Commitment (including the Swingline Commitment) is
$75,000,000, subject to increase upon an increase of the Commitment in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2.14.



     “Total Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness of the Parent, the Borrower and all of their
Subsidiaries determined on a Consolidated Basis.



     “Type” with respect to any Loan, refers to whether such Loan is a LIBOR Loan or Base Rate
Loan.



     “Unconsolidated Affiliate” means, in respect of any Person, any other Person (a) in whom such
Person holds an Investment, which Investment is accounted for in the financial statements of such
Person on an equity basis of accounting and whose financial results would not be consolidated under
GAAP with the financial results of such first Person on the consolidated financial statements of
such first Person, or (b) which is not a Subsidiary of such first Person.



     “Unfunded Liabilities” means, with respect to any Plan at any time, the amount (if any) by
which (a) the value of all benefit liabilities under such Plan, determined on a plan termination
basis using the assumptions prescribed by the PBGC for purposes of Section 4044 of ERISA, exceeds
(b) the fair market value of all Plan assets allocable to such liabilities under Title IV of ERISA
(excluding any accrued but unpaid contributions), all determined as of the then most recent
valuation date for such Plan, but only to the extent that such excess represents a potential
liability of a member of the ERISA Group to the PBGC or any other Person under Title IV of ERISA.



     “Unimproved Land” means land on which no development (other than improvements that are not
material and are temporary in nature) has occurred or for which as of the date of determination no
development or construction is planned in the following twelve (12) months.



     “Wachovia Bank” means Wachovia Bank, National Association and its successors.



     “Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of Borrower in respect of which all of the
equity securities or other ownership interests (other than, in the case of a corporation,
directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by Borrower.



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Section 2.0 General; References to Times.




     Unless otherwise indicated, all accounting terms, ratios and measurements shall be interpreted
or determined in accordance with GAAP in effect as of the Agreement Date. References in this
Agreement to “Sections”, “Articles”, “Exhibits” and “Schedules” are to sections, articles, exhibits
and schedules herein and hereto unless otherwise indicated. References in this Agreement to any
document, instrument or agreement (a) shall include all exhibits, schedules and other attachments
thereto, (b) shall include all documents, instruments or agreements issued or executed in
replacement thereof, to the extent permitted hereby and (c) means such document, instrument or
agreement, or replacement or predecessor thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise
modified as of the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter to the extent not
prohibited hereby and in effect at any given time. Wherever from the context it appears
appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or plural shall include the singular and
plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the
masculine, the feminine and the neuter. Titles and captions of Articles, Sections, subsections and
clauses in this Agreement are for convenience only, and neither limit nor amplify the provisions of
this Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to time are references to Charlotte,
North Carolina time.



ARTICLE II. CREDIT FACILITY




Section 1.0 Revolving Loans.




     (a) Generally. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, during the period from the
Effective Date to but excluding the Revolving Loan Termination Date, each Lender severally and not
jointly agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount at any one
time outstanding up to, but not exceeding, the amount of such Lender’s Commitment. Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, during the period from the Effective Date to but excluding
the Revolving Loan Termination Date, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Revolving Loans
hereunder.



     (b) Requesting Revolving Loans. The Borrower shall give the Agent notice pursuant to
a Notice of Borrowing or telephonic notice of each borrowing of Revolving Loans. Each Notice of
Borrowing shall be delivered to the Agent (i) before 11:00 a.m. in the case of LIBOR Loans, on the
date three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed date of such borrowing and (ii) in the case of
Base Rate Loans, on the date one (1) Business Day prior to the proposed date of such borrowing.
Any such telephonic notice shall include all information to be specified in a written Notice of
Borrowing and shall be promptly confirmed in writing by the Borrower pursuant to a Notice of
Borrowing sent to the Agent by telecopy on the same day of the giving of such telephonic notice.
The Agent will transmit by telecopy the Notice of Borrowing (or the information contained in such
Notice of Borrowing) or the information contained in a telephonic notice of borrowing (if such
telephonic notice is received prior to a Notice of Borrowing) to each Lender promptly upon receipt
by the Agent. Each Notice of Borrowing or telephonic notice of each borrowing shall be irrevocable
once given and binding on the Borrower.



     (c) Disbursements of Revolving Loan Proceeds. No later than 1:00 p.m. on the date
specified in the Notice of Borrowing, each Lender will make available for the account of its
applicable Lending Office to the Agent at the Principal Office, in immediately available funds, the
proceeds of the Revolving Loan to be made by such Lender. Subject to satisfaction of the
applicable conditions set forth in Article V for such borrowing, the Agent will make the proceeds
of such borrowing available to the Borrower in Dollars, in immediately available funds, no later
than 2:00 p.m. on the date and at the account specified by the Borrower in such Notice of
Borrowing.



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Section 2.0 Swingline Loans.




     (a) Swingline Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, during the period
from the Effective Date to but excluding the Revolving Loan Termination Date, the Swingline Lender
agrees to make Swingline Loans to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount at any one time
outstanding up to, but not exceeding, the amount of the Swingline Commitment. If at any time the
aggregate principal amount of the Swingline Loans outstanding at such time exceeds the Swingline
Commitment in effect at such time, the Borrower shall immediately pay the Agent for the account of
the Swingline Lender the amount of such excess. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Swingline Loans hereunder.



     (b) Procedure for Borrowing Swingline Loans. The Borrower shall give the Agent and
the Swingline Lender notice pursuant to a Notice of Swingline Borrowing or telephonic notice of
each borrowing of a Swingline Loan. Each Notice of Swingline Borrowing shall be delivered to the
Swingline Lender no later than 11:00 a.m. on the proposed date of such borrowing. Any such
telephonic notice shall include all information to be specified in a written Notice of Swingline
Borrowing and shall be promptly confirmed in writing by the Borrower pursuant to a Notice of
Swingline Borrowing sent to the Swingline Lender by telecopy on the same day of the giving of such
telephonic notice. On the date of the requested Swingline Loan and subject to satisfaction of the
applicable conditions set forth in Article V for such borrowing, the Swingline Lender will make the
proceeds of such Swingline Loan available to the Borrower in Dollars, in immediately available
funds, at the account specified by the Borrower in the Notice of Swingline Borrowing not later than
2:00 p.m. on such date.



     (c) Interest. Swingline Loans shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the
Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans. Interest payable on Swingline
Loans is solely for the account of the Swingline Lender. All accrued and unpaid interest on
Swingline Loans shall be payable on the dates and in the manner provided in Section 2.4 with
respect to interest on Base Rate Loans (except as the Swingline Lender and the Borrower may
otherwise agree in writing in connection with any particular Swingline Loan).



     (d) Swingline Loan Amounts, Etc. Each Swingline Loan shall be in the minimum amount
of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 or such other minimum amounts agreed to by the
Swingline Lender and the Borrower. Any voluntary prepayment of a Swingline Loan must be in
integral multiples of $100,000 or the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swingline Loans
(or such other minimum amounts upon which the Swingline Lender and the Borrower may agree) and in
connection with any such prepayment, the Borrower must give the Swingline Lender prior written
notice thereof no later than 10:00 a.m. on the date of such prepayment. The Swingline Loans shall,
in addition to this Agreement, be evidenced by the Swingline Note.



     (e) Repayment and Participations of Swingline Loans. The Borrower agrees to repay
each Swingline Loan within five (5) days after the date such Swingline Loan was made.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall repay the entire outstanding principal amount of,
and all accrued but unpaid interest on, the Swingline Loans on the Revolving Loan Termination Date
(or such earlier date as the Swingline Lender and the Borrower may agree in writing). In lieu of
demanding repayment of any outstanding Swingline Loan from the Borrower in respect of which the
Agent has not either (x) received a Notice of Borrowing indicating that such Swingline Loan is to
be repaid with the proceeds thereof within five (5) days of the date such Swingline Loan was made
or (y) received notice from the Borrower that it intends to repay such Swingline Loan within five
(5) days of the date such Swingline Loan was made and, in the case of this clause (y) only, such
Swingline Loan is not repaid by 11:30 a.m. on such date, the Swingline Lender may, on behalf of the
Borrower (which hereby irrevocably direct the Swingline Lender to act on their behalf), request a
borrowing of Revolving Loans (which shall be Base Rate Loans) from the Lenders in an amount equal
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Section 3.5(a) shall not apply to any borrowing of Base Rate Loans made pursuant to this
subsection. The Swingline Lender shall give notice to the Agent of any such borrowing of Base Rate
Loans not later than 12:00 noon on the proposed date of such borrowing, and the Agent shall
promptly give notice to the Lenders of any such borrowing of Base Rate Loans. No later than 2:00
p.m. on such date, each Lender will make available to the Agent at the Principal Office for the
account of Swingline Lender, in immediately available funds, the proceeds of the Base Rate Loan to
be made by such Lender. The Agent shall pay the proceeds of such Base Rate Loans to the Swingline
Lender, which shall apply such proceeds to repay such Swingline Loan. Immediately upon the making
of a Swingline Loan, each Lender will be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
agrees to, purchase, without recourse or warranty, an undivided participation interest in the
Swingline Loan in an amount equal to its Commitment Percentage of such Swingline Loan. If the
Lenders are prohibited from making Loans required to be made under this subsection for any reason,
including without limitation, the occurrence of any of the Events of Default described in Sections
10.1(f) or 10.1(g), each Lender shall fund its participation interest (regardless of whether the
conditions precedent thereto set forth in Section 5.2 are then satisfied, whether or not the
Borrower has submitted a Notice of Borrowing and whether or not the Commitments are then in effect,
any Event of Default exists or all the Loans have been accelerated) by paying the proceeds thereof
to the Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender in Dollars and in immediately available funds.
If such amount is not in fact made available to the Swingline Lender by any Lender, the Swingline
Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender, together with accrued
interest thereon for each day from the date of demand thereof, at the Federal Funds Rate. If such
Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the Swingline Lender’s demand therefor, and until
such time as such Lender makes the required payment, the Swingline Lender shall be deemed to
continue to have outstanding Swingline Loans in the amount of such unpaid participation obligation
for all purposes of the Loan Documents (other than those provisions requiring the other Lenders to
purchase a participation therein). Further, such Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any and
all payments made of principal and interest on its Revolving Loans, and any other amounts due to it
hereunder, to the Swingline Lender to fund Swingline Loans in the amount of the participation in
Swingline Loans that such Lender failed to purchase pursuant to this Section until such amount has
been purchased (as a result of such assignment or otherwise). A Lender’s obligation to purchase
such a participation in a Swingline Loan shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be
affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including without limitation, (i) any claim of setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender or any other Person may have or
claim against the Agent, the Swingline Lender or any other Person whatsoever, (ii) the occurrence
or continuation of a Default or Event of Default (including without limitation, any of the Defaults
or Events of Default described in Sections 10.1(f) or 10.1(g)) or the termination of any Lender’s
Commitment, (iii) the existence (or alleged existence) of an event or condition which has had or
could have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) any breach of any Loan Document by the Agent, any Lender
or the Borrower or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing. Upon the receipt by Swingline Lender of any payment in respect of
any Swingline Loan, Swingline Lender shall promptly pay to each Lender that has acquired and funded
a participation therein under this Section 2.2(e) such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such
payment; provided, however, that in the event that such payment received by the Swingline Lender is
required to be returned, such Lender will return to the Swingline Lender any portion thereof
previously distributed by the Swingline Lender to it.



Section 3.0 Letters of Credit.




     (a) Letters of Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the
Issuing Lender, on behalf of the Lenders, agrees to issue for the account of the Borrower during
the period from and including the Effective Date to, but excluding, the date 30 days prior to the
Revolving Loan Termination Date one or more Standby Letters of Credit up to a maximum aggregate
Stated Amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the L/C Commitment Amount with respect
thereto.



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     (b) Terms of Letters of Credit. At the time of issuance, the amount, form, terms and
conditions of each Letter of Credit, and of any drafts or acceptances thereunder, shall be subject
to approval by the Issuing Lender and the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may
(i) the amount of any Standby Letter of Credit be less than $300,000, or (ii) the expiration date
of any Standby Letter of Credit extend beyond the later of (A) one (1) year from the issuance date
of such Letter of Credit and (B) the date that is five (5) days prior to the Revolving Loan
Termination Date; provided, however, that a Standby Letter of Credit may provide for the renewal
thereof upon terms satisfactory to the Issuing Lender for an additional period of up to one (1)
year, which extension term shall in no event extend beyond the date referred to in Section
2.3(b)(ii).



     (c) Requests for Issuance of Standby Letters of Credit. The Borrower shall give the
Issuing Lender and the Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) at
least five (5) Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance of a Standby Letter of Credit,
such notice to describe in reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Standby Letter of Credit
and the nature of the transactions or obligations proposed to be supported by such Standby Letter
of Credit, and in any event shall set forth with respect to such Standby Letter of Credit (i) the
proposed initial Stated Amount, (ii) the beneficiary or beneficiaries, and (iii) the proposed
expiration date. The Borrower shall also execute and deliver such customary letter of credit
application forms as requested from time to time by the Issuing Lender. Provided the Borrower has
given the notice prescribed by the first sentence of this subsection and subject to Section 2.13
and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the
satisfaction of any applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article V, and Issuing Lender has
not received written notice from any Lender, the Agent or the Borrower, at least one Business Day
prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one
or more applicable conditions contained in Article V shall not be satisfied, the Issuing Lender
shall issue the requested Standby Letter of Credit on the requested date of issuance for the
benefit of the stipulated beneficiary. The Issuing Lender shall deliver to the Borrower a copy of
each issued Standby Letter of Credit within a reasonable time after the date of issuance thereof.
To the extent any term of a Letter of Credit Document is inconsistent with a term of any Loan
Document, the term of such Loan Document shall control.



     (d) Reimbursement Obligations. Upon receipt by the Issuing Lender from the
beneficiary of a Letter of Credit of any demand for payment under such Letter of Credit, the
Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Agent of the amount to be paid by the
Issuing Lender as a result of such demand and the date on which payment is to be made by the
Issuing Lender to such beneficiary in respect of such demand; provided, however,
the Issuing Lender’s failure to give, or delay in giving, such notice shall not discharge the
Borrower in any respect from the applicable Reimbursement Obligation. The Borrower hereby
unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to pay and reimburse the Agent for the account of the
Issuing Lender for the amount of each demand for payment under such Letter of Credit on or prior to
the date on which payment is to be made by the Issuing Lender to the beneficiary thereunder,
without presentment, demand, protest or other formalities of any kind. Upon receipt by the Issuing
Lender of any payment in respect of any Reimbursement Obligation, the Issuing Lender shall promptly
pay to each Lender that has acquired and funded a participation therein under the second sentence
of Section 2.3(i) such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such payment; provided, however, that in
the event that such payment received by the Issuing Lender is required to be returned, such Lender
will return to the Issuing Lender any portion thereof previously distributed by the Issuing Lender
to it.



     (e) Manner of Reimbursement. Upon its receipt of a notice referred to in Section
2.3(d), the Borrower shall advise the Agent and the Issuing Lender whether or not the Borrower
intends to borrow hereunder to finance its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Lender for the
amount of the related demand for payment. If the Borrower fails to so advise the Agent and the
Issuing Lender, or if the Borrower fails to reimburse the Issuing Lender for a demand for payment
under a Letter of Credit by the date of such payment, then (i) if the applicable conditions
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Revolving Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a borrowing of Revolving Loans
(which shall be Base Rate Loans) in an amount equal to the unpaid Reimbursement Obligation and the
Agent shall give each Lender prompt notice (which shall be no later than 12:00 p.m.) of the amount
of the Revolving Loan to be made available to the Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender not
later than 2:00 p.m. and (ii) if such conditions would not permit the making of Revolving Loans,
the provisions of Section 2.3(j) shall apply. The limitations of Section 3.5(a) shall not apply to
any borrowing of Base Rate Loans under this subsection.



     (f) Effect of Letters of Credit on Commitments. Upon the issuance by the Issuing
Lender of any Letter of Credit and until such Letter of Credit shall have expired or been
terminated, the Commitment of each Lender shall be deemed to be utilized for all purposes of this
Agreement in an amount equal to the product of (i) such Lender’s Commitment Percentage and (ii) the
sum of (A) the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit plus (B) any related Reimbursement
Obligations then outstanding.



     (g) Issuing Lender’s Duties Regarding Letters of Credit; Unconditional Nature of
Reimbursement Obligation. In examining documents presented in connection with drawings under
Letters of Credit and making payments under such Letters of Credit against such documents, the
Issuing Lender shall only be required to use the same standard of care as it uses in connection
with examining documents presented in connection with drawings under letters of credit in which it
has not sold participations and making payments under such letters of credit. The Borrower assumes
all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit by, the respective
beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing,
neither the Agent, the Issuing Lender nor any of the Lenders shall be responsible for (i) the form,
validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effects of any document submitted by any
party in connection with the application for and issuance of or any drawing honored under any
Letter of Credit even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid,
insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument
transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any 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; (iii) failure of the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit to comply
fully with conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit; (iv) errors, omissions,
interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telex,
telecopy or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher; (v) errors in interpretation of technical
terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to
make a drawing under any Letter of Credit, or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication by
the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit, or the proceeds of any drawing under any Letter of Credit;
or (viii) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of the Agent, the Issuing Lender
or the Lenders. None of the above shall affect, impair or prevent the vesting of any of the
Agent’s, the Issuing Lender’s or any Lender’s rights or powers hereunder. Any action taken or
omitted to be taken by the Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit, if
taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, shall not create against
the Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender any liability to the Borrower or any Lender. In this
connection, the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Lender for any drawing made
under any Letter of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid
strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances whatsoever,
including without limitation, the following circumstances: (A) any lack of validity or
enforceability of any Letter of Credit Document or any term or provisions therein; (B) any
amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all or any of the Letter of Credit
Documents; (C) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right which the Borrower may
have at any time against the Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Lender, any beneficiary or transferee
of a Letter of Credit or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the
transactions contemplated hereby or in the Letter of Credit Documents or any unrelated transaction;
(D) any breach of contract or dispute between the Borrower, any beneficiary or transferee of a
Letter of Credit, the Agent, the Issuing Lender, any Lender or any other Person; (E) any draft,
certificate, demand, statement or any other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to
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forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein or made in
connection therewith being untrue or inaccurate in any respect whatsoever; (F) any non-application
or misapplication by the beneficiary or transferee of a Letter of Credit or any other Person of the
proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; (G) payment by the Issuing Lender under any
Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft, certificate, demand, statement or other document
which does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; (H) any improper use which may be
made of any Letter of Credit or any improper acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee of
any Letter of Credit in connection therewith; (I) any irregularity in the transaction with respect
to which any Letter of Credit is issued, including any fraud by the beneficiary or any transferee
of such Letter of Credit; (J) the legality, validity, form, regularity or enforceability of the
Letter of Credit; (K) the failure of any payment by Issuing Lender to conform to the terms of a
Letter of Credit (if, in Issuing Lender’s good faith judgment, such payment is determined to be
appropriate); (L) the surrender or impairment of any security for the performance or observance of
any of the terms of any of the Loan Documents; (M) the occurrence of any Default or Event of
Default; and (N) any other act, omission to act, delay or circumstance whatsoever that might, but
for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable defense to or discharge of the
Borrower’s Reimbursement Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Section or Section 12.9, but not in limitation of the Borrower’s unconditional obligation to
reimburse the Issuing Lender for any drawing made under a Letter of Credit as provided in this
Section, the Borrower shall have no obligation to indemnify the Agent, the Issuing Lender or any
Lender in respect of any liability incurred by the Issuing Lender arising solely out of the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender in respect of a Letter of Credit (including,
without limitation, a failure of Issuing Lender to comply with the terms of a Letter of Credit) as
actually and finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Except as otherwise provided
in this Section, nothing in this Section shall affect any rights the Borrower may have with respect
to the Issuing Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to any Letter of
Credit.



     (h) Amendments, Etc. The issuance by the Issuing Lender of any extension, amendment,
supplement or other modification to any Letter of Credit shall be subject to the same conditions
applicable under this Agreement to the issuance of new Letters of Credit (including, without
limitation, that the request therefor be made through the Issuing Lender), and no such extension,
amendment, supplement or other modification shall be issued unless either (i) the respective Letter
of Credit affected thereby would have complied with such conditions had it originally been issued
hereunder in such extended, amended, supplemented or modified form or (ii) the Requisite Lenders
shall have consented thereto. In connection with any such extension, amendment, supplement or
other modification, the Borrower shall pay the Fees, if any, payable under Section 3.6(b).



     (i) Lenders’ Participation in Letters of Credit. Immediately upon the issuance by the
Issuing Lender of any Letter of Credit each Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and
unconditionally purchased and received from the Issuing Lender, without recourse or warranty, an
undivided interest and participation to the extent of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the
liability of the Issuing Lender with respect to such Letter of Credit and each Lender thereby shall
absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably assume, as primary obligor and not as surety, and shall
be unconditionally obligated to the Issuing Lender to pay and discharge when due, such Lender’s
Commitment Percentage of the Issuing Lender’s liability under such Letter of Credit. In addition,
upon the making of each payment by a Lender to the Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender in
respect of any Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.3(j), such Lender shall, automatically and
without any further action on the part of the Agent, the Issuing Lender or such Lender, acquire (i)
a participation in an amount equal to such payment in the Reimbursement Obligation owing to the
Issuing Lender by the Borrower in respect of such Letter of Credit and (ii) a participation in a
percentage equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage in any interest or other amounts payable by
the Borrower in respect of such Reimbursement Obligation (other than the Fees payable to the
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     (j) Payment Obligation of Lenders. Each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agent
for the account of the Issuing Lender on demand in immediately available funds in Dollars the
amount of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of each drawing paid by the Issuing Lender under each
Letter of Credit to the extent such amount is not reimbursed by the Borrower pursuant to Section
2.3(d). Each such Lender’s obligation to make such payments to the Agent for the account of the
Issuing Lender under this subsection, and the Issuing Lender’s right to receive the same, shall be
absolute, irrevocable and unconditional and shall not be affected in any way by any circumstance
whatsoever, including without limitation, (i) the failure of any other Lender to make its payment
under this subsection, (ii) the financial condition of the Borrower or any other Obligor, (iii) the
existence of any Default or Event of Default, including any Event of Default described in Section
10.1(f) or 10.1(g), or (iv) the termination of the Commitments. Each such payment to the Agent for
the account of the Issuing Lender shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or
deduction whatsoever.



     (k) Information to Lenders. Upon the reasonable request of any Lender from time to
time, the Issuing Lender shall deliver to such Lender information reasonably requested by such
Lender with respect to each Letter of Credit then outstanding. Other than as set forth in this
subsection, the Issuing Lender shall have no duty to notify the Lenders regarding the issuance or
other matters regarding Letters of Credit issued hereunder. The failure of the Issuing Lender to
perform its requirements under this subsection shall not relieve any Lender from its obligations
under Section 2.3(j).



Section 4.0 Rates and Payment of Interest on Loans.




     (a) Rates. The Borrower promises to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender
interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan made by such Lender for the period from and
including the date of the making of such Loan to but excluding the date such Loan shall be paid in
full, at the following per annum rates:



          (i) during such periods as a Revolving Loan is a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate (as in
effect from time to time) plus the Applicable Margin (utilizing the applicable “Base Rate Margin”
as identified in the definition of Applicable Margin); and




          (ii) during such periods as a Revolving Loan is a LIBOR Loan, at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate
for such Loan for the Interest Period therefor plus the Applicable Margin (using the applicable
“LIBOR Margin” as identified in the definition of Applicable Margin).



Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Borrower shall
pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender interest at the Post-Default Rate on the
outstanding principal amount of any Loan made by such Lender, on all Reimbursement Obligations and
on any other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder or under the Notes held by such Lender to or
for the account of such Lender (including without limitation, accrued but unpaid interest to the
extent permitted under Applicable Law).




     (b) Payment of Interest. Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears
(i) in the case of a Base Rate Loan on the first day of each calendar month, (ii) in the case of a
LIBOR Loan, on the last day of each Interest Period therefor (provided, however, if any Interest
Period for a LIBOR Loan exceeds ninety (90) days, interest shall also be payable with respect to
such Loans on the ninetieth (90th) day following the commencement of such Interest
Period), and (iii) in the case of any Loan, upon the payment, prepayment or Continuation thereof or
the Conversion of such Loan to a Loan of another Type (but only on the principal amount so paid,
prepaid, Continued or Converted). Interest payable at the Post-Default Rate shall be payable from
time to time on demand. Promptly after the determination of any interest rate provided for herein
or any change therein, the Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders to which such interest is
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hereunder shall be conclusive and binding on the Lenders and the Borrower for all purposes,
absent manifest error (that is an obvious mathematical error).



Section 5.0 Number of Interest Periods.




     There may be no more than six (6) different Interest Periods for LIBOR Loans that are
Revolving Loans outstanding at the same time.



Section 6.0 Repayment of Loans.




     The Borrower shall repay the entire outstanding principal amount of, and all accrued but
unpaid interest on, the Loans, together with all other amounts then outstanding under this
Agreement, on the Revolving Loan Termination Date.



Section 7.0 Prepayments.




     (a) Optional. Subject to Section 3.5 and Section 4.4, the Borrower may prepay any
Loan at any time without premium or penalty. The Borrower shall give the Agent at least one (1)
Business Day’s prior written notice of the prepayment of any Revolving Loan. Prepayments shall be
accompanied by the payment of all accrued interest on the amount so prepaid.



     (b) Mandatory.



          (i) If at any time the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans, together
with the aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit Liabilities and the aggregate principal amount of
all outstanding Swingline Loans, exceeds the amount of the total Commitment in effect at such time,
the Borrower shall immediately pay to the Agent for the accounts of the Lenders the amount of such
excess. Such payment shall be applied by the Agent to pay all amounts of principal outstanding on
the Swingline Loans and any Reimbursement Obligations and then to any Revolving Loans Outstanding
pro rata in accordance with Section 3.2 and if any Letters of Credit are outstanding at such time
the remainder, if any, shall be deposited by the Agent into the Collateral Account for application
to any Reimbursement Obligations. If the Borrower is required to pay any outstanding LIBOR Loans
by reason of this Section prior to the end of the applicable Interest Period therefor, the Borrower
shall pay all amounts due under Section 4.4.




          (ii) If at any time the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans, together with the
aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit Liabilities and the aggregate principal amount of all
outstanding Swingline Loans, exceeds the amount of the Available Amount in effect at such time, the
Borrower shall pay to the Agent within five (5) Business Days of such event for the accounts of the
Lenders the amount of such excess. Such payment shall be applied by the Agent to pay all amounts
of principal outstanding on the Swingline Loans and any Reimbursement Obligations and then to any
Revolving Loans outstanding pro rata in accordance with Section 3.2 and if any Letters of Credit
are outstanding at such time the remainder, if any, shall be deposited by the Agent into the
Collateral Account for application to any Reimbursement Obligations. If the Borrower is required
to pay any outstanding LIBOR Loans by reason of this Section prior to the end of the applicable
Interest Period therefor, the Borrower shall pay all amounts due under Section 4.4.




Section 8.0 Continuation.




