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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10(b)

                              CONSULTING AGREEMENT
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         THIS CONSULTING AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made and entered into
effective as of the 1st day of May, 2000 (the "Effective Date") between The
Sherwin-Williams Company, located at 101 Prospect Avenue, N.W., Cleveland, Ohio
44115, an Ohio corporation ("Sherwin-Williams") and John G. Breen located at
18800 North Park Boulevard, Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122 ("Consultant").

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         Consultant and Sherwin-Williams desire to enter into an agreement
pursuant to which Consultant would be retained by Sherwin-Williams for the
purpose of engaging in community and business-related activities which enhance
the reputation and otherwise further the interests of Sherwin-Williams (the
"Services") during the Term hereof pursuant to the terms and conditions set
forth herein.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein
contained, the parties agree as follows:

1.       APPOINTMENT AND SERVICES. Sherwin-Williams hereby appoints Consultant
         to perform the Services and Consultant hereby accepts such appointment
         pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Services
         which Consultant shall perform pursuant to this Agreement shall
         include, but not be limited to, developing, facilitating and/or
         continuing existing business contacts and relationships which may be
         beneficial to Sherwin-Williams' business, engaging in community
         activities and events which may enhance Sherwin-Williams' reputation in
         the community and such other matters as Sherwin-Williams may reasonably
         request from time to time.

2.       TERM. The term of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date
         and shall continue until December 31, 2004 (the "Term").

3.       COMPENSATION AND EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT.

         a. As compensation for the Services, Consultant shall receive an annual
         fee payment during each year of the Term at the following times and in
         the following amounts:

                  Payment Date                       Fee Amount
                  ----------------------------------------------
                  May 1, 2000                        $126,000.00
                  January 1, 2001                    $138,600.00
                  January 1, 2002                    $152,500.00
                  January 1, 2003                    $167,700.00
                  January 1, 2004                    $184,500.00

                  Collectively, such fee amounts shall be referred to as the
                  "Fees". Notwithstanding the foregoing, the payment of Fees
                  hereunder shall be accelerated and all Fees with respect to
                  the remaining period of the Term shall become immediately due
                  and payable: (i) to Consultant, upon the occurrence of a
                  change of control event described in the Rights Agreement
                  between The Sherwin-Williams Company and The Bank of New York,
                  as successor rights agent, originally dated April 23, 1997 at
                  any time prior to the expiration of the Term; or (ii) to
                  Consultant's estate, in the event of Consultant's death prior
                  to the

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                  expiration of the Term. In the event of Consultant's
                  "Disability" at any time prior to the expiration of the Term,
                  payment of the Fees shall continue in accordance with the
                  schedule set forth above. For purposes of this Section 3(a),
                  "Disability" shall mean incapacity due to physical or mental
                  illness or injury which causes Consultant to be unable to
                  perform the Services for one hundred eighty (180) consecutive
                  calendar days.

         b.       Sherwin-Williams shall reimburse Consultant for the expenses
                  associated with any air fare, whether first class, business or
                  coach, associated with performance of his Services hereunder.
                  Subject to availability and upon approval of the Chairman,
                  Consultant shall also be entitled to use of the
                  Sherwin-Williams' corporate jet for travel in connection with
                  performance of the Services. Except as otherwise provided
                  above, Consultant shall be responsible for each and every
                  other expense incurred in connection with performance of the
                  Services.

         c.       Consultant is deemed to be self-employed, an independent
                  contractor and not an employee; and accordingly, unless
                  otherwise required by law, no sums are contemplated to be
                  withheld from Consultant's compensation to cover the payment
                  of income taxes, FICA (social security), FUTA (unemployment
                  compensation) or other taxes. Consultant agrees to file all
                  required federal, state and local income tax and other tax
                  returns (including, without limitation, all required
                  declarations of estimated tax) covering Consultant's
                  compensation hereunder. Consultant agrees to pay all such
                  taxes and contributions when due; and Consultant hereby
                  indemnifies Sherwin-Williams and holds it harmless from and
                  against any and all loss, cost and liability whatsoever
                  incurred by or claimed against Sherwin-Williams for any
                  failure of Consultant to comply herewith.

4.       RELATIONSHIP.
         a.       No contract of employment, partnership, joint venture or any
                  other relationship except that of independent contractor shall
                  be deemed to exist between Sherwin-Williams and Consultant as
                  a consequence of this Agreement. Consultant is left free to
                  pursue whatever proper and legitimate means he chooses in
                  keeping with good business practice. Consultant shall at all
                  times comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations
                  and shall guard the reputation of Sherwin-Williams in
                  performing his duties hereunder. Consultant shall use such
                  time, skill and energies as Consultant sees fit, exercising
                  Consultant's own judgment with respect thereto. Consultant
                  shall supply, at Consultant's expense, all tools necessary for
                  the completion of the Services, except as provided in Section
                  3(b) with respect to transportation.

         b.       Consultant is not authorized to obligate Sherwin-Williams or
                  create any binding relationship between Sherwin-Williams and a
                  third party; any attempt to do so shall have no effect.

         c.       As an independent contractor, Consultant shall not be eligible
                  to participate, or otherwise accrue any new or additional
                  benefits, and specifically waives participation and/or the
                  right to receive benefits of any sort, in any employee benefit
                  plan, program or arrangement maintained by Sherwin-Williams
                  for the benefit of its employees.

         d.       The relationship between Sherwin-Williams and Consultant is
                  non-exclusive. Both parties may perform services for others
                  during the term hereof.

5.       CONFIDENTIALITY. In addition to any other obligations of Consultant for
         confidentiality with respect to Sherwin-Williams' information,
         Consultant shall treat as confidential property and not disclose to
         others during or subsequent to the Term of this Agreement, except as is
         necessary to perform this Agreement, (and then only on a confidential
         basis satisfactory to Sherwin-Williams),

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         any information (including any technical information, experience or
         data) regarding the Services or Sherwin-Williams' plans, project plans,
         specifications, drawings, programs, plants, sites, processes, products,
         costs, equipment, operations, formulas, marketing matters, pricing or
         customers which may come within Consultant's knowledge in the
         performance of this Agreement, without in each instance securing the
         prior written consent of Sherwin-Williams. Nothing above, however,
         shall prevent Consultant from disclosing to others or using in any
         manner information which Consultant can show:

         a.       has been published and has become part of the public domain
                  other than by acts, omissions or fault of the Consultant; or

         b.       has been furnished or made known to Consultant by third
                  parties (other than those directly or indirectly for or on
                  behalf of Sherwin-Williams) as a matter of legal right without
                  restrictions on its disclosure.

         The foregoing obligations shall survive the termination or expiration
         of the Agreement.

6.       ASSIGNMENT. Consultant shall not assign or transfer any rights, duties
         or obligations hereunder.

7.       LIABILITY.
         a.       Consultant agrees to indemnify, defend and hold
                  Sherwin-Williams, its agents and employees, harmless from and
                  against any and all claims or causes of action arising from or
                  relating to Consultant's performance or failure to perform
                  this Agreement including, without limitation, any loss,
                  injury, damage or liability resulting from the use of a motor
                  vehicle by Consultant.
         b.       Consultant hereby waives any claims against Sherwin-Williams,
                  it affiliates, agents, officers and employees for injury,
                  damage or death occurring in the performance of the Services.
                  Consultant further agrees to make no claim of any kind against
                  Sherwin-Williams, it affiliates, agents, officers and
                  employees arising out of this Agreement, except for claims for
                  money due as contemplated in this Agreement for Consultant's
                  Services.

8.       ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement represents the entire understanding
         and agreement between the parties hereto relating to the Services and
         supersedes any and all prior agreements, whether written or oral, that
         may exist between the parties regarding same. This Agreement may not be
         amended or modified, except in a writing, signed by both parties.

9.       WAIVER. Any waiver by either party of any provision or condition of
         this Agreement shall not be construed or deemed to be a waiver of any
         other provision or condition of this Agreement, nor a waiver of a
         subsequent breach of the same provision or condition, unless such is
         expressed in writing and signed by the party to be bound.

10.      MISCELLANEOUS. The validity, interpretation and performance of this
         Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws
         of the State of Ohio. All paragraph headings herein are for convenience
         only and are in no way to be construed as part of this Agreement or as
         a limitation of Agreement or as a limitation of the scope of the
         particular section to which they refer. In the event of a conflict
         between the terms or conditions of this Agreement and those of any
         other document, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall
         control. Paragraph 5 and 7 above shall survive termination of this
         Agreement.

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11.      SEVERABILITY. If any paragraph, subparagraph, section, subsection,
         sentence or clause of this Agreement shall be adjudged illegal, invalid
         or unenforceable, such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability shall
         not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of the Agreement as
         a whole or of any paragraph, subparagraph, section, subsection,
         sentence or clause hereof not so adjudged. The parties will endeavor to
         replace the invalid or null and void provisions by those which
         correspond best to the intentions of the parties hereto.

12.      NOTICES. Any notice, communication or statement required or permitted
         to be given hereunder shall be in writing and deemed to have been
         sufficiently given when delivered in person, by registered or certified
         mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or by reputable
         overnight carrier to Sherwin-Williams or Consultant at the address
         indicated above. Either party may, by notice to the other, change the
         addresses and names given.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is executed as of the date first
above written.

THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY                      CONSULTANT
("Sherwin-Williams")

By:    /s/  Thomas E. Hopkins                     /s/ John G. Breen
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Title: Vice President - Human Resources           JOHN G. BREEN

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                                                                     Exhibit 4.1

                   THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

                            DATED AS OF JUNE 27, 2000

                                      AMONG

                   DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION,

                                   AS BORROWER

                         BANC ONE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.,

                        AS SOLE LEAD ARRANGER/BOOK RUNNER

                                       AND

                                  BANK ONE, NA,
                             AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

                                       AND

                             BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
                              AS SYNDICATION AGENT

                                       AND

                              FLEET NATIONAL BANK,
                             AS DOCUMENTATION AGENT

                                       AND

                                 WACHOVIA BANK,
              COMMERZBANK, NEW YORK AND GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES, AND
                               WELLS FARGO, N.A.,
                            AS SENIOR MANAGING AGENTS

                                       AND

                                 US BANK, N.A.,
                                AS MANAGING AGENT

                                       AND

                                  AMSOUTH BANK,
                            HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK,
                             MICHIGAN NATIONAL BANK,
                       PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AND
                            UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH,
                                  AS CO-AGENTS

                                       AND

                               THE SEVERAL LENDERS
                        FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO,

                                   AS LENDERS

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ARTICLE I  DEFINITIONS.............................................................1

ARTICLE II  THE CREDIT............................................................19

   2.1       Commitments; Reduction or Increase in Aggregate Commitment ..........19
   2.2       Final Principal Payment..............................................20
   2.3       Ratable and Nonratable Loans.........................................20
   2.4       Applicable Margins...................................................20
   2.5       Facility Fee.........................................................21
   2.6       Other Fees...........................................................21
   2.7       Minimum Amount of Each Advance.......................................21
   2.8       Optional Principal Payments..........................................21
   2.9       Method of Selecting Types and Interest Periods for New Advances......21
   2.10      Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding Advances..................22
   2.11      Changes in Interest Rate, Etc........................................23
   2.12      Rates Applicable After Default.......................................23
   2.13      Method of Payment....................................................23
   2.14      Notes; Telephonic Notices............................................24
   2.15      Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis.......................24
   2.16      Notification of Advances, Interest Rates and Prepayments.............25
   2.17      Lending Installations................................................25
   2.18      Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent.....................25
   2.19      Withholding Tax Exemption............................................25
   2.20      Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances...................26
   2.21      Swingline Loans......................................................26
   2.22      Competitive Bid Loans................................................27
   2.23      Agent Administered Competitive Bid Loans.............................28
   2.24      Competitive Bid Loans Administered by Borrower.......................32
   2.25      Application of Moneys Received.......................................34
   2.26      Usury................................................................35

ARTICLE III  CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES..............................................36

   3.1       Yield Protection.....................................................36
   3.2       Changes in Capital Adequacy Regulations..............................36
   3.3       Availability of Types of Advances....................................37
   3.4       Funding Indemnification..............................................37
   3.5       Lender Statements; Survival of Indemnity.............................37

ARTICLE IV  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT..................................................38

   4.1       Initial Advance......................................................38
   4.2       Each Advance.........................................................40
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ARTICLE V  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.........................................40

   5.1       Existence............................................................40
   5.2       Authorization and Validity...........................................40
   5.3       No Conflict; Government Consent......................................41
   5.4       Financial Statements; Material Adverse Change........................41
   5.5       Taxes................................................................41
   5.6       Litigation and Guarantee Obligations.................................41
   5.7       Subsidiaries.........................................................42
   5.8       ERISA................................................................42
   5.9       Accuracy of Information..............................................42
   5.10      Regulation U.........................................................42
   5.11      Material Agreements..................................................42
   5.12      Compliance With Laws.................................................42
   5.13      Ownership of Properties..............................................43
   5.14      Investment Company Act...............................................43
   5.15      Public Utility Holding Company Act...................................43
   5.16      Solvency.............................................................43
   5.17      Insurance............................................................44
   5.18      REIT Status..........................................................44
   5.19      Environmental Matters................................................44

ARTICLE VI  COVENANTS.............................................................45

   6.1       Financial Reporting..................................................45
   6.2       Use of Proceeds......................................................47
   6.3       Notice of Default....................................................47
   6.4       Conduct of Business..................................................47
   6.5       Taxes................................................................48
   6.6       Insurance............................................................48
   6.7       Compliance with Laws.................................................48
   6.8       Maintenance of Properties............................................48
   6.9       Inspection...........................................................48
   6.10      Maintenance of Status................................................48
   6.11      Dividends............................................................48
   6.12      Merger; Sale of Assets...............................................48
   6.13      Delivery of Subsidiary Guaranties....................................49
   6.14      Sale and Leaseback...................................................49
   6.15      Acquisitions and Investments.........................................49
   6.16      Liens................................................................49
   6.17      Affiliates...........................................................50
   6.18      Financial Undertakings...............................................50
   6.19      Variable Interest Indebtedness.......................................50
   6.20      Consolidated Net Worth...............................................51
   6.21      Indebtedness and Cash Flow Covenants.................................51
   6.22      Environmental Matters................................................51
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ARTICLE VII  DEFAULTS.............................................................52

ARTICLE VIII  ACCELERATION, WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES......................54

   8.1       Acceleration.........................................................54
   8.2       Amendments...........................................................55
   8.3       Preservation of Rights...............................................56

ARTICLE IX  GENERAL PROVISIONS....................................................56

   9.1       Survival of Representations..........................................56
   9.2       Governmental Regulation..............................................56
   9.3       Taxes................................................................56
   9.4       Headings.............................................................56
   9.5       Entire Agreement.....................................................56
   9.6       Several Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement......................56
   9.6       Lender from any of its obligations hereunder.........................57
   9.7       Expenses; Indemnification............................................57
   9.8       Numbers of Documents.................................................57
   9.9       Accounting...........................................................57
   9.10      Severability of Provisions...........................................57
   9.11      Nonliability of Lenders..............................................57
   9.12      CHOICE OF LAW........................................................58
   9.13      CONSENT TO JURISDICTION..............................................58
   9.14      WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.................................................58

ARTICLE X  THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT...............................................58

   10.1      Appointment..........................................................58
   10.2      Powers...............................................................58
   10.3      General Immunity.....................................................59
   10.4      No Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, etc...........................59
   10.5      Action on Instructions of Lenders....................................59
   10.6      Employment of Agents and Counsel.....................................60
   10.7      Reliance on Documents; Counsel.......................................60
   10.8      Administrative Agent's Reimbursement and Indemnification.............60
   10.9      Rights as a Lender...................................................60
   10.10     Lender Credit Decision...............................................61
   10.11     Successor Administrative Agent.......................................61

ARTICLE XI  SETOFF; RATABLE PAYMENTS..............................................62

   11.1      Setoff...............................................................62
   11.2      Ratable Payments.....................................................62

ARTICLE XII  BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS....................62

   12.1      Successors and Assigns...............................................62
   12.2      Participations.......................................................63
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   12.3      Assignments..........................................................63
   12.4      Dissemination of Information.........................................64
   12.5      Tax Treatment........................................................64
   12.6      Confidentiality......................................................64

ARTICLE XIII  NOTICES.............................................................65

   13.1      Giving Notice........................................................65

ARTICLE XIV  COUNTERPARTS.........................................................66
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                   THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

         This Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 27,
2000, is among Developers Diversified Realty Corporation, a corporation
organized under the laws of the State of Ohio (the "BORROWER"), Bank One, NA, a
national banking association, and the several banks, financial institutions and
other entities from time to time parties to this Agreement (collectively, the
"LENDERS"), Bank One, NA, not individually, but as "ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT" Bank
of America, N.A., not individually, but as "SYNDICATION AGENT", Fleet National
Bank, not individually, but as "DOCUMENTATION AGENT."

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         A. The Borrower is primarily engaged in the business of purchasing,
developing, owning, operating, leasing and managing retail, office and
industrial properties.

         B. The Borrower is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is
qualified as a real estate investment trust.

         C. The Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and certain of the Lenders
entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November
16, 1998 (as amended by the First Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated
Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of September 27, 1999, the "PRIOR
AGREEMENT"), pursuant to which the Lenders that are parties thereto agreed to
make loans to the Borrower in the aggregate amount of up to $375,000,000 subject
to future increase to up to $400,000,000.

         D. The Borrower has requested that the Lenders increase the amount of
loans that are available to the Borrower to the aggregate amount of
$550,000,000, subject to future increase to up to $575,000,000, pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement, and that the Administrative Agent act as administrative
agent for the Lenders and that certain other changes be made to the Prior
Agreement. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders have agreed to do so.

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

                                   ARTICLE I
                                   ---------

                                   DEFINITIONS

         As used in this Agreement:

         "ABR Applicable Margin" means, as of any date, the Applicable Margin in
effect on such date with respect to Floating Rate Advances and Floating Rate
Loans.

         "Absolute Interest Period" means, with respect to a Competitive Bid
Loan made at an Absolute Rate, a period of up to 180 days as requested by
Borrower and confirmed by a Lender but in no event extending beyond the Facility
Termination Date. If an Absolute Interest Period

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would end on a day which is not a Business Day, such Absolute Interest Period
shall end on the next succeeding Business Day.

         "Absolute Rate" means a fixed rate of interest (rounded to the nearest
1/100 of 1%) for an Absolute Interest Period with respect to a Competitive Bid
Loan offered by a Lender and accepted by the Borrower at such rate.

         "Acquisition" means any transaction, or any series of related
transactions, consummated on or after the date of this Agreement, by which the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) acquires any going business or all or
substantially all of the assets of any firm, corporation or division thereof,
whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or (ii) directly or
indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent transaction in a
series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes) of the
securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting power for the election of
directors (other than securities having such power only by reason of the
happening of a contingency) or a majority (by percentage or voting power) of the
outstanding partnership interests of a partnership.

         "Administrative Agent" means Bank One, NA in its capacity as agent for
the Lenders pursuant to ARTICLE X, and not in its individual capacity as a
Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to ARTICLE X.

         "Advance" means a borrowing hereunder consisting of the aggregate
amount of the several Loans (including without limitation Competitive Bid Loans
and Swingline Loans) made by one or more of the Lenders to the Borrower of the
same Type and, in the case of Fixed Rate Advances, for the same Interest Period.

         "Affiliate" of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. A Person
shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person owns 10% or
more of any class of voting securities (or other ownership interests) of the
controlled Person or possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of the controlled Person,
whether through ownership of stock, by contract or otherwise.

         "Aggregate Commitment" means, as of any date, the aggregate of the
then-current Commitments of all the Lenders, which is, as of the Agreement
Execution Date, $550,000,000, subject to increases or decreases as provided in
SECTION 2.1 hereof.

         "Agreement" means this Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as
it may be amended or modified and in effect from time to time.

         "Agreement Execution Date" means the date this Agreement has been fully
executed and delivered by all parties hereto.

         "AIP" means American Industrial Properties REIT, a Texas real estate
investment trust.

         "AIP Conditions" means the following conditions: (i) all Indebtedness
of AIP shall be non-recourse to Borrower at all times: (ii) AIP shall be listed
on the New York Stock Exchange at all times; (iii) Borrower shall not hold fifty
percent (50%) or more of the total outstanding

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equity interests in AIP at any time; (iv) Borrower shall not hold any ownership
interest or right in AIP which will result in the consolidation under GAAP of
AIP's financial results with the financial results of the Consolidated Group at
any time; and (v) the Consolidated Group's Investment in AIP, as determined in
accordance with GAAP, shall be at all times less than the greater of (a)
$175,000,000 or (b) five percent (5%) of Consolidated Market Value without
giving effect to the Consolidated Group's Investment in AIP.

         "AIP Transition Period" means a period beginning on the date that
Borrower advises the Administrative Agent in writing that Borrower has begun to
implement a plan to acquire certain Projects from AIP in redemption of its
investment in AIP, as evidenced by the consolidation of AIP's financial results
with the Consolidated Group's as a result of AIP's use of proceeds from asset
sales to redeem equity interests in AIP held by others and so cause Borrower's
holdings in AIP to exceed 50%, and ending on the last day of the second full
fiscal quarter of Borrower thereafter.

         "Allocated Facility Amount" means, at any time, the sum of all then
outstanding Advances and the then Facility Letter of Credit Obligations.

         "Alternate Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate of interest per annum
equal to the higher of (i) the Corporate Base Rate for such day and (ii) the sum
of Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day plus 1/2% per annum.

         "Applicable Margin" means the applicable margin set forth in the table
in SECTION 2.4 used in calculating the interest rate applicable to the various
Types of Advances, which shall vary from time to time in accordance with
Borrower's long term unsecured debt ratings.

         "Arranger" means Banc One Capital Markets, Inc.

         "Article" means an article of this Agreement unless another document is
specifically referenced.

         "Assets Under Development" means, as of any date of determination, all
Projects and expansion areas of existing Projects owned by the Consolidated
Group and the Investment Affiliates which are then treated as assets under
development under GAAP and which have been designated by the Borrower as "Assets
Under Development" in its most recent compliance certificate, both such land and
improvements under construction to be valued for purposes of this Agreement at
(i) 100% of then-current book value, as determined in accordance with GAAP, for
each Asset Under Development owned by members of the Consolidated Group and (ii)
the applicable Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of then-current book value, as
determined in accordance with GAAP, for each Asset Under Development owned by an
Investment Affiliate; provided, however, in no event, except for purposes of
calculating the covenant contained in Section 6.23(e), shall Assets Under
Development include any Project or any expansion area of an existing Project for
more than 540 days or any Project or expansion area of an existing Project which
is encumbered by a First Mortgage Receivable as designated by the Borrower.

