Document:

Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

Sovran Acquisition Limited Partnership

$200,000,000 3.67% Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series F,

due July 21, 2028

_____________________

Note Purchase Agreement

_____________________

Dated as of July 21, 2016

Table of Contents

	
SECTION

	
HEADING

 

	 
	
SECTION 1.

	
AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES

 

	 
	
SECTION 2.

	
SALE AND PURCHASE OF NOTES

 

	 
	
SECTION 3.

	
CLOSING

 

	 
	
SECTION 4.

	
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

	 
	
Section 4.1.

	
Representations and Warranties

	 
	
Section 4.2.

	
Performance; No Default

	 
	
Section 4.3.

	
Compliance Certificates

	 
	
Section 4.4.

	
Opinions of Counsel

	 
	
Section 4.5.

	
Purchase Permitted by Applicable Law, Etc

	 
	
Section 4.6.

	
Related Transactions

	 
	
Section 4.7.

	
Payment of Special Counsel Fees

	 
	
Section 4.8.

	
Private Placement Number

	 
	
Section 4.9.

	
Changes in Corporate Structure

	 
	
Section 4.10.

	
Intentionally Omitted

	 
	
Section 4.11.

	
Intentionally Omitted

	 
	
Section 4.12.

	
Funding Instructions

	 
	
Section 4.13.

	
Rating

	 
	
Section 4.14.

	
Proceedings and Documents

 

	 
	
SECTION 5.

	
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE OBLIGORS

	 
	
Section 5.1.

	
Organization; Power and Authority

	 
	
Section 5.2.

	
Authorization, Etc.

	 
	
Section 5.3.

	
Disclosure

	 
	
Section 5.4.

	
Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates

	 
	
Section 5.5.

	
Financial Statements

	 
	
Section 5.6.

	
Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc.

	 
	
Section 5.7.

	
Governmental Authorizations, Etc.

	 
	
Section 5.8.

	
Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders

	 
	
Section 5.9.

	
Taxes

	 
	
Section 5.10.

	
Title to Property; Leases

	 
	
Section 5.11.

	
Licenses, Permits, Etc.

	 
	
Section 5.12.

	
Compliance with ERISA

	 
	
Section 5.13.

	
Private Offering by the Obligors

	 
	
Section 5.14.

	
Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations

	 
	
Section 5.15.

	
Existing Debt; Liens

	 
	
Section 5.16.

	
Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc.

	 
	
Section 5.17.

	
Status under Certain Statutes

	 
	
Section 5.18.

	
Environmental Matters

	 
	
Section 5.19.

	
Solvency

	 
	
Section 5.20.

	
Pari Passu Obligations

 

	 
	
SECTION 6.

	
REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASERS

	 
	
Section 6.1.

	
Purchase for Investment

	 
	
Section 6.2.

	
Source of Funds

 

	 
	
SECTION 7.

	
INFORMATION AS TO OBLIGORS.

	 
	
Section 7.1.

	
Financial and Business Information

	 
	
Section 7.2.

	
Officer's Certificate

	 
	
Section 7.3.

	
Inspection

	 
	
Section 7.4.

	
Electronic Delivery

 

	 
	
SECTION 8.

	
PAYMENT OF THE NOTES

	 
	
Section 8.1.

	
Required Payments

	 
	
Section 8.2.

	
Optional Prepayments

	 
	
Section 8.3.

	
Prepayment of Notes Upon Change of Control

	 
	
Section 8.4.

	
Allocation of Partial Prepayments

	 
	
Section 8.5.

	
Maturity; Surrender, Etc

	 
	
Section 8.6.

	
Purchase of Notes

	 
	
Section 8.7.

	
Make-Whole Amount

 

	 
	
SECTION 9.

	
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

	 
	
Section 9.1.

	
Compliance with Law

	 
	
Section 9.2.

	
Insurance

	 
	
Section 9.3.

	
Payment of Taxes and Claims

	 
	
Section 9.4.

	
Existence of SALP, Sovran Holdings and Subsidiaries; Maintenance of Properties

	 
	
Section 9.5.

	
Subsidiary Guarantors

	 
	
Section 9.6.

	
Management

	 
	
Section 9.7.

	
Financial Covenants under Principal Lending Facilities

	 
	
Section 9.8.

	
Rating

	 
	
Section 9.9.

	
Books and Records

 

	 
	
SECTION 10.

	
NEGATIVE COVENANTS

	 
	
Section 10.1.

	
Restrictions on Debt

	 
	
Section 10.2.

	
Restrictions on Liens, Etc

	 
	
Section 10.3.

	
Restrictions on Investments

	 
	
Section 10.4.

	
Merger, Consolidation and Disposition of Assets

	 
	
Section 10.5.

	
Sale and Leaseback

	 
	
Section 10.6.

	
Compliance with Environmental Laws

	 
	
Section 10.7.

	
Distributions

	 
	
Section 10.8.

	
Leverage Ratio

	 
	
Section 10.9.

	
Priority Debt

	 
	
Section 10.10.

	
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth

	 
	
Section 10.11.

	
Debt Service and Fixed Charge Coverages

	 
	
Section 10.12.

	
Unimproved Land

	 
	
Section 10.13.

	
Construction-in-Process

	 
	
Section 10.14.

	
Promissory Notes

	 
	
Section 10.15.

	
Unimproved Land, Construction-in-Process and Notes

	 
	
Section 10.16.

	
Joint Venture Ownership Interest

	 
	
Section 10.17.

	
Intentionally Omitted

	 
	
Section 10.18.

	
Unsecured Debt

	 
	
Section 10.19.

	
Unencumbered Property Debt Service Coverage

	 
	
Section 10.20.

	
Covenant Calculations

	 
	
Section 10.21.

	
Nature of Business

	 
	
Section 10.22.

	
Transactions with Affiliates

	 
	
Section 10.23.

	
Terrorism Sanctions Regulations

 

	 
	
SECTION 11.

	
EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

	 
	
SECTION 12.

	
REMEDIES ON DEFAULT, ETC.

	 
	
Section 12.1.

	
Acceleration

	 
	
Section 12.2.

	
Other Remedies

	 
	
Section 12.3.

	
Rescission

	 
	
Section 12.4.

	
No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc.

 

	 
	
SECTION 13.

	
REGISTRATION; EXCHANGE; SUBSTITUTION OF NOTES

	 
	
Section 13.1.

	
Registration of Notes

	 
	
Section 13.2.

	
Transfer and Exchange of Notes

	 
	
Section 13.3.

	
Replacement of Notes

 

	 
	
SECTION 14.

	
PAYMENTS ON NOTES

	 
	
Section 14.1.

	
Place of Payment

	 
	
Section 14.2.

	
Home Office Payment

 

	 
	
SECTION 15.

	
EXPENSES, ETC.

	 
	
Section 15.1. 

	
Transaction Expenses

	 
	
Section 15.2.

	
Survival

 

	 
	
SECTION 16.

	
SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT

 

	 
	
SECTION 17.  

	
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER

	 
	
Section 17.1.

	
Requirements

	 
	
Section 17.2.

	
Solicitation of Holders of Notes

	 
	
Section 17.3.

	
Binding Effect, Etc.

	 
	
Section 17.4.

	
Notes Held by Obligors, Etc.

 

	 
	
SECTION 18.

	
NOTICES

 

	 
	
SECTION 19.

	
REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS

 

	 
	
SECTION 20.

	
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

 

	 
	
SECTION 21.

	
SUBSTITUTION OF PURCHASER

 

	 
	
SECTION 22.

	
MISCELLANEOUS

	 
	
Section 22.1.

	
Successors and Assigns

	 
	
Section 22.2.

	
Payments Due on Non-Business Days

	 
	
Section 22.3.

	
Severability

	 
	
Section 22.4.

	
Construction

	 
	
Section 22.5.

	
Accounting Terms

	 
	
Section 22.6.

	
Counterparts

	 
	
Section 22.7.

	
Governing Law

	 
	
Section 22.8.

	
Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial

 

	 
	
Signatures

	 	 

SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS

	
SCHEDULE A

	
3⁄4

	
Information Relating to Purchasers

	
SCHEDULE B

	
3⁄4

	
Defined Terms

	
SCHEDULE 5.3

	
3⁄4

	
Disclosure Documents

	
SCHEDULE 5.4

	
3⁄4

	
Subsidiaries of the Obligors, Ownership of Subsidiary Stock and Affiliates

	
SCHEDULE 5.5

	
3⁄4

	
Financial Statements

	
SCHEDULE 5.15

	
3⁄4

	
Existing Debt; Liens; Future Liens

	
SCHEDULE 5.18

	
3⁄4

	
Environmental Disclosures

	
SCHEDULE 10.3

	
3⁄4

	
Investments

	 	
3⁄4

	 
	
EXHIBIT 1

	
3⁄4

	
Form of 3.67% Senior Guaranteed Note, Series F, due July 21, 2028

	
EXHIBIT 4.4(a)

	
3⁄4

	
Form of Opinion of Counsel to the Obligors

	
EXHIBIT 4.4(b)

	
3⁄4

	
Form of Opinion of Special Counsel to the Purchasers

	
EXHIBIT 9.5(b)

	
3⁄4

	
Forms of Subsidiary Guaranty and Joinder to Subsidiary Guaranty

	
EXHIBIT 9.5(c)

	
3⁄4

	
Closing Certificate

	
EXHIBIT 10.1

	
3⁄4

	
Compliance Certificate

	
EXHIBIT 104(a)

	
3⁄4

	
Compliance Certificate

	
EXHIBIT 10.4(b)

	
3⁄4

	
Compliance Certificate

	 	 	 

Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

Sovran Acquisition Limited Partnership

6467 Main Street

Buffalo, New York 14221-5890

$200,000,000 3.67% Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series F, Due July 21, 2028

Dated as of

July 21, 2016

To the Purchasers listed in

the attached Schedule A:

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Sovran Self Storage, Inc., a Maryland corporation ("Sovran"), and Sovran Acquisition Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership ("SALP" and together with Sovran, the "Obligors"), jointly and severally agree with the Purchasers listed in the attached Schedule A (the "Purchasers") to this Note Purchase Agreement (this "Agreement") as follows: 

	Section 1.	Authorization of Notes.

The Obligors will authorize the issue and sale of $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of their 3.67% Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series F, due July 21, 2028 (the "Notes," such term to include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13 of this Agreement).  The Notes shall be substantially in the form set out in Exhibit 1, with such changes therefrom, if any, as may be approved by the Purchasers and the Obligors.  Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Schedule B; references to a "Schedule" or an "Exhibit" are, unless otherwise specified, to a Schedule or an Exhibit attached to this Agreement. 

	Section 2.	Sale and Purchase of Notes.

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Obligors will issue and sell to each Purchaser and each Purchaser will purchase from the Obligors, at the Closing provided for in Section 3, Notes in the principal amount specified opposite such Purchaser's name in Schedule A at the purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof.  The obligations of each Purchaser hereunder are several and not joint obligations and each Purchaser shall have no obligation and no liability to any Person for the performance or nonperformance by any other Purchaser hereunder. 

	Section 3.	Closing.

The sale and purchase of the Notes to be purchased by each Purchaser shall occur at the offices of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, 77 West Wacker Drive, Suite 3100, Chicago, Illinois 60601, at 10:00 a.m., Chicago time, at a closing (the "Closing") on July 21, 2016 or on such other Business Day thereafter as may be agreed upon by the Obligors and the Purchasers.  At the Closing the Obligors will deliver to each Purchaser the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser in the form of a single Note to be so purchased (or such greater number of Notes in denominations of at least $100,000 as such Purchaser may request) dated the date of the Closing and registered in such Purchaser's name (or in the name of such Purchaser's nominee), against delivery by such Purchaser to the Obligors or their order of immediately available funds in the amount of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds for the account of the Obligors to Account Number 17365461, at M&T Bank in Buffalo, New York, ABA Number 022 0000 46 ref: Sovran Acquisition LP.  If at the Closing the Obligors shall fail to tender such Notes to any Purchaser as provided above in this Section 3, or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 shall not have been fulfilled to any Purchaser's satisfaction, such Purchaser shall, at such Purchaser's election, be relieved of all further obligations under this Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights such Purchaser may have by reason of such failure or such nonfulfillment. 

	Section 4.	Conditions to Closing.

The obligation of each Purchaser to purchase and pay for the Notes to be sold to such Purchaser at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such Purchaser's satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of the following conditions: 

Section 4.1.  Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties of each Obligor in this Agreement shall be correct when made and at the time of Closing.

Section 4.2.  Performance; No Default.  Each Obligor shall have performed and complied with all agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement required to be performed or complied with by it prior to or at the Closing, and after giving effect to the issue and sale of the Notes (and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated by Section 5.14), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.  Neither of the Obligors nor any of their Subsidiaries shall have entered into any transaction since the date of the Memorandum that would have been prohibited by Section 10 hereof had such Section applied since such date. 

Section 4.3.  Compliance Certificates.

          (a)     Officer's Certificate of the Obligors.  Each Obligor shall have delivered to such Purchaser an Officer's Certificate, dated the date of the Closing, certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.9 have been fulfilled.

          (b)     Secretary's Certificate of the Obligors.  Each Obligor shall have delivered to such Purchaser a certificate certifying as to the resolutions attached thereto and other corporate proceedings relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Notes and this Agreement.

Section 4.4.  Opinions of Counsel.  Such Purchaser shall have received opinions in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser, dated the date of the Closing (a) from Phillips Lytle LLP, counsel for the Obligors, covering the matters set forth in Exhibit 4.4(a) and covering such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby as such Purchaser or such Purchaser's counsel may reasonably request (and the Obligors hereby instruct their counsel to deliver such opinion to such Purchaser), and (b) from Greenberg Traurig, LLP, the Purchasers' special counsel in connection with such transactions, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit 4.4(b) and covering such other matters incident to such transactions as such Purchaser may reasonably request. 

Section 4.5.  Purchase Permitted by Applicable Law, Etc.  On the date of Closing each purchase of Notes shall (a) be permitted by the laws and regulations of each jurisdiction to which each Purchaser is subject, without recourse to provisions (such as Section 1405(a)(8) of the New York Insurance Law) permitting limited investments by insurance companies without restriction as to the character of the particular investment, (b) not violate any applicable law or regulation (including, without limitation, Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and (c) not subject any Purchaser to any tax, penalty or liability under or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, which law or regulation was not in effect on the date hereof.  If requested by any Purchaser, such Purchaser shall have received an Officer's Certificate certifying as to such matters of fact as such Purchaser may reasonably specify to enable such Purchaser to determine whether such purchase is so permitted. 

Section 4.6.  Related Transactions.  The Obligors shall have consummated the sale of the entire principal amount of the Notes scheduled to be sold on the date of Closing pursuant to this Agreement. 

Section 4.7.  Payment of Special Counsel Fees.  Without limiting the provisions of Section 15.1, the Obligors shall have paid on or before the Closing, the fees, charges and disbursements of the Purchasers' special counsel referred to in Section 4.4 to the extent reflected in a statement of such counsel rendered to the Obligors at least one Business Day prior to the Closing. 

Section 4.8.  Private Placement Number.  A Private Placement Number issued by Standard & Poor's CUSIP Service Bureau (in cooperation with the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) shall have been obtained for the Notes. 

Section 4.9.  Changes in Corporate Structure.  Neither of the Obligors shall have changed its jurisdiction of incorporation or been a party to any merger or consolidation or shall have succeeded to all or any substantial part of the liabilities of any other entity, at any time following the date of the most recent financial statements referred to in Schedule 5.5. 

Section 4.10.  Intentionally Omitted. 

Section 4.11.  Intentionally Omitted. 

Section 4.12.  Funding Instructions.  At least three Business Days prior to the date of the Closing, each Purchaser shall have received written instructions signed by a Responsible Officer on letterhead of the Obligors confirming the information specified in Section 3 including (i) the name and address of the transferee bank, (ii) such transferee bank's ABA number and (iii) the account name and number into which the purchase price for the Notes is to be deposited.

Section 4.13.  Rating.  Each of Sovran and SALP shall have been given a long term unsecured debt rating of not less than BBB- by S&P, or Baa3 by Moody's, or BBB- by Fitch. 

Section 4.14.  Proceedings and Documents.  All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory to such Purchaser and such Purchaser's special counsel, and such Purchaser and such Purchaser's special counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as such Purchaser or such Purchaser's special counsel may reasonably request. 

	Section 5.	Representations and Warranties of the Obligors.

The Obligors, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to each Purchaser that: 

Section 5.1.  Organization; Power and Authority.  Sovran is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  SALP is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign partnership and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Each Obligor has the corporate or partnership, as the case may be, power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Notes and to perform the provisions hereof and thereof.

Section 5.2.  Authorization, Etc.  This Agreement and the Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or partnership, as the case may be, action on the part of each Obligor, and this Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery thereof each Note will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Obligor enforceable against each Obligor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and (b) general principles of equity(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).  

Section 5.3.  Disclosure.  The Obligors, through their advisers, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, have delivered to each Purchaser a copy of a Confidential Materials, dated June 2016 (the "Memorandum"), relating to the transactions contemplated hereby.  The Memorandum fairly describes, in all material respects, the general nature of the business and principal properties of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries.  This Agreement, the Memorandum, the documents, certificates or other writings delivered to the Purchasers by or on behalf of the Obligors in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and identified in Schedule 5.3, and the financial statements listed in Schedule 5.5 (this Agreement, the Memorandum and such documents, certificates or other writings and such financial statements delivered to each Purchaser prior to June 30, 2016 being referred to collectively as the "Disclosure Documents"), taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made.  Since December 31, 2015 or to the extent set forth in the Memorandum, there has been no change in the financial condition, operations, business, properties or prospects of the Obligors or any of their Subsidiaries except changes that individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  There is no fact known to either Obligor that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth herein or in the Disclosure Documents.

Section 5.4.  Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates.  

          (a)     Schedule 5.4 contains (except as noted therein) complete and correct lists of (i) each Obligor's Subsidiaries, showing, as to each Subsidiary, the correct name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization, the percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned by the Obligors and each other Subsidiary, and all other Investments of each Obligor and their Subsidiaries, (ii) each Obligor's Affiliates, other than Subsidiaries, and (iii) each Obligor's directors and senior officers.

          (b)     All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of each Subsidiary shown in Schedule 5.4 as being owned by the Obligors and their Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Obligors or another Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien (except as otherwise disclosed in Schedule 5.4).

          (c)     Each Subsidiary identified in Schedule 5.4 is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other legal entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Each such Subsidiary has the corporate or other power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease and to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact.

          (d)     No Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to, any legal restriction or any agreement (other than this Agreement and customary limitations imposed by corporate law statutes) restricting the ability of such Subsidiary to pay dividends out of profits or make any other similar distributions of profits to the Obligors or any of their Subsidiaries that owns outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of such Subsidiary.

Section 5.5.  Financial Statements.  The Obligors have delivered to each Purchaser copies of the financial statements of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5.5.  All of said financial statements (including in each case the related schedules and notes) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries as of the respective dates specified in such financial statements and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods so specified and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved except as set forth in the notes thereto.  The Obligors and their Subsidiaries do not have any Material liabilities that are not disclosed on such financial statements or otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Documents.

Section 5.6.  Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc.  The execution, delivery and performance by each Obligor of this Agreement and the Notes will not (a) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien in respect of any property of either Obligor or any Subsidiary under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, corporate charter or by‐laws, partnership agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which either Obligor or any Subsidiary is bound or by which either Obligor or any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected, (b) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to either Obligor or any Subsidiary, or (c) violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to either Obligor or any Subsidiary.  

Section 5.7.  Governmental Authorizations, Etc. No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by either Obligor of this Agreement or the Notes.  

Section 5.8.  Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders.  

          (a)     There are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of either Obligor, threatened against or affecting either Obligor or any Subsidiary or any property of either Obligor or any Subsidiary in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (b)     Neither of the Obligors nor any of their Subsidiaries is in default under any term of any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or is in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation (including without limitation Environmental Laws) of any Governmental Authority, which default or violation, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  

Section 5.9.  Taxes.  Each of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries have filed all tax returns that are required to have been filed in any jurisdiction, and have paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes and assessments levied upon them or their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent, except for any taxes and assessments (a) the amount of which is not individually or in the aggregate Material or (b) the amount, applicability or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which such Obligor or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, has established adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP.  Neither of the Obligors knows of any basis for any other tax or assessment that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries in respect of federal, state or other taxes for all fiscal periods are adequate.  The federal income tax liabilities of Sovran and its Subsidiaries (other than SALP) have been determined by the Internal Revenue Service and paid for all fiscal years up to and including the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.  The federal income tax liabilities of SALP have been determined by the Internal Revenue Service and paid for all fiscal years up to and including the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.

Section 5.10.  Title to Property; Leases.  The Obligors and their Subsidiaries have good and sufficient title to their respective properties that individually or in the aggregate are Material, including all such properties reflected in the most recent audited balance sheet referred to in Section 5.5 or purported to have been acquired by either of the Obligors or any Subsidiary after said date (except as sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business), in each case free and clear of Liens prohibited by this Agreement.  All leases that individually or in the aggregate are Material are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect in all material respects.  

Section 5.11.  Licenses, Permits, Etc.  

          (a)     The Obligors and their Subsidiaries own or possess all licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights, service marks, trademarks and trade names, or rights thereto, that individually or in the aggregate are Material, without known conflict with the rights of others.

          (b)     To the best knowledge of each Obligor, no product of either Obligor or any of their Subsidiaries infringes in any material respect any license, permit, franchise, authorization, patent, copyright, service mark, trademark, trade name or other right owned by any other Person.

          (c)     To the best knowledge of each Obligor, there is no Material violation by any Person of any right of either Obligor or any of their Subsidiaries with respect to any license, permit, franchise, authorization, patent, copyright, service mark, trademark, trade name or other right owned or used by either Obligor or any of their Subsidiaries.  

Section 5.12.  Compliance with ERISA  

          (a)     Each Obligor and each ERISA Affiliate have operated and administered each Plan in compliance with all applicable laws except for such instances of noncompliance as have not resulted in and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither of the Obligors nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3 of ERISA), and no event, transaction or condition has occurred or exists that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any such liability by either Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of either Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate, in either case pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or to such penalty or excise tax provisions or to Section 401(a)(29) or 412 of the Code, other than such liabilities or Liens as would not be individually or in the aggregate Material.

          (b)     The present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities under each of the Plans which are subject to Title IV of ERISA (other than Multiemployer Plans), determined as of the end of such Plan's most recently ended plan year on the basis of the actuarial assumptions specified for funding purposes in such Plan's most recent actuarial valuation report, did not exceed the aggregate current value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such benefit liabilities by more than $500,000 in the aggregate for all Plans.  The term "benefit liabilities" has the meaning specified in Section 4001 of ERISA and the terms "current value" and "present value" have the meaning specified in Section 3 of ERISA.

          (c)     Neither of the Obligors nor any of their ERISA Affiliates has incurred any withdrawal liabilities(and are not subject to contingent withdrawal liabilities) under Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA in respect of Multiemployer Plans that individually or in the aggregate are Material.

          (d)     The expected post-retirement benefit obligation (determined as of the last day of each Obligor's most recently ended fiscal year in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 106, without regard to liabilities attributable to continuation coverage mandated by Section 4980B of the Code) of each Obligor and its Subsidiaries is not Material.

          (e)     The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Notes hereunder will not involve any transaction that is subject to the prohibitions of Section 406 of ERISA or in connection with which a tax could be imposed pursuant to Section 4975(c)(1)(A)‐(D) of the Code.  The representation by each Obligor in the first sentence of this Section 5.12(e) is made in reliance upon and subject to the accuracy of each Purchaser's representation in Section 6.2 as to the sources of the funds to be used to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser.  

Section 5.13.  Private Offering by the Obligors.  Neither the Obligors nor any one acting on the Obligors' behalf has offered the Notes or any similar securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy any of the same from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any Person other than the Purchasers and not more than 20 other Institutional Investors, each of which has been offered the Notes in connection with a private sale for investment.  Neither of the Obligors nor any one acting on their behalf has taken, or will take, any action that would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes to the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act or to the registration requirements of any securities or blue sky laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

Section 5.14.  Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations.  The Obligors will apply the proceeds of the sale of the Notes for general corporate purposes of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries (including the repayment of Debt of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries).  No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of buying or carrying any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 221), or for the purpose of buying or carrying or trading in any securities under such circumstances as to involve either Obligor in a violation of Regulation X of said Board (12 CFR 224) or to involve any broker or dealer in a violation of Regulation T of said Board (12 CFR 220).  Margin stock does not constitute more than 1% of the value of the consolidated assets of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries and the Obligors do not have any present intention that margin stock will constitute more than 1% of the value of such assets.  As used in this Section, the terms "margin stock" and "purpose of buying or carrying" shall have the meanings assigned to them in said Regulation U.  

Section 5.15.  Existing Debt; Liens.  

          (a)     Except as described therein, Schedule 5.15 sets forth a complete and correct list of all outstanding Debt of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries, other than Excluded Subsidiaries, as of July 21, 2016 (including a description of the obligors and obligees, principal amount outstanding and collateral therefor, if any and Guaranty thereof, if any).  Neither of the Obligors nor any Subsidiary is in default and no waiver of default is currently in effect, in the payment of any principal or interest on any Debt of the Obligors or such Subsidiary, and no event or condition exists with respect to any Debt of the Obligors or any Subsidiary, that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would permit) one or more Persons to cause such Debt to become due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment.

          (b)     Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.15, neither of the Obligors nor any Subsidiary has agreed or consented to cause or permit in the future (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien not permitted by Section 10.2.

          (c)     Neither any Obligor nor any Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing Debt of such Obligor or such Subsidiary, any agreement relating thereto or any other agreement (including, but not limited to, its charter or other organizational document) which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of, Debt of the Obligors, except as specifically indicated in Schedule 5.15.

Section 5.16.  Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc.  

          (a)     Neither any Obligor nor any Controlled Entity (i) is a Person whose name appears on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons published by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of Treasury ("OFAC") (an "OFAC Listed Person") or (ii) is a department, agency or instrumentality of, or is otherwise controlled by or acting on behalf of, directly or indirectly, (x) any OFAC Listed Person or (y) any Person, entity, organization, foreign country or regime that is subject to any OFAC Sanctions Program (each OFAC Listed Person and each other Person, entity, organization and government of a country described in clause (ii), a "Blocked Person") or (iii) has any investments in, or knowingly (as such term is defined in Section 101(6) of CISADA) engages in any dealings or transactions with, any Blocked Person.  Neither any Obligor nor any Controlled Entity has been notified that its name appears or may in the future appear on a state list of Persons that engage in investment or other commercial activities in Iran or any other country that is subject to any United States economic sanctions, including but not limited to, the Trading with the Enemy Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, CISADA or any similar law or regulation with respect to Iran or any other country, the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act, any OFAC Sanctions Program, or any economic sanctions regulations administered and enforced by the United States or any enabling legislation or executive order relating to any of the foregoing.

          (b)     No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder constitutes or will constitute funds obtained on behalf of any Blocked Person or will otherwise be used, directly by the Obligors or indirectly through any Controlled Entity, in connection with any investment in, or any transactions or dealings with, any Blocked Person. 

          (c)     To the Obligors' actual knowledge after making due inquiry, neither any Obligor nor any Controlled Entity (i) is under investigation by any Governmental Authority for, or has been charged with, or convicted of, money laundering, drug trafficking, terrorist-related activities or other money laundering predicate crimes under any applicable law (collectively, "Anti-Money Laundering Laws"), (ii) has been assessed civil penalties under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws or (iii) has had any of its funds seized or forfeited in an action under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Obligors have taken reasonable measures appropriate to the circumstances (in any event as required by applicable law) to ensure that each Obligor and each Controlled Entity is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable current and future Anti-Money Laundering Laws. 

          (d)     No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for any improper payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, official of any public international organization or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage. The Obligors have taken reasonable measures appropriate to the circumstances (in any event as required by applicable law) to ensure that each Obligor and each Controlled Entity is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable current and future anti-corruption laws and regulations. 

Section 5.17.  Status under Certain Statutes.  Neither of the Obligors nor any of their Subsidiaries is an "investment company" registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or is subject to regulation under the ICC Termination Act of 1995, as amended, or the Federal Power Act, as amended.  

Section 5.18.  Environmental Matters.  Neither of the Obligors nor any of their Subsidiaries has knowledge of any claim or has received any notice of any claim, and no proceeding has been instituted asserting any claim against either of the Obligors or any of their Subsidiaries or any of their respective real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them, or any Locke Property, or other assets, nor, to the knowledge of either of the Obligors or any of their Subsidiaries, has any such proceeding been instituted against any real properties now or formerly owned by either of the Obligors or any of their Subsidiaries, or any Locke Property, alleging damage to the environment or any violation of any Environmental Laws, except, in each case, such as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Except as otherwise disclosed on Schedule 5.18:

          (a)     neither of the Obligors nor any of their Subsidiaries has knowledge of any facts which would give rise to any claim, public or private, for violation of Environmental Laws or damage to the environment emanating from, occurring on or in any way related to real properties or to other assets now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or any Locke Property, or their use, except, in each case, such as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

          (b)     neither of the Obligors nor any of their Subsidiaries has stored any Hazardous Substances on real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or any Locke Property, or has disposed of any Hazardous Substances in each case in a manner contrary to any Environmental Laws and in any manner that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; 

          (c)     all buildings on all real properties now owned, leased or operated by the Obligors or any of their Subsidiaries or any Locke Property, are in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, except where failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and

          (d)     a phase I environmental site assessment was prepared for each Locke Property and the results of each such phase I environmental site assessment indicated (i) no suggested remediation in excess of $10,000 in aggregate amount for all such Locke Properties and (ii) no need, requirement or suggestion for a phase II environmental site assessment on any such Locke Property. 