     So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower
may on any Business Day, with respect to any Revolving Loan that is a LIBOR Loan, elect to maintain
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LIBOR Loan. Each new Interest Period selected under this Section shall commence on the last
day of the immediately preceding Interest Period. Each selection of a new Interest Period shall be
made by the Borrower’s giving to the Agent a Notice of Continuation not later than 11:00 a.m. on
the third (3rd) Business Day prior to the date of any such Continuation. Such notice by
the Borrower of a Continuation shall be by telephone or telecopy, confirmed immediately in writing
if by telephone, in the form of a Notice of Continuation, specifying (a) the proposed date of such
Continuation, (b) the LIBOR Loans and portions thereof subject to such Continuation and (c) the
duration of the selected Interest Period, all of which shall be specified in such manner as is
necessary to comply with all limitations on Loans outstanding hereunder. Each Notice of
Continuation shall be irrevocable by and binding on the Borrower once given. Promptly after
receipt of a Notice of Continuation, the Agent shall notify each applicable Lender by telecopy, or
other similar form of transmission, of the proposed Continuation. If the Borrower shall fail to
select in a timely manner a new Interest Period for any such LIBOR Loan in accordance with this
Section, or shall fail to give a timely Notice of Continuation with respect to a Base Rate Loan, or
if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such Loan will
automatically, on the last day of the current Interest Period therefor, Convert into (or, with
respect to a Base Rate Loan, continue as) a Base Rate Loan notwithstanding the first sentence of
Section 2.9 or the Borrower’s failure to comply with any of the terms of such Section.



Section 9.0 Conversion.




     So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower
may on any Business Day, upon the Borrower’s giving of a Notice of Conversion to the Agent, Convert
all or a portion of a Revolving Loan of one Type into a Revolving Loan of another Type. Any
Conversion of a Revolving Loan that is a LIBOR Loan into a Base Rate Loan shall be made on, and
only on, the last day of an Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan and, upon Conversion of a Base Rate
Loan into a LIBOR Loan, the Borrower shall pay accrued interest to the date of Conversion on the
principal amount so Converted. Each such Notice of Conversion shall be given not later than 11:00
a.m. on the Business Day prior to the date of any proposed Conversion into Base Rate Loans and on
the third (3rd) Business Day prior to the date of any proposed Conversion into LIBOR
Loans. Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Conversion, the Agent shall notify each applicable
Lender by telecopy, or other similar form of transmission, of the proposed Conversion. Subject to
the restrictions specified above, each Notice of Conversion shall be by telephone (confirmed
immediately in writing) or telecopy in the form of a Notice of Conversion specifying (a) the
requested date of such Conversion, (b) the Type of Revolving Loan to be Converted, (c) the portion
of such Type of Revolving Loan to be Converted, (d) the Type of Revolving Loan such Revolving Loan
is to be Converted into and (e) if such Conversion is into a LIBOR Loan, the requested duration of
the Interest Period of such Loan. Each Notice of Conversion shall be irrevocable by and binding on
the Borrower once given.



Section 10.0 Notes.




     (a) Revolving Note. The Revolving Loans made by each Lender shall, in addition to
this Agreement, also be evidenced by a promissory note of the Borrower substantially in the form of
Exhibit M (each a “Revolving Note”), payable to the order of such Lender in a principal
amount equal to the amount of its Commitment as originally in effect and otherwise duly completed.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Wachovia’s Note includes the Available Increase Amount, which as of
the date of this Agreement is not available to be borrowed by Borrower, but which may become
available after the date of this Agreement as provided in Section 2.14.



     (b) Records. The date, amount, interest rate, Type and duration of Interest Periods
(if applicable) of each Loan made by each Lender to the Borrower, and each payment made on account
of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by such Lender on its books and such entries shall be
binding on the Borrower absent manifest error (that is an obvious mathematical error).



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     (c) Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Notes. Upon receipt by the Borrower of (i)
written notice from a Lender that a Note of such Lender has been lost, stolen, destroyed or
mutilated, and (ii) (A) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, an unsecured agreement of
indemnity from such Lender in form reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower, or (B) in the case of
mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of such Note, the Borrower shall at its own expense
execute and deliver to such Lender a new Note dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or
mutilated Note.



Section 11.0 Voluntary Reductions of the Commitment.




     The Borrower shall have the right to terminate or reduce the aggregate unused amount of the
Commitments (for which purpose use of the Commitments shall be deemed to include the aggregate
amount of Letter of Credit Liabilities and the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding
Swingline Loans) at any time and from time to time without penalty or premium upon not less than
fifteen (15) Business Days prior written notice to the Agent of each such termination or reduction,
which notice shall specify the effective date thereof and the amount of any such reduction and
shall be irrevocable once given and effective only upon receipt by the Agent. The Agent will
promptly transmit such notice to each Lender. Any reduction of the Commitments shall also result
in a proportionate reduction (rounded to the next lowest integral multiple of $100,000) in the L/C
Commitment Amount and in the Swingline Commitment. The Commitments may not be reduced below
$50,000,000 in the aggregate unless the Borrower terminates the Commitments in their entirety, and,
once terminated or reduced, the Commitments may not be increased or reinstated.



Section 12.0 Expiration or Maturity Date of Letters of Credit Past Revolving Loan Termination Date.




     If on the date (the “Facility Termination Date”) the Commitments are terminated (whether
voluntarily, by reason of the occurrence of an Event of Default or otherwise), there are any
Letters of Credit outstanding hereunder, without limiting the terms of Section 2.3(b), the Borrower
shall, on the Facility Termination Date, pay to the Agent an amount of money equal to the Stated
Amount of such Letter(s) of Credit for deposit into the Collateral Account. If a drawing pursuant
to any such Letter of Credit (including for the purposes hereof any Standby Letter of Credit whose
term is extended beyond the Revolving Loan Termination Date pursuant to Section 2.3(b)) occurs on
or prior to the expiration date of such Letter of Credit, the Borrower authorizes the Issuing
Lender to notify the Agent, and authorize the Agent to pay to the Issuing Lender monies deposited
in the Collateral Account for Issuing Lender to make payment to the beneficiary with respect to
such drawing or the payee with respect to such presentment. If no drawing occurs on or prior to
the expiration date of such Letter of Credit, the Agent shall withdraw the monies deposited in the
Collateral Account with respect to such outstanding Letter of Credit on or before the date twenty
(20) Business Days after the expiration date of such Letter of Credit and apply such funds to the
Obligations, if any, then due and payable in the order prescribed by Section 10.3. No amount drawn
under a Letter of Credit shall be subject to reinstatement.



Section 13.0 Amount Limitations.




     Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, at no time may
the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans, together with the aggregate
principal amount of all outstanding Swingline Loans and the aggregate amount of all Letter of
Credit Liabilities, exceed the total Commitments at such time.



Section 14.0 Increase of Commitments.




     Subject to the approval of the Agent, the Borrower shall have the right to request an increase
in the aggregate amount of the Commitments by providing written notice to the Agent, which notice
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irrevocable once given; provided that (a) the aggregate amount of such increases in the
Commitments pursuant to this Section shall not exceed $125,000,000 (the “Available Increase
Amount”); (b) Borrower may not exercise its rights pursuant to this Section 2.14 more than three
(3) times; and (c) Borrower may not exercise its rights under this Section 2.14 if there are less
than six (6) full months to the Revolving Loan Termination Date. Each such increase in the
Commitments must be an aggregate minimum amount of $25,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000
in excess thereof. The Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of such request. Each existing
Lender shall have the right to increase its Commitment by an amount so that such Lender’s
Commitment Percentage shall not be decreased as a result of such requested increase in the
Commitments. All other allocations of such requested increase shall be subject to the approval of
the Agent. Each Lender shall notify the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the
Agent’s notice whether such Lender wishes to increase the amount of its Commitment. If a Lender
fails to deliver any such notice to the Agent within such time period, then such Lender shall be
deemed to have declined to increase its Commitment. No Lender shall be required to increase its
Commitment and any new Lender(s) becoming a party to this Agreement in connection with any such
requested increase must be an Eligible Assignee. As a condition to any increase in the Commitment,
the Borrower shall pay to the Agent such fees as it may require in connection with the arrangement
of such increase, and to the Lenders acquiring such increase such fees as they may require in
connection therewith, which fees shall, when paid, be fully earned and non-refundable under any
circumstances. In the event a new Lender or Lenders become a party to this Agreement, or if any
existing Lender agrees to increase its Commitment, such Lender shall on the date it becomes a
Lender hereunder (or increases its Commitment, in the case of an existing Lender) (and as a
condition thereto) purchase from the other Lenders its Commitment Percentage (as determined after
giving effect to the increase of Commitments) of any outstanding Revolving Loans, by making
available to the Agent for the account of such other Lenders at the Principal Office, in same day
funds, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the portion of the outstanding principal amount of such
Revolving Loans to be purchased by such Lender plus (b) the aggregate amount of payments previously
made by the other Lenders under Sections 2.2(e) or 2.3(j) which have not been repaid, and the
Borrower shall pay to such other Lenders interest accrued and unpaid to and as of such date on such
portion of the outstanding principal amount of such Revolving Loans. The Borrower shall also pay
to the Lenders amounts payable, if any, to such Lenders under Section 4.4 as a result of the
prepayment of any such Revolving Loans. No increase of the Commitments may be effected under this
Section if either (x) a Default or Event of Default shall be in existence on the effective date of
such increase or (y) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the
Borrower or any other Obligor in any Loan Document is not (or would not be) true or correct in all
material respects on the effective date of such increase (except for representations or warranties
which expressly relate solely to an earlier date). In addition, as a condition to the
effectiveness of any increase, the Borrower and the Guarantors shall execute and deliver to Agent
and the Lenders such additional documents (including, without limitation, amendments to the
Security Documents), instruments, certifications and opinions as the Agent may reasonably require,
and the Borrower shall pay the cost of any mortgagee’s title insurance policy or any endorsement or
update thereto or any updated title and UCC searches, all recording costs and fees, and any and all
intangible taxes or other documentary or mortgage taxes, assessments or charges or any similar
fees, taxes or expenses which are demanded or payable in connection with such increase. In
connection with any increase in the aggregate amount of the Commitments pursuant to this
subsection, (A) any Lender becoming a party hereto shall execute such documents and agreements as
the Agent may reasonably request and (B) the Borrower shall make appropriate arrangements so that
each new Lender, and any existing Lender increasing its Commitment, receives a new or replacement
Revolving Note, as appropriate, in the amount of such Lender’s Commitment contemporaneously with of
the effectiveness of the applicable increase in the aggregate amount of Commitments. Upon the
effective date of the increase in the aggregate Total Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.14,
Wachovia shall assign a portion of its Revolving Note equal to the amount of such increase acquired
by the Lenders or an assignee and such amount shall become part of the aggregate Total Commitment.



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Section 15.0 Advances by Agent.




     Unless the Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the specified date of
borrowing that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Agent the Loan to be made by
such Lender on such date, the Agent may assume that such Lender will make the proceeds of such Loan
available to the Agent on the date of the requested borrowing and the Agent may (but shall not be
obligated to), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower the amount of such
Loan to be provided by such Lender and such Lender shall be liable to Agent for the amount of such
advance. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount upon the Agent’s demand therefor,
the Agent will promptly notify the Borrower, and the Borrower shall promptly pay such corresponding
amount to the Agent. The Agent shall also be entitled to recover from the Lender or the Borrower,
as the case may be, interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such
corresponding amount was made available by the Agent to the Borrower to the date such corresponding
amount is recovered by the Agent at a per annum rate equal to (i) from the Borrower at the
applicable rate for such Loan or (ii) from a Lender at the Federal Funds Rate. Subject to the
terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 12.15), Borrower does not waive any
claim that it may have against a Defaulting Lender.



Section 16.0 Extension of Revolving Loan Termination Date.




     (a) Provided that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Borrower shall have the right to extend the Revolving Loan Termination Date to October 31, 2010
upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent which must be satisfied prior to the
effectiveness of such extension of the Revolving Loan Termination Date:



          (i) Extension Request. The Borrower shall deliver written notice of such request (the
“Extension Request”) to Agent not earlier than the date which is one hundred eighty (180) days
prior to the Revolving Loan Termination Date and not later than the date which is ninety (90) days
prior to the Revolving Loan Termination Date;




          (ii) Payment of the Extension Fee. Borrower shall pay to Agent the extension fee
pursuant to Section 3.6(d);




          (iii) No Default. On the date the Extension Request is submitted and on the Revolving
Loan Termination Date (as determined without regard to such extension), there shall exist no
Default or Event of Default;




          (iv) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by or on
behalf of the Borrower, the other Obligors and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower and the other
Obligors in the Loan Documents or otherwise made by or on behalf of the Borrower, the other
Obligors and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower and the other Obligors in connection therewith or
after the date thereof (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely
to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and
accurate on and as of such earlier date)) shall have been true and correct in all material respects
(and without regard to any qualifications limiting such representations to knowledge or belief) on
the date the Extension Request is made and on the Revolving Loan Termination Date (as determined
without regard to such Extension Request); and



Each Extension Request shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that all of
the foregoing conditions have been satisfied on the date of such Extension Request. The Borrower
shall not have the right to make an Extension Request at any time after the Revolving Loan
Termination Date.




     (b) In the event that the Revolving Loan Termination Date has been extended as provided in
Section 2.16(a), then provided that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing,



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the Borrower shall have the option to be exercised by giving an Extension Request to the Agent
not more than one hundred eighty (180) days and not less than ninety (90) days prior to the
scheduled Revolving Loan Termination Date, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, to extend the Revolving Loan Termination Date by one (1) additional year to October 31,
2011. The obligation of the Agent and the Lenders to extend the Revolving Loan Termination Date as
provided in this Section 2.16 shall be subject to the satisfaction again of each and every
condition set forth in Section 2.16(a).



Section 17.0 Appraisals; Appraised Value.




     (a) The Agent may, for the purpose of determining the current Appraised Value of the
Collateral Pool Properties, obtain new Appraisals or an update to existing Appraisals with respect
to the Collateral Pool Properties, or any of them, as the Agent shall determine (i) at any time
that the regulatory requirements of any Lender generally applicable to real estate loans of the
category made under this Agreement as reasonably interpreted by such Lender shall require more
frequent Appraisals, or (ii) at any time following a Default or Event of Default, or (iii) if the
Agent reasonably believes that there has been a material adverse change with respect to any
Collateral Pool Property including, without limitation, a material change in the market in which
any Collateral Pool Property is located which may affect the value of such Collateral Pool
Property. The expense of such Appraisals and/or updates performed pursuant to this Section 2.17(a)
shall be borne by the Borrower and payable to Agent within fifteen (15) days of demand.



     (b) The Borrower acknowledges that the Agent has the right to approve any Appraisal performed
pursuant to this Agreement. The Borrower further agrees that the Lenders and Agent do not make any
representations or warranties with respect to any such Appraisal and shall have no liability as a
result of or in connection with any such Appraisal for statements contained in such Appraisal,
including without limitation, the accuracy and completeness of information, estimates, conclusions
and opinions contained in such Appraisal, or variance of such Appraisal from the fair value of such
property that is the subject of such Appraisal given by the local tax assessor’s office, or the
Borrower’s idea of the value of such property.



Section 18.0 Addition of Collateral Pool Properties.




     (a) After the Effective Date, the Borrower shall have the right, subject to the consent of the
Agent and the Required Lenders (which consent may be withheld in their sole and absolute
discretion) and the satisfaction by the Borrower of the conditions set forth in this Section 2.18,
to add Potential Collateral to the Collateral Pool Properties. In the event the Borrower desires
to add additional Potential Collateral as aforesaid, the Borrower shall provide written notice to
the Agent of such request (which the Agent shall promptly furnish to the Lenders), together with
all documentation and other information required to permit the Agent to determine whether such
Property is Eligible Real Estate. Thereafter, the Agent shall have ten (10) Business Days from the
date of the receipt of such documentation and other information to advise the Borrower whether the
Required Lenders consent to the acceptance of such Potential Collateral. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no Potential Collateral shall be included as a Collateral Pool Property unless and until
the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied:



          (i) such Potential Collateral shall be Eligible Real Estate;




          (ii) the owner of any such Potential Collateral (and any indirect owner of such Subsidiary
Guarantor if the owner of such Property is or is to become a Subsidiary Guarantor) shall have
executed a Joinder Agreement and satisfied the conditions of Section 7.12;




          (iii) the Borrower or the Subsidiary which is the owner of the Potential Collateral shall have
executed and delivered to the Agent all Eligible Real Estate Qualification Documents, all of




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which instruments, documents or agreements shall be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent;




          (iv) after giving effect to the inclusion of such Potential Collateral, each of the
representations and warranties made by or on behalf of the Borrower and each other Obligor
contained in this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or in any document or instrument delivered
pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall be true and accurate in all material
respects both as of the date as of which it was made and shall also be true and accurate as of the
time of the addition of the Collateral Pool Property, except to the extent that such
representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such
representations and warranties shall have been true and accurate on and as of such earlier date)
and except for changes in factual circumstances specifically and expressly permitted hereunder, and
no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (including, without
limitation, any Default under Section 9.14); and




          (v) the Agent shall have consented to, and Agent shall have received the prior written consent
of the Required Lenders to, the inclusion of such Property as a Collateral Pool Property.




     (b) Borrower may, at its option, obtain preliminary approval of the Required Lenders of or
Potential Collateral by delivering to the Agent and each of the Lenders the following with respect
to such Potential Collateral:



          (i) a physical description of the Property;




          (ii) current rent rolls, historic operating statements and operating and capital budgets (if
available to Borrower), and projected operating and near-term capital expenditure budgets for such
Property reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders;




          (iii) a current environmental report, a current engineering report and similar information
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent; and




          (iv) a certification to the knowledge of Borrower that such Property will satisfy (or is
anticipated to satisfy upon the acceptance of such Property as a Collateral Pool Property) each of
the other conditions to the acceptance of Property as a Collateral Pool Property. The Required
Lenders shall have ten (10) Business Days following receipt of all of the foregoing items to grant
or deny preliminary approval for such proposed Potential Collateral. If a Lender shall fail to
respond within such ten (10) Business Day period, such Lender shall be deemed to have approved such
proposed Potential Collateral. Agent shall notify the Borrower if and when the Required Lenders
have granted such preliminary approval. In the event that the Required Lenders grant such
preliminary approval, the Borrower shall satisfy the remaining requirements to the acceptance of
such Property as a Collateral Pool Property as provided in this Section 2.18. Such Property shall
not be included as a Collateral Pool Property until the requirements of this Section 2.18 are
satisfied.




Section 19.0 Release of Collateral Pool Property.




     Provided no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred hereunder and be continuing (or
would exist immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Section 2.19),
the Agent shall release a Collateral Pool Property from the lien or security title of the Security
Documents encumbering the same in connection with a sale, other permanent disposition or
refinancing of such Collateral Pool Property as permitted by this Agreement upon the request of the
Borrower subject to and upon the following terms and conditions:



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     (a) the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent written notice of its desire to obtain such
release no later than ten (10) days prior to the date on which such release is to be effected;



     (b) the Borrower shall submit to the Agent with such request a Compliance Certificate prepared
using the financial statements of the Borrower most recently provided or required to be provided to
the Agent under Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 adjusted in the best good faith estimate of the Borrower
to give effect to the proposed release and demonstrating that no Default or Event of Default with
respect to the covenants referred to therein shall exist after giving effect to such release;



     (c) all release documents to be executed by the Agent shall be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;



     (d) the Borrower shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses of the Agent in connection with
such release, including without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees;



     (e) such release shall be permitted under the Mezzanine Loan Documents, upon consummation
thereof no default or event of default under any of the Mezzanine Loan Documents shall exist, and
such Collateral Pool Property shall be released from the Mezzanine Loan Documents;



     (f) the Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of the Lenders a release price, which
payment shall be applied to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Loans as provided in
Section 2.7(b)(ii), in an amount equal to the amount necessary to reduce the outstanding principal
balance of the Loans and the Letter of Credit Liabilities so that no violation of the covenant set
forth in Section 9.1(f) shall occur; and



     (g) without limiting or affecting any other provision hereof, any release of a Collateral Pool
Property will not cause the Borrower to be in violation of the covenants set forth in Sections 9.1
or 9.14.



ARTICLE III. PAYMENTS, FEES AND OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS




Section 1.0 Payments.




     Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, all payments of principal, interest and other
amounts to be made by the Borrower under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made in
Dollars, in immediately available funds, without deduction, set-off or counterclaim, to the Agent
at its Principal Office, not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date on which such payment shall become
due (each such payment made after such time on such due date to be deemed to have been made on the
next succeeding Business Day). Subject to Sections 3.2 and 3.3., the Agent may (but shall not be
obligated to) debit the amount of any such payment which is not made by such time from any special
or general deposit account of Borrower with the Agent. The Borrower shall, at the time of making
each payment under this Agreement or any Note, specify to the Agent the amounts payable by the
Borrower hereunder to which such payment is to be applied. Each payment received by the Agent for
the account of a Lender under this Agreement or any Note shall be paid to such Lender at the
applicable Lending Office of such Lender no later than one (1) Business Day after receipt. If the
Agent fails to pay such amount to a Lender as provided in the previous sentence, the Agent shall
pay interest on such amount until paid at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from
time to time in effect. If the due date of any payment under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document would otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business Day such date shall be extended to
the next succeeding Business Day and interest shall be payable for the period of such extension.
If a court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge that any amount received and distributed by the
Agent is to be repaid, each Person to whom any such distribution shall have been made shall either
repay to the Agent its proportionate share of the amount so adjudged to be repaid or shall pay over
the same in such manner and to such Persons as shall be determined by such court.



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Section 2.0 Pro Rata Treatment.




     Except to the extent otherwise provided herein: (i) each borrowing from the Lenders under
Section 2.1(a) shall be made from the Lenders, each payment of the Fees under Section 3.6(a),
Section 3.6(b)(ii) and Section 3.6(d) shall be made for the account of the Lenders, and each
termination or reduction of the amount of the Commitments under Section 2.11 shall be applied to
the respective Commitments of the Lenders, pro rata according to the amounts of their respective
Commitments; (ii) each payment or prepayment of principal of Revolving Loans by the Borrower shall
be made for the account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid principal
amounts of the Revolving Loans held by them, provided that if immediately prior to giving effect to
any such payment in respect of any Revolving Loans the outstanding principal amount of the
Revolving Loans shall not be held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective
Commitments in effect at the time such Revolving Loans were made, then such payment shall be
applied to the Revolving Loans in such manner as shall result, as nearly as is practicable, in the
outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans being held by the Lenders pro rata in
accordance with their respective Commitments; (iii) each payment of interest on Revolving Loans by
the Borrower shall be made for the account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the amount of
interest on such Revolving Loans then due and payable to the respective Lenders; (iv) the making,
Conversion and Continuation of Revolving Loans of a particular Type (other than Conversions
provided for by Section 4.6) shall be made pro rata among the Lenders according to the amounts of
their respective Commitments (in the case of making of Revolving Loans) or their respective
Revolving Loans (in the case of Conversions and Continuations of Revolving Loans) and the then
current Interest Period for each Lender’s portion of each Revolving Loan of such Type shall be
coterminous; (v) the Lenders’ participation in, and payment obligations in respect of, Letters of
Credit under Section 2.3, shall be pro rata in accordance with their respective Commitments; and
(vi) the Lenders’ participation in, and payment obligations in respect of, Swingline Loans under
Section 2.2, shall be in accordance with their respective Commitments. All payments of principal,
interest, fees and other amounts in respect of the Swingline Loans shall be for the account of the
Swingline Lender only (except to the extent any Lender shall have acquired a participating interest
in any such Swingline Loan pursuant to Section 2.2(e)).



Section 3.0 Sharing of Payments, Etc.




     If a Lender shall obtain payment of any principal of, or interest on, any Loan made by it to
the Borrower under this Agreement, or shall obtain payment on any other Obligation owing by the
Borrower or an Obligor through the exercise of any right of set-off, banker’s lien or counterclaim
or similar right or otherwise or through voluntary prepayments directly to a Lender or other
payments made by the Borrower to a Lender not in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and
such payment should be distributed to some or all of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with
Section 3.2 or Section 10.3, as applicable, such Lender shall promptly purchase from the other
applicable Lenders participations in (or, if and to the extent specified by such Lender, direct
interests in) the Loans made by such other Lenders or other Obligations owed to such other Lenders
in such amounts, and make such other adjustments from time to time as shall be equitable, to the
end that all the applicable Lenders shall share the benefit of such payment (net of any reasonable
expenses which may be incurred by such Lender in obtaining or preserving such benefit) pro rata in
accordance with Section 3.2 or Section 10.3. To such end, all the applicable Lenders shall make
appropriate adjustments among themselves (by the resale of participations sold or otherwise) if
such payment is rescinded or must otherwise be restored. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so
purchasing a participation (or direct interest) in the Loans or other Obligations owed to such
other Lenders may exercise all rights of set-off, banker’s lien, counterclaim or similar rights
with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct holder of Loans in the
amount of such participation. Nothing contained herein shall require any Lender to exercise any
such right or shall affect the right of any Lender to exercise, and retain the benefits of
exercising, any such right with respect to any other indebtedness or obligation of the Borrower.



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Section 4.0 Several Obligations.




     No Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make a Loan or to
perform any other obligation to be made or performed by such other Lender hereunder, and the
failure of any Lender to make a Loan or to perform any other obligation to be made or performed by
it hereunder shall not relieve the obligation of any other Lender to make any Loan or to perform
any other obligation to be made or performed by such other Lender.



Section 5.0 Minimum Amounts.




     (a) Borrowings and Conversions. Each borrowing of Base Rate Loans shall be in an
aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000. Each borrowing and each Conversion of LIBOR Loans shall be
in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that
amount.



     (b) Prepayments. Each voluntary prepayment of Revolving Loans (except pursuant to
Section 2.19(f)) shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of
$500,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans then
outstanding).



     (c) Reductions of Commitments. Each reduction of the Commitments under Section 2.11
shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof.



Section 6.0 Fees.




     (a) Unused Fee. Borrower agrees to pay Agent for the account of each Lender an annual
unused fee calculated at the rate per annum set forth below on the average daily amount by which
the total Commitment exceeds the sum of outstanding Revolving Loans plus the Stated Amount of the
Letters of Credit during such calendar quarter for the period from and including the Agreement Date
to but excluding the date the total Commitment is terminated or reduced to zero or the Revolving
Loan Termination Date. The unused fee shall be calculated based on the ratio (expressed as a
percentage) of (a) the average daily amount of the sum of outstanding Revolving Loans plus the
Stated Amount of the Letters of Credit during such calendar quarter to (b) the total Commitment as
follows:



	 	 	 	 	 
	Ratio of Outstanding principal	 	 
	balance of Revolving Loans and	 	 
	Letters of Credit to total Commitment	 	Rate
	Less than 50%
	 	 	0.250	%
	Greater than or equal to 50%
	 	 	0.125	%





Such fee when paid shall be non-refundable and shall be paid in arrears on (i) the last Business
Day of March, June, September and December, (ii) the date of each reduction of the Commitments (but
only on the amount of the reduction) and (iii) the Revolving Loan Termination Date.




     (b) Letter of Credit Fees.



          (i) The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender only, and not
the account of any other Lender, a fee in respect of each Letter of Credit at the rate equal to
one-




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eighth of one percent (0.125%) of the Stated Amount of each Letter of Credit (but in any event
not less than $500) payable (A) for the period from and including the date of issuance of such
Letter of Credit through and including the expiration date of such Letter of Credit and (B) if the
expiration date of any Letter of Credit is extended (whether as a result of the operation of an
automatic extension clause or otherwise), for the period from but excluding the previous expiration
date to and including the extended expiration date.




          (ii) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender a letter of credit
fee at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans that are LIBOR Loans
times the daily average Stated Amount of each Letter of Credit for the period from and including
the date of issuance or extension of such Letter of Credit (A) to and including the date such
Letter of Credit expires or is terminated or (B) to but excluding the date such Letter of Credit is
drawn in full. Such fees shall be nonrefundable and payable in arrears on the last Business Day of
March, June, September and December in each year, on the Revolving Loan Termination Date, and on
the date the Commitments are terminated or reduced to zero. During the continuance of an Event of
Default, the Letter of Credit fee payable pursuant to this Section 3.6(b)(ii) shall be payable at a
rate per annum equal to the sum of (x) the Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans that are LIBOR
Loans plus (y) four percent (4%), and such fees shall be due and payable upon demand.