         "Authorized Officer" means any of the President and Chief Executive
Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer or Vice President and General Counsel of the
Borrower, acting singly.

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         "Bank One" means Bank One, NA in its individual capacity, and its
successors.

         "Borrower" means Developers Diversified Realty Corporation, a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Ohio, and its successors
and assigns.

         "Borrowing Date" means a date on which an Advance is made hereunder.

         "Borrowing Notice" is defined in SECTION 2.9.

         "Business Day" means (i) with respect to any borrowing, payment or rate
selection of LIBOR Advances, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which
banks generally are open in Chicago, Illinois and New York, New York for the
conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending activities and on which
dealings in United States dollars are carried on in the London interbank market
and (ii) for all other purposes, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on
which banks generally are open in Chicago, Illinois and New York, New York for
the conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending activities.

         "Capital Stock" means any and all shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any
and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person which is not a corporation
and any and all warrants or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

         "Capitalized Lease" of a Person means any lease of Property imposing
obligations on such Person, as lessee thereunder, which are required in
accordance with GAAP to be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person.

         "Capitalized Lease Obligations" of a Person means the amount of the
obligations of such Person under Capitalized Leases which would be shown as a
liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

         "Cash Equivalents" means, as of any date:

         (i)      securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured
                  by the United States Government or any agency or
                  instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than one
                  year from such date;

         (ii)     mutual funds organized under the United States Investment
                  Company Act rated AAm or AAm-G by S&P, P-1 by Moody's and A by
                  Fitch;

         (iii)    certificates of deposit or other interest-bearing obligations
                  of a bank or trust company which is a member in good standing
                  of the Federal Reserve System having a short term unsecured
                  debt rating of not less than A-1 by S&P, not less than P-1 by
                  Moody's and F-1 by Fitch (or in each case, if no bank or trust
                  company is so rated, the highest comparable rating then given
                  to any bank or trust company, but in such case only for funds
                  invested overnight or over a weekend) provided that such
                  investments

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                  shall mature or be redeemable upon the option of the holders
                  thereof on or prior to a date one month from the date of
                  their purchase;

         (iv)     certificates of deposit or other interest-bearing obligations
                  of a bank or trust company which is a member in good standing
                  of the Federal Reserve System having a short term unsecured
                  debt rating of not less than A-1+ by S&P, and not less than
                  P-1 by Moody's and which has a long term unsecured debt rating
                  of not less than A1 by Moody's (or in each case, if no bank or
                  trust company is so rated, the highest comparable rating then
                  given to any bank or trust company, but in such case only for
                  funds invested overnight or over a weekend) provided that such
                  investments shall mature or be redeemable upon the option of
                  the holders thereof on or prior to a date three months from
                  the date of their purchase;

         (v)      bonds or other obligations having a short term unsecured debt
                  rating of not less than A-1+ by S&P and P-1+ by Moody's and
                  having a long term debt rating of not less than A1 by Moody's
                  issued by or by authority of any state of the United States,
                  any territory or possession of the United States, including
                  the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and agencies thereof, or any
                  political subdivision of any of the foregoing;

         (vi)     repurchase agreements issued by an entity rated not less than
                  A-1+ by S&P, and not less than P-1 by Moody's which are
                  secured by U.S. Government securities of the type described in
                  clause (i) of this definition maturing on or prior to a date
                  one month from the date the repurchase agreement is entered
                  into;

         (vii)    short term promissory notes rated not less than A-1+ by S&P,
                  and not less than P-1 by Moody's maturing or to be redeemable
                  upon the option of the holders thereof on or prior to a date
                  one month from the date of their purchase; and

         (viii)   commercial paper (having original maturities of not more than
                  365 days) rated at least A-1+ by S&P and P-1 by Moody's and
                  issued by a foreign or domestic issuer who, at the time of the
                  investment, has outstanding long-term unsecured debt
                  obligations rated at least A1 by Moody's.

         "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or
otherwise modified from time to time.

         "Commitment" means, for each Lender, the obligation of such Lender to
make Loans not exceeding the amount set forth opposite its signature below or as
set forth in any Notice of Assignment relating to any assignment that has become
effective pursuant to SECTION 12.3.2, as such amount may be modified from time
to time pursuant to the terms hereof.

         "Competitive Bid Borrowing Notice" is defined in SECTION 2.23(e).

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         "Competitive Bid Lender" means a Lender which has a Competitive Bid
Loan outstanding.

         "Competitive Bid Loan" is a Loan made pursuant to SECTION 2.22 hereof.

         "Competitive Bid Note" means the new or amended and restated promissory
note payable to the order of each Lender in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT
A-2 to be used to evidence any Competitive Bid Loans which such Lender elects to
make (collectively, the "Competitive Bid Notes").

         "Competitive Bid Quote" means a response submitted by a Lender to the
Administrative Agent or the Borrower, as the case may be with respect to an
Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes in the form attached as EXHIBIT I-3 or
J-2.

         "Competitive Bid Quote Request" means a written request from Borrower
to Administrative Agent in the form attached as EXHIBIT I-1.

         "Competitive LIBOR Margin" means, with respect to any Competitive Bid
Loan for a LIBOR Interest Period, the percentage established in the applicable
Competitive Bid Quote which is to be used to determine the interest rate
applicable to such Competitive Bid Loan.

         "Condemnation" is defined in SECTION 7.8.

         "Consolidated Capitalization Value" means, as of any date, an amount
equal to the sum of (i) Consolidated Cash Flow for the most recent period of two
consecutive fiscal quarters for which the Borrower has reported results
(excluding any portion of Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to (A) Assets
Under Development, (B) Projects owned by Investment Affiliates which are
encumbered by First Mortgage Receivables, and (C) Projects acquired by the
Borrower or its Subsidiaries during such period) MULTIPLIED BY 2, and DIVIDED BY
0.095 PLUS (ii) with respect to each Project so acquired (or where development
of such Project was completed) by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries during such
period, the Borrower's estimated annual Net Operating Income for such Project
based on leases in existence at the date of such acquisition, or development
completion, as the case may be, DIVIDED BY 0.095.

         "Consolidated Cash Flow" means, for any period, an amount equal to (a)
Funds From Operations for such period PLUS (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for
such period.

         "Consolidated Debt Service" means, for any period, without duplication,
(a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period PLUS (b) the aggregate amount
of scheduled principal payments attributable to Consolidated Outstanding
Indebtedness (excluding optional prepayments and scheduled principal payments in
respect of any such Indebtedness which is not amortized through equal periodic
installments of principal and interest over the term of such Indebtedness)
required to be made during such period by any member of the Consolidated Group
PLUS (c) a percentage of all such scheduled principal payments required to be
made during such period by any Investment Affiliate on Indebtedness taken into
account in calculating Consolidated Interest Expense, equal to the greater of
(x) the percentage of the principal amount of such Indebtedness for which any
member of the Consolidated Group is liable and (y) the Consolidated Group Pro
Rata Share of such Investment Affiliate.

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         "Consolidated Group" means the Borrower and all Subsidiaries which are
consolidated with it for financial reporting purposes under GAAP.

         "Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share" means, with respect to any
Investment Affiliate or AIP, the percentage of the total equity ownership
interests held by the Consolidated Group in the aggregate, in such Investment
Affiliate or AIP, respectively, determined by calculating the greater of (i) the
percentage of the issued and outstanding stock, partnership interests or
membership interests in such Investment Affiliate or AIP, respectively, held by
the Consolidated Group in the aggregate and (ii) the percentage of the total
book value of such Investment Affiliate or AIP, respectively that would be
received by the Consolidated Group in the aggregate, upon liquidation of such
Investment Affiliate or AIP, respectively, after repayment in full of all
Indebtedness of such Investment Affiliate or AIP, respectively.

         "Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any period without
duplication, the sum of (a) the amount of interest expense, determined in
accordance with GAAP, of the Consolidated Group for such period attributable to
Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness during such period plus (b) the
Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of any interest expense, determined in
accordance with GAAP, of any Investment Affiliate, for such period, whether
recourse or non-recourse less (c) with respect to each consolidated Subsidiary
of the Borrower in which the Borrower does not directly or indirectly hold a
100% ownership interest, a percentage of the interest expense attributable to
such consolidated Subsidiary which is included under clause (a) of this
definition and which is not related to Indebtedness which is a Guarantee
Obligation of the Borrower equal to the percentage ownership in such
consolidated Subsidiary which is not held either (i) directly or indirectly by
the Borrower, or (ii) by holders of operating partnership units in such
consolidated Subsidiary which are convertible into stock of the Borrower.

         "Consolidated Market Value" means, as of any date, an amount equal to
the sum of (a) the Consolidated Capitalization Value as of such date, PLUS (b)
the value of Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, PLUS (c) the lesser of (i)
the value of Assets Under Development, or (ii) ten percent (10%) of the
Consolidated Capitalization Value PLUS (d) the lesser of (i) 100% of the
then-current value under GAAP of all First Mortgage Receivables or (ii) five
percent (5%) of the Consolidated Capitalization Value, PLUS (e) the lesser of
(i) 50% of the then-current book value, as determined in accordance with GAAP,
of Developable Land, or (ii) $30,000,000 plus (f) the Consolidated Group's
Investment in AIP, as determined in accordance with GAAP (the "AIP Value");
provided, however, that AIP Value shall only be included in the aforementioned
calculation if Borrower is in compliance with all of the AIP Conditions.

         "Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, consolidated net
income (or loss) of the Consolidated Group for such period determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; PLUS that portion of any amount
deducted as minority equity interest in calculating such consolidated net income
which is attributable to minority interest holders holding operating partnership
units in a member of the Consolidated Group which are convertible into stock in
the Borrower, but PROVIDED that there shall be excluded (a) the income (or
deficit) of any other Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary
of the Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries and (b) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary which has
not furnished a Subsidiary Guaranty to the extent that the declaration

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or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not at
the time permitted by the terms of any contractual obligation or requirement of
law applicable to such Subsidiary.

         "Consolidated Net Worth" means, as of any date of determination, an
amount equal to (a) Consolidated Market Value MINUS (b) Consolidated Outstanding
Indebtedness as of such date.

         "Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness" means, as of any date of
determination, without duplication, the sum of (a) all Indebtedness of the
Consolidated Group outstanding at such date, determined on a consolidated basis
in accordance with GAAP, plus (b) the applicable Consolidated Group Pro Rata
Share of any Indebtedness of each Investment Affiliate other than Indebtedness
of such Investment Affiliate to a member of the Consolidated Group, less (c)
with respect to each consolidated Subsidiary of the Borrower in which the
Borrower does not directly or indirectly hold a 100% ownership interest, a
percentage of any Indebtedness of such consolidated Subsidiary which is not a
Guarantee Obligation of the Borrower equal to the percentage ownership interest
in such consolidated Subsidiary which is not held directly or indirectly by the
Borrower.

         "Consolidated Secured Indebtedness" means, as of any date of
determination, without duplication, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal
amount of that portion of the Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness which is
secured by any Lien on the Property of Borrower or its Subsidiaries, without
regard to recourse, plus (b) the excess, if any, over $5,000,000, of the sum of
(x) the aggregate principal amount of all Senior Unsecured Indebtedness of the
Subsidiaries of the Borrower which have not furnished Subsidiary Guaranties,
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and (y) a percentage
of the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of each Investment
Affiliate equal to the greater of (x) the percentage of such Indebtedness for
which any member of the Consolidated Group is liable and (z) the Consolidated
Group Pro Rata Share of such Investment Affiliate.

         "Consolidated Senior Unsecured Indebtedness" means, as of any date of
determination, the aggregate principal amount of all Senior Unsecured
Indebtedness of the Consolidated Group outstanding at such date, including
without limitation all the outstanding Indebtedness under this Agreement as of
such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

         "Controlled Group" means all members of a controlled group of
corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under
common control which, together with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, are
treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

         "Conversion/Continuation Notice" is defined in SECTION 2.10.

         "Corporate Base Rate" means a rate per annum equal to the corporate
base rate of interest announced by Bank One from time to time, changing when and
as such corporate base rate changes.

         "Default" means an event described in ARTICLE VII.

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         "Defaulting Lender" means any Lender which fails or refuses to perform
its obligations under this Agreement within the time period specified for
performance of such obligation, or, if no time frame is specified, if such
failure or refusal continues for a period of five Business Days after written
notice from the Administrative Agent; provided that if such Lender cures such
failure or refusal, such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender.

         "Default Rate" means the interest rate which may apply during the
continuance of a Default pursuant to Section 2.12.

         "Designated Lender" means any Person who has been designated by a
Lender to fund Competitive Bid Loans pursuant to a Designation Agreement in the
form attached hereto as EXHIBIT L.

         "Developable Land" means land which is appropriately zoned, has access
to all necessary utilities and has access to publicly dedicated streets.

         "Duff & Phelps" means Duff & Phelps, Inc. and its successors.

         "Environmental Laws" means any and all foreign, Federal, state, local
or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes,
decrees, requirements of any Governmental Authority or other Requirements of Law
(including common law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability or
standards of conduct concerning protection of human health or the environment,
as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect, in each case to the extent the
foregoing are applicable to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their
respective assets or Projects.

         "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, and any rule or regulation issued thereunder.

         "Equity Value" means, with respect to a Subsidiary owned as of the
Agreement Execution Date or owned and in operation for a period of two or more
consecutive full fiscal quarters after May 30, 2000, by the Borrower or one of
its other Subsidiaries, an amount equal to (A) the product of (i) the sum of net
income (or loss) for the most recent two consecutive fiscal quarters without
giving effect to depreciation and amortization, gains or losses from
extraordinary items, gains or losses on sales of real estate, and gains or
losses on investments in marketable securities for such period, PLUS the amount
of interest expense for such period on the aggregate principal amount of the
Indebtedness of such Subsidiary, MULTIPLIED BY (ii) 2, DIVIDED BY (B) 0.095, and
then MINUS (C) Indebtedness of the Subsidiary as of the date of determination.
For any Subsidiary formed or purchased after May 30, 2000, until it or its
Properties have been owned and operated by the Borrower or one of its other
Subsidiaries for two or more consecutive full fiscal quarters, "Equity Value"
shall mean the Borrower's estimated annual Net Operating Income for the Projects
owned by such Subsidiary based on leases in existence at the date such
Subsidiary is formed or purchased DIVIDED BY 0.095, and then MINUS the
Indebtedness of such Subsidiary as of the date of determination.

         "Facility Fee" is defined in SECTION 2.5.

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         "Facility Fee Rate" is, as of any date, the percentage established in
accordance with the terms of SECTION 2.4.

         "Facility Letter of Credit" means a Letter of Credit issued hereunder.

         "Facility Letter of Credit Fee" is defined in Section 2A.8.

         "Facility Letter of Credit Obligation" means, as at the time of
determination thereof, all liabilities, whether actual or contingent, of the
Borrower with respect to Facility Letters of Credit, including the sum of (a)
the Reimbursement Obligations and (b) the aggregate undrawn face amount of the
then outstanding Facility Letters of Credit.

         "Facility Termination Date" means May 30, 2003.

         "Federal Funds Effective Rate" means, for any day, an interest rate per
annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal
funds brokers on such day, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a
Business Day, the average of the quotations at approximately 10 a.m. (Chicago
time) on such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from
three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

         "Financeable Ground Lease" means, a ground lease satisfactory to the
Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent's counsel in their reasonable
discretion, which must provide protections for a potential leasehold mortgagee
("MORTGAGEE") which include, among other things (i) a remaining term, including
any optional extension terms exercisable unilaterally by the tenant, of no less
than 25 years from the Agreement Execution Date, (ii) that the ground lease will
not be terminated until the Mortgagee has received notice of a default, has had
a reasonable opportunity to cure or complete foreclosure, and has failed to do
so, (iii) provision for a new lease on the same terms to the Mortgagee as tenant
if the ground lease is terminated for any reason, (iv) non-merger of the fee and
leasehold estates, (v) transferability of the tenant's interest under the ground
lease without any requirement for consent of the ground lessor unless based on
reasonable objective criteria as to the creditworthiness of the transferee or
delivery of customary assignment and assumption agreements from the transferor
and transferee, and (vi) that insurance proceeds and condemnation awards (from
the fee interest as well as the leasehold interest) will be applied pursuant to
the terms of the applicable leasehold mortgage.

         "Financial Undertaking" of a Person means (i) any transaction which is
the functional equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but which does not
constitute a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person, or (ii)
any agreements, devices or arrangements designed to protect at least one of the
parties thereto from the fluctuations of interest rates, exchange rates or
forward rates applicable to such party's assets, liabilities or exchange
transactions, including, but not limited to, interest rate exchange agreements,
forward currency exchange agreements, interest rate cap or collar protection
agreements, forward rate currency or interest rate options.

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         "First Mortgage Receivable" means any Indebtedness owing to a member of
the Consolidated Group which is secured by a first-priority mortgage or deed of
trust on commercial real estate having a value in excess of the amount of such
Indebtedness and which has been designated by the Borrower as a "First Mortgage
Receivable" in its most recent compliance certificate.

         "Fitch" means Fitch Investor Services, Inc. and its successors.

         "Fixed Charges" shall mean, for any period, the sum of (i) Consolidated
Interest Expense, (ii) all scheduled principal payments due on account of
Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness (excluding balloon payments), (iii) all
dividends payable on account of preferred stock or preferred operating
partnership units of the Borrower or any other Person in the Consolidated Group
and (iv) all ground lease payments to the extent not deducted as an expense in
calculating Consolidated Cash Flow.

         "Fixed Rate" means the Absolute Rate or the LIBOR Rate.

         "Fixed Rate Advance" means an Advance which bears interest at a Fixed
Rate.

         "Fixed Rate Loan" means a Loan which bears interest at a Fixed Rate.

         "Floating Rate" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to (i) the
Alternate Base Rate for such day plus (ii) ABR Applicable Margin for such day,
in each case changing when and as the Alternate Base Rate changes.

         "Floating Rate Advance" means an Advance which bears interest at the
Floating Rate.

         "Floating Rate Loan" means a Loan which bears interest at the Floating
Rate.

         "Funded Percentage" means, with respect to any Lender at any time, a
percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is the amount actually
disbursed and outstanding to Borrower by such Lender at such time (including
Swingline Loans and Competitive Bid Loans), and the denominator of which is the
total amount disbursed and outstanding to Borrower by all of the Lenders at such
time (including Swingline Loans and Competitive Bid Loans).

         "Funds From Operations" means, for any period, the sum of (i)
Consolidated Net Income for such period, excluding (A) gains (losses) on sales
of property, (B) non-recurring charges and extraordinary items, (C) non-cash
charges (including, without limitation, depreciation and amortization, and
equity gains (losses) from each Investment Affiliate included therein, but
excluding any amortization of deferred finance costs) and (D) any income
attributable to the Consolidated Group's investment in AIP, if, and only if,
Borrower is in compliance with all of the AIP Conditions, plus (ii) the
applicable Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of funds from operations of each
Investment Affiliate that is due to the Consolidated Group for such period, all
determined on a consistent basis. With regard to the foregoing sentence, for
each consolidated Subsidiary of the Borrower in which the Borrower does not
directly or indirectly hold a 100% ownership interest, each of clauses (A), (B)
and (C) shall exclude the portion of such item attributable to minority interest
holders which do not hold operating partnership units convertible to stock in
the Borrower.

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         "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States of America as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent
with that used in preparing the financial statements referred to in SECTION 6.1.

         "Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any state or
other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to government.

         "Guarantee Obligation" means, as to any Person (the "GUARANTEEING
PERSON"), any obligation (determined without duplication) of (a) the
guaranteeing person or (b) another Person (including, without limitation, any
bank under any Letter of Credit) to induce the creation of which the
guaranteeing person has issued a reimbursement, counter-indemnity or similar
obligation, in either case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any
Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the "PRIMARY OBLIGATIONS")
of any other third Person (the "PRIMARY OBLIGOR") in any manner, whether
directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of the
guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary
obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor,
(ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of any such
primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the
primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the
primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily
for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the
ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or
(iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary
obligation against loss in respect thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the term
Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit
or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee
Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the maximum stated
amount of the primary obligation relating to such Guarantee Obligation (or, if
less, the maximum stated liability set forth in the instrument embodying such
Guarantee Obligation), PROVIDED, that in the absence of any such stated amount
or stated liability, the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such
guaranteeing person's maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect
thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith.

         "Indebtedness" of any Person at any date means without duplication, (a)
all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money including without limitation
any repurchase obligation or liability of such Person with respect to
securities, accounts or notes receivable sold by such Person, (b) all
obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or
services (other than current trade liabilities incurred in the ordinary course
of business and payable in accordance with customary practices), to the extent
such obligations constitute indebtedness for the purposes of GAAP, (c) any other
indebtedness of such Person which is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or
similar instrument, (d) all Capitalized Lease Obligations; and (e) all
obligations of such Person in respect of acceptances issued or created for the
account of such Person, (f) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person (excluding
in any calculation of consolidated Indebtedness of the Consolidated Group,
Guarantee Obligations of one member of the Consolidated Group in respect of
primary obligations of any other member of the Consolidated Group), (g) all
reimbursement obligations of such Person for letters of credit and other
contingent liabilities, and (h) all liabilities secured by any lien (other than
liens for taxes

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not yet due and payable) on any property owned by such Person even though such
Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof.

         "Interest Period" means an Absolute Interest Period or a LIBOR Interest
Period.

         "Investment" of a Person means any loan, advance (other than
commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the
ordinary course of business), extension of credit (other than accounts
receivable arising in the ordinary course of business on terms customary in the
trade), deposit account or contribution of capital by such Person to any other
Person or any investment in, or purchase or other acquisition of, the stock,
partnership interests, notes, debentures or other securities of any other Person
made by such Person.

         "Investment Affiliate" means any Person in which the Consolidated
Group, directly or indirectly, has an ownership interest, whose financial
results are not consolidated under GAAP with the financial results of the
Consolidated Group; provided, however, that AIP shall not be deemed an
Investment Affiliate if Borrower is in compliance with all of the AIP Conditions
(i.e., if all AIP Conditions are not met, AIP would then be considered an
"Investment Affiliate" for purposes of this Agreement and would be treated as an
"Investment Affiliate" for purposes of all financial calculations under this
Agreement.).