Section 5.19.  Solvency.  The fair value of the business and assets of each of the Obligors exceeds the amount that will be required to pay its respective liabilities (including, without limitation, contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities on existing debts, as such liabilities may become absolute and matured), in each case after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the use of the proceeds of the sale of the Notes).  The Obligors, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, will not be engaged in any business or transaction, or about to engage in any business or transaction, for which such Person has unreasonably small assets or capital (within the meaning of the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act and Section 548 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code), and the Obligors have no intent to

          (a)     hinder, delay or defraud any entity to which any of them is, or will become, on or after the date of Closing, indebted, or

          (b)     incur debts that would be beyond any of their ability to pay as they mature.

Section 5.20.  Pari Passu Obligations.  The Notes rank equally and ratably with all unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Obligors generally, but subject to the right of any Person having preferred rights, whether such rights arise by contract, statute, law (or the operation thereof) or otherwise.

	Section 6.	Representations of the Purchasers.

Section 6.1.  Purchase for Investment. Each Purchaser severally represents that it is purchasing the Notes for its own account or for one or more separate accounts maintained by it or for the account of one or more pension or trust funds and not with a view to the distribution thereof, provided that the disposition of such Purchaser's or such pension or trust funds' property shall at all times be within such Purchaser's or such pension or trust funds' control.  Each Purchaser understands that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may be resold only if registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or if an exemption from registration is available, except under circumstances where neither such registration nor such an exemption is required by law, and that the Obligors are not required to register the Notes.

Section 6.2.  Source of Funds.  Each Purchaser severally represents that at least one of the following statements is an accurate representation as to each source of funds (a "Source") to be used by such Purchaser to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser hereunder:

          (a)     the Source is an "insurance company general account" (as the term is defined in the United States Department of Labor's Prohibited Transaction Exemption ("PTE") 95-60) in respect of which the reserves and liabilities (as defined by the annual statement for life insurance companies approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the "NAIC Annual Statement")) for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any employee benefit plan together with the amount of the reserves and liabilities for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any other employee benefit plans maintained by the same employer (or affiliate thereof as defined in PTE 95-60) or by the same employee organization in the general account do not exceed 10% of the total reserves and liabilities of the general account (exclusive of separate account liabilities) plus surplus as set forth in the NAIC Annual Statement filed with such Purchaser's state of domicile; or

          (b)     the Source is a separate account that is maintained solely in connection with such Purchaser's fixed contractual obligations under which the amounts payable, or credited, to any employee benefit plan (or its related trust) that has any interest in such separate account (or to any participant or beneficiary of such plan (including any annuitant)) are not affected in any manner by the investment performance of the separate account; or

          (c)     the Source is either (i) an insurance company pooled separate account, within the meaning of PTE 90-1 or (ii) a bank collective investment fund, within the meaning of the PTE 91-38 and, except as disclosed by such Purchaser to the Obligors in writing pursuant to this clause (c), no employee benefit plan or group of plans maintained by the same employer or employee organization beneficially owns more than 10% of all assets allocated to such pooled separate account or collective investment fund; or

          (d)     the Source constitutes assets of an "investment fund" (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14 (the "QPAM Exemption")) managed by a "qualified professional asset manager" or "QPAM" (within the meaning of Part VI of the QPAM Exemption), no employee benefit plan's assets that are managed by the QPAM in such investment fund, when combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of Part VI(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization and managed by such QPAM, represent more than 20% of the total client assets managed by such QPAM, the conditions of Part I(c) and (g) of the QPAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the QPAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the QPAM maintains an ownership interest in either Obligor that would cause the QPAM and such Obligor to be "related" within the meaning of Part VI(h) of the QPAM Exemption and (i) the identity of such QPAM and (ii) the names of any employee benefit plans whose assets in the investment fund, when combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of Part VI(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization, represent 10% or more of the assets of such investment fund, have been disclosed to the Obligors in writing pursuant to this clause (d); or

          (e)     the Source constitutes assets of a "plan(s)" (within the meaning of Section IV of PTE 96-23 (the "INHAM Exemption")) managed by an "in-house asset manager" or "INHAM" (within the meaning of Part IV of the INHAM Exemption), the conditions of Part I(a), (g) and (h) of the INHAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the INHAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the INHAM (applying the definition of "control" in Section IV(d) of the INHAM Exemption) owns a 5% or more interest in either Obligor and (i) the identity of such INHAM and (ii) the name(s) of the employee benefit plan(s) whose assets constitute the Source have been disclosed to the Obligors in writing pursuant to this clause (e); or

          (f)     the Source is a governmental plan; or

          (g)     the Source is one or more employee benefit plans, or a separate account or trust fund comprised of one or more employee benefit plans, each of which has been identified to the Obligors in writing pursuant to this clause (g); or

          (h)     the Source does not include assets of any employee benefit plan, other than a plan exempt from the coverage of ERISA.

As used in this Section 6.2, the terms "employee benefit plan," "governmental plan," and "separate account" shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in Section 3 of ERISA.

	Section 7.	Information as to Obligors.

Section 7.1.  Financial and Business Information.  The Obligors shall deliver to each holder of Notes that is an Institutional Investor:

          (a)     Quarterly Statements - within 45 days (or such shorter period as is 15 days greater than the period applicable to the filing of Sovran's Quarterly Report on Form 10‐Q (the "Form 10‐Q") with the SEC regardless of whether Sovran is subject to the filing requirements thereof) after the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of Sovran and SALP, respectively (other than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year), duplicate copies of,

	 	
(i)

	
in the case of Sovran

 

	 
	 	
          (A)  a consolidated and consolidating (for Subsidiaries which own Real Estate) balance sheet of Sovran and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter, and

 

	 	
          (B)  consolidated and consolidating (for Subsidiaries which own Real Estate) statements of income, funds available for distribution and cash flows of Sovran and its Subsidiaries, for such quarter and (in the case of the second and third quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter,

	 	
(ii)

	
in the case of SALP (if prepared)

 

	 
	 	
          (A)  a consolidated balance sheet of SALP and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter, and

 

	 	
          (B)  consolidated statements of income, funds available for distribution and cash flows of SALP and its Subsidiaries for such quarter and (in the case of the second and third quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter,

setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods in the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to quarterly financial statements generally, and certified by a Senior Financial Officer of the respective Obligor as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported on and their results of operations and cash flows, subject to changes resulting from year-end adjustments, provided that delivery within the time period specified above of copies of Sovran's Form 10‐Q prepared in compliance with the requirements therefor and filed with the SEC shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.1(a);

          (b)     Annual Statements - within 90 days (or such shorter period as is 15 days greater than the period applicable to the filing of Sovran's Annual Report on Form 10‐K (the "Form 10‐K") with the SEC regardless of whether Sovran is subject to the filing requirements thereof) after the end of each fiscal year of Sovran and SALP, respectively, duplicate copies of,

	 	
(ii)

	
in the case of Sovran

 

	 
	 	
          (A)  a consolidated and consolidating (for Subsidiaries which own Real Estate) balance sheet of Sovran and its Subsidiaries, as at the end of such year, and

 

	 	
          (B)  consolidated and consolidating (for Subsidiaries which own Real Estate) statements of income, funds available for distribution and cash flows of Sovran and its Subsidiaries, for such year,

	 	
(ii)

	
in the case of SALP (if prepared)

 

	 
	 	
          (A)  a consolidated balance sheet of SALP and its Subsidiaries, as at the end of such year, and

 

	 	
          (B)  consolidated statements of income, funds available for distribution and cash flows of SALP and its Subsidiaries, for such year,

setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied:

	 	
          (A)  by an opinion thereon (without a "going concern" or similar qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of the audit on which such opinion is based) of independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing, which opinion shall state that such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported upon and their results of operations and cash flows and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, and that the examination of such accountants in connection with such financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and that such audit provides a reasonable basis for such opinion in the circumstances, and

 

	 	
          (B)  a certificate of such accountants stating that they have reviewed this Agreement and stating further whether, in making their audit, they have become aware of any condition or event that then constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, and, if they are aware that any such condition or event then exists, specifying the nature and period of the existence thereof (it being understood that such accountants shall not be liable, directly or indirectly, for any failure to obtain knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless such accountants should have obtained knowledge thereof in making an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards or did not make such an audit),

provided that the delivery within the time period specified above of Sovran's Form 10‐K for such fiscal year (together with Sovran's annual report to shareholders, if any, prepared pursuant to Rule 14a‐3 under the Exchange Act) prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor and filed with the SEC, together with the opinion described in clause (A) above and the accountant's certificate described in clause (B) above (the "Accountants' Certificate"), shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.1(b);

          (c)     SEC and Other Reports - promptly upon their becoming available, one copy of (i) each financial statement, report, notice or proxy statement sent by either Obligor or any Subsidiary to public securities holders generally, and (ii) each regular or periodic report, each registration statement (without exhibits except as expressly requested by such holder), and each prospectus and all amendments thereto filed by either Obligor or any Subsidiary with the SEC and of all press releases and other statements made available generally by either Obligor or any Subsidiary to the public concerning developments that are Material; 

          (d)     Notice of Default or Event of Default - promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after a Responsible Officer of either Obligor becomes aware of the existence of any Default or Event of Default or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with respect to a claimed default hereunder or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with respect to a claimed default of the type referred to in Section 11(g) without regard to any dollar limitations in such Section 11(g), a written notice specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Obligors are taking or propose to take with respect thereto;

          (e)     ERISA Matters - promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after a Responsible Officer of either Obligor becomes aware of any of the following, a written notice setting forth the nature thereof and the action, if any, that either Obligor or an ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto:

	 	
(i)

	
with respect to any Plan, any reportable event, as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations thereunder, for which notice thereof has not been waived pursuant to such regulations as in effect on the date thereof; or

 

	 	
(ii)

	
the taking by the PBGC of steps to institute, or the threatening by the PBGC of the institution of, proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the receipt by either Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate of a notice from a Multiemployer Plan that such action has been taken by the PBGC with respect to such Multiemployer Plan; or

 

	 	
(iii)

	
any event, transaction or condition that could result in the incurrence of any liability by either Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the imposition of a penalty or excise tax under the provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, or the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of either Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or such penalty or excise tax provisions, if such liability or Lien, taken together with any other such liabilities or Liens then existing, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; 

 

          (f)     Notices from Governmental Authority - promptly, and in any event within 30 days of receipt thereof, copies of any notice to either Obligor or any Subsidiary from any federal or state Governmental Authority relating to any order, ruling, statute or other law or regulation that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

          (g)     Resignation or Replacement of Auditors - within ten days following the date on which an Obligor's auditors resign or an Obligor elects to change auditors, as the case may be, notification thereof, together with such supporting information as the Required Holders may request; 

          (h)     Five Year Capital Plan - within 30 days after the end of each fiscal year of Sovran and SALP, a five‐year capital plan of SALP and its Subsidiaries; and

          (i)     Requested Information - with reasonable promptness, such other data and information relating to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of either Obligor or any of their Subsidiaries or relating to the ability of either Obligor to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Notes or the ability of any Subsidiary Guarantor to perform its obligations under any Subsidiary Guaranty as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any such holder of Notes.

Section 7.2.  Officer's Certificate.  Each set of financial statements delivered to a holder of Notes pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) hereof shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer of each of the Obligors setting forth:

          (a)     Covenant Compliance - the information (including detailed calculations) required in order to establish whether the Obligors were in compliance with the requirements of Section 10.1 through Section 10.19 hereof, inclusive, during the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished (including with respect to each such Section, where applicable, the calculations of the maximum or minimum amount, ratio or percentage, as the case may be, permissible under the terms of such Sections, and the calculation of the amount, ratio or percentage then in existence);

          (b)     Event of Default - a statement that such officer has reviewed the relevant terms hereof and has made, or caused to be made, under his or her supervision, a review of the transactions and conditions of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries from the beginning of the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished to the date of the certificate and that such review shall not have disclosed the existence during such period of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or, if any such condition or event existed or exists (including, without limitation, any such event or condition resulting from the failure of either Obligor or any Subsidiary to comply with any Environmental Law), specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Obligors shall have taken or proposes to take with respect thereto;

          (c)     List of Excluded Subsidiaries - a list of all Excluded Subsidiaries as at such date and including a description of each such Excluded Subsidiary's real estate holdings and Debt.

Section 7.3.  Inspection.  Each Obligor shall permit the representatives of each holder of Notes that is an Institutional Investor: 

          (a)     No Default - if no Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of such holder and upon reasonable prior notice to the Obligors, to visit the principal executive offices of the Obligors, to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries with the Obligors' officers, and (with the consent of the Obligors, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) their independent public accountants, and (with the consent of the Obligors, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) to visit the other offices and properties of the Obligors and each Subsidiary, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested in writing; and

          (b)     Default - if a Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of the Obligors, to visit and inspect any of the offices or properties of the Obligors or any Subsidiary, to examine all their respective books of account, records, reports and other papers, to make copies and extracts therefrom, and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers and independent public accountants (and by this provision the Obligors authorize said accountants to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries), all at such times and soften as may be requested.

Section 7.4.  Electronic Delivery.  Financial statements, opinions of independent certified public accountants, other information and Officer's Certificates that are required to be delivered by the Obligors pursuant to Sections 7.1(a), (b) or (c) and Section 7.2 shall be deemed to have been delivered if the Obligors satisfy any of the following requirements with respect thereto:

	 	
(i)

	
such financial statements satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1(a) or (b) and related Officer's Certificate satisfying the requirements of Section 7.2 and any other information required under Section 7.1(c) are delivered to each holder of a Note by e-mail; 

 

	 	
(ii)

	
the Obligors shall have timely filed such Form 10–Q or Form 10–K, satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b), as the case may be, with the SEC on EDGAR and shall have made such form and the related Officer's Certificate satisfying the requirements of Section 7.2 available on its home page on the internet, which is located at http://www.unclebobs.com as of the date of this Agreement; 

 

	 	
(iii)

	
such financial statements satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) and related Officer's Certificate(s) satisfying the requirements of Section 7.2 are timely posted by or on behalf of the Obligors on SyndTrak or on any other similar website to which each holder of Notes has free access; or 

 

	 	
(iv)

	
the Obligors shall have filed any of the items referred to in Section 7.1(c) with the SEC on EDGAR and shall have made such items available on its home page on the internet or on SyndTrak or on any other similar website to which each holder of Notes has free access;

 

provided however, that in the case of any of clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv), the Obligors shall have given each holder of a Note prior written notice, which may be by e-mail or in accordance with Section 18, of such posting or filing in connection with each delivery, provided further, that upon request of any holder to receive paper copies of such forms, financial statements and Officer's Certificates or to receive them by e-mail, the Obligors will promptly e-mail them or deliver such paper copies, as the case may be, to such holder.

	Section 8.	Payment of the Notes.

Section 8.1.  Required Payments.  As provided therein, the entire principal amount of the Notes shall become due and payable on July 21, 2028.

Section 8.2.  Optional Prepayments.  The Obligors may, at their option, upon notice as provided below, prepay at any time all, or from time to time any part of, the Notes, in an amount not less than 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding in the case of a partial prepayment, at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid, together with interest accrued thereon to the date of such prepayment, plus, in the event of prepayment prior to the 90 day period ending on the final scheduled maturity date of the Notes, the Make-Whole Amount determined for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount.  The Obligors will give each holder of Notes written notice of each optional prepayment under this Section 8.2 not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for such prepayment.  Each such notice shall specify such date, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid on such date, the principal amount of each Note held by such holder to be prepaid (determined in accordance with Section 8.4), and the interest to be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount being prepaid, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer as to the estimated Make-Whole Amount due in connection with such prepayment (calculated as if the date of such notice were the date of the prepayment), setting forth the details of such computation.  Two Business Days prior to such prepayment, the Obligors shall deliver to each holder of Notes a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer specifying the calculation of such Make-Whole Amount as of the specified prepayment date.

Section 8.3.  Prepayment of Notes Upon Change of Control.

          (a)     Notice.  Within ten (10) Business Days after a Change of Control, the Obligors shall give to each holder of Notes written notice containing and constituting an offer to prepay Notes as described in subparagraph (b) of this Section 8.3, accompanied by the certificate described in subparagraph (e) of this Section 8.3.

          (b)     Offer to Prepay Notes.  The offer to prepay Notes contemplated by subparagraph (a) of this Section 8.3 shall be an offer to prepay, in accordance with and subject to this Section 8.3, all, but not less than all, the Notes held by each holder (in this case only, "holder" in respect of any Note registered in the name of a nominee for a disclosed beneficial owner shall mean such beneficial owner) on the date specified in such offer (the "Proposed Prepayment Date") that is not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days after the date of such offer (if the Proposed Prepayment Date shall not be specified in such offer, the Proposed Prepayment Date shall be the first Business Day which is at least 45 days after the date of such offer).

          (c)     Acceptance; Rejection.  A holder of Notes may accept the offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.3 by causing a notice of such acceptance to be delivered to the Obligors at least 10 days prior to the Proposed Prepayment Date.  A failure by a holder of Notes to respond to an offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.3 shall be deemed to constitute an acceptance of such offer by such holder.

          (d)     Prepayment.  Prepayment of the Notes to be prepaid pursuant to this Section 8.3 shall be at 100% of the principal amount of such Notes, plus the Make-Whole Amount determined for the date of prepayment with respect to such principal amount, together with interest on such Notes accrued to the date of prepayment.  On the Business Day preceding the date of prepayment, the Obligors shall deliver to each holder of Notes being prepaid a statement showing the Make-Whole Amount due in connection with such prepayment and setting forth the details of the computation of such amount.

          (e)     Officer's Certificate.  Each offer to prepay the Notes pursuant to this Section 8.3 shall be accompanied by a certificate, executed by a Senior Financial Officer of the Obligors and dated the date of such offer, specifying:  (i) the Proposed Prepayment Date; (ii) that such offer is made pursuant to this Section 8.3; (iii) the principal amount of each Note offered to be prepaid; (iv) the estimated Make-Whole Amount, if any; (v) the interest that would be due on each Note offered to be prepaid, accrued to the Proposed Prepayment Date; (vi) that the conditions of this Section 8.3 have been fulfilled; and (vii) in reasonable detail, the nature and date of the Change of Control.

Section 8.4.  Allocation of Partial Prepayments.  In the case of each partial prepayment of the Notes (other than any partial prepayment under Section 8.3), the principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid shall be allocated among all of the Notes at the time outstanding in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the unpaid principal amounts thereof not theretofore called for prepayment.

Section 8.5.  Maturity; Surrender, Etc.  In the case of each prepayment of Notes pursuant to this Section 8, the principal amount of each Note to be prepaid shall mature and become due and payable on the date fixed for such prepayment, together with interest on such principal amount accrued to such date and the applicable Make-Whole Amount, if any.  From and after such date, unless the Obligors shall fail to pay such principal amount when so due and payable, together with the interest and Make‐Whole Amount, if any, as aforesaid, interest on such principal amount shall cease to accrue.  Any Note paid or prepaid in full shall be surrendered to the Obligors and cancelled and shall not be reissued, and no Note shall be issued in lieu of any prepaid principal amount of any Note.

Section 8.6.  Purchase of Notes.  The Obligors will not and will not permit any Affiliate to purchase, redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of the outstanding Notes except upon the payment or prepayment of the Notes in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Notes.  The Obligors will promptly cancel all Notes acquired by it or any Affiliate pursuant to any payment, prepayment or purchase of Notes pursuant to any provision of this Agreement and no Notes may be issued in substitution or exchange for any such Notes.

Section 8.7.  Make-Whole Amount.  The term "Make-Whole Amount" means with respect to any Note an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Called Principal of such Note, over the amount of such Called Principal, provided that the Make-Whole Amount may in no event be less than zero.  For the purposes of determining the Make-Whole Amount, the following terms have the following meanings:

	 	
          "Called Principal" means, with respect to any Note, the principal of such Note that is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or 8.3 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires.

 

	 	
          "Discounted Value" means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the amount obtained by discounting the amount of such Called Principal and interest payable in respect thereof from, in the case of the Called Principal, the maturity date in respect of such Note to the Settlement Date and, in the case of such interest, the scheduled dates of payment hereunder in respect thereof to the Settlement Date, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a discount factor (applied on the same periodic basis as that on which interest on such Note is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal.

 

	 	
          "Reinvestment Yield" means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, 0.50% plus the yield to maturity implied by (i) the ask-side yields reported, as of 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, on the display designated as "PX-1" on the Bloomberg Financial Market Screen (or such other display as may replace "PX-1" on the Bloomberg Financial Market Screen) for actively traded, on the run U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date, or (ii) if such yields are not reported as of such time or the yields reported as of such time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), the Treasury Constant Maturity Series Yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so reported as of the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (or any comparable successor publication) for actively traded, on the run U.S. Treasury securities having a constant maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date.  In the case of each determination under the preceding clause (i) or clause (ii), as the case may be, such implied yield will be determined, if necessary, by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond-equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly on a straight line basis between (1) the actively traded, on the run U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and greater than the Remaining Average Life and (2) the actively traded, on the run U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and less than the Remaining Average Life.  The Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable Note.

 

	 	
          "Remaining Average Life" means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) that will elapse between the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal and the maturity date of the Note in respect thereof.

 

	 	
          "Settlement Date" means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or 8.3 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires.

 

	Section 9.	Affirmative Covenants.

The Obligors, jointly and severally, covenant that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding: 

Section 9.1.  Compliance with Law.  Each Obligor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations to which each of them is subject, including, without limitation, Environmental Laws, and will obtain and maintain in effect all licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of their respective properties or to the conduct of their respective businesses, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that non-compliance with such laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or failures to obtain or maintain in effect such licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.2.  Insurance.  Each Obligor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to their respective properties and businesses against such casualties and contingencies, of such types, on such terms and in such amounts (including deductibles, co-insurance and self-insurance, if adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto) as is customary in the case of entities of established reputations engaged in the same or a similar business and similarly situated.

Section 9.3.  Payment of Taxes and Claims.  Each Obligor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, file all tax returns required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and discharge all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes, assessments, governmental charges, or levies imposed on them or any of their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes, assessments, charges and levies have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent and all claims for which sums have become due and payable that have or might become a Lien on properties or assets of such Obligor or any Subsidiary not permitted by Section 10.2, provided that neither Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries need pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim if (i) the amount, applicability or validity thereof is contested by such Obligor or such Subsidiary on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings, and such Obligor or such Subsidiary has established adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP on the books of such Obligor or such Subsidiary or (ii) the non-filing or nonpayment, as the case may be, of all such taxes, assessments, charges, levies and claims in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.4.  Existence of SALP, Sovran Holdings and Subsidiaries; Maintenance of Properties.  

          (a)     SALP for itself and for Holdings and each Subsidiary (insofar as any such statements relate to Holdings or such Subsidiary) will do or cause to be done all things necessary to, and shall, preserve and keep in full force and effect its, Holdings, and each Subsidiary's existence as a limited partnership, corporation or another legally constituted entity, and will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force all of its, Holdings', and each Subsidiary's rights and franchises, and it and Holdings will not, and it will not cause or permit any Subsidiary to, convert to a limited liability company or a limited liability partnership.  SALP (i) will cause all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements to be made to all Real Estate owned or controlled by it or by any Subsidiary, all as in the judgment of SALP or such Subsidiary may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times, subject to the terms of the applicable Leases and partnership agreements or other entity organizational documents, (ii) will cause all of its other properties and those of Subsidiaries used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of such Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment, and (iii) will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, continue to engage exclusively in the business of owning and operating self storage facilities (including the rental of trucks in connection therewith); provided that nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Obligors from entering into Tower Leases or occasional non‐material Leases of retail or office space incidental to the Obligors' owning and operating self storage facilities; and provided, further, that nothing in this Section 9.4 shall prevent SALP from discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any of its properties or any of those of any Subsidiaries if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of SALP, desirable in the conduct of its or their business and such discontinuance does not cause a Default or an Event of Default hereunder and does not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the business of the Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.  Holdings shall at all times be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Sovran and the sole general partner of SALP and shall be the owner of at least 1% of the outstanding partnership interests in SALP.

          (b)     Sovran will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence as a Maryland corporation.  Sovran will at all times maintain its status as a REIT and not take any action which could lead to its disqualification as a REIT.  Sovran shall at all times maintain its listing on the New York Stock Exchange.  Sovran will continue to operate as a fully-integrated, self‐administered and self-managed real estate investment trust which, together with its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, SALP) owns and operates an improved property portfolio comprised exclusively of self‐storage facilities.  Sovran will not engage in any business other than the business of acting as a REIT and serving as a limited partner of SALP and as a member, partner or stockholder of other Persons as permitted by this Agreement.  Sovran shall conduct all or substantially all of its business operations through SALP, and shall not own real estate assets outside of its interests in SALP.  Sovran shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force all of its rights and franchises and those of its Subsidiaries.  Sovran shall (i) cause all of its properties and those of its Subsidiaries used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of its Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment, (ii) cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of Sovran may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times, and (iii) cause SALP and each of its Subsidiaries to continue to engage exclusively in the business of owning and operating self‐storage facilities (including the rental of trucks in connection therewith); provided that nothing in this Section 9.4 shall prevent Sovran from discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any of its properties or any of those of its Subsidiaries if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of Sovran, desirable in the conduct of its or their business and such discontinuance does not cause a Default or an Event of Default hereunder and does not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the business of Sovran and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

Section 9.5.  Subsidiary Guarantors.    

          (a)     Intentionally omitted.

          (b)     The Obligors shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to which any of the following conditions applies to execute and deliver to the holders of the Notes a Subsidiary Guaranty or joinder agreement to the Subsidiary Guaranty, as applicable, and deliver to the holders of Notes the other items required to be delivered under Section 9.5(c):

	 	
(i)

	
such Subsidiary of an Obligor Guarantees, or otherwise becomes obligated in respect of any Debt of an Obligor or any Subsidiary of an Obligor (other than an Excluded Subsidiary guaranteeing or otherwise becoming obligated in respect of the Debt of another Excluded Subsidiary); or

 

	 	
(ii)

	
(A) such Subsidiary owns an Unencumbered Property and (B) such Subsidiary, or any other Subsidiary of an Obligor that directly or indirectly owns any stock or other equity interests in such Subsidiary, has incurred, acquired or suffered to exist any Debt that is Recourse.

 

          (c)     Each Subsidiary Guaranty or joinder agreement to the Subsidiary Guaranty, as applicable, delivered by a Subsidiary of the Obligors under the immediately preceding subsection (b) shall be accompanied by each of the following:  

	 	
(i)

	
a certificate signed by an authorized, responsible officer of the Obligors making representations and warranties to the effect of those contained in Sections 5.4, 5.6 and 5.7 hereof, with respect to such Subsidiary and the Subsidiary Guaranty, as applicable substantially in the form set out in Exhibit 9.5(c); 

 

	 	
(ii)

	
a certificate of the Secretary (or other appropriate officer) of the Subsidiary Guarantor as to due authorization, charter documents, board resolutions and the incumbency of officers substantially in the form set out in Exhibit 9.5(c); 

 

	 	
(iii)

	
an opinion of counsel (who may be in-house counsel for the Obligors) addressed to the holders of the Notes satisfactory to the Required Holders, to the effect that the Subsidiary Guaranty has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such additional Subsidiary Guarantor and that the Subsidiary Guaranty constitutes the legal, valid and binding contract and agreement of such Subsidiary Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as any enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general equitable principles; 

 

	 	
(iv)

	
if an intercreditor agreement would be required at such time under the Bank Credit Agreement, a counterpart of such intercreditor agreement signed by such Subsidiary Guarantor (such Intercreditor Agreement being in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders, the "Intercreditor Agreement"); and 

 

	 	
(v)

	
if an Intercreditor Agreement is in place, and to the extent not already a party to an Intercreditor Agreement, a joinder to the Intercreditor Agreement, signed by each of the holders of Debt of the Obligors which is a beneficiary of a Guaranty of such Subsidiary Guarantor; and

 

          (d)     The Obligors may request in writing that the holders of outstanding Notes release, and upon receipt of such request the holders of outstanding Notes shall release a Subsidiary Guarantor from the Subsidiary Guaranty so long as:  (i) such Subsidiary Guarantor is not required to be a party to the Subsidiary Guaranty under Section 9.5(b); (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such request or the effectiveness of such request; (iii) all of the representations and warranties of the Obligors contained in Section 5 of this Agreement (other than representations and warranties which expressly speak as of a different time) shall be true and correct in all material respects at the time of such request and at the time of the effectiveness of such request; (iv) the holders of outstanding Notes shall have received such written request at least ten (10) Business Days (or such shorter period as may be acceptable to the holders of outstanding Notes) prior to the requested date of release; and (v) if in connection with such Subsidiary Guarantor being released and discharged under any agreement pursuant to which Debt of an Obligor is outstanding, any fee or other form of consideration is given to any holder of Debt under such agreement for such release, the holders of the Notes shall receive equivalent consideration substantially concurrently therewith.  Delivery by the Obligors of any such request shall constitute a representation by each Obligor that the matters set forth in the preceding sentence (both as of the date of giving such request and as of the date of the effectiveness of such request) are true and correct with respect to such request.  In the event of any such release, for purposes of Section 10.9, all Debt of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to have been incurred concurrently with such release.