          (iii) The Borrower shall pay directly to the Issuing Lender from time to time on demand all
commissions, charges, costs and expenses in the amounts customarily charged by the Issuing Lender
from time to time in like circumstances with respect to the issuance of each Letter of Credit,
drawings, amendments and other transactions relating thereto.




     (c) Administrative and Other Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay the reasonable
administrative and other fees of the Agent as may be agreed to in writing from time to time.



     (d) Extension Fee. Borrower agrees to pay Agent for the account of each Lender an
extension fee concurrently with the extension of the Revolving Loan Termination Date pursuant to
Section 2.16 equal to 0.20% of the total Commitment (the “Extension Fee”).



Section 7.0 Computations.




     Unless otherwise expressly set forth herein, any accrued interest on any Loan, any Fees or any
other Obligations due hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days (or a year of
365 days in the case of Base Rate Loans) and the actual number of days elapsed.



Section 8.0 Usury.




     In no event shall the amount of interest due or payable on the Loans or other Obligations
exceed the maximum rate of interest allowed by Applicable Law and, if any such payment is paid by
the Borrower or received by any Lender, then such excess sum shall be credited as a payment of
principal, unless the Borrower shall notify the respective Lender in writing that the Borrower
elects to have such excess sum returned to it forthwith. It is the express intent of the parties
hereto that the Borrower not pay and the Lenders not receive, directly or indirectly, in any manner
whatsoever, interest in excess of that which may be lawfully paid by the Borrower under Applicable
Law.



Section 9.0 Agreement Regarding Interest and Charges.




     The parties hereto hereby agree and stipulate that the only charge imposed upon the Borrower
for the use of money in connection with this Agreement is and shall be the interest specifically
described in Section 2.2(c), Section 2.3 and Section 2.4(a)(i) and (ii). Notwithstanding the
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hereto further agree and stipulate that all agency fees, syndication fees, arrangement fees,
amendment fees, up-front fees, commitment fees, facility fees, unused fee, exit fees, closing fees,
letter of credit fees, underwriting fees, default charges, late charges, funding or “breakage”
charges, increased cost charges, attorneys’ fees and reimbursement for costs and expenses paid by
the Agent or any Lender to third parties or for damages incurred by the Agent or any Lender, or any
other similar amounts are charges made to compensate the Agent or any such Lender for underwriting
or administrative services and costs or losses performed or incurred, and to be performed or
incurred, by the Agent and the Lenders in connection with this Agreement and shall under no
circumstances be deemed to be charges for the use of money. Borrower hereby acknowledges and
agrees that the Lenders have imposed no minimum borrowing requirements, reserve or escrow balances
or compensating balances related in any way to the Obligations. Any use by Borrower of
certificates of deposit issued by any Lender or other accounts maintained with any Lender has been
and shall be voluntary on the part of Borrower. All charges other than charges for the use of
money shall be fully earned and nonrefundable when due.



Section 10.0 Statements of Account.




     The Agent will account to the Borrower monthly with a statement of Loans, Letters of Credit,
accrued interest and Fees, charges and payments made pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, and such account rendered by the Agent shall be deemed conclusive upon Borrower absent
manifest error. The failure of the Agent to deliver such a statement of accounts shall not relieve
or discharge the Borrower from any of its obligations hereunder.



Section 11.0 Defaulting Lenders.




     (a) Generally. If for any reason any Lender (a “Defaulting Lender”) shall fail or
refuse to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which
it is a party within the time period specified for performance of such obligation or, if no time
period is specified, if such failure or refusal continues for a period of two (2) Business Days
after notice from the Agent, then, in addition to the rights and remedies that may be available to
the Agent or the Borrower under this Agreement or Applicable Law, such Defaulting Lender’s right to
participate in the administration of the Loans, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
including without limitation, any right to vote in respect of, to consent to or to direct any
action or inaction of the Agent or to be taken into account in the calculation of all of the
Lenders or the Requisite Lenders, shall be suspended during the pendency of such failure or
refusal. If a Lender is a Defaulting Lender because it has failed to make timely payment to the
Agent of any amount required to be paid to the Agent hereunder (without giving effect to any notice
or cure periods), in addition to other rights and remedies which the Agent or the Borrower may have
under the immediately preceding provisions or otherwise, the Agent shall be entitled (i) to collect
interest from such Defaulting Lender on such delinquent payment for the period from the date on
which the payment was due until the date on which the payment is made at the Federal Funds Rate,
(ii) to withhold or setoff and to apply in satisfaction of the defaulted payment and any related
interest, any amounts otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, and (iii) to bring an action or suit against such Defaulting Lender in a court of
competent jurisdiction to recover the defaulted amount and any related interest. Any amounts
received by the Agent in respect of a Defaulting Lender’s Loans shall not be paid to such
Defaulting Lender and shall be held uninvested by the Agent and either applied against the purchase
price of such Loans under Section 3.11(b) or paid to such Defaulting Lender upon the Defaulting
Lender’s curing of its default. Subject to the terms of this Agreement (including, without
limitation, Section 12.15), Borrower does not waive any claim that it may have against a Defaulting
Lender.



     (b) Purchase or Cancellation of Defaulting Lender’s Commitment. Any Lender who is not
a Defaulting Lender shall have the right, but not the obligation, in its sole discretion, to
acquire all of a Defaulting Lender’s Commitment. Any Lender desiring to exercise such right shall
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thereof to the Agent and the Borrower no sooner than two (2) Business Days and not later than
fifteen (15) Business Days after such Defaulting Lender became a Defaulting Lender. If more than
one Lender exercises such right, each such Lender shall have the right to acquire an amount of such
Defaulting Lender’s Commitment in proportion to the Commitments of the other Lenders exercising
such right. If after such fifteenth (15th) Business Day, the Lenders have not elected
to purchase all of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, by giving
written notice thereof to the Agent, such Defaulting Lender and the other Lenders, either (i)
demand that such Defaulting Lender assign its Commitment to an Eligible Assignee approved by Agent
(such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) subject to and in accordance with the
provisions of Section 12.5(d) for the purchase price provided for below or (ii) terminate the
Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, whereupon such Defaulting Lender shall no longer be a party
hereto or have any rights or obligations hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents (except
as expressly provided in this Section 3.11(b)). No party hereto shall have any obligation
whatsoever to initiate any such replacement or to assist in finding an Eligible Assignee. Upon any
such purchase or assignment, the Defaulting Lender’s interest in the Loans and its rights hereunder
(but not its liability in respect thereof or under the Loan Documents or this Agreement to the
extent the same relate to the period prior to the effective date of the purchase) shall terminate
on the date of purchase, and the Defaulting Lender shall promptly execute all documents reasonably
requested to surrender and transfer such interest to the purchaser or assignee thereof, including
an appropriate Assignment and Acceptance Agreement and, notwithstanding Section 12.5(d), shall pay
to the Agent an assignment fee in the amount of $3,500. The purchase price for the Commitment of a
Defaulting Lender shall be equal to the amount of the principal balance of the Loans outstanding
and owed by the Borrower to the Defaulting Lender. Prior to payment of such purchase price to a
Defaulting Lender, the Agent shall apply against such purchase price any amounts retained by the
Agent pursuant to the last sentence of Section 3.11(a). The Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to
receive amounts owed to it by the Borrower under the Loan Documents which accrued prior to the date
of the default by the Defaulting Lender, to the extent the same are received by the Agent from or
on behalf of the Borrower. There shall be no recourse against any Lender or the Agent for the
payment of such sums except to the extent of the receipt of payments from any other party or in
respect of the Loans.



Section 12.0 Taxes.




     (a) Taxes Generally. All payments by the Borrower of principal of, and interest on,
the Loans and all other Obligations shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any
present or future excise, stamp or other taxes, fees, duties, levies, imposts, charges, deductions,
withholdings or other charges of any nature whatsoever imposed by any taxing authority, but
excluding (i) franchise taxes, and (ii) any taxes imposed on or measured by any Lender’s assets,
net income, receipts or branch profits (such non-excluded items being collectively called “Taxes”).
If any withholding or deduction from any payment to be made by the Borrower hereunder is required
in respect of any Taxes pursuant to any Applicable Law, then the Borrower will:



          (i) pay directly to the relevant Governmental Authority the full amount required to be so
withheld or deducted;




          (ii) promptly forward to the Agent an official receipt or other documentation satisfactory to
the Agent evidencing such payment to such Governmental Authority; and




          (iii) pay to the Agent for its account or the account of the applicable Lender, as the case
may be, such additional amount or amounts as is necessary to ensure that the net amount actually
received by the Agent or such Lender will equal the full amount that the Agent or such Lender would
have received had no such withholding or deduction been required.




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     (b) Tax Indemnification. If the Borrower fails to pay any Taxes when due to the
appropriate Governmental Authority or fails to remit to the Agent, for its account or the account
of the respective Lender, as the case may be, the required receipts or other required documentary
evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify the Agent and the Lenders for any incremental Taxes,
interest or penalties that may become payable by the Agent or any Lender as a result of any such
failure. For purposes of this Section, a distribution hereunder by the Agent or any Lender to or
for the account of any Lender shall be deemed a payment by the Borrower.



     (c) Tax Forms. Prior to the date that any Lender or participant organized under the
laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States of America becomes a party hereto, such Person
shall deliver to the Borrower and the Agent (but only so long as such Lender or participant is or
remains lawfully able to do so) such certificates, documents or other evidence, as required by the
Internal Revenue Code or Treasury Regulations issued pursuant thereto (including Internal Revenue
Service Forms W-8ECI and W-8BEN, as applicable, or appropriate successor forms), properly
completed, currently effective and duly executed by such Lender or participant indicating whether
payments to it hereunder and under the Notes are (i) not subject to United States Federal backup
withholding tax or (ii) not subject to United States Federal withholding tax under the Internal
Revenue Code because such payment is either effectively connected with the conduct by such Lender
or participant of a trade or business in the United States or totally exempt from United States
Federal withholding tax by reason of the application of the provisions of a treaty to which the
United States is a party or such Lender is otherwise wholly exempt; provided that nothing herein
(including, without limitation, the failure or inability to provide any of such certificates,
documents or other evidence) shall relieve the Borrower of its obligations under this Section 3.12.
In addition, any such Lender or participant shall deliver to the Borrower and the Agent (but only
so long as such Lender or participant is or remains lawfully able to do so) further copies of any
such certificate, document or other evidence on or before the date that any such certificate,
document or other evidence expires or becomes obsolete.



ARTICLE IV. YIELD PROTECTION, ETC.




Section 1.0 Additional Costs; Capital Adequacy.




     (a) Additional Costs. The Borrower shall promptly pay to the Agent for the account of
a Lender from time to time such amounts as such Lender may determine to be necessary to compensate
such Lender for any costs incurred by such Lender that it reasonably determines are attributable to
its making or maintaining of any LIBOR Loans or its obligation to make any LIBOR Loans hereunder,
any reduction in any amount receivable by such Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents in respect of any of such Loans or such obligation or the maintenance by such Lender of
capital in respect of its Loans or its Commitment (such increases in costs and reductions in
amounts receivable being herein called “Additional Costs”), resulting from any Regulatory Change
that: (i) changes the basis of taxation of any amounts payable to such Lender under this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents in respect of any of such Loans or its Commitment (other than
taxes which are excluded from the definition of Taxes pursuant to the first sentence of Section
3.12(a)); or (ii) imposes or modifies any reserve, special deposit or similar requirements (other
than Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or other reserve
requirement to the extent utilized in the determination of the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate for such
Loan) relating to any extensions of credit or other assets of, or any deposits with or other
liabilities of, such Lender, or any commitment of such Lender (including, without limitation, the
Commitments of such Lender hereunder); or (iii) has or would have the effect of reducing the rate
of return on capital of such Lender to a level below that which such Lender could have achieved but
for such Regulatory Change (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies with respect to
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     (b) Lender’s Suspension of LIBOR Loans. Without limiting the effect of the provisions
of Section 4.1(a), if, by reason of any Regulatory Change, any Lender either (i) incurs Additional
Costs based on or measured by the excess above a specified level of the amount of a category of
deposits or other liabilities of such Lender that includes deposits by reference to which the
interest rate on LIBOR Loans is determined as provided in this Agreement or a category of
extensions of credit or other assets of such Lender that includes LIBOR Loans or (ii) becomes
subject to restrictions on the amount of such a category of liabilities or assets that it may hold,
then, if such Lender so elects by notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Agent), the obligation
of such Lender to make or Continue, or to Convert any other Type of Loans into, LIBOR Loans
hereunder shall be suspended until such Regulatory Change ceases to be in effect (in which case the
provisions of Section 4.6 shall apply).



     (c) Additional Costs in Respect of Letters of Credit. Without limiting the
obligations of the Borrower under the preceding subsections of this Section (but without
duplication), if as a result of any Regulatory Change or any risk-based capital guideline or other
requirement heretofore or hereafter issued by any Governmental Authority there shall be imposed,
modified or deemed applicable any tax, reserve, special deposit, capital adequacy or similar
requirement against or with respect to or measured by reference to Letters of Credit and the result
shall be to increase the cost to the Issuing Lender of issuing (or any Lender of purchasing
participations in) or maintaining its obligation hereunder to issue (or purchase participations in)
any Letter of Credit or reduce any amount receivable by the Issuing Lender or any Lender hereunder
in respect of any Letter of Credit, then, upon demand by the Issuing Lender or such Lender, the
Borrower shall pay promptly, and in any event within thirty (30) days of demand, to the Agent for
its account or the account of the Issuing Lender or such Lender, as applicable, from time to time
as specified by the Issuing Lender or a Lender, such additional amounts as shall be sufficient to
compensate the Issuing Lender or such Lender for such increased costs or reductions in amount.



     (d) Notification and Determination of Additional Costs. Each of the Agent and each
Lender agrees to notify the Borrower of any event occurring after the Agreement Date entitling the
Agent or such Lender to compensation under any of the preceding subsections of this Section as
promptly as practicable; provided, however, the failure of the Agent or any Lender to give such
notice shall not release the Borrower from any of its obligations hereunder; provided,
however, that notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Agent or a
Lender, as the case may be, shall not be entitled to compensation for any such amount relating to
any period ending more than six (6) months prior to the date that the Agent or such Lender, as
applicable, first notifies the Borrower in writing thereof. The Agent and or such Lender agrees to
furnish to the Borrower a certificate setting forth the basis and amount of each request by the
Agent or such Lender for compensation under this Section. Absent manifest error (that is an
obvious mathematical error), determinations by the Agent or any Lender of the effect of any
Regulatory Change shall be conclusive, provided that such determinations are made on a reasonable
basis and in good faith.



Section 2.0 Suspension of LIBOR Loans.




     Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if, on or prior to the determination of any
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period:



     (a) the Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be conclusive) that by reason
of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
ascertaining the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period, or



     (b) the Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be conclusive) that the
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate as determined by the Agent will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost
to the Lenders of making or maintaining LIBOR Loans for such Interest Period;



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then the Agent shall give the Borrower and each Lender prompt notice thereof and, so long as such
condition remains in effect, the Lenders shall be under no obligation to, and shall not, make
additional LIBOR Loans, Continue LIBOR Loans or Convert Loans into LIBOR Loans and the Borrower
shall, on the last day of each current Interest Period for each outstanding LIBOR Loan, either
repay such Loan or Convert such Loan into a Base Rate Loan.



Section 3.0 Illegality.




     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if it becomes unlawful for any Lender
to honor its obligation to make or maintain LIBOR Loans hereunder, then such Lender shall promptly
notify the Borrower thereof (with a copy to the Agent) and such Lender’s obligation to make or
Continue, or to Convert Loans of any other Type into, LIBOR Loans shall be suspended until such
time as such Lender may again make and maintain LIBOR Loans (in which case the provisions of
Section 4.6 shall be applicable).



Section 4.0 Compensation.




     The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender, upon the request of such
Lender through the Agent, such amount or amounts as shall be sufficient (in the reasonable opinion
of such Lender) to compensate it for any loss, cost or expense that such Lender determines is
attributable to:



     (a) any payment or prepayment (whether mandatory or optional) of a LIBOR Loan, or Conversion
of a LIBOR Loan, made by such Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, acceleration)
on a date other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan; or



     (b) any failure by the Borrower for any reason (including, without limitation, the failure of
any of the applicable conditions precedent specified in Article V to be satisfied) to borrow a
LIBOR Loan from such Lender on the date for such borrowing, or to Convert a Base Rate Loan into a
LIBOR Loan or Continue a LIBOR Loan on the requested date of such Conversion or Continuation.



Upon the Borrower’s request, any Lender requesting compensation under this Section shall provide
the Borrower with a statement setting forth the basis for requesting such compensation and the
method for determining the amount thereof. Each Lender may use any reasonable averaging and
attribution methods generally applied by such Lender and may include, without limitation,
administrative costs as a component of such loss, cost or expense. Absent manifest error,
determinations by any Lender in any such statement shall be conclusive, provided that such
determinations are made on a reasonable basis and in good faith.



Section 5.0 Affected Lenders.




     If (a) a Lender requests compensation pursuant to Section 3.12 or 4.1, and the Requisite
Lenders are not also doing the same, or (b) the obligation of any Lender to make LIBOR Loans or to
Continue, or to Convert Base Rate Loans into, LIBOR Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section
4.1(b) or 4.3. but the obligation of the Requisite Lenders shall not have been suspended under such
Sections, then, so long as there does not then exist any Default or Event of Default, the Borrower,
within thirty (30) days of such request for compensation or suspension, as applicable, may either
(i) demand that such Lender (the “Affected Lender”), and upon such demand the Affected Lender shall
promptly, assign its Commitments to an Eligible Assignee subject to and in accordance with the
provisions of Section 12.5(d) for a purchase price equal to the aggregate principal balance of
Loans then owing to the Affected Lender plus any accrued but unpaid interest thereon and accrued
but unpaid fees owing to the Affected Lender, or (ii) pay to the Affected Lender the aggregate
principal balance of Loans then owing to the Affected Lender plus any accrued but unpaid interest
thereon and accrued but unpaid fees owing to the Affected Lender,



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whereupon the Affected Lender shall no longer be a party hereto or have any rights or
obligations hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents. Each of the Agent and the Affected
Lender shall reasonably cooperate in effectuating the replacement of such Affected Lender under
this Section, but at no time shall the Agent, such Affected Lender nor any other Lender be
obligated in any way whatsoever to initiate any such replacement or to assist in finding an
Eligible Assignee. The exercise by the Borrower of its rights under this Section shall be at the
Borrower’s sole cost and expense and at no cost or expense to the Agent, the Affected Lender or any
of the other Lenders. The terms of this Section shall not in any way limit the Borrower’s
obligation to pay to any Affected Lender compensation owing to such Affected Lender pursuant to
Section 3.12, 4.1 or 4.4.



Section 6.0 Treatment of Affected Loans.




     If the obligation of any Lender to make LIBOR Loans or to Continue, or to Convert Base Rate
Loans into, LIBOR Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section 4.1(b), 4.2 or 4.3, then such
Lender’s LIBOR Loans shall be automatically Converted into Base Rate Loans on the last day(s) of
the then current Interest Period(s) for LIBOR Loans (or, in the case of a Conversion required by
Section 4.1(b) or 4.3, on such earlier date as such Lender may specify to the Borrower with a copy
to the Agent) and, unless and until such Lender gives notice as provided below that the
circumstances specified in Section 4.1 or 4.3 that gave rise to such Conversion no longer exist:



     (a) to the extent that such Lender’s LIBOR Loans have been so Converted, all payments and
prepayments of principal that would otherwise be applied to such Lender’s LIBOR Loans shall be
applied instead to its Base Rate Loans; and



     (b) all Loans that would otherwise be made or Continued by such Lender as LIBOR Loans shall be
made or Continued instead as Base Rate Loans, and all Base Rate Loans of such Lender that would
otherwise be Converted into LIBOR Loans shall remain as Base Rate Loans.


If such Lender gives notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Agent) that the circumstances
specified in Section 4.1 or 4.3 that gave rise to the Conversion of such Lender’s LIBOR Loans
pursuant to this Section no longer exist (which such Lender agrees to do promptly upon such
circumstances ceasing to exist) at a time when LIBOR Loans made by other Lenders are outstanding,
then such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans that are Base Rate Loans shall be automatically
Converted, on the first day(s) of the next succeeding Interest Period(s) for such outstanding LIBOR
Loans, to the extent necessary so that, after giving effect thereto, all Revolving Loans held by
the Lenders holding LIBOR Loans and by such Lender are held pro rata (as to principal amounts,
Types and Interest Periods) in accordance with their respective Commitments.




Section 7.0 Change of Lending Office.




     Each Lender agrees that it will use reasonable efforts to designate an alternate Lending
Office with respect to any of its Loans affected by the matters or circumstances described in
Sections 3.12, 4.1 or 4.3 to reduce the liability of the Borrower or avoid the results provided
thereunder, so long as such designation is not disadvantageous to such Lender as determined by such
Lender in its sole discretion, except that such Lender shall have no obligation to designate a
Lending Office located in the United States of America.



Section 8.0 Assumptions Concerning Funding of LIBOR Loans.




     Calculation of all amounts payable to a Lender under this Article IV shall be made as though
such Lender had actually funded LIBOR Loans through the purchase of deposits in the relevant market
bearing interest at the rate applicable to such LIBOR Loans in an amount equal to the amount of the
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Loans and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period; provided, however,
that each Lender may fund each of its LIBOR Loans in any manner it sees fit and the foregoing
assumption shall be used only for calculation of amounts payable under this Article IV.



ARTICLE V. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT




Section 1.0 Initial Conditions Precedent.




     The obligation of the Lenders to effect or permit the occurrence of the first Credit Event
hereunder, whether as the making of a Loan or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, is subject to the
following conditions precedent:



     (a) The Agent shall have received each of the following, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Agent:



          (i) Counterparts of this Agreement executed by each of the parties hereto;




          (ii) Revolving Notes executed by the Borrower payable to each Lender and complying with the
applicable provisions of Section 2.10, and the Swingline Note executed by the Borrower payable to
the Agent (which Notes shall be promptly forwarded by the Agent to the applicable Lender);




          (iii) The Guaranty executed by each Guarantor existing as of the Effective Date;




          (iv) The Security Documents relating to the Collateral Pool Properties existing as of the
Effective Date, together with the Eligible Real Estate Qualification Documents for such Collateral
Pool Properties;




          (v) A favorable opinion of counsel to the Obligors, addressed to the Agent, the Lenders and
the Swingline Lender, addressing such matters as Agent may reasonably require (provided that such
opinion shall not address compliance with zoning or “best available remedies” under applicable
state law or the enforceability of any provisions of the Guaranty which reference California law
(except with respect to Collateral Properties located in California));




          (vi) The Governing Documents of Borrower, each Guarantor and each general partner, managing
member (or Person performing similar functions) of such Persons certified as of a recent date by
the Secretary of State of the State of formation of the applicable Person;




          (vii) A good standing certificate with respect to Borrower, each Guarantor and each general
partner, managing member (or Person performing similar functions) of such Persons issued as of a
recent date by the appropriate Secretary of State (and any state department of taxation, as
applicable) and certificates of qualification to transact business or other comparable certificates
issued by the Secretary of State (and any state department of taxation, as applicable), of each
state in which such Person is organized, in which the Collateral Pool Properties owned (or leased
pursuant to an Eligible Ground Lease) by such Person are located, and wherever such Person is
required to be so qualified and where the failure to be so qualified would have, in each instance,
a Material Adverse Effect;




          (viii) A certificate of incumbency signed by the general partner, secretary (or Person
performing similar functions) of Borrower, each Guarantor and their respective general partners,
managing members (or Person performing similar functions) as to each of the partners, officers or
other Persons authorized to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party
and the officers or other representatives of the Borrower then authorized to deliver Notices of
Borrowing, Notices




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of Continuation, Notices of Conversion, Notices of Swingline Borrowings and to request the
issuance of Letters of Credit;




          (ix) Copies, certified by the general partner, secretary or other authorized Person of each of
the Borrower, the Guarantors and their respective general partners, managing members (or Persons
performing similar functions) of such Persons of all partnership, limited liability company,
corporate (or comparable) action taken by such Person to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of the Loan Documents to which such Persons are a party;




          (x) A copy of each document or agreement evidencing any of the Indebtedness described in
Schedule 6.1(g) as Agent may request, in each case certified as true, correct and complete
by the chief operating officer or chief financial officer of the Borrower;




          (xi) The Fees then due and payable under Section 3.6, and any other Fees payable to the Agent
and the Lenders on or prior to the Effective Date;




          (xii) A pro forma Compliance Certificate calculated as of the Agreement Date;




          (xiii) Evidence of the closing of the Mezzanine Loan;




          (xiv) An original executed counterpart of the Intercreditor Agreement; and




          (xv) Such other documents, agreements and instruments as the Agent on behalf of the Lenders
may reasonably request; and




     (b) In the good faith judgment of the Agent and the Lenders:



          (i) There shall not have occurred or become known to the Agent or any of the Lenders any
event, condition, situation or status since the date of the information contained in the financial
and business projections, budgets, pro forma data and forecasts concerning the Borrower, the other
Obligors, their respective Subsidiaries and the Collateral Pool Properties delivered to the Agent
and the Lenders prior to the Agreement Date that has had or could reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect;




          (ii) No litigation, action, suit, investigation or other arbitral, administrative or judicial
proceeding shall be pending or threatened which could reasonably be expected to (1) result in a
Material Adverse Effect or (2) restrain or enjoin, impose materially burdensome conditions on, or
otherwise materially and adversely affect the ability of the Borrower or any other Obligor to
fulfill the respective obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party;




          (iii) The Borrower, the other Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries 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 hereby without the occurrence of
any default under, conflict with or violation of (1) any Applicable Law or (2) any agreement,
document or instrument to which the Borrower or any other Obligor 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 (A) have a
Material Adverse Effect, or (B) restrain or enjoin, impose materially burdensome conditions on, or
otherwise materially and adversely affect the ability of the Borrower or any other Obligor to
fulfill their respective obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party;




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          (iv) There shall not have occurred or exist any other material disruption of financial or
capital markets that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents; and




          (v) The Formation Transactions and the IPO shall have been consummated, the Parent shall have
received gross cash proceeds from the IPO in an amount not less than $4,500,000.00, and the Agent
and the Lenders shall be satisfied with the debt, ownership, management and capitalization
transactions relating to Borrower and Parent.




Section 2.0 Conditions Precedent to All Loans and Letters of Credit.




     (a) The obligations of the Lenders to make any Loans, of the Issuing Lender to issue Letters
of Credit, and of the Swingline Lender to make any Swingline Loan are all subject to the further
condition precedent that: (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
as of the date of the making of such Loan or date of issuance of such Letter of Credit or would
exist immediately after giving effect thereto; (ii) the representations and warranties made or
deemed made by the Borrower and each other Obligor in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a
party, shall be true and correct in all material respects (and without regard to any qualifications
limiting such representations to knowledge or belief) on and as of the date of the making of such
Loan or date of issuance of such Letter of Credit with the same force and effect as if made on and
as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate
solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true
and accurate on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances
specifically and expressly permitted hereunder, and (iii) in the case of the borrowing of Revolving
Loans, the Agent shall have received a timely Notice of Borrowing. Each Credit Event shall
constitute a certification by the Borrower to the effect set forth in the preceding sentence (both
as of the date of the giving of notice relating to such Credit Event and, unless the Borrower
otherwise notifies the Agent and the Issuing Lender, as applicable, prior to the date of such
Credit Event, as of the date of the occurrence of such Credit Event). In addition, if such Credit
Event is the making of a Loan, the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented to the Agent and
the Lenders at the time such Loan is made that all applicable conditions to the making of such Loan
contained in Article V have been satisfied.