         "Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes" means a written notice to the
Lenders from the Administrative Agent in the form attached as EXHIBIT I-2 for
Competitive Bid Loans made pursuant to SECTION 2.23, and a written notice to the
Lenders from the Borrower in the form of EXHIBIT J-1 for Competitive Bid Loans
made pursuant to SECTION 2.24.

         "Issuance Date" is defined in Section 2A.4.

         "Issuance Notice" is defined in Section 2A.4.

         "Issuing Bank" means, with respect to each Facility Letter of Credit,
the Lender which issues such Facility Letter of Credit.

         "Lenders" means the lending institutions listed on the signature pages
of this Agreement, their respective successors and assigns, any other lending
institutions that subsequently become parties to this Agreement and the
Designated Lenders, if any, provided that the term "Lender" shall exclude each
such Designated Lender when used in the reference to the Commitments or terms
relating to the Commitments.

         "Lending Installation" means, with respect to a Lender, any office,
branch, subsidiary or affiliate of such Lender.

         "Letter of Credit" of a Person means a letter of credit or similar
instrument which is issued upon the application of such Person or upon which
such Person is an account party or for which such Person is in any way liable.

         "Letter of Credit Collateral Account" is defined in Section 2A.9.

         "Letter of Credit Request" is defined in Section 2A.4.

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         "LIBOR Advance" means an Advance that bears interest at the LIBOR Rate,
whether a ratable Advance based on the LIBOR Applicable Margin or a Competitive
Bid Loan based on a Competitive LIBOR Margin.

         "LIBOR Applicable Margin" means, as of any date with respect to any
LIBOR Interest Period, the Applicable Margin in effect for such LIBOR Interest
Period as determined in accordance with SECTION 2.4 hereof.

         "LIBOR Base Rate" means, with respect to a LIBOR Advance for the
relevant LIBOR Interest Period, the greater of (a) the rate determined by the
Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in U.S. dollars are
offered by Bank One to first-class banks in the London interbank market at
approximately 11 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of
such LIBOR Interest Period, in the approximate amount of Bank One's share of the
relevant LIBOR Advance and having a maturity approximately equal to such LIBOR
Interest Period, or (b) the applicable British Bankers' Association Interest
Settlement Rate for deposits in U.S. dollars appearing on Reuters Screen FRBD as
of 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such
LIBOR Interest Period, and having a maturity equal to such Interest Period,
provided that, if Reuters Screen FRBD is not available to the Administrative
Agent for any reason, the applicable LIBOR Base Rate for the relevant LIBOR
Interest Period under this clause (b) shall instead be the applicable British
Bankers' Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in U.S. dollars as
reported by any other generally recognized financial information service as of
11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such LIBOR
Interest Period, and having a maturity equal to such LIBOR Interest Period

         "LIBOR Interest Period" means a period of one, two, three or six months
commencing on a Business Day selected by the Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement. Such LIBOR Interest Period shall end on (but exclude) the day which
corresponds numerically to such date one, two, three or six months thereafter,
provided, however, that if there is no such numerically corresponding day in
such next, second, third or sixth succeeding month, such LIBOR Interest Period
shall end on the last Business Day of such next, second, third or sixth
succeeding month. If a LIBOR Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which
is not a Business Day, such LIBOR Interest Period shall end on the next
succeeding Business Day, provided, however, that if said next succeeding
Business Day falls in a new calendar month, such LIBOR Interest Period shall end
on the immediately preceding Business Day.

         "LIBOR Loan" means a Loan which bears interest at a LIBOR Rate.

         "LIBOR Rate" means, with respect to a LIBOR Advance for the relevant
LIBOR Interest Period, the sum of (i) the quotient of (a) the LIBOR Base Rate
applicable to such LIBOR Interest Period, divided by (b) one minus the Reserve
Requirement (expressed as a decimal) applicable to such LIBOR Interest Period,
plus (ii) in the case of ratable LIBOR Advances, the LIBOR Applicable Margin in
effect from time to time during such LIBOR Interest Period, or in the case of
LIBOR Advances made as Competitive Bid Loans, the Competitive LIBOR Margin
established in the Competitive Bid Quote applicable to such Competitive Bid
Loan. The LIBOR Rate shall be rounded to the next higher 1/100 of 1% if the rate
is not a multiple of 1/100 of 1%.

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         "Lien" means any lien (statutory or other), mortgage, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance or preference,
priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or
nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, the interest of a vendor or
lessor under any conditional sale, Capitalized Lease or other title retention
agreement).

         "Loan" means, with respect to a Lender, such Lender's portion of any
Advance.

         "Loan Documents" means this Agreement, the Notes, the Subsidiary
Guaranty, and any other document from time to time evidencing or securing
indebtedness incurred by the Borrower under this Agreement, as any of the
foregoing may be amended or modified from time to time.

         "Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (i) the
business, Property or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Borrower to perform its
obligations under the Loan Documents, or (iii) the validity or enforceability of
any of the Loan Documents.

         "Materials of Environmental Concern" means any gasoline or petroleum
(including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any
hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes, defined or regulated as such
in or under any Environmental Law, including, without limitation, asbestos,
polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation.

         "Maximum Legal Rate" means the maximum nonusurious interest rate, if
any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken,
reserved, charged or received on the indebtedness evidenced by the Note and as
provided for herein or in the Note or other Loan Documents, under the laws of
such state or states whose laws are held by any court of competent jurisdiction
to govern the interest rate provisions of the Loan.

         "Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.

         "Multiemployer Plan" means a Plan maintained pursuant to a collective
bargaining agreement or any other arrangement to which the Borrower or any
member of the Controlled Group is a party to which more than one employer is
obligated to make contributions.

         "Net Operating Income" means, with respect to any Project for any
period, "property rental and other income" (as determined by GAAP) attributable
to such Project accruing for such period MINUS the amount of all expenses (as
determined in accordance with GAAP) incurred in connection with and directly
attributable to the ownership and operation of such Project for such period,
including, without limitation, Management Fees and amounts accrued for the
payment of real estate taxes and insurance premiums, but excluding interest
expense or other debt service charges and any non-cash charges such as
depreciation or amortization of financing costs. As used herein "MANAGEMENT
FEES", means, with respect to each Project for any period, an amount equal to
(i) three percent (3%) of the aggregate base rent and percentage rent due and
payable under leases with anchor tenants at such Project, PLUS (ii) three
percent (3%) of the aggregate base rent and percentage rent due and payable
under leases with tenants other than anchor tenants at such Project.

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         "Note" means a new (in the case of Lenders not parties to the Prior
Agreement) or an amended and restated (in the case of Lenders parties to the
Prior Agreement) promissory note, in substantially the form of EXHIBIT A-1
hereto, duly executed by the Borrower and payable to the order of a Lender in
the amount of its Commitment, including any amendment, modification, renewal or
replacement of such promissory note.

         "Notice of Assignment" is defined in SECTION 12.3.2.

         "Obligations" means the Advances, the Facility Letter of Credit
Obligations and all accrued and unpaid fees and all other obligations of
Borrower to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders arising under this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents.

         "Participants" is defined in SECTION 12.2.1.

         "Passive Non-Real Estate Investments" means stock or other equity
interests in or debt of entities not primarily involved in commercial real
estate development or ownership.

         "Payment Date" means, with respect to the payment of interest accrued
on any Advance, the first day of each calendar month.

         "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor
thereto.

         "Percentage" means for each Lender the ratio that such Lender's
Commitment bears to the Aggregate Commitment, expressed as a percentage.

         "Permitted Acquisitions" are defined in SECTION 6.15.

         "Permitted Liens" are defined in SECTION 6.16.

         "Person" means any natural person, corporation, firm, joint venture,
partnership, association, enterprise, trust or other entity or organization, or
any government or political subdivision or any agency, department or
instrumentality thereof.

         "Plan" means an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title
IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the
Code as to which the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group may have any
liability.

         "Prior Agreement" is defined in RECITAL C.

         "Pre-Leased Project Under Construction" means a Project under
development (in accordance with GAAP) on which construction of buildings has
been commenced but which has not been substantially completed and occupied and
over 50% of which has been leased to a tenant or tenants pursuant to fully
executed and binding leases.

         "Project" means any real estate asset owned by Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or any Investment Affiliate, and operated or intended to be
operated as a retail, office or industrial property.

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         "Property" of a Person means any and all property, whether real,
personal, tangible, intangible, or mixed, of such Person, or other assets owned,
leased or operated by such Person.

         "Purchasers" is defined in SECTION 12.3.1.

         "Qualifying Jointly-Owned Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary which (i) is a
Subsidiary Guarantor but is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, (ii) is governed by
organizational documents which prohibit voluntary sales of such Subsidiary's
Projects for a certain period of time after the contribution of such Project to
such Subsidiary or require approval from one or more of its limited partners or
non-managing members (other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) for such voluntary
sales, and (iii) is governed by organizational documents which expressly
authorize the Borrower or the Wholly-Owned Subsidiary which is its general
partner or managing member to cause such Subsidiary to guaranty, or pledge such
Subsidiary's assets to secure, indebtedness of the Borrower.

         "Recourse Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries with respect to which the liability of the obligor is not
limited to the obligor's interest in specified assets securing such
Indebtedness, subject to customary limited exceptions for certain acts or types
of liability.

         "Regulation D" means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor thereto
or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors
relating to reserve requirements applicable to member banks of the Federal
Reserve System.

         "Regulation U" means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor or other
regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to the
extension of credit by banks for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin
stocks applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.

         "Reimbursement Obligations" means at any time, the aggregate of the
Obligations of the Borrower to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the
Administrative Agent in respect of all unreimbursed payments or disbursements
made by the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent under or in
respect of the Facility Letters of Credit.

         "Reportable Event" means a reportable event as defined in Section 4043
of ERISA and the regulations issued under such section, with respect to a Plan,
excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC by regulation waived the
requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within 30 days of
the occurrence of such event, provided, however, that a failure to meet the
minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code and of Section 302 of ERISA
shall be a Reportable Event regardless of the issuance of any such waiver of the
notice requirement in accordance with either Section 4043(a) of ERISA or Section
412(d) of the Code.

         "Required Lenders" means Lenders in the aggregate having at least 66
2/3% of the Aggregate Commitment or, if the Aggregate Commitment has been
terminated, Lenders in the aggregate holding at least 66 2/3% of the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of the outstanding Advances.

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         "Reserve Requirement" means, with respect to a LIBOR Interest Period,
the maximum aggregate reserve requirement (including all basic, supplemental,
marginal and other reserves) which is imposed under Regulation D on new
non-personal time deposits of $100,000 or more with a maturity equal to that on
Eurocurrency liabilities (in the case of LIBOR Advances).

         "Section" means a numbered section of this Agreement, unless another
document is specifically referenced.

         "Senior Unsecured Indebtedness" means all Indebtedness other than
Subordinated Indebtedness of any Person that is not secured by a Lien on any
asset of such Person.

         "Single Employer Plan" means a Plan maintained by the Borrower or any
member of the Controlled Group for employees of the Borrower or any member of
the Controlled Group.

         "S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group and its successors.

         "Subordinated Indebtedness" means Indebtedness which is contractually
subordinated to the Obligations on customary subordination terms reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

         "Subsidiary" of a Person means (i) any corporation more than 50% of the
outstanding securities having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time
be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more
of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or
(ii) any partnership, association, joint venture or similar business
organization more than 50% of the ownership interests having ordinary voting
power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled. Unless otherwise
expressly provided, all references herein to a "Subsidiary" shall mean a
Subsidiary of the Borrower.

         "Subsidiary Guarantor" means each Subsidiary of the Borrower which is
required to execute a Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to SECTION 6.13.

         "Subsidiary Guaranty" means the guaranty to be executed and delivered
by certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower, substantially in the form of EXHIBIT F,
as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.

         "Substantial Portion" means, with respect to the Property of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, Property which (i) represents more than 10% of
the assets of the Consolidated Group as would be shown in the consolidated
financial statements of the Consolidated Group as at the beginning of the
twelve-month period ending with the month in which such determination is made,
or (ii) is responsible for more than 10% of the consolidated net sales or of the
consolidated net income of the Consolidated Group as reflected in the financial
statements referred to in clause (i) above.

         "Swingline Advances" means, as of any date, collectively, all Swingline
Loans then outstanding under this Facility.

         "Swingline Lender" shall mean Administrative Agent, in its capacity as
a Lender.

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         "Swingline Loans" means loans of up to $40,000,000 made by the
Swingline Lender in accordance with SECTION 2.21 hereof.

         "Transferee" is defined in SECTION 12.4.

         "Type" means, with respect to any Advance, its nature as a Floating
Rate Advance or LIBOR Advance.

         "Unencumbered Asset" means, any Project located in the United States
100% of which is owned in fee simple or ground leased by the Borrower or a
Subsidiary Guarantor (provided that a Project which is ground leased shall be
included as an Unencumbered Asset only if such ground lease is a Financeable
Ground Lease) which, as of any date of determination, (a) is not subject to any
Liens or claims (including restrictions on transferability or assignability) of
any kind (including any such Lien, claim or restriction imposed by the
organizational documents of any Subsidiary Guarantor) other than (i) Permitted
Liens set forth in SECTIONS 6.16(i) THROUGH 6.16(iv)), and (ii) restrictions on
transferability in the case of a Qualifying Jointly-Owned Subsidiary (b) is not
subject to any agreement (including (i) any agreement governing Indebtedness
incurred in order to finance or refinance the acquisition of such asset, and
(ii) if applicable, the organizational documents of any Subsidiary Guarantor)
which prohibits or limits the ability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Guarantor to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any assets
or Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, including, without
limitation, any negative pledge or similar covenant or restriction, (c) is not
subject to any agreement (including any agreement governing Indebtedness
incurred in order to finance or refinance the acquisition of such asset) which
entitles any Person to the benefit of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens set
forth in SECTIONS 6.16(i) THROUGH 6.16(iv)) on any assets or Capital Stock of
the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or would entitle any Person to the
benefit of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens set forth in SECTIONS 6.16(i)
THROUGH 6.16(iv)) on such assets or Capital Stock upon the occurrence of any
contingency (including, without limitation, pursuant to an "equal and ratable"
clause), and (d) either has been improved with an income-producing building or
buildings which are substantially completed and occupied or is a Pre-Leased
Project Under Construction. For the purposes of this Agreement, any Project of a
Subsidiary Guarantor shall not be deemed to be unencumbered unless (i) both such
Project and all Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor held by the Borrower
is unencumbered and (ii) each intervening entity between the Borrower and such
Subsidiary Guarantor does not have any Indebtedness for borrowed money or, if
such entity has any Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is unsecured and the entity
is a Subsidiary Guarantor.

         "Unfunded Liabilities" means the amount (if any) by which the present
value of all vested nonforfeitable benefits under all Single Employer Plans
exceeds the fair market value of all such Plan assets allocable to such
benefits, all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such
Plans.

         "Unmatured Default" means an event which but for the lapse of time or
the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a Default.

         "Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents" means, in the aggregate, all
cash and Cash Equivalents which are not pledged or otherwise restricted for the
benefit of any creditor and which are owned by members of the Consolidated Group
or Investment Affiliates, to be valued

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for purposes of this Agreement at (i) 100% of its then-current book value, as
determined under GAAP, for any such items owned by a member of the Consolidated
Group or (ii) the applicable Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of its
then-current book value, as determined under GAAP, for any such items owned by
an Investment Affiliate.

         "Value of Unencumbered Assets" means, as of any date, the sum of (A)
the amount determined by dividing the Net Operating Income for each Project
which is an Unencumbered Asset as of such date for a calculation period which
shall be either the immediately preceding two (2) full fiscal quarters or, if so
requested by Borrower or the Administrative Agent, the one (1) immediately
preceding full fiscal quarter and the then current partial quarter (in all cases
as annualized) by 0.095 (provided that not more than 15% of the Value of
Unencumbered Assets with respect to Projects shall be attributable to
Unencumbered Assets which are ground leased) plus (B) for each Pre-Leased
Project Under Construction, 100% of the then-current book value, as determined
in accordance with GAAP, of such Pre-Leased Project Under Construction, provided
that the aggregate amount added to value under this clause (B) shall not exceed
$50,000,000. If a Project has been acquired during such calculation period then
Borrower shall be entitled to include pro forma Net Operating Income (based on
leases in existence at the date of such acquisition) from such Project for the
entire calculation period in the foregoing calculation, except for purposes of
the financial covenant comparing the Net Operating Income from Unencumbered
Assets to Consolidated Interest Expense under SECTION 6.21(iv). If a Project is
no longer owned as of the date of determination, then no value shall be included
based on capitalizing Net Operating Income from such Project, except for
purposes of such financial covenant comparing the Net Operating Income from
Unencumbered Assets to Consolidated Interest Expense under SECTION 6.21(iv).

         "Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" of a Person means (i) any Subsidiary all of
the outstanding voting securities of which shall at the time be owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries of such Person, or (ii) any partnership, association, joint venture
or similar business organization 100% of the ownership interests having ordinary
voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled.

         The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

                                   ARTICLE II

                                   THE CREDIT

         2.1 COMMITMENTS; REDUCTION OR INCREASE IN AGGREGATE COMMITMENT. Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Lenders severally agree to make
Advances through the Administrative Agent to Borrower from time to time prior to
the Facility Termination Date, PROVIDED THAT the making of any such Advance will
not cause the outstanding principal balance of all Loans (including all
Advances, Swingline Loans and Competitive Bid Loans) and the Facility Letter of
Credit Obligations to exceed the then-current Aggregate Commitment. The Advances
may be ratable Floating Rate Advances, ratable Fixed Rate Advances, non-pro rata
Swingline Loans or non-pro rata Competitive Bid Loans. Except for Swingline
Loans and Competitive Bid Loans,

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each Lender shall fund its Percentage of each such Advance and no Lender
will be required to fund any amounts which, when aggregated with such Lender's
Percentage of (i) all other Advances (other than Competitive Bid Loans) then
outstanding, (ii) Facility Letter of Credit Obligations, and (iii) all Swingline
Advances, would exceed such Lender's then-current Commitment. This facility
("FACILITY") is a revolving credit facility and, subject to the provisions of
this Agreement, Borrower may request Advances hereunder, repay such Advances and
reborrow Advances at any time prior to the Facility Termination Date.

         The Borrower shall have the right, upon not less than five (5) Business
Days' irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate the Aggregate
Commitment in its entirety or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of the
Aggregate Commitment PROVIDED that no such termination or reduction shall be
permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any payments of Advances made
on the effective date thereof, the aggregate principal amount of the Advances
then outstanding would exceed the remaining Aggregate Commitment, subject to the
provisions of the following grammatical paragraph. Any such reduction shall be
in an amount equal to $5,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof and shall reduce
permanently the Aggregate Commitment. Any such reduction shall reduce the
Commitments of all of the Lenders ratably in proportion to their respective
Commitments and, unless otherwise agreed by the Swingline Lender, shall reduce
the maximum amount of Swingline Advances permitted hereunder by the same
proportion.

         The Borrower shall also have the right from time to time to increase
the Aggregate Commitment up to a maximum of $575,000,000 by either adding new
banks as Lenders (subject to the Administrative Agent's prior written approval
of the identity of such new banks) or obtaining the agreement, which shall be at
such Lender's or Lenders' sole discretion, of one or more of the then-current
Lenders to increase its or their Commitments. Such increases shall be evidenced
by the execution and delivery of an Amendment Regarding Increase in the form of
Exhibit K attached hereto by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the new
bank or existing Lender providing such additional Commitment, a copy of which
shall be forwarded to each Lender by the Administrative Agent promptly after
execution thereof. On the effective date of each such increase in the Aggregate
Commitment, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall cause the new or
existing Lenders providing such increase to hold its or their Percentage of all
ratable Advances outstanding at the close of business on such day, by either
funding more than its or their Percentage of new ratable Advances made on such
date or purchasing shares of outstanding ratable Loans held by the other Lenders
or a combination thereof. The Lenders agree to cooperate in any required sale
and purchase of outstanding ratable Advances to achieve such result, provided
that if any such required sale results in a prepayment of any outstanding
ratable Fixed Rate Advances, Borrower shall make all payments required by
SECTION 3.4 to Lenders. In no event will such new or existing Lenders providing
the increase be required to fund or purchase a portion of any Competitive Bid
Loan or Swingline Loan to comply with this Section on such date. In no event
shall the Aggregate Commitment exceed $575,000,000 without the approval of all
of the Lenders.

         2.2 FINAL PRINCIPAL PAYMENT. Any outstanding Advances and all other
unpaid Obligations shall be paid in full by the Borrower on the Facility
Termination Date.

         2.3 RATABLE AND NONRATABLE LOANS. Each Advance hereunder shall consist
of Loans made from the several Lenders ratably in proportion to their respective
Percentages, except for

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Swingline Loans which shall be made by the Swingline Lender in accordance with
Section 2.21 and Competitive Bid Loans which may be made on a non-pro rata basis
by one or more of the Lenders in accordance with SECTIONS 2.23 and 2.24.

         2.4 APPLICABLE MARGINS. Each of the ABR Applicable Margin and the LIBOR
Applicable Margin to be used in calculating the interest rate applicable to
different Types of Advances and the Facility Fee Rate to be used in calculating
the Facility Fee shall vary from time to time in accordance with the higher of
Borrower's then applicable Moody's debt rating and S&P's debt rating unless one
of such two ratings is more than one rating category lower than the other, in
which case the average of the two different Applicable Margins and the average
of the two different Facility Fee Rates shall be used. The Applicable Margins
shall be adjusted effective on the next Business Day following any change in
Borrower's Moody's debt rating and/or S&P's debt rating, as the case may be. The
applicable debt ratings, the Applicable Margins and Facility Fee Rate are set
forth in the following table:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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                                                                   LIBOR               ABR
                                                                APPLICABLE          APPLICABLE         FACILITY
          S&P RATING                  MOODY'S RATING              MARGIN              MARGIN           FEE RATE

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<S>                                    <C>                        <C>                <C>                <C>
         A- or higher                  A3 or higher                0.90%              0.00%              0.15%
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             BBB+                          Baa1                    0.95%              0.00%              0.20%
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             BBB                           Baa2                    1.10%              0.10%              0.20%
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             BBB-                          Baa3                    1.20%              0.20%              0.25%
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Less than BBB-                Less than Baa3               1.50%              0.50%              0.30%
===================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

In the event that either S&P or Moody's shall discontinue their ratings of the
REIT industry or the Borrower, the Borrower may seek a debt rating from another
substitute rating agency reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower. For the period from the date of such discontinuance until the
first to occur of (i) the date the Borrower receives a debt rating from such new
rating agency or (ii) a date 180 days after such discontinuance, the single
rating from S&P or Moody's, as the case may be, shall be used to determine the
Applicable Margin and the Facility Fee Rate. If the debt rating of the Borrower
from such new rating agency is not received within such 180 day period, or if
both S&P and Moody's shall discontinue their ratings of the REIT industry or the
Borrower, the Applicable Margin to be used for the calculation of interest on
Advances hereunder shall be the highest Applicable Margin for each Type and the
Facility Fee to be used for the calculation of the Facility Fee shall be the
highest rate shown above.