Section 9.6.  Management.  Except by reason of death or incapacity, the Obligors will at all times cause at least two (2) of the Key Management Individuals (as hereinafter defined) to remain active in the executive and/or operational management, in their current positions and with their current responsibilities (or more senior positions with requisite greater responsibilities), of Sovran; provided, however, if at least two (2) of the Key Management Individuals are not so active in such positions and with such responsibilities (except by reason of death or incapacity as aforesaid), then within ninety (90) days of the occurrence of such event, Sovran shall propose and appoint such individual(s) of comparable experience, reputation and otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders to such position(s) such that, after such appointment, such acceptable replacement individuals, together with the Key Management Individuals remaining so active with Sovran in such positions and with such responsibilities, total at least two (2).  For purposes hereof, "Key Management Individuals" shall mean and include Robert J. Attea, Kenneth F. Myszka, David L. Rogers, Paul T. Powell, Andrew J. Gregoire and Edward F. Killeen.

Section 9.7.  Financial Covenants under Principal Lending Facilities.  

          (a)     In the event that (i) at any time, any of the financial covenants contained in any Principal Lending Facility (the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that for purposes of this Section 9.7, the term "financial covenants" shall be deemed to refer to the covenants set forth in Section 10.1 through Section 10.13, inclusive, of the Bank Credit Agreement and Section 10.8 through 10.20, inclusive, of each of the 2011 Note Purchase Agreement and the 2014 Note Purchase Agreement, and any other covenant therein that calculates or otherwise measures the financial performance of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries) or the defined terms relevant to such financial covenants are more restrictive on the Obligors and their Subsidiaries or more beneficial to the lenders under the Bank Credit Agreement or the holders of the notes issued under the 2011 Note Purchase Agreement or the 2014 Note Purchase Agreement or (ii) any additional financial covenant not set forth herein is included in any Principal Lending Facility, then and in such event the Obligors shall concurrently therewith provide notice to such effect to each holder of Notes, and the financial covenants and the defined terms relevant to such financial covenants set forth herein shall automatically be deemed amended or modified to the same effect as in such Principal Lending Facility or such additional financial covenants and the defined terms relevant to such financial covenants shall automatically be deemed to be incorporated into this Agreement by reference. 

          (b)     So long as no Default or Event of Default is then in existence, any financial covenant incorporated into this Agreement by operation of Section 9.7(a) (i) shall be deemed automatically amended herein to reflect any subsequent amendments made to such financial covenant under the applicable Principal Lending Facility, (ii) shall be deemed automatically waived under this Agreement at such time (but only for so long) as such financial covenant is waived under each such Principal Lending Facility and (iii) shall be deemed automatically deleted from this Agreement at such time as such financial covenant is deleted or otherwise removed from each such Principal Lending Facility or such Principal Lending Facility shall be terminated; and in any such case under clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the Obligors shall promptly (but in any event within five Business Days after it becomes aware thereof) provide written notice thereof to the holders of Notes, which notice shall refer specifically to this Section 9.7(b), shall include a statement that no Default or Event of Default is then in existence and shall describe in reasonable detail the relevant waiver, amendment, restatement, modification or deletion of such financial covenant, it being understood that the failure to deliver any such notice shall not affect any such waiver, amendment, restatement, modification or deletion of such financial covenant).

          (c)     In determining whether a breach of any financial covenant incorporated by reference into this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.7 shall constitute an Event of Default, the period of grace (if any) applicable to such financial covenant in the applicable Principal Lending Facility shall apply.  Certificates delivered to the holders of Notes pursuant to Section 7.2(a) of this Agreement shall include the information (including reasonably detailed calculations) required in order to establish whether the Obligors were in compliance, during the fiscal period covered by the applicable financial statements described in such Section 7.2(a), with each financial covenant incorporated by reference into this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.7 as such financial covenant may be waived, amended, restated, modified, deleted or terminated.

          (d)     Upon the written request of the Obligors or the Required Holders, the Obligors and the holders of the Notes shall enter into a written agreement memorializing and acknowledging the incorporation of any financial covenant (and related definitions) or the amendment, waiver, elimination or termination thereof, as the case may be.  Any such agreement shall be at the expense of the Obligors (including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel for the holders of the Notes).

          (e)     For the avoidance of doubt, each of the financial covenants in Section 10 and Events of Default in Section 11 as of the date of this Agreement (as amended, other than by application of Section 9.7(a)) shall remain in this Agreement as in effect on the date hereof regardless of whether any financial covenant is incorporated into, deleted from, or otherwise modified in, this Agreement.

Section 9.8.  Rating.  Each of Sovran and SALP will at all times ensure that it has a public rating of its long term unsecured debt from at least one (1) Rating Agency.  

Section 9.9.  Books and Records.  Each Obligor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain proper books of record and account in conformity with GAAP and all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having legal or regulatory jurisdiction over such Obligor or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.

	Section 10.	Negative Covenants.

The Obligors, jointly and severally, covenant that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding: 

Section 10.1.  Restrictions on Debt.  The Obligors may, and may permit their respective Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable for, contingently or otherwise, any Debt other than the specific Debt which is prohibited under this Section 10.1 and with respect to which each of the Obligors will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable for, contingently or otherwise, singularly or in the aggregate as follows:

          (a)     Intentionally omitted;

          (b)     Debt which would result in a Default or Event of Default under any provision of this Agreement;

          (c)     An aggregate amount in excess of $5,000,000 at any one time in respect of taxes, assessments, governmental charges or levies and claims for labor, materials and supplies for which payment therefor is required to be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.3 and has not been timely made;

          (d)     An aggregate amount in excess of $5,000,000 at any one time in respect of uninsured judgments or awards, with respect to which the applicable periods for taking appeals have expired, or with respect to which final and unappealable judgments or awards have been rendered; and

          (e)     Current unsecured liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business, which (i) are overdue for more than sixty (60) days, (ii) exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time, and (iii) are not being contested in good faith.

The terms and provisions of this Section 10.1 are in addition to, and not in limitation of, the other covenants set forth in Section 10 of this Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Obligors will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt for borrowed money which, together with other Debt for borrowed money incurred by any Obligor and any Subsidiary since the date of the most recent compliance certificate delivered to the holders of the Notes in accordance with this Agreement, exceeds $5,000,000 in the aggregate unless the Obligors shall have delivered a compliance certificate in the form of Exhibit 10.1 hereto to the holders of the Notes evidencing covenant compliance at the time of delivery of the certificate and on a pro-forma basis after giving effect to such proposed Debt.

To the extent not already a party to an Intercreditor Agreement, the Obligors will cause each holder of Debt for borrowed money of the Obligors which is a beneficiary of a Guaranty by a Subsidiary Guarantor, to sign and deliver to the holders of Notes a joinder to the Intercreditor Agreement.

Section 10.2.  Restrictions on Liens, Etc.  The Obligors will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to: (a) create or incur or suffer to be created or incurred or to exist any lien, encumbrance, mortgage, pledge, charge, restriction or other security interest of any kind upon any of its property or assets of any character whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or upon the income or profits therefrom; (b) transfer any of such property or assets or the income or profits therefrom for the purpose of subjecting the same to the payment of Debt or performance of any other obligation in priority to payment of its general creditors; (c) acquire, or agree or have an option to acquire, any property or assets upon conditional sale or other title retention or purchase money security agreement, device or arrangement; (d) suffer to exist for a period of more than thirty (30) days after the same shall have been incurred any Debt or claim or demand against it that if unpaid might by law or upon bankruptcy or insolvency, or otherwise, be given any priority whatsoever over its general creditors; or (e) sell, assign, pledge or otherwise transfer any accounts, contract rights, general intangibles, chattel paper or instruments, with or without recourse (the foregoing items (a) through (e) being sometimes referred to in this Section 10.2 collectively as "Liens"), provided that the Obligors and any Subsidiary may create or incur or suffer to be credited or incurred to exist:

	 	
(i)

	
Liens securing taxes, assessments, governmental charges or levies or claims for labor, material and supplies, the Debt with respect to which is not prohibited by Section 10.1(c);

	 	
(ii)

	
deposits or pledges made in connection with, or to secure payment of, worker's compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions or other social security obligations; and deposits with utility companies and other similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business;

 

	 	
(iii)

	
Liens (other than affecting the Unencumbered Properties) in respect of judgments or awards, the Debt with respect to which is not prohibited hereunder; 

 

	 	
(iv)

	
encumbrances on properties consisting of easements, rights of way, covenants, restrictions on the use of real property and defects and irregularities in the title thereto; landlord's or lessor's Liens under Leases to which any Obligor, any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any Subsidiary is a party or bound; purchase options granted at a price not less than the market value of such property; and other minor Liens or encumbrances on properties, none of which interferes materially and adversely with the use of the property affected in the ordinary conduct of the business of the owner thereof, and which matters (x) do not individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the business of any Obligor, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries or (y) do not make title to such property unmarketable by the conveyance standards in effect where such property is located;

 

	 	
(v)

	
any Leases (excluding Synthetic Leases) entered into good faith with Persons that are not Affiliates; provided that Leases with Affiliates on market terms and with monthly market rent payments required to be paid are Permitted Liens;

 

	 	
(vi)

	
Liens and other encumbrances or rights of others which exist as of the date of Closing and are described on Schedule 5.15 and which do not otherwise constitute a breach of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this clause (vi) shall be deemed or construed to permit an Unencumbered Property to be subject to a Lien to secure Debt;

 

	 	
(vii)

	
as to Real Estate which is acquired after the date of this Agreement, Liens and other encumbrances or rights of others which exist on the date of acquisition and which do not otherwise constitute a breach of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this clause (vii) shall be deemed or construed to permit an Unencumbered Property to be subject to a Lien to secure Debt;

 

	 	
(viii)

	
Liens affecting the Unencumbered Properties in respect of judgments or awards that have been in force for less than the applicable period for taking an appeal, so long as execution is not levied thereunder or in respect of which, at the time, a good faith appeal or proceeding for review is being prosecuted, and in respect of which a stay of execution shall have been obtained pending such appeal or review; provided that the Obligors shall have obtained a bond or insurance with respect thereto to the Required Holders' reasonable satisfaction, and, provided further, such Lien does not constitute a Disqualifying Environmental Event, a Disqualifying Building Event or a Disqualifying Legal Event; 

 

	 	
(ix)

	
Liens securing Debt for the purchase price of capital assets (other than Real Estate but including Debt in respect of Capitalized Leases for equipment and other equipment leases) to the extent not otherwise prohibited by Section 10.1; and

 

	 	
(x)

	
other Liens (other than affecting the Unencumbered Properties) which do not otherwise result in a Default or Event of Default under this Agreement; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, neither any Obligor nor any Subsidiary shall in any event secure any Debt outstanding under any Principal Lending Facility or under Sovran's existing private placement note purchase agreements within the provisions of this Section 10.2(x) unless concurrently therewith such Obligor or such Subsidiary shall equally and ratably secure the Notes upon terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders.  

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.2, the failure of any Unencumbered Property to comply with the covenants set forth in this Section 10.2 shall result in such Unencumbered Property's disqualification as Unencumbered Property under this Agreement, but such disqualification shall not by itself constitute a Default or Event of Default, unless such disqualification causes a Default or an Event of Default under another provision of this Agreement.

Section 10.3.  Restrictions on Investments.  The Obligors will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, make or permit to exist or to remain outstanding any Investment except Investments in:

          (a)     marketable direct or guaranteed obligations of the United States of America that mature within one (1) year from the date of purchase;

          (b)     demand deposits, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances and time deposits of United States banks having total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000;

          (c)     securities commonly known as "commercial paper" issued by a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof that at the time of purchase have been rated and the ratings for which are not less than "P 1" if rated by Moody's, not less than "A1" if rated by S&P and not less than "F1" if rated by Fitch;

          (d)     Investments existing on the date of Closing and listed on Schedule 10.3 hereto;

          (e)     so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur after giving effect thereto, acquisitions of Real Estate consisting of self storage facilities, warehouses and mini-warehouses and the equity of Persons whose primary operations consist of the ownership, development, operation and management of self storage facilities, warehouses and mini-warehouses; provided, however that (i) the Obligors shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, acquire any such Real Estate without the prior written consent of the Required Holders if the environmental investigation for such Real Estate determines that the potential environmental remediation costs and other environmental liabilities associated with such Real Estate exceed $200,000; and (ii) the Obligors shall not permit any of their Subsidiaries which is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, or which does not become a Subsidiary Guarantor, or which is not a Qualified Subsidiary, to acquire any Unencumbered Property, and in all cases such Subsidiary Guarantor or Qualified Subsidiary shall be a wholly owned Subsidiary of SALP or Sovran;

          (f)     any Investments now or hereafter made in any Subsidiary;

          (g)     Investments in respect of (1) equipment, inventory and other tangible personal property acquired in the ordinary course of business, (2) current trade and customer accounts receivable for services rendered in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary trade terms, (3) advances to employees for travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures, and (4) prepaid expenses made in the ordinary course of business;

          (h)     any other Investments made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past business practices in an aggregate amount not to exceed $20,000,000 outstanding at any time;

          (i)     interest rate hedges in connection with Debt;

          (j)     shares of so-called "money market funds" registered with the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940 which maintain a level per-share value, invest principally in marketable direct or guaranteed obligations of the United States of America and agencies and instrumentalities thereof, and have total assets in excess of $50,000,000;

          (k)     Investments consisting of Distributions permitted under Section 10.7(a) hereof; and

          (l)     Investments consisting of the Sovran Treasury Stock not to exceed 25% (by value) of the consolidated assets of Sovran, for purposes of Regulations U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.  For the avoidance of doubt, Sovran Treasury Stock shall not be deemed to constitute an asset of the Obligors for any other purpose hereunder. 

Section 10.4.  Merger, Consolidation and Disposition of Assets.  The Obligors will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to:

          (a)     Become a party to any merger, consolidation or reorganization without the prior written consent of the Required Holders, except that so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or would occur after giving effect thereto, the merger, consolidation or reorganization of one or more Persons with and into any Obligor or any Subsidiary shall be permitted if such action is not hostile, such Obligor or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, is the surviving entity and such merger, consolidation or reorganization does not cause a breach of Section 9.6; provided that for any such merger, consolidation or reorganization (other than (w) the merger or consolidation of one or more Subsidiaries of SALP with and into SALP, (x) the merger or consolidation of two or more Subsidiaries of SALP, (y) the merger or consolidation of one or more Subsidiaries of Sovran with and into Sovran, or (z) the merger or consolidation of two or more Subsidiaries of Sovran), the Obligors shall provide to the holders of Notes a statement in the form of Exhibit 10.4(a) hereto signed by the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Obligors and setting forth in reasonable detail computations evidencing compliance with the covenants contained in Section 10 hereof and certifying that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or would occur and be continuing after giving effect to such merger, consolidation or reorganization and all liabilities, fixed or contingent, pursuant thereto;

          (b)     Sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of (collectively and individually, "Sell" or a "Sale") or grant a Lien to secure Debt (a "Debt Lien") on any of its now owned or hereafter acquired assets without obtaining the prior written consent of the Required Holders except for:

	 	
(i)

	
the Sale of or granting of a Debt Lien on any Unencumbered Property so long as no Default or Event of Default has then occurred and is continuing, or would occur and be continuing after giving effect to such Sale or Debt Lien; provided, that prior to any Sale of any Unencumbered Property or the granting of a Debt Lien on any Unencumbered Property under this clause (i), the Obligors shall provide to the holders of Notes a statement in the form of Exhibit 10.4(b) hereto signed by the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Obligors and setting forth in reasonable detail computations evidencing compliance with the covenants contained in Section 10 hereof and certifying that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or would occur and be continuing after giving effect to such proposed Sale or Debt Lien and all liabilities, fixed or contingent, pursuant thereto; and

 

	 	
(ii)

	
the Sale of or the granting of a Debt Lien on any of its now owned or hereafter acquired assets (other than any Unencumbered Property) so long as no Event of Default has then occurred and is continuing and no Default or Event of Default would occur and be continuing after giving effect to such Sale or Debt Lien and all other Sales (to be) made and Debt Liens (to be) granted under this clause (ii); provided, that (x) if such Sale or Debt Lien is made or granted under this clause (ii) while a Default is continuing, such Sale or Debt Lien (together with other Sales and Debt Liens under this clause (ii)) cures (or would cure) such Default before it becomes an Event of Default, (y) if multiple Sales or grantings of Debt Liens are undertaken pursuant to the foregoing subclause (x) to cure a Default, the Obligors shall apply the net proceeds of each such Sale or Debt Lien remaining after application to such cure to the repayment of the Notes in accordance with Section 8.2 hereof until such Default has been fully cured, and (z) prior to the Sale of any asset or the granting of a Debt Lien on any asset under this clause (ii), the Obligors shall provide to the holders of the Notes a statement in the form of Exhibit 10.4(b) hereto signed by the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Obligors and setting forth in reasonable detail computations evidencing compliance with the covenants contained in Section 10 hereof and certifying that no Default or Event of Default would occur and be continuing after giving effect to all such proposed Sales or Debt Liens and all liabilities, fixed or contingent, pursuant thereto. 

Section 10.5.  Sale and Leaseback.  The Obligors will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby any Obligor or any Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property owned by it in order then or thereafter to lease such property. 

Section 10.6.  Compliance with Environmental Laws.  The Obligors will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, do any of the following:  (a) use any of the Real Estate or any portion thereof as a facility for the handling, processing, storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances except for quantities of Hazardous Substances used in the ordinary course of business and in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, (b) cause or permit to be located on any of the Real Estate any underground tank or other underground storage receptacle for Hazardous Substances except in full compliance with Environmental Laws, (c) generate any Hazardous Substances on any of the Real Estate except in full compliance with Environmental Laws, or (d) conduct any activity at any Real Estate or use any Real Estate in any manner so as to cause a Release or a violation of any Environmental Law; provided that a breach of this covenant shall result in the exclusion of the affected Real Estate from the calculation of the covenants set forth in Section 10, but shall only constitute an Event of Default under Section 11(c) hereof if such breach has a Material Adverse Effect. 

Section 10.7.  Distributions.  

          (a)     The Obligors will not in any period of four (4) consecutive completed fiscal quarters make (i) any Distributions in such period in excess of 95% of Funds from Operations for such period, or (ii) any Distributions during any period when any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided, however, that the Obligors may at all times make Distributions to the extent (after taking into account all available funds of Sovran from all other sources) required in order to enable Sovran to continue to qualify as a REIT; and provided further that, subject to the requirements Section 10.3(l), the Obligors will not at any time from the date of this Agreement through the maturity date of the Notes make Distributions in connection with the purchase, redemption or retirement of capital stock of Sovran that exceed (x) $10,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal quarter, (y) $20,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year or (z) the sum of $50,000,000 plus an amount equal to 12 1/2% of the Net Cash Proceeds to Sovran resulting from the sale of any equity securities of Sovran in the aggregate from the date of Closing through the maturity date of the Notes.  Such repurchased Sovran capital stock shall be then held by Sovran as Sovran treasury stock, reissued, or cancelled.

          (b)     Sovran will not, during any period when any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, make any Distributions in excess of the Distributions required to be made by Sovran in order to maintain its status as a REIT. 

Section 10.8.  Leverage Ratio.  As at the end of any fiscal quarter and any other date of measurement, the Obligors shall not permit the Leverage Ratio to exceed 60%. 

Section 10.9.  Priority Debt.  As at the end of any fiscal quarter and any other date of measurement, the Obligors shall not permit Priority Debt to exceed 35% of Gross Asset Value.

Section 10.10.  Consolidated Tangible Net Worth.  As at the end of any fiscal quarter and any other date of measurement, the Obligors shall not permit Consolidated Tangible Net Worth to be less than the sum of (a) $1,200,000,000, plus (b) 80% of the sum of (i) the Net Cash Proceeds received by Sovran in connection with any offering of stock in Sovran and (ii) the aggregate value of operating units issued by SALP in connection with asset or stock acquisitions (valued at the time of issuance by reference to the terms of the agreement pursuant to which such units are issued), in each case after December 10, 2014, and on or prior to the date such determination of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth is made. 

Section 10.11.  Debt Service and Fixed Charge Coverages.  

          (a)     As at the end of any fiscal quarter and any other date of measurement, the Obligors shall not permit Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the two (2) most recent, complete, consecutive fiscal quarters to be less than two (2.0) times the difference between Consolidated Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends for the two (2) most recent, complete, consecutive fiscal quarters.

          (b)     As at the end of any fiscal quarter and any other date of measurement, the Obligors shall not permit Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the two (2) most recent, complete, consecutive fiscal quarters to be less than one and one half (1.50) times Consolidated Fixed Charges for the two (2) most recent complete, consecutive fiscal quarters.

Section 10.12.  Unimproved Land.  As at the end of any fiscal quarter and any other date of measurement, the Obligors shall not permit the book value of Unimproved Land to exceed 10% of Gross Asset Value. 

Section 10.13.  Construction-in-Process.  As at the end of any fiscal quarter and any other date of measurement, the Obligors shall not permit the aggregate Budgeted Project Costs of all Construction-in-Process to exceed 10% of Gross Asset Value. 

Section 10.14.  Promissory Notes.  As at the end of any fiscal quarter and any other date of measurement, the Obligors shall not permit the book value of Debt of third parties to the Obligors or their Subsidiaries or the pro-rata share allocable to Partially-Owned Entities for borrowed money or other liquid or liquifiable obligations, whether secured or unsecured, to exceed 10% of Gross Asset Value. 

Section 10.15.  Unimproved Land, Construction-in-Process and Notes.  As at the end of any fiscal quarter and any other date of measurement, the Obligors shall not permit (a) the sum of (i) the book value of Unimproved Land, plus (ii) the aggregate Budgeted Project Costs of all Construction-in-Process, plus (iii) the book value of Debt of third parties to the Obligors or their Subsidiaries or the pro-rata share allocable to Partially-Owned Entities for borrowed money or other liquid or liquifiable obligations, whether secured or unsecured, to exceed (b) 20% of Gross Asset Value. 

Section 10.16.  Joint Venture Ownership Interest.  As at the end of any fiscal quarter and any other date of measurement, the Obligors shall not permit Joint Venture Ownership Interest Value to exceed 20% of Gross Asset Value. 

Section 10.17.                                      Intentionally Omitted.

Section 10.18.  Unsecured Debt.  As at the end of any fiscal quarter or other date of measurement, the Obligors shall not permit Consolidated Unsecured Debt to exceed 60% of aggregate Capitalized Unencumbered Property Value for all Unencumbered Properties.  For purposes of this calculation, to the extent that the aggregate Capitalized Unencumbered Property Value attributable to Unencumbered Properties subject to a Ground Lease exceeds 10% of the Capitalized Unencumbered Property Value for all Unencumbered Properties, such excess shall be excluded. 

Section 10.19.  Unencumbered Property Debt Service Coverage.  As at the end of any fiscal quarter or other date of measurement, the Obligors shall not permit the aggregate Adjusted Unencumbered Property NOI for all Unencumbered Properties for the two (2) most recent, complete, consecutive fiscal quarters to be less than two (2) times Consolidated Unsecured Debt Service Charges.  For purposes of this calculation, to the extent that the aggregate Adjusted Unencumbered Property NOI attributable to Unencumbered Properties subject to a Ground Lease exceeds 10% of the Adjusted Unencumbered Property NOI for all Unencumbered Properties, such excess shall be excluded. 

Section 10.20.  Covenant Calculations.  

          (a)     For purposes of the calculations to be made pursuant to Sections 10.8 through 10.19 (and the defined terms relevant thereto, including, without limitation, those relating to fixed charges or "debt service"), references to Debt or liabilities of the Obligors shall mean Debt or liabilities (including, without limitation, Consolidated Total Liabilities) of the Obligors, plus (but without double-counting):

	 	
(i)

	
all Debt or liabilities of the Operating Subsidiaries, the Subsidiary Guarantors and any other Subsidiary (excluding any such Debt or liabilities owed to the Obligors or any Subsidiary Guarantor),

 

	 	
(ii)

	
all Debt or liabilities of each unconsolidated Partially-Owned Entity (including Capitalized Leases), but only to the extent, if any, that said Debt or liability (or a portion thereof) is Recourse to any of the Obligors or their respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets (other than their respective interests in such Partially-Owned Entity), and

 

	 	
(iii)

	
Debt or liabilities of each unconsolidated Partially-Owned Entity to the extent of the pro‐rata share of such Debt or liability allocable to any of the Obligors or their respective Subsidiaries, if the Debt or liability of such Partially‐Owned Entity (or a portion thereof) is Without Recourse to such Person or its assets (other than its interest in such Partially-Owned Entity). 

 

          (b)     For purposes of Sections 10.8 through 10.19 hereof, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Unencumbered Property NOI (and all defined terms and calculations using such terms) shall be adjusted to (i) deduct the actual results of any Real Estate disposed of by an Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries during the relevant fiscal period, and (ii) include the pro forma results of any Real Estate acquired by an Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries during the relevant fiscal period, with such pro forma results being calculated by (x) using the Obligors' pro forma projections for such acquired property, on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, if such property has been owned by an Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries for less than one complete fiscal quarter or (y) using the actual results for such acquired property and adjusting such results for the appropriate period of time required by the applicable financial covenant, if such property has been owned by an Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries for at least one complete fiscal quarter.

          (c)     For purposes of Sections 10.8 through 10.19 hereof, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (and the defined terms and calculations using such term) shall be adjusted, to the extent applicable, to include the pro rata share of results attributable to the Obligors from unconsolidated Subsidiaries of the Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries and from unconsolidated Partially-Owned Entities. 

Section 10.21.  Nature of Business.  The Obligors will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, engage in any business, if, as a result, when taken as a whole, the general nature of the business of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries would be substantially changed from the general nature of the business of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries on the date of this Agreement. 

Section 10.22.  Transactions with Affiliates.  The Obligors will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into, directly or indirectly, any transaction or Material group of related transactions (including, without limitation, the purchase, lease, sale or exchange of properties of any kind or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate (other than an Obligor or a Subsidiary Guarantor), except in the ordinary course and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of such Obligor's or such Subsidiary's business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to such Obligor or such Subsidiary than would be obtainable in a comparable arm's-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate. 

Section 10.23.  Terrorism Sanctions Regulations.  The Obligors will not, and will not permit any Controlled Entity to (i) become a Blocked Person or (ii) have any investments in, or knowingly (as such term is defined in Section 101(6) of CISADA) engage in any dealings or transactions with, any Blocked Person. 

	Section 11.	Events of Default.

An "Event of Default" shall exist if any of the following conditions or events shall occur and be continuing: 

          (a)     the Obligors default in the payment of any principal or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration or otherwise; or

          (b)     the Obligors default in the payment of any interest on any Note for more than five Business Days after the same becomes due and payable; or

          (c)     the Obligors default in the performance of or compliance with the terms of Section 7.1(d) or any term contained in Section 10; or

          (d)     the Obligors default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein (other than those referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 11), or any Subsidiary Guarantor defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in any Subsidiary Guaranty, and, in any such case, such default is not remedied within 30 days after the earlier of (i) a Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge of such default and (ii) the Obligors receiving written notice of such default from any holder of a Note (any such written notice to be identified as a "notice of default" and to refer specifically to this paragraph (d) of Section 11); or

          (e)     except as provided in Section 9.5(d), for any reason any provision of any Subsidiary Guaranty ceases to be in full force and effect, including, without limitation, a determination by any Governmental Authority that any Subsidiary Guaranty is invalid, void or unenforceable and which, in each case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall contest or deny in writing the enforceability of any of its obligations under any Subsidiary Guaranty; or

          (f)     any representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of an Obligor or by any officer of an Obligor in this Agreement or by any Subsidiary Guarantor in any Subsidiary Guaranty or by any of their respective officers in any writing furnished in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on the date as of which made; or 

          (g)     (i) either Obligor or any Subsidiary is in default (as principal or as guarantor or other surety) in the payment of any principal of or premium or make-whole amount or interest on any Debt other than the Notes that is outstanding in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the Debt Threshold beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, or (ii) either Obligor or any Subsidiary is in default in the performance of or compliance with any material term of any instrument, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to any Debt other than the Notes in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the Debt Threshold or any other condition exists, and as a consequence of such default or condition such Debt has become, or has been declared (or one or more Persons are entitled to declare such Debt to be), due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment, or (iii) as a consequence of the occurrence or continuation of any event or condition (other than the passage of time or the right of the holder of Debt to convert such Debt into equity interests or the exercise by either Obligor or any Subsidiary of a contractual right to prepay such Debt), either Obligor or any Subsidiary has become obligated to purchase or repay Debt other than the Notes before its regular maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least the Debt Threshold; or

          (h)     either Obligor or any Subsidiary (i) is generally not paying, or admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due, (ii) files, or consents by answer or otherwise to the filing against it of, a petition for relief or reorganization or arrangement or any other petition in bankruptcy, for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar law of any jurisdiction, (iii) makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iv) consents to the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, (v) is adjudicated as insolvent or to be liquidated, or (vi) takes corporate action for the purpose of any of the foregoing; or

          (i)     a court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction enters an order appointing, without consent by either Obligor or any Subsidiary, a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, or constituting an order for relief or approving a petition for relief or reorganization or any other petition in bankruptcy or for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction, or ordering the dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of either Obligor or any Subsidiary, or any such petition shall be filed against either Obligor or any Subsidiary and such petition shall not be dismissed within 60 days; or 

          (j)     a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $5,000,000 are rendered against one or more of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within 60 days after entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within 60 days after the expiration of such stay; or

          (k)     if (i) any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standards of ERISA or the Code for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standards or extension of any amortization period is sought or granted under Section 412 of the Code, (ii) a notice of intent to terminate any Plan shall have been or is reasonably expected to be filed with the PBGC or the PBGC shall have instituted proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or the PBGC shall have notified either Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate that a Plan may become a subject of any such proceedings, (iii) the aggregate "amount of unfunded benefit liabilities" (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) under all Plans, determined in accordance with Title IV of ERISA, shall exceed $1,000,000, (iv) either Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate shall have incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, (v) either Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate withdraws from any Multiemployer Plan, or (vi) either Obligor or any Subsidiary establishes or amends any employee welfare benefit plan that provides post-employment welfare benefits in a manner that would increase the liability of either Obligor or any Subsidiary thereunder; and any such event or events described in clauses (i) through (vi) above, either individually or together with any other such event or events, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or 

          (l)     any breach of any financial covenant incorporated by reference into this 

Agreement pursuant to Section 9.7 beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto in the applicable Principal Lending Facility.