     (b) At such times as Agent shall determine in its discretion prior to each funding, to the
extent available under applicable law, a “date down” endorsement to each Title Policy indicating no
change in the state of title and containing no survey exceptions not approved by the Agent, which
endorsement shall, expressly or by virtue of a proper “revolving credit” clause or endorsement in
each Title Policy, increase the coverage of each Title Policy to the aggregate amount of all Loans
advanced and outstanding and the Stated Amount of Letters of Credit issued and outstanding on or
before the effective date of such endorsement (provided that the amount of coverage under an
individual Title Policy for an individual Collateral Pool Property need not equal the aggregate
amount of all Loans and the Stated Amount of all Letters of Credit), or if such endorsement is not
available, such other evidence and assurances as the Agent may reasonably require (which evidence
may include, without limitation, an affidavit from the Borrower stating that there have been no
changes in title from the date of the last effective date of the Title Policy).



     (c) As a condition precedent to the Lenders’ obligations to make any Loans available to the
Borrower hereunder and to the Issuing Lender’s obligation to issue Letters of Credit, the Borrower
will pay to the Agent any mortgage, recording, intangible, documentary stamp or other similar taxes
and charges which the Agent reasonably determines to be payable as a result of such Loan or Letter
of Credit to any state or any county or municipality thereof in which any of the Collateral Pool
Properties are located, and deliver to the Agent such affidavits or other information which the
Agent reasonably determines to be necessary in connection with such payment in order to insure that
the Mortgages on the Collateral Pool Property located in such state secure the Borrower’s
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or Letters of Credit then being requested by the Borrower. The provisions of this Section
5.2(c) shall not limit the Borrower’s obligations under other provisions of the Loan Documents,
including without limitation Sections 12.2 and 12.9 hereof.



Section 3.0 Conditions as Covenants.




     If the Lenders make any Loans, or the Issuing Lender issues a Letter of Credit, prior to the
satisfaction of all applicable conditions precedent set forth in Sections 5.1 and 5.2, the Borrower
shall nevertheless cause such condition or conditions to be satisfied within five (5) Business Days
after the date of the making of such Loans or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. Unless set
forth in writing to the contrary, the making of its initial Loan by a Lender shall constitute a
certification by such Lender to the Agent and the other Lenders that the Borrower has satisfied the
conditions precedent for initial Loans set forth in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 or such Lender has waived
such conditions.



ARTICLE VI. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES




Section 1.0 Representations and Warranties.




     In order to induce the Agent and each Lender to enter into this Agreement and to make Loans
and issue Letters of Credit, the Borrower represents and warrants to the Agent and each Lender as
follows:



     (a) Organization; Power; Qualification. Each of the Borrower, the other Obligors and
their respective Subsidiaries is a corporation, partnership or other legal entity, duly organized
or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
formation, has the power and authority to own or lease its respective properties and to carry on
its respective business as now being and hereafter proposed to be conducted and is duly qualified
and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, partnership or other legal entity, and authorized
to do business, in each jurisdiction in which the Collateral Pool Properties owned by it are
located and in each other jurisdiction in which the character of its properties or the nature of
its business requires such qualification or authorization and where the failure to be so qualified
or authorized could reasonably be expected to have, in each instance, a Material Adverse Effect.



     (b) Ownership Structure. As of the Agreement Date Part I of Schedule 6.1(b)
is a complete and correct list or diagram of all Subsidiaries of Borrower and the other Obligors
setting forth for each such Subsidiary (i) the jurisdiction of organization of such Subsidiary,
(ii) each Obligor which holds any Equity Interests in such Subsidiary, (iii) the nature of the
Equity Interests held by each such Person, and (iv) the percentage of ownership of such Subsidiary
represented by such Equity Interests. Except as disclosed in such Schedule, as of the Agreement
Date (i) each Obligor and its Subsidiaries owns, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted
Liens) and Negative Pledges, and has the unencumbered right to vote, all outstanding Equity
Interests in each Person shown to be held by it on such Schedule, (ii) all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of each such Person organized as a corporation is validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable, and (iii) there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants,
commitments, preemptive rights or agreements of any kind (including, without limitation, any
stockholders’ or voting trust agreements) for the issuance, sale, registration or voting of, or
outstanding securities convertible into, any additional shares of capital stock of any class, or
partnership or other ownership interests of any type in, any such Person. As of the Agreement Date
Part II of Schedule 6.1(b) correctly sets forth or diagrams all Unconsolidated Affiliates
of Borrower, including the correct legal name of such Person, the type of legal entity which each
such Person is, and all Equity Interests in such Person held directly or indirectly by Borrower.



     (c) Authorization of Agreement, Etc. Borrower has the right and power, and has taken
all necessary action to authorize it, to borrow and obtain other extensions of credit hereunder.
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each other Obligor has the right and power, and has taken all necessary action to authorize
it, to execute, deliver and perform each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party in accordance
with their respective terms and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
The Loan Documents to which the Borrower or any other Obligor is a party have been duly executed
and delivered by the duly authorized officers or other representatives of such Person and each is a
legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person enforceable against such Person in accordance
with its respective terms except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, and other
similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and the availability of equitable remedies
for the enforcement of certain obligations (other than the payment of principal) contained herein
or therein may be limited by equitable principles generally.



     (d) Compliance of Loan Documents with Laws, Etc. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower or any
other Obligor is a party in accordance with their respective terms, the borrowings and other
extensions of credit hereunder and the consummation of the Formation Transactions and the IPO do
not and will not, by the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both: (i) except as set forth
on Schedule 6.1(d) as to the IPO, require any Governmental Approval or violate any
Applicable Law (including all Environmental Laws) relating to the Borrower or any other Obligor;
(ii) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under the organizational
documents of the Borrower or any other Obligor, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to
which the Borrower or any other Obligor is a party or by which it or any of its respective
properties may be bound; or (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon
or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any other
Obligor.



     (e) Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals, Agreements. The Borrower, each other
Obligor, and each of their respective Subsidiaries is in compliance with its Governing Documents,
each agreement, judgment, decree or order to which any of them is a party or by which any of them
or their properties may be bound, each Governmental Approval applicable to it and in compliance
with all other Applicable Law (including without limitation, Environmental Laws) relating to such
Person except for noncompliances which, and Governmental Approvals the failure to possess which,
would not, individually or in the aggregate, cause a Default or an Event of Default or have a
Material Adverse Effect.



     (f) Title to Properties; Liens; Title Insurance. As of the Agreement Date, Part I of
Schedule 6.1(f) sets forth all of the real property owned or leased by the Borrower, each
other Obligor and each of their respective Subsidiaries. Each such Person has good, marketable and
legal title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, its respective assets subject to Permitted Liens.
Each of the Borrower, the other Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries have title to their
properties sufficient for the conduct of their business. The Borrower or another Obligor is with
respect to all Collateral Pool Properties and other real property reasonably necessary for the
operation of its business, the named insured under a policy of title insurance issued by a title
insurer operating in the jurisdiction where such real property is located. As to each such policy
of title insurance (i) the coverage amount equals or exceeds the acquisition cost of the related
real property and any improvements added thereto by such Person; (ii) no claims are pending that,
if adversely determined, have had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; and (iii) no title insurer has given notice to the insured Person that such policy of title
insurance is no longer in effect. Neither Borrower, any other Obligor nor any of their respective
Subsidiaries has knowledge of any defect in title of any Property that, individually or in the
aggregate, has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



     (g) Existing Indebtedness. Schedule 6.1(g) is, as of the Agreement Date, a
complete and correct listing of all Indebtedness of the Borrower, the other Obligors and their
respective Subsidiaries, including without limitation, Contingent Liabilities of the Borrower and
the other Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries. The Borrower, the other Obligors, and their
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performed and are in compliance with all of the material terms of all Indebtedness of such
Persons and all instruments and agreements relating thereto, and no default or event of default, or
event or condition which with the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, would constitute
such a default or event of default, exists with respect to any such Indebtedness.



     (h) Material Contracts. Each of the Borrower, the other Obligors and their respective
Subsidiaries that is a party to any Material Contract is in compliance with all of the material
terms of such Material Contract, and no default or event of default, or event or condition which
with the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, would constitute such a default or event of
default, exists with respect to any such Material Contract.



     (i) Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.1(i), there are no actions,
suits or proceedings pending (nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, are there any actions, suits
or proceedings threatened, nor is there any basis therefor) against or in any other way relating
adversely to or affecting the Borrower, any other Obligor, any of their respective Subsidiaries or
any of their respective property in any court, or before any tribunal, administrative agency,
board, arbitrator or mediator of any kind or before or by any other Governmental Authority which
has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, which question the
validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the perfection or priority of any lien,
security title or security interest created or intended to be created in the Collateral or which
relate to the Formation Transactions or the IPO. There are no strikes, slow downs, work stoppages
or walkouts or other labor disputes in progress or threatened relating to the Borrower, any other
Obligor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries which has had or could be reasonably expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no judgments outstanding against or affecting the
Borrower, any other Obligor, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties individually or in the aggregate involving amounts in excess of $5,000,000.



     (j) Taxes. All federal, state and other tax returns of the Borrower, any other
Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries required by Applicable Law to be filed have been
duly filed, and all federal, state and other taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or
levies upon the Borrower, each other Obligor, any of their respective Subsidiaries and their
respective properties, income, profits and assets which are due and payable have been paid, except
any such nonpayment which is at the time permitted under Section 7.6. As of the Agreement Date,
none of the United States income tax returns of the Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their
respective Subsidiaries is under audit. All charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the
Borrower, any other Obligor and each of their respective Subsidiaries in respect of any taxes or
other governmental charges are in accordance with GAAP.



     (k) Financial Statements. Borrower has furnished to each Lender copies of (i) the pro
forma consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the Agreement
Date (after giving effect to the Formation Transactions and the IPO), and (ii) the pro forma
consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the Agreement Date
(after giving effect to the Formation Transactions and the IPO). Such financial statements
(including in each case related schedules and notes) are complete and correct and present fairly,
in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved, the consolidated
financial position of Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries or Parent and its consolidated
Subsidiaries, as applicable, as at their respective dates and the results of operations and the
cash flow for such periods. Such statements included in item (iii) above are complete and correct
and present fairly, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved
the Net Operating Income for such periods. Neither Borrower, Parent, nor any Subsidiary of
Borrower or Parent has on the Agreement Date any material contingent liabilities, liabilities,
liabilities for taxes, or unusual or long-term commitments or unrealized or forward anticipated
losses from any unfavorable commitments, except as referred to or reflected or provided for in said
financial statements or except as set forth on Schedule 6.1(k).



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     (l) No Material Adverse Change. Since the Agreement Date, there has been no material
adverse change in the consolidated financial condition, results of operations, business or
prospects of the Borrower, the Obligors or their respective Subsidiaries. Each of the Borrower,
the other Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries are Solvent.



     (m) ERISA. Each member of the ERISA Group is in compliance with its obligations under
the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Plan and
is in compliance with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code
with respect to each Plan, except in each case for noncompliances which could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Agreement Date, no member of the ERISA Group
has (i) sought a waiver of the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue
Code in respect of any Plan, (ii) failed to make any contribution or payment to any Plan or
Multiemployer Plan or in respect of any Benefit Arrangement, or made any amendment to any Plan or
Benefit Arrangement, which has resulted or could result in the imposition of a Lien or the posting
of a bond or other security under ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code or (iii) incurred any
liability under Title IV of ERISA other than a liability to the PBGC for premiums under Section
4007 of ERISA.



     (n) No Plan Assets; No Prohibited Transaction. None of the assets of the Borrower,
any other Obligor or their respective Subsidiaries constitute “plan assets” within the meaning of
ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and the respective regulations promulgated thereunder. The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the
borrowing and repayment of amounts hereunder, do not and will not constitute “prohibited
transactions” under ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code.



     (o) Absence of Defaults. None of the Borrower, any other Obligor nor any of their
respective Subsidiaries is in default under its Governing Documents, and no event has occurred,
which has not been remedied, cured or irrevocably waived: (i) which constitutes a Default or an
Event of Default; or (ii) which constitutes, or which with the passage of time, the giving of
notice, a determination of materiality, the satisfaction of any condition, or any combination of
the foregoing, would constitute, a default or event of default by Borrower, any other Obligor or
any of their respective Subsidiaries under any agreement (other than this Agreement) or judgment,
decree or order to which Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries is a
party or by which any Borrower, any other Obligor, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of
their respective properties may be bound where such default or event of default could, individually
or in the aggregate, involve Indebtedness or other obligations or liabilities in excess of
$5,000,000.



     (p) Environmental Matters.



          (i) The Borrower, each other Obligor and each of their respective Subsidiaries is in
compliance with the requirements of all applicable Environmental Laws except for the matters (A)
set forth on Schedule 6.1(p) or disclosed in the written environmental assessment reports
with respect to a Collateral Pool Property provided to the Agent and (B) such other non-compliance
which with respect to Properties other than the Collateral Pool Properties, in any event, either
individually or in the aggregate, has not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.




          (ii) (A) No portion of the Collateral Pool Properties has been used for the handling,
processing, storage or disposal of Hazardous Materials except in accordance with applicable
Environmental Laws, and no underground tank or other underground storage receptacle for Hazardous
Materials is located on any portion of the Collateral Pool Properties except those which are being
operated and maintained in compliance with Environmental Laws; (B) in the course of any activities
conducted by the Borrower, any Guarantor, their respective Subsidiaries or, to the best knowledge
and belief of the Borrower, the operators of their properties, no Hazardous Materials have been
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are being used on the Property except for small quantities in the ordinary course of business
and in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws; (C) there has been no past or present
releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting,
escaping, disposing or dumping (other than the storing of materials in reasonable quantities to the
extent necessary for the operation of multifamily apartments in the ordinary course of business,
and in any event in compliance with all Environmental Laws) (a “Release”) or threatened Release of
Hazardous Materials on, upon, into or from the Collateral Pool Properties, which Release would have
a material adverse effect on the value of such Collateral Pool Properties or adjacent properties,
or from any other real estate, which Release has had or could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; (D) except as set forth on Schedule 6.1(p) hereto, there have been
no Releases on, upon, from or into any real property in the vicinity of any of the Collateral Pool
Properties which, through soil or groundwater contamination, may have come to be located on, and
which could be reasonably anticipated to have a Material Adverse Effect on the value of, any
Collateral Pool Property; and (E) neither the Borrower, any Guarantor nor any Collateral Pool
Property is subject to any applicable Environmental Law requiring the performance of Hazardous
Materials site assessments, or the removal or remediation of Hazardous Materials, or the giving of
notice to any governmental agency or the recording or delivery to other Persons of an environmental
disclosure document or statement in each case by virtue of the transactions set forth herein and
contemplated hereby, or as a condition to the recording of the Mortgages or to the effectiveness of
any other transactions contemplated hereby except for such matters that shall be complied with as
of the Agreement Date.




          (iii) Except for the matters set forth on Schedule 6.1(p) or disclosed in the written
environmental assessment reports with respect to a Collateral Pool Property provided to the Agent
and any of the following matters or liabilities that with respect to Properties other than the
Collateral Pool Properties, in any event, either individually or in the aggregate, have not had and
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower, any other
Obligor nor any of their respective Subsidiaries (A) has received notice (written or oral) or
otherwise learned of any claim, demand, suit, action, proceeding, event, condition, report,
directive, lien, violation, non-compliance or investigation indicating or concerning any potential
or actual liability (including, without limitation, potential liability for enforcement,
investigatory costs, cleanup costs, government response costs, removal costs, remedial costs,
natural resources damages, property damages, personal injuries or penalties) arising in connection
with (1) any non-compliance with or violation of the requirements of any applicable Environmental
Laws, or (2) the presence of any Hazardous Materials on any Property (or any Property previously
owned by any of such Persons) or the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials into
the environment, (B) has any threatened or actual liability in connection with the presence of any
Hazardous Materials on any Property (or any Property previously owned by any of such Persons) or
the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment, (C) has received
notice of any federal or state investigation evaluating whether any remedial action is needed to
respond to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on any Property (or any Property previously
owned by any of such Persons) or a Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials into
the environment for which the Borrower, any Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries is or
may be liable, or (D) has received notice that a Borrower, any Obligor or any of their respective
Subsidiaries is or may be liable to any Person under any Environmental Law.




          (iv) No Property is located in an area identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development as an area having special flood hazards, or if any such Property is located in such a
special flood hazard area, then the Borrower has obtained all insurance that is required to be
maintained by law or which is customarily maintained by Persons engaged in similar businesses and
owning similar Properties in the same general areas in which the Borrower operates except with
respect to Properties other than the Collateral Pool Properties where such failure individually or
in the aggregate has not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.




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          (v) There are no existing or closed sanitary landfills, solid waste disposal sites, or
hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facilities on or affecting the Collateral Pool
Properties.




          (vi) Except as set forth in the written environmental assessments delivered to the Agent prior
to the acceptance of a Collateral Pool Property as Collateral, no asbestos is located in or on any
Collateral Pool Property.




          (vii) Borrower has not received any claim by any party that any use, operation, or condition
of any Collateral Pool Property has caused any nuisance or any other liability or adverse condition
on any other property which as to any Property other than a Collateral Pool Property has had or
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, nor is there any knowledge of any
basis for such a claim.




          (viii) Neither the improvements located on the Collateral Pool Properties nor any operations
therein, is now or has been damaged, impacted, or otherwise affected by or subject to the growth or
existence of a Mold Condition.




     (q) Investment Company. None of the Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their
respective Subsidiaries, is (i) an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (ii) subject to
any other Applicable Law which purports to regulate or restrict its ability to borrow money or to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or to perform its obligations under any
Loan Document to which it is a party except for certain state “blue sky” laws which may prohibit
Parent from borrowing in excess of 300% of its “Net Assets” unless approved by a majority of the
independent directors of Parent and disclosed in the next quarterly report of the Parent along with
a justification for the excess.



     (r) Margin Stock. None of the Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their respective
Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of
extending credit for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying
“margin stock” or a “margin security” within the meaning of Regulations T, U and X of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System.



     (s) Affiliate Transactions. Except as permitted by Section 9.10 and as contemplated
by the Prospectus, none of the Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries
is a party to or bound by any agreement or arrangement (whether oral or written) to which any
Affiliate (but not any Subsidiary of Borrower) of any Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their
respective Subsidiaries is a party.



     (t) Intellectual Property. Except as has not had and could not be reasonably expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Borrower, each other Obligor and each of their
respective Subsidiaries owns or has the right to use, under valid license agreements or otherwise,
all material patents, licenses, franchises, trademarks, trademark rights, trade names, trade name
rights, trade secrets and copyrights (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) used in the conduct of
their respective businesses as now conducted and as contemplated by the Loan Documents, without
known conflict with any patent, license, franchise, trademark, trade secret, trade name, copyright,
or other proprietary right of any other Person; (ii) the Borrower, and each other Obligor and each
of their respective Subsidiaries have taken all such steps as they deem reasonably necessary to
protect their respective rights under and with respect to such Intellectual Property; (iii) no
claim has been asserted by any Person with respect to the use of any Intellectual Property by the
Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or challenging or questioning
the validity or effectiveness of any Intellectual Property; and (iv) the use of such Intellectual
Property by the Borrower, the other Obligors and each of their respective Subsidiaries, does not
infringe on the rights of any Person, subject to such claims and infringements as do not, in the



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aggregate, give rise to any liabilities on the part of the Borrower, the other Obligors or any
of their respective Subsidiaries.



     (u) Business. The Borrower, the other Obligors and each of their respective
Subsidiaries are engaged substantially in the business of the acquisition, disposition, financing,
ownership, development rehabilitation, leasing, operation and management of multifamily buildings
and other business activities related or incidental thereto.



     (v) Broker’s Fees. No broker’s or finder’s fee, commission or similar compensation
will be payable with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except normal accounting,
legal or other related or normal charges. No other similar fees or commissions will be payable by
any Obligor for any other services rendered to the Borrower, any of the Subsidiaries of the
Borrower or any other Obligor or any other Obligor ancillary to the transactions contemplated
hereby.



     (w) Accuracy and Completeness of Information. No written information, report or other
papers or data (excluding financial projections and other forward looking statements) furnished to
the Agent or any Lender by, on behalf of, or at the direction of, the Borrower, any other Obligor
or any of their respective Subsidiaries in connection with or relating in any way to this
Agreement, contained any untrue statement of a fact material to the creditworthiness of the
Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries or omitted to state a material
fact necessary in order to make such statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. The written information, reports and other papers and
data with respect to the Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries or the
Collateral Pool Properties (other than projections and other forward-looking statements) furnished
to the Agent or the Lenders in connection with or relating in any way to this Agreement was, at the
time so furnished, complete and correct in all material respects, or has been subsequently
supplemented by other written information, reports or other papers or data, to the extent necessary
to give in all material respects a true and accurate knowledge of the subject matter. All
financial statements furnished to the Agent or any Lender by, on behalf of, or at the direction of,
the Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries in connection with or
relating in any way to this Agreement with respect to Borrower, any other Obligor, any of their
respective Subsidiaries or the Collateral Pool Properties, present fairly, in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied throughout the periods involved, the financial position of the Persons
involved as at the date thereof and the results of operations for such periods. All financial
projections and other forward looking statements prepared by, or on behalf of the Borrower, any
other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries that have been or may hereafter be made
available to the Agent or any Lender with respect to Borrower, any other Obligor, any of their
respective Subsidiaries or the Collateral Pool Properties, were or will be prepared in good faith
based on reasonable assumptions. No fact or circumstance is known to the Borrower which has had,
or may in the future have (so far as the Borrower can reasonably foresee), a Material Adverse
Effect which has not been set forth in the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1(k) or in
such information, reports or other papers or data or otherwise disclosed in writing to the Agent
and the Lenders prior to the Effective Date.



     (x) REIT Status. Commencing with the election to be made by Parent in 2007 for
calendar year 2006 and subsequent years, Parent will qualify as a REIT, will elect to be treated as
a REIT, and will be in compliance with all requirements and conditions imposed under the Internal
Revenue Code to allow Parent to maintain its status as a REIT.



     (y) Collateral Pool Properties. As of the Agreement Date, Schedule 6.1(y) is
a correct and complete list of all Collateral Pool Properties. Each of the Collateral Pool
Properties included by the Borrower in calculations of the Collateral Pool Value satisfies all of
the requirements contained in this Agreement for the same to be included therein.



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     (z) Insurance. The Borrower, the other Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries
have insurance covering the Borrower, the other Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries and
their respective Properties in such amounts and against such risks and casualties as are required
by this Agreement. As of the Agreement Date, none of the Borrower, any other Obligor nor any of
their respective Subsidiaries has received notice that any such insurance has been cancelled, not
renewed, or impaired in any way.



     (aa) Ownership of Borrower. Parent is the sole general partner of Borrower and owns
free of any Lien or other claim not less than a 99.99% Equity Interest in Borrower as a general and
limited partner thereof.



     (bb) No Bankruptcy Filing. None of the Borrower, any Obligor or any of their
respective Subsidiaries is contemplating either the filing of a petition by it under any state or
federal bankruptcy or insolvency laws or the liquidation of its assets or property, and the
Borrower has no knowledge of any Person threatening the filing of any such petition against any of
the Borrower, any Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries.



     (cc) No Fraudulent Intent. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or
any of the other Loan Documents nor the performance of any actions required hereunder or thereunder
is being undertaken by the Borrower or any other Obligor with or as a result of any actual intent
by any of such Persons to hinder, delay or defraud any entity to which any of such Persons is now
or will hereafter become indebted.



     (dd) Transaction in Best Interests of Borrower and Obligors; Consideration. The
transaction evidenced by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents is in the best interests of
the Borrower and the other Obligors and the creditors of such Persons. The direct and indirect
benefits to inure to the Borrower and the other Obligors pursuant to this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents constitute substantially more than “reasonably equivalent value” (as such term is
used in §548 of the Bankruptcy Code) and “valuable consideration,” “fair value,” and “fair
consideration” (as such terms are used in any applicable state fraudulent conveyance law), in
exchange for the benefits to be provided by the Borrower and the other Obligors pursuant to this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and but for the willingness of each Guarantor to guaranty
the Obligations, the Borrower would be unable to obtain the financing contemplated hereunder which
financing will enable the Borrower and the other Obligors to have available financing to conduct
and expand their business. The Borrower and the other Obligors constitute a single integrated
financial enterprise and each receives a benefit from the availability of credit under this
Agreement to the Borrower.



     (ee) Property. All of the Collateral Pool Properties, and all major building systems
located thereon, are structurally sound, in good condition and working order and free from material
defects, subject to ordinary wear and tear. The Collateral Pool Properties, and the use and
operation thereof, are in material compliance with all applicable federal and state law and
governmental regulations and any local ordinances, orders or regulations, including without
limitation, laws, regulations and ordinances relating to zoning, building codes, subdivision, fire
protection, health, safety, handicapped access, historic preservation and protection, wetlands,
tidelands, and Environmental Laws. Except as disclosed to Agent in writing prior to the acceptance
of a Collateral Pool Property as Collateral, the zoning laws permit use of the improvements on the
Collateral Pool Properties for their current use without reliance on any “grandfathering” or
non-conforming use provisions of applicable zoning laws. There is such number of parking spaces on
the lot or lots on which the Collateral Pool Property is located as is adequate under the zoning
laws and regulations to permit use of the Collateral Pool Property for its current use. There are
no outstanding notices, suits, orders, decrees or judgments relating to zoning, building use and
occupancy, fire, health, sanitation or other violations affecting, against, or with respect to, the
Collateral Pool Property or any part thereof. All water, sewer, electric, gas, telephone and other
utilities necessary for the use and operation of each Collateral Pool Property are installed to the
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Pool Property through dedicated public rights of way or through perpetual private easements
approved by the Agent with respect to which the applicable Mortgage creates a valid and enforceable
first lien and are connected to the buildings located thereon with valid permits and are adequate
to service such buildings in compliance with applicable law. The streets abutting the Collateral
Pool Properties are dedicated and accepted public roads, to which the Collateral Pool Properties
have direct access, or are perpetual private ways (with direct access to public roads) to which the
Collateral Pool Properties have direct access approved by the Agent and with respect to which the
applicable Mortgage creates a valid and enforceable first lien. All private ways providing access
to the Collateral Pool Properties are zoned in a manner which will permit access to the Collateral
Pool Properties over such ways by trucks and other commercial and industrial vehicles. There are
no unpaid or outstanding real estate or other taxes or assessments on or against any of the
Collateral Pool Properties which are payable by the Borrower or any Guarantor (except only real
estate or other taxes or assessments, that are not yet delinquent or are being protested as
permitted by this Agreement). Each Collateral Pool Property is separately assessed for purposes of
real estate tax assessment and payment. No abatement proceedings are pending with reference to any
real estate taxes assessed against the Collateral Pool Properties, other than with respect to taxes
which have been paid under protest and which are being contested in good faith in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement. There are no pending, or to the knowledge of Borrower threatened or
contemplated, Takings against any of the Collateral Pool Properties. None of the Collateral Pool
Properties is now damaged as a result of any fire, explosion, accident, flood or other casualty.
Neither the Borrower nor any of the Guarantors has received any outstanding notice from any insurer
or its agent requiring performance of any work with respect to any of the Collateral Pool
Properties or canceling or threatening to cancel any policy of insurance, and each of the
Collateral Pool Properties complies with the material requirements of all of the Borrower’s and the
Guarantors’ insurance carriers. Except as listed on Schedule 6.1(ee), or with respect to
the Collateral Pool Properties added after the Agreement Date as disclosed to Agent in writing, the
Borrower has no Management Agreements for any of the Collateral Pool Properties. Except as set
forth in Schedule 6.1(ee), there are no material agreements pertaining to any Collateral
Pool Property or the operation or maintenance of either thereof other than as described in this
Agreement (including the Schedules hereto) or the Title Policies; and no person or entity has any
right or option to acquire any Collateral Pool Property or any portion thereof or interest therein.
The buildings and all paved or landscaped areas related to or used in connection with each
Collateral Pool Property are located wholly within the perimeter lines of the lot or lots on which
the Collateral Pool Property is located, except as may be specifically shown on the Survey for such
Collateral Pool Property. Each Collateral Pool Property constitutes a separate parcel which has
been properly subdivided in accordance with all applicable state and local laws, regulations and
ordinances to the extent required thereby, and neither the execution and delivery of the Mortgage
nor the exercise of any remedies thereunder by the Agent shall violate any such law or regulation
relating to the subdivision of real property. There are no approvals, consents, licenses,
certificates of occupancy, permits, utility installations and connections, curb cuts and street
openings, required by applicable laws, rules, ordinances or regulations or any agreement affecting
the Collateral Pool Properties for the maintenance, operation, servicing and use of the Collateral
Pool Properties for their current use which have not been granted, effected, or performed and
completed (as the case may be), or any fees or charges therefor which have not been fully paid, or
which are no longer in full force and effect. No such approvals, consents, permits or licenses
(including, without limitation, any railway siding agreements) will terminate, or become void or
voidable or terminable on any foreclosure sale of a Collateral Pool Property pursuant to the
Mortgages.