         If a rating agency downgrade or discontinuance results in an increase
in the ABR Applicable Margin or the LIBOR Applicable Margin or in the Facility
Fee Rate and if such increase is reversed and the affected Applicable Margin or
Facility Fee Rate is restored within ninety (90) days thereafter, at Borrower's
request, Borrower shall receive a credit against interest next due the Lenders
equal to (i) interest accrued at the differential between such Applicable
Margins plus (ii) the differential in the Facility Fees accruing from time to
time during such period of downgrade or discontinuance.

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         If a rating agency upgrade results in decrease in the ABR Applicable
Margin or the LIBOR Applicable Margin or in the Facility Fee Rate and if such
upgrade is reversed and the affected Applicable Margin or Facility Fee Rate is
restored within ninety (90) days thereafter, Borrower shall be required to pay
an amount to the Lenders equal to the interest differential on the Advances and
the differential on the Facility Fees during such period of upgrade.

         2.5 FACILITY FEE. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of each Lender a facility fee (the "FACILITY FEE")
calculated for each day after the Agreement Execution Date through the Facility
Termination Date at a per annum rate equal to the Facility Fee Rate in effect
for such day (converted to a per diem rate) times the Aggregate Commitment as of
such day. The Facility Fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day
of each calendar quarter hereafter beginning June 30, 2000 and on the Facility
Termination Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all accrued Facility Fees shall
be payable on the effective date of any reduction in the Aggregate Commitment or
any termination of the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder.

         2.6 OTHER FEES. The Borrower agrees to pay all fees payable to the
Administrative Agent and the Arranger pursuant to the Borrower's letter
agreement with the Administrative Agent and the Arranger dated March 16, 2000.
The Borrower shall also pay the fee due to the Administrative Agent in
connection with certain Competitive Bid Loans as provided in Section 2.23
hereof.

         2.7 MINIMUM AMOUNT OF EACH ADVANCE. Each Advance shall be in the
minimum amount of $1,000,000 (and in multiples of $100,000 if in excess
thereof); provided, however, that any Floating Rate Advance may be in the amount
of the unused Aggregate Commitment.

         2.8 OPTIONAL PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS. The Borrower may from time to time
pay, without penalty or premium, all or any part of outstanding Floating Rate
Advances without prior notice to the Administrative Agent. A Fixed Rate Advance
may be paid on the last day of the applicable Interest Period or, if and only if
the Borrower pays any amounts due to the Lenders under SECTIONS 3.4 and 3.5 as a
result of such prepayment, on a day prior to such last day. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in no event shall Borrower have the right to prepay a Competitive Bid
Loan without the consent of the applicable Competitive Bid Lender.

         2.9 METHOD OF SELECTING TYPES AND INTEREST PERIODS FOR NEW ADVANCES.
The Borrower shall select the Type of Advance and, in the case of each Fixed
Rate Advance, the Interest Period applicable to each Advance from time to time.
The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (a
"BORROWING NOTICE") (i) not later than 9:00 a.m. Chicago time on the Borrowing
Date of each Floating Rate Advance, (ii) not later than 10:00 a.m. Chicago time,
at least three (3) Business Days before the Borrowing Date for each LIBOR
Advance, and (iii) not later than 2:00 p.m. Chicago time on the Borrowing Date
for each Swingline Loan, specifying:

             (i) the Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day, of such
         Advance,

             (ii) the aggregate amount of such Advance,

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             (iii) the Type of Advance selected (which must be a Floating Rate
         Advance in the case of the Swingline Loans), and

             (iv) in the case of each Fixed Rate Advance, the Interest Period
         applicable thereto.

         The Administrative Agent shall provide a copy to the Lenders by
facsimile of each Borrowing Notice and each Conversion/Continuation Notice not
later than the close of business on the Business Day it is received. Each Lender
shall make available its Loan or Loans, in funds immediately available in
Chicago to the Administrative Agent at its address specified pursuant to ARTICLE
XIII on each Borrowing Date not later than (i) 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time), in the
case of Floating Rate Advances which have been requested by a Borrowing Notice
given to the Administrative Agent not later than 3:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the
Business Day immediately preceding such Borrowing Date, or (ii) noon (Chicago
time) in the case of all other Advances (other than Swingline Loans), and 4:00
p.m. (Chicago time) for all Swingline Loans. The Administrative Agent will make
the funds so received from the Lenders available to the Borrower at the
Administrative Agent's aforesaid address.

         No Interest Period may end after the Facility Termination Date and,
unless the Lenders otherwise agree in writing, in no event may there be more
than ten (10) different Interest Periods for LIBOR Advances outstanding at any
one time.

         2.10 CONVERSION AND CONTINUATION OF OUTSTANDING ADVANCES. Floating Rate
Advances shall continue as Floating Rate Advances unless and until such Floating
Rate Advances are converted into Fixed Rate Advances. Each Fixed Rate Advance of
any Type shall continue as a Fixed Rate Advance of such Type until the end of
the then applicable Interest Period therefor, at which time such Fixed Rate
Advance shall be automatically converted into a Floating Rate Advance unless the
Borrower shall have given the Administrative Agent a CONVERSION/CONTINUATION
NOTICE requesting that, at the end of such Interest Period, such Fixed Rate
Advance either continue as a Fixed Rate Advance of such Type for the same or
another Interest Period or be converted to an Advance of another Type. Subject
to the terms of SECTION 2.7, the Borrower may elect from time to time to convert
all or any part of an Advance of any Type into any other Type or Types of
Advances; provided that any conversion of any Fixed Rate Advance shall be made
on, and only on, the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto. The
Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (a
"Conversion/Continuation Notice") of each conversion of an Advance to a Fixed
Rate Advance or continuation of a Fixed Rate Advance not later than 10:00 a.m.
(Chicago time) at least one Business Day, or three Business Days, in the case of
a conversion into or continuation of a LIBOR Advance, prior to the date of the
requested conversion or continuation, specifying:

             (i) the requested date which shall be a Business Day, of such
         conversion or continuation;

             (ii) the aggregate amount and Type of the Advance which is to be
         converted or continued; and

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             (iii) the amount and Type(s) of Advance(s) into which such Advance
         is to be converted or continued and, in the case of a conversion into
         or continuation of a Fixed Rate Advance, the duration of the Interest
         Period applicable thereto.

         2.11 CHANGES IN INTEREST RATE, ETC. Each Floating Rate Advance shall
bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for each day from and
including the date such Advance is made or is converted from a Fixed Rate
Advance into a Floating Rate Advance pursuant to SECTION 2.10 to but excluding
the date it becomes due or is converted into a Fixed Rate Advance pursuant to
SECTION 2.10 hereof, at a rate per annum equal to the Floating Rate for such
day. Changes in the rate of interest on that portion of any Advance maintained
as a Floating Rate Advance will take effect simultaneously with each change in
the Alternate Base Rate. Each Fixed Rate Advance shall bear interest from and
including the first day of the Interest Period applicable thereto to (but not
including) the last day of such Interest Period at the interest rate determined
as applicable to such Fixed Rate Advance.

         2.12 RATES APPLICABLE AFTER DEFAULT. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in SECTION 2.9 or 2.10, during the continuance of a Default
or Unmatured Default the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the
Borrower (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders
notwithstanding any provision of SECTION 8.2 requiring unanimous consent of the
Lenders to changes in interest rates), declare that no Advance may be made as,
converted into or continued as a Fixed Rate Advance. During the continuance of a
Default the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Borrower
(which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders
notwithstanding any provision of SECTION 8.2 requiring unanimous consent of the
Lenders to changes in interest rates), declare that (i) each Fixed Rate Advance
shall bear interest for the remainder of the applicable Interest Period at the
rate otherwise applicable to such Interest Period plus 2% per annum and (ii)
each Floating Rate Advance shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the
Floating Rate otherwise applicable to the Floating Rate Advance plus 2% per
annum.

         2.13 METHOD OF PAYMENT.

             (i) All payments of the Obligations hereunder shall be made,
         without setoff, deduction, or counterclaim, in immediately available
         funds to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent's address
         specified pursuant to ARTICLE XIII, or at any other Lending
         Installation of the Administrative Agent specified in writing by the
         Administrative Agent to the Borrower, by noon (local time) on the date
         when due and shall be applied ratably by the Administrative Agent among
         the Lenders.

             (ii) As provided elsewhere herein, all Lenders' interests in the
         Advances and the Loan Documents shall be ratable undivided interests
         and none of such Lenders' interests shall have priority over the
         others. Each payment delivered to the Administrative Agent for the
         account of any Lender or amount to be applied or paid by the
         Administrative Agent to any Lender shall be paid promptly (on the same
         day as received by the Administrative Agent if received prior to noon
         (local time) on such day and otherwise on the next Business Day) by the
         Administrative Agent to such Lender in the same type of funds that the
         Administrative Agent received at its address specified pursuant to
         ARTICLE XIII or at any Lending Installation specified in a
         notice received by the Administrative Agent from such Lender. Payments
         received by the Administrative

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         Agent but not timely funded to the Lenders shall bear interest payable
         by the Administrative Agent at the Federal Funds Effective Rate from
         the date due until the date paid. The Administrative Agent is hereby
         authorized to charge the account of the Borrower maintained with Bank
         One for each payment of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due
         hereunder.

         2.14 NOTES; TELEPHONIC NOTICES. Each Lender is hereby authorized to
record the principal amount of each of its Loans and each repayment on the
schedule attached to its Note, provided, however, that the failure to so record
shall not affect the Borrower's obligations under such Note. The Borrower hereby
authorizes the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to extend, convert or
continue Advances, effect selections of Types of Advances and to transfer funds
based on telephonic notices made by any Authorized Officer. The Borrower agrees
to deliver promptly to the Administrative Agent a written confirmation, if such
confirmation is requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, of each
telephonic notice signed by an Authorized Officer. If the written confirmation
differs in any material respect from the action taken by the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders, the records of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
shall govern absent manifest error.

         2.15 INTEREST PAYMENT DATES; INTEREST AND FEE BASIS. Interest accrued
on each Advance (other than Competitive Bid Loans) shall be payable on each
Payment Date, commencing with the first such date to occur after the date
hereof, at maturity, whether by acceleration or otherwise, and upon any
termination of the Aggregate Commitment in its entirety under SECTION 2.1
hereof. Interest accrued on each Competitive Bid Loan shall be payable on the
last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Competitive Bid Loan (or, if
such Interest Period is in excess of three months, on the 90th day of such
Interest Period) or any earlier date on which such Competitive Bid Loan is
repaid, at maturity, whether by acceleration or otherwise, and upon any
termination of the Aggregate Commitment in its entirety under SECTION 2.1
hereof. Interest and Facility Fees shall be calculated for actual days elapsed
on the basis of a 360-day year. Interest shall be payable for the day an Advance
is made but not for the day of any payment on the amount paid if payment is
received prior to noon (local time) at the place of payment. If any payment of
principal of or interest on an Advance shall become due on a day which is not a
Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day
and, in the case of a principal payment, such extension of time shall be
included in computing interest in connection with such payment.

         2.16 NOTIFICATION OF ADVANCES, INTEREST RATES AND PREPAYMENTS. The
Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the contents of each Borrowing
Notice, Conversion/Continuation Notice, and repayment notice received by it
hereunder not later than the close of business on the Business Day such notice
is received by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent will notify
each Lender of the interest rate applicable to each Fixed Rate Advance promptly
upon determination of such interest rate and will give each Lender prompt notice
of each change in the Alternate Base Rate.

         2.17 LENDING INSTALLATIONS. Subject to SECTION 3.5, each Lender may
book its Loans at any Lending Installation selected by such Lender and may
change its Lending Installation from time to time. All terms of this Agreement
shall apply to any such Lending Installation and the Notes shall be deemed held
by each Lender for the benefit of such Lending Installation. Each Lender may, by
written or telex notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, designate

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a Lending Installation through which Loans will be made by it and for whose
account Loan payments are to be made.

         2.18 NON-RECEIPT OF FUNDS BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. Unless the
Borrower or a Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Administrative Agent
prior to the time at which it is scheduled to make payment to the Administrative
Agent of (i) in the case of a Lender, the proceeds of a Loan or (ii) in the case
of the Borrower, a payment of principal, interest or fees to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Lenders, that it does not intend to make such
payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such payment has been made.
The Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the amount of
such payment available to the intended recipient in reliance upon such
assumption. If such Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be, has not in fact
made such payment to the Administrative Agent, the recipient of such payment
shall, on demand by the Administrative Agent, repay to the Administrative Agent
the amount so made available together with interest thereon in respect of each
day during the period commencing on the date such amount was so made available
by the Administrative Agent until the date the Administrative Agent recovers
such amount at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of payment by a Lender,
the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day or (ii) in the case of payment by
the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan. If such Lender
so repays such amount and interest thereon to the Administrative Agent within
one Business Day after such demand, all interest accruing on the Loan not funded
by such Lender during such period shall be payable to such Lender when received
from the Borrower.

         2.19 WITHHOLDING TAX EXEMPTION. At least five Business Days prior to
the first date on which interest or fees are payable hereunder for the account
of any Lender, each Lender that is not incorporated under the laws of the United
States of America, or a state thereof, agrees that it will deliver to each of
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two duly completed copies of United
States Internal Revenue Service Form 1001 or 4224, certifying in either case
that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement and the
Notes without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income
taxes. Each Lender which so delivers a Form 1001 or 4224 further undertakes to
deliver to each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two additional
copies of such form (or a successor form) on or before the date that such form
expires (currently, three successive calendar years for Form 1001 and one
calendar year for Form 4224) or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of any
event requiring a change in the most recent forms so delivered by it, and such
amendments thereto or extensions or renewals thereof as may be reasonably
requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, in each case certifying
that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement and the
Notes without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income
taxes, unless an event (including without limitation any change in treaty, law
or regulation) has occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would
otherwise be required which renders all such forms inapplicable or which would
prevent such Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form with
respect to it and such Lender advises the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
that it is not capable of receiving payments without any deduction or
withholding of United States federal income tax.

         2.20 REPLACEMENT OF LENDERS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. The Borrower
shall be permitted to replace any Lender which (a) is not capable of receiving
payments without any deduction or withholding of United States federal income
tax pursuant to SECTION 2.19, or (b) cannot maintain its Fixed Rate Loans at a
suitable Lending Installation pursuant to

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SECTION 3.3, with a replacement bank or other financial institution; PROVIDED
that (i) such replacement does not conflict with any applicable legal or
regulatory requirements affecting the Lenders, (ii) no Default or (after notice
thereof to Borrower) no Unmatured Default shall have occurred and be continuing
at the time of such replacement, (iii) the Borrower shall repay (or the
replacement bank or institution shall purchase, at par) all Loans and other
amounts owing to such replaced Lender prior to the date of replacement, (iv) the
Borrower shall be liable to such replaced Lender under SECTIONS 3.4 and 3.5 if
any Fixed Rate Loan owing to such replaced Lender shall be prepaid (or
purchased) other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto,
(v) the replacement bank or institution, if not already a Lender, and the terms
and conditions of such replacement, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, (vi) the replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such
replacement in accordance with the provisions of SECTION 12.3 (provided that the
Borrower shall be obligated to pay the processing fee referred to therein),
(vii) until such time as such replacement shall be consummated, the Borrower
shall pay all additional amounts (if any) required pursuant to SECTION 2.19 and
(viii) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights
which the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have
against the replaced Lender.

         2.21 SWINGLINE LOANS. In addition to the other options available to
Borrower hereunder, up to $40,000,000 of the Swingline Lender's Commitment,
shall be available for Swingline Loans subject to the following terms and
conditions. Swingline Loans shall be made available for same day borrowings
provided that notice is given in accordance with SECTION 2.9 hereof. Unless
otherwise approved in writing by the Required Lenders, no Swingline Loan may be
made by the Swingline Lender if the Swingline Lender has either given or
received written notice that a Default has occurred prior to making such
Swingline Loan unless such Default has theretofore been cured or waived in
accordance with the terms hereof. All Swingline Loans shall bear interest at the
Floating Rate and shall be deemed to be Floating Rate Advances. In no event
shall the Swingline Lender be required to fund a Swingline Loan if it would
increase the total aggregate outstanding Loans (including Swingline Loans but
not including Competitive Bid Loans) by Swingline Lender hereunder plus its
Percentage of Facility Letter of Credit Obligations to an amount in excess of
its Commitment. Upon request of the Swingline Lender made to all the Lenders,
each Lender irrevocably agrees to purchase its Percentage of any Swingline Loan
made by the Swingline Lender regardless of whether the conditions for
disbursement are satisfied at the time of such purchase, including the existence
of an Event of Default hereunder provided no Lender shall be required to have
total outstanding Loans (other than Competitive Bid Loans) in an amount greater
than its Commitment. Such purchase shall take place on the date of the request
by Swingline Lender so long as such request is made by noon (Chicago time),
otherwise on the Business Day following such request. All requests for purchase
shall be in writing. From and after the date it is so purchased, each such
Swingline Loan shall, to the extent purchased, (i) be treated as a Loan made by
the purchasing Lenders and not by the selling Lender for all purposes under this
Agreement and the payment of the purchase price by a Lender shall be deemed to
be the making of a Loan by such Lender and shall constitute outstanding
principal under such Lender's Note, and (ii) shall no longer be considered a
Swingline Loan except that all interest accruing on or attributable to such
Swingline Loan for the period prior to the date of such purchase shall be paid
when due by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Swingline Lender and all such amounts accruing on or attributable to such Loans
for the period from and after the date of such purchase shall be paid when due
by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the purchasing
Lenders. If prior to purchasing its Percentage of a Swingline Loan one of the
events described in SECTION

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7.7 or 7.8 shall have occurred and such event prevents the consummation of the
purchase contemplated by preceding provisions, each Lender will purchase an
undivided participating interest in the outstanding Swingline Loan in an amount
equal to its Percentage of such Swingline Loan. From and after the date of each
Lender's purchase of its participating interest in a Swingline Loan, if the
Swingline Lender receives any payment on account thereof, the Swingline Lender
will distribute to such Lender its participating interest in such amount
(appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period
of time during which such Lender's participating interest was outstanding and
funded); provided, however, that in the event that such payment was received by
the Swingline Lender and is required to be returned to the Borrower, each Lender
will return to the Swingline Lender any portion thereof previously distributed
by the Swingline Lender to it. If any Lender fails to so purchase its Percentage
of any Swingline Loan, such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender
hereunder. No Swingline Loan shall be outstanding for more than five (5) days at
a time and Swingline Loans shall not be outstanding for more than a total of ten
(10) days during any month.

         2.22 COMPETITIVE BID LOANS.

                  (a) COMPETITIVE BID OPTION. In addition to ratable Advances
              pursuant to SECTION 2.3, but subject to the terms and conditions
              of this Agreement (including, without limitation the limitation
              set forth in SECTION 2.1 as to the maximum amount of all
              outstanding Advances, including Swingline Loans and Competitive
              Bid Loans), the Borrower may, as set forth in SECTIONS 2.23 or
              2.24, request the Lenders, prior to the Facility Termination Date,
              to make offers to make Competitive Bid Loans to the Borrower. Each
              Lender may, but shall have no obligation to, make such offers and
              the Borrower may, but shall have no obligation to, accept any such
              offers in the manner set forth in SECTION 2.23 or SECTION 2.24, as
              the case may be. Competitive Bid Loans shall be evidenced by the
              Competitive Bid Notes. Borrower shall not have the right to
              request a Competitive Bid Loan at any time that a Default exists.
              If Borrower elects to have Administrative Agent administer the
              Competitive Bid Loan process, the procedures set forth in SECTION
              2.23 shall apply. If Borrower elects to administer the Competitive
              Bid Loan process itself, the procedures set forth in SECTION 2.24
              shall apply.

                  (b) GENERAL TERMS. Any Competitive Bid Loan shall not reduce
              the Commitment of the Lender making such Competitive Bid Loan, and
              each such Lender shall continue to be obligated to fund its full
              Percentage of all pro rata Advances under the Facility. In no
              event can the aggregate amount of all Competitive Bid Loans at any
              time exceed fifty percent (50%) of the then Aggregate Commitment.
              Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in SECTION 2.10,
              Competitive Bid Loans may not be continued or converted and, if
              not repaid at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto,
              shall (subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement) be
              replaced by new Competitive Bid Loans made in accordance with
              SECTION 2.23 or SECTION 2.24 or by ratable Advances in accordance
              with SECTION 2.9.

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                  (c) FUNDING OF COMPETITIVE BID LOANS. Each Lender that is to
              make a Competitive Bid Loan shall, before 2:00 p.m. (Chicago time)
              on the date of such Competitive Bid Loan specified in the notice
              received from the Borrower make available the amount of such
              Competitive Bid Loan to the Administrative Agent. If such Lender
              also has an outstanding Competitive Bid Loan that is payable on
              such date, the Borrower agrees that such Lender may fund only the
              net increase, if any, in such new Competitive Bid Loan over the
              principal balance of such outstanding Competitive Bid Loan and
              such outstanding Competitive Bid Loan shall be deemed advanced by
              the Lender to the Borrower on the terms of the new Competitive Bid
              Loan. Upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions to
              disbursement and after receipt of such funds, the Administrative
              Agent will make such funds available to the Borrower at the
              Administrative Agent's aforesaid address.