As used in Section 11(k), the terms "employee benefit plan" and "employee welfare benefit plan" shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in Section 3 of ERISA. 

	Section 12.	Remedies on Default, Etc.

Section 12.1.  Acceleration.  

          (a)     If an Event of Default with respect to either Obligor described in paragraph (h) or (i) of Section 11 (other than an Event of Default described in clause (i) of paragraph (h) or described in clause (vi) of paragraph (h) by virtue of the fact that such clause encompasses clause (i) of paragraph (h)) has occurred, all the Notes then outstanding shall automatically become immediately due and payable.

          (b)     If any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Required Holders may at any time at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Obligors, declare all the Notes then outstanding to be immediately due and payable. 

          (c)     If any Event of Default described in paragraph (a) or (b) of Section 11 has occurred and is continuing, any holder or holders of Notes at the time outstanding affected by such Event of Default may at any time, at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Obligors, declare all the Notes held by such holder or holders to be immediately due and payable.

Upon any Note becoming due and payable under this Section 12.1, whether automatically or by declaration, such Note will forthwith mature and the entire unpaid principal amount of such Note, plus (i) all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount determined in respect of such principal amount (to the full extent permitted by applicable law), shall all be immediately due and payable, in each and every case without presentment, demand, protest or further notice, all of which are hereby waived.  The Obligors acknowledge, and the parties hereto agree, that each holder of a Note has the right to maintain its investment in the Notes free from repayment by the Obligors (except as herein specifically provided for) and that the provision for payment of a Make-Whole Amount by the Obligors, in the event that the Notes are prepaid or are accelerated as a result of an Event of Default, is intended to provide compensation for the deprivation of such right under such circumstances. 

Section 12.2.  Other Remedies.  If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and irrespective of whether any Notes have become or have been declared immediately due and payable under Section 12.1, the holder of any Note at the time outstanding may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of such holder by an action at law, suit in equity or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or in any Note, or for an injunction against a violation of any of the terms hereof or thereof, or in aid of the exercise of any power granted hereby or thereby or by law or otherwise. 

Section 12.3.  Rescission.  At any time after any Notes have been declared due and payable pursuant to clause (b) or (c) of Section 12.1, the Required Holders, by written notice to the Obligors, may rescind and annul any such declaration and its consequences if (a) the Obligors have paid all overdue interest on the Notes, all principal of and Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Notes that are due and payable and are unpaid other than by reason of such declaration, and all interest on such overdue principal and Make-Whole Amount, if any, and (to the extent permitted by applicable law) any overdue interest in respect of the Notes at the Default Rate, (b) all Events of Default and Defaults, other than non-payment of amounts that have become due solely by reason of such declaration, have been cured or have been waived pursuant to Section 17, and (c) no judgment or decree has been entered for the payment of any monies due pursuant hereto or to any Notes.  No rescission and annulment under this Section 12.3 will extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 

Section 12.4.  No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc.  No course of dealing and no delay on the part of any holder of any Note in exercising any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice such holder's rights, powers or remedies.  No right, power or remedy conferred by this Agreement or by any Note upon any holder thereof shall be exclusive of any other right, power or remedy referred to herein or therein or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.  Without limiting the obligations of the Obligors under Section 15, the Obligors will pay to the holder of each Note on demand such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover all costs and expenses of such holder incurred in any enforcement or collection under this Section 12, including, without limitation, the reasonable attorneys' fees, expenses and disbursements for the holders as set forth in Section 15. 

	Section 13.	Registration; Exchange; Substitution of Notes.

Section 13.1.  Registration of Notes.  The Obligors shall keep at the principal executive office of Sovran a register for the registration and registration of transfers of Notes.  The name and address of each holder of one or more Notes, each transfer thereof and the name and address of each transferee of one or more Notes shall be registered in such register.  Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Person in whose name any Note shall be registered shall be deemed and treated as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes hereof, and the Obligors shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary.  The Obligors shall give to any holder of a Note that is an Institutional Investor promptly upon request therefor a complete and correct copy of the names and addresses of all registered holders of Notes. 

Section 13.2.  Transfer and Exchange of Notes.  Upon surrender of any Note at the principal executive office of Sovran for registration of transfer or exchange (and in the case of a surrender for registration of transfer, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered holder of such Note or its attorney duly authorized in writing and accompanied by the address for notices of each transferee of such Note or part thereof), the Obligors shall execute and deliver not more than 5 Business Days following surrender of such Note, at the Obligors' expense (except as provided below), one or more new Notes (as requested by the holder thereof) in exchange therefor, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the surrendered Note.  Each such new Note shall be payable to such Person as such holder may request and shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.  Each such new Note shall be dated and bear interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on the surrendered Note or dated the date of the surrendered Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon.  The Obligors may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp tax or governmental charge imposed in respect of any such transfer of Notes.  Notes shall not be transferred in denominations of less than $100,000, provided that if necessary to enable the registration of transfer by a holder of its entire holding of Notes, one Note may be in a denomination of less than $100,000.  Any transferee, by its acceptance of a Note registered in its name (or the name of its nominee), shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in Section 6.2. 

Section 13.3.  Replacement of Notes.  Upon receipt by the Obligors of evidence reasonably satisfactory to them of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note (which evidence shall be, in the case of an Institutional Investor, notice from such Institutional Investor of such ownership and such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation), and

          (a)     in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it (provided that if the holder of such Note is, or is a nominee for, an original Purchaser or another holder of a Note with a minimum net worth of at least $50,000,000, such Person's own unsecured agreement of indemnity shall be deemed to be satisfactory), or

          (b)     in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation thereof, 

the Obligors at their own expense shall execute and deliver not more than five Business Days following satisfaction of such conditions, in lieu thereof, a new Note, dated and bearing interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note or dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon. 

	Section 14.	Payments on Notes.

Section 14.1.  Place of Payment.  Subject to Section 14.2, payments of principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest becoming due and payable on the Notes shall be made in New York at the principal office of the Obligors in such jurisdiction.  The Obligors may at any time, by notice to each holder of a Note, change the place of payment of the Notes so long as such place of payment shall be either the principal office of the Obligors in such jurisdiction or the principal office of a bank or trust company in such jurisdiction. 

Section 14.2.  Home Office Payment.  So long as any Purchaser or such Purchaser's nominee shall be the holder of any Note, and notwithstanding anything contained in Section 14.1 or in such Note to the contrary, the Obligors will pay all sums becoming due on such Note for principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest by the method and at the address specified for such purpose for such Purchaser on Schedule A hereto or, by such other method or at such other address as such Purchaser shall have from time to time specified to the Obligors in writing for such purpose, without the presentation or surrender of such Note or the making of any notation thereon, except that upon written request of the Obligors made concurrently with or reasonably promptly after payment or prepayment in full of any Note, such Purchaser shall surrender such Note for cancellation, reasonably promptly after any such request, to Sovran at its principal executive office or at the place of payment most recently designated by the Obligors pursuant to Section 14.1.  Prior to any sale or other disposition of any Note held by any Purchaser or such Person's nominee, such Person will, at its election, either endorse thereon the amount of principal paid thereon and the last date to which interest has been paid thereon or surrender such Note to the Obligors in exchange for a new Note or Notes pursuant to Section 13.2.  The Obligors will afford the benefits of this Section 14.2 to any Institutional Investor that is the direct or indirect transferee of any Note. 

	Section 15.	Expenses, Etc.

Section 15.1.   Transaction Expenses.  Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Obligors will pay all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees of one special counsel for the Purchasers and, if reasonably required, local or other counsel) incurred by the Purchasers and the holders of Notes in connection with such transactions and in connection with any amendments, waivers or consents under or in respect of this Agreement, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guaranty (whether or not such amendment, waiver or consent becomes effective), including, without limitation: (a) the costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or defending (or determining whether or how to enforce or defend) any rights under this Agreement, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guaranty or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand by any Governmental Authority issued in connection with this Agreement, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guaranty, or by reason of being a holder of any Note, (b) the costs and expenses, including financial advisors' fees, incurred in connection with the insolvency or bankruptcy of an Obligor or any Subsidiary or in connection with any work-out or restructuring of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Notes, or by any Subsidiary Guaranty, and (c) the reasonable cost and expenses incurred in connection with the initial filing of this Agreement, all related documents and financial information, all subsequent annual and interim filings of documents and financial information related hereto with the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any successor organization succeeding to the authority thereof.  The Obligors will pay, and will save each Purchaser and each other holder of a Note harmless from, all claims in respect of any fees, costs or expenses if any, of brokers and finders (other than those retained by the Purchasers). 

Section 15.2.  Survival.  The obligations of the Obligors under this Section 15 will survive the payment or transfer of any Note, the enforcement, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guaranty, and the termination of this Agreement or any Subsidiary Guaranty. 

	Section 16.	Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement.

All representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes, the purchase or transfer by any Purchaser of any such Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note may be relied upon by any subsequent holder of any such Note, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of any Purchaser or any other holder of any such Note.  All statements contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Obligors pursuant to this Agreement or any Subsidiary Guaranty shall be deemed representations and warranties of the Obligors under this Agreement.  Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement, the Notes and any Subsidiary Guaranty embody the entire agreement and understanding between the Purchasers, the Obligors and the Subsidiary Guarantors and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. 

	Section 17.	Amendment and Waiver.

Section 17.1.  Requirements.  This Agreement and the Notes may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof or of the Notes may be waived (either retroactively or prospectively), with (and only with) the written consent of the Obligors and the Required Holders, except that (i) no amendment or waiver of any of the provisions of Section 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 21 hereof, or any defined term (as it is used therein), will be effective as to any holder of Notes unless consented to by such holder of Notes in writing, and (ii) no such amendment or waiver may, without the written consent of all of the holders of Notes at the time outstanding affected thereby, (A) subject to the provisions of Section 12 relating to acceleration or rescission, change the amount or time of any prepayment or payment of principal of, or reduce the rate or change the time of payment or method of computation of interest or of the Make-Whole Amount on, the Notes, (B) change the percentage of the principal amount of the Notes the holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or waiver, or (C) amend any of Sections 8, 11(a), 11(b), 12, 17 or 20. 

Section 17.2.  Solicitation of Holders of Notes.

          (a)     Solicitation.  The Obligors will provide each holder of the Notes (irrespective of the amount of Notes then owned by it) with sufficient information, sufficiently far in advance of the date a decision is required, to enable such holder to make an informed and considered decision with respect to any proposed amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the provisions hereof or the Notes.  The Obligors will deliver executed or true and correct copies of each amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to the provisions of this Section 17 to each holder of outstanding Notes promptly following the date on which it is executed and delivered by, or receives the consent or approval of, the requisite holders of Notes.

          (b)     Payment.  The Obligors will not directly or indirectly pay or cause to be paid any remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or additional interest, fee or otherwise, or grant any security, to any holder of Notes as consideration for or as an inducement to the entering into by such holder of Notes of any waiver or amendment of any of the terms and provisions hereof or any Subsidiary Guaranty unless such remuneration is concurrently paid, or security is concurrently granted, on the same terms, ratably to each holder of Notes then outstanding even if such holder did not consent to such waiver or amendment. 

Section 17.3.  Binding Effect, Etc.  Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 17 applies equally to all holders of Notes and is binding upon them and upon each future holder of any Note and upon the Obligors without regard to whether such Note has been marked to indicate such amendment or waiver.  No such amendment or waiver will extend to or affect any obligation, covenant, agreement, Default or Event of Default not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon.  No course of dealing between the Obligors and the holder of any Note nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder of such Note.  As used herein, the term "this Agreement" and references thereto shall mean this Agreement as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented.

Section 17.4.  Notes Held by Obligors, Etc.  Solely for the purpose of determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding approved or consented to any amendment, waiver or consent to be given under this Agreement or the Notes, or have directed the taking of any action provided herein or in the Notes to be taken upon the direction of the holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, Notes directly or indirectly owned by the Obligors or any of their Affiliates shall be deemed not to be outstanding. 

	Section 18.	Notices.

Except as provided in Section 7.4, all notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and sent (a) by telefacsimile if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by a recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), or (b) by a recognized overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid).  Any such notice must be sent:

	 	
(i)

	
if to a Purchaser or such Purchaser's nominee, to such Purchaser or such Purchaser's nominee at the address specified for such communications in Schedule A to this Agreement, or at such other address as such Purchaser or such Purchaser's nominee shall have specified to the Obligors in writing pursuant to this Section 18; 

 

	 	
(ii)

	
if to any other holder of any Note, to such holder at such address as such other holder shall have specified to the Obligors in writing pursuant to this Section 18, or

 

	 	
(iii)

	
if to the Obligors, to Sovran at its address set forth at the beginning hereof to the attention Andrew J. Gregoire, Chief Financial Officer, with a copy to Deborah A. Doxey, Esq., Phillips Lytle LLP, One Canalside, 125 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14203, or at such other address as the Obligors shall have specified to the holder of each Note in writing.  

 

Notices under this Section 18 will be deemed given only when actually received.  

	Section 19.	Reproduction of Documents.

This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including, without limitation, (a) consents, waivers and modifications that may hereafter be executed, (b) documents received by each Purchaser at the Closing (except the Notes themselves), and (c) financial statements, certificates and other information previously or hereafter furnished to each Purchaser, may be reproduced by such Purchaser by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic or other similar process and such Purchaser may destroy any original document so reproduced.  The Obligors agree and stipulate that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by such Purchaser in the regular course of business) and any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence.  This Section 19 shall not prohibit the Obligors or any other holder of Notes from contesting any such reproduction to the same extent that it could contest the original, or from introducing evidence to demonstrate the inaccuracy of any such reproduction.  

	Section 20.	Confidential Information.

For the purposes of this Section 20, "Confidential Information" means information delivered to any Purchaser by or on behalf of the Obligors or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement that is proprietary in nature and that was clearly marked or labeled or otherwise adequately identified when received by such Purchaser as being confidential information of the Obligors or such Subsidiary, provided that such term does not include information that (a) was publicly known or otherwise known to such Purchaser prior to the time of such disclosure, (b) subsequently becomes publicly known through no act or omission by such Purchaser or any Person acting on such Purchaser's behalf, (c) otherwise becomes known to such Purchaser other than through disclosure by the Obligors or any Subsidiary or (d) constitutes financial statements delivered to such Purchaser under Section 7.1 that are otherwise publicly available.  Each Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Information in accordance with procedures adopted by such Purchaser in good faith to protect confidential information of third parties delivered to such Purchaser, provided that such Purchaser may deliver or disclose Confidential Information to (i) such Purchaser's directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents, attorneys and affiliates (to the extent such disclosure reasonably relates to the administration of the investment represented by such Purchaser's Notes), (ii) such Purchaser's financial advisors and other professional advisors who agree to hold confidential the Confidential Information substantially in accordance with the terms of this Section 20, (iii) any other holder of any Note, (iv) any Institutional Investor to which such Purchaser sells or offers to sell such Note or any part thereof or any participation therein (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 20), (v) any Person from which such Purchaser offers to purchase any security of an Obligor (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 20), (vi) any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Purchaser, (vii) the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization, or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about such Purchaser's investment portfolio, or (viii) any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or appropriate (w) to effect compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to such Purchaser, (x) in response to any subpoena or other legal process, (y) in connection with any litigation to which such Purchaser is a party or (z) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent such Purchaser may reasonably determine such delivery and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate in the enforcement or for the protection of the rights and remedies under such Purchaser's Notes, this Agreement and any Subsidiary Guaranty.  Each holder of a Note, by its acceptance of a Note, will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to be entitled to the benefits of this Section 20 as though it were a party to this Agreement.  On reasonable request by the Obligors in connection with the delivery to any holder of a Note of information required to be delivered to such holder under this Agreement or requested by such holder (other than a holder that is a party to this Agreement or its nominee), such holder will enter into an agreement with the Obligors embodying the provisions of this Section 20.  

In the event that as a condition to receiving access to information relating to the Obligors or their Subsidiaries in connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement, any Purchaser or holder of a Note is required to agree to a confidentiality undertaking (whether through Syndtrak, another secure website, a secure virtual workspace or otherwise) which is different from this Section 20, this Section 20 shall not be amended thereby and, as between such Purchaser or such holder and the Obligors, this Section 20 shall supersede any such other confidentiality undertaking.

	Section 21.	Substitution of Purchaser.

Each Purchaser shall have the right to substitute any one of such Purchaser's Affiliates as the purchaser of the Notes that such Purchaser has agreed to purchase hereunder, by written notice to the Obligors, which notice shall be signed by both such Purchaser and such Purchaser's Affiliate, shall contain such Affiliate's agreement to be bound by this Agreement and shall contain a confirmation by such Affiliate of the accuracy with respect to it of the representations set forth in Section 6.  Upon receipt of such notice, wherever the word "Purchaser" is used in this Agreement (other than in this Section 21), such word shall be deemed to refer to such Affiliate in lieu of such Purchaser.  In the event that such Affiliate is so substituted as a purchaser hereunder and such Affiliate thereafter transfers to such Purchaser all of the Notes then held by such Affiliate, upon receipt by the Obligors of notice of such transfer, wherever the word "Purchaser" is used in this Agreement (other than in this Section 21), such word shall no longer be deemed to refer to such Affiliate, but shall refer to such Purchaser, and such Purchaser shall have all the rights of an original holder of the Notes under this Agreement.

	Section 22.	Miscellaneous.

Section 22.1.  Successors and Assigns.  All covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns (including, without limitation, any subsequent holder of a Note) whether so expressed or not.  

Section 22.2.  Payments Due on Non-Business Days.  Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment of principal of or Make-Whole Amount or interest on any Note that is due on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day.

Section 22.3.  Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.  

Section 22.4.  Construction.  Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent express provision to the contrary) as being independent of each other covenant contained herein, so that compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such an express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with any other covenant.  Where any provision herein refers to action to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person.

Section 22.5.  Accounting Terms.  All accounting terms used herein which are not expressly defined in this Agreement have the meanings respectively given to them in accordance with GAAP.  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, (i) all computations made pursuant to this Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) all financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP.  

For purposes of determining compliance with the covenants contained in this Agreement, any election by the Obligors to measure any financial liability using fair value (as permitted by Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 825-10-25 – Fair Value Option or any similar accounting standard) shall be disregarded and such determination shall be made as if such election had not been made.

Section 22.6.  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.  Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto.

Section 22.7.  Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice‐of‐law principles of the law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.

Section 22.8.  Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial.  

          (a)     Each Obligor irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Obligor irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

          (b)     Each Obligor consents to process being served by or on behalf of any holder of Notes in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 22.8(a) by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to it at its address specified in Section 18 or at such other address of which such holder shall then have been notified pursuant to said Section.  Each Obligor agrees that such service upon receipt (i) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding and (ii) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to it.  Notices hereunder shall be conclusively presumed received as evidenced by a delivery receipt furnished by the United States Postal Service or any reputable commercial delivery service.

          (c)     Nothing in this Section 22.8 shall affect the right of any holder of a Note to serve process in any manner permitted by law, or limit any right that the holders of any of the Notes may have to bring proceedings against any Obligor in the courts of any appropriate jurisdiction or to enforce in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in one jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction.

          (d)     The parties hereto hereby waive trial by jury in any action brought on or with respect to this Agreement, the Notes or any other document executed in connection herewith or therewith.

*     *     *     *     *

The execution hereof by the Purchasers shall constitute a contract among the Obligors and the Purchasers for the uses and purposes hereinabove set forth.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each executed counterpart constituting an original but all together only one agreement.

	 	
Very truly yours,

 

SOVRAN SELF STORAGE, INC.

 

 

 

By:            /s/ Andrew J. Gregoire                    

          Name:  Andrew J. Gregoire

          Title:  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

	 	
SOVRAN ACQUISITION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

By: Sovran Holdings, Inc., its general partner

 

 

 

By:              /s/ Andrew J. Gregoire                  

          Name:  Andrew J. Gregoire

          Title:  Chief Financial Officer

 

This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed to as of the date thereof.

	 	
TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

 

 

By:         /s/ Chris Miller                                 

          Name:  Chris Miller

          Title:  Director

 

This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed to as of the date thereof.

	 	
THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS

 

 

By:      /s/ Christopher Patton                           

          Name:  Christopher Patton

          Title:  Managing Director

 

 

This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed to as of the date thereof.

	 	
METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

 

METLIFE INSURANCE COMPANY USA

By:  Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,

        its Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:      /s/ John A. Wills                                   

          Name:  John A. Wills

          Title:  Managing Director

 

 

This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed to as of the date thereof.

	 	
MINNESOTA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

ALLIANCE UNITED INSURANCE COMPANY

AMERICAN REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA, INC.

POLISH NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THE U.S. OF N.A.

CATHOLIC LIFE INSURANCE

DEARBORN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

GLEANER LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY

UNITED INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

UNITY FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

CATHOLIC UNITED FINANCIAL

 

By:  Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

 

 

 

By:      /s/ Gregory Ortquist                                               

          Name:  Gregory Ortquist

          Title:  Vice President

 

 

This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed to as of the date thereof.

	 	
TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

 

By:  AEGON USA Investment Management, 

        LLC, its investment manager

 

 

 

By:        /s/ Josh Prieskorn                                 

          Name:  Josh Prieskorn

          Title:  Vice President

 

 

	 	
TRANSAMERICA LIFE (BERMUDA) LTD

 

By:  AEGON USA Investment Management, 

        LLC, its investment manager

 

 

 

By:        /s/ Josh Prieskorn                                

          Name:  Josh Prieskorn

          Title:  Vice President

 

This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed to as of the date thereof.

	 	
THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

 

 

 

By:         /s/ Barry Scheinholtz                          

          Name:  Barry Scheinholtz

          Title:  Senior Director

 

 

	 	
Schedule A

 (to Note Purchase Agreement)

Information Relating to Purchasers

 

	
Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
Principal Amount and Series of Notes to be Purchased

 

	
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America

8500 Andrew Carnegie Boulevard

Charlotte, North Carolina 28262

	
Series F

	
$50,000,000

[PAYMENT INFORMATION OMITTED]

	
Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
Principal Amount and Series of Notes to be Purchased

 

	
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

625 Fourth Avenue South

Minneapolis, MN  55415

	
Series F

	
$50,000,000

[PAYMENT INFORMATION OMITTED]

	
Name and Address of Purchaser

	
Principal Amount and Series of Notes to be Purchased

	
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

1095 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York  10036

	
Series F

	
$7,700,000

[PAYMENT INFORMATION OMITTED]

	
Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
Principal Amount and Series of Notes to be Purchased

 

	
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

1095 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York  10036

	
Series F

	
$7,700,000

[PAYMENT INFORMATION OMITTED]

	
Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
Principal Amount and Series of Notes to be Purchased

 

	
MetLife Insurance Company USA

c/o Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

1095 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York  10036

	
Series F

	
$11,900,000

[PAYMENT INFORMATION OMITTED]

	
Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
Principal Amount and Series of Notes to be Purchased

 

	
MetLife Insurance Company USA

c/o Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

1095 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York  10036

	
Series F

	
$7,700,000

[PAYMENT INFORMATION OMITTED]

	
Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
Principal Amount and Series of Notes to be Purchased

 

	
Minnesota Life Insurance Company

c/o Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

400 Robert Street North

St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

	
Series F

	
$8,500,000

[PAYMENT INFORMATION OMITTED]

	
Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
Principal Amount and Series of Notes to be Purchased

 

	
Alliance United Insurance Company

c/o Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

400 Robert Street North

St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

	
Series F

	
$2,000,000

[PAYMENT INFORMATION OMITTED]

	
Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
Principal Amount and Series of Notes to be Purchased

 

	
American Republic Insurance Company

c/o Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

400 Robert Street North

St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

	
Series F

	
$2,000,000

[PAYMENT INFORMATION OMITTED]

	
Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
Principal Amount and Series of Notes to be Purchased

 

	
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.

c/o Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

400 Robert Street North

St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

	
Series F

	
$2,000,000

[PAYMENT INFORMATION OMITTED]

	
Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
Principal Amount and Series of Notes to be Purchased

 

	
Polish National Alliance of the U.S. of N.A.

c/o Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

400 Robert Street North

St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

	
Series F

	
$2,000,000

[PAYMENT INFORMATION OMITTED]

	
Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
Principal Amount and Series of Notes to be Purchased

 

	
Catholic Life Insurance

c/o Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

400 Robert Street North

St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

	
Series F

	
$1,000,000

[PAYMENT INFORMATION OMITTED]

	
Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
Principal Amount and Series of Notes to be Purchased

 

	
Dearborn National Life Insurance Company (Advantus C&S)

c/o Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

400 Robert Street North

St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

	
Series F

	
$1,000,000

[PAYMENT INFORMATION OMITTED]

	
Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
Principal Amount and Series of Notes to be Purchased

 

	
Dearborn National Life Insurance Company (Advantus IP)

c/o Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

400 Robert Street North

St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

	
Series F

	
$1,000,000

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Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
Principal Amount and Series of Notes to be Purchased

 

	
Dearborn National Life Insurance Company (General –ISA)

c/o Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

400 Robert Street North

St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

	
Series F

	
$1,000,000

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Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
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Dearborn National Life Insurance Company (Separate – MVA)

c/o Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

400 Robert Street North

St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

	
Series F

	
$1,000,000

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Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
Principal Amount and Series of Notes to be Purchased

 

	
Gleaner Life Insurance Society

c/o Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

400 Robert Street North

St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

	
Series F

	
$1,000,000

[PAYMENT INFORMATION OMITTED]

	
Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
Principal Amount and Series of Notes to be Purchased

 

	
United Insurance Company of America

c/o Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

400 Robert Street North

St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

	
Series F

	
$1,000,000

[PAYMENT INFORMATION OMITTED]

	
Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
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Unity Financial Life Insurance Company

c/o Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

400 Robert Street North

St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

	
Series F

	
$1,000,000

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Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
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Catholic United Financial

c/o Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

400 Robert Street North

St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

	
Series F

	
$500,000

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Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
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Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company

c/o AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC

4333 Edgewood Road N.E.

Cedar Rapids, IA 52499-5335

	
Series F

	
$10,000,000

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Name and Address of Purchaser

 

	
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Transamerica Life (Bermuda) LTD

c/o AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC

4333 Edgewood Road N.E.

Cedar Rapids, IA 52499-5335

	
Series F

	
$10,000,000

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The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

7 Hanover Square

New York, NY 10004-2616

	
Series F

	
$20,000,000

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Schedule B

 (to Note Purchase Agreement)

Defined Terms

As used herein, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below or set forth in the Section hereof following such term:

"2011 Note Purchase Agreement" means the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of August 5, 2011, among Sovran, SALP, and the several Purchasers identified therein, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Note Purchase Agreement dated as of June 10, 2016 and Amendment No. 2 to Note Purchase Agreement dated as of June 29, 2016 and as may be further amended, modified, renewed, replaced, refunded or refinanced from time to time.

"2014 Note Purchase Agreement" means the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of April 8, 2014, among Sovran, SALP, and the several Purchasers identified therein, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Note Purchase Agreement dated as of June 10, 2016 and Amendment No. 2 to Note Purchase Agreement dated as of June 29, 2016 and as may be further amended, modified, renewed, replaced, refunded or refinanced from time to time.

"Adjusted Unencumbered Property NOI" means, with respect to any fiscal period for any Unencumbered Property, the net income of such Unencumbered Property during such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP, before deduction of (a) gains (or losses) from debt restructurings or other extraordinary items (provided such deduction shall not include extraordinary items that include liquidated damages, compensatory damages or other obligations arising out of an Obligor's or any Subsidiary's default under an agreement to purchase or lease Real Estate) relating to such Unencumbered Property, and (b) income taxes relating to such Unencumbered Property; plus (x) interest expense relating to such Unencumbered Property and (y) depreciation and amortization relating to such Unencumbered Property; minus a recurring capital expense reserve equal to ten cents ($0.10) per annum per net rentable square foot multiplied by the total net rentable square feet of such Unencumbered Property.  

"Affiliate" means, at any time, and with respect to any Person, (a) any other Person that at such time directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person, and (b) any Person beneficially owning or holding, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of voting or equity interests of either Obligor or any Subsidiary or any Person of which either Obligor and such Obligor's Subsidiaries beneficially own or hold, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of voting or equity interests.  As used in this definition, "Control" 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, by contract or otherwise.  Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to an "Affiliate" is a reference to an Affiliate of an Obligor. 

"Agreement" means this Note Purchase Agreement as described in the first paragraph herein, including all Schedules and Exhibits attached to this Agreement.

"Anti-Money Laundering" is defined in Section 5.16(c).

"Bank Credit Agreement" means that certain Sixth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated as of December 10, 2014 among the Obligors, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, as administrative agent and lender, and the other financial institutions which are party thereto, as amended pursuant to a First Amendment to Sixth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated as of January 4, 2016, as further amended by a Second Amendment to Sixth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2016, and as such agreement may be further amended, modified, renewed, replaced, refunded or refinanced from time to time and any successor bank credit facility which constitutes the primary bank credit facility of the Obligors. 

"Blocked Person" is defined in Section 5.16(a).