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



     (gg) Subordination. None of the Borrower or any other Obligor is a party to or bound
by any agreement, instrument or indenture that may require the subordination in right or time of
payment of any of the Obligations to any other indebtedness or obligation of any of such Persons.



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     (hh) Anti-Terrorism Laws.



          (i) None of the Borrower or any other Obligor or any of their Affiliates is in violation of
any laws or regulations relating to terrorism or money laundering (“Anti-Terrorism Laws”),
including Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001 (the
“Executive Order”) and the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools
Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.




          (ii) None of the Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their Affiliates, or any of their
brokers or other agents acting or benefiting from the Loan is a Prohibited Person. A “Prohibited
Person” is any of the following:




               (A) a person or entity that is listed in the Annex to, or is otherwise subject to the
provisions of, the Executive Order;



               (B) a person or entity owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any person or
entity that is listed in the Annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive
Order;



               (C) a person or entity with whom any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging
in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;



               (D) a person or entity who commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism”
as defined in the Executive Order; or



               (E) a person or entity that is named as a “specially designated national and blocked person”
on the most current list published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Asset Control
at its official website or any replacement website or other replacement official publication of
such list.



          (iii) None of the Borrower or any other Obligor, any of their Affiliates or any of their
brokers or other agents acting in any capacity in connection with the Loan (1) conducts any
business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for
the benefit of any Prohibited Person, (2) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction
relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order, or (3)
engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of
evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any
Anti-Terrorism Law.




          (iv) Borrower and the other Obligors shall not (1) conduct any business or engage in making or
receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Prohibited
Person, (2) deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating to, any property or interests
in property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order or any other Anti-Terrorism Law, or (3) engage
in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or
avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law (and
Borrower shall deliver to Agent any certification or other evidence requested from time to time by
Agent in its reasonable discretion, confirming Borrower’s and the other Obligors’ compliance
herewith).




     (ii) Setoff, Etc. The Collateral and the rights of the Agent and the Lenders with
respect to the Collateral are not subject to any setoff, claims, withholdings or other defenses by
the Borrower, the Guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other
Person other than as permitted in the Security Documents.



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     (jj) Trade Name; Place of Business. Neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor uses any
trade name and conducts business under any name other than its actual name set forth in the Loan
Documents. The principal place of business of the Borrower and each Guarantor is 1606 Santa Rosa
Road, Richmond, Virginia 23229.



     (kk) Leases. An accurate and complete rent roll as of the date of inclusion of each
Collateral Pool Property in the Collateral with respect to all Leases of any Collateral Pool
Property has been provided to the Agent. The Leases reflected on such rent roll constitute as of
the date thereof the sole agreements relating to leasing or licensing of space at such Collateral
Pool Property. No tenant under any Lease is entitled to any free rent, partial rent, rebate of
rent payments, credit, offset or deduction in rent, including, without limitation, lease support
payments or lease buy-outs, except as reflected in such rent roll. Except as set forth in
Schedule 6.1(kk), the Leases reflected therein are, as of the date of inclusion of the
applicable Collateral Pool Property in the Collateral, in full force and effect in accordance with
their respective terms, without any payment default or any other material default thereunder, nor
are there any defenses, counterclaims, offsets, concessions or rebates available to any tenant
thereunder, and except as reflected in Schedule 6.1(kk), neither the Borrower nor any
Guarantor has given or made, any notice of any payment or other material default, or any claim,
which remains uncured or unsatisfied, with respect to any of the Leases, and to the best of the
knowledge and belief of the Borrower, there is no basis for any such claim or notice of default by
any tenant. No property other than the Collateral Pool Property which is the subject of the
applicable Lease is necessary to comply with the requirements (including, without limitation,
parking requirements) contained in such Lease.



Section 2.0 Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc.




     All statements contained in any certificate, financial statement or other instrument delivered
by or on behalf of the Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries to the
Agent or any Lender pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents (including, but not limited to, any such statement made in or in connection with any
amendment thereto or any statement contained in any certificate, financial statement or other
instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower prior to the Agreement Date and delivered to
the Agent or any Lender in connection with closing the transactions contemplated hereby) shall
constitute representations and warranties made by the Borrower under this Agreement. All
representations and warranties made under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be
deemed to be made at and as of the Agreement Date, the Effective Date and the date of the
occurrence of any Credit Event, except to the extent that such representations and warranties
expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall
have been true and accurate on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual
circumstances specifically permitted hereunder. All such representations and warranties shall
survive the effectiveness of this Agreement, the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and
the making of the Loans and the issuance of the Letters of Credit.



ARTICLE VII. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS




     For so long as this Agreement is in effect, unless the Requisite Lenders (or, if required
pursuant to Section 12.6, all of the Lenders) shall otherwise consent in the manner provided for in
Section 12.6, the Borrower shall comply with the following covenants:



Section 1.0 Preservation of Existence and Similar Matters.




     Except as otherwise permitted under Section 9.7, the Borrower shall preserve and maintain, and
cause each other Obligor and each Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Obligor to preserve and
maintain, their respective existence, rights, franchises, licenses and privileges in the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation and qualify and remain qualified and authorized to
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jurisdiction in which it is organized, in each jurisdiction in which any Collateral Pool
Property owned (or leased pursuant to an Eligible Ground Lease) by it is located, and in each other
jurisdiction in which the character of its properties or the nature of its business requires such
qualification and authorization and where the failure to be so authorized and qualified could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower shall, and shall cause the
other Obligors and each Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Obligor to, develop and implement
such programs, policies and procedures as are necessary to comply with the USA Patriot Act and
shall promptly advise Agent in writing in the event that any of such Persons shall determine that
any investors in such Persons are in violation of such act.



Section 2.0 Compliance with Applicable Law and Contracts.




     The Borrower shall comply, and cause each other Obligor and each Subsidiary of the Borrower or
any other Obligor to comply, with (a) all Applicable Law, including the obtaining of all
Governmental Approvals, (b) their respective Governing Documents, and (c) all mortgages,
indentures, contracts, agreements and instruments to which it is a party or by which any of its
properties may be bound, the failure, in any such event, with which to comply could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



Section 3.0 Maintenance of Property.




     In addition to the requirements of any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrower shall, and
shall cause each other Obligor and each Subsidiary of the Borrower and each other Obligor to, (a)
protect and preserve all of its properties or cause to be protected and preserved, and maintain or
cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition all tangible properties,
ordinary wear and tear excepted, and (b) make or cause to be made all needed and appropriate
repairs, renewals, replacements and additions to such properties, so that the business carried on
in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times.



Section 4.0 Conduct of Business.




     The Borrower shall at all times carry on, and cause the other Obligors and the Subsidiaries of
the Borrower and the other Obligors to carry on, their respective businesses as described in the
Prospectus and as described in Section 6.1(u).



Section 5.0 Insurance; Condemnation.




     (a) The Borrower will, at its expense, procure and maintain for the benefit of the Borrower
and the Agent, insurance policies issued by such insurance companies, in such amounts, in such form
and substance, and with such coverages, endorsements, deductibles and expiration dates as are
acceptable to the Agent, providing the following types of insurance covering each Collateral Pool
Property:



          (i) “All Risks” property insurance (including malicious mischief coverage) in an amount not
less than one hundred percent (100%) of the full replacement cost of the improvements thereon, with
deductibles not to exceed $25,000 for any one occurrence, with a replacement cost coverage
endorsement, an agreed amount endorsement, and, if requested by the Agent, a contingent liability
from operation of building laws endorsement in such amounts as the Agent may require;




          (ii) During the course of construction or repair of any improvements on a Collateral Pool
Property, the insurance required by clause (i) above shall be written on an “all risk” builders
risk, completed value, non-reporting form, meeting all of the terms required by clause (i) above,
covering the total value of work performed, materials, equipment, machinery and supplies furnished,
existing structures, and temporary structures being erected on or near the Collateral Pool
Property, including




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coverage against collapse and damage during transit or while being stored off-site, and
containing a soft costs (including loss of rents) coverage endorsement and a permission to occupy
endorsement;




          (iii) Flood insurance if at any time any improvements are required to be insured under federal
or state law, in an amount equal to the lesser of the Collateral Pool Value of such Collateral Pool
Property (but in no event less than the value of the improved structure located in such flood
hazard area) or the maximum amount then available under the National Flood Insurance Program;




          (iv) Rent loss insurance in an amount sufficient to recover at least the total estimated gross
receipts from all sources of income, including without limitation, rental income, for the
Collateral Pool Properties for a twelve (12) month period;




          (v) Commercial general liability insurance against claims for personal injury and property
damage liability, all on an occurrence basis, if commercially available, with such coverages as the
Agent may reasonably request, with a general aggregate limit of not less than $2,000,000.00, a
completed operations aggregate limit of not less than $2,000,000.00, and a combined single “per
occurrence” limit of not less than $1,000,000.00 for bodily injury, property damage and medical
payments;




          (vi) During the course of construction or repair of any improvements on the Collateral Pool
Property, owner’s contingent or protective liability insurance covering claims not covered by or
under the terms or provisions of the insurance required by clause (v) above;




          (vii) Employer’s liability insurance with respect to the Borrower’s employees;




          (viii) Umbrella liability insurance with limits of not less than $10,000,000.00 to be in
excess of the limits of the insurance required by clauses (v), (vi) and (vii) above, with coverage
at least as broad as the primary coverages of the insurance required by clauses (v), (vi) and (vii)
above, with any excess liability insurance to be at least as broad as the coverages of the lead
umbrella policy. All such policies shall be endorsed to provide defense coverage obligations;




          (ix) Workers’ compensation insurance for all employees of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries
engaged on or with respect to the Collateral Pool Property with limits as required by applicable
law; and




          (x) Such other insurance in such form and in such amounts as may from time to time be
reasonably required by the Agent against other insurable hazards and casualties which at the time
are commonly insured against in the case of properties of similar character and location to the
Collateral Pool Properties.




     The Borrower shall pay all premiums on insurance policies. The insurance policies with
respect to all Collateral Pool Properties provided for in clauses (v), (vi) and (viii) above shall
name the Agent and each Lender as an additional insured. The insurance policies provided for in
clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above shall name the Agent as mortgagee and loss payee, shall be
first payable in case of loss to the Agent, and shall contain mortgagee clauses and lender’s loss
payable endorsements in form and substance acceptable to the Agent. The Borrower shall deliver
duplicate originals or certified copies of all such policies to the Agent, and the Borrower shall
promptly furnish to the Agent all renewal notices and evidence that all premiums or portions
thereof then due and payable have been paid. At least thirty (30) days prior to the expiration
date of the policies, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent evidence of continued coverage,
including a certificate of insurance, as may be satisfactory to the Agent.



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     (b) All policies of insurance required by this Agreement shall contain clauses or endorsements
to the effect that (i) no act or omission of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or anyone acting for
the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including, without limitation, any representations made in the
procurement of such insurance), which might otherwise result in a forfeiture of such insurance or
any part thereof, no occupancy or use of the Collateral Pool Properties for purposes more hazardous
then permitted by the terms of the policy, and no foreclosure or any other change in title to the
Collateral Pool Properties or any part thereof, shall affect the validity or enforceability of such
insurance insofar as the Agent is concerned, (ii) the insurer waives any right of set off,
counterclaim, subrogation, or any deduction in respect of any liability of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary and the Agent, (iii) such insurance is primary and without right of contribution from
any other insurance which may be available, (iv) such policies shall not be modified, canceled or
terminated prior to the scheduled expiration date thereof without the insurer thereunder giving at
least thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Agent by certified or registered mail, and (v)
that the Agent or the Lenders shall not be liable for any premiums thereon or subject to any
assessments thereunder, and shall in all events be in amounts sufficient to avoid any coinsurance
liability.



     (c) The insurance required by this Agreement may be effected through a blanket policy or
policies covering additional locations and property of the Borrower and other Persons not included
in the Collateral Pool Properties, provided that such blanket policy or policies comply with all of
the terms and provisions of this Section 7.5 and contain endorsements or clauses assuring that any
claim recovery will not be less than that which a separate policy would provide, including, without
limitation, a priority claim provision with respect to property insurance and an aggregate limits
of insurance endorsement in the case of liability insurance.



     (d) All policies of insurance required by this Agreement shall be issued by companies licensed
to do business in the State where the policy is issued and also in the States where the applicable
Collateral Pool Property is located and having a rating in Best’s Key Rating Guide of at least “A-”
and a financial size category of at least “IX.”



     (e) In the event of any loss or damage to a Collateral Pool Property, the Borrower or the
applicable Guarantor shall give prompt written notice to the insurance carrier and the Agent. Each
of the Borrower and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably authorizes and empowers the Agent, at the
Agent’s option and in the Agent’s sole discretion or at the request of the Required Lenders in
their sole discretion, as its attorney in fact, to make proof of such loss, to adjust and
compromise any claim under insurance policies, to appear in and prosecute any action arising from
such insurance policies, to collect and receive Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds, and
to deduct therefrom the Agent’s reasonable expenses incurred in the collection of such Insurance
Proceeds; provided, however, that so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and so long as the Borrower or any Guarantor shall in good faith diligently pursue such
claim, the Borrower or such Guarantor may make proof of loss and appear in any proceedings or
negotiations with respect to the adjustment of such claim, except that the Borrower or such
Guarantor may not settle, adjust or compromise any such claim without the prior written consent of
the Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, further, that the
Borrower or such Guarantor may make proof of loss and adjust and compromise any claim under
casualty insurance policies which is in an amount less than $500,000 so long as no Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing and so long as the Borrower or such Guarantor shall in
good faith diligently pursue such claim. The Borrower and each Guarantor further authorize the
Agent, at the Agent’s option, to (i) apply the balance of such Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation
Proceeds to the payment of the Obligations whether or not then due, or (ii) if the Agent shall
require the reconstruction or repair of the applicable Collateral Pool Property, to hold the
balance of such proceeds in an interest-bearing account as trustee to be used to pay taxes,
charges, sewer use fees, water rates and assessments which may be imposed on the applicable
Collateral Pool Property and the Obligations as they become due during the course of reconstruction
or repair of the applicable Collateral Pool Property and to



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pay for or reimburse the Borrower or such Guarantor, in accordance with such terms and
conditions as the Agent may prescribe, for the costs of reconstruction or repair of the applicable
Collateral Pool Property, and upon completion of such reconstruction or repair to apply any excess
to the payment of the Obligations.



     (f) Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained in the Mortgages, the
Agent shall make net Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds available to the Borrower or such
Guarantor to reconstruct and repair the applicable Collateral Pool Property, in accordance with
such terms and conditions as the Agent may prescribe in the Agent’s discretion for the disbursement
of the proceeds, provided that (i) the cost of such reconstruction or repair is not estimated by
the Agent to exceed ten percent (10%) of the replacement cost of the damaged improvements (as
reasonably estimated by the Agent), (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, (iii) the Borrower or such Guarantor shall have provided to the Agent additional cash
security in an amount equal to the amount reasonably estimated by the Agent to be the amount in
excess of such proceeds which will be required to complete such repair or restoration, (iv) the
Agent shall have approved the plans and specifications, construction budget, construction
contracts, and construction schedule for such repair or restoration and reasonably determined that
the repaired or restored Collateral Pool Property will provide the Agent with adequate security for
the Obligations (provided that the Agent shall not disapprove such plans and specifications if the
improvements are to be restored to substantially their condition immediately prior to such damage),
(v) the Borrower or such Guarantor shall have delivered to the Agent evidence satisfactory to the
Agent that none of the tenants may terminate their Leases as a result of such casualty or Taking,
(vi) the Agent shall reasonably determine that such repair or reconstruction can be completed not
less than six (6) months prior to the Revolving Loan Termination Date, (vii) the Agent shall
receive evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that any such restoration, repair or rebuilding
complies in all respects with any and all applicable state, federal and local laws, ordinances and
regulations, including without limitation, zoning laws, ordinances and regulations, and that all
required permits, licenses and approvals relative thereto have been or will be issued in a manner
so as not to materially impede the progress of restoration, (viii) the Agent shall receive evidence
reasonably satisfactory to it that the insurer under such policies of fire or other casualty
insurance does not assert any defense to payment under such policies against the Borrower, any
Guarantor or the Agent, and (ix) with respect to any Taking, Agent shall determine that following
such repair or restoration there shall be no more than a five percent (5%) reduction in occupancy
or rental income from the Collateral Pool Property so affected by such specific Taking (excluding
any proceeds from rental loss insurance or proceeds from such award allocable to rent), after
giving effect to the current Taking and any previous Takings which may have occurred. Any excess
Insurance Proceeds shall be paid to the Borrower, or if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, such proceeds shall be applied to the payment of the Obligations, unless in either case
by the terms of the applicable insurance policy the excess proceeds are required to be returned to
such insurer. Any excess Condemnation Proceeds shall be applied to the payment of the Obligations.
In no event shall the provisions of this section be construed to extend the Revolving Loan
Termination Date or to limit in any way any right or remedy of the Agent upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default hereunder. If a Collateral Pool Property is sold or a Collateral Pool Property is
acquired by the Agent, all right, title and interest of the Borrower and any Guarantor in and to
any insurance policies and unearned premiums thereon and in and to the proceeds thereof resulting
from loss or damage to such Collateral Pool Property prior to the sale or acquisition shall pass to
the Agent or any other successor in interest to the Borrower or purchaser of such Collateral Pool
Property.



     (g) In addition to the requirements of any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrower shall,
and shall cause each other Obligor and each Subsidiary of the Borrower and each other Obligor to,
maintain or cause to be maintained commercially reasonable insurance with financially sound and
reputable insurance companies covering such Persons and their respective properties other than the
Collateral Pool Properties in such amounts and against such risks and casualties as are customary
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improvements thereon, their construction, location, use and occupancy, and from time to time
deliver to the Agent or any Lender upon its request a detailed list stating the names of the
insurance companies, the amounts and rates of the insurance, the dates of the expiration thereof
and the properties and risks covered thereby, together with copies of all policies or certificates
of the insurance then in effect.



Section 6.0 Payment of Taxes and Claims.




     The Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Obligor and each Subsidiary of the Borrower and
each other Obligor to, pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged when due (a) all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or
upon any properties belonging to it, and (b) all lawful claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers,
warehousemen and landlords for labor, materials, supplies and rentals which, if unpaid, might
become a Lien on any properties of such Person; provided, however, that this Section shall not
require the payment or discharge of any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim which is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings which operate to suspend the collection thereof
and for which adequate reserves have been established on the books of such Person, in accordance
with GAAP; provided further that upon the commencement of proceedings to foreclose any lien that
may have attached as security therefor, such Person either (A) will provide a bond issued by a
surety reasonably acceptable to the Agent and sufficient to stay all such proceedings or (B) if no
such bond is provided, will pay each such tax, assessment, governmental charge, levy or claim.



Section 7.0 Visits and Inspections.




     The Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Obligor and each Subsidiary of the Borrower and
each other Obligor to, permit representatives or agents of any Lender or the Agent, from time to
time, as often as may be reasonably requested, but only during normal business hours and at the
expense of such Lender or the Agent (unless a Default or Event of Default shall be continuing, in
which case the exercise by the Agent or such Lender of its rights under this Section shall be at
the expense of the Borrower), as the case may be, to: (a) visit and inspect all properties of the
Borrower, such Subsidiary or other Obligor (but without disturbing the quiet possession of tenants)
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 Agent, the Borrower shall execute an authorization
letter addressed to its accountants authorizing the Agent or any Lender to discuss the financial
affairs of the Borrower, any other Obligor or any Subsidiary of Borrower or any other Obligor with
its accountants.



Section 8.0 Use of Proceeds; Letters of Credit.




     The Borrower shall use the proceeds of all Loans and all Letters of Credit for general
business purposes and real estate acquisitions only. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit
any other Obligor or any Subsidiary of Borrower or any other Obligor to, use any part of such
proceeds or Letters of Credit to purchase or carry, or to reduce or retire or refinance any credit
incurred to purchase or carry, any margin stock (within the meaning of Regulations T, U or X of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying any such margin stock.



Section 9.0 Environmental Matters.




     (a) The Borrower shall, and shall cause all other Obligors and each Subsidiary of the Borrower
and each other Obligor to, comply or cause to be complied with, all Environmental Laws in all



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material respects. Neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor will, nor will either of them
permit any of its respective Subsidiaries or any other Person to, do any of the following: (i) use
any of the Collateral Pool Properties or any portion thereof as a facility for the handling,
processing, storage or disposal of Hazardous Materials, except for small quantities of Hazardous
Materials used in the ordinary course of business and in compliance with all applicable
Environmental Laws, (ii) cause or permit to be located on any of the Collateral Pool Properties any
underground tank or other underground storage receptacle for Hazardous Materials except in full
compliance with Environmental Laws, or (iii) generate any Hazardous Materials on any of the
Collateral Pool Properties except small quantities in the ordinary course of business and in
compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws.



     (b) If the Borrower, any other Obligor or any Subsidiary of Borrower or any other Obligor
shall (i) receive notice that any material 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 Borrower, or any
other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries alleging material violations of any
Environmental Law or requiring Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries
to take any action in connection with the Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials, or
(iii) receive any notice from a Governmental Authority or private party alleging that Borrower, any
other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries may be liable or responsible for costs
associated with a response to or cleanup of a Release of Hazardous Materials or any damages caused
thereby, the Borrower shall provide the Agent and each Lender with a copy of such notice within
thirty (30) days after the receipt thereof by such Person. The Borrower shall, and shall cause the
other Obligors and each Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Obligor to, take or cause to be
taken promptly all actions necessary to prevent the imposition of any Liens on any of their
respective properties arising out of or related to any Environmental Laws.



     (c) At any time after an Event of Default shall have occurred hereunder the Agent may at its
election (and will at the request of the Required Lenders) obtain such environmental assessments of
any or all of the Collateral Pool Properties as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of
evaluating or confirming (i) whether any Hazardous Materials are present in the soil or water at or
adjacent to any such Collateral Pool Property and (ii) whether the use and operation of any such
Collateral Pool Property complies with all Environmental Laws to the extent required by the Loan
Documents. Additionally, at any time that the Agent or the Required Lenders shall have reasonable
grounds to believe that a Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials which any Person may
be legally obligated to contain, correct or otherwise remediate or which otherwise may expose such
Person to liability may have occurred, relating to any Collateral Pool Property, or that any
Collateral Pool Property is not in compliance with Environmental Laws to the extent required by the
Loan Documents, Borrower shall promptly upon the request of Agent obtain and deliver to Agent such
environmental assessments of such Collateral Pool Property prepared by an environmental engineer
reasonably satisfactory to Agent as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of evaluating or
confirming (i) whether any Hazardous Materials are present in the soil or water at or adjacent to
such Collateral Pool Property and (ii) whether the use and operation of such Collateral Pool
Property comply with all Environmental Laws to the extent required by the Loan Documents. All
environmental assessments contemplated by this Section 7.9 shall be at the sole cost and expense of
the Borrower.



Section 10.0 Books and Records.




     The Borrower shall, and shall cause each of the other Obligors and each Subsidiary of the
Borrower or any other Obligor to, maintain true and accurate books and records pertaining to their
respective business operations in which full, true and correct entries will be made in accordance
with GAAP. Borrower shall maintain its current accounting procedures unless approved by the Agent
or as required by Applicable Law. Neither the Borrower, the other Obligors nor any of their
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without the prior written consent of the Agent, make any material change to the accounting
policies or principles used by such Person.



Section 11.0 Further Assurances.




     The Borrower shall, at the Borrower’s cost and expense and upon request of the Agent, execute
and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Agent such further instruments, documents
and certificates, and do and cause to be done such further acts that may be reasonably necessary or
advisable in the reasonable opinion of the Agent to carry out more effectively the provisions and
purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.



Section 12.0 Guarantors.




     (a) Additional Guarantors. In the event that Borrower desires to add Eligible Real
Estate which is not owned by Borrower as a Collateral Pool Property then as a condition to such
Eligible Real Estate becoming a Collateral Pool Property (and without limiting any other conditions
in this Agreement), the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent each of the following items, each in
form and substance satisfactory to the Agent: (i) a Joinder Agreement executed by such
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (and any Person having an interest in such Subsidiary) and (ii) the items
that would have been delivered under Sections 5.1(a)(iv) through (viii) if such Subsidiary (and any
Person having an interest in such Subsidiary) had been one on the Effective Date.



     (b) Release of a Guarantor. The Borrower may request in writing that the Agent
release, and upon receipt of such request the Agent shall release, the applicable Guarantor from
the Guaranty and Indemnity Agreement so long as: (i) no Default or Event of Default shall then be
in existence or would occur as a result of such release, including without limitation, a Default or
Event of Default resulting from a violation of any of the covenants contained in this Section 7.12;
(ii) the Agent shall have received such written request at least ten (10) Business Days prior to
the requested date of release; (iii) such Guarantor shall have obtained a release of all Collateral
Pool Properties directly or indirectly owned by it pursuant to Section 2.19; and (iv) such
Guarantor shall have been released as a “guarantor” under the Mezzanine Loan Documents and any
Person owning an Equity Interest in such Guarantor which is a “borrower” under the Mezzanine Loan
Documents shall have been released as a “borrower” thereunder. Delivery by the Borrower to the
Agent of any such request for a release shall constitute a representation by the Borrower that the
matters set forth in the preceding sentence (both as of the date of the giving of such request and
as of the date of the effectiveness of such request) are true and correct with respect to such
request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the foregoing provisions shall not apply to Parent, which
may only be released upon the written approval of Agent and all of the Lenders.



Section 13.0 REIT Status.




     Commencing with the election to be made by Parent in 2007 for calendar year 2006, Parent shall
at all times maintain its status as, and elect to receive status as, a REIT.