         2.23 AGENT ADMINISTERED COMPETITIVE BID LOANS.

                  (a) COMPETITIVE BID QUOTE REQUEST. When the Borrower wishes to
              request offers to make Competitive Bid Loans under this SECTION
              2.23, it shall transmit to the Administrative Agent by telecopy a
              Competitive Bid Quote Request substantially in the form of EXHIBIT
              I-1 hereto so as to be received no later than (i) 10:00 a.m.
              (Chicago time) at least five Business Days prior to the Borrowing
              Date proposed therein, in the case of a request for a Competitive
              LIBOR Margin or (ii) 9:00 a.m. (Chicago time) at least one
              Business Day prior to the Borrowing Date proposed therein, in the
              case of a request for an Absolute Rate specifying:

                  (i) the proposed Borrowing Date for the proposed Competitive
              Bid Loan,

                  (ii) the requested aggregate principal amount of such
              Competitive Bid Loan which shall be at least $5,000,000 and in an
              integral multiple of $1,000,000,

                  (iii) whether the Competitive Bid Quotes requested are to set
              forth a Competitive LIBOR Margin or an Absolute Rate, or both, and

                  (iv) the LIBOR Interest Period, if a Competitive LIBOR Margin
              is requested, or the Absolute Interest Period, if an Absolute Rate
              is requested.

         The Borrower may request offers to make Competitive Bid Loans for more
         than one (but not more than five) Interest Periods in a single
         Competitive Bid Quote Request. No Competitive Bid Quote Request shall
         be given within five Business Days (or such other number of days as the
         Borrower and the Administrative Agent may agree) of any other
         Competitive Bid Quote Request or Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes.
         A Competitive Bid Quote Request that does not conform substantially to
         the form of EXHIBIT I-1 hereto shall be rejected, and the
         Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower of such
         rejection by telecopy.

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                  (b) INVITATION FOR COMPETITIVE BID QUOTES. Promptly and in any
              event before the close of business on the same Business Day of
              receipt of a Competitive Bid Quote Request that is not rejected
              pursuant to SECTION 2.23(a), the Administrative Agent shall send
              to each of the Lenders by telecopy an Invitation for Competitive
              Bid Quotes substantially in the form of EXHIBIT I-2 hereto, which
              shall constitute an invitation by the Borrower to each Lender to
              submit Competitive Bid Quotes offering to make the Competitive Bid
              Loans to which such Competitive Bid Quote Request relates in
              accordance with this SECTION 2.23.

                  (c) SUBMISSION AND CONTENTS OF COMPETITIVE BID QUOTES.

                      (i) Each Lender may, in its sole discretion, submit a
                  Competitive Bid Quote containing an offer or offers to make
                  Competitive Bid Loans in response to any Invitation for
                  Competitive Bid Quotes. Each Competitive Bid Quote must comply
                  with the requirements of this SECTION 2.23(c)
                  and must be submitted to the Administrative Agent by telex or
                  telecopy at its offices not later than (a) 2:00 p.m. (Chicago
                  time) at least four Business Days prior to the proposed
                  Borrowing Date, in the case of a request for a Competitive
                  LIBOR Margin or (b) 9:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the proposed
                  Borrowing Date, in the case of a request for an Absolute Rate
                  (or, in either case upon reasonable prior notice to the
                  Lenders, such other time and date as the Borrower and the
                  Administrative Agent may agree); PROVIDED that Competitive Bid
                  Quotes submitted by Bank One may only be submitted if
                  the Administrative Agent or Bank One notifies the Borrower of
                  the terms of the offer or offers contained therein no later
                  than 30 minutes prior to the latest time at which the relevant
                  Competitive Bid Quotes must be submitted by the other Lenders.
                  Subject to the Borrower's compliance with all other conditions
                  to disbursement herein, any Competitive Bid Quote so made
                  shall be irrevocable except with the written consent of the
                  Administrative Agent given on the instructions of the
                  Borrower.

                      (ii) Each Competitive Bid Quote shall be in substantially
                  the form of EXHIBIT I-3 hereto and shall in any case specify:

                           (a) the proposed Borrowing Date, which shall be the
                      same as that set forth in the applicable Invitation for
                      Competitive Bid Quotes,

                           (b) the principal amount of the Competitive Bid Loan
                      for which each such offer is being made, which principal
                      amount (1) may be greater than, less than or equal to the
                      Commitment of the quoting Lender, (2) must be at least
                      $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000,000, and (3)
                      may not exceed the principal amount of Competitive Bid
                      Loans for which offers are requested,

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                           (c) as applicable, the Competitive LIBOR Margin and
                      Absolute Rate offered for each such Competitive Bid Loan,

                           (d) the minimum amount, if any, of the Competitive
                      Bid Loan which may be accepted by the Borrower, and

                           (e) the identity of the quoting Lender, provided that
                      such Competitive Bid Loan may be funded by such Lender's
                      Designated Lender as provided in Section 2.23(h),
                      regardless of whether that is specified in the Competitive
                      Bid Quote.

                      (iii) The Administrative Agent shall reject any
                  Competitive Bid Quote that:

                           (a) is not substantially in the form of EXHIBIT I-3
                      hereto or does not specify all of the information required
                      by SECTION 2.23(c)(ii),

                           (b) contains qualifying, conditional or similar
                      language, other than any such language contained in
                      EXHIBIT I-3 hereto,

                           (c) proposes terms other than or in addition to those
                      set forth in the applicable Invitation for Competitive Bid
                      Quotes, or

                           (d) arrives after the time set forth in SECTION
                      2.23(c)(i).

         If any Competitive Bid Quote shall be rejected pursuant to this SECTION
         2.23(c)(iii), then the Administrative Agent shall notify the relevant
         Lender of such rejection as soon as practical.

                  (d) NOTICE TO BORROWER. The Administrative Agent shall
              promptly notify the Borrower of the terms (i) of any Competitive
              Bid Quote submitted by a Lender that is in accordance with SECTION
              2.23(c) and (ii) of any Competitive Bid Quote that amends,
              modifies or is otherwise inconsistent with a previous Competitive
              Bid Quote submitted by such Lender with respect to the same
              Competitive Bid Quote Request. Any such subsequent Competitive Bid
              Quote shall be disregarded by the Administrative Agent unless such
              subsequent Competitive Bid Quote specifically states that it is
              submitted solely to correct a manifest error in such former
              Competitive Bid Quote. The Administrative Agent's notice to the
              Borrower shall specify the aggregate principal amount of
              Competitive Bid Loans for which offers have been received for each
              Interest Period specified in the related Competitive Bid Quote
              Request and the respective principal amounts and Competitive LIBOR
              Margins or Absolute Rate, as the case may be, so offered.

                  (e) ACCEPTANCE AND NOTICE BY BORROWER. Not later than (i) 6:00
              p.m. (Chicago time) at least four Business Days prior to the
              proposed Borrowing Date in the case of a request for a Competitive
              LIBOR Margin or (ii) 10:00 a.m.

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              (Chicago time) on the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of a
              request for an Absolute Rate (or, in either case upon reasonable
              prior notice to the Lenders, such other time and date as the
              Borrower and the Administrative Agent may agree), the Borrower
              shall notify the Administrative Agent of its acceptance or
              rejection of the offers so submitted to it pursuant to SECTION
              2.23(d); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the failure by the Borrower to
              give such notice to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be
              a rejection of all such offers. In the case of acceptance, such
              notice (a "COMPETITIVE BID BORROWING NOTICE") shall specify the
              aggregate principal amount of offers for each Interest Period that
              are accepted and the applicable interest rate. The Administrative
              Agent shall immediately advise the Lenders making the accepted
              offers of the contents of the Competitive Bid Borrowing Notice.
              The Borrower may accept any Competitive Bid Quote in whole or in
              part (subject to the terms of SECTION 2.23(c)(iii)); PROVIDED
              that:

                      (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Competitive Bid
                  Loans to be disbursed on a given Borrowing Date may not exceed
                  the applicable amount set forth in the related Competitive Bid
                  Quote Request,

                      (ii) acceptance of offers may only be made on the basis of
                  ascending Competitive LIBOR Margins or Absolute Rates, as the
                  case may be, and

                      (iii) the Borrower may not accept any offer that is
                  described in SECTION 2.23(c)(iii) or that otherwise fails to
                  comply with the requirements of this Agreement.

                  (f) ALLOCATION BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. If offers are made by
              two or more Lenders with the same Competitive LIBOR Margins or
              Absolute Rates, as the case may be, for a greater aggregate
              principal amount than the amount in respect of which offers are
              accepted for the related Interest Period, the principal amount of
              Competitive Bid Loans in respect of which such offers are accepted
              shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent among such Lenders
              as nearly as possible (in such multiples, not greater than
              $1,000,000, as the Administrative Agent may deem appropriate) in
              proportion to the aggregate principal amount of such offers
              PROVIDED, however, that no Lender shall be allocated any
              Competitive Bid Loan which is less than the minimum amount which
              such Lender has indicated that it is willing to accept.
              Allocations by the Administrative Agent of the amounts of
              Competitive Bid Loans shall be conclusive in the absence of
              manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall promptly, but in
              any event on the same Business Day, notify each Lender of its
              receipt of a Competitive Bid Borrowing Notice and the principal
              amounts of the Competitive Bid Loans allocated to each
              participating Lender.

                  (g) ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay to
              the Administrative Agent an administration fee as provided in
              Borrower's letter agreement with the Administrative Agent dated
              June 27, 2000 per each Competitive Bid Quote Request transmitted
              by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent pursuant to SECTION
              2.23(a). Such administration fees, if

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              not paid at the time of the applicable Competitive Bid Quote
              Request shall be payable monthly in arrears on the first Business
              Day of each month and on the Facility Termination Date (or such
              earlier date on which the Aggregate Commitment shall terminate or
              be cancelled).

                  (h) DESIGNATED LENDERS. A Lender may designate its Designated
              Lender to fund a Competitive Bid Loan on its behalf as described
              in SECTION 2.23(c)(ii)(e). Any Designated Lender which funds a
              Competitive Bid Loan shall on and after the time of such funding
              become the obligee under such Competitive Bid Loan and be entitled
              to receive payments thereof when due. No Lender shall be relieved
              of its obligation to fund a Competitive Bid Loan, and no
              Designated Lender shall assume such obligation, prior to the time
              such Competitive Bid Loan is funded.

         2.24 COMPETITIVE BID LOANS ADMINISTERED BY BORROWER.

                  (a) COMPETITIVE BID QUOTE REQUEST. When the Borrower wishes to
              request offers to make Competitive Bid Loans under this SECTION
              2.24, it shall transmit to the Lenders and Administrative Agent by
              telecopy an Invitation for Competitive Bid Quote substantially in
              the form of EXHIBIT J-1 hereto so as to be received no later than
              (i) 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) at least five Business Days prior to
              the Borrowing Date proposed therein, in the case of a request for
              a Competitive LIBOR Margin or (ii) 9:00 a.m. (Chicago time) at
              least one Business Day prior to the Borrowing Date proposed
              therein, in the case of a request for an Absolute Rate specifying:

                      (i) the proposed Borrowing Date for the proposed
                  Competitive Bid Loan,

                      (ii) the requested aggregate principal amount of such
                  Competitive Bid Loan which shall be at least $5,000,000 and in
                  an integral multiple of $1,000,000,

                      (iii) whether the Competitive Bid Quotes requested are to
                  set forth a Competitive LIBOR Margin or an Absolute Rate, or
                  both, and

                      (iv) the LIBOR Interest Period, if a Competitive LIBOR
                  Margin is requested, or the Absolute Interest Period, if an
                  Absolute Rate is requested.

         The Borrower may request offers to make Competitive Bid Loans for more
         than one (but not more than five) Interest Periods in a single
         Competitive Bid Quote. No Invitation for Competitive Bid Quote shall be
         given within five Business Days (or such other number of days as the
         Borrower and the Administrative Agent may agree) of any other
         Invitation for Competitive Bid Quote.

                 (b) SUBMISSION AND CONTENTS OF COMPETITIVE BID QUOTES.

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                      (i) Each Lender may, in its sole discretion, submit a
                  Competitive Bid Quote containing an offer or offers to make
                  Competitive Bid Loans in response to any Invitation for
                  Competitive Bid Quotes. Each Competitive Bid Quote must comply
                  with the requirements of this SECTION 2.24(b) and must be
                  submitted to the Borrower by telex or telecopy at its offices
                  not later than (a) 2:00 p.m. (Chicago time) at least four
                  Business Days prior to the proposed Borrowing Date, in the
                  case of a request for a Competitive LIBOR Margin or (b) 9:00
                  a.m. (Chicago time) on the proposed Borrowing Date, in the
                  case of a request for an Absolute Rate (or, in either case
                  upon reasonable prior notice to the Lenders, such other time
                  and date as the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may
                  agree). Subject to the Borrower's compliance with all other
                  conditions to disbursement herein, any Competitive Bid Quote
                  so made shall be irrevocable except with the written consent
                  of the Administrative Agent given on the instructions of the
                  Borrower.

                      (ii) Each Competitive Bid Quote shall be in substantially
                  the form of EXHIBIT J-2 hereto and shall in any case specify:

                           (a) the proposed Borrowing Date, which shall be the
                      same as that set forth in the applicable Invitation for
                      Competitive Bid Quotes,

                           (b) the principal amount of the Competitive Bid Loan
                      for which each such offer is being made, which principal
                      amount (1) may be greater than, less than or equal to the
                      Commitment of the quoting Lender, (2) must be at least
                      $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000,000, and (3)
                      may not exceed the principal amount of Competitive Bid
                      Loans for which offers are requested,

                           (c) as applicable, the Competitive LIBOR Margin and
                      Absolute Rate offered for each such Competitive Bid Loan,

                           (d) the minimum amount, if any, of the Competitive
                      Bid Loan which may be accepted by the Borrower, and

                           (e) the identity of the quoting Lender, provided that
                      such Competitive Bid Loan may be funded by such Lender's
                      Designated Lender as provided in SECTION 2.24(e),
                      regardless of whether that is specified in the Competitive
                      Bid Quote.

                     (iii) The Borrower shall reject any Competitive Bid
                  Quote that:

                           (a) is not substantially in the form of EXHIBIT J-2
                      hereto or does not specify all of the information required
                      by SECTION 2.24(b)(ii),

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                           (b) contains qualifying, conditional or similar
                      language, other than any such language contained in
                      EXHIBIT J-2 hereto,

                           (c) proposes terms other than or in addition to those
                      set forth in the applicable Invitation for Competitive Bid
                      Quotes, or

                           (d) arrives after the time set forth in SECTION
                      2.24(b)(i).

         If any Competitive Bid Quote shall be rejected pursuant to this SECTION
         2.24(b)(iii), then the Borrower shall notify the relevant Lender of
         such rejection as soon as practical.

                  (c) ACCEPTANCE AND NOTICE BY BORROWER. Not later than (i) 6:00
              p.m. (Chicago time) at least four Business Days prior to the
              proposed Borrowing Date in the case of a request for a Competitive
              LIBOR Margin or (ii) 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the proposed
              Borrowing Date, in the case of a request for an Absolute Rate (or,
              in either case upon reasonable prior notice to the Lenders, such
              other time and date as the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
              may agree), the Borrower shall notify the Lenders and
              Administrative Agent of its acceptance or rejection of the offers
              submitted to it pursuant to SECTION 2.24(b); PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
              that the failure by the Borrower to give such notice to the
              Lenders and Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be a rejection
              of all such offers. In the case of acceptance, such notice to each
              Lender and the Administrative Agent shall specify the aggregate
              principal amount of offers for each Interest Period that are
              accepted and the applicable interest rate. The Borrower may accept
              any Competitive Bid Quote in whole or in part (subject to the
              terms of SECTION 2.24(b)(iii)); PROVIDED that:

                      (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Competitive Bid
                  Loans to be disbursed on a given Borrowing Date may not exceed
                  the applicable amount set forth in the related Invitation for
                  Competitive Bid Quote,

                      (ii) acceptance of offers may only be made on the basis of
                  ascending Competitive LIBOR Margins or Absolute Rates, as the
                  case may be, and

                      (iii) the Borrower may not accept any offer that is
                  described in SECTION 2.24(b)(iii) or that otherwise fails to
                  comply with the requirements of this Agreement.

                  (d) ALLOCATION BY BORROWER. If offers are made by two or more
              Lenders with the same Competitive LIBOR Margins or Absolute Rates,
              as the case may be, for a greater aggregate principal amount than
              the amount in respect of which offers are accepted for the related
              Interest Period, the principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans in
              respect of which such offers are accepted shall be allocated by
              the Borrower among such Lenders as nearly as possible (in such
              multiples, not greater than $1,000,000, as the Administrative
              Agent may deem appropriate) in proportion to the aggregate
              principal amount of such offers

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              PROVIDED, however, that no Lender shall be allocated any
              Competitive Bid Loan which is less than the minimum amount which
              such Lender has indicated that it is willing to accept.
              Allocations by the Borrower of the amounts of Competitive Bid
              Loans shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.

                  (e) DESIGNATED LENDERS. A Lender may designate its Designated
              Lender to fund a Competitive Bid Loan on its behalf as described
              in SECTION 2.24(b)(ii)(e). Any Designated Lender which funds a
              Competitive Bid Loan shall on and after the time of such funding
              become the obligee under such Competitive Bid Loan and be entitled
              to receive payments thereof when due. No Lender shall be relieved
              of its obligation to fund a Competitive Bid Loan, and no
              Designated Lender shall assume such obligation, prior to the time
              such Competitive Bid Loan is funded.

         2.25 APPLICATION OF MONEYS RECEIVED. All moneys collected or received
by the Administrative Agent on account of the Facility directly or indirectly,
shall be applied in the following order of priority:

              (i) to the payment of all reasonable costs incurred in the
         collection of such moneys of which the Administrative Agent shall have
         given notice to the Borrower;

              (ii) to the reimbursement of any yield protection due to any of
         the Lenders in accordance with SECTION 3.1;

              (iii) to the payment of any fee due pursuant to Section 2A.8(b) in
         connection with the issuance of a Facility Letter of Credit to the
         Issuing Bank, to the payment of the Facility Fee to the Lenders, if
         then due, and to the payment of all fees to the Administrative Agent;

              (iv) to payment of the full amount of interest and principal on
         the Swingline Loans;

              (v) first to interest and the Facility Letter of Credit Fee then
         due to the Lenders until paid in full and then to principal for all
         Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders) (i) as allocated by the
         Borrower (unless a Default exists) between Competitive Bid Loans and
         ratable Advances (the amount allocated to ratable Advances to be
         distributed in accordance with the Percentages of the Lenders) or (ii)
         if an Event of Default exists, in accordance with the respective Funded
         Percentages of the Lenders until principal is paid in full and then to
         the Letter of Credit Collateral Account until the full amount of
         Facility Letter of Credit Obligations is on deposit therein;

              (vi) any other sums due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender
         under any of the Loan Documents; and

              (vii) to the payment of any sums due to each Defaulting Lender as
         their respective Percentages appear (provided that Administrative Agent
         shall have the right to set-off against such sums any amounts due from
         such Defaulting Lender).

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         2.26 USURY. This Agreement and each Note and Competitive Bid Note are
subject to the express condition that at no time shall Borrower be obligated or
required to pay interest on the principal balance of the Loan at a rate which
could subject any Lender (including the Swingline Lender) to either civil or
criminal liability as a result of being in excess of the Maximum Legal Rate. If
by the terms of this Agreement or the Loan Documents, Borrower is at any time
required or obligated to pay interest on the principal balance due hereunder at
a rate in excess of the Maximum Legal Rate, the interest rate or the Default
Rate, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be immediately reduced to the
Maximum Legal Rate and all previous payments in excess of the Maximum Legal Rate
shall be deemed to have been payments in reduction of principal and not on
account of the interest due hereunder. All sums paid or agreed to be paid to
Lender for the use, forbearance, or detention of the sums due under the Loan,
shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated,
allocated, and spread throughout the full stated term of the Loan until payment
in full so that the rate or amount of interest on account of the Loan does not
exceed the Maximum Legal Rate of interest from time to time in effect and
applicable to the Loan for so long as the Loan is outstanding.

                                   ARTICLE IIA

                        THE LETTER OF CREDIT SUBFACILITY
                        --------------------------------

         2A.1 OBLIGATION TO ISSUE. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the
Borrower herein set forth, the Issuing Bank hereby agrees to issue for the
account of the Borrower, one or more Facility Letters of Credit in accordance
with this ARTICLE 2A, from time to time during the period commencing on the date
hereof and ending on the fifth Business Day prior to the Facility Termination
Date. Any Lender shall have the right to decline to be the Issuing Bank for a
Facility Letter of Credit provided that if no other Lender agrees to be the
Issuing Bank then the Administrative Agent shall agree to do so.

         2A.2 TYPES AND AMOUNTS. The Issuing Bank shall not have any obligation
to:

              (i) issue any Facility Letter of Credit if the aggregate maximum
         amount then available for drawing under Letters of Credit by such
         Issuing Bank, after giving effect to the Facility Letter of Credit
         requested hereunder, shall exceed any limit imposed by law or
         regulation upon such Issuing Bank;

              (ii) issue any Facility Letter of Credit if, after giving effect
         thereto, the Facility of Credit Obligations would exceed $20,000,000 or
         the Allocated Facility Amount would exceed the Aggregate Commitment;

              (iii) issue any Facility Letter of Credit having an expiration
         date, or containing automatic extension provisions to extend such date,
         to a date which is later than five (5) Business Days prior to the
         Facility Termination Date; or

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              (iv) issue any Facility Letter of Credit having an expiration
         date, or containing automatic extension provisions to extend such date,
         to a date which is more than twelve (12) months after the date of its
         issuance.

         2A.3 CONDITIONS. In addition to being subject to the satisfaction of
the conditions contained in SECTION 4.2 hereof, the obligation of the Issuing
Bank to issue any Facility Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction in
full of the following conditions:

              (i) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Issuing Bank at such
         times and in such manner as the Issuing Bank may reasonably prescribe
         such documents and materials as may be reasonably required pursuant to
         the terms of the proposed Facility Letter of Credit (it being
         understood that if any inconsistency exists between such documents and
         the Loan Documents, the terms of the Loan Documents shall control) and
         the proposed Facility Letter of Credit shall be reasonably satisfactory
         to the Issuing Bank as to form and content; and

              (ii) as of the date of issuance, no order, judgment or decree of
         any court, arbitrator or governmental authority shall purport by its
         terms to enjoin or restrain the Issuing Bank from issuing the requested
         Facility Letter of Credit and no law, rule or regulation applicable to
         the Issuing Bank and no request or derivative (whether or not having
         the force of law) from any governmental authority with jurisdiction
         over the Issuing Bank shall prohibit or request that the Issuing Bank
         refrain from the issuance of Letters of Credit generally or the
         issuance of the requested Facility Letter of Credit in particular.