"Budgeted Project Costs" means, with respect to Construction-In-Process, the total budgeted project cost of such Construction-In-Process; provided that for Construction-In-Process owned by any unconsolidated Partially-Owned Entity, the Budgeted Project Cost of such Construction-In-Process shall be the applicable Obligor's pro-rata share of the total budgeted project cost of such Construction-In-Process (based on the greater of (x) such Obligor's percentage equity interest in such unconsolidated Partially-Owned Entity or (y) the Obligor's obligation to provide or liability for providing funds to such unconsolidated Partially-Owned Entity).

"Building" means, individually and collectively, the buildings, structures and improvements now or hereafter located on the Real Estate and intended for income production.

"Business Day" means for the purposes of any provision of this Agreement, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are required or authorized to be closed. 

"Capitalization Rate" means the rate equal to seven and one-quarter of one percent (7.25%). 

"Capitalized Leases" means leases under which any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or any Partially-Owned Entity is the lessee or obligor, the discounted future rental payment obligations under which are required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee or obligor in accordance with GAAP.

"Capitalized Unencumbered Property Value" means, as of any date of determination with respect to an Unencumbered Property, an amount equal to Adjusted Unencumbered Property NOI for such Unencumbered Property for the most recent two (2) complete fiscal quarters multiplied by two (2), with the product being divided by the Capitalization Rate.  The calculation of Capitalized Unencumbered Property Value shall be adjusted as set forth in Section 10.20 hereof.  

"Cash and Cash Equivalents" means, collectively, unrestricted (i) cash, (ii) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States government and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government, and (iii) domestic and Eurodollar certificates of deposit and time deposits, bankers' acceptances and floating rate certificates of deposit issued by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, any foreign bank, or its branches or agencies (fully protected against currency fluctuations), which, at the time of acquisition, are rated A-1 (or better) by S&P or P-1 (or better) by Moody's provided that the maturities of such Cash and Cash Equivalents shall not exceed one year. 

"Change of Control" means (i) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13 or 14 of the Exchange Act, as amended) shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act) of (a) 20% or more of the outstanding shares of common stock of Sovran; or (b) 33% or more in the aggregate of the outstanding limited partnership interests of SALP (other than by Sovran and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries); or (ii) Holdings ceasing to be the sole general partner and sole investment manager of SALP; or (iii) Sovran and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries cease to beneficially own 100% of the capital stock of Holdings; or (iv) during any period of twelve consecutive calendar months, individuals who were directors of Sovran on the first day of such period (together with directors whose election by the Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by Sovran's stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board of Directors then in office who either were members of the Board of Directors on the date of Closing or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) shall cease to constitute a majority of the board of directors of Sovran.

"CISADA" means the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, United States Public Law 111195, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time.

"Closing" is defined in Section 3.

"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time.

"Confidential Information" is defined in Section 20.

"Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA" means, for any period, an amount equal to the consolidated net income of the Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries for such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding (but only to the extent included in determining net income for such fiscal period) (a) gains (or losses) from the sale of real property or interests therein, debt restructurings and other extraordinary items (provided such exclusion shall not include extraordinary items that include liquidated damages, compensatory damages or other obligations arising out of an Obligor's or any Subsidiary's default under an agreement to purchase or lease Real Estate), (b) minority interest attributable to an Obligor or any Subsidiary, and (c) income taxes; plus (x) interest expense and (y) depreciation and amortization, minus a recurring capital expense reserve in an amount equal to ten cents ($0.10) per net rentable square foot multiplied by the total net rentable square feet of all Real Estate; all after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships, joint ventures and other entities.  The calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA shall be further adjusted as set forth in Section 10.20 hereof.

"Consolidated Capitalized Value" means as of any date of determination, an amount equal to Revised Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the most recent two (2) completed fiscal quarters multiplied by two (2), with the product being divided by the Capitalization Rate.  The calculation of Consolidated Capitalized Value shall be adjusted as set forth in Section 10.20 hereof.

"Consolidated Fixed Charges" means with respect to the Obligors and their Subsidiaries and for any period, the sum, without duplication, of (a) Consolidated Total Interest Expense for such period plus (b) any and all scheduled repayments of principal (excluding balloon payments of principal due upon the stated maturity of any Debt) during such period in respect of indebtedness that becomes due and payable or that are to become due and payable during such period pursuant to any agreement or instrument to which the Obligors or any of their Subsidiaries is a party relating to (i) the borrowing of money or the obtaining of credit, including the issuance of notes or bonds, (ii) the deferred purchase price of assets (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business), (iii) in respect of any Synthetic Leases or any Capitalized Leases, (iv) in respect of any reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit due and payable during such period, and (v) Debt of the type referred to above of another Person guaranteed by the Obligors or any of their respective Subsidiaries, plus (c) Preferred Dividends for such period.  Demand obligations shall be deemed to be due and payable during any fiscal period during which such obligations are outstanding.  

"Consolidated Secured Debt" means as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of all Debt of the Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries for borrowed money or in respect of reimbursement obligations for letters of credit, guaranty obligations or Capitalized Leases, whether direct or contingent, which is outstanding at such date and which is secured by a Lien on properties or other assets of such Persons, without regard to Recourse.  

"Consolidated Tangible Net Worth" means as of any date of determination, the Gross Asset Value minus Consolidated Total Liabilities.

"Consolidated Total Interest Expense" means, for any period, the aggregate amount of interest required to be paid or accrued by the Obligors and their Subsidiaries during such period on all Debt of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries outstanding during all or part of such period, whether such interest was or is required to be reflected as an item of expense or capitalized, including payments consisting of interest in respect of any Capitalized Lease or any Synthetic Lease, and including commitment fees, agency fees, facility fees, balance deficiency fees and similar fees or expenses in connection with the borrowing of money; provided that such fees paid in connection with the borrowing of money may be amortized over the period of the applicable loan.

"Consolidated Total Liabilities" means as of any date of determination, all liabilities of the Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and classified as such on the consolidated balance sheet of the Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries, and all Debt of the Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries, whether or not so classified.  The calculation of Consolidated Total Liabilities shall be adjusted as set forth in Section 10.20 hereof.

"Consolidated Unsecured Debt" means as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of all Unsecured Debt of the Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries for borrowed money or in respect of reimbursement obligations for letters of credit, guaranty obligations or Capitalized Leases, whether direct or contingent, which is outstanding at such date, including, without limitation, the aggregate principal amount of all obligations under the Bank Credit Agreement, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, without regard to Recourse.

"Consolidated Unsecured Debt Service Charges" means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the actual interest and principal payments for the immediately preceding six month period on all Unsecured Debt of the Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries for borrowed money or in respect of reimbursement obligations for letters of credit, guaranty obligations or Capitalized Leases, whether direct or contingent, which is outstanding on such date (excluding the current maturities of principal of long-term Unsecured Debt which has been renewed or refinanced on or prior to the maturity thereof).

"Construction-In-Process" means any Real Estate for which any Obligor, any Subsidiary or any other Partially-Owned Entity is actively pursuing construction, renovation, or expansion of Buildings, all pursuant to such Person's ordinary course of business.

"Controlled Entity" means any of the Subsidiaries of any Obligor and any of their or any Obligor's respective Controlled Affiliates. As used in this definition, Control 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, by contract or otherwise.

"Debt" means, with respect to any Person, all obligations, contingent and otherwise, that in accordance with GAAP should be classified upon such Person's balance sheet as liabilities, including, without limitation: (a) all obligations for borrowed money and similar monetary obligations, whether direct or indirect; (b) all liabilities secured by any mortgage, pledge, negative pledge, security interest, lien, charge, or other encumbrance existing on property owned or acquired subject thereto, whether or not the liability secured thereby shall have been assumed; (c) all obligations (i) under any Capitalized Lease or (ii) under any Synthetic Lease or (iii) which are "off balance sheet" transactions having the same practical effect as to such Person's financial position as a transaction that would be a liability of such Person on the balance sheet; (d) all obligations to purchase, redeem, retire, or otherwise acquire for value any shares of capital stock of any class issued by such Person or any rights to acquire such shares; (e) all obligations under any forward contract, futures contract, swap, option or other financing arrangement, the value of which is dependent upon interest rates, currency exchange rates, commodities, any Obligor's or Subsidiaries' present or future beneficial interest, shares or security trading value, or other indices; (f) the amount of payments received by such person in any forward equity transaction by which such payments are received by such Person in consideration for the sale of stock or partnership units in such Person when the delivery and/or the determination of the amount of the stock or units so sold occurs later than one (1) month after such Person receives such payment, but only to the extent that the obligation to deliver such stock or units is not payable solely in the stock or units of such Person; (g) all guarantees for borrowed money, endorsements and other contingent obligations, whether direct or indirect, in respect of Debt or obligations of others, including any obligation to supply funds (including partnership obligations and capital requirements) to or in any manner to invest in, directly or indirectly, the debtor, to purchase Debt, or to assure the owner of Debt against loss, through an agreement to purchase goods, supplies, or services for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of the Debt held by such owner or otherwise, and the reimbursement obligations in respect of any letters of credit, bankers' acceptances or similar facilities issued for the account of such Person; (h) all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, including obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses; (i) all obligations issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (including securities repurchase agreements but excluding trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue or which are being contested in good faith); (j) all sales of (i) accounts or general intangibles for money due or to become due, (ii) chattel paper, instruments or documents creating or evidencing a right to payment of money or (iii) other receivables (collectively "receivables"), whether pursuant to a purchase facility or otherwise, other than in connection with the disposition of the business operations relating thereto or a disposition of defaulted receivables for collection and not as a financing arrangement, and together with any obligation to pay any discount, interest, fees, indemnities, penalties, recourse, expenses or other amounts in connection therewith; and (k) all obligations in respect of Debt of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent that such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person's ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent that the terms of such Debt provide that such person is not liable therefor and such terms are enforceable under applicable law.  The calculation of Debt of any Person shall be adjusted as set forth in Section 10.20.

"Debt Lien" is defined in Section 10.4(b).  

"Debt Threshold" means $10,000,000, provided, however, if the Bank Credit Agreement is at any time amended such that an event of default would occur under the Bank Credit Agreement if there is cross default in an amount greater than $10,000,000, the reference to $10,000,000 in this definition shall be replaced by such new amount in the Bank Credit Agreement, up to a maximum of $25,000,000.

 

"Default" means an event or condition the occurrence or existence of which would, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, become an Event of Default.  

"Default Rate" means that rate of interest that is the greater of (i) 1.75% per annum above the rate of interest stated in clause (a) of the first paragraph of the Notes or (ii) 1.75% over the rate of interest publicly announced by JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA in New York, New York as its "base" or "prime" rate.

"Disclosure Documents" is defined in Section 5.3.

"Disqualifying Building Event" means any structural or repair and maintenance matter (other than a Release) as to any Building or any Real Estate that in the Required Holders' reasonable opinion will require the expenditure of $250,000 or more to remedy or complete such matter and the remediation or completion of which is required by prudent real estate ownership or operation.

"Disqualifying Environmental Event" means any Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Substances, any violation of Environmental Laws or any other similar environmental event with respect to a Real Estate that causes (y) the occupancy or rent of such Real Estate to be adversely affected, as compared to what otherwise would have been the occupancy or rent of such Real Estate in the absence of such environmental event or (z) such Real Estate to no longer be financeable on a secured, long-term debt basis under the then generally accepted underwriting standards of national institutional lenders. 

"Disqualifying Legal Event" means any violation or non-compliance with any applicable law, statute, rule or regulation (other than an Environmental Law) with respect to any Real Estate, which requires cure or compliance for prudent real estate ownership or operation. 

"Distribution" means, with respect to:

	 	
(i)

	
SALP, any distribution of cash or other cash equivalent, directly or indirectly, to the partners or other equity interest holders of SALP; or any other distribution on or in respect of any partnership interests of SALP; and

 

	 	
(ii)

	
Sovran, the declaration or payment of any dividend or any other distribution on or in respect of any shares of any class of capital stock of Sovran, other than dividends payable solely in shares of common stock of Sovran.

 

"Environmental Laws" means any and all federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including but not limited to those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

"ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is treated as a single employer together with either Obligor under Section 414 of the Code.

"Event of Default" is defined in Section 11.

"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

"Excluded Subsidiary" means any of the following Subsidiaries: (a) so long as the only property or assets owned by such entity is the HQ Land, Iskalo Land Holdings, LLC, a New York limited liability company, and (b) a Subsidiary that (i) has Debt outstanding secured by a Lien on its real property, which Debt was incurred (or assumed) in connection with such Subsidiary's acquisition or improvement of such real property (referred to hereinafter as "Mortgage Debt") and (ii) is prohibited pursuant to the loan or other financing documents evidencing such Mortgage Debt from guaranteeing Debt of other Persons; provided that the principal amount of such Mortgage Debt may not be increased and the original scheduled maturity date thereof may not be extended (including, in each case, in connection with an amendment or modification or refinancing of such Mortgage Debt), and if there is any such increase in principal amount or extension of maturity, then such Subsidiary shall no longer be considered an Excluded Subsidiary, and (c) a Subsidiary that is a controlled foreign corporation (as that term is defined in the Code) if providing a Subsidiary Guaranty would result in adverse tax consequences to the Obligors and their Subsidiaries.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary that either (i) provides a Subsidiary Guaranty or otherwise becomes obligated in respect of any Debt of any Obligor or any Subsidiary or (ii) at any time owns an Unencumbered Property, shall not, or, if previously an Excluded Subsidiary, shall immediately cease to, be an "Excluded Subsidiary" hereunder.

"Fitch" means Fitch IBCA Inc., or any successor thereto. 

"Funds from Operations" means, with respect to any fiscal period of the Obligors, an amount, without double-counting, equal to the consolidated net income of the Obligors and their respective Subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP, before deduction of real estate related depreciation and amortization, and excluding gains (or losses) from the sale of real property or interests therein (provided such deduction shall not include extraordinary items that include liquidated damages, compensatory damages or other obligations arising out of a default by Sovran or any Subsidiary under an agreement to purchase or lease Real Estate), debt restructurings or other extraordinary items, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships, joint ventures or other entities (such adjustments to be calculated to reflect Funds from Operations on the same basis, to the extent that such Funds from Operations attributable to unconsolidated partnerships, joint ventures and other entities are not subject to the claims of any other Person). 

"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States of America.

"Governmental Authority" means

          (a)     the government of

	 	
(i)

	
the United States of America or any state or other political subdivision thereof, or

 

	 	
(ii)

	
any jurisdiction in which either Obligor or any Subsidiary conducts all or any part of its business, or which has jurisdiction over any properties of either Obligor and any Subsidiary, or

 

          (b)     any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of, or pertaining to, any such government.

"Gross Asset Value" means the sum of:  (a) unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, up to a maximum of $20,000,000; (b) for Real Estate owned by the Obligors and their Subsidiaries in fee simple or subject to a Ground Lease for one fiscal quarter or more, the Consolidated Capitalized Value of all such Real Estate; (c) for Real Estate owned in fee simple or leased under a Ground Lease by the Obligors and their Subsidiaries for less than one fiscal quarter, 100% of the acquisition cost of such Real Estate; (d) for Real Estate owned in fee simple or leased under a Ground Lease by an unconsolidated Partially-Owned Entity for less than one fiscal quarter, the Obligors' pro rata share of acquisition cost for such Real Estate; (e) 100% of the book value of any Construction-In-Process of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries; (f) the Obligors' pro rata share of the book value of any Construction-In-Process of any unconsolidated Partially-Owned Entity; (g) 100% of the book value of all other non-Real Estate assets of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries; and (h) the Obligors' pro rata share of the book value of all other non-Real Estate assets of an unconsolidated Partially-Owned Entity, exclusive, in the case of clauses (g) and (h), of any goodwill and other intangible assets, related-party receivables, Other Assets (as defined and appearing in SALP's financial statements), and prepaid expenses.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Real Estate subject to a Ground Lease shall not exceed 10% of Gross Asset Value.

"Ground Lease" means a ground lease containing the following terms and conditions:  (a) a remaining term (exclusive of any unexercised extension options) of 40 years or more from the date of the Closing; (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 foreclosures, 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.

"Guaranty" means, with respect to any Person, any obligation (except the endorsement in the ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection) of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Debt, dividend or other obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including (without limitation) obligations incurred through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, by such Person: 

          (a)     to purchase such Debt or obligation or any property constituting security therefore primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Debt or obligation of the ability of any other Person to make payment of the Debt or obligation; 

          (b)     to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of such Debt or obligation, or (ii) to maintain any working capital or other balance sheet condition or any income statement condition of any other Person or otherwise to advance or make available funds for the purchase or payment of such Debt or obligation; 

          (c)     to lease properties or to purchase properties or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Debt or obligation of the ability of any other Person to make payment of the Debt or obligation; or 

          (d)     otherwise to assure the owner of such Debt or obligation against loss in respect thereof.

In any computation of the Debt or other liabilities of the obligor under any Guaranty, the Debt or other obligations that are the subject of such Guaranty shall be assumed to be direct obligations of such obligor, provided that the amount of such Debt outstanding for purposes of this Agreement shall not be deemed to exceed the maximum amount of Debt that is the subject of such Guaranty.

"Hazardous Substances" means any and all pollutants, toxic or hazardous wastes or any other substances that might pose a hazard to health or safety, the removal of which may be required or the generation, manufacture, refining, production, processing, treatment, storage, handling, transportation, transfer, use, disposal, release, discharge, spillage, seepage, or filtration of which is or shall be restricted, prohibited or penalized by any applicable law (including, without limitation, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation and polychlorinated biphenyls).

"holder" means, with respect to any Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the register maintained by the Obligors pursuant to Section 13.1.

"Holdings" means Sovran Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation.

"HQ Land" means the ten acres of vacant Real Estate near the Sovran headquarter offices in Buffalo, New York.

"Institutional Investor" means (a) any original purchaser of a Note, (b) any holder of more than 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and (c) any bank, trust company, savings and loan association or other financial institution, any pension plan, any investment company, any insurance company, any broker or dealer, or any other similar financial institution or entity, regardless of legal form.

"Intercreditor Agreement" means an intercreditor agreement entered into pursuant to Section 9.5(c)(iv) . 

"Investments" means all expenditures made and all liabilities incurred (contingently or otherwise, but without double-counting):  (i) for the acquisition of stock, partnership or other equity interests or Debt of, or for loans, advances, capital contributions or transfers of property to, any Person; and (ii) for the acquisition of any other obligations of any Person.  In determining the aggregate amount of Investments outstanding at any particular time:  (a) there shall be included as an Investment all interest accrued with respect to Debt constituting an Investment unless and until such interest is paid; (b) there shall be deducted in respect of each such Investment any amount received as a return of capital (but only by repurchase, redemption, retirement, repayment, liquidating dividend or liquidating distribution); (c) there shall not be deducted in respect of any Investment any amounts received as earnings on such Investment, whether as dividends, interest or otherwise, except that accrued interest included as provided in the foregoing clause (a) may be deducted when paid; and (d) there shall not be deducted from the aggregate amount of Investments any decrease in the value thereof.

"Joint Venture Ownership Interest Value" means as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the pro rata share of Revised Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA attributable to the Obligors from Partially-Owned Entities for the most recent two (2) completed fiscal quarters multiplied by two (2), with the product being divided by the Capitalization Rate.

"Leases" means leases, licenses and agreements, whether written or oral, relating to the use or occupation of space in or on the Buildings or on the Real Estate by persons other than the Obligors, its Subsidiaries or any Partially-Owned Entity.

"Leverage Ratio" means as at the end of any fiscal quarter or other date of measurement, the ratio, of Consolidated Total Liabilities to Gross Asset Value, expressed in percentage terms by using Gross Asset Value as the denominator and Consolidated Total Liabilities as the numerator.

"Lien" is defined in Section 10.2. 

"Locke Property" means all parcels of real property owned by Locke Sovran I L.L.C. and Locke Sovran II L.L.C. as of the date hereof.

"Make-Whole Amount" is defined in Section 8.7.

"Material" means material in relation to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of the Obligors to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement and the Notes, (c) the ability of any Subsidiary Guarantor to perform its obligations under any Subsidiary Guaranty, or (d) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any Subsidiary Guaranty or the Notes.

"Memorandum" is defined in Section 5.3. 

"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.

"Multiemployer Plan" means any Plan that is a "multiemployer plan" (as such term is defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).

"Net Cash Proceeds" means the net cash proceeds received by any Person in respect of any asset sale, equity issuance or debt issuance less (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, commissions and other expenses incurred in connection with such sale or issuance, including the amount (estimated in good faith by such Person) of income, franchise, sales and other applicable taxes required to be paid by such Person in connection with such sale or issuance; (ii) repayment of Debt that is required to be repaid in connection with such asset sale to the extent permitted under this Agreement; and (iii) required amounts to be provided by the Obligors or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, as a reserve, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, against any liabilities associated with such asset sale, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with any such asset sale and consented to by the Required Holders or otherwise permitted hereunder. 

"Notes" is defined in Section 1.

"Obligors" mean the parties identified in the first paragraph to this Agreement.  

"Obligor Representative" means Sovran, acting on behalf of all of the Obligors.  The holders of the Notes shall be entitled to rely, and all of the Obligors hereby agree that the holders of the Notes may so rely, on any notice given or received or action taken or not taken by Sovran as being authorized by each of the Obligors.

"OFAC" is defined in Section 5.16(a).

"OFAC Listed Person" is defined in Section 5.16(a).

"OFAC Sanctions Program" means any economic or trade sanction that OFAC is responsible for administering and enforcing.  A list of OFAC Sanctions Programs may be found at http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/programs/. 

"Officer's Certificate" means, with respect to an Obligor, a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer or of any other officer of such Obligor whose responsibilities extend to the subject matter of such certificate.

"Operating Subsidiaries" means any Subsidiaries of an Obligor that, at any time of reference, provide management, construction, design or other services (excluding any such Subsidiary which may provide any such services which are only incidental to that Subsidiary's ownership of one or more Real Estate).

"Partially-Owned Entity(ies)" means any of the partnerships, joint ventures and other entities owning real estate assets in which SALP and/or Sovran collectively, directly or indirectly through its full or partial ownership of another entity, does not own a majority of the equity interests, whether or not such entity is required in accordance with GAAP to be consolidated with Sovran for financial reporting purposes.

"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA or any successor thereto.

"Permitted Liens" means liens, security interests and other encumbrances permitted by Section 10.2.

"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

"Plan" means an "employee benefit plan" (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is or, within the preceding five years, has been established or maintained, or to which contributions are or, within the preceding five years, have been made or required to be made, by an Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which an Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate may have any liability.

"Preferred Dividends" means any dividend, distribution, redemption or payment upon liquidation paid to one class of stockholders of the capital stock of any Person in priority to that to be paid to any other class of stockholders of the capital stock of such Person, including any such dividends paid on preferred operating partnership units. 

"Principal Lending Facility" means, collectively, the Bank Credit Agreement, the 2011 Note Purchase Agreement, the 2014 Note Purchase Agreement and the Public Bond Facility.

"Priority Debt" means, without duplication, the sum of (a) all Consolidated Secured Debt and (b) all Debt of Subsidiaries of Sovran (except Debt of SALP and any other Subsidiary Guarantor).

"property" or "properties" means, unless otherwise specifically limited, real or personal property of any kind, tangible or intangible, choate or inchoate.

"Public Bond Facility" means that certain Indenture dated as of June 20, 2016 among the Obligors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Trustee, as amended pursuant to a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 20, 1016 pursuant to which SALP is obligated on $600,000,000 principal amount of 3.500% Senior Notes due 2026, and as such agreement may be further amended, modified, renewed, replaced, refunded or refinanced from time to time. 

"Purchasers" means the purchasers of the Notes named in Schedule A hereto.

"Qualified Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that satisfies all of the following: (i) is not an Excluded Subsidiary, (ii) is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, (iii) is organized and domiciled in the United States, (iv) it does not have, and no other Subsidiary that directly or indirectly owns any equity interests of such Subsidiary (each an "Indirect Owner") has, any outstanding Debt that is Recourse, (v) is not, and no Indirect Owner is, subject to any proceedings under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar law of any jurisdiction and (vi) none of the equity interests of such Subsidiary or any Indirect Owner are subject to any Liens. 

"Rating Agency" means Moody's, S&P, Fitch or another nationally recognized rating agency reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders. 

"Real Estate" means the fixed and tangible properties consisting of land, buildings and/or other improvements owned in fee simple or leased under a Ground Lease by any Obligor, by any Subsidiary or by any other entity in which an Obligor is the holder of an equity interest at the relevant time of reference thereto, including, without limitation, (i) the Unencumbered Properties at such time of reference, and (ii) the real estate assets owned by each of the Partially-Owned Entities at such time of reference.

"Recourse" means with reference to any obligation or liability, any liability or obligation that is not Without Recourse to the obligor thereunder, directly or indirectly.  For purposes hereof, a Person shall not be deemed to be "indirectly" liable for the liabilities or obligations of an obligor solely by reason of the fact that such Person has an ownership interest in such obligor, provided that such Person is not otherwise legally liable, directly or indirectly, for such obligor's liabilities or obligations (e.g., by reason of a guaranty or contribution obligation, by operation of law or by reason of such Person's being a general partner of such obligor).

"REIT" means a "real estate investment trust", as such term is defined in Section 856 of the Code.

"Release" means any actual or threatened releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, disposing or dumping of Hazardous Substances.

"Required Holders" means, at any time, the holders of more than 50% in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding (exclusive of Notes then owned by an Obligor or any of its Affiliates).

"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to an Obligor, any Senior Financial Officer and any other officer of such Obligor with responsibility for the administration of the relevant portion of this Agreement.

"Revised Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA" means for any period, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period; plus actual general and administrative expenses of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries for such period to the extent deducted from Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA minus an implied management fee in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of consolidated total revenues from Real Estate. 

"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC business, or any successor thereto.

"SALP" means Sovran Acquisition Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership.

"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States, or any successor thereto.

"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

"Sell or Sale" is defined in Section 10.4(b)

"Senior Financial Officer" means, with respect to an Obligor, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or comptroller of such Obligor.

"Sovran" means Sovran Self Storage, Inc., a Maryland corporation.

"Sovran Treasury Stock" means Sovran capital stock repurchased and held by Sovran as treasury stock.

"Subsidiary" means, as to any Person, any corporation, association or other business entity in which such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries owns sufficient equity or voting interests to enable it or them (as a group) ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, to elect a majority of the directors (or Persons performing similar functions) of such entity, and any partnership or joint venture if more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital thereof is owned by such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries (unless such partnership can and does ordinarily take major business actions without the prior approval of such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries).  Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a "Subsidiary" is a reference to a Subsidiary of an Obligor.

"Subsidiary Guarantor" means each Subsidiary of an Obligor that becomes a party to a Subsidiary Guaranty in accordance with Section 9.5 of this Agreement. 

"Subsidiary Guaranty" means any Subsidiary Guaranty executed and delivered by a Subsidiary of an Obligor, each to be in substantially the form of Exhibit 9.5(b) hereto.

"Synthetic Lease" means any lease of goods or other property, whether real or personal, which is treated as an operating lease under GAAP and as a loan or financing for U.S. income tax purposes.

"Tower Lease" means a lease with a communication carrier or a tower development firm pursuant to which such carrier or firm will occupy a portion of a self-storage property for the purpose of using and/or constructing a monopole or tower or other structure thereon to which will be attached communications equipment and antennae, provided that any such Lease shall contain a relocation clause permitting relocation of the demised premises on the Real Estate site where the demised premises are located to allow re-use or re-development of such Real Estate site, and further provided that such relocation clause shall not be required (i) in any Tower Lease in existence as of the date hereof, or (ii) in any pre-existing Tower Lease on Real Estate hereafter acquired.

"Unencumbered Property" means any Real Estate owned in fee simple or subject to a Ground Lease located in the contiguous United States that on any date of determination: (a) is not subject to any Liens (including any such Lien imposed by the organizational documents of the owner of such asset, but excluding Permitted Liens), as certified by an officer of the Obligor Representative on the date of Closing or such later date on which such Real Estate becomes an Unencumbered Property, (b) is not the subject of any matter that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the value of such Real Estate, (c) is not the subject of a Disqualifying Environmental Event, a Disqualifying Building Event or a Disqualifying Legal Event, in each case as certified by an officer of the Obligor Representative on the date of Closing or such later date on which such Real Estate becomes an Unencumbered Property, (d) has been improved with a Building or Buildings which (1) have been issued a certificate of occupancy (where available) or is otherwise lawfully occupied for its intended use and (2) are fully operational, (e) is wholly owned by an Obligor or a Subsidiary Guarantor or Qualified Subsidiary, in each case that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and (f) has not been designated by the Obligors in writing to the holders of Notes as Real Estate that is not an Unencumbered Property because of a Disqualifying Environmental Event, a Disqualifying Building Event or a Disqualifying Legal Event or the Obligor's intention to subject such Unencumbered Property to a Debt Lien or to Sell such Unencumbered Property pursuant to Section 10.4(b) hereof, which designation shall not be permitted during the continuance of a Default (other than if such designation during a Default is made in conjunction with such Real Estate's being the subject of a Sale or Debt Lien under Section 10.4(b)(ii) and in compliance therewith) or an Event of Default and shall be accompanied by a compliance certificate in the form of Exhibit 10.4(b) attached hereto.

"Unimproved Land" means any Real Estate consisting of raw land which is unimproved by Buildings.

"Unsecured Debt" mean all Debt of any Person that is not secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person.

"Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" means, at any time, any Subsidiary one hundred percent (100%) of all of the equity interests (except directors' qualifying shares) and voting interests of which are owned by any one or more of the Obligors and the Obligors' other Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries at such time.