Section 14.0 Distribution of Income to the Borrower.




     The Borrower shall cause all of its Subsidiaries to promptly distribute to the Borrower (but
not less frequently than once each fiscal quarter of the Borrower unless otherwise approved by the
Agent), whether in the form of dividends, distributions or otherwise, all profits, proceeds or
other income relating to or arising from such Subsidiaries’ use, operation, financing, refinancing,
sale or other disposition of their respective assets and properties after (a) the payment by each
such Subsidiary of its debt service and operating expenses for such quarter; (b) the establishment
of reasonable reserves for the payment of operating expenses not paid on at least a quarterly basis
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Subsidiary’s assets and properties approved by such Subsidiary in the ordinary course of
business consistent with its past practices; (c) funding of reserves required by the terms of any
deed of trust, mortgage or similar lien encumbering property of the Subsidiary; and (d) payment or
establishment of reserves for payment to minority equity interest holders of amounts required to be
paid in respect of such equity interest.



ARTICLE VIII. INFORMATION




     For so long as this Agreement is in effect, unless the Requisite Lenders (or, if required
pursuant to Section 12.6, all of the Lenders) shall otherwise consent in the manner set forth in
Section 12.6, the Borrower shall furnish to each Lender (or to the Agent if so provided below) at
its Lending Office:



Section 1.0 Quarterly Financial Statements.




     (a) As soon as available and in any event not later than the first to occur of (i) the date
that is five (5) days following the filing of the Parent’s 10-Q Report with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and (ii) the date that is fifty (50) days after the close of each of the first,
second and third calendar quarters of Parent, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Parent
and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such period and the related unaudited consolidated statements
of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of Parent and its Subsidiaries for such period and
an unaudited statement of Funds from Operations, setting forth in each case in comparative form the
figures as of the end of and for the corresponding periods of the previous calendar year, all of
which shall be certified by the chief financial officer or chief executive officer of Parent, to
present fairly, in accordance with GAAP as then in effect, the consolidated financial position of
Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the date thereof and the results of operations for such period
(subject to normal year-end audit adjustments). Together with such financial statements, the
Borrower shall deliver reports, in form and detail satisfactory to the Agent, setting forth (A) all
capital expenditures made during the calendar quarter then ended; (B) a description of all
Properties acquired during such calendar quarter, including the Net Operating Income of each such
Property, acquisition costs and related mortgage debt; (C) a description of all Properties sold
during the calendar quarter then ended, including the Net Operating Income from such Properties and
the sales price; (D) a schedule of the Net Operating Income contribution by each Property and by
each market, including a summary of the economic occupancy, rent potential, and income and expense
for such Properties for the preceding calendar quarter; (E) pro forma quarterly financial
information for Parent and its Subsidiaries for the next four (4) calendar quarters, including pro
forma covenant calculations, EBITDA, sources and uses of funds, capital expenditures, Net Operating
Income for the Properties, and other income and expenses; and (F) such other information as the
Agent may request.



     (b) As soon as available and in any event not later than the first to occur of (i) the date
that is five (5) days following the filing of the Parent’s 10-Q Report with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and (ii) the date that is fifty (50) days after the close of each of the first,
second and third calendar quarters of Borrower, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such period and the related unaudited consolidated
statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
period and an unaudited statement of Funds from Operations, setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures as of the end of and for the corresponding periods of the previous
calendar year, all of which shall be certified by the chief financial officer or chief accounting
officer of Parent, to present fairly, in accordance with GAAP as then in effect, the consolidated
financial position of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the date thereof and the results of
operations for such period (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments).



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Section 2.0 Year-End Statements.




     (a) As soon as available and in any event not later than the first to occur of (i) the date
that is five (5) days following the filing of Parent’s 10-K Report with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and (ii) the date that is ninety-five (95) days after the end of each respective
calendar year of Parent and its Subsidiaries, the audited consolidated balance sheet of Parent and
its Subsidiaries as of the end of such calendar year and the related audited consolidated
statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of Parent and its Subsidiaries for such
calendar year and an unaudited statement of Funds from Operations, setting forth in comparative
form the figures as at the end of and for the previous calendar year, all of which shall be
certified by (A) the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of Parent to present
fairly, in accordance with GAAP as then in effect, the consolidated financial position of Parent
and its Subsidiaries as at the date thereof and the results of operations for such period, and (B)
independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing acceptable to the Agent,
whose certificate shall be unqualified and in scope and substance satisfactory to the Agent and who
shall have authorized Borrower to deliver such financial statements and certification thereof to
the Agent and the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement. Together with such financial statements,
Borrower shall deliver a written statement from such accountants to the effect that they have read
a copy of this Agreement and the Guaranty, and that in making the examination necessary to such
certification, they have obtained no knowledge of any Default of Event of Default, or if such
accountants shall have obtained knowledge of any then existing Default or Event of Default they
shall disclose in such statement any such Default or Event of Default; provided that such
accountants shall not be liable to Agent or the Lenders should they fail to obtain knowledge of any
Default or Event of Default. In addition, Borrower shall deliver the reports described in Section
8.1(A)-(E) with such year-end statements.



     (b) As soon as available and in any event not later than the first to occur of (i) the date
that is five (5) days following the filing of the Parent’s 10-K Report with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and (ii) the date that is ninety-five (95) days after the end of each
respective calendar year of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, the audited consolidated balance sheet
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such calendar year and the related audited
consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such calendar year and an unaudited statement of Funds from Operations, setting
forth in comparative form the figures as of the end of and for the previous calendar year, all of
which shall be certified by (A) the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of Parent to
present fairly, in accordance with GAAP as then in effect, the consolidated financial position of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and the results of operations for such period,
and (B) independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing acceptable to the
Agent, whose certificate shall be unqualified and in scope and substance satisfactory to the Agent
and who shall have authorized Borrower to deliver such financial statements and certification
thereof to the Agent and the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement.



Section 3.0 Compliance Certificate.




     At the time financial statements are required to be furnished pursuant to Sections 8.1 and
8.2, and within ten (10) Business Days of the Agent’s request with respect to any other fiscal
period, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit N (a “Compliance Certificate”)
executed by the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of Parent: (a) setting forth in
reasonable detail as at the end of such quarterly accounting period, calendar year, or other fiscal
period, as the case may be, the calculations required to establish whether or not the Parent and
the Borrower are in compliance with the covenants contained in Sections 9.1, 9.6 and 9.14; and (b)
stating that no Default or Event of Default exists, or, if such is not the case, specifying such
Default or Event of Default and its nature, when it occurred, whether it is continuing and the
steps being taken by the Borrower with respect to such event, condition or failure. With each
Compliance Certificate, Borrower shall also deliver a certificate (a “Collateral Pool Property
Certificate”) executed by the chief financial officer of Parent that: (i) sets forth a list of all
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Properties; and (ii) certifies that (A) all Collateral Pool Properties so listed fully qualify
as such under the applicable criteria for inclusion as Collateral Pool Properties, and (B) all
acquisitions, dispositions or other removals of Collateral Pool Properties completed during such
quarterly accounting period, calendar year, or other fiscal period were permitted under this
Agreement, and (C) the acquisition cost of any Collateral Pool Properties acquired during such
period and any other information that Agent may require to determine the Collateral Pool Value of
such Collateral Pool Property, and the Collateral Pool Value of any Collateral Pool Properties
removed during such period. In addition, with each such Compliance Certificate, Borrower shall
deliver the following information: (w) a development schedule of the announced development
pipeline, including for each announced development project, the project name and location, number
of units to be developed, the expected construction start date, the expected date of delivery, the
expected stabilization date and the total anticipated cost; (x) a schedule of all outstanding
Indebtedness of Parent and its Subsidiaries, showing for each component of Indebtedness, the
lender, the total commitment, the total indebtedness outstanding, the interest rate, if fixed, or
the applicable margin over an index, if the interest rate floats, the term, the required
amortization (if any) and the security (if any); (y) a schedule of all interest rate protection
agreements to which Borrower, Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries are a party, showing
for each such agreement, the total dollar amount, the type of agreement (i.e. cap, collar, swap,
etc.) and the term thereof and (z) a copy of all management reports, if any, submitted to the
Borrower or Parent or its management by its independent public accountants.



Section 4.0 Other Information.




     (a) Securities Filings. Within five (5) Business Days of the filing thereof, written
notice and a listing of all registration statements, reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K (or their
equivalents) and all other periodic reports which the Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their
respective Subsidiaries shall file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any Governmental
Authority substituted therefor) or any national securities exchange;



     (b) Shareholder Information. Promptly upon the mailing thereof to the shareholders or
partners of Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries generally, copies
of all financial statements, reports and proxy statements so mailed and promptly upon the issuance
thereof copies of all press releases issued by the Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their
respective Subsidiaries;



     (c) ERISA. If and when any member of the ERISA Group (i) gives or is required to give
notice to the PBGC of any “reportable event” (as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) with respect to
any Plan which might constitute grounds for a termination of such Plan under Title IV of ERISA, or
knows that the plan administrator of any Plan has given or is required to give notice of any such
reportable event, a copy of the notice of such reportable event given or required to be given to
the PBGC; (ii) receives notice of complete or partial withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA
or notice that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization, is insolvent or has been terminated, a
copy of such notice; (iii) receives notice from the PBGC under Title IV of ERISA of an intent to
terminate, impose liability (other than for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) in respect of, or
appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, a copy of such notice; (iv) applies for a waiver of the
minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, a copy of such
application; (v) gives notice of intent to terminate any Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA, a
copy of such notice and other information filed with the PBGC; (vi) gives notice of withdrawal from
any Plan pursuant to Section 4063 of ERISA, a copy of such notice; or (vii) fails to make any
payment or contribution to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or in respect of any Benefit Arrangement
or makes any amendment to any Plan or Benefit Arrangement which has resulted or could result in the
imposition of a Lien or the posting of a bond or other security, a certificate of the chief
financial officer of Parent setting forth details as to such occurrence and the action, if any,
which the Borrower or applicable member of the ERISA Group is required or proposes to take;



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     (d) Litigation. To the extent Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their respective
Subsidiaries is aware of the same, prompt notice of the commencement of any proceeding or
investigation by or before any Governmental Authority and any action or proceeding in any court or
other tribunal or before any arbitrator against or in any other way relating adversely to, or
adversely affecting, Borrower, any other Obligor, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of
their respective properties, assets or businesses which involve claims individually or in the
aggregate in excess of $5,000,000, and prompt notice of the receipt of notice that any United
States income tax returns of Borrower, any other Obligor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries
are being audited;



     (e) Modification of Governing Documents. A copy of any amendment to a Governing
Document of Borrower or any other Obligor promptly upon, and in any event within fifteen (15)
Business Days of, the effectiveness thereof;



     (f) Change of Management or Financial Condition. Prompt notice of any material change
in the senior management of Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries,
any change in the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations or
business prospects of Borrower, any other Obligor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries which
has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or any other event or
circumstance which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;



     (g) Default. Notice of the occurrence of any of the following promptly upon a
Responsible Officer obtaining knowledge thereof: (i) any Default or Event of Default (which notice
shall state that it is a “notice of default” for the purposes of Section 11.3 below) or (ii) any
event which constitutes or which with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or otherwise,
would constitute a default or event of default by Borrower, any other Obligor, or any of their
respective Subsidiaries under any Indebtedness individually or in the aggregate in excess of
$5,000,000, or under any Material Contract to which any such Person is a party or by which any such
Person or any of its respective properties may be bound;



     (h) Judgments. Prompt notice of any order, judgment or decree in excess of $5,000,000
having been entered against Borrower, any other Obligor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries or
any of their respective properties or assets;



     (i) Notice of Violations of Law. Prompt notice if Borrower, any other Obligor, or any
of their respective Subsidiaries shall receive any notification from any Governmental Authority
alleging a violation of any Applicable Law or any inquiry as to any Collateral Pool Property, or as
to any Property other than a Collateral Pool Property which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect;



     (j) Material Assets Sales. Prompt notice of the sale, transfer or other disposition
of any material assets of Borrower, any other Obligor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries to
any Person other than Borrower, any other Obligor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries;



     (k) Material Contracts. Promptly upon (i) entering into any Material Contract after
the Agreement Date, a copy to the Agent of such Material Contract, together with a copy of all
related or ancillary documentation and (ii) the giving or receipt thereof by Borrower, any other
Obligor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries notice alleging that any party to any Material
Contract is in default of its obligations thereunder;



     (l) Disqualification of Collateral Pool Property. Within five (5) Business Days after
any Collateral Pool Property ceases to qualify as a Collateral Pool Property, the Borrower shall
deliver to the Agent a Collateral Pool Property Certificate reflecting such disqualification,
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(i) the identity of the Collateral Pool Property being disqualified, and (ii) the Collateral
Pool Value attributable to such Collateral Pool Property;



     (m) Rent Roll and Operating Statement. Simultaneously with the delivery of the
financial statements referred to in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 above, (i) a rent roll for each of the
Collateral Pool Properties and a summary thereof in form satisfactory to Agent as of the end of
each calendar quarter (including the fourth calendar quarter in each year), and (ii) an operating
statement for each of the Collateral Pool Properties for the previous two (2) calendar quarters and
year to date and a consolidated operating statement for the Collateral Pool Properties for the
previous two (2) calendar quarters and year to date (such statements and reports to be in form
reasonably satisfactory to Agent).



     (n) Other Information. From time to time and promptly upon each request, such data,
certificates, reports, statements, opinions of counsel, documents or further information regarding
the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations or business prospects
of the Borrower, any or other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries as the Agent or any
Lender may reasonably request.



ARTICLE IX. NEGATIVE COVENANTS




     For so long as this Agreement is in effect, unless the Requisite Lenders (or, if required
pursuant to Section 12.6, all of the Lenders) shall otherwise consent in the manner set forth in
Section 12.6, the Borrower shall comply with the following covenants:



Section 1.0 Financial Covenants.




     The Borrower shall not permit, on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP:



     (a) the Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio to exceed sixty-five percent (65%) at any time;



     (b) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio to be less than 1.40:1.00 at any time;



     (c) the Implied Debt Service Coverage Ratio to be less than 1.30:1.0 at any time;



     (d) from and after the date that Parent first achieves a Tangible Net Worth of $50,000,000 or
greater, the Tangible Net Worth of Parent at any time to be less than the sum of (i) Fifty Million
Dollars ($50,000,000), plus (ii) seventy-five percent (75%) of the net proceeds (gross proceeds
less reasonable and customary costs of sale and issuance paid to Persons not Affiliates of any
Obligor) received by the Borrower or Parent at any time from an Equity Issuance on or after the
Agreement Date;



     (e) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Floating Rate Debt to exceed one hundred
percent (100%) of Total Indebtedness, provided that from and after the date that Total Asset Value
first equals or exceeds $175,000,000, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Floating
Rate Debt shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of Total Indebtedness; and



     (f) the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans and the amount of all
Letter of Credit Liabilities to exceed the Available Amount.



Section 2.0 Indebtedness.




     The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Obligor or any Subsidiary of Borrower
or any other Obligor to, create, incur, assume, or permit or suffer to exist, or assume or
guarantee, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, or become or remain liable with
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     (a) the Obligations;



     (b) Indebtedness up to a maximum principal balance of $15,000,000 under the Mezzanine Loan
Documents, provided that the Mezzanine Lenders have entered into the Intercreditor Agreement;



     (c) intercompany Indebtedness among Borrower and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; provided,
however, that the obligations of the Borrower and each Guarantor in respect of such intercompany
Indebtedness shall be subordinate to the Obligations; and



     (d) any other Indebtedness existing, created, incurred or assumed so long as immediately prior
to the existence, creation, incurring or assumption thereof, and immediately thereafter and after
giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default is or would be in existence, including
without limitation, a Default or Event of Default resulting from a violation of any of the
covenants contained in this Section 9.1.



Section 3.0 [Intentionally Omitted.]




Section 4.0 Investments.




     The Borrower shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, acquire,
make or purchase any Investment, or permit any Investment of such Person to be outstanding on and
after the Agreement Date, other than the applicable Collateral Pool Property owned by such
Subsidiary Guarantor.



Section 5.0 Liens; Negative Pledges; Other Matters.




     (a) The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Obligor or any Subsidiary of
Borrower or any other Obligor to, create, assume, or incur any Lien (other than Permitted Liens)
upon any of its properties, assets, income or profits of any character whether now owned or
hereafter acquired if immediately prior to the creation, assumption or incurring of such Lien, or
immediately thereafter, a Default or Event of Default is or would be in existence, including
without limitation, a Default or Event of Default resulting from a violation of any of the
covenants contained in Section 9.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral Pool Properties
shall not be subject to any Lien other than Liens of the type described in clauses (a), (d), (e)
and (g) of the definition of Permitted Liens and second-priority Liens in favor of the Mezzanine
Lenders to secure the Mezzanine Loan which are subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.



     (b) The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Obligor or any Subsidiary of
Borrower or any other Obligor to, enter into, assume or otherwise be bound by any Negative Pledge
except for a Negative Pledge contained in any agreement (i) evidencing Indebtedness which Borrower
or such Subsidiary or Obligor may create, incur, assume, or permit or suffer to exist under Section
9.2, (ii) which Indebtedness is secured by a Lien permitted to exist pursuant to this Agreement,
and (iii) which prohibits the creation of any other Lien on only the property securing such
Indebtedness as of the date such agreement was entered into.



     (c) Except pursuant to the Mezzanine Loan Documents, the Borrower shall not, and shall not
permit any other Obligor or any Subsidiary of Borrower or any other Obligor to, create or otherwise
cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind
on the ability of Borrower, any other Obligor or any Subsidiary of Borrower or any other Obligor
to: (i) pay dividends or make any other distribution on any of such Person’s Equity Interests
owned by the Borrower, any other Obligor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than
distributions by Borrower to Parent), (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to Borrower, any other
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loans or advances to Borrower, any other Obligor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or
(iv) transfer any of its property or assets to Borrower, any Obligor, or any of their respective
Subsidiaries.



Section 6.0 Restricted Payments; Stock Repurchases.




     (a) Borrower will not make any Restricted Payment to Parent and Parent will not make any
Restricted Payments during any calendar quarter which, based upon the prior twelve (12) months from
the date of calculation, would exceed the greater of (i) commencing on the Dividend Restriction
Date ninety-five percent (95%) of such Person’s Funds From Operations through the date of any such
Restricted Payment (provided that prior to the Dividend Restriction Date, Borrower and Parent may
make Restricted Payments without regard to the limit in this Section 9.6(a)(i)) or (ii) the minimum
amount required in order for Parent to maintain its status as a REIT, as set forth in a
certification to Agent from the chief financial officer of Parent. If an Event of Default occurs
and is continuing, then neither Borrower nor Parent shall make any Restricted Payments in excess of
the minimum amount required in order for Parent to maintain its status as a REIT, as set forth in a
certification to Agent from the chief financial officer of Parent; provided further that if a
Default or Event of Default specified in Section 10.1(a), Section 10.1(b), Section 10.1(f) or
Section 10.1(g) shall have occurred and be continuing or if as a result of the occurrence of any
Event of Default the Obligations have been accelerated pursuant to Section 10.2(a), then neither
the Borrower nor Parent shall make any Restricted Payments to any Person whatsoever without the
prior written consent of the Requisite Lenders.



     (b) Neither the Borrower nor Parent shall at any time buy back, redeem, retire or otherwise
acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its capital stock if a Default or Event of Default
exists or immediately thereafter and after giving effect thereto, a Default or Event of Default is
or would be in existence.



Section 7.0 Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements.




     The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Obligor or any Subsidiary of Borrower
or any other Obligor to: (i) enter into any transaction of merger, consolidation, reorganization or
other business combination; (ii) liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation
or dissolution); or (iii) convey, sell, lease, sublease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one
transaction or a series of transactions, all or any substantial part of its business or assets,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or discontinue or eliminate any business line or segment
(any such event described in clause (iii), a “Sale”); provided, however, that:



     (a) Any of the actions described in the immediately preceding clauses (i) through (iii) may be
taken with respect to any Subsidiary of Borrower that is not also an Obligor, so long as
immediately prior to the taking of such action, and immediately thereafter and after giving effect
thereto, no Default or Event of Default is or would be in existence;



     (b) a Person may merge with Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor, so long
as (i) such Person was organized under the laws of the United States of America or one of its
states; (ii) if such merger involves the Borrower, Borrower is the survivor of such merger; (iii)
if such merger involves a Subsidiary of Borrower that is a Guarantor, subject to Section
9.7(b)(ii), such Subsidiary is the survivor of such merger; (iv) immediately prior to such merger,
and immediately thereafter and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default is or
would be in existence; (v) the Borrower shall have given the Agent and the Lenders at least ten
(10) Business Days’ prior written notice of such merger (except that such prior notice shall not be
required in the case of the merger of a Subsidiary of Borrower with and into Borrower); (vi) such
merger is completed as a result of negotiations with the approval of the board of directors or
similar body of such Person and is not a so called “hostile takeover”; and (vii) following such



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merger, Borrower and its Subsidiaries will continue to be engaged solely in the business of
the ownership, development, management and investment in multifamily real estate; and



     (c) the foregoing limitation on the sale, lease or other transfer of assets and on the
discontinuation or elimination of a business line or segment shall not prohibit the sale of
Properties whether to an Affiliate or a third party, during any period of twelve (12) calendar
months, pursuant to reasonable terms which are no less favorable to the owner of such Property than
would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person which is not an Affiliate,
if such sale is to an Affiliate, for fair market value (as determined in good faith by the board of
directors of Parent or an executive committee thereof), for an aggregate amount, which when
combined with all other such sales pursuant to this clause (c), does not exceed twenty-five
percent (25%) of Total Asset Value as of the end of the fiscal quarter that immediately precedes
the commencement of such twelve (12) calendar month period. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, any disposition of assets by the Obligors and their Subsidiaries shall
be made in the ordinary course of business for a full and fair consideration.



Section 8.0 Fiscal Year.




     Neither the Borrower nor Parent shall change its fiscal year from that in effect as of the
Agreement Date.



Section 9.0 Modifications to Material Contracts.




     The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Obligor or any Subsidiary of Borrower
or any other Obligor to, enter into any amendment or modification to any Material Contract which
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.



Section 10.0 Transactions with Affiliates.




     The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Obligor or any Subsidiary of Borrower
or any other Obligor to, permit to exist or enter into, any transaction (including the purchase,
sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate (but
not including any Subsidiary of Borrower), except transactions in the ordinary course of and
pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the business of such Person and upon fair and reasonable
terms which are no less favorable to such Person than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s
length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate.



Section 11.0 ERISA Exemptions.




     The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Obligor or any Subsidiary of Borrower
or any other Obligor to, permit any of its respective assets to become or be deemed to be “plan
assets” within the meaning of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and the respective regulations
promulgated thereunder.



Section 12.0 Restriction on Prepayment of Indebtedness.




     Without the prior written consent of the Agent, neither Borrower, any other Obligor, nor any
Subsidiary of Borrower or any other Obligor shall prepay, redeem or purchase the principal amount,
in whole or in part, of any Indebtedness other than the Obligations after the occurrence of any
Event of Default; provided, however, that this Section 9.12 shall not prohibit the prepayment of
Indebtedness which is financed solely from the proceeds of a new loan which would otherwise be
permitted by the terms of this Agreement.



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Section 13.0 Modifications to Governing Documents.




     The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Obligor or any Subsidiary of Borrower
or any other Obligor to enter into any amendment or modification of any Governing Document of
Borrower, such Subsidiary, or such Obligor which would have a Material Adverse Effect; provided
that Borrower shall not permit any Subsidiary of Borrower which is a “guarantor” under the
Mezzanine Loan Agreement to amend or modify its Governing Documents without the prior written
consent of Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.



Section 14.0 Additional Requirements of Collateral Pool Properties.




     (a) The Collateral Pool Properties in the aggregate shall consist solely of Properties which
have an aggregate occupancy level for the preceding calendar quarter of tenants in possession, not
in default and paying rent of at least eighty percent (80%) of the aggregate apartment units within
such Collateral Pool Properties.



     (b) From and after May 31, 2007, there shall at no time be less than three (3) Collateral Pool
Properties having an aggregate Collateral Pool Asset Value equal to or greater than $75,000,000.00.



     (c) No more than fifteen percent (15%) of the Collateral Pool Value shall be attributable to
Collateral Pool Properties pursuant to which Borrower or a Guarantor holds a leasehold interest
under a ground lease.



     (d) In the event that all or any material portion of a Collateral Pool Property shall be
damaged or subject to a Taking, then such Collateral Pool Property shall no longer be a part of the
Collateral Pool Properties unless and until (i) any damage to such Collateral Pool Property is
repaired or restored, such Collateral Pool Property becomes fully operational and the Agent shall
receive evidence satisfactory to the Agent of the Collateral Pool Value of such Collateral Pool
Property following such repair or restoration (both at such time and prospectively) or (ii) Agent
shall receive evidence satisfactory to the Agent that the Collateral Pool Value of such Collateral
Pool Property (both at such time and prospectively) shall not be materially adversely affected by
such damage or Taking.



Section 15.0 Management.




     The Borrower shall not and shall not permit any Guarantor to enter into any management
agreement with a third party manager after the date hereof for any Collateral Pool Property without
the prior written consent of the Agent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld). Agent may
condition any approval of a new manager upon the execution and delivery to Agent of an Assignment
of Management Agreement and Subordination to Agent.



Section 16.0 Leases of the Property.




     Neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor will lease all or any portion of a Collateral Pool
Property or amend, supplement or otherwise modify, terminate or cancel, or accept the surrender of,
or consent to the assignment or subletting of, or grant any concessions to or waive the performance
of any obligations of any tenant, lessee or licensee under, any now existing or future Lease at any
Collateral Pool Property, except in each case consistent with sound leasing and management
practices for similar properties.



Section 17.0 Registered Servicemark.




     Without prior written notice to the Agent, none of the Collateral Pool Properties shall be
owned or operated by the Borrower or any Guarantor under any registered or protected trademark,
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servicemark or logo. In the event any of the Collateral Pool Properties shall be owned or
operated under any registered or protected tradename, trademark, servicemark or logo, Borrower or
the applicable Guarantor shall enter into an agreement with Agent, in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent, granting to Agent or any successful bidder at a foreclosure sale of such
Collateral Pool Property the right and/or license to continue operating such Collateral Pool
Property under such tradename, trademark, servicemark or logo.



Section 18.0 Zoning and Contract Changes and Compliance.




     Neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor shall initiate or consent to any zoning
reclassification of any Collateral Pool Property or seek any variance under any existing zoning
ordinance or use or permit the use of any Collateral Pool Property in any manner that could result
in such use becoming a non-conforming use under any zoning ordinance or any other applicable land
use law, rule or regulation. Neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor shall initiate any change in
any laws, requirements of governmental authorities or obligations created by private contracts and
Leases which now or hereafter may materially adversely affect the ownership, occupancy, use or
operation of any Collateral Pool Property.



ARTICLE X. DEFAULT




Section 1.0 Events of Default.




     Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default, whatever the reason for such event
and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of Applicable Law or
pursuant to any judgment or order of any Governmental Authority:



     (a) Default in Payment of Principal. The Borrower shall fail to pay when due (whether
at maturity, by reason of acceleration or otherwise) the principal of any of the Loans, or any
Reimbursement Obligation.



     (b) Default in Payment of Interest and Other Obligations. The Borrower shall fail to
pay when due any interest on any of the Loans or any of the other payment Obligations owing by the
Borrower under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any other Obligor shall fail to pay
when due any payment Obligation owing by such other Obligor under any Loan Document to which it is
a party, and such failure shall continue for a period of five (5) Business Days from the date such
payment was due.