         2A.4  PROCEDURE FOR ISSUANCE OF FACILITY LETTERS OF CREDIT.

                   (a) Borrower shall give the Issuing Bank and the
               Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days' prior
               written notice of any requested issuance of a Facility Letter of
               Credit under this Agreement (a "Letter of Credit Request")
               (except that, in lieu of such written notice, the Borrower may
               give the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent telephonic
               notice of such request if confirmed in writing by delivery to the
               Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (i) immediately (A) of
               a telecopy of the written notice required hereunder which has
               been signed by an authorized officer, or (B) of a telex
               containing all information required to be contained in such
               written notice and (ii) promptly (but in no event later than the
               requested date of issuance) of the written notice required
               hereunder containing the original signature of an authorized
               officer); such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify:

                      (i) the stated amount of the Facility Letter of Credit
                   requested (which stated amount shall not be less than
                   $50,000);

                      (ii) the effective date (which day shall be a Business
                   Day) of issuance of such requested Facility Letter of Credit
                   (the "Issuance Date");

                      (iii) the date on which such requested Facility Letter of
                   Credit is to expire (which date shall be a Business Day and
                   shall in no event be later

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                   than the earlier of twelve months after the Issuance Date and
                   the Facility Termination Date);

                      (iv) the purpose for which such Facility Letter of Credit
                   is to be issued;

                      (v) the full name and the address of the Person for whose
                   benefit the requested Facility Letter of Credit is to be
                   issued; and

         At the time such request is made, the Borrower shall also provide the
         Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank with a copy of the form of
         the Facility Letter of Credit that the Borrower is requesting be
         issued, which shall be subject to the approval of the Issuing Bank and
         Administrative Agent. Such notice, to be effective, must be received by
         such Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m.
         (Chicago time) on the last Business Day on which notice can be given
         under this SECTION 2A.4(a). Administrative Agent shall promptly give a
         copy of the Letter of Credit Request to the other Lenders.

                   (b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this ARTICLE IIA
               and provided that the applicable conditions set forth in SECTION
               4.2 hereof have been satisfied, such Issuing Bank shall, on the
               Issuance Date, issue a Facility Letter of Credit on behalf of the
               Borrower in accordance with the Letter of Credit Request and the
               Issuing Bank's usual and customary business practices unless the
               Issuing Bank has actually received (i) written notice from the
               Borrower specifically revoking the Letter of Credit Request with
               respect to such Facility Letter of Credit, (ii) written notice
               from a Lender, which complies with the provisions of SECTION
               2A.6(a), or (iii) written or telephonic notice from the
               Administrative Agent stating that the issuance of such Facility
               Letter of Credit would violate SECTION 2A.2.

                   (c) The Issuing Bank shall give the Administrative Agent and
               the Borrower written or telex notice, or telephonic notice
               confirmed promptly thereafter in writing, of the issuance of a
               Facility Letter of Credit (the "ISSUANCE NOTICE") and the
               Administrative Agent shall promptly give a copy of the Issuance
               Notice to the other Lenders.

                   (d) The Issuing Bank shall not extend or amend any Facility
               Letter of Credit unless the requirements of this SECTION 2A.4 are
               met as though a new Facility Letter of Credit was being requested
               and issued.

         2A.5  REIMBURSEMENT OBLIGATIONS; DUTIES OF ISSUING BANK.

                   (a) The Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Borrower and
               the Administrative Agent of any draw under a Facility Letter of
               Credit, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the
               other Lenders that such draw has occurred. Any such draw shall
               constitute an Advance in the amount of the Reimbursement
               Obligation with respect to such Facility Letter of Credit and
               shall bear interest from the date of the relevant drawing(s)
               under the pertinent Facility Letter of Credit at a rate selected
               by Borrower in accordance with SECTION 2.9

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               hereof; provided that if a Default or an Unmatured Default exists
               at the time of any such drawing(s), then the Borrower shall
               reimburse the Issuing Bank for drawings under a Facility Letter
               of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank no later than the next
               succeeding Business Day after the payment by the Issuing Bank and
               until repaid such Reimbursement Obligation shall bear interest
               from the date funded at the Default Rate.

                   (b) Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Issuing
               Bank under or in connection with any Facility Letter of Credit,
               if taken or omitted in the absence of willful misconduct or gross
               negligence, shall not put the Issuing Bank under any resulting
               liability to the Borrower or any Lender or, provided that such
               Issuing Bank has complied with the procedures specified in
               SECTION 2A.4 and such Lender has not given a notice contemplated
               by SECTION 2A.6(a) that continues in full force and effect,
               relieve a Lender of its obligations hereunder to the Issuing
               Bank. In determining whether to pay under any Facility Letter of
               Credit, the Issuing Bank shall have no obligation relative to the
               Lenders other than to confirm that any documents required to be
               delivered under such Letter of Credit appear to have been
               delivered in compliance, and that they appear to comply on their
               face, with the requirements of such Letter of Credit.

         2A.6  PARTICIPATION.

                   (a) Immediately upon issuance by the Issuing Bank of any
               Facility Letter of Credit in accordance with the procedures set
               forth in SECTION 2A.4, each Lender shall be deemed to have
               irrevocably and unconditionally purchased and received from the
               Issuing Bank, without recourse, representation or warranty, an
               undivided interest and participation equal to such Lender's
               Percentage in such Facility Letter of Credit (including, without
               limitation, all obligations of the Borrower with respect thereto)
               and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto;
               PROVIDED that a Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank shall
               not be deemed to be a Facility Letter of Credit for purposes of
               this SECTION 2A.6 if the Issuing Bank shall have received written
               notice from any Lender on or before the Business Day prior to the
               date of its issuance of such Letter of Credit that one or more of
               the conditions contained in SECTION 2A.2 is not then satisfied,
               and in the event the Issuing Bank receives such a notice it shall
               have no further obligation to issue any Facility Letter of Credit
               until such notice is withdrawn by that Lender or the Issuing Bank
               receives a notice from the Administrative Agent that such
               condition has been effectively waived in accordance with the
               provisions of this Agreement. Each Lender's obligation to make
               further Loans to the Borrower (other than any payments such
               Lender is required to make under subparagraph (b) below) or issue
               any letters of credit on behalf of Borrower shall be reduced by
               such Lender's pro rata share of each Facility Letter of Credit
               outstanding.

                   (b) In the event that the Issuing Bank makes any payment
               under any Facility Letter of Credit and the Borrower shall not
               have repaid such amount to the Issuing Bank pursuant to SECTION
               2A.7 hereof, the Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the
               Administrative Agent, which shall promptly notify each Lender of
               such failure, and each Lender shall promptly and unconditionally
               pay to the

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               Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank the
               amount of such Lender's Percentage of the unreimbursed amount of
               such payment, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay
               such amount to the Issuing Bank. The failure of any Lender to
               make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of any
               Issuing Bank its Percentage of the unreimbursed amount of any
               such payment shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation
               hereunder to make available to the Administrative Agent for the
               account of such Issuing Bank its Percentage of the unreimbursed
               amount of any payment on the date such payment is to be made, but
               no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other
               Lender to make available to the Administrative Agent its
               Percentage of the unreimbursed amount of any payment on the date
               such payment is to be made. Any Lender which fails to make any
               payment required pursuant to this SECTION 2A.6(b) shall be deemed
               to be a Defaulting Lender hereunder.

                   (c) Whenever the Issuing Bank receives a payment on account
               of a Reimbursement Obligation, including any interest thereon,
               the Issuing Bank shall promptly pay to the Administrative Agent
               and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to each Lender
               which has funded its participating interest therein, in
               immediately available funds, an amount equal to such Lender's
               Percentage thereof.

                   (d) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any
               Lender, an Issuing Bank shall furnish to the Administrative Agent
               or such Lender copies of any Facility Letter of Credit to which
               that Issuing Bank is party and such other documentation as may
               reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent or such
               Lender.

                   (e) The obligations of a Lender to make payments to the
               Administrative Agent for the account of each Issuing Bank with
               respect to a Facility Letter of Credit shall be absolute,
               unconditional and irrevocable, not subject to any counterclaim,
               set-off, qualification or exception whatsoever other than a
               failure of any such Issuing Bank to comply with the terms of this
               Agreement relating to the issuance of such Facility Letter of
               Credit and shall be made in accordance with the terms and
               conditions of this Agreement under all circumstances.

         2A.7  PAYMENT OF REIMBURSEMENT OBLIGATIONS.

                   (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to each Issuing Bank the
               amount of all Reimbursement Obligations, interest and other
               amounts payable to such Issuing Bank under or in connection with
               any Facility Letter of Credit when due in accordance with SECTION
               2A.5(a) above, irrespective of any claim, set-off, defense or
               other right which the Borrower may have at any time against any
               Issuing Bank or any other Person, under all circumstances,
               including without limitation any of the following circumstances:

                       (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this
                   Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents;

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                       (ii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other
                   right which the Borrower may have at any time against a
                   beneficiary named in a Facility Letter of Credit or any
                   transferee of any Facility Letter of Credit (or any Person
                   for whom any such transferee may be acting), the
                   Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender, or any
                   other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any
                   Facility Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated
                   herein or any unrelated transactions (including any
                   underlying transactions between the Borrower and the
                   beneficiary named in any Facility Letter of Credit);

                       (iii) any draft, certificate or any other document
                   presented under the Facility Letter of Credit proving to be
                   forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect of
                   any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any
                   respect;

                       (iv) the surrender or impairment of any security for the
                   performance or observance of any of the terms of any of the
                   Loan Documents; or

                       (v) the occurrence of any Default or Unmatured Default.

                   (b) In the event any payment by the Borrower received by the
               Issuing Bank with respect to a Facility Letter of Credit and
               distributed by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders on account
               of their participations is thereafter set aside, avoided or
               recovered from the Issuing Bank in connection with any
               receivership, liquidation, reorganization or bankruptcy
               proceeding, each Lender which received such distribution shall,
               upon demand by the Issuing Bank, contribute such Lender's
               Percentage of the amount set aside, avoided or recovered together
               with interest at the rate required to be paid by the Issuing Bank
               upon the amount required to be repaid by the Issuing Bank.

         2A.8 COMPENSATION FOR FACILITY LETTERS OF CREDIT.

                   (a) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for
               the ratable account of the Lenders, based upon the Lenders'
               respective Percentages, a per annum fee (the "FACILITY LETTER OF
               CREDIT FEE") with respect to each Facility Letter of Credit that
               is equal to the LIBOR Applicable Margin. The Facility Letter of
               Credit Fee relating to any Facility Letter of Credit shall be due
               and payable in arrears in equal installments on each Payment Date
               and, to the extent any such fees are then due and unpaid, on the
               Facility Termination Date. The Administrative Agent shall
               promptly remit such Facility Letter of Credit Fees, when paid, to
               the other Lenders in accordance with their Percentages thereof.

                   (b) The Issuing Bank also shall have the right to receive
               solely for its own account an issuance fee of 0.125% of the face
               amount of each Facility Letter of Credit, payable by the Borrower
               on the Issuance Date for each such Facility Letter of Credit. The
               Issuing Bank shall also be entitled to receive its reasonable
               out-of-pocket costs and the Issuing Bank's standard charges of
               issuing, amending

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               and servicing Facility Letters of Credit and processing draws
               thereunder. The Borrower shall pay such issuance fee and
               other amounts when due to the Issuing Bank.

         2A.9 LETTER OF CREDIT COLLATERAL ACCOUNT. The Borrower hereby agrees
that it will, until the Facility Termination Date, maintain a special collateral
account (the "LETTER OF CREDIT COLLATERAL ACCOUNT") at the Administrative
Agent's office at the address specified pursuant to ARTICLE XIII, in the name of
the Borrower but under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, and in which the Borrower shall have no
interest other than as set forth in SECTION 8.1. Such Letter of Credit
Collateral Account shall be funded to the extent required by SECTION 8.1. In
addition to the foregoing, the Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a properly perfected security interest in
and to the Letter of Credit Collateral Account, any funds that may hereafter be
on deposit in such account and the proceeds thereof.

                                  ARTICLE III

                             CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES

         3.1 YIELD PROTECTION. If (i) any change in any law, governmental or
quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or
not having the force of law) in effect on the Agreement Execution Date, or a
change in any interpretation thereof, or the compliance by any Lender therewith,
or (ii) the enactment following the Agreement Execution Date of any new law,
governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or
directive (whether or not having the force of law), or any interpretation
thereof, or the compliance by any Lender therewith, results in:

             (i) any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation being
         subjected to any tax, duty, charge or withholding on or from payments
         due from the Borrower (excluding federal taxation of the overall net
         income of any Lender or applicable Lending Installation), or the basis
         of taxation of payments to any Lender in respect of its Loans, Facility
         Letters of Credit or other amounts due it hereunder being changed, or

             (ii) any reserve, assessment, insurance charge, special deposit or
         similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account
         of, or credit extended by, any Lender or any applicable Lending
         Installation (other than reserves and assessments taken into account in
         determining the interest rate applicable to Fixed Rate Advances) being
         imposed, increased or deemed applicable, or

             (iii) any other condition being imposed the result of which is to
         increase the cost to any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation
         of making, funding or maintaining loans or reduces any amount
         receivable by any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation in
         connection with loans, or any Lender or any applicable Lending
         Installation being required to make any payment calculated by reference
         to the amount of loans held, Letters of Credit issued or participated
         in or interest received by it, by an amount deemed material by such
         Lender,

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then, within 30 days of demand by such Lender, the Borrower shall pay such
Lender that portion of such increased expense incurred or reduction in an amount
received which such Lender in good faith determines is attributable to making,
funding and maintaining its Loans and its Commitment.

         3.2 CHANGES IN CAPITAL ADEQUACY REGULATIONS. If a Lender in good faith
determines the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such
Lender, any Lending Installation of such Lender or any corporation controlling
such Lender is increased as a result of a Change (as hereinafter defined), then,
within 30 days of demand by such Lender, the Borrower shall pay such Lender the
amount necessary to compensate for any shortfall in the rate of return on the
portion of such increased capital which such Lender in good faith determines is
attributable to this Agreement, its Loans, its interest in the Facility Letters
of Credit or its obligation to make Loans hereunder or participate in or issue
Facility Letters of Credit (after taking into account such Lender's policies as
to capital adequacy). "CHANGE" means (i) any change after the date of this
Agreement in the Risk-Based Capital Guidelines or (ii) any adoption of or change
in any other law, governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy,
guideline, interpretation, or directive (whether or not having the force of law)
after the date of this Agreement which affects the amount of capital required or
expected to be maintained by any Lender or any Lending Installation or any
corporation controlling any Lender. "RISK-BASED CAPITAL GUIDELINES" means (i)
the risk-based capital guidelines in effect in the United States on the date of
this Agreement, including transition rules, and (ii) the corresponding capital
regulations promulgated by regulatory authorities outside the United States
implementing the July 1988 report of the Basle Committee on Banking Regulation
and Supervisory Practices Entitled "International Convergence of Capital
Measurements and Capital Standards," including transition rules, and any
amendments to such regulations adopted prior to the date of this Agreement.

         3.3 AVAILABILITY OF TYPES OF ADVANCES. If any Lender in good faith
determines that maintenance of any of its Fixed Rate Loans at a suitable Lending
Installation would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation or directive,
whether or not having the force of law, the Administrative Agent shall suspend
the availability of the affected Type of Advance and require any Fixed Rate
Advances of the affected Type to be repaid; or if the Required Lenders in good
faith determine that (i) deposits of a type or maturity appropriate to match
fund Fixed Rate Advances are not available, the Administrative Agent shall
suspend the availability of the affected Type of Advance with respect to any
Fixed Rate Advances made after the date of any such determination, or (ii) an
interest rate applicable to a Type of Advance does not accurately reflect the
cost of making a Fixed Rate Advance of such Type, then, if for any reason
whatsoever the provisions of SECTION 3.1 are inapplicable, the Administrative
Agent shall suspend the availability of the affected Type of Advance with
respect to any Fixed Rate Advances made after the date of any such
determination.

         3.4 FUNDING INDEMNIFICATION. If any payment of a ratable Fixed Rate
Advance or a Competitive Bid Loan occurs on a date which is not the last day of
the applicable Interest Period, whether because of acceleration, prepayment or
otherwise, or a ratable Fixed Rate Advance or a Competitive Bid Loan is not made
on the date specified by Borrower for any reason other than default by one or
more of the Lenders, Borrower will indemnify each Lender for any loss or cost
incurred by it resulting therefrom, including without limitation any loss or
cost in liquidating or employing deposits acquired to fund or maintain the
ratable Fixed Rate Advance or Competitive

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Bid Loan, as the case may be, and shall pay all such losses or costs within 15
days after written demand therefor. Without limitation of any losses arising
from changes in the Fixed Rate adverse to the Lenders, in no event will the
administrative cost payable by the Borrower as a result of such early payment or
failure to make an advance exceed $250 per occurrence per Lender. Nothing in
this Section 3.4 shall authorize the prepayment of a Competitive Bid Loan prior
to the end of the applicable Interest Period.

         3.5 LENDER STATEMENTS; SURVIVAL OF INDEMNITY. To the extent reasonably
possible, each Lender shall designate an alternate Lending Installation with
respect to its Fixed Rate Loans to reduce any liability of the Borrower to such
Lender under SECTIONS 3.1 and 3.2 or to avoid the unavailability of a Type of
Advance under SECTION 3.3, so long as such designation is not disadvantageous to
such Lender. Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower a written statement of
such Lender as to the amount due, if any, under SECTIONS 3.1, 3.2 or 3.4. Such
written statement shall set forth in reasonable detail the calculations upon
which such Lender determined such amount and shall be final, conclusive and
binding on the Borrower in the absence of manifest error. Determination of
amounts payable under such Sections in connection with a Fixed Rate Loan shall
be calculated as though each Lender funded its Fixed Rate Loan through the
purchase of a deposit of the type and maturity corresponding to the deposit used
as a reference in determining the Fixed Rate applicable to such Loan, whether in
fact that is the case or not. Unless otherwise provided herein, the amount
specified in the written statement shall be payable on demand after receipt by
the Borrower of the written statement. The obligations of the Borrower under
SECTIONS 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4 shall survive payment of the Obligations and
termination of this Agreement.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                              CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
                              --------------------

         4.1 INITIAL ADVANCE. The Lenders shall not be required to make the
initial Advance hereunder unless (a) the Borrower shall, prior to or
concurrently with such initial Advance, have paid all fees due and payable to
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereunder, and (b) the Borrower shall
have furnished to the Administrative Agent, with sufficient copies for the
Lenders, the following:

             (i) The duly executed originals of the Loan Documents, including
         the Notes, payable to the order of each of the Lenders, this Agreement
         and the Subsidiary Guaranty;

             (ii) (A) Certificates of good standing for the Borrower and each
         Subsidiary Guarantor, from the State of Ohio for the Borrower and the
         states of organization of each Subsidiary Guarantor, certified by the
         appropriate governmental officer and dated not more than thirty (30)
         days prior to the Agreement Execution Date, and (B) foreign
         qualification certificates for the Borrower and each Subsidiary
         Guarantor, certified by the appropriate governmental officer and dated
         not more than two years prior to the Agreement Execution Date (with
         telephonic updates as practical not more than 10 days prior to the
         Agreement Execution Date), for each other jurisdiction where the
         failure of

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         the Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor to so qualify or be licensed
         (if required) would have a Material Adverse Effect;

             (iii) Copies of the formation documents (including code of
         regulations, if appropriate) of the Borrower and each Subsidiary
         Guarantor, certified by an officer of the Borrower or such Subsidiary
         Guarantor, as appropriate, together with all amendments thereto;

             (iv) Incumbency certificates, executed by officers of the Borrower
         and each Subsidiary Guarantor, which shall identify by name and title
         and bear the signature of the Persons authorized to sign the Loan
         Documents and to make borrowings hereunder on behalf of the Borrower,
         upon which certificate the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall
         be entitled to rely until informed of any change in writing by the
         Borrower or any such Subsidiary Guarantor;

             (v) Copies, certified by a Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
         the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, of the Board of Directors'
         resolutions (and resolutions of other bodies, if any are reasonably
         deemed necessary by counsel for any Lender) authorizing the Advances
         provided for herein, with respect to the Borrower, and the execution,
         delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to be executed and
         delivered by the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder;

             (vi) A written opinion of the Borrower's and Subsidiary Guarantors'
         counsel, addressed to the Lenders in substantially the form of EXHIBIT
         B hereto or such other form as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
         approve;

             (vii) A certificate, signed by an officer of the Borrower, stating
         that on the initial Borrowing Date no Default or Unmatured Default has
         occurred and is continuing and that all representations and warranties
         of the Borrower are true and correct as of the initial Borrowing Date
         provided that such certificate is in fact true and correct;

             (viii) The most recent financial statements of the Borrower;

             (ix) UCC financing statement, judgment, and tax lien searches with
         respect to the Borrower from the State of Ohio;

             (x) Written money transfer instructions, in substantially the form
         of EXHIBIT E hereto, addressed to the Administrative Agent and signed
         by an Authorized Officer, together with such other related money
         transfer authorizations as the Administrative Agent may have reasonably
         requested;

             (xi) A pro forma compliance certificate in the form of EXHIBIT C as
         of March 31, 2000, executed by the Borrower's chief financial officer
         or chief accounting officer prepared on the assumption that the other
         Indebtedness of Borrower being repaid by the initial Advance hereunder
         was replaced by Advances hereunder for the period covered by such
         certificate;

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             (xii) Evidence that the Commitments of any lenders under the Prior
         Agreement which are not Lenders under this Agreement (the "EXITING
         LENDERS") have been properly terminated and all amounts due to the
         Exiting Lenders have been paid, or will be paid out of the proceeds of
         the initial Advance hereunder;

             (xiii) Evidence that all upfront fees due to each of the Lenders
         under the terms of their respective commitment letters have been paid,
         or will be paid out of the proceeds of the initial Advance hereunder;
         and

             (xiv) Such other documents as any Lender or its counsel may have
         reasonably requested, the form and substance of which documents shall
         be reasonably acceptable to the parties and their respective counsel.

Notwithstanding anything in this SECTION 4.1 to the contrary, Borrower shall not
have to furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrative Agent any
certificates or other documentation listed in this SECTION 4.1 to the extent
such documentation was provided to the Administrative Agent in connection with
the Prior Agreement and Borrower certifies, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that there has been no material change
in the facts and circumstances described in the documentation since the date it
was previously furnished to the Administrative Agent in connection with the
Prior Agreement.