"Without Recourse" or "without recourse" means, with reference to any obligation or liability, any obligation or liability for which the obligor thereunder is not liable or obligated other than as to its interest in a designated Real Estate or other specifically identified asset only (which asset is not interests in another Person), subject to such limited exceptions to the non-recourse nature of such obligation or liability, such as fraud, misappropriation, misapplication and environmental indemnities, as are usual and customary in like transactions involving institutional lenders at the time of the incurrence of such obligation or liability. 

Schedule 5.3

Disclosure Documents

Investors' Call Presentation dated July 19, 2016.

Schedule 5.4

Subsidiaries of the Obligors, Ownership

 of Subsidiary Stock and Affiliates

	
i.

	
Subsidiaries of Sovran Self Storage, Inc. (all Delaware Entities):

	 	 
	 	
Sovran Holdings, Inc. – 100% Owned

Sovran Acquisition Limited Partnership – 98.6% Limited Partnership Interest

 

	 	
Subsidiaries of Sovran Acquisition Limited Partnership:

	
100% Owned Delaware Entities

	
100% Owned New York Entities

	 	 
	
Sovran Jones Road, LLC

Sovran Cameron, LLC

Sovran Congress, LLC

Sovran Huebner, LLC

Sovran Little Road, LLC

Sovran Granbury, LLC

Sovran Shackelford, LLC

Sovran Manchester, LLC

Sovran DeGaulle, LLC

Sovran Grapevine, LLC

Sovran Washington, LLC

Sovran Meramac, LLC

Sovran Seminole, LLC

Sovran Peacock 505 LLC

Sovran Mahopac 534 LLC

The Locke Group LLC

UBM Solar LLC

Solar Lunar Sub, LLC

 

 

	
Iskalo Land Holdings LLC

Locke Sovran I L.L.C.

Locke Sovran II L.L.C.

Uncle Bob's Management, LLC (fka    Locke Leasing LLC)

 

 

	 	 

	
(100% Owned Delaware Entities continued)

Indirect Subsidiaries:

LS Property Management Services, LLC

	
LS Portfolio, LLC

	
Super Portfolio, LLC

	
LSGP Holdings, LLC

	
CPTX 4515 S. Congress Avenue, LLC

	
CPUT 7062 S. Airport Road, LLC

	
CPWI 4565 N. Green Bay Avenue, LLC

	
CPNV 9930 Spencer Street, LLC

	
CPMS 5491 Plaza Drive, LLC

	
CPCA 7716 Folsom Blvd., LLC

	
CPCA 8740 Calvine Road, LLC

	
CPTX 12455 Westpark Drive, LLC

	
CPNV 318 N. Boulder Hwy., LLC

	
CPTX 506 McNeil Road, LLC

	
CPTX 10800 Highway 290 W., LLC

	
CPTX 4201 Clear Creek Drive, LLC

	
PRNV 6075 West Wigwam Ave., LLC

	
CPNV 9722 West Maule Avenue, LLC

	
GSNV 1011 Stufflebeam Ave., LLC

	
AANV 4480 Berg Street, LLC

	
BWNV 6590 W. Warm Springs Rd., LLC

	
SSNV 5555 So. Fort Apache Rd., LLC

	
TCCA 4161 Pell Drive, LLC

	
BSTX 500 Buckingham Road, LLC

	
ESNV 6545 W. Warm Springs Rd., LLC

	
SONV 550 Conestoga Way, LLC

	
SWCA 8870 Fruitridge Road, LLC

	
WFNV 9227 West Flamingo Road, LLC

	
BSTX 2607 W. Braker Lane, LLC

	
WSCA 19106 S. Normandie Ave., LLC

	
SONV 4475 W. Rome Blvd., LLC

	
LTCA 4501 LaTrobe Road, LLC

	
ESIL 953 South State Route 83, LLC

	
DSIL 6603 W. Diversey Ave., LLC

	
SSFL 1170 West State Road, LLC

	
SSTX 16220 FM 529 Road, LLC

	
SSTX 1770 E T C JESTER BLVD., LLC

	
SSTX 8902 Jones Road, LLC

	
SSCA 17392 Murphy Ave., LLC

	
SSCA 40050 Harris Lane, LLC

	
SSCA 1300 El Camino Ave., LLC

	
SSCA 1022 East Street, LLC

	
BSTX 4255 S. Bowen Road, LLC

	
AFNV 5714 Ferrell St., LLC

	
LDIL 1455 Barrington Road, LLC

	
LDIL 1950 Washington St., LLC

	
LDIL 1800 Des Plaines Ave., LLC

	
CSFL 7244 Overland Road, LLC

	
SSFL 1236 Vineland Road, LLC

	
LDIL 405 Shawmut Ave., LLC

	
ASTX 20217 FM 685, LLC

	
ASTX 3405 Coit Road, LLC

	
ASTX 14102 Bay Pointe Court, LLC

	
ASTX 71 Wildwood Drive, LLC

	
SGNV 3225 S. Nellis Blvd., LLC

	
SONV 9770 W. Cheyenne Ave., LLC

	
SHNV 11330 Dean Martin Drive, LLC

	
LDIL 720 E. Park Avenue, LLC

	
LDIL 1205 Milwaukee Ave., LLC

	
SCCO 4545 N. Broadway, LLC

	
SCCO 4667 N. Broadway, LLC

	
SCCO 5815 Arapahoe Ave., LLC

	
SCCO 6338 Arapahoe Ave., LLC

	
SCCO 6405 Odell Pl., LLC

	
LS 3323 W. Addison Street, LLC

	
LS 1650 N. Randall Rd., LLC

	
LS 6505 W. Oakton Street, LLC

	
LS 4014 W. Grand Avenue, LLC

	
LS 4500 W. Grand Ave., LLC

	
LS 3245 W. 30th Street, LLC

	
LS 700 E. Park Avenue, LLC

	
LS 2361 S. State Street, LLC

	
LS 426 S. Westgate St., LLC

	
LS 7700 W. 79th Street, LLC

	
LS 2301 W. Algonquin Rd., LLC

	
LS 2253 Randall Road, LLC

	
LS 450 Airport Road, LLC

	
LS 21700 S. Cicero Ave., LLC

	
LS 8531 W. 191st Street, LLC

	
LS 7524 N. Paulina St., LLC

	
LS 3200 Holeman Ave., LLC

	
SGCA 55 Goldenland Ct., LLC

	
NNCA 3800 Bayou Way, LLC

	
SPCA 8960 Calvine Road, LLC

	
NATX 23860 Highway 281 North, LLC

	
ALTX 1615 N. IH 35, LLC

	
PSTX 1350 N. BELT LINE RD., LLC

	
PSTX 717 S. GOOD LATIMER EXPY., LLC

	
SONV 8424 FARM RD., LLC

	
ii.

	
Additional Affiliates:

	 	 
	 	
Delaware Entities:

Sovran HHF Storage Holdings LLC - 20% owned by SALP

Sovran HHF Storage Holdings II LLC - 15% owned by SALP

Warehouse Anywhere, LLC - 60% owned by Uncle Bob's Management, LLC

Urban Box Coralway Storage, LLC - 85% owned by SALP

SNL/ORIX 1200 McDonald Ave., LLC - 5% owned by SALP

SNL ORIX Merrick, LLC - 5% owned by SALP

 

	 	
New York Entities:

Iskalo Office Holdings LLC – 49% owned by SALP

 

	
iii.

	
Directors and Executive Officers of the Obligors:

	 	 
	 	
A.

	
Sovran Self Storage, Inc.:

 

	 	 	
Directors:

	
Robert J. Attea

	 	 	 	
Kenneth F. Myszka

	 	 	 	
Charles E. Lannon

	 	 	 	
Stephen R. Rusmisel

	 	 	 	
Arthur L. Havener, Jr.

	 	 	 	
Mark G. Barberio

 

	 	 	
Officers:

	
David L. Rogers

	
Chief Executive Officer

	 	 	 	
Kenneth F. Myszka

	
President

	 	 	 	
Andrew J. Gregoire

	
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

	 	 	 	
Paul T. Powell

	
Chief Investment Officer

	 	 	 	
Edward F. Killeen

	
Chief Operating Officer

	 	 	 	
Robert J. Attea

	
Executive Chairman of the Board

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	
B.

	
Sovran Acquisition Limited Partnership:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
Officers and Directors:

	
None.  SALP is managed by Sovran Holdings

 as sole General Partner.

	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
(i)

	
Sovran Holdings, Inc.:

	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
Directors:

	
Robert J. Attea

	 
	 	 	 	
Kenneth F. Myszka

	 
	 	 	 	
David L. Rogers

 

	 
	 	 	
Officers:

	
David L. Rogers

	
Chief Executive Officer

	 	 	 	
Kenneth F. Myszka

	
President

	 	 	 	
Andrew J. Gregoire

	
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

	 	 	 	
Paul T. Powell

	
Chief Investment Officer

	 	 	 	
Edward F. Killeen

	
Chief Operating Officer

	 	 	 	
Robert J. Attea

	
Executive Chairman of the Board

Schedule 5.5

Financial Statements

Consolidated Balance Sheet of Sovran Self Storage, Inc. and its Subsidiaries, and Consolidated Statements of Operations, Stockholders' Equity and Cash Flows and Notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2015.

Consolidated Balance Sheet of Sovran Self Storage, Inc. and its Subsidiaries, and Consolidated Statements of Operations, and Cash Flows and Notes thereto for the quarter ended March 31, 2016.

Schedule 5.15

Existing Debt; Liens; Future Liens

 As of July 21, 2016

A.     Notes and Loans:

The Obligors are the borrowers under a Sixth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated as of December 10, 2014, with Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company as Administrative Agent, and the lenders and other agents party thereto providing for an unsecured revolving credit facility, with an initial term of five years in an aggregate principal amount outstanding not to exceed $500,000,000 with a sublimit for letters of credit of $15,000,000 that matures December 10, 2019 and a term loan facility in the aggregate principal amount of $325,000,000 that matures June 4, 2020 (the "Bank Credit Agreement"). 

The Obligors are the co-obligors on $100,000,000 principal amount of 5.54% Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series D, due August 5, 2021, issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of August 5, 2011, among Sovran, SALP, and the several Purchasers identified therein, as amended prior to the date hereof (the "2011 NPA").

The Obligors are the co-obligors on $175,000,000 principal amount of 4.533% Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series E, due April 8, 2024, issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement dated April 8, 2014, among Sovran, SALP and the several Purchasers identified therein, as amended prior to the date hereof (the "2014 NPA").

SALP is obligor on $600,000,000 principal amount of 3.500% Senior Notes due 2026, issued pursuant to an Indenture dated June 20, 2016, among the SALP, as issuer, Sovran, as parent guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Trustee, as amended pursuant to a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 20, 2016. 

B.     Indemnity Agreements:

SALP is a co-indemnitor with Locke Sovran I L.L.C. ("Locke Sovran I") under an Environmental Indemnity Agreement dated as of November 28, 2001 in favor of GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corporation in connection with a $30,500,000 securitized loan, which has been fully repaid.   

Locke Sovran II L.L.C. is an indemnitor under an Environmental Indemnity Agreement dated as of February 12, 2002 in favor of PNC Bank, National Association in connection with a $48,000,000 securitized loan which has been fully repaid.

SALP is a co-indemnitor with SH 729-744 LLC under an Environmental Indemnity Agreement dated as of July 13, 2011 in favor of PNC in connection with a $74,600,000 securitized loan (the "SH 729-744 Securitized Loan") from PNC to SH 729-744 LLC secured by mortgages granted by SH 729-744 LLC to PNC.  SALP is also a guarantor under a Guaranty of Recourse Obligations of Borrower dated as of July 13, 2011 in connection with the SH 729-744 Securitized Loan.

SALP is a co-indemnitor with each of SH 726 LLC, SH 727 LLC and SH 728 LLC in connection with the assumption of their respective securitized loans in the principal amounts of $6,040,884.60, $3,480,344.61 and $4,433,296.74 (collectively, the "SH 726-728 Securitized Loans") from U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, Successor-in-Interest to Bank of America, N.A. as Trustee, Successor to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee, for the Registered Holders of CN 2006 - CN2 Commercial Mortgage Pass-through Certificates (the "Lender") dated as of August 1, 2011 and separately secured by mortgages granted by each of SH 726 LLC, SH 727 LLC and SH 728 LLC to the Lender.

SALP is an indemnitor under a Loan Assumption Agreement and Amendment of Loan Documents dated September 22, 2011 in favor of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada ("Sun Life") in connection with a $3,000,000 securitized loan to SALP by Sun Life dated as of September 22, 2011 secured by a mortgage on property on Nassau Road, Webster, Texas.

SALP is a co-indemnitor with SH 746-755 LLC under a loan agreement dated as of March 28, 2012 in favor of PNC in connection with a $16,620,000 securitized loan (the "SH 746-755 Securitized Loan") from PNC to SH 746-755 LLC secured by mortgages granted by SH 746-755 LLC to PNC.  SALP is also a guarantor under a Guaranty of Recourse Obligations of Borrower dated as of March 28, 2012 in connection with the SH 746-755 Securitized Loan.

SALP and/or certain of the Designated Subsidiaries (as defined in this Schedule 5.15) are indemnitors under certain environmental indemnity agreements made in connection with certain securitized loans which have been fully repaid.

Certain joint ventures in which SALP has a minority interest have entered into securitized loan transactions secured by mortgage loans on property owned by the joint ventures or special purpose entities owned by the joint ventures, and non-recourse guaranty agreements and environmental indemnities have been provided or assumed in connection with such securitized loans.

C.     Swap Agreements:

Interest rate swap agreement made by Sovran and SALP with SunTrust Bank dated June 4, 2013 with a notional amount of $25,000,000. 

Interest rate swap agreement made by Sovran and SALP with SunTrust Bank dated September 6, 2013 with a notional amount of $30,000,000.

Interest rate swap agreement made by Sovran and SALP with SunTrust Bank dated June 29, 2011 with a notional amount of $75,000,000. 

Interest rate swap agreement made by Sovran and SALP with PNC Bank, National Association dated September 19, 2011 with a notional amount of $25,000,000. 

Interest rate swap agreement made by Sovran and SALP with PNC Bank, National Association dated June 4, 2013 with a notional amount of $25,000,000.

Interest rate swap agreement made by Sovran and SALP with PNC Bank, National Association dated September 6, 2013 with a notional amount of $30,000,000.

Interest rate swap agreement made by Sovran and SALP with First Niagara Bank, N.A. dated September 19, 2011 with a notional amount of $25,000,000.  

Interest rate swap agreement made by Sovran and SALP with First Niagara Bank, N.A. dated September 6, 2013 with a notional amount of $50,000,000.  

Interest rate swap agreement made by Sovran and SALP with U.S. Bank, National Association dated September 19, 2011 with a notional amount of $50,000,000.

Interest rate swap agreement made by Sovran and SALP with U.S. Bank, National Association dated June 4, 2013 with a notional amount of $25,000,000.

Interest rate swap agreement made by Sovran and SALP with Capital One, National Association dated September 6, 2013 in notional amount of $50,000,000.

Interest rate swap agreement made by Sovran and SALP with HSBC Bank USA, National Association dated September 1, 2011 with a notional amount of $50,000,000. 

Interest rate swap agreement made by Sovran and SALP with HSBC Bank USA, National Association dated September 6, 2013 with a notional amount of $65,000,000.

Interest rate swap agreement made by Sovran and SALP with HSBC Bank USA, National Association dated June 4, 2013 with a notional amount of $25,000,000.

Schedule 5.18

Environmental Disclosures

None.

Schedule 10.3

Investments

20% membership interest in Sovran HHF Storage Holdings LLC

15% membership interest in Sovran HHF Storage Holdings II LLC

49% membership interest in Iskalo Office Holdings LLC

85% membership interest in Urban Box Coralway Storage, LLC

60% membership interest in Warehouse Anywhere, LLC

5% membership interest in SNL/ORIX 1200 McDonald Ave., LLC

5% membership interest in SNL ORIX Merrick, LLC

Exhibit 1

[Form of Series F Note]

Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

Sovran Acquisition Limited Partnership

3.67% Senior Guaranteed Note, Series F, Due July 21, 2028

	
No.  [____]

	 	 	
[Date]

	
$[_______]

	 	 	
PPN 84611# AF8

For Value Received, the undersigned, Sovran Self Storage, Inc. (herein called "Sovran"), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, and Sovran Acquisition Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (herein called "SALP"; and, together with Sovran, the "Obligors") hereby, jointly and severally, promise to pay to [_______] or registered assigns, the principal sum of [_______] Dollars on July 21, 2028 with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a) on the unpaid balance thereof at the rate of 3.67% per annum from the date hereof, payable semi-annually, on the 21st day of January and July in each year and at maturity, commencing with the January or July next succeeding the date hereof, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by law on any overdue payment (including any overdue prepayment) of principal, any overdue payment of interest and any overdue payment of any Make-Whole Amount (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below), payable semi-annually as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand), at a rate per annum from time to time equal to the greater of (i) 5.42% or (ii) 1.75% over the rate of interest publicly announced by JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA from time to time in New York, New York, as its "base" or "prime" rate.

Payments of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at the principal office of the Obligors in New York or at such other place as the Obligors shall have designated by written notice to the holder of this Note as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below.

This Note is one of a series of Senior Guaranteed Notes (herein called the "Notes") issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2016 (as from time to time amended or modified, the "Note Purchase Agreement"), among the Obligors and the respective Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof.  Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance hereof, (i) to have agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 20 of the Note Purchase Agreement and (ii) to have made the representation set forth in Section 6.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement.

This Note is a registered Note of the same series and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note of the same series for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee.  Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Obligors may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the Obligors will not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

This Note is subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, at the times and on the terms specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, but not otherwise.

If an Event of Default, as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement, occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at the price (including any applicable Make-Whole Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase Agreement.

This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the issuer and holder hereof shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.

	 	
SOVRAN SELF STORAGE, INC.

 

 

 

By:                                                              

          Name:

          Title:

 

 

	 	
SOVRAN ACQUISITION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

By: Sovran Holdings, Inc., its general partner

 

 

 

By:                                                              

          Name:

          Title:

 

Exhibit 4.4(a)

Form of Opinion of Counsel to the Obligors

[Omitted]

Exhibit 4.4(b)

Form of Opinion of Special Counsel to the Purchasers

[Omitted]

Exhibit 9.5(b)

Forms of Subsidiary Guaranty and Joinder to Subsidiary Guaranty

Attached.

	 	
 

[Form of]

Subsidiary Guaranty

Dated as of [_______]

By

Certain Subsidiary Guarantors

Re:  $200,000,000 3.67% Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series F, due July 21, 2028

of

Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

Sovran Acquisition Limited Partnership

Table of Contents

(Not a part of the Agreement)

	
SECTION

	
HEADING

 

	 
	
SECTION 1.

	
GUARANTY OF NOTES

	 
	
Section 1.1.

	
Guaranty

	 
	
Section 1.2.

	
Obligations Absolute and Unconditional

	 
	
Section 1.3.

	
Subrogation

	 
	
Section 1.4.

	
Contribution

	 
	
Section 1.5.

	
Preference

	 
	
Section 1.6.

	
Marshalling

	 
	 	 	 
	
SECTION 2. 

	
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

	 
	
Section 2.1.

	
Organization; Power and Authority

	 
	
Section 2.2.

	
Authorization, Etc

	 
	
Section 2.3.

	
Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc

	 
	
Section 2.4.

	
Governmental Authorizations, Etc

	 
	
Section 2.5.

	
Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders

	 
	
Section 2.6.

	
Solvency

	 
	 	 	 
	
SECTION 3.

	
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

	 
	
Section 3.1.

	
Compliance with Law

	 
	
Section 3.2.

	
Insurance

	 
	
Section 3.3.

	
Maintenance of Properties

	 
	
Section 3.4.

	
Payment of Taxes and Claims

	 
	
Section 3.5.

	
Existence, Etc

	 
	
Section 3.6.

	
Guaranty to Rank Pari Passu

	 
	 	 	 
	
SECTION 4. 

	
SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT

	 
	 	 	 
	
SECTION 5.

	
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER

	 
	
Section 5.1.

	
Requirements

	 
	
Section 5.2.

	
Solicitation of Holders of Notes

	 
	
Section 5.3.

	
Binding Effect, Etc

	 
	
Section 5.4.

	
Notes Held by Subsidiary Guarantors, Etc

	 
	
Section 5.5.

	
Purchase of Notes

	 
	 	 	 
	
SECTION 6.

	
NOTICES

	 
	 	 	 
	
SECTION 7.

	
MISCELLANEOUS

	 
	
Section 7.1.

	
Successors and Assigns

	 
	
Section 7.2.

	
Severability

	 
	
Section 7.3.

	
Construction

	 
	
Section 7.4.

	
Counterparts

	 
	
Section 7.5.

	
Governing Law

	 
	
Section 7.6.

	
Termination

	 
	 	 	 
	
SECTION 8.

	
INDEMNITY

	 
	 	 	 
	
Signature

	 	 

	
SCHEDULE I

	
3⁄4

	
Address for Notices to Subsidiary Guarantors

	 	 	 
	
ANNEX 1

	
3⁄4

	
Form of Guaranty Joinder Agreement

Guaranty Agreement 

	
 

	
Re:        $200,000,000 3.67% Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series F,

due July 21, 2028

of

Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

Sovran Acquisition Limited Partnership

 

	 	
Dated as of [________]

To Each of the Purchasers Listed in Schedule A

 to the hereinafter defined Note Purchase Agreement: 

Ladies and Gentlemen: 

Reference is hereby made to that certain Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2016 (the "Note Purchase Agreement"), among Sovran Self Storage, Inc., a Maryland corporation ("Sovran"), Sovran Acquisition Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership ("SALP" and together with Sovran, the "Obligors"), and certain Institutional Investors, respectively (individually a "Purchaser" and collectively the "Purchasers"), under and pursuant to which the Obligors have issued $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of their 3.67% Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series F, due July 21, 2028 (the "Notes").  Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Schedule B to the Note Purchase Agreement. 

Each of the undersigned, together with any entity which may become a party hereto by execution and delivery of a Guaranty Joinder Agreement in substantially the form set forth as Annex 1 hereto (a "Guaranty Joinder Agreement") (which parties are hereinafter referred to individually as a "Subsidiary Guarantor" and collectively as the "Subsidiary Guarantors") is a direct or indirect subsidiary of one of the Obligors.  The Subsidiary Guarantors are part of an affiliated group of corporations with the Obligors and each will receive substantial direct and indirect benefit by reason of the original issue and sale by the Obligors of the Notes and each views the issuance and sale by the Obligors of the Notes to the Purchasers as in the best interests of such Subsidiary Guarantor.  As an inducement to and in consideration of the purchase by the Purchasers of the Notes, each of the Obligors has agreed to cause each of their Subsidiaries, except for Excluded Subsidiaries, to execute and deliver to the holders of the Notes a Subsidiary Guaranty or joinder agreement to the Subsidiary Guaranty, as applicable, if certain conditions, as set forth in Section 9.5(b) to the Note Purchase Agreement, apply pursuant to which the applicable Subsidiary will unconditionally guarantee the prompt payment of all amounts of principal, interest and Make‐Whole Amount, if any, which may become due and payable from time to time with respect to the Notes.

In consideration of the foregoing, each of the undersigned does hereby covenant and agree with the Purchasers and with each and every subsequent holder of the Notes as follows: 

Section 1.  Guaranty of Notes.

Section 1.1.  Guaranty.  

          (a)     The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, absolutely and unconditionally guarantee to the holders from time to time of the Notes: (a) the full and prompt payment of the principal of all of the Notes and of the interest thereon at the rate therein stipulated and the Make‐Whole Amount (if any), when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether by lapse of time, upon redemption or prepayment, by extension or by acceleration or declaration, or otherwise (including (to the extent legally enforceable) interest due on overdue payments of principal, Make‐Whole Amount (if any) or interest at the rate set forth in the Notes), (b) the full and prompt performance and observance by the Obligors of each and all of the obligations, covenants and agreements required to be performed or observed by the Obligors under the terms of the Notes and the Note Purchase Agreement, and (c) the full and prompt payment, upon demand by any holder of the Notes, of all costs and expenses, legal or otherwise (including attorneys' fees) and such expenses, if any, as shall have been expended or incurred in the protection or enforcement of any right or privilege under the Notes or the Note Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, in any consultation or action in connection therewith, and in each and every case irrespective of the validity, regularity, or enforcement of any of the Notes or the Note Purchase Agreement or any of the terms thereof or of any other like circumstance or circumstances.  The guaranty of the Notes herein provided for is a guaranty of the immediate and timely payment of the principal and interest on the Notes and the Make‐Whole Amount (if any) as and when the same are due and payable and shall not be deemed to be a guaranty only of the collectibility of such payments and that in consequence thereof each holder of the Notes may sue each Subsidiary Guarantor directly upon such principal and interest becoming so due and payable. 

          (b)     The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to the lesser of (i) the obligations of the Obligors guaranteed hereunder, or (ii) a maximum aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render its obligations hereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any applicable provisions of comparable state law (collectively, the "Fraudulent Transfer Laws"), if and to the extent such Subsidiary Guarantor (or a trustee on its behalf) has properly invoked the protections of the Fraudulent Transfer Laws in each case after giving effect to all other liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor, contingent or otherwise, that are relevant under the Fraudulent Transfer Laws. 

Section 1.2.  Obligations Absolute and Unconditional.  The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under this Agreement shall be absolute and unconditional and shall remain in full force and effect until the entire principal, interest and Make‐Whole Amount (if any) on the Notes and all other sums due pursuant to Section 1.1 shall have been paid and such obligations shall not be affected, modified or impaired upon the happening from time to time of any event, including, without limitation, any of the following, whether or not with notice to or the consent of such Subsidiary Guarantor: 

          (a)     the power or authority or the lack of power or authority of either Obligor to issue the Notes or to execute and deliver the Note Purchase Agreement, and irrespective of the validity of the Notes, or the Note Purchase Agreement or of any defense whatsoever that either Obligor or any other Subsidiary Guarantor may or might have to the payment of the Notes (principal, interest and Make‐Whole Amount, if any) or to the performance or observance of any of the provisions or conditions of the Note Purchase Agreement, or the existence or continuance of either Obligor or any other Subsidiary Guarantor as a legal entity; 

          (b)     any failure to present the Notes for payment or to demand payment thereof, or to give either Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor notice of dishonor for non‐payment of the Notes, when and as the same may become due and payable, or notice of any failure on the part of either Obligor to do any act or thing or to perform or to keep any covenant or agreement by it to be done, kept or performed under the terms of the Notes or the Note Purchase Agreement; 

          (c)     the acceptance of any security or any guaranty, the advance of additional money to either Obligor, any extension of the obligation of the Notes, either indefinitely or for any period of time, or any other modification in the obligation of the Notes or of the Note Purchase Agreement or of either Obligor thereon, or in connection therewith, or any sale, release, substitution or exchange of any security; 

          (d)     any act or failure to act with regard to the Notes or the Note Purchase Agreement or anything which might vary the risk of either Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor; 

          (e)     any action taken under the Note Purchase Agreement in the exercise of any right or power thereby conferred or any failure or omission on the part of any holder of any Note to first enforce any right or security given under the Note Purchase Agreement or any failure or omission on the part of any holder of any of the Notes to first enforce any right against either Obligor or any other Subsidiary Guarantor; 

          (f)     the waiver, compromise, settlement, release or termination of any or all of the obligations, covenants or agreements of either Obligor or any other Subsidiary Guarantor contained in the Note Purchase Agreement, or this Agreement or of the payment, performance or observance thereof; 

          (g)     the failure to give notice to either Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor of the occurrence of any breach by any Subsidiary Guarantor of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or any Default or Event of Default under the Note Purchase Agreement; 

          (h)     the extension of the time for payment of any principal of, or interest (or Make‐Whole Amount, if any), on any Note owing or payable on such Note or of the time of or for performance of any obligations, covenants or agreements under or arising out of the Note Purchase Agreement or the extension or the renewal of any thereof; 

          (i)     the modification or amendment (whether material or otherwise) of any obligation, covenant or agreement set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement or the Notes or this Agreement; 

          (j)     any failure, omission, delay or lack on the part of the holders of the Notes to enforce, assert or exercise any right, power or remedy conferred on the holders of the Notes in the Note Purchase Agreement or the Notes or any other act or acts on the part of the holders from time to time of the Notes; 

          (k)     the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets, marshalling of assets and liabilities, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization or arrangement under bankruptcy or similar laws, composition with creditors or readjustment of, or other similar procedures affecting either Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any of the assets of any of them, or any allegation or contest of the validity of the Note Purchase Agreement or the disaffirmance of the Note Purchase Agreement in any such proceeding (it being understood that the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Agreement shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment made with respect to the Notes is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by any holder of the Notes upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of either Obligor or any Subsidiary Guarantor, all as though such payment had not been made); 

          (l)     any event or action that would, in the absence of this clause, result in the release or discharge by operation of law of such Subsidiary Guarantor from the performance or observance of any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement; 

          (m)     the invalidity or unenforceability of the Notes or the Note Purchase Agreement; 

          (n)     the invalidity or unenforceability of the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Agreement, the absence of any action to enforce such obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor, any waiver or consent by such Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to any of the provisions hereof or any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a discharge or defense by such Subsidiary Guarantor, including, without limitation, any failure or delay in the enforcement of the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to this Agreement or of notice thereof; or any suit or other action brought by any shareholder or creditor of, or by, such Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person, for any reason, including, without limitation, any suit or action in any way attacking or involving any issue, matter or thing in respect of this Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement, the Notes or any other agreement; 

          (o)     the default or failure of such Subsidiary Guarantor fully to perform any of its covenants or obligations set forth in this Agreement;

          (p)     the impossibility or illegality of performance on the part of either Obligor or any other Person of its obligations under the Notes, the Note Purchase Agreement, this Agreement or any other instruments; 

          (q)     in respect of either Obligor or any other Person, any change of circumstances, whether or not foreseen or foreseeable, whether or not imputable to either Obligor or any other Person, or other impossibility of performance through fire, explosion, accident, labor disturbance, floods, droughts, embargoes, wars (whether or not declared), civil commotions, acts of God or the public enemy, delays or failure of suppliers or carriers, inability to obtain materials, action of any federal or state regulatory body or agency, change of law or any other causes affecting performance, or other force majeure, whether or not beyond the control of either Obligor or any other Person and whether or not of the kind hereinbefore specified; 

          (r)     any attachment, claim, demand, charge, Lien, order, process, encumbrance or any other happening or event or reason, similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, or any withholding or diminution at the source, by reason of any taxes, assessments, expenses, Debt, obligations or liabilities of any character, foreseen or unforeseen, and whether or not valid, incurred by or against any Person, or any claims, demands, charges or Liens of any nature, foreseen or unforeseen, incurred by any Person, or against any sums payable under the Note Purchase Agreement or this Agreement so that such sums would be rendered inadequate or would be unavailable to make the payments herein provided; 

          (s)     the failure of such Subsidiary Guarantor to receive any benefit or consideration from or as a result of its execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; 

          (t)     any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance by either Obligor, any other Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person of any obligations of any kind or character whatsoever of either Obligor, any other Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person (including, without limitation, the obligations and undertakings of either Obligor or any other Person under the Notes or the Note Purchase Agreement); 

          (u)     any order, judgment, decree, ruling or regulation (whether or not valid) of any court of any nation or of any political subdivision thereof or any body, agency, department, official or administrative or regulatory agency of any thereof or any other action, happening, event or reason whatsoever which shall delay, interfere with, hinder or prevent, or in any way adversely affect, the performance by any party of its respective obligations under the Notes, this Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement or any instrument relating thereto; or 

          (v)     any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, such Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Agreement; 

provided that the specific enumeration of the above‐mentioned acts, failures or omissions shall not be deemed to exclude any other acts, failures or omissions, though not specifically mentioned above, it being the purpose and intent of this paragraph that the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be discharged, impaired or varied except by the payment to the holders thereof of the principal of, Make‐Whole Amount, if any, and interest on the Notes, and of all other sums due and owing to the holders of the Notes pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, and then only to the extent of such payments.  Without limiting any of the other terms or provisions hereof, it is understood and agreed that in order to hold each Subsidiary Guarantor liable hereunder, there shall be no obligation on the part of any holder of any Note to resort, in any manner or form, for payment, to either Obligor, to any other Subsidiary Guarantor, to any other Person or to the properties or estates of any of the foregoing.  All rights of the holder of any Note pursuant thereto or to this Agreement may be transferred or assigned at any time or from time to time and shall be considered to be transferred or assigned upon the transfer of such Note, whether with or without the consent of or notice to any Subsidiary Guarantor, or either Obligor.  Without limiting the foregoing, it is understood that repeated and successive demands may be made and recoveries may be had hereunder as and when, from time to time, either Obligor shall default under the terms of the Notes or the Note Purchase Agreement and that notwithstanding recovery hereunder for or in respect of any given default or defaults by either Obligor under the Notes or the Note Purchase Agreement, this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall apply to each and every subsequent default. 