     (c) Default in Performance. (i) The Borrower shall fail to perform or observe any
term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in Sections 7.13 or 8.3 or in Article IX, or (ii)
the Borrower or any other Obligor shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant, condition or
agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party and not
otherwise mentioned in this Section and such failure under this Section 10.1(c)(ii) shall continue
for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (x) the date upon which a Responsible Officer
of Borrower or such Obligor obtains knowledge of such failure or (y) the date upon which the
Borrower has received written notice of such failure from the Agent.



     (d) Misrepresentations. Any written statement, representation or warranty made or
deemed made by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Obligor under this Agreement or under any
other Loan Document, or any amendment hereto or thereto, or in any other writing or statement at
any time furnished or made or deemed made by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Obligor to the
Agent or any Lender, shall at any time prove to have been incorrect or misleading (and without
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limiting such representations to knowledge or belief), in light of the circumstances in which
made or deemed made, in any material respect when furnished or made or deemed made.



     (e) Indebtedness Cross-Default.



          (i) A Borrower, any other Obligor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall fail to pay
when due and payable, the principal of, or interest on, (A) any Indebtedness (other than the
Obligations and Non-Recourse Indebtedness) or Obligations under Derivative Contracts, in each case
having an aggregate outstanding principal amount greater than or equal to $5,000,000 or (B) any
Non-Recourse Indebtedness having an aggregate outstanding principal amount greater than or equal to
$20,000,000 (all such Indebtedness or obligations under Derivative Contracts being “Material
Indebtedness”); or



          (ii) (x) The maturity of any Material Indebtedness shall have been accelerated in accordance
with the provisions of any indenture, contract or instrument evidencing, providing for the creation
of or otherwise concerning such Material Indebtedness or (y) any Material Indebtedness shall have
been required to be prepaid or repurchased prior to the stated maturity thereof (which for the
purposes hereof shall include any termination event or other event resulting in the settling of
payments due under a Derivative Contract); or



          (iii) Any other event shall have occurred and be continuing which with or without the passage
of time, the giving of notice, or both, would permit any holder or holders of Material
Indebtedness, any trustee or agent acting on behalf of such holder or holders or any other Person,
to accelerate the maturity of any such Material Indebtedness or require any such Material
Indebtedness to be prepaid or repurchased prior to its stated maturity (which for the purposes
hereof shall include any termination event or other event resulting in the settling of payments due
under a Derivative Contract).



     (f) Voluntary Bankruptcy Proceeding. Borrower, any other Obligor, or any of their
respective Subsidiaries shall: (i) commence a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code, or other
federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect); (ii) file a petition seeking to take
advantage of any other Applicable Laws, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, winding-up, or composition or adjustment of debts; (iii) consent to, or fail to
contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any petition filed against it in an involuntary case
under such bankruptcy laws or other Applicable Laws or consent to any proceeding or action
described in the immediately following subsection; (iv) apply for or consent to, or fail to contest
in a timely and appropriate manner, the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver,
custodian, trustee, or liquidator of itself or of a substantial part of its property, domestic or
foreign; (v) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due; (vi) make a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (vii) make a conveyance fraudulent as to creditors
under any Applicable Law; or (viii) take any corporate or partnership action for the purpose of
effecting any of the foregoing.



     (g) Involuntary Bankruptcy Proceeding. A case or other proceeding shall be commenced
against Borrower, any other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries in any court of
competent jurisdiction seeking: (i) relief under the Bankruptcy Code, or other federal bankruptcy
laws (as now or hereafter in effect) or under any other Applicable Laws, domestic or foreign,
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding-up, or composition or adjustment of
debts; or (ii) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like of such
Person, or of all or any substantial part of the assets, domestic or foreign, of such Person, and
such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed or unstayed for a period of sixty (60)
consecutive calendar days, or an order granting the remedy or other relief requested in such case
or proceeding against such Person (including, but not limited to, an order for relief under such
Bankruptcy Code or such other federal bankruptcy laws) shall be entered.



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     (h) Litigation; Enforceability. Borrower or any other Obligor shall disavow, revoke
or terminate (or attempt to terminate) any Loan Document to which it is a party or shall otherwise
challenge or contest in any action, suit or proceeding in any court or before any Governmental
Authority the validity, priority or enforceability of this Agreement, any Note or any other Loan
Document or this Agreement, any Note, the Guaranty or any other Loan Document shall cease to be in
full force and effect (except as a result of the express terms thereof).



     (i) Judgment. A judgment or order for the payment of money or for an injunction shall
be entered against Borrower, any other Obligor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries by any
court or other tribunal and (i) such judgment or order shall continue for a period of thirty (30)
days without being paid, stayed or dismissed through appropriate appellate proceedings, and (ii)
either (A) the amount of such judgment or order for which insurance has not been acknowledged in
writing by the applicable insurance carrier (or the amount as to which the insurer has denied
liability) exceeds, individually or together with all other such outstanding judgments or orders
entered against Borrower, such other Obligor or such Subsidiary, $5,000,000, or (B) in the case of
an injunction or other non-monetary judgment, such judgment could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.



     (j) Attachment. A warrant, writ of attachment, execution or similar process shall be
issued against any property of Borrower, any other Obligor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries
which exceeds, individually or together with all other such warrants, writs, executions and
processes for Borrower, such Obligor or such Subsidiary, $5,000,000, and such warrant, writ,
execution or process shall not be discharged, vacated, stayed or bonded for a period of thirty (30)
days; provided, however, that if a bond has been issued in favor of the claimant or other Person
obtaining such warrant, writ, execution or process, the issuer of such bond shall execute a waiver
or subordination agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent pursuant to which the
issuer of such bond subordinates its right of reimbursement, contribution or subrogation to the
Obligations and waives or subordinates any Lien it may have on the assets of any Obligor.



     (k) ERISA. Any member of the ERISA Group shall fail to pay when due an amount or
amounts aggregating in excess of $5,000,000 which it shall have become liable to pay under Title IV
of ERISA; or notice of intent to terminate a Material Plan shall be filed under Title IV of ERISA
by any member of the ERISA Group, any plan administrator or any combination of the foregoing; or
the PBGC shall institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate, to impose liability
(other than for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) in respect of, or to cause a trustee to be
appointed to administer, any Material Plan; or a condition shall exist by reason of which the PBGC
would be entitled to obtain a decree adjudicating that any Material Plan must be terminated; or
there shall occur a complete or partial withdrawal from, or a default, within the meaning of
Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA, with respect to, one or more Multiemployer Plans which could cause one
or more members of the ERISA Group to incur a current payment obligation in excess of $5,000,000.



     (l) Loan Documents. An Event of Default (as defined therein) shall occur under any of
the other Loan Documents.



     (m) Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur.



     (n) Federal Tax Lien. A federal tax lien shall be filed against the Borrower, any
Obligor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries under Section 6323 of the Internal Revenue Code or
a lien of the PBGC shall be filed against Borrower, any other Obligor, or any of their respective
Subsidiaries under Section 4068 of ERISA and in either case such lien shall remain undischarged (or
otherwise unsatisfied) for a period of twenty-five (25) days after the date of filing.



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Section 2.0 Remedies Upon Event of Default.




     Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default the following provisions shall apply:



     (a) Acceleration; Termination of Facilities.



          (i) Automatic. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Sections
10.1(f) or 10.1(g), (A)(i) the principal of, and all accrued interest on, the Loans and the Notes
at the time outstanding, (ii) an amount equal to the Stated Amount of all Letters of Credit
outstanding as of the date of the occurrence of such Event of Default, and (iii) all of the other
Obligations of the Borrower, including, but not limited to, the other amounts owed to the Lenders,
the Swingline Lender, the Issuing Lender and the Agent under this Agreement, the Notes or any of
the other Loan Documents shall become immediately and automatically due and payable by the Borrower
without presentment, demand, protest, or other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly
waived by the Borrower, and (B) all of the Commitments, the obligation of the Lenders to make
Revolving Loans, the Swingline Commitment, the obligation of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline
Loans, and the obligation of the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, shall all
immediately and automatically terminate.



          (ii) Optional. If any other Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
the Agent shall, at the direction of the Requisite Lenders: (A) declare (1) the principal of, and
accrued interest on, the Loans and the Notes at the time outstanding, (2) an amount equal to the
Stated Amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the date of the occurrence of such other
Event of Default, and (3) all of the other Obligations, including, but not limited to, the other
amounts owed to the Lenders and the Agent under this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan
Documents, to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and
payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are
expressly waived by the Borrower, and (B) terminate the Commitments and the obligation of the
Lenders to make Revolving Loans hereunder and the obligation of the Issuing Lender to issue Letters
of Credit hereunder. Further, if the Agent has exercised any of the rights provided under the
preceding sentence, the Swingline Lender shall: (x) declare the principal of, and accrued interest
on, the Swingline Loans and the Swingline Note at the time outstanding, and all of the other
Obligations owing to the Swingline Lender, to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the same
shall immediately become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of
any kind, all of which are expressly waived by the Borrower and (y) terminate the Swingline
Commitment and the obligation of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans.



     (b) Loan Documents. The Requisite Lenders may direct the Agent to, and the Agent if
so directed shall, exercise any and all of its rights under any and all of the other Loan
Documents.



     (c) Applicable Law. The Requisite Lenders may direct the Agent to, and the Agent if
so directed shall, exercise all other rights and remedies it may have under any Applicable Law.



     (d) Appointment of Receiver. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Agent and
the Lenders shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver for the assets and properties of the
Borrower, the other Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries, without notice of any kind
whatsoever and without regard to the adequacy of any security for the Obligations or the solvency
of any party bound for its payment, to take possession of all or any portion of the business
operations of the Borrower, the other Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries and to exercise
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Section 3.0 Allocation of Proceeds.




     If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and maturity of any of the
Obligations has been accelerated, all payments received by the Agent under any of the Loan
Documents or in respect of the Collateral, in respect of any principal of or interest on the
Obligations or any other amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder or thereunder, shall be applied
in the following order and priority:



     (a) amounts due to the Agent and the Lenders in respect of fees and expenses due under
Sections 3.6 and 12.2;



     (b) payments of interest on Swingline Loans;




     (c) payments of interest on all other Loans and Reimbursement Obligations, to be applied for
the ratable benefit of the Lenders, pro rata among the Lenders based upon the aggregate outstanding
Revolving Loans and Reimbursement Obligations (and as to the Revolving Loans, first to Base Rate
Loans and then to LIBOR Loans);



     (d) payments of principal of Swingline Loans;




     (e) payments of principal of all other Loans and Reimbursement Obligations, to be applied for
the ratable benefit of the Lenders, pro rata among the Lenders based upon the aggregate outstanding
Revolving Loans and Reimbursement Obligations (and as to the Revolving Loans, first to Base Rate
Loans and then to LIBOR Loans);



     (f) amounts to be deposited into the Collateral Account in respect of Letters of Credit (to be
applied as provided in Section 10.4);



     (g) amounts due the Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Sections 11.7 and 12.9;




     (h) payments of all other amounts due and owing by the Borrower under any of the Loan
Documents, if any, to be applied for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and Agent; and



     (i) any amount remaining after application as provided above, shall be paid to the Borrower or
whomever else may be legally entitled thereto.



Section 4.0 Collateral Account.




     (a) As collateral security for the prompt payment in full when due of all Letter of Credit
Liabilities and the other Obligations, the Borrower hereby pledges and grants to the Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders as provided herein, a security interest in all of its right, title
and interest in and to the Collateral Account and the balances from time to time in the Collateral
Account (including the investments and reinvestments therein provided for below). The balances
from time to time in the Collateral Account shall not constitute payment of any Letter of Credit
Liabilities until applied by the Agent as provided herein. Anything in this Agreement to the
contrary notwithstanding, funds held in the Collateral Account shall be subject to withdrawal only
as provided in this Section and in Section 2.12.



     (b) Amounts on deposit in the Collateral Account shall be invested and reinvested by the Agent
in such Cash Equivalents as the Agent shall determine in its sole discretion. All such deposits,
investments and reinvestments shall be held in the name of and be under the sole dominion and
control of the Agent. Borrower irrevocably authorizes Agent to exercise any and all rights of
Borrower in respect of the Collateral Account and to give all instructions, directions and
entitlement orders in respect thereof as Agent shall deem necessary or desirable. Agent is
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statements as Agent may deem necessary in connection with the perfection of the security
interests in the Collateral Account. Borrower agrees to do such further acts and things, and to
execute and deliver such additional documents as Agent may reasonably request at any time in
connection with the administration or enforcement of its rights with respect to the Collateral
Account. For the purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code, Georgia shall be deemed to be the
location and jurisdiction of Agent, the Collateral Account and any securities entitlements relating
thereto. The Agent shall exercise reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any funds
held in the Collateral Account and shall be deemed to have exercised such care if such funds are
accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Agent accords other funds deposited
with the Agent, it being understood that the Agent shall not have any responsibility for taking any
necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties with respect to any funds held in the
Collateral Account.



     (c) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Requisite Lenders may,
in their discretion, at any time and from time to time, instruct the Agent to liquidate any such
investments and reinvestments and credit the proceeds thereof to the Collateral Account and apply
or cause to be applied such proceeds and any other balances in the Collateral Account for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders to the payment of any of the Letter of Credit Liabilities due and
payable.



     (d) If (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) all of the
Letter of Credit Liabilities have been paid in full, the Agent shall, from time to time, at the
request of the Borrower, deliver to the Borrower, against receipt but without any recourse,
warranty or representation whatsoever, such of the balances in the Collateral Account as exceed the
aggregate amount of Letter of Credit Liabilities at such time.



     (e) The Borrower shall pay to the Agent from time to time such fees as the Agent normally
charges for similar services in connection with the Agent’s administration of the Collateral
Account and investments and reinvestments of funds therein.



Section 5.0 Performance by Agent.




     If the Borrower or any Guarantor shall fail to perform any covenant, duty or agreement
contained in any of the Loan Documents, the Agent may perform or attempt to perform such covenant,
duty or agreement on behalf of the Borrower or any Guarantor after the expiration of any cure or
grace periods set forth herein. In such event, the Borrower shall, at the request of the Agent,
promptly pay any amount reasonably expended by the Agent in such performance or attempted
performance to the Agent, together with interest thereon at the applicable Post-Default Rate from
the date of such expenditure until paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Agent nor any
Lender shall have any liability or responsibility whatsoever for the performance of any obligation
of the Borrower under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.



Section 6.0 Rights Cumulative.




     The rights and remedies of the Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement and each of the
other Loan Documents shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which any of
them may otherwise have under Applicable Law. In exercising their respective rights and remedies
the Agent and the Lenders may be selective and no failure or delay by the Agent or any of the
Lenders in exercising any right shall operate as a waiver of it, nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any power or right preclude its other or further exercise or the exercise of any other
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ARTICLE XI. THE AGENT




Section 1.0 Authorization and Action.




     Each Lender hereby appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as contractual
representative on such Lender’s behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents as are specifically delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof and thereof
(including entering into and performing under the Intercreditor Agreement), together with such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Not in limitation of the foregoing, each Lender
authorizes and directs the Agent to enter into the Loan Documents for the benefit of the Lenders.
Each Lender hereby agrees that, except as otherwise set forth herein, any action taken by the
Requisite Lenders in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or the Loan Documents, and
the exercise by the Requisite Lenders of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such
other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the
Lenders. Nothing herein (including the use of the term “Agent”) shall be construed to deem the
Agent a trustee or fiduciary for any Lender nor to impose on the Agent duties or obligations other
than those expressly provided for herein. At the request of a Lender, the Agent will forward to
such Lender copies or, where appropriate, originals of the documents delivered to the Agent
pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. The Agent will also furnish to any Lender,
upon the request of such Lender, a copy of any certificate or notice furnished to the Agent by the
Borrower, any Obligor or any other Affiliate of the Borrower or any Obligor, pursuant to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document not already delivered to such Lender pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement or any such other Loan Document. As to any matters not expressly provided for by
the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, enforcement or collection of any of the
Obligations), the Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but
shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or
refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Requisite Lenders (or all of the Lenders if
explicitly required under any other provision of this Agreement), and such instructions shall be
binding upon all Lenders and all holders of any of the Obligations; provided, however, that,
notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Agent shall not be required to take
any action which exposes the Agent to personal liability or which is contrary to this Agreement or
any other Loan Document or Applicable Law. Not in limitation of the foregoing, the Agent shall not
exercise any right or remedy it or the Lenders may have under any Loan Document upon the occurrence
of a Default or an Event of Default unless the Requisite Lenders have so directed the Agent to
exercise such right or remedy. The Borrower may rely on written amendments or waivers executed by
Agent or acts taken by Agent as being authorized by the Lenders or the Requisite Lenders, as
applicable, to the extent Agent does not advise Borrower that it has not obtained such
authorization from the Lenders or the Requisite Lenders, as applicable.



Section 2.0 Agent’s Reliance, Etc.




     Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, neither
the Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents, employees or counsel shall be liable for any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement,
except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Agent: (a) may treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof
until the Agent receives written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof signed by such payee
and in form satisfactory to the Agent; (b) may consult with legal counsel (including its own
counsel or counsel for the Borrower or any other Obligor), independent public accountants and other
experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good
faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (c) makes no
warranty or representation to any Lender or any other Person and shall not be responsible to any
Lender or any other Person for any statements, warranties or representations made by any Person in
or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (d) shall not have any duty to
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conditions of any of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the satisfaction of any
conditions precedent under this Agreement or any Loan Document on the part of the Borrower or other
Persons or inspect the property, books or records of the Borrower or any other Person; (e) shall
not be responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability,
genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any other
instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto or any collateral covered thereby or the
perfection or priority of any Lien in favor of the Agent on behalf of the Lenders in any such
collateral; and (f) shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which
may be by telephone or telecopy) believed by it to be genuine and signed, sent or given by the
proper party or parties.



Section 3.0 Notice of Defaults.




     The Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of a Default or
Event of Default, except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest and fees
required to be paid to Agent for the account of the Lenders, unless the Agent has received notice
from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing with reasonable specificity
such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” If any
Lender (excluding the Lender which is also serving as the Agent) becomes aware of any Default or
Event of Default, it shall promptly send to the Agent such a “notice of default.” Further, if the
Agent receives such a “notice of default”, the Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the
Lenders.



Section 4.0 Wachovia Bank as Lender.




     Any Lender which is the Agent, as a Lender, shall have the same rights and powers under this
Agreement and any other Loan Document as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it
were not the Agent; and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated,
include any Lender acting as the Agent in each case in its individual capacity. Any Lender which
is the Agent and the other Lenders and their affiliates may each accept deposits from, maintain
deposits or credit balances for, invest in, lend money to, act as trustee under indentures of,
serve as financial advisor to, and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Borrower, any
other Obligor or any other affiliate thereof as if it were any other bank and without any duty to
account therefor to the other Lenders. Further, the Agent and the other Lenders and any affiliate
may accept fees and other consideration from the Borrower for services in connection with this
Agreement and otherwise without having to account for the same to the other Lenders.



Section 5.0 Approvals of Lenders.




     All communications from the Agent to any Lender requesting such Lender’s determination,
consent, approval or disapproval (a) shall be given in the form of a written notice to such Lender,
(b) shall be accompanied by a description of the matter or issue as to which such determination,
approval, consent or disapproval is requested, or shall advise such Lender where information, if
any, regarding such matter or issue may be inspected, or shall otherwise describe the matter or
issue to be resolved, (c) shall include, if reasonably requested by such Lender and to the extent
not previously provided to such Lender, written materials and a summary of all oral information
provided to the Agent by the Borrower in respect of the matter or issue to be resolved, and (d)
shall include the Agent’s recommended course of action or determination in respect thereof. Each
Lender shall reply promptly, but in any event within ten (10) Business Days (or such lesser or
greater period as may be specifically required under the Loan Documents) of receipt of such
communication. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement and except with respect to items
requiring the unanimous consent or approval of the Lenders under Section 12.6, unless a Lender
shall give written notice to the Agent that it specifically objects to the recommendation or
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such objection) within the applicable time period for reply, such Lender shall be deemed to
have conclusively approved of or consented to such recommendation or determination.



Section 6.0 Lender Credit Decision, Etc.




     Each Lender expressly acknowledges and agrees that neither the Agent nor any of its officers,
directors, employees, agents, counsel, attorneys-in-fact or other affiliates has made any
representations or warranties as to the financial condition, operations, creditworthiness, solvency
or other information concerning the business or affairs of the Borrower, any other Obligor, any of
their respective Subsidiaries or any other Person or any Collateral to such Lender and that no act
by the Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Borrower, shall be deemed
to constitute any such representation or warranty by the Agent to any Lender. Each Lender
acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, any other Lender or
counsel to the Agent, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, and
based on the financial statements of the Borrower, the other Obligors, and their respective
Subsidiaries, or any other Affiliate thereof, and inquiries of such Persons, its independent due
diligence of the business and affairs of the Borrower, the Obligors, their respective Subsidiaries
and other Persons and the Collateral, its review of the Loan Documents, the legal opinions required
to be delivered to it hereunder, the advice of its own counsel and such other documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit and legal analysis and decision to
enter into this Agreement and the transaction contemplated hereby. Each Lender also acknowledges
that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, any other Lender or counsel to the
Agent or any of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, and based on such
review, advice, documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to
make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents. Except for
notices, reports and other documents and information expressly required to be furnished to the
Lenders by the Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, the Agent shall have
no duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the
business, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of the Borrower,
any other Obligor, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any other Affiliate thereof which may
come into possession of the Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents,
attorneys-in-fact or other Affiliates. Each Lender acknowledges that the Agent’s legal counsel in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is only acting as counsel to the
Agent and is not acting as counsel to such Lender.



Section 7.0 Indemnification of Agent.




     Each Lender agrees to indemnify the Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and
without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so) pro rata in accordance with such Lender’s
respective Commitment Percentage, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or
nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent
(in its capacity as Agent but not as a Lender) in any way relating to or arising out of the Loan
Documents, any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the
Agent under the Loan Documents (collectively, “Indemnifiable Amounts”); provided, however, that no
Lender shall be liable for any portion of such Indemnifiable Amounts to the extent resulting from
the Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct or if the Agent fails to follow the written
direction of the Requisite Lenders, unless such failure is pursuant to the reasonable advice of
counsel of which the Lenders have received notice. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing but subject to the preceding provision, each Lender agrees to reimburse the Agent (to the
extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so)
promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable
counsel fees of the counsel(s) of the Agent’s own choosing) incurred by the Agent in connection
with the preparation, negotiation, execution, administration or enforcement of, or legal advice
with respect to the rights or responsibilities of the parties under, the Loan Documents, any



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suit or action brought by the Agent to enforce the terms of the Loan Documents and/or collect
any Obligations, any “lender liability” suit or claim brought against the Agent and/or the Lenders,
and any claim or suit brought against the Agent and/or the Lenders arising under any Environmental
Laws. Such out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees) shall be advanced by the Lenders on the
request of the Agent notwithstanding any claim or assertion that the Agent is not entitled to
indemnification hereunder upon receipt of an undertaking by the Agent that the Agent will reimburse
the Lenders if it is actually and finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the
Agent is not so entitled to indemnification. The agreements in this Section shall survive the
payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder or under the other Loan Documents and
the termination of this Agreement. If the Borrower shall reimburse the Agent for any Indemnifiable
Amount following payment by any Lender to the Agent in respect of such Indemnifiable Amount
pursuant to this Section, the Agent shall share such reimbursement on a ratable basis with each
Lender making any such payment.



Section 8.0 Successor Agent.




     The Agent may resign at any time as Agent under the Loan Documents by giving written notice
thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower. Any such resignation shall also constitute Agent’s
resignation as Swingline Lender and may, at such Agent’s option, also constitute its resignation as
Issuing Lender. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a
successor Agent, Swingline Lender and Issuing Lender, as applicable, which shall be a Lender, if
any Lender shall be willing to serve, and otherwise shall be a commercial bank having total
combined assets of at least $5,000,000,000, which appointment shall, provided no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, be subject to the Borrower’s approval, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed (except that the Borrower shall, in all
events, be deemed to have approved each Lender and its affiliates as a successor Agent, Swingline
Lender and Issuing Lender). If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed in accordance with
the immediately preceding sentence, and shall have accepted such appointment, within thirty (30)
days after the resigning Agent’s giving of notice of resignation, then the resigning Agent may, on
behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a Lender, if any Lender shall be
willing to serve, and otherwise shall be a commercial bank having total combined assets of at least
$5,000,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent, Swingline Lender and/or Issuing
Lender hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent, Swingline Lender and Issuing Lender,
as applicable, shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges
and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations under the Loan Documents as Agent, Swingline Lender and Issuing Lender, as applicable.
After any Agent’s resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Article XI and all
provisions of this Agreement relating to Swingline Loans or Letters of Credit shall continue to
inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent,
Swingline Lender or Issuing Lender under the Loan Documents. If the resigning Agent shall also
resign as the Issuing Lender, such successor Agent shall issue letters of credit in substitution
for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or shall make other
arrangements satisfactory to the current Issuing Lender, in either case, to assume effectively the
obligations of the current Agent with respect to such Letters of Credit. Upon any change in the
Agent under this Agreement, the resigning Agent shall execute such assignments of and amendments to
the Loan Documents as may be necessary to substitute the successor Agent for the resigning Agent.



Section 9.0 Titled Agents.




     Each of the Titled Agents in each such respective capacity, assumes no responsibility or
obligations hereunder, including, without limitation, for servicing enforcement or collection of
any of the Loans, nor any duties as an agent hereunder for the Lenders. The titles of “Lead
Arranger” and “Syndication Agent” are solely honorific and imply no fiduciary responsibility on the
part of the Titled Agents to the Agent, the Borrower or any Lender and the use of such titles does
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Agents any duties or obligations greater than those of any other Lender or entitle the Titled
Agents to any rights other than those to which any other Lender is entitled.



Section 10.0 Other Loans by Lenders to Obligors.




     The Lenders agree that one or more of them may now or hereafter have other loans to one or
more of the Obligors which are not subject to this Agreement. The Lenders agree that the Lender(s)
which may have such other loan(s) to the Obligors may collect payments on such loan(s) and may
secure such loan(s) (so long as such loan does not itself expressly violate this Agreement).
Further, the Lenders agree that the Lender(s) which may have such other loan(s) to the Obligors
shall have no obligation to attempt to collect payments under the Loans or Reimbursement
Obligations in preference and priority over the collection and/or enforcement of such other
loan(s).



Section 11.0 Request for Agent Action.




     Agent and the Lenders acknowledge that in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower, (a)
a Collateral Pool Property may be subject to a Taking, (b) Borrower or a Guarantor may desire to
enter into easements or other agreements affecting the Collateral Pool Properties, or (c) take
other actions or enter into other agreements in the ordinary course of business which similarly
require the consent, approval or agreement of the Agent. In connection with the foregoing, the
Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Agent to (x) execute releases of liens in connection with
any Taking, (y) execute consents or subordinations in form and substance satisfactory to Agent in
connection with any easements or agreements affecting the Collateral Pool Property, or (z) execute
consents, approvals, or other agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent in
connection with such other actions or agreements as may be necessary in the ordinary course of
Borrower’s business.



Section 12.0 Intercreditor Agreement.