         4.2 EACH ADVANCE. The Lenders shall not be required to make any Advance
unless on the applicable Borrowing Date:

             (i) There exists no Default or Unmatured Default; and

             (ii) The representations and warranties contained in ARTICLE V are
         true and correct as of such Borrowing Date with respect to Borrower and
         to any Subsidiary in existence on such Borrowing Date, except to the
         extent any such representation or warranty is stated to relate solely
         to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall
         be true and correct on and as of such earlier date.

         Each Borrowing Notice with respect to each such Advance shall
constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the conditions
contained in SECTIONS 4.2(i) and (ii) have been satisfied.

                                   ARTICLE V

                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

         The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:

         5.1 EXISTENCE. Borrower is a corporation duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of the State of Ohio, with its principal place of
business in Beachwood, Ohio and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation,
properly licensed (if required), in good standing and has all requisite
authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is
conducted,

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except where the failure to be so qualified, licensed and in good standing and
to have the requisite authority would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Each
of Borrower's Subsidiaries is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has all
requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its
business is conducted.

         5.2 AUTHORIZATION AND VALIDITY. The Borrower has the corporate power
and authority and legal right to execute and deliver the Loan Documents and to
perform its obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery by the Borrower
of the Loan Documents and the performance of its obligations thereunder have
been duly authorized by proper corporate proceedings, and the Loan Documents
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower enforceable
against the Borrower in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally.

         5.3 NO CONFLICT; GOVERNMENT CONSENT. Neither the execution and delivery
by the Borrower of the Loan Documents, nor the consummation of the transactions
therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions thereof will violate
any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award
binding on the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or the Borrower's or any
Subsidiary's articles of incorporation or by-laws, or the provisions of any
indenture, instrument or agreement to which the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or is subject, or by which it, or its Property, is
bound, or conflict with or constitute a default thereunder, except where such
violation, conflict or default would not have a Material Adverse Effect, or
result in the creation or imposition of any Lien in, of or on the Property of
the Borrower or a Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of any such indenture,
instrument or agreement. No order, consent, approval, license, authorization, or
validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, any
governmental or public body or authority, or any subdivision thereof, is
required to authorize, or is required in connection with the execution, delivery
and performance of, or the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability
of, any of the Loan Documents other than the filing of a copy of this Agreement,
or the filing of information concerning this Agreement, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

         5.4 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE. All consolidated
financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries heretofore or
hereafter delivered to the Lenders were prepared in accordance with GAAP in
effect on the preparation date of such statements and fairly present in all
material respects the consolidated financial condition and operations of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date and the consolidated results of their
operations for the period then ended, subject, in the case of interim financial
statements, to normal and customary year-end adjustments. From the preparation
date of the most recent financial statements delivered to the Lenders through
the Agreement Execution Date, there was no change in the business, properties,
or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

         5.5 TAXES. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all United
States federal tax returns and all other tax returns which are required to be
filed and have paid all taxes due pursuant to said returns or pursuant to any
assessment received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries except such
taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate
reserves have been provided. No tax liens have been filed and remain outstanding
for

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amounts in excess of $250,000. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in respect of any taxes or other
governmental charges are adequate.

         5.6 LITIGATION AND GUARANTEE OBLIGATIONS. Except as set forth on
SCHEDULE 3 hereto or as set forth in written notice to the Administrative Agent
from time to time, there is no litigation, arbitration, governmental
investigation, proceeding or inquiry pending or, to the knowledge of any of
their officers, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Notwithstanding the disclosure of the litigation identified on SCHEDULE
3 the Borrower, based on consultation with its counsel, represents that the
Borrower is unlikely to suffer any material adverse result in such litigation.
The Borrower has no material contingent obligations not provided for or
disclosed in the financial statements referred to in SECTION 6.1 or as set forth
in written notices to the Administrative Agent given from time to time after the
Agreement Execution Date on or about the date such material contingent
obligations are incurred.

         5.7 SUBSIDIARIES. SCHEDULE 1 hereto contains, as of the Agreement
Execution Date, an accurate list of all of the presently existing Subsidiaries
of the Borrower, setting forth their respective jurisdictions of incorporation
or formation and the percentage of their respective capital stock or partnership
or membership interest owned by the Borrower or other Subsidiaries. Schedule 6
hereto contains, as of the Agreement Execution Date, an accurate list of all of
the presently existing Subsidiaries of the Borrower which own one or more
Projects that are not single purpose entities formed solely for the purpose of
owning Projects in connection with securitized Indebtedness which also have
restrictions on the creation of additional Indebtedness and other safeguards
typically imposed on such single-purpose entities in securitized financings. All
of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of such Subsidiaries that
are corporations have been duly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable.

         5.8 ERISA. The Unfunded Liabilities of all Single Employer Plans do not
in the aggregate exceed $1,000,000. Neither the Borrower nor any other member of
the Controlled Group has incurred, or is reasonably expected to incur, any
withdrawal liability to Multiemployer Plans in excess of $250,000 in the
aggregate. Each Plan complies in all material respects with all applicable
requirements of law and regulations, no Reportable Event has occurred with
respect to any Plan, neither the Borrower nor any other members of the
Controlled Group has withdrawn from any Plan or initiated steps to do so, and no
steps have been taken to reorganize or terminate any Plan.

         5.9 ACCURACY OF INFORMATION. All factual information heretofore or
contemporaneously furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent or any Lender for purposes of or in
connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby is, and
all other such factual information hereafter furnished by or on behalf of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent or any Lender
will be, to the knowledge of Borrower, true and accurate (taken as a whole) on
the date as of which such information is dated or certified and not incomplete
by omitting to state any material fact necessary to make such information (taken
as a whole) not misleading in light of the circumstances and purposes for which
such information was provided at such time.

         5.10 REGULATION U. The Borrower has not used the proceeds of any
Advance to buy or carry any margin stock (as defined in Regulation U) in
violation of the terms of this Agreement.

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         5.11 MATERIAL AGREEMENTS. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is a
party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any charter or other
corporate restriction which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is in default in the
performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or
conditions contained in (i) any agreement to which it is a party, which default
could have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) any agreement or instrument
evidencing or governing Indebtedness, which default would constitute a Default
hereunder.

         5.12 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have
complied with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders and
restrictions of any domestic or foreign government or any instrumentality or
agency thereof, having jurisdiction over the conduct of their respective
businesses or the ownership of their respective Property, except for any
non-compliance which would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the
Borrower nor any Subsidiary has received any notice to the effect that its
operations are not in material compliance with any of the requirements of
applicable federal, state and local environmental, health and safety statutes
and regulations or the subject of any federal or state investigation evaluating
whether any remedial action is needed to respond to a release of any toxic or
hazardous waste or substance into the environment, which non-compliance or
remedial action could have a Material Adverse Effect.

         5.13 OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTIES. Except as set forth on SCHEDULE 2 hereto,
on the date of this Agreement, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries will have good
and marketable title, free of all Liens other than those permitted by SECTION
6.16, to all of the Property and assets reflected in the financial statements as
owned by it.

         5.14 INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is
an "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company",
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

         5.15 PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT. Neither the Borrower nor any
Subsidiary is a "holding company" or a "subsidiary company" of a "holding
company", or an "affiliate" of a "holding company" or of a "subsidiary company"
of a "holding company", within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935, as amended.

         5.16 SOLVENCY.

              (i) Immediately after the Agreement Execution Date and immediately
         following the making of each Loan and after giving effect to the
         application of the proceeds of such Loans, (a) the fair value of the
         assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at
         a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, subordinated,
         contingent or otherwise, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
         consolidated basis; (b) the present fair saleable value of the Property
         of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be
         greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable
         liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
         on their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or
         otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and
         matured; (c) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
         will be able to pay their debts and

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         liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and
         liabilities become absolute and matured; and (d) the Borrower and its
         Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small
         capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged
         as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted
         after the date hereof.

              (ii) The Borrower does not intend to, or to permit any of its
         Subsidiaries to, and does not believe that it or any of its
         Subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as
         they mature, taking into account the timing of and amounts of cash to
         be received by it or any such Subsidiary and the timing of the amounts
         of cash to be payable on or in respect of its Indebtedness or the
         Indebtedness of any such Subsidiary.

         5.17 INSURANCE. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries carry insurance on
their Projects with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, in such
amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily
carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar Projects
in localities where the Borrower and its Subsidiaries operate, including,
without limitation:

              (i) Property and casualty insurance (including coverage for flood
         and other water damage for any Project located within a 100-year flood
         plain) in the amount of the replacement cost of the improvements at the
         Project;

              (ii) Builder's risk insurance for any Project under construction
         in the amount of the construction cost of such Project;

              (iii) Loss of rental income insurance in the amount not less than
         one year's gross revenues from the Projects; and

              (iv) Comprehensive general liability insurance in the amount of
         $20,000,000 per occurrence.

         5.18 REIT STATUS. The Borrower is in good standing on the New York
Stock Exchange, is qualified as a real estate investment trust and currently is
in compliance in all material respects with all provisions of the Code
applicable to the qualification of the Borrower as a real estate investment
trust.

         5.19 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. Each of the following representations and
warranties is true and correct on and as of the Agreement Execution Date except
to the extent that the facts and circumstances giving rise to any such failure
to be so true and correct, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect:

              (a) To the best knowledge of the Borrower, the Projects of the
         Borrower and its Subsidiaries do not contain any Materials of
         Environmental Concern in amounts or concentrations which constitute a
         violation of, or could reasonably give rise to liability of the
         Borrower or any Subsidiary under, Environmental Laws.

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              (b) To the best knowledge of the Borrower, (i) the Projects of the
         Borrower and its Subsidiaries and all operations at the Projects are in
         compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, and (ii) with
         respect to all Projects owned by the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries
         (x) for at least two (2) years, have in the last two years, or (y) for
         less than two (2) years, have for such period of ownership, been in
         compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental
         Laws.

              (c) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has received
         any notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability
         or potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance
         with Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Projects, nor does
         the Borrower have knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice
         will be received or is being threatened.

              (d) To the best knowledge of the Borrower, Materials of
         Environmental Concern have not been transported or disposed of from the
         Projects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in violation of, or in a
         manner or to a location which could reasonably give rise to liability
         of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under, Environmental Laws, nor have
         any Materials of Environmental Concern been generated, treated, stored
         or disposed of at, on or under any of the Projects of the Borrower and
         its Subsidiaries in violation of, or in a manner that could give rise
         to liability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under, any applicable
         Environmental Laws.

              (e) No judicial proceedings or governmental or administrative
         action is pending, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened,
         under any Environmental Law to which the Borrower or any of its
         Subsidiaries is or, to the Borrower's knowledge, will be named as a
         party with respect to the Projects of the Borrower and its
         Subsidiaries, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees,
         consent orders, administrative order or other orders, or other
         administrative of judicial requirements outstanding under any
         Environmental Law with respect to the Projects of the Borrower and its
         Subsidiaries.

              (f) To the best knowledge of the Borrower, there has been no
         release or threat of release of Materials of Environmental Concern at
         or from the Projects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, or arising
         from or related to the operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
         in connection with the Projects in violation of or in amounts or in a
         manner that could give rise to liability under Environmental Laws.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                    COVENANTS
                                    ---------

         During the term of this Agreement, unless the Required Lenders shall
otherwise consent in writing:

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         6.1 FINANCIAL REPORTING. The Borrower will maintain, for itself and
each Subsidiary, a system of accounting established and administered in
accordance with GAAP, and furnish to the Lenders:

             (i) As soon as available, but in any event not later than 45 days
         after the close of each fiscal quarter, for the Borrower and its
         Subsidiaries, an unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of the close
         of each such period and the related unaudited consolidated statements
         of income and retained earnings and of cash flows of the Borrower and
         its Subsidiaries for such period and the portion of the fiscal year
         through the end of such period, setting forth in each case in
         comparative form the figures for the previous year, all certified by
         the Borrower's chief financial officer or chief accounting officer;

             (ii) As soon as available, but in any event not later than 45 days
         after the close of each fiscal quarter, for the Borrower and its
         Subsidiaries, the following reports in form and substance reasonably
         satisfactory to the Lenders, all certified by the entity's chief
         financial officer or chief accounting officer: a statement of Funds
         From Operations, a statement of cash flows for each individual Project,
         a statement detailing Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness,
         Consolidated Secured Indebtedness, and Consolidated Senior Unsecured
         Indebtedness, Consolidated Cash Flow (with a breakdown between
         Unencumbered Assets and other assets), a listing of capital
         expenditures, a report listing and describing all newly acquired
         Projects, including their net operating income, cash flow, cost and
         secured or unsecured Indebtedness assumed in connection with such
         acquisition, if any, summary information and such other information on
         all Projects as may be reasonably requested;

             (iii) As soon as available, but in any event not later than 90 days
         after the close of each fiscal year, for the Borrower and its
         Subsidiaries, audited financial statements, including a consolidated
         balance sheet as at the end of such year and the related consolidated
         statements of income and retained earnings and of cash flows for such
         year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for
         the previous year, without a "going concern" or like qualification or
         exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit,
         prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers (or other independent certified
         public accountants of nationally recognized standing reasonably
         acceptable to Administrative Agent);

             (iv) As soon as available, but in any event not later than 90 days
         after the close of each fiscal year, for the Borrower and its
         Subsidiaries, a statement detailing the contributions to Consolidated
         Cash Flow from each individual Project for the prior fiscal year in
         form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders, certified by
         the entity's chief financial officer or chief accounting officer;

             (v) Together with the quarterly and annual financial statements
         required hereunder, a compliance certificate in substantially the form
         of EXHIBIT C hereto signed by the Borrower's chief financial officer or
         chief accounting officer showing the calculations and computations
         necessary to determine compliance with this Agreement and stating that,
         to such officer's knowledge, no Default or Unmatured Default exists, or

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         if, to such officer's knowledge, any Default or Unmatured Default
         exists, stating the nature and status thereof;

             (vi) As soon as possible and in any event within 10 days after a
         responsible officer of the Borrower knows that any Reportable Event has
         occurred with respect to any Plan, a statement, signed by the chief
         financial officer of the Borrower, describing said Reportable Event and
         the action which the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto;

             (vii) As soon as possible and in any event within 10 days after
         receipt by a responsible officer of the Borrower, a copy of (a) any
         notice or claim to the effect that the Borrower or any of its
         Subsidiaries is or may be liable to any Person as a result of the
         release by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, or any other Person
         of any toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment, and
         (b) any notice alleging any violation of any federal, state or local
         environmental, health or safety law or regulation by the Borrower or
         any of its Subsidiaries, which, in either case, could have a Material
         Adverse Effect;

             (viii) Promptly upon the furnishing thereof to the shareholders of
         the Borrower, copies of all financial statements, reports and proxy
         statements so furnished;

             (ix) Promptly upon the filing thereof, copies of all registration
         statements and annual, quarterly, monthly or other reports and any
         other public information which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
         files with the Securities Exchange Commission; and

             (x) Such other information (including, without limitation,
         financial statements for the Borrower and non-financial information) as
         the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably
         request.

         6.2 USE OF PROCEEDS. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, use the proceeds of the Advances for the general corporate
purposes of the Borrower, including working capital needs, the repayment of
Indebtedness, financing for property acquisitions of new Projects, construction
of new improvements or expansions of existing improvements on Projects, and to
repay outstanding Advances. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any
Subsidiary to, use any of the proceeds of the Advances (i) to purchase or carry
any "margin stock" (as defined in Regulation U) if such usage could constitute a
violation of Regulation U by any Lender, (ii) to fund any purchase of, or offer
for, any Capital Stock of any Person, unless such Person has consented to such
offer prior to any public announcements relating thereto, or (iii) to make any
Acquisition other than a Permitted Acquisition.

         6.3 NOTICE OF DEFAULT. The Borrower will give, and will cause each of
its Subsidiaries to give, prompt notice in writing to the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders of the occurrence of any Default or Unmatured Default and of any
other development, financial or otherwise, which could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.

         6.4 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS. The Borrower will do, and will cause each of
its Subsidiaries to do, all things necessary to remain duly incorporated or duly
qualified, validly existing and in good standing as a real estate investment
trust, corporation, general partnership or limited

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partnership, as the case may be, in its jurisdiction of incorporation/formation
and maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each
jurisdiction in which its business is conducted and to carry on and conduct
their businesses in substantially the same manner as they are presently
conducted where the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect and, specifically, neither the Borrower nor its
Subsidiaries may undertake any business other than the acquisition, development,
ownership, management, operation and leasing of retail, office or industrial
properties, and ancillary businesses specifically related to such types of
properties.

         6.5 TAXES. The Borrower will pay, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to pay, when due all taxes, assessments and governmental charges
and levies upon them of their income, profits or Projects, except those which
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to
which adequate reserves have been set aside.

         6.6 INSURANCE. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance
companies insurance on all their Property in such amounts and covering such
risks as is consistent with sound business practice, and the Borrower will
furnish to any Lender upon reasonable request full information as to the
insurance carried.

         6.7 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs,
judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which they may be subject, the
violation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

         6.8 MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES. The Borrower will, and will cause each
of its Subsidiaries to, do all things necessary to maintain, preserve, protect
and keep their respective Projects and Properties, reasonably necessary for the
continuous operation of the Projects, in good repair, working order and
condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.

         6.9 INSPECTION. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, permit the Lenders upon reasonable notice, by their respective
representatives and agents, to inspect any of the Projects, corporate books and
financial records of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries, to examine and
make copies of the books of accounts and other financial records of the Borrower
and each of its Subsidiaries, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts
of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries with officers thereof, and to be
advised as to the same by, their respective officers at such reasonable times
and intervals as the Lenders may designate.

         6.10 MAINTENANCE OF STATUS. The Borrower shall at all times (i) remain
a corporation listed and in good standing on the New York Stock Exchange, and
(ii) maintain its status as a real estate investment trust in compliance with
all applicable provisions of the Code relating to such status.

         6.11 DIVIDENDS. Provided there is no then-existing Default or (after
notice thereof to Borrower) Unmatured Default hereunder, the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries shall be permitted to declare and pay dividends on their Capital
Stock from time to time in amounts determined by Borrower, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that in no event shall Borrower declare or pay dividends on its Capital Stock if
(a) dividends paid on account of any fiscal quarter, in the aggregate, would
exceed 95% of Funds From Operations for such fiscal quarter, or (b) dividends
paid on account

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of any fiscal year, in the aggregate, would exceed 90% of Funds From Operations
for such fiscal year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall be
permitted at all times to distribute whatever amount of dividends is necessary
to maintain its tax status as a real estate investment trust. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Borrower shall be permitted at all times to distribute
whatever amount of dividends is necessary to maintain its tax status as a real
estate investment trust.

         6.12 MERGER; SALE OF ASSETS. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any merger (other than mergers in which
such entity is the survivor), consolidation, reorganization or liquidation or
transfer or otherwise dispose of all or a Substantial Portion of their
Properties, except for such transactions that occur between Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries or between Borrower and a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or as otherwise
approved in advance by the Required Lenders.

         6.13 DELIVERY OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTIES. Borrower shall cause each of
its existing Subsidiaries listed on SCHEDULE 6 to execute and deliver to the
Agent the Subsidiary Guaranty. Borrower shall promptly notify Administrative
Agent of any planned formation or acquisition of any additional Subsidiaries.
Within 10 days after the later of the date Borrower forms or acquires any
Subsidiary or the date such Subsidiary first owns a Project (other than a
Subsidiary which is a single-purpose entity which owns only Projects subject to
securitized Indebtedness and which has restrictions on the creation of
additional Indebtedness and other safeguards typically imposed on such
single-purpose entities in securitized financings, Borrower shall cause such
Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary
Guaranty.

         6.14 SALE AND LEASEBACK. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any
of its Subsidiaries to, sell or transfer a Substantial Portion of its Property
in order to concurrently or subsequently lease such Property as lessee.

         6.15 ACQUISITIONS AND INVESTMENTS. The Borrower will not, nor will it
permit any Subsidiary to, make or suffer to exist any Investments (including
without limitation, loans and advances to, and other Investments in,
Subsidiaries), or commitments therefor, or become or remain a partner in any
partnership or joint venture, or to make any Acquisition of any Person, except:

              (i) Cash Equivalents;

              (ii) Investments in existing Subsidiaries, Investments in
         Subsidiaries formed for the purpose of acquiring Properties,
         Investments in joint ventures and partnerships engaged solely in the
         business of purchasing, developing, owning, operating, leasing and
         managing retail properties and office and industrial properties, and
         Investments in existence on the date hereof and described in SCHEDULE 1
         hereto;

              (iii) transactions permitted pursuant to SECTION 6.12; and

              (iv) Acquisitions of Persons whose primary operations consist of
         the ownership, development, operation and management of retail, office
         or industrial properties;

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provided that, after giving effect to such Acquisitions and Investments,
Borrower continues to comply with all its covenants herein. Acquisitions
permitted pursuant to this SECTION 6.15 shall be deemed to be "PERMITTED
ACQUISITIONS".

         6.16 LIENS. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien in, of or on the
Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except:

              (i) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies
         on its Property if the same shall not at the time be delinquent or
         thereafter can be paid without penalty, or are being contested in good
         faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves
         shall have been set aside on its books;

              (ii) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers', warehousemen's and
         mechanics' liens and other similar liens arising in the ordinary course
         of business which secure payment of obligations not more than 60 days
         past due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate
         proceedings and for which adequate reserves shall have been set aside
         on its books;

              (iii) Liens arising out of pledges or deposits under workers'
         compensation laws, unemployment insurance, old age pensions, or other
         social security or retirement benefits, or similar legislation;

              (iv) Easements, restrictions and such other encumbrances or
         charges against real property as are of a nature generally existing
         with respect to properties of a similar character and which do not in
         any material way affect the marketability of the same or interfere with
         the use thereof in the business of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries;

              (v) Liens on Projects existing on the date hereof which secure
         Indebtedness as described in SCHEDULE 2 hereto; and

              (vi) Liens other than Liens described in subsections (i) through
         (iv) above arising in connection with any Indebtedness permitted
         hereunder to the extent such Liens will not result in a Default in any
         of Borrower's covenants herein.

Liens permitted pursuant to this SECTION 6.16 shall be deemed to be "PERMITTED
LIENS".