Section 1.3.  Subrogation.  To the extent of any payments made under this Agreement, each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the holder of the Notes receiving such payments, but such Subsidiary Guarantor covenants and agrees that such right of subrogation shall be subordinate in right of payment to the rights of any holders of the Notes for which full payment has not been made or provided for and, to that end, such Subsidiary Guarantor agrees not to claim or enforce any such right of subrogation or any right of set‐off or any other right which may arise on account of any payment made by such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any right of reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of any holder of the Notes against either Obligor or any other Subsidiary Guarantor, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from either Obligor or any other Subsidiary Guarantor, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set‐off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until 366 days after all of the Notes owned by Persons other than such Subsidiary Guarantor and all other sums due or payable under the Note Purchase Agreement have been fully paid and discharged or payment therefor has been provided.  If any amount shall be paid to such Subsidiary Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence at any time prior to the indefeasible cash payment in full of the Notes and all other amounts payable under the Note Purchase Agreement, such amounts shall be held in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Notes and shall forthwith be paid to the holders of the Notes to be credited and applied to the amounts due or to become due with respect to the Notes and all other amounts payable under the Note Purchase Agreement, whether matured or unmatured. 

Section 1.4.  Contribution.  To the extent of any payments made under this Agreement, each Subsidiary Guarantor making such payment shall have a right of contribution from the other Subsidiary Guarantors, but such Subsidiary Guarantor covenants and agrees that such right of contribution shall be subordinate in right of payment to the rights of the holders of the Notes for which full payment has not been made or provided for and, to that end, such Subsidiary Guarantor agrees not to claim or enforce any such right of contribution unless and until all of the Notes and all other sums due and payable under the Note Purchase Agreement have been fully and irrevocably paid and discharged. 

Section 1.5.  Preference.  Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that to the extent either Obligor, any other Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person makes any payment on the Notes, which payment or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, voided, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered, rescinded or is required to be retained by or repaid to a trustee, liquidator, receiver or any other Person under any bankruptcy code or other statute, common law or equitable cause, then and to the extent of such payment, the obligation or the part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect with respect to such Subsidiary Guarantor's obligations hereunder, as if said payment had not been made.  The liability of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder shall not be reduced or discharged, in whole or in part, by any payment to any holder of the Notes from any source that is thereafter paid, returned or refunded in whole or in part by reason of the assertion of a claim of any kind relating thereto, including, but not limited to, any claim for breach of contract, breach of warranty, preference, illegality, invalidity or fraud asserted by any account debtor or by any other Person. 

Section 1.6.  Marshalling.  None of the holders of the Notes shall be under any obligation (a) to marshal any assets in favor of any Subsidiary Guarantor or in payment of any or all of the liabilities of either Obligor under or in respect of the Notes or the obligation of any Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder or (b) to pursue any other remedy that any Subsidiary Guarantor may or may not be able to pursue itself and that may lessen such Subsidiary Guarantor's burden or any right to which such Subsidiary Guarantor hereby expressly waives.  The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under this Agreement rank pari passu in right of payment with all other Debt (actual or contingent) of such Subsidiary Guarantor which is not secured or the subject of any statutory trust or preference or which is not expressly subordinated in right of payment to any other Debt. 

Section 2.   Representations and Warranties of the Subsidiary Guarantors.

Each Subsidiary Guarantor represents and warrants to you that, as of the date of such Subsidiary Guarantor's execution and delivery of this Agreement (or joinder hereto, as applicable): 

Section 2.1.  Organization; Power and Authority.  Such Subsidiary Guarantor is a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign business organization and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Such Subsidiary Guarantor has the power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform the provisions hereof. 

Section 2.2.  Authorization, Etc.  This Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Subsidiary Guarantor, and this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Subsidiary Guarantor enforceable against such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 

Section 2.3.  Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc.  

          (a)     The execution, delivery and performance by such Subsidiary Guarantor of this Agreement will not (i) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien in respect of any property of such Subsidiary Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, organizational documents, or any other agreement or instrument to which such Subsidiary Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or by which such Subsidiary Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected, (ii) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to such Subsidiary Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to such Subsidiary Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries. 

          (b)     All obligations under this Agreement of such Subsidiary Guarantor are direct and unsecured obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor ranking pari passu as against the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor with all other existing unsecured Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor (actual or contingent) which is not expressed to be subordinated or junior in rank to any other unsecured Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor. 

Section 2.4.  Governmental Authorizations, Etc.  No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by such Subsidiary Guarantor of this Agreement. 

Section 2.5.  Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders.  

          (a)     There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of such Subsidiary Guarantor, threatened against or affecting such Subsidiary Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries or any property of such Subsidiary Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

          (b)     Neither such Subsidiary Guarantor nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default under any term of any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or is in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation (including without limitation Environmental Laws) of any Governmental Authority, which default or violation, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

Section 2.6.  Solvency.  The fair value of the business and assets of each Subsidiary Guarantor exceeds the amount that will be required to pay its respective liabilities (including, without limitation, contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities on existing debts, as such liabilities may become absolute and matured), in each case after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  Each Subsidiary Guarantor, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, will not be engaged in any business or transaction, or about to engage in any business or transaction, for which such Person has unreasonably small assets or capital (within the meaning of the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act and Section 548 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code), and the Subsidiary Guarantors do not have any intent to 

          (a)     hinder, delay or defraud any entity to which any of them is, or will become, on or after the date of this Agreement, indebted, or 

          (b)      incur debts that would be beyond any of their ability to pay as they mature. 

Section 3.  Affirmative Covenants of Subsidiary Guarantors.

Each Subsidiary Guarantor covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding: 

Section 3.1.  Compliance with Law.  Such Subsidiary Guarantor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations to which each of them is subject, including, without limitation, Environmental Laws, and will obtain and maintain in effect all licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of their respective properties or to the conduct of their respective businesses, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that non‐compliance with such laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or failures to obtain or maintain in effect such licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

Section 3.2.  Insurance.  Such Subsidiary Guarantor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to their respective properties and businesses against such casualties and contingencies, of such types, on such terms and in such amounts (including deductibles, co‐insurance and self‐insurance, if adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto) as is customary in the case of entities of established reputations engaged in the same or a similar business and similarly situated. 

Section 3.3.  Maintenance of Properties.  Such Subsidiary Guarantor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain and keep, or cause to be maintained and kept, their respective properties in good repair, working order and condition (other than ordinary wear and tear), so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times; provided that this Section 3.3 shall not prevent such Subsidiary Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries from discontinuing the operation and the maintenance of any of its properties if such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business and such Subsidiary Guarantor has concluded that such discontinuance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

Section 3.4.  Payment of Taxes and Claims.  Such Subsidiary Guarantor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, file all tax returns required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and discharge all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes, assessments, governmental charges, or levies imposed on them or any of their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes, assessments, charges and levies have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent and all claim for which sums have become due and payable that have or might become a Lien on properties or assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that neither such Subsidiary Guarantor nor any of its Subsidiaries need pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim if (a) the amount, applicability or validity thereof is contested by such Subsidiary Guarantor or such Subsidiary on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings, and such Subsidiary Guarantor or such Subsidiary has established adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP on the books of such Subsidiary Guarantor or such Subsidiary or (b) the nonpayment of all such taxes, assessments, charges, levies and claims in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  

Section 3.5.  Existence, Etc.  Such Subsidiary Guarantor will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its organizational existence.  Such Subsidiary Guarantor will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect the organizational existence of each of its Subsidiaries (unless merged into such Subsidiary Guarantor or a Subsidiary) and all rights and franchises of such Subsidiary Guarantor and its Subsidiaries unless, in the good faith judgment of such Subsidiary Guarantor, the termination of or failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect such organizational existence, right or franchise could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. 

Section 3.6.  Guaranty to Rank Pari Passu.  The obligation of such Subsidiary Guarantor under Section 1 of this Agreement is and at all times shall remain a direct and unsecured obligation of such Subsidiary Guarantor ranking pari passu as against the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor with all other present and future unsecured Debt (actual or contingent) of such Subsidiary Guarantor which is not expressed to be subordinate or junior in rank to any other unsecured Debt of such Subsidiary Guarantor. 

Section 4.   Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement.

All representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes, the purchase or transfer by any Purchaser of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be relied upon by any subsequent holder of a Note, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of the Purchasers or any other holder of a Note.  All statements contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of each Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed representations and warranties of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Agreement.  Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding of the Subsidiary Guarantors regarding the transactions contemplated by the Note Purchase Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.

Section 5.  Amendment and Waiver.

Section 5.1.  Requirements.  This Agreement may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof may be waived (either retroactively or prospectively), with (and only with) the written consent of each Subsidiary Guarantor and the Required Holders, except that (a) no such amendment or waiver may, without the written consent of the holder of each Note at the time outstanding affected thereby, (i) change the percentage of the principal amount of the Notes the holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or waiver, or (ii) amend this Section 5 or Section 1 and (b) no consent of the holders of the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be required in connection with the execution and delivery of a Guaranty Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Annex 1 or other addition of any additional Subsidiary Guarantor, and each Subsidiary Guarantor, by its execution and delivery of this Agreement (or joinder hereto) consents to the addition of each additional Subsidiary Guarantor. 

Section 5.2.  Solicitation of Holders of Notes.

          (a)     Solicitation. The Subsidiary Guarantors will provide each holder of the Notes (irrespective of the amount of Notes then owned by it) with sufficient information, sufficiently far in advance of the date a decision is required, to enable such holder to make an informed and considered decision with respect to any proposed amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the provisions hereof.  The Subsidiary Guarantors will deliver executed or true and correct copies of each amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5 to each holder of outstanding Notes promptly following the date on which it receives the consent or approval of, the requisite holders of Notes. 

          (b)     Payment.  No Subsidiary Guarantor will directly or indirectly pay or cause to be paid any remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or additional interest, fee or otherwise, or grant any security, to any holder of Notes as consideration for or as an inducement to the entering into by any holder of Notes of any waiver or amendment of any of the terms and provisions hereof unless such remuneration is concurrently paid, or security is concurrently granted, on the same terms, ratably to each holder of Notes then outstanding even if such holder did not consent to such waiver or amendment. 

Section 5.3.  Binding Effect, Etc.  Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 5 applies equally to all holders of Notes and is binding upon them and upon each future holder of any Note and upon the Subsidiary Guarantors without regard to whether such Note has been marked to indicate such amendment or waiver.  No such amendment or waiver will extend to or affect any obligation, covenant, agreement or breach by any Subsidiary Guarantor of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or Default or Event of Default under the Note Purchase Agreement not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon.  No course of dealing between any Subsidiary Guarantor and the holder of any Note nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder of such Note.  As used herein, the term "this Agreement" and references thereto shall mean this Agreement as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented. 

Section 5.4.  Notes Held by Subsidiary Guarantors, Etc.  Solely for the purpose of determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding approved or consented to any amendment, waiver or consent to be given under this Agreement, or have directed the taking of any action provided herein to be taken upon the direction of the holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, Notes directly or indirectly owned by any Obligor or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed not to be outstanding. 

Section 5.5.  Purchase of Notes.  No Subsidiary Guarantor will nor will any Subsidiary Guarantor permit any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates to purchase, redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of the outstanding Notes except in accordance with Section 1 and upon the payment or prepayment of the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement and the Notes. 

Section 6.  Notices.

All notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and sent (a) by telefacsimile if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by a recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), or (b) by a recognized overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid).  Any such notice must be sent: 

	 	
(i)

	
if to a Purchaser or such Purchaser's nominee, to such Purchaser or such Purchaser's nominee at the address specified for such communications in Schedule A to the Note Purchase Agreement, or at such other address as such Purchaser or such Purchaser's nominee shall have specified to the Subsidiary Guarantors in writing, 

 

	 	
(ii)

	
if to any other holder of any Note, to such holder at such address as such other holder shall have specified to the Subsidiary Guarantors in writing, or 

 

	 	
(iii)

	
if to any Subsidiary Guarantor, to such Subsidiary Guarantor at its address set forth on Schedule I attached hereto to the attention of the Chief Financial Officer, or at such other address as such Subsidiary Guarantor shall have specified to the holder of each Note in writing. 

 

Notices under this Section 6 will be deemed given only when actually received. 

Section 7.  Miscellaneous. 

Section 7.1.  Successors and Assigns.  All covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of any Subsidiary Guarantor or any holder of a Note bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns (including, without limitation, any subsequent holder of a Note) whether so expressed or not. 

Section 7.2.  Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 

Section 7.3.  Construction.  Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent express provision to the contrary) as being independent of each other covenant contained herein, so that compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such an express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with any other covenant.  Where any provision herein refers to action to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person. 

Section 7.4.  Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.  Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto. 

Section 7.5.  Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the Subsidiary Guarantors and each holder of a Note shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York, excluding choice‐of‐law principles of the law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State. 

Section 7.6.  Termination. Upon notice and certification by the Obligors to each holder of Notes in respect of any Subsidiary Guarantor as provided in, and satisfying the requirements of, Section 9.5(d) of the Note Purchase Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate as to such Subsidiary Guarantor.

Section 8.  Indemnity.

To the fullest extent of applicable law, each Subsidiary Guarantor shall indemnify and save each holder of a Note harmless from and against any losses which may arise by virtue of any of the obligations hereby guaranteed being or becoming for any reason whatsoever in whole or in part void, voidable, contrary to law, invalid, ineffective or otherwise unenforceable by the holders of the Notes or any of them in accordance with its terms (all of the foregoing, collectively, an "Indemnifiable Circumstance").  For greater certainty, these losses shall include without limitation all obligations hereby guaranteed which would have been payable by the Obligors but for the existence of an Indemnifiable Circumstance; provided, however, that the extent of each Subsidiary Guarantor's aggregate liability under this Section 8 shall not at any time exceed the amount (but for any Indemnifiable Circumstance) otherwise guaranteed pursuant to Section 1.  

In Witness Whereof, this Guaranty Agreement has been duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.  

	 	
Very truly yours,

 

[NAME OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR]

 

 

By                                                                 

     Name:

     Title:

Schedule I 

Addresses for Notices to Subsidiary Guarantors 

c/o Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

6467 Main Street

Buffalo, New York  14221‐5890 

With a copy to: 

Deborah A. Doxey, Esq.

Philips Lytle LLP

One Canalside

125 Main Street

Buffalo, New York 14203

Form of Guaranty Joinder Agreement 

To the Holders of the Notes (as hereinafter 

     defined) of Sovran Self Storage, Inc. and

     Sovran Acquisition Limited Partnership 

Ladies and Gentlemen: 

Whereas, the Obligors (as defined herein below) issued $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.67% Senior Guaranteed Notes, Series F, due July 21, 2028 (the "Notes") pursuant to that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of July 21, 2016 (the "Note Purchase Agreement") among Sovran Self Storage, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and Sovran Acquisition Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the "Obligors"), and each of the purchasers named on Schedule A thereto (the "Initial Note Purchasers"). 

Whereas, the Initial Note Purchasers required that certain subsidiaries of the Obligors enter into a Subsidiary Guaranty as security for the Notes (the "Subsidiary Guaranty"). 

Pursuant to Section 9.5 of the Note Purchase Agreement, the Obligors have agreed to cause the undersigned, __________, a __________ organized under the laws of __________ (the "Additional Subsidiary Guarantor"), to join in the Subsidiary Guaranty.  In accordance with the requirements of the Subsidiary Guaranty, the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor desires to amend (a) the definition of Subsidiary Guarantor (as the same may have been heretofore amended) set forth in the Subsidiary Guaranty attached hereto so that at all times from and after the date hereof, the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor shall be jointly and severally liable as set forth in the Subsidiary Guaranty for the obligations of the Obligors under the Note Purchase Agreement and Notes to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Subsidiary Guaranty and (b) Schedule I to the Subsidiary Guaranty to include the address of the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor set forth on the signature page hereto. 

The undersigned is the duly elected ___________ of the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor, a subsidiary of the Obligors, and is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Guaranty Joinder Agreement to each of you.  The execution by the undersigned of this Guaranty Joinder Agreement shall evidence its consent to and acknowledgment and approval of the terms set forth herein and in the Subsidiary Guaranty and by such execution the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed to have made in favor of the holders of the Notes the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 of the Subsidiary Guaranty. 

Upon execution of this Guaranty Joinder Agreement, the Subsidiary Guaranty shall be deemed to be amended as set forth above.  Except as amended herein, the terms and provisions of the Subsidiary Guaranty are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved in all respects. 

Any and all notices, requests, certificates and other instruments (including the Notes) may refer to the Subsidiary Guaranty without making specific reference to this Guaranty Joinder Agreement, but nevertheless all such references shall be deemed to include this Guaranty Joinder Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. 

	
Dated:  _______________, ______

	
[NAME OF ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR] 

 

 

 

By                                                                   

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     Title:  

 

Address for Notices: 

 

                                                                         

                                                                        

                                                                         

 

Exhibit 9.5(c)

Forms of Closing Certificate

Attached.

Form of Closing Certificate 

Pursuant to Section 9.5 of the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of July 21, 2016 (as it may hereafter be amended, modified, extended or restated from time to time, the "Note Purchase Agreement"), among Sovran Self Storage, Inc., a Maryland corporation, Sovran Acquisition Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, and the institutions named in Schedule A thereto, the undersigned [Insert Title of Officer] of [Insert Name of Guarantor] hereby certifies as follows: 

          1.     The representations and warranties of [Insert Name of Guarantor] set forth in Section 2 of the Subsidiary Guaranty are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof with the same effect as if made on the date hereof, except for representations and warranties expressly stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date. 

          2.     _____________ is the duly elected and qualified Corporate Secretary of [Insert Name of Guarantor] and the signature set forth for such officer below is such officer's true and genuine signature. 

The undersigned Corporate Secretary of [Insert Name of Guarantor] certifies as follows: 

          3.     There are no liquidation or dissolution proceedings pending or to my knowledge threatened against [Insert Name of Guarantor], nor has any other event occurred adversely affecting or threatening the continued corporate existence of [Insert Name of Guarantor]. 

          4.     [Insert Name of Guarantor] is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization. 

          5.     Attached hereto as Annex 1 is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of [Insert Name of Guarantor] on ______________; such resolutions have not in any way been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded, have been in full force and effect since their adoption to and including the date hereof and are now in full force and effect and are the only corporate proceedings of [Insert Name of Guarantor] now in force relating to or affecting the matters referred to therein. 

          6.     Attached hereto as Annex 2 is a true and complete copy of the By‐Laws (or equivalent) [Insert Name of Guarantor] as in effect on the date hereof. 

          7.     Attached hereto as Annex 3 is a true and complete copy of the Certificate of Incorporation (or equivalent) of [Insert Name of Guarantor] as in effect on the date hereof, and such certificate has not been amended, repealed, modified or restated (except to the extent of the amendments attached hereto). 

          8.     The following persons are now duly elected and qualified officers of [Insert Name of Guarantor] holding the offices indicated next to their respective names below, and the signatures appearing opposite their respective names below are the true and genuine signatures of such officers, and each of such officers is duly authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of [Insert Name of Guarantor] [the Joinder Agreement and] the Subsidiary Guaranty: 

	
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In Witness Whereof, the undersigned have hereunto set our names as of the date set forth below. 

	
                                                                        

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Date:                             , ____

	 

Exhibit 10.1

Compliance Certificate of Chief Financial Officer

(Incurrence of Debt)

The undersigned, being the Chief Financial Officer of Sovran Self Storage, Inc.  ("Sovran") and Sovran Acquisition Limited Partnership ("SALP," and together with Sovran, collectively referred to herein as the "Obligors"), HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT:

This compliance certificate is furnished pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of July 21, 2016 among the Obligors and the Purchasers listed on Schedule A thereto (as the same may now or hereafter be amended from time to time, the "Note Agreement").  Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms used in this compliance certificate and Schedule 1 attached hereto have the meanings given them in the Note Agreement.

The Obligors hereby give the holders of the Notes notice that an Obligor, a Subsidiary Guarantor or a Subsidiary plans to incur Debt for borrowed money which will cause the aggregate amount of Debt for borrowed money incurred since delivery of the most recent compliance certificate to exceed $5,000,000.

Schedule 1 attached hereto sets forth the financial data and computations evidencing the Obligors' compliance with the covenants contained in Sections 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11 and 10.18 of the Note Agreement on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Debt for borrowed money, all of which data and computations, to the best knowledge and belief of the chief financial officer executing and delivering this compliance certificate on behalf of the Obligors (the "Chief Financial Officer"), are true, complete and correct.

The activities of the Obligors, the Subsidiary Guarantor or the Subsidiary, as applicable, have been reviewed by the Chief Financial Officer and/or by employees or agents under his immediate supervision.  The Chief Financial Officer certifies that he is authorized to execute and deliver this compliance certificate on behalf of each Obligor.

Executed as of this ___ day of ____________, 20__.

	 	
SOVRAN SELF STORAGE, INC.

 

 

By:                                                               

       Name:

       Title:

 

	 	
SOVRAN ACQUISITION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

By: Sovran Holdings, Inc., its general partner

 

 

By:                                                               

       Name:

       Title:

 

 

Exhibit 10.4(a)

Compliance Certificate of

[Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer]

(Merger, Consolidation or Reorganization)

The undersigned, being the [Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer] of Sovran Self Storage, Inc. ("Sovran") and Sovran Acquisition Limited Partnership ("SALP" and together with Sovran, the "Obligors"), HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT:

This compliance certificate is furnished pursuant to Section 10.4(a) of the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of July 21, 2016 among the Obligors and the Purchasers listed on Schedule A thereto (as the same may now or hereafter be amended from time to time, the "Note Agreement").  Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms used in this compliance certificate and Schedule 1 attached hereto have the meanings given them in the Note Agreement.

The undersigned hereby gives the holders of Notes notice that an Obligor, a Subsidiary Guarantor, an Operating Subsidiary or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary plans to become a party to a merger, consolidation or reorganization requiring a compliance certificate under Section 10.4(a) of the Note Agreement.

Schedule 1 attached hereto sets forth the financial data and computations evidencing the Obligors' compliance with the covenants contained in Section 10 of the Note Agreement on a pro forma basis, all of which data and computations, to the best knowledge and belief of the [chief financial officer/treasurer] executing and delivering this compliance certificate (the "[Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer]"), are true, complete and correct.  Furthermore, the undersigned certifies that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or would occur and be continuing after giving effect to such merger, consolidation or reorganization and all liabilities, fixed or contingent, pursuant thereto;

The activities of the Obligors, the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Operating Subsidiary or the Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, as applicable, have been reviewed by the [Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer] and/or by employees or agents under his immediate supervision.  The [Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer] certifies that he is authorized to execute and deliver this compliance certificate on behalf of each Obligor.

Executed as of this __ day of ____________, 20__.

	 	
SOVRAN SELF STORAGE, INC.

 

 

By:                                                               

       Name:

       Title:

 

	 	
SOVRAN ACQUISITION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

By: Sovran Holdings, Inc., its general partner

 

 

By:                                                               

       Name:

       Title:

 

 

Exhibit 10.4(b)

Compliance Certificate of

[Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer]

(Disposition of Unencumbered Property)

The undersigned [Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer] of Sovran Self Storage, Inc.  ("Sovran") and Sovran Acquisition Limited Partnership ("SALP" and together with Sovran, the "Obligors") HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT:

This compliance certificate is furnished pursuant to Section 10.4(b)(i) or Section 10.4(b)(ii) of the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of July 21, 2016 among the Obligors and the Purchasers listed on Schedule A thereto (as the same may now or hereafter be amended from time to time, the "Note Agreement").  The Obligors hereby give the holders of the Notes notice of the intention of an Obligor, a Subsidiary Guarantor, an Operating Subsidiary or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary to Sell or to grant a Debt Lien on an Unencumbered Property or other asset pursuant to Section 10.4(b)(i) or Section 10.4(b)(ii) of the Note Agreement.  Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms used in this Compliance Certificate and Schedule 1 attached hereto have the meanings described in the Note Agreement.

Schedule 1 attached hereto sets forth the financial data and computations evidencing the Obligors' compliance with the covenants contained in Section 10 of the Note Agreement on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such proposed Sale or Debt Lien and all liabilities, fixed or contingent, pursuant thereto, all of which data and computations, to the knowledge and belief of the [chief financial officer/treasurer] executing and delivering this compliance certificate on behalf of the Obligors (the "[Chief Financial Officer"/"Treasurer]"), are true, complete and correct.

The activities of the Obligors, the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Operating Subsidiary or the Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, as applicable, have been reviewed by the [Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer] and/or by employees or agents under his immediate supervision.  Based upon such review, to the best knowledge and belief of the [Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer],

[(for Section 10.4(b)(i)) both before and after giving effect to the proposed Sale or Debt Lien and all liabilities, fixed or contingent, pursuant thereto, no Default or Event of Default exists or will exist under any Note Agreement.]

[(for Section 10.4(b)(ii)) before giving effect to the proposed Sale or Debt Lien and all liabilities, fixed or contingent, pursuant thereto, no Event of Default exists under any Note Agreement; provided, that if such Sale or Debt Lien is to be made while a Default is continuing, such Sale or Debt Lien (together with other Sales and Debt Liens) will cure the Default before it becomes an Event of Default; and if multiple Sales or Debt Liens are contemplated, the Obligors shall apply the net proceeds of each Sale or Debt Lien to the repayment of the Notes until such Default has been fully cured.  After giving effect to the proposed Sale or Debt Lien and all liabilities, fixed or contingent, pursuant thereto, no Default or Event of Default will exist under the Note Agreement.]The [Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer] certifies that he is authorized to execute and deliver this Compliance Certificate on behalf of each Obligor.

Executed as of this ___ day of ____________, 20__.

	 	
SOVRAN SELF STORAGE, INC.

 

 

By:                                                               

       Name:

       Title:

 

	 	
SOVRAN ACQUISITION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

By: Sovran Holdings, Inc., its general partner

 

 

By:                                                               

       Name:

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Exhibit 10.1

 

REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC.

STOCK-BASED INCENTIVE PROGRAM

_________________________________________

 

PERFORMANCE SHARE AGREEMENT

________________________________________

 

DATE OF GRANT:  May 5, 2016

 

 

1.Grant.  Pursuant to the provisions of the Reynolds American Inc. Amended and Restated 2009 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), Reynolds American Inc. (the “Company”) on the date set forth above, has granted to

 

SUSAN M. CAMERON (the “Grantee”),

 

subject to the terms and conditions which follow and the terms and conditions of the Plan, an initial grant (the “Target Number”) of

 

164,841 Performance Shares.