     Borrower and the Lenders acknowledge that Agent has entered into the Intercreditor Agreement.
Borrower acknowledges that the existence of the Intercreditor Agreement and the performance by
Agent and the Lenders of their obligations under the Intercreditor Agreement shall not affect,
impair or release the obligations of Borrower or Guarantors under the Loan Documents. The
Intercreditor Agreement is solely for the benefit of Agent and the Lenders and not for the benefit
of Borrower or Guarantors, and Borrower and Guarantors shall have no rights thereunder or any right
to insist on the performance thereof. Agent is authorized by Lenders to perform its obligations
under the Intercreditor Agreement, and each Lender agrees to be bound thereby. In addition, the
Lenders acknowledge that in certain circumstances the Mezzanine Lenders may purchase the Loans and
the Loan Documents, and upon the exercise by the Mezzanine Lenders of such rights, each Lender
agrees to comply with the applicable provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement in connection with
the sale of its interest in the Loans and the Loan Documents. Any Lender may be a Mezzanine
Lender, and the fact that any Lender is also a Mezzanine Lender shall not expand or diminish the
rights and obligations of such Lender hereunder.



ARTICLE XII. MISCELLANEOUS




Section 1.0 Notices.




     Unless otherwise provided herein, communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be mailed, telecopied or delivered by hand or by nationally-recognized overnight courier
as follows:



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     If to the Borrower:


NNN Apartment REIT Holdings, L.P.

1606 Santa Rosa Road, Suite 109

Richmond, Virginia 23229

Attention: S. Jay Olander

Telecopy Number: (804) 285-1376

Telephone Number: (804) 285-1082




     If to the Agent:


Wachovia Bank, National Association

171 17th Street, N.W.

Atlanta, Georgia 30363

Attention: Cathy Casey

Telecopy Number: (404) 332-4066

Telephone Number: (404) 214-6335




     If to a Lender:



          To such Lender’s address or telecopy number, as applicable, set
forth on its signature page hereto or in the applicable Assignment
and Acceptance Agreement.


or, as to each party at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice
to the other parties delivered in compliance with this Section. All such notices and other
communications shall be effective (i) if mailed, when received; (ii) if telecopied, when
transmitted; or (iii) if hand delivered or sent by overnight courier, when delivered.
Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, all notices or communications to the Agent or
any Lender under Article II shall be effective only when actually received. Neither the Agent nor
any Lender shall incur any liability to the Borrower (nor shall the Agent incur any liability to
the Lenders) for acting upon any telephonic notice referred to in this Agreement which the Agent or
such Lender, as the case may be, believes in good faith to have been given by a Person authorized
to deliver such notice or for otherwise acting in good faith hereunder.




Section 2.0 Expenses.




     The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Agent for all of its reasonable out-of-pocket
costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution,
administration and interpretation of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, any of the
Loan Documents, the addition or release of any Collateral or the protection or preservation of the
Collateral (including appraisal fees, environmental assessment fees, due diligence expenses and
travel expenses relating to closing), and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agent (such expenses to
include ongoing charges for Intralinks or any similar system), (b) to pay or reimburse Wachovia
Bank and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC for their reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses
incurred in connection with the initial syndication of the Loans by Wachovia Bank and Wachovia
Capital Markets, LLC, (c) to pay or reimburse the Agent and the Lenders for all their costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under the Loan
Documents, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of their respective counsel (including
the allocated fees and expenses of in-house counsel) and any payments in indemnification or
otherwise payable by the Lenders to the Agent pursuant to the Loan Documents, (d) to pay, and
indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and the Lenders from, any and all recording and filing fees
and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any failure to pay or delay in
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documentary, intangible, stamp, excise and other similar taxes, if any, which may be payable
or determined to be payable in connection with the execution, recording and delivery of any of the
Loan Documents or consummation of any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or
consent under or in respect of, any Loan Document, (e) any taxes paid by Agent or the Lenders in
respect of taxes based on income or other taxes assessed by any State in which a Collateral Pool
Property or other Collateral is located, such indemnification to be limited to taxes due solely on
account of the granting of Collateral under the Security Documents and to be net of any credit
allowed to the indemnified party from any other State on account of the payment or incurrence of
such tax by such indemnified party), and (f) to the extent not already covered by any of the
preceding subsections, to pay or reimburse the Agent and the Lenders for all their costs and
expenses incurred in connection with any bankruptcy or other proceeding of the type described in
Sections 10.1(f) or 10.1(g), including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Agent and any Lender, whether such fees and expenses are incurred prior to, during or after the
commencement of such proceeding or the confirmation or conclusion of any such proceeding. If the
Borrower shall fail to pay any amounts required to be paid by it pursuant to this Section, the
Agent and/or the Lenders may pay such amounts on behalf of the Borrower and either deem the same to
be Loans outstanding hereunder or otherwise Obligations owing hereunder.



Section 3.0 Setoff.




     Subject to Section 3.3 and in addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under Applicable
Law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, the Agent and each Lender is hereby authorized
by the Borrower, at any time or from time to time during the continuance of an Event of Default,
without prior notice to the Borrower or to any other Person, any such notice being hereby expressly
waived, but in the case of a Lender subject to receipt of the prior written consent of the Agent
exercised in its sole discretion, to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits
(general or special, including, but not limited to, indebtedness evidenced by certificates of
deposit, whether matured or unmatured) and any other indebtedness at any time held or owing by the
Agent, such Lender or any affiliate of the Agent or such Lender, to or for the credit or the
account of Borrower against and on account of any of the Obligations, irrespective of whether or
not any or all of the Loans and all other Obligations have been declared to be, or have otherwise
become, due and payable as permitted by Section 10.2, and although such obligations shall be
contingent or unmatured. Promptly following any such set-off the Agent shall notify the Borrower
thereof and of the application of such set-off, provided that the failure to give such notice shall
not invalidate such set-off.



Section 4.0 Litigation; Jurisdiction; Other Matters; Waivers.




     (a) EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY DISPUTE OR CONTROVERSY BETWEEN OR AMONG THE
BORROWER, THE AGENT OR ANY OF THE LENDERS WOULD BE BASED ON DIFFICULT AND COMPLEX ISSUES OF LAW AND
FACT AND WOULD RESULT IN DELAY AND EXPENSE TO THE PARTIES. ACCORDINGLY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE LENDERS, THE AGENT AND THE BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL
BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR NATURE IN ANY COURT OR TRIBUNAL IN WHICH AN
ACTION MAY BE COMMENCED BY OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES, OR
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR BY REASON OF ANY OTHER SUIT, CAUSE OF ACTION OR DISPUTE WHATSOEVER
BETWEEN OR AMONG THE BORROWER, THE AGENT OR ANY OF THE LENDERS OF ANY KIND OR NATURE.



     (b) THE BORROWER, THE AGENT AND EACH LENDER HEREBY AGREES THAT THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA, ATLANTA DIVISION OR, AT THE OPTION OF THE AGENT, ANY
STATE COURT LOCATED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, SHALL HAVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY



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CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN OR AMONG THE BORROWER, THE AGENT OR ANY OF THE LENDERS, PERTAINING
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT, THE NOTES OR ANY OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENT OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING HEREFROM OR THEREFROM. THE BORROWER AND EACH OF THE LENDERS
EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING
COMMENCED IN SUCH COURTS. EACH PARTY FURTHER WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER
HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM AND EACH AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME.
THE CHOICE OF FORUM SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO PRECLUDE THE BRINGING OF ANY
ACTION BY THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER OR THE ENFORCEMENT BY THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER OF ANY JUDGMENT
OBTAINED IN SUCH FORUM IN ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION.



     (c) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BY EACH PARTY AFTER CONSULTATION WITH
COUNSEL AND WITH A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES THEREOF, AND SHALL SURVIVE THE
PAYMENT OF THE LOANS AND ALL OTHER AMOUNTS PAYABLE HEREUNDER OR UNDER THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, THE
TERMINATION OR EXPIRATION OF ALL LETTERS OF CREDIT AND THE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT.



Section 5.0 Successors and Assigns.




     (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, except that Borrower may not
assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the
prior written consent of all Lenders and any such assignment or other transfer to which all of the
Lenders have not so consented shall be null and void.



     (b) Any Lender may make, carry or transfer Loans at, to or for the account of any of its
branch offices or the office of an affiliate of such Lender except to the extent such transfer
would result in increased costs to the Borrower.



     (c) Any Lender may at any time grant to one or more banks or other financial institutions
(each a “Participant”) participating interests in its Commitment or the Obligations owing to such
Lender; provided, however, (i) any such participating interest must be for a constant and not a
varying percentage interest, (ii) no Lender may grant a participating interest in its Commitment,
or if any of the Commitments have been terminated, the aggregate outstanding principal balance of
Revolving Notes held by it, in an amount less than $5,000,000 or integral multiples of $1,000,000
in excess thereof, and (iii) after giving effect to any such participation by a Lender, the amount
of its Commitment, or if any of the Commitments have been terminated, the aggregate outstanding
principal balance of Revolving Notes held by it, in which it has not granted any participating
interests must be equal to $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. No
Participant shall have any rights or benefits under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In
the event of any such grant by a Lender of a participating interest to a Participant, such Lender
shall remain responsible for the performance of its obligations hereunder, and the Borrower and the
Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s
rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement pursuant to which any Lender may grant
such a participating interest shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right and
responsibility to enforce the obligations of the Borrower hereunder including, without limitation,
the right to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement;
provided, however, such Lender may agree with the Participant that it will not, without the consent
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extend the term or extend the time or waive any requirement for the reduction or termination
of, such Lender’s Commitment, (ii) extend the date fixed for the payment of principal of or
interest on the Loans or portions thereof owing to such Lender, (iii) reduce the amount of any such
payment of principal, (iv) reduce the rate at which interest is payable thereon or (v) release any
Guarantor (except as otherwise permitted under Section 7.12(b)). An assignment or other transfer
which is not permitted by Section 12.5(d) or (e) below shall be given effect for purposes of this
Agreement only to the extent of a participating interest granted in accordance with this subsection
(c). The selling Lender shall notify the Agent and the Borrower of the sale of any participation
hereunder and, if requested by the Agent, certify to the Agent that such participation is permitted
hereunder.



     (d) Any Lender may with the prior written consent of the Agent and, so long as no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower (which consent, in each case,
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), assign to one or more Eligible Assignees (each an
“Assignee”) all or a portion of its Commitment and its other rights and obligations under this
Agreement and the Notes; provided, however, (i) no such consent by the Borrower shall be required
in the case of any assignment to (x) another Lender, any affiliate of such Lender or of another
Lender, and no such consent by the Agent shall be required in the case of any assignment by a
Lender to any affiliate of such Lender; (ii) any partial assignment of a Commitment shall be in an
amount at least equal to $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and
after giving effect to such partial assignment the assigning Lender retains a portion of the
Commitment so assigned, or if any of the Commitments have been terminated, holds Revolving Notes
having an aggregate outstanding principal balance, of at least $5,000,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof (provided, however, the conditions set forth in this subsection (ii)
shall not apply to any full assignment by any Lender of its Commitment); and (iii) each such
assignment shall be effected by means of an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement. Upon execution
and delivery of such instrument and payment by such Assignee to such transferor Lender of an amount
equal to the purchase price agreed between such transferor Lender and such Assignee, such Assignee
shall be deemed to be a Lender party to this Agreement as of the effective date of the Assignment
and Acceptance Agreement and shall have all the rights and obligations of a Lender with a
Commitment as set forth in such Assignment and Acceptance Agreement, and the transferor Lender
shall be released from its obligations hereunder to a corresponding extent, and no further consent
or action by any party shall be required. Upon the consummation of any assignment pursuant to this
subsection (d), the transferor Lender, the Agent and the Borrower shall make appropriate
arrangements so that new Notes are issued to the Assignee and such transferor Lender, as
appropriate. In connection with any such assignment, the transferor Lender shall pay to the Agent
an administrative fee for processing such assignment in the amount of $3,500.



     (e) The Agent shall maintain at the Principal Office a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance
Agreement delivered to and accepted by it and a register for the recordation of the names and
addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment of each Lender from time to time (the “Register”). The
Agent shall give each Lender and the Borrower notice of the assignment by any Lender of its rights
as contemplated by this Section. The Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement.
The Register and copies of each Assignment and Acceptance Agreement shall be available for
inspection by the Borrower or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice to the Agent. Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement
executed by an assigning Lender, together with each Note subject to such assignment, the Agent
shall, if such Assignment and Acceptance Agreement has been completed and if the Agent receives the
processing and recording fee described in Section 12.5(d) above, (i) accept such Assignment and
Acceptance Agreement, (ii) record the information contained therein in the Register and (iii) give
prompt notice thereof to the Borrower.



     (f) In addition to the assignments and participations permitted under the foregoing provisions
of this Section, any Lender may assign and pledge all or any portion of its Loans and its Notes



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to any Federal Reserve Bank as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A and any Operating
Circular issued by such Federal Reserve Bank, and such Loans and Notes shall be fully transferable
as provided therein. No such assignment shall release the assigning Lender from its obligations
hereunder.



     (g) A Lender may furnish any information concerning the Borrower, any other Obligor or any of
their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates in the possession of such Lender from time to time to
Assignees and Participants (including prospective Assignees and Participants) subject to compliance
with Section 12.8.



     (h) Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender may assign or
participate any interest in any Loan held by it hereunder to the Borrower, any other Obligor or any
of their respective Affiliates or Subsidiaries.



     (i) Each Lender agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Borrower and the Agent,
it will not make any assignment hereunder in any manner or under any circumstances that would
require registration or qualification of, or filings in respect of, any Loan or Note under the
Securities Act or any other securities laws of the United States of America or of any other
jurisdiction.



Section 6.0 Amendments.




     Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, any consent or approval required or
permitted by this Agreement or any other Loan Document to be given by the Lenders may be given, and
any term of this Agreement or of any other Loan Document may be amended, and the performance or
observance by the Borrower or any other Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries of any
terms of this Agreement or such other Loan Document or the continuance of any Default or Event of
Default may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or
prospectively) with, but only with, the written consent of the Requisite Lenders (and, in the case
of an amendment to any Loan Document, the written consent of the Borrower). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing, and signed by all of the
Lenders (or the Agent at the written direction of the Lenders), do any of the following: (i)
increase the Commitments (or any component thereof) of the Lenders (except as contemplated by
Section 2.14) or subject the Lenders to any additional obligations; (ii) reduce the principal of,
or interest rates that have accrued or that will be charged on the outstanding principal amount of,
any Loans or Fees or other Obligations; (iii) reduce the amount of any Fees payable hereunder; (iv)
except as provided in Section 2.16, postpone any date fixed for any payment of any principal of, or
interest on, any Loans or any other Obligations, extend the expiration date of any Letter of Credit
beyond the Revolving Loan Termination Date; (v) change the Commitment Percentages (or any component
thereof) (except as a result of any increase in the aggregate amount of the Commitments
contemplated by Section 2.14, 3.11(b) or 4.5) or amend or otherwise modify the provisions of
Section 3.2; (vi) modify the definition of the term “Requisite Lenders”, modify in any other
manner the number or percentage of the Lenders (including all of the Lenders) required to make any
determinations or waive any rights hereunder or to modify any provision hereof, including without
limitation, any modification of this Section if such modification would have such effect; (vii)
except as otherwise permitted in Section 2.19, release any material Collateral; or (viii) release
any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty (except as otherwise permitted under Section
7.12(b)). Further, no amendment, waiver or consent unless in writing and signed by the Agent, in
addition to the Lenders required hereinabove to take such action, shall affect the rights or duties
of the Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. Any amendment, waiver or
consent relating to Section 2.2 or the obligations of the Swingline Lender under this Agreement or
any other Loan Document shall, in addition to the Lenders required hereinabove to take such action,
require the written consent of the Swingline Lender. Any amendment, waiver or consent relating to
Section 2.3 or the obligations or rights of the Issuing Lender under this Agreement or any other
Loan Documents shall, in addition to the Lenders required hereinabove to take such action, require
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amendment of the Intercreditor Agreement or waiver of the terms thereof shall require the
written consent of the Requisite Lenders. No waiver shall extend to or affect any obligation not
expressly waived or impair any right consequent thereon and any amendment, waiver or consent shall
be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose set forth therein. No
course of dealing or delay or omission on the part of the Agent or any Lender in exercising any
right shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise be prejudicial thereto. Except as otherwise
explicitly provided for herein or in any other Loan Document, no notice to or demand upon the
Borrower shall entitle the Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other
circumstances.



Section 7.0 Nonliability of Agent and Lenders.




     The relationship between the Borrower and the Lenders and the Agent shall be solely that of
borrower and lender. Neither the Agent nor any Lender shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to
the Borrower and no provision in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents, and no
course of dealing between or among any of the parties hereto, shall be deemed to create any
fiduciary duty owing by the Agent or any Lender to any Lender, the Borrower, any other Obligor or
any of their respective Subsidiaries. Neither the Agent nor any Lender undertakes any
responsibility to the Borrower to review or inform the Borrower of any matter in connection with
any phase of the Borrower’s business or operations.



Section 8.0 Confidentiality.




     Except as otherwise provided by Applicable Law, the Agent and each Lender shall utilize all
non-public information obtained pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement which has been
identified as confidential or proprietary by the Borrower in accordance with its customary
procedure for handling confidential information of this nature to prevent improper disclosure
(including disclosure to competitors of Borrower) and in accordance with safe and sound banking
practices but in any event may make disclosure: (a) to any of their respective affiliates (provided
they shall be notified of the obligation to keep such information confidential in accordance with
the terms of this Section); (b) as reasonably requested by any bona fide Assignee, Participant or
other transferee in connection with the contemplated transfer of any Commitment or participations
therein as permitted hereunder (provided they shall be notified of the obligation to keep such
information confidential in accordance with the terms of this Section); (c) as required or
requested by any Governmental Authority or representative thereof or pursuant to legal process or
in connection with any legal proceedings; (d) to the Agent’s or such Lender’s independent auditors
and other professional advisors (provided they shall be notified of the confidential nature of the
information); (e) after the happening and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to any
other Person, in connection with the exercise by the Agent or the Lenders of rights hereunder or
under any of the other Loan Documents; and (f) to the extent such information (i) becomes publicly
available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Agent
or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower, any other Obligor,
or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates.



Section 9.0 Indemnification.




     (a) Borrower shall and hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Agent, any
affiliate of the Agent and each of the Lenders and their respective directors, officers,
shareholders, agents, affiliates, employees and counsel (each referred to herein as an “Indemnified
Party”) from and against any and all losses, costs, claims, damages, liabilities, deficiencies,
judgments or expenses of every kind and nature (including, without limitation, amounts paid in
settlement, court costs and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred in connection
with any litigation, investigation, claim or proceeding or any advice rendered in connection
therewith, but excluding losses, costs, claims, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, judgments or
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Section 3.12 or 4.1 or expressly excluded from the coverage of such Sections) incurred by an
Indemnified Party in connection with, arising out of, or by reason of, any suit, cause of action,
claim, arbitration, investigation or settlement, consent decree or other proceeding (the foregoing
referred to herein as an “Indemnity Proceeding”) which is in any way related directly or indirectly
to: (i) this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated thereby; (ii)
the making of any Loans or issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder; (iii) any actual or proposed
use by the Borrower of the proceeds of the Loans or Letters of Credit; (iv) the Agent’s or any
Lender’s entering into this Agreement; (v) the fact that the Agent and the Lenders have established
the credit facility evidenced hereby in favor of the Borrower; (vi) the fact that the Agent and the
Lenders are creditors of the Borrower and have or are alleged to have information regarding the
financial condition, strategic plans or business operations of the Borrower, the other Obligors, or
their respective Subsidiaries; (vii) the fact that the Agent and the Lenders are material creditors
of the Borrower and are alleged to influence directly or indirectly the business decisions or
affairs of the Borrower, the other Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries or their financial
condition; (viii) the exercise of any right or remedy the Agent or the Lenders may have under this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents; (ix) any condition of a Collateral Pool Property; (x) the
IPO, including, without limitation, shareholder, investor or other lawsuits threatened or filed, or
investigations undertaken, as a result of the consummation of the IPO, or (xi) any violation or
non-compliance by the Borrower, any other Obligor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries of any
Applicable Law (including any Environmental Law) including, but not limited to, any Indemnity
Proceeding commenced by (A) the Internal Revenue Service or state taxing authority or (B) any
Governmental Authority or other Person under any Environmental Law, including any Indemnity
Proceeding commenced by a Governmental Authority or other Person seeking remedial or other action
to cause the Borrower, the Obligors or their respective Subsidiaries (or their respective
properties) (or the Agent and/or the Lenders as successors to the Borrower, any other Obligor or
their respective Subsidiaries) to be in compliance with such Environmental Laws; provided, however,
that the Borrower shall not be obligated to indemnify any Indemnified Party for any acts or
omissions of such Indemnified Party that constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct, or for
liabilities of an Indemnified Party arising as a result of a breach of such Person’s obligations
under the Loan Documents as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction after the
expiration of all applicable appeal periods.



     (b) The Borrower’s indemnification obligations under this Section shall apply to all Indemnity
Proceedings arising out of, or related to, the foregoing whether or not an Indemnified Party is a
named party in such Indemnity Proceeding. In this connection, this indemnification shall cover all
reasonable costs and expenses of any Indemnified Party in connection with any deposition of any
Indemnified Party or compliance with any subpoena (including any subpoena requesting the production
of documents). This indemnification shall, among other things, apply to any Indemnity Proceeding
commenced by other creditors of the Borrower, any other Obligor, or any of their respective
Subsidiaries, any shareholder, partner or other equity holder of the Borrower, any other Obligor or
any of their respective Subsidiaries (whether such shareholder(s) or such other Persons are
prosecuting such Indemnity Proceeding in their individual capacity or derivatively on behalf of
such Person), any account debtor of the Borrower, any other Obligor, or any of their respective
Subsidiaries or by any Governmental Authority.



     (c) This indemnification shall apply to any Indemnity Proceeding arising during the pendency
of any bankruptcy proceeding filed by or against Borrower and/or an Obligor or any of their
respective Subsidiaries.



     (d) All out-of-pocket fees and expenses of, and all amounts paid to third-persons by, an
Indemnified Party with respect to an Indemnified Proceeding shall be advanced by the Borrower at
the request of such Indemnified Party notwithstanding any claim or assertion by the Borrower that
such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder upon receipt of an undertaking
by such Indemnified Party that such Indemnified Party will reimburse the Borrower if it is actually
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determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such Indemnified Party is not so entitled
to indemnification hereunder.



     (e) An Indemnified Party may conduct its own investigation and defense of, and may formulate
its own strategy with respect to, any Indemnified Proceeding covered by this Section and, as
provided above, all costs and expenses incurred by such Indemnified Party shall be reimbursed by
the Borrower. No action taken by legal counsel chosen by an Indemnified Party in investigating or
defending against any such Indemnified Proceeding shall vitiate or in any way impair the
obligations and duties of the Borrower hereunder to indemnify and hold harmless each such
Indemnified Party.



     (f) If and to the extent that the obligations of the Borrower hereunder are unenforceable for
any reason, the Borrower hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment and
satisfaction of such obligations which is permissible under Applicable Law.



     (g) The Borrower’s obligations hereunder shall survive any termination of this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents and the payment in full in cash of the Obligations, and are in addition
to, and not in substitution of, any other of their obligations set forth in this Agreement or any
other Loan Document to which it is a party.



Section 10.0 Termination; Survival.




     At such time as (a) all of the Commitments have been terminated, (b) all Letters of Credit
have terminated, (c) none of the Lenders, the Swingline Lender nor the Issuing Lender is obligated
any longer under this Agreement to make any Loans or issue Letters of Credit and (d) all
Obligations (other than obligations which survive as provided in the following sentence) have been
paid and satisfied in full, this Agreement shall terminate. The indemnities to which the Agent,
the Lenders and the Swingline Lender are entitled under the provisions of Sections 3.12, 4.1, 4.4,
11.7, 12.2 and 12.9 and any other provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the
provisions of Section 12.4, shall continue in full force and effect and shall protect the Agent,
the Lenders and the Swingline Lender (i) notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, or of
the other Loan Documents, against events arising after such termination as well as before and (ii)
at all times after any such party ceases to be a party to this Agreement with respect to all
matters and events existing on or prior to the date such party ceased to be a party to this
Agreement.



Section 11.0 Severability of Provisions.




     Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction
shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions
or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.



Section 12.0 GOVERNING LAW.




     THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF GEORGIA APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.



Section 13.0 Counterparts.




     This Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when
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executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all of which counterparts together
shall constitute but one and the same instrument.



Section 14.0 Obligations with Respect to Obligors and Subsidiaries.




     The obligations of the Borrower to direct or prohibit the taking of certain actions by the
other Obligors and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower and the other Obligors as specified herein
shall be absolute and not subject to any defense the Borrower may have that the Borrower does not
control such Obligors or Subsidiaries.



Section 15.0 Limitation of Liability.




     Neither the Agent nor any Lender, nor any affiliate, officer, director, employee, attorney, or
agent of the Agent or any Lender shall have any liability with respect to, and the Borrower hereby
waives, releases, and agrees not to sue any of them upon, any claim for any special, indirect,
incidental, or consequential damages suffered or incurred by the Borrower in connection with,
arising out of, or in any way related to, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or any
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. The
Borrower hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue the Agent or any Lender or any of the
Agent’s or any Lender’s affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, or agents for
punitive damages in respect of any claim in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related
to, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or financed hereby.



Section 16.0 Entire Agreement.




     This Agreement, the Notes, and the other Loan Documents referred to herein embody the final,
entire agreement among the parties hereto and supersede any and all prior commitments, agreements,
representations, and understandings, whether written or oral, relating to the subject matter hereof
and thereof and may not be contradicted or varied by evidence of prior, contemporaneous, or
subsequent oral agreements or discussions of the parties hereto. There are no oral agreements
among the parties hereto.



Section 17.0 Construction.




     The Agent, the Borrower and each Lender acknowledge that each of them has had the benefit of
legal counsel of its own choice and has been afforded an opportunity to review this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents with its legal counsel and that this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents shall be construed as if jointly drafted by the Agent, the Borrower and each Lender.



Section 18.0 Time of the Essence.




     Time is of the essence with respect to each and every covenant, agreement and obligation of
the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.



Section 19.0 Patriot Act.




     Each Lender and the Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies
Borrower and Guarantors that, pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to
obtain, verify and record information that identifies Borrower and Guarantors, which information
includes names and addresses and other information that will allow such Lender or the Agent, as
applicable, to identify Borrower and Guarantors in accordance with the Patriot Act.



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Credit Agreement to be executed under
seal by their authorized officers all as of the day and year first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BORROWER:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	NNN APARTMENT REIT HOLDINGS, L.P., a Virginia limited
partnership	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	NNN Apartment REIT, Inc., a Maryland
corporation, its General Partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ STANLEY J. OLANDER, JR.	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	 

STANLEY J. OLANDER, JR.
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	CEO	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	[SEAL]	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Address:	 	 
	 	 	1606 Santa Rosa Road, Suite 109	 	 
	 	 	Richmond, Virginia 23229	 	 
	 	 	Attention: S. Jay Olander	 	 






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	 	 	WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent, as a
Lender, as Swingline Lender and as Issuing Lender	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ CATHY A CASEY	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 

CATHY A CASEY
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Managing Director	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Commitment Amount:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	$75,000,000.00	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Lending Office (all Types of Loans):	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Wachovia Bank, National Association	 	 
	 	 	171 17th Street, N.W.	 	 
	 	 	Atlanta, Georgia 30363	 	 
	 	 	Attention: Cathy Casey	 	 
	 	 	Telecopy Number: (404) 332-4066	 	 
	 	 	Telephone Number: (404) 214-6335	 	 






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