         6.17 AFFILIATES. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction (including, without limitation, the
purchase or sale of any Property or service) with, or make any payment or
transfer to, any Affiliate except in the ordinary course of business and
pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the Borrower's or such Subsidiary's
business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Borrower or
such Subsidiary than the Borrower or such Subsidiary would obtain in a
comparable arms-length transaction.

         6.18 FINANCIAL UNDERTAKINGS. The Borrower will not enter into or remain
liable upon, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to enter into or remain liable
upon, any Financial Undertaking, except to the extent required to protect the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries against increases in interest payable by them
under variable interest Indebtedness.

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         6.19 VARIABLE INTEREST INDEBTEDNESS. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries
shall not at any time permit the outstanding principal balance of Indebtedness
which bears interest at an interest rate that is not fixed through the maturity
date of such Indebtedness to exceed $625,000,000, unless all of such
Indebtedness in excess of $625,000,000 is subject to a swap, rate cap or other
interest rate management program approved by the Administrative Agent that
effectively converts the interest rate on such excess to a fixed rate.

         6.20 CONSOLIDATED NET WORTH. The Borrower shall maintain a Consolidated
Net Worth of not less than the sum of (i) $1,100,000,000 plus (ii) ninety
percent (90%) of the aggregate proceeds received by the Borrower (net of
customary related fees and expenses) in connection with any offering of stock,
including, without limitation, perpetual preferred stock and all other preferred
stock, in the Borrower after December 31, 1999 and on or prior to the date such
determination of Consolidated Net Worth is made.

         6.21 INDEBTEDNESS AND CASH FLOW COVENANTS. The Borrower on a
consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries shall not permit:

              (i) Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness to exceed (i)
         fifty-seven percent and one-half percent (57.5%) of Consolidated Market
         Value as of any date during the AIP Transition Period or (ii)
         fifty-five percent (55%) of Consolidated Market Value, as of any other
         date;

              (ii) Consolidated Secured Indebtedness to exceed thirty-five
         percent (35%) of Consolidated Market Value, as of the last day of any
         fiscal quarter;

              (iii) Subordinated Indebtedness to exceed ten percent (10%) of the
         Value of Unencumbered Assets, as of any date;

              (iv) the Value of Unencumbered Assets to be less than 1.75 times
         the Consolidated Senior Unsecured Indebtedness, as of any date;

              (v) the aggregate Net Operating Income for the two (2) most recent
         fiscal quarters of the Consolidated Group for which results have been
         reported under SECTION 6.1 from all Unencumbered Assets qualifying for
         inclusion in the Value of Unencumbered Assets as of the date of
         determination to be less than 1.75 times the portion of Consolidated
         Interest Expense for such two (2) fiscal quarters attributable to
         Consolidated Senior Unsecured Indebtedness, as of the last day of any
         fiscal quarter;

              (vi) Consolidated Cash Flow to be less than 2.0 times the
         Consolidated Debt Service, based on the most recent two (2) fiscal
         quarters, for which the Consolidated Group has reported results under
         SECTION 6.1, annualized, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter; or

              (vii) the sum of (i) Consolidated Cash Flow plus (ii) without
         duplication, the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of funds from
         operation of AIP after deduction therefrom dividends on AIP preferred
         stock, if any to be less than 1.5 times Fixed

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         Charges, based on the most recent two (2) fiscal quarters, as of the
         last day of any fiscal quarter.

         6.22 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall:

                   (a) Comply with, and use all reasonable efforts to ensure
               compliance by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all
               applicable Environmental Laws and obtain and comply with and
               maintain, and use all reasonable efforts to ensure that all
               tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and maintain, any
               and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or
               permits required by applicable Environmental Laws, except to the
               extent that failure to do so could not be reasonably expected to
               have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that in no event shall
               the Borrower or its Subsidiaries be required to modify the terms
               of leases, or renewals thereof, with existing tenants (i) at
               Projects owned by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries as of the date
               hereof, or (ii) at Projects hereafter acquired by the Borrower or
               its Subsidiaries as of the date of such acquisition, to add
               provisions to such effect.

                   (b) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies,
               sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions
               required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply in all
               material respects with all lawful orders and directives of all
               Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws, except to
               the extent that (i) the same are being contested in good faith by
               appropriate proceedings and the pendency of such proceedings
               could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse
               Effect, or (ii) the Borrower has determined in good faith that
               contesting the same is not in the best interests of the Borrower
               and its Subsidiaries and the failure to contest the same could
               not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

                   (c) Defend, indemnify and hold harmless Administrative Agent
               and each Lender, and their respective officers and directors,
               from and against any claims, demands, penalties, fines,
               liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever
               kind or nature known or unknown, contingent or otherwise, arising
               out of, or in any way relating to the violation of, noncompliance
               with or liability under any Environmental Laws applicable to the
               operations of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or the Projects, or
               any orders, requirements or demands of Governmental Authorities
               related thereto, including, without limitation, attorney's and
               consultant's fees, investigation and laboratory fees, response
               costs, court costs and litigation expenses, except to the extent
               that any of the foregoing arise out of the gross negligence or
               willful misconduct of the party seeking indemnification therefor.
               This indemnity shall continue in full force and effect regardless
               of the termination of this Agreement.

                   (d) Prior to the acquisition of a new Project after the
               Agreement Execution Date, perform or cause to be performed an
               environmental investigation which investigation shall at a
               minimum comply with the specifications and procedures attached
               hereto as EXHIBIT G. In connection with any such investigation,
               Borrower shall cause to be prepared a report of such
               investigation, to be made

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              available to any Lenders upon reasonable request, for
              informational purposes and to assure compliance with the
              specifications and procedures.

         6.23 PERMITTED INVESTMENTS.

                   (a) The Consolidated Group's Investment in AIP, as determined
               in accordance with GAAP, plus the Consolidated Group's Investment
               in Investment Affiliates, as determined in accordance with GAAP,
               shall not at any time exceed thirty percent (30%) of Consolidated
               Market Value.

                   (b) The Consolidated Group's Investment in Developable Land
               (with each asset valued at the lower of its acquisition cost and
               its fair market value) shall not at any time exceed seven and one
               half percent (7.5%) of Consolidated Capitalization Value.

                   (c) The Consolidated Group's Investment in Passive Non-Real
               Estate Investments (with each asset valued at the lower of its
               acquisition cost and its fair market value) shall not at any time
               exceed seven and one half percent (7.5%) of Consolidated
               Capitalization Value.

                   (d) The Consolidated Group's Investment in First Mortgage
               Receivables (with each asset valued at the lower of its
               acquisition cost and its fair market value) shall not at any time
               exceed five percent (5%) of Consolidated Capitalization Value.

                   (e) The Consolidated Group's Investment in Assets Under
               Development shall not at any time exceed fifteen percent (15%) of
               Consolidated Capitalization Value.

                   (f) The Consolidated Group's aggregate Investment in
               Developable Land, Passive Non-Real Estate Investments, First
               Mortgage Receivables and Assets Under Development shall not at
               any time exceed twenty-five (25%) of Consolidated Capitalization
               Value.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                                    DEFAULTS
                                    --------

         The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall
constitute a Default:

         7.1 Nonpayment of any principal payment on any Note when due.

         7.2 Nonpayment of interest upon any Note or of any Facility Fee or
other payment Obligations under any of the Loan Documents within five (5)
Business Days after the same becomes due.

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         7.3 The breach of any of the terms or provisions of SECTIONS 6.2
through 6.21 and 6.23.

         7.4 Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the Lenders or the Administrative
Agent under or in connection with this Agreement, any Loan, or any material
certificate or information delivered in connection with this Agreement or any
other Loan Document shall be materially false on the date as of which made.

         7.5 The breach by the Borrower (other than a breach which constitutes a
Default under SECTION 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 or 7.4) of any of the terms or provisions of
this Agreement which is not remedied within fifteen (15) days after written
notice from the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

         7.6 Failure of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to pay when due
(A) any Recourse Indebtedness in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate or (B)
any Indebtedness, whether or not Recourse Indebtedness, in excess of $40,000,000
in the aggregate; or the default by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in
the performance of any term, provision or condition contained in any agreement,
or any other event shall occur or condition exist, which causes or permits (A)
any Recourse Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in excess
of $10,000,000 in the aggregate or (B) any Indebtedness, whether or not Recourse
Indebtedness, in excess of $40,000,000 in the aggregate to be due and payable or
required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled payment) prior to
the stated maturity thereof (provided that the failure to pay any such
Indebtedness shall not constitute a Default so long as the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries is diligently contesting the payment of the same by appropriate
legal proceedings and the Borrower or its Subsidiaries have set aside, in a
manner reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, a sufficient reserve to
repay such Indebtedness plus all accrued interest thereon calculated at the
default rate thereunder and costs of enforcement in the event of an adverse
outcome).

         7.7 The Borrower, or any Subsidiary having more than $10,000,000 of
Equity Value, shall (i) have an order for relief entered with respect to it
under the Federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect, (ii) make an
assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iii) apply for, seek, consent to, or
acquiesce in, the appointment of a receiver, custodian, trustee, examiner,
liquidator or similar official for it or any Substantial Portion of its
Property, (iv) institute any proceeding seeking an order for relief under the
Federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect or seeking to adjudicate
it as a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking dissolution, winding up, liquidation,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of it or its debts under
any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of
debtors or fail to file an answer or other pleading denying the material
allegations of any such proceeding filed against it, (v) take any corporate
action to authorize or effect any of the foregoing actions set forth in this
SECTION 7.7, (vi) fail to contest in good faith any appointment or proceeding
described in SECTION 7.8 or (vii) admit in writing its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due.

         7.8 A receiver, trustee, examiner, liquidator or similar official shall
be appointed for the Borrower or any Subsidiary having more than $10,000,000 of
Equity Value, or for any Substantial Portion of the Property of the Borrower or
such Subsidiary, or a proceeding described in SECTION 7.7(iv) shall be
instituted against the Borrower or any such Subsidiary and

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such appointment continues undischarged or such proceeding continues undismissed
or unstayed for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days.

         7.9 The Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail within sixty
(60) days to pay, bond or otherwise discharge any judgments or orders for the
payment of money in an amount which, when added to all other judgments or orders
outstanding against Borrower or any Subsidiary would exceed $10,000,000 in the
aggregate, which have not been stayed on appeal or otherwise appropriately
contested in good faith.

         7.10 The Borrower or any other member of the Controlled Group shall
have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred
withdrawal liability to such Multiemployer Plan in an amount which, when
aggregated with all other amounts required to be paid to Multiemployer Plans by
the Borrower or any other member of the Controlled Group as withdrawal liability
(determined as of the date of such notification), exceeds $1,000,000 or requires
payments exceeding $500,000 per annum.

         7.11 The Borrower or any other member of the Controlled Group shall
have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such
Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or is being terminated, within the
meaning of Title IV of ERISA, if as a result of such reorganization or
termination the aggregate annual contributions of the Borrower and the other
members of the Controlled Group (taken as a whole) to all Multiemployer Plans
which are then in reorganization or being terminated have been or will be
increased over the amounts contributed to such Multiemployer Plans for the
respective plan years of each such Multiemployer Plan immediately preceding the
plan year in which the reorganization or termination occurs by an amount
exceeding $500,000.

         7.12 Failure to remediate within the time period permitted by law or
governmental order, after all administrative hearings and appeals have been
concluded (or within a reasonable time in light of the nature of the problem if
no specific time period is so established), environmental problems at Properties
owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Investment Affiliates if the
estimated costs of remediation at all such Properties in the aggregate exceed
$20,000,000.

         7.13 The occurrence of any "Default" as defined in any Loan Document or
the breach of any of the terms or provisions of any Loan Document, which default
or breach continues beyond any period of grace therein provided.

         7.14 The occurrence of any Material Adverse Effect.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                 ACCELERATION, WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES
                 ----------------------------------------------

         8.1 ACCELERATION. If any Default described in SECTION 7.7 or 7.8 occurs
with respect to the Borrower, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and
of the Issuing Bank to issue Facility Letters of Credit hereunder shall
automatically terminate and the Obligations shall

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immediately become due and payable without any election or action on the part of
the Administrative Agent or any Lender. If any other Default occurs, the
Required Lenders, at any time prior to the date that such Default has been fully
cured, may terminate or suspend the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans
hereunder and to issue Facility Letters of Credit, or declare the Obligations to
be due and payable, or both, whereupon (i) the Obligations shall become
immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of
any kind, all of which the Borrower hereby expressly waives and (ii) the
Administrative Agent, as directed by the Required Lenders (or if no such
direction is given within 30 days after a request for direction, as the
Administrative Agent deems in the best interests of the Lenders, in its sole
discretion), shall use its good faith efforts to collect, including without
limitation, by filing and diligently pursuing judicial action, all amounts owed
by the Borrower and any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Loan Documents.

         In addition to the foregoing, following the occurrence of a Default and
so long as any Facility Letter of Credit has not been fully drawn and has not
been cancelled or expired by its terms, upon demand by the Administrative Agent,
the Borrower shall deposit in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account cash in an
amount equal to the aggregate undrawn face amount of all outstanding Facility
Letters of Credit and all fees and other amounts due or which may become due
with respect thereto. The Borrower shall have no control over funds in the
Letter of Credit Collateral Account, which funds will be invested by the
Administrative Agent from time to time under the Facility Letters of Credit.
Such funds, if any, remaining in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account
following the payment of all Obligations in full shall, unless the
Administrative Agent is otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction,
be promptly paid over to the Borrower.

         If, after acceleration of the maturity of the Obligations or
termination of the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder or to
issue Facility Letters of Credit as a result of any Default (other than any
Default as described in SECTION 7.7 or 7.8 with respect to the Borrower) and
before any judgment or decree for the payment of the Obligations due shall have
been obtained or entered, all of the Lenders (in their sole discretion) shall so
direct, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower, rescind and
annul such acceleration and/or termination.

         8.2 AMENDMENTS. Subject to the provisions of this ARTICLE VIII and the
right of the Borrower, solely with the agreement of the Administrative Agent and
such new banks or existing Lenders as may provide new or increased Commitments,
to increase the Aggregate Commitment as described in Section 2.1 above, the
Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent with the consent in writing of the
Required Lenders) and the Borrower may enter into agreements supplemental hereto
for the purpose of adding or modifying any provisions to the Loan Documents or
changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or the Borrower hereunder or
waiving any Default hereunder; provided, however, that no such supplemental
agreement or waiver shall, without the consent of all Lenders:

             (i) Extend the Facility Termination Date or forgive all or any
         portion of the principal amount of any Loan or accrued interest thereon
         or the Facility Fee, reduce the Applicable Margins or any accepted
         Absolute Rate (or modify any definition herein which would have the
         effect of reducing the Applicable Margins or any accepted Absolute
         Rate) or the underlying interest rate options or extend the time of
         payment of any such principal, interest or Facility Fees.

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             (ii) Release any Subsidiary Guarantor (other than a Subsidiary
         Guarantor that has liquidated all of its assets and applied all of the
         proceeds of such liquidation in accordance with its organizational
         documents) from the Subsidiary Guaranty or any other future guarantor
         (other than a Subsidiary Guarantor that has liquidated all of its
         assets and applied all of the proceeds of such liquidation in
         accordance with its organizational documents) from any liability it may
         undertake with respect to the Obligations.

             (iii) Reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Required
         Lenders.

             (iv) Increase the Aggregate Commitment beyond $575,000,000.

             (v) Permit the Borrower to assign its rights under this Agreement.

             (vi) Amend SECTIONS 2.3, 2.13(II), 2.25, 8.1, 8.2, 11.2 or the
         definition of Required Lenders.

No amendment of any provision of this Agreement relating to the Administrative
Agent shall be effective without the written consent of the Administrative
Agent. Each Lender which has been designated a Designated Lender may act on
behalf of such Designated Lender with respect to any rights of such Designated
Lender to grant or withhold any consent hereunder to the fullest extent it has
been so delegated to act by such Designated Lender pursuant to its Designation
Agreement.

         8.3 PRESERVATION OF RIGHTS. No delay or omission of the Lenders or the
Administrative Agent to exercise any right under the Loan Documents shall impair
such right or be construed to be a waiver of any Default or an acquiescence
therein, and the making of a Loan notwithstanding the existence of a Default or
the inability of the Borrower to satisfy the conditions precedent to such Loan
shall not constitute any waiver or acquiescence. Any single or partial exercise
of any such right shall not preclude other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, and no waiver, amendment or other variation of the
terms, conditions or provisions of the Loan Documents whatsoever shall be valid
unless in writing signed by the Lenders required pursuant to SECTION 8.2, and
then only to the extent in such writing specifically set forth. All remedies
contained in the Loan Documents or by law afforded shall be cumulative and all
shall be available to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders until the
Obligations have been paid in full.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS
                               ------------------

         9.1 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS. All representations and warranties of
the Borrower contained in this Agreement shall survive delivery of the Notes and
the making of the Loans herein contemplated.

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         9.2 GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION. Anything contained in this Agreement to
the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender shall be obligated to extend credit to
the Borrower in violation of any limitation or prohibition provided by any
applicable statute or regulation.

         9.3 TAXES. Any taxes (excluding taxes on the overall net income of any
Lender) or other similar assessments or charges made by any governmental or
revenue authority in respect of the Loan Documents shall be paid by the
Borrower, together with interest and penalties, if any.

         9.4 HEADINGS. Section headings in the Loan Documents are for
convenience of reference only, and shall not govern the interpretation of any of
the provisions of the Loan Documents.

         9.5 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. The Loan Documents embody the entire agreement
and understanding among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
and supersede all prior commitments, agreements and understandings among the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders relating to the subject
matter thereof.

         9.6 SEVERAL OBLIGATIONS; BENEFITS OF THIS AGREEMENT. The respective
obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint and no Lender
shall be the partner or agent of any other (except to the extent to which the
Administrative Agent is authorized to act as such). The failure of any Lender to
perform any of its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender from
any of its obligations hereunder. This Agreement shall not be construed so as to
confer any right or benefit upon any Person other than the parties to this
Agreement and their respective successors and assigns.

         9.7 EXPENSES; INDEMNIFICATION. The Borrower shall reimburse the
Administrative Agent for any costs, internal charges and out-of-pocket expenses
(including, without limitation, all reasonable fees for consultants and fees and
reasonable expenses for attorneys for the Administrative Agent, which attorneys
may be employees of the Administrative Agent) paid or incurred by the
Administrative Agent in connection with the amendment, modification, and
enforcement of the Loan Documents. The Borrower also agrees to reimburse the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders for any reasonable costs, internal charges
and out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, all fees and
reasonable expenses for attorneys for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
which attorneys may be employees of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders)
paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with
the collection and enforcement of the Loan Documents (including, without
limitation, any workout). The Borrower further agrees to indemnify the
Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agent and each
Lender, its directors and officers against all losses, claims, damages,
penalties, judgments, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation,
all expenses of litigation or preparation therefor whether or not the
Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agent or any
Lender is a party thereto) which any of them may pay or incur arising out of or
relating to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Projects, the
transactions contemplated hereby or the direct or indirect application or
proposed application of the proceeds of any Loan hereunder, except to the extent
that any of the foregoing arise out of the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the party seeking indemnification therefor. The obligations of the
Borrower under this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

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         9.8 NUMBERS OF DOCUMENTS. All statements, notices, closing documents,
and requests hereunder shall be furnished to the Administrative Agent with
sufficient counterparts so that the Administrative Agent may furnish one to each
of the Lenders.

         9.9 ACCOUNTING. Except as provided to the contrary herein, all
accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted and all accounting
determinations hereunder shall be made in accordance with GAAP.

         9.10 SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. Any provision in any Loan Document
that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid in any jurisdiction
shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid
without affecting the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or the
operation, enforceability, or validity of that provision in any other
jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of all Loan Documents are declared
to be severable.

         9.11 NONLIABILITY OF LENDERS. The relationship between the Borrower, on
the one hand, and the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, on the other, shall
be solely that of borrower and lender. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any
Lender shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to the Borrower. Neither the
Administrative Agent nor any Lender undertakes any responsibility to the
Borrower to review or inform the Borrower of any matter in connection with any
phase of the Borrower's business or operations.

         9.12 CHOICE OF LAW. THE LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINING A
CONTRARY EXPRESS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISION) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, BUT
GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS.

         9.13 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS
TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR ILLINOIS STATE
COURT SITTING IN CHICAGO IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS
IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH
COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO
THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT
SUCH COURT IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE BORROWER IN
THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BY THE BORROWER
AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER
IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL
BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

         9.14 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND
EACH LENDER HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL

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PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN
TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED
WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER.

         9.15 NO BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS. Each of the Borrower, the Lenders and
the Administrative Agent agrees that it will not institute against any
Designated Lender or join any other Person in instituting against any Designated
Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceeding under any federal or state bankruptcy of similar law, for one year
and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper
note issued by such Designated Lender.

                                   ARTICLE X

                            THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
                            ------------------------

         10.1 APPOINTMENT. Bank One, NA is hereby appointed Administrative Agent
hereunder and under each other Loan Document, and each of the Lenders
irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such
Lender. The Administrative Agent agrees to act as such upon the express
conditions contained in this ARTICLE X. The Administrative Agent shall not have
a fiduciary relationship in respect of the Borrower or any Lender by reason of
this Agreement.

         10.2 POWERS. The Administrative Agent shall have and may exercise such
powers under the Loan Documents as are specifically delegated to the
Administrative Agent by the terms of each thereof, together with such powers as
are reasonably incidental thereto. The Administrative Agent shall have no
implied duties to the Lenders, or any obligation to the Lenders to take any
action thereunder except any action specifically provided by the Loan Documents
to be taken by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall
administer this Agreement in the same manner and with the same standard of care
as it administers similar agreements for its own account.

         10.3 GENERAL IMMUNITY. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its
directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable to the Borrower, the
Lenders or any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or
them hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or
therewith except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct; or
(ii) any determination by the Administrative Agent that compliance with any law
or any governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, order, policy,
guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) requires the
Advances and Commitments hereunder to be classified as being part of a "highly
leveraged transaction". The foregoing shall not limit the liability of the
Administrative Agent for a breach of its express obligations and undertakings to
the Lenders hereunder which continues after written notice to the Administrative
Agent of such breach and its failure to cure such breach within a reasonable
time after such notice.

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         10.4 NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOANS, RECITALS, ETC. Neither the
Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees
shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, or verify
(i) any statement, warranty