 

A copy of the Plan has been provided to the Grantee and is made part of this Performance Share Agreement (this “Agreement”) with the same force and effect as if set forth in this Agreement itself.  All capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan, unless otherwise defined in this Agreement.

 

2.Value.  Each Performance Share shall be equal in value to one share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company or any security or other consideration into which such share may be changed by reason of any transaction or event of the type referred to in Section 11 of the Plan (each, a “Share”).

3.Scoring.  (a)  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Performance Shares shall have a one-year performance period, consisting of the twelve-month period beginning May 1, 2016 and ending April 30, 2017 (the “Performance Period”), after which the number of Performance Shares earned (the “Earned Number”) will be determined as provided below, and when vested, will be paid in Shares.

(b)If the Company fails to pay to its shareholders cumulative dividends of at least $1.68 per Share (the “Dividend Threshold”) for the Performance Period (which shall include the dividend paid on each of July 1, 2016, October 1, 2016, January 2, 2017 and April 1, 2017), then the Target Number shall be reduced by an amount equal to three times the percentage of the dividend underpayment for the Performance Period, up to a maximum Target Number reduction of 50% (the “Revised Target Number”), provided that, if the Performance Shares are Assumed in connection with a Change of Control, the Dividend Threshold (and the reduction under this sentence based on the Dividend Threshold) shall not apply.

 

(c)At the end of the Performance Period, after determining if the Dividend Threshold has been met, the Earned Number shall be determined by multiplying the Target Number, or Revised Target Number if the Dividend Threshold has not been met, by the achievement score for the Performance Period (the “LTI Achievement Score”) determined by the Committee guided by its consideration of the overall performance of RAI and its operating companies during the Performance Period against the 2016 annual incentive award program metrics, the Grantee’s progress on her succession planning goals, and such other performance factors as the Committee chooses to consider; provided, however, that such percentage shall in no event be greater than 200%; and provided, further, that the value of the Earned Number of Performance Shares that vest as provided in Section 4 of this Agreement, and are paid as provided in Section 5 of this Agreement, shall not exceed any maximum limits set by the Board of Directors pursuant to its resolutions adopted on May 5, 2016, or otherwise contained in the Plan.

 

 

(d)Notwithstanding anything in Section 3 of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event of a Change of Control prior to the end of the Performance Period, the “Change of Control Earned Number” shall be equal to the product of (i) the Target Number and (ii) the LTI Achievement Score determined by the Committee for the portion of the Performance Period prior to the Change of Control. 

4.Vesting.  (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Earned Number (or in the event of a Change of Control prior to the end of the Performance Period in connection with which the Performance Shares are Assumed, the greatest of (i) the Earned Number, (ii) the Change of Control Earned Number, or (iii) the Target Number) of Performance Shares shall vest on May 1, 2017 (the “Normal Vesting Date”) if the Grantee remains employed by the Company or a Subsidiary until the earlier of (x) the Normal Vesting Date or (y) the date the Board determines the Grantee’s assignment is complete and she ceases to be employed by the Company.

(b)Notwithstanding anything in Section 4(a) of this Agreement to the contrary but subject to the other terms of this Agreement, in the event of the Grantee’s Termination of Employment where the Grantee is eligible for and accepts severance benefits under a Company-sponsored severance plan or agreement with the Company (with eligibility for severance benefits to be determined in the sole discretion of the Company, but for the avoidance of doubt, the Grantee will not be eligible for severance benefits as a result of the circumstances described in Section 4(a)(y)), prior both to the Normal Vesting Date and the occurrence of a Change of Control, the number of Performance Shares that will vest on the Normal Vesting Date shall be equal to the product of (x) the Earned Number and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of days between the Date of Grant and the date of the Grantee’s Termination of Employment, and the denominator of which shall be the number of days between the Date of Grant and the Normal Vesting Date, and the remaining Performance Shares will be forfeited and cancelled on the Normal Vesting Date.

(c)Notwithstanding anything in Section 4(a) of this Agreement to the contrary but subject to the other terms of this Agreement, in the event of (i) the Grantee’s death or (ii) the Grantee’s Termination of Employment due to Permanent Disability (as such term is defined below), in either case prior to both the Normal Vesting Date and the occurrence of a Change of Control, while the Grantee is an active employee of the Company or a Subsidiary, the number of Performance Shares that will vest on the date of the Grantee’s death or the date of the Grantee’s Termination of Employment due to Permanent Disability, as applicable, shall be equal to the product of (x) the Target Number and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of days between the Date of Grant and the date of the Grantee’s death or the date of the Grantee’s Termination of Employment due to Permanent Disability, as applicable, and the denominator of which shall be the number of days between the Date of Grant and the Normal Vesting Date, and the remaining Performance Shares will be forfeited, cancelled and will no longer be considered outstanding on the date of the Grantee’s death or the date of the Grantee’s Termination of Employment due to Permanent Disability, as applicable.  For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Permanent Disability” shall mean that the Grantee has become eligible for and is in receipt of benefits under the Company’s Long-Term Disability Plan.  

(d) (i) Notwithstanding anything in Section 4(a) or Section 4(b) of this Agreement to the contrary but subject to the other terms of this Agreement, in the event of a Change of Control (x) that occurs (A) prior to the Normal Vesting Date and (B) while the Performance Shares remain outstanding, and (y) in connection with which the Performance Shares are not Assumed, the number of Performance Shares that will vest on the date of such Change of Control shall be equal to the higher of (A) the Target Number or (B) the Change of Control Earned Number.

(ii)For purposes of this Agreement, the Performance Shares shall be considered “Assumed” in connection with a Change of Control if this Agreement is continued without change in connection with such Change of Control or, if this Agreement is modified or the Performance Shares are adjusted in connection with such Change in Control, the following requirements are satisfied:  (w) the value of the Performance Shares is not reduced by such modification or adjustment, (x) the Performance Shares as so modified or adjusted relate to publicly traded equity securities of the Company or its successor in the Change of Control (or another entity that is affiliated with the Company or its successor following the Change of Control), (y) if the Grantee is subject to U.S. federal income tax under the Code, the tax consequences under the Code of the Performance Shares as so modified or adjusted are not less favorable to the Grantee than the tax consequences of the Performance Shares before such modification or adjustment, and (z) the other terms and conditions of the Performance Shares as so modified or adjusted are not less favorable to the Grantee than the terms and conditions of the Performance Shares before such modification or adjustment (including the provisions that would apply in the event of a subsequent Change of Control and in the 

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event of the Grantee’s Termination of Employment) and are consistent with Sections 4(d)(iii) and (iv).  The Performance Shares may be Assumed only to the extent such assumption does not result in the Performance Shares failing to comply with Section 409A of the Code.  The determination of whether the conditions of this Section 4(d)(ii) are satisfied will be made by the Committee, as constituted immediately before the Change of Control, in its sole discretion. 

(iii)Notwithstanding anything in Section 4(a) of this Agreement to the contrary but subject to the other terms of this Agreement, if the Performance Shares are Assumed in connection with a Change of Control and the Grantee incurs a Qualified Termination before the Normal Vesting Date and within the two year period following the Change of Control, the number of Performance Shares that shall vest upon such Qualified Termination shall be the higher of (x) the Target Number or (y) the Change of Control Earned Number.

(iv)For purposes of this Section 4(d), a “Qualified Termination” shall mean (x) a Termination of Employment in connection with which the Grantee is or would be eligible to receive severance benefits under a severance plan or agreement that the Company sponsors or is party to as of the Change of Control (based on the terms of such plan or agreement in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control), (y) the Grantee’s death or (z) the Grantee’s Termination of Employment due to Permanent Disability.

(e)Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary but subject to the other terms of this Agreement, in the event of the Grantee’s (i) voluntary Termination of Employment (other than the Grantee’s Termination of Employment where the Grantee is eligible for and accepts severance benefits under a Company-sponsored severance plan or agreement with the Company, or as a result of the circumstances described in Section 4(a)(y)), (ii) involuntary Termination of Employment where the Grantee is not eligible for severance benefits under a Company-sponsored severance plan or agreement with the Company (including, without limitation, a Termination of Employment for Cause, as such term is defined in the relevant severance plan or agreement, but excluding as a result of the circumstances described in Section 4(a)(y)) or (iii) involuntary Termination of Employment where the Grantee is eligible for but does not accept the severance benefits under the relevant Company-sponsored severance plan or agreement with the Company, in each case, prior to the Normal Vesting Date, the Performance Shares shall be immediately forfeited and cancelled and shall not be considered outstanding.

5.Payment.  (a)  Payment of vested Performance Shares shall be made only in Shares.  At the Company’s sole discretion, such Shares may be issued in certificated or book-entry form.

(b)Except as set forth in Section 5(c) of this Agreement, no payment of vested Performance Shares shall be made to the Grantee prior to the end of the Performance Period.  Except as otherwise provided by this Agreement, payment of vested Performance Shares shall be made as soon as practicable following the Normal Vesting Date, and in any event no later than March 15, 2018. 

(c)In the event that the Performance Shares vest pursuant to Section 4(c), Section 4(d)(i) or Section 4(d)(iii), the payment of the vested Performance Shares shall be made as soon as practicable after the applicable vesting event, and in any case no later than March 15 after the end of the year in which such event occurs.

(d)Any payment to which the Grantee is entitled under this Agreement by reason of (or otherwise after) the Grantee’s death shall be made to the Grantee’s estate.

6.Termination of Employment.  For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Termination of Employment” shall mean termination from active employment with the Company or a Subsidiary, a successor to the Company or a Subsidiary in a Change of Control, or another entity that is affiliated with the Company or its successor following the Change of Control; it does not mean the termination of pay and benefits at the end of a period of salary continuation (or other form of severance pay or pay in lieu of salary).

7.Dividend Equivalent Payment.  At the time of the payment of any vested Performance Shares, the Grantee shall receive a cash dividend equivalent payment in an amount equal to the product of (a) the Earned Number and (b) the aggregate amount of dividends per share declared and paid to the Company’s shareholders on Shares during the period from the Date of Grant through the date of the payment of the Performance Shares, without interest (the “Actual Dividends Paid”); provided, however, that in the event that Section 4(b), 4(c) or 4(d) applies, the amount of the dividend equivalent payment to the Grantee shall be equal to the product of (i) the number of Performance Shares in which the Grantee becomes vested pursuant to Section 4(b), 4(c) or 4(d) of this Agreement, 

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as applicable, and (ii) the Actual Dividends Paid.  Notwithstanding anything in this Section 7 to the contrary, to the extent the payment of the vested Performance Shares occurs after both the date a dividend has been declared by the Company and the record date for such dividend, but prior to the dividend payment date related thereto, the amount of the Actual Dividend Paid also shall include such dividend.  In the case of a dividend payment to be paid in property, the dividend payment shall be deemed to be the fair market value of the property at the time of distribution of the dividend payment to the Grantee, as determined by the Committee. 

8.Rights as a Shareholder.  The Grantee shall not be, nor have any of the rights or privileges of, a shareholder of the Company with respect to the Performance Shares unless and until, and to the extent, the Performance Shares vest and Shares have been paid to the Grantee in accordance with Section 5 of this Agreement. 

9.Transferability.  Other than as specifically provided in this Agreement with regard to the death of the Grantee, this Agreement and any benefit provided or accruing hereunder shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge; and any attempt to do so shall be void.  No such benefit shall, prior to receipt thereof by the Grantee, be in any manner liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of the Grantee.

10.No Right to Employment.  Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the granting of the Performance Shares evidenced by this Agreement shall constitute any agreement or understanding, express or implied, on the part of the Company or its Subsidiaries to employ the Grantee for any specific period or in any specific capacity or shall prevent the Company or its Subsidiaries from terminating the Grantee’s employment at any time with or without cause.

11.Application of Laws.  The granting of Performance Shares under this Agreement shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals of any governmental agencies as may be required.

12.Notices.  Any notices required to be given hereunder to the Company shall be addressed to the Corporate Secretary, Reynolds American Inc., Post Office Box 2990, Winston-Salem, NC 27102-2990, and any notice required to be given hereunder to the Grantee shall be sent to the Grantee’s address as shown on the records of the Company.

13.Taxes.  Any taxes required by federal, state or local laws to be withheld by the Company in respect of the grant of Performance Shares or payment of vested Performance Shares hereunder shall be paid to the Company by the Grantee by the time such taxes are required to be paid or deposited by the Company.  The Grantee hereby authorizes the necessary withholding of Performance Shares by the Company to satisfy the minimum statutory tax withholding amount prior to delivery of the vested Performance Shares.

14.Administration and Interpretation.  In consideration of the grant of Performance Shares hereunder, the Grantee specifically agrees that the Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan and Agreement as are consistent therewith and to interpret or revoke any such rules.  All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Committee shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon the Grantee, the Company and all other interested persons.  No member of the Committee shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or this Agreement.  The Committee may delegate its interpretive authority as permitted by the provisions of the Plan.

15.Compliance with Section 409A of the Code.  This Agreement is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code, and shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent.

16.Amendment.  This Agreement is subject to the Plan, a copy of which has been provided to the Grantee.  The Board of Directors and the Committee, as applicable, may amend the Plan, and the Committee may amend this Agreement, at any time in any way, except that, other than as otherwise provided by the Plan, any amendment of the Plan or this Agreement that would impair the Grantee’s rights under this Agreement may not be made without the Grantee’s written consent.

17.Litigation Assistance and Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information.  (a) In addition to any other obligations of the Grantee under law or any other agreement with any Related Company, in consideration of the grant of Performance Shares hereunder, the Grantee specifically agrees that the Grantee:

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(i)if requested by the Company, will personally provide reasonable assistance and cooperation to the Related Companies in activities related to the prosecution or defense of any pending or future lawsuits or claims involving any Related Company;  

(ii)will promptly notify the Company’s General Counsel, in writing, upon receipt of any requests from anyone other than an employee or agent of one of the Related Companies for information regarding any Related Company which could reasonably be construed as being proprietary, non-public or confidential, or if the Grantee becomes aware of any potential claim or proposed litigation against any Related Company; 

(iii)will refrain from providing any information related to any claim or potential litigation against any Related Company to any person who is not a representative of the Company without the Company’s prior written permission, unless required to provide information pursuant to legal process; and 

(iv)will not engage in any activity detrimental to the interests of any Related Company, including an act of dishonesty, moral turpitude or other misconduct that has or could have a detrimental impact on the business or reputation of any Related Company.  

(b)In further consideration of the grant of Performance Shares hereunder, the Grantee specifically agrees that, if required by law to provide sworn testimony regarding any matter related to any Related Company:  the Grantee will consult with and have Company designated legal counsel present for such testimony (with the Company being responsible for the costs of such designated counsel); the Grantee will cooperate with the Company’s attorneys to assist their efforts, especially on matters the Grantee has been privy to, holding all privileged attorney-client matters in strictest confidence; and if the Grantee desires legal counsel to represent and protect her interests (in addition to the Company’s designated legal counsel provided under this Section 17(b)), the Company will reimburse the Grantee for any reasonable legal expenses (including, but not limited to, the reasonable costs of the Grantee’s counsel) and other reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses the Grantee may incur in relation to such testimony.

(c)The Grantee acknowledges that, given the position(s) that the Grantee has had with one or more of the Related Companies, the Grantee has had access to and has acquired Confidential Information, and will continue to have access to and acquire Confidential Information.  The Grantee further acknowledges that the Related Companies have a legitimate and significant business interest in preventing the unauthorized disclosure of the Confidential Information.  Accordingly, the Grantee shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent may be granted only by the Company’s General Counsel), use, divulge, disclose or make accessible to any other person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity, for any reason or purpose whatsoever, any Confidential Information, except when required to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction or any Governmental Authority, in any case, with jurisdiction to order the Grantee to divulge, disclose or make accessible such information.  If the Grantee becomes compelled to disclose any Confidential Information in the circumstances described in the preceding sentence, the Grantee shall: promptly provide the Company’s General Counsel with written notice thereof, so as to permit the Company to seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy, and the Grantee shall cooperate with the Company in the Company’s efforts in connection therewith; and disclose only that portion of the Confidential Information that the Grantee is advised by her counsel (which counsel will be reasonably acceptable to the Company and the reasonable costs and expenses of which will be borne by the Company) the Grantee is legally required to disclose and shall use reasonable efforts to have such disclosed Confidential Information accorded confidential treatment.

(d)Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall (i) prohibit the Grantee from reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity or making other disclosures in accordance with any whistleblower protection provisions of state or federal law or regulations, or (ii) require notification or prior approval by the Company or the Company’s General Counsel of any such reports or disclosures.

18.Noncompetition and Other Prohibited Activities.  (a)  In addition to any other obligations of the Grantee under law or any other agreement with any Related Company, in consideration of the grant of Performance Shares hereunder, the Grantee, during the continuation of her employment by any Related Company and during the one-year period commencing upon her Termination of Employment for any reason (or, if the Grantee is receiving benefits under a severance plan or agreement, the period of time set forth in the non-competition agreement entered into by the Grantee in connection with the receipt of such severance benefits), will not, directly or indirectly:

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(i)be employed, or retained as an independent contractor, or otherwise provide advisory or consulting services (in each case, whether compensated or not compensated), in a sales-related capacity, marketing role, strategic planning role, financial role, or in a product research and development role for any Competitive Business; 

(ii)be employed by, or retained as an independent contractor by, or otherwise provide advisory or consulting services to (in each case, whether compensated or not compensated), any Competitive Business in any sort of position or capacity involving the performance of services that are the same as, or substantially similar to, the services the Grantee performed while an employee of any Related Company (collectively, “Competitive Services”);

(iii)serve (whether compensated or not compensated) as an officer or director of any Competitive Business;

(iv)organize, own (other than owning up to 3% of the outstanding stock of a publicly traded company) or operate any Competitive Business;

(v)(w) be employed, or retained as an independent contractor (in each case, whether compensated or not compensated) by, (x) provide advisory or consulting services (in each case, whether compensated or not compensated) to, (y) organize or operate or (z) serve as a director of (whether compensated or not-compensated) any Anti-Tobacco Organization; 

(vi)(x) be employed, or retained as an independent contractor (in each case, whether compensated or not compensated) by, (y) provide advisory or consulting services (in each case, whether compensated or not compensated) to or (z) serve as a director or official of (in each case, whether compensated or non-compensated) any Regulator; or 

(vii)solicit, offer employment to, or hire any employee, independent contractor or any other individual providing services to any Related Company (other than secretarial and clerical personnel), who was employed by, or provided services to, any Related Company, at the time of the Grantee’s Termination of Employment, or who was employed by, or provided services to, any Related Company during the 90-day period preceding such date, to become employed by or otherwise provide services to, any person, firm, entity or corporation, or approach any such person for any of the foregoing reasons.

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(b)For purposes of Section 17 and Section 18 of this Agreement, the terms set forth below have the following definitions:

(i)“Anti-Tobacco Organization” means any firm, organization, entity, group, or sole proprietorship, the activities or purposes of which include opposing, advocating or lobbying against, or seeking the imposition of restrictions or prohibitions with respect to, any of the Related Companies’ Businesses or the use or consumption of any of the Products.

(ii)“Competitive Business” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, person, firm, organization, entity, enterprise, business or activity that is engaged in any of the Related Companies’ Businesses in the Territory or seeking to engage in any of the Related Companies’ Businesses in the Territory.

(iii)“Confidential Information” means all data, materials and information (whether in the form of samples or in written, graphic, electronic or other form, and whether marked or identified as confidential or proprietary) concerning the business, operations or affairs of any Related Company including, without limitation, information concerning any of the Related Companies’ policies, plans, strategies, trade secrets, know-how, processes, systems, business methods, business or marketing plans, research and development initiatives, products, customers, suppliers and personnel, except that Confidential Information shall not include information that (A) is or becomes generally known to the public other than by reason of the Grantee’s breach of either the provisions of this Agreement or any other duty or obligation (whether arising by contract, statute or otherwise) the Grantee owes to any Related Company, (B) was known by the Grantee at the time of the disclosure to the Grantee by any Related 

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Company, as evidenced by the Grantee’s written records in existence prior to such disclosure, or (C) is disclosed to the Grantee after the Date of Grant by a third party who has a legal right to make such disclosure, and who is subject to no confidentiality obligation to any Related Company. 

(iv)“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, administration, instrumentality, regulatory body, court or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

(v)“Regulator” means: (x) the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”), the Center for Tobacco Products established within the FDA (the “CTP”), the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee established within the CTP, or any other office, division, branch, committee, department or other body (collectively, an “Organizational Body”) established by the FDA or by an Organizational Body; or (y) any other Governmental Authority having the authority to regulate, or make recommendations regarding any proposed regulations affecting, any part of any of the Related Companies’ Businesses. 

(vi)“Related Companies’ Businesses” means the businesses of manufacturing, distributing, advertising, promoting, marketing or selling any of the following products (collectively, “Products”):  (w) any cigarette, cigar, little cigar, “roll-your-own” tobacco, smokeless or smoke-free tobacco product (including moist snuff, dry snuff, snus, loose leaf, plug and twist tobacco and any other smokeless or smoke-free tobacco, including dissolvable products, that may be invented through the date of Grantee’s Termination of Employment); (x) any nicotine replacement therapy products, including nicotine gum, mouth spray and pouches, and any products otherwise marketed or intended to be used as part of a smoking cessation program; (y) any product commonly referred to as an “e-cigarette”; and (z) any other product, including any tobacco or cigarette substitute, that any Related Company invents, develops and/or markets through the date of the Grantee’s Termination of Employment.

(vii)“Related Company” means, at any time, individually, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries; and “Related Companies” means, at any time, collectively, the Company and all of its Subsidiaries, and in each case, each and all of their respective subsidiaries, parents, affiliates (including partnerships and joint ventures in which any Related Company is a partner or joint venturer), successors and assigns.

(viii)“Territory” means (x) the United States of America, its territories, commonwealths and possessions (including duty-free stores or outlets located anywhere in an of the foregoing places); (y) U.S. military installations located anywhere in the world; and (z) any other location in which any Related Company conducts any of the Related Companies’ Businesses through the date of the Grantee’s Termination of Employment.

(c)The Grantee understands and agrees that:

(i)the purpose of this Section 18 is solely to protect the Related Companies’ legitimate business interests, including, but not limited to, the Related Companies’ Confidential Information, customer relationships and goodwill, all of which contribute to the Related Companies’ competitive advantage in operating the Related Companies’ Businesses in the Territory;

(ii)the Related Companies manufacture, distribute, advertise, promote, market and sell Products in the Territory, and the restrictive covenants contained in this Agreement are necessary to protect the Related Companies’ legitimate business assets and interests, and they are reasonable in time, territory, and scope, and in all other respects;

(iii)the restrictive covenants contained in this Agreement constitute a material inducement to the Company entering this Agreement, without which the Company would not have entered into this Agreement; and

(iv)the covenants set forth in this Section 18 are essential elements of this Agreement and shall be construed as agreements independent of any other provision in this Agreement, and the existence of any claim or cause of action of the Grantee against the Company or any other Related Company, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not excuse the Grantee’s breach, or constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Related Companies, of these restrictive covenants.  The Company and the Grantee have had the opportunity to independently consult with their respective counsel for advice in all respects concerning the reasonableness and 

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propriety of such covenants, with specific regard to the nature of the businesses conducted by the Related Companies. 

(d)The Grantee agrees that any breach of the covenants contained in Section 18 of this Agreement would irreparably injure the Related Companies and that their remedies at law would be inadequate.  Accordingly, in the event of any breach or threatened breach of Section 18 of this Agreement, the Related Companies, in addition to any other rights and remedies available at law or in equity, shall be entitled to an injunction (and/or other equitable relief), restraining such breach or threatened breach, and be entitled to the reimbursement of court costs, attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with enforcing this Agreement.  The existence of any claim or cause of action on the part of the Grantee against any Related Company shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement of these provisions.  This Agreement shall be enforceable by any Related Company, either alone or together with any other Related Company or Related Companies.  The rights and remedies hereunder provided to the Related Companies shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to any other rights or remedies available at law, in equity or under this Agreement.

(e)If any of the provisions of Section 18 of this Agreement are determined by a court of law to be excessively broad, whether as to geographical area, time, scope or otherwise, such provision shall be reduced to whatever extent is reasonable and shall be enforced as so modified.  Any provisions of Section 18 of this Agreement not so modified shall remain in full force and effect.

19.Recoupment Provisions.  (a)  Subject to the clawback provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, direct that the Company recoup, and upon demand by the Company the Grantee agrees to return to the Company, all or a portion of any Shares paid to the Grantee hereunder computed using financial information or performance metrics later found to be materially inaccurate.  The number of Shares to be recovered shall be equal to the excess of the number of Shares paid out over the number of Shares that would have been paid out had such financial information or performance metric been fairly stated at the time the payout was made.

(b)The Committee may direct recoupment of Shares pursuant to Section 19(a) of this Agreement whether or not it directs recoupment of related annual incentive award payouts.  The Committee also may amend a yearly LTI Achievement Score for purposes of recoupment of Shares under this Agreement without directing recoupment of related annual incentive award payouts.

(c)If the Company reasonably determines that the Grantee has materially violated any of the Grantee’s obligations under Section 17 or 18 of this Agreement, then effective the date on which such violation began, (i) any Performance Shares that have not yet vested and been paid to the Grantee under this Agreement shall be forfeited and cancelled, and (ii) the Company may, in its sole discretion, recoup any and all of the Shares previously paid to the Grantee under this Agreement.

(d)If, after a demand for recoupment of Shares under Section 19 of this Agreement, the Grantee fails to return such Shares to the Company, the Grantee acknowledges that the Company (or the Company through the actions of any of its Subsidiaries employing the Grantee, if applicable) has the right to effect the recovery of the then current value of such Shares and the amount of its court costs, attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with enforcing this Agreement by (i) deducting (subject to applicable law and the terms and conditions of the Plan) from any amounts the Company (and if applicable, any Subsidiary employing the Grantee) owes to the Grantee (including, but not limited to, wages or other compensation), (ii) withholding payment of future increases in compensation (including the payment of any discretionary bonus amount) or grants of compensatory awards that  otherwise would have been made in accordance with the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ otherwise applicable compensation practices, or (iii) any combination of the foregoing.  The right of recoupment set forth in the preceding sentence shall not be the exclusive remedy of the Company, and the Company may exercise each and every other remedy available to it under applicable law.

20.Qualified Performance-Based Awards.  If the Grantee is a Covered Employee, the grant of Performance Shares evidenced by this Agreement shall be considered a Qualified Performance-Based Award.  In furtherance thereof, and notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Plan to the contrary, the Earned Number of Performance Shares that the Grantee may earn for the Performance Period pursuant to the grant evidenced by this Agreement (the “Earned Shares”) shall be determined by the Committee based on, and must have a value (the “Earned Shares Value”) that in no event exceeds a value equal to, the percentage of the Company’s cumulative Cash 

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Net Income (as defined below) for the Performance Period previously established by the Board of Directors of the Company in resolutions adopted on May  5, 2016 to apply with respect to the Grantee for the Performance Period (the “Award Pool Value”).  Notwithstanding the prior sentence, the Committee shall have the power and authority, in its sole and absolute exercise of negative discretion, to reduce the Earned Shares such that the Earned Shares Value will be less than the Award Pool Value, which reduction may be made by taking into account the factors described above under Section 3 of this Agreement or any other criteria the Committee deems appropriate.  The reductions in Earned Shares Value, if any, shall not result in any increases in the value of performance shares earned by any other awardee.  For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Cash Net Income” shall mean the Company’s net income from continuing operations in the consolidated statement of income adjusted for the impact of non-cash items, such as depreciation, amortization, unrealized gains and losses, intangible asset impairments and other non-cash gains/losses included in net income (as reported in the Company’s quarterly and annual reports for the period from April 1, 2016 through March 31, 2017). 

21.Electronic Signature.  This Agreement is delivered electronically.  The Grantee consents to using an electronic signature to sign this Agreement and be legally bound to her acceptance or rejection of the grant.  By electronically signing the Agreement, the Grantee also consents to entering into this Agreement in electronic form.  The Grantee acknowledges that her electronic signature will have the same legal force and effect as a handwritten signature.  The Grantee’s electronic signature, including date and time of signing will be stored electronically with the Performance Share grant record.

22.GOVERNING LAWS.  THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA SHALL GOVERN THE INTERPRETATION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF THE LAW THAT MIGHT BE APPLIED UNDER PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION 22, ANY CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE SETTLED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COURTS (FEDERAL AND STATE) SITUATED IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, FORSYTH COUNTY.  THE GRANTEE CONSENTS TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND IN THE COURTS THEREOF FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND WAIVES ANY RIGHTS THE GRANTEE OTHERWISE MAY HAVE UNDER THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION TO OBJECT ON ANY BASIS TO JURISDICTION OR VENUE WITHIN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA TO ENFORCE THIS AGREEMENT.  IN ADDITION, AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE COMPANY MAY ELECT, IN ITS DISCRETION, TO SEEK A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER OR PRELIMINARY OR PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE (OR SIMILAR) RELIEF TO ENFORCE ITS RIGHTS UNDER SECTIONS 17 AND 18 OF THIS AGREEMENT IN ANY JURISDICTION OR COURT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD THAT THE COMPANY DETERMINES TO BE APPROPRIATE, AND THE GRANTEE HEREBY CONSENTS TO VENUE IN ANY SUCH JURISDICTION OR COURT IN SUCH EVENT.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, by its duly authorized officer, and the Grantee have executed this Agreement as of the Date of Grant first above written.

 

REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC.

	
 
	
By:       /s/ Lisa J. Caldwell
	
 
Authorized Signature

        

     /s/ Susan M. Cameron___________________

Grantee’s Signature

 

Print Name:     Susan M. Cameron                       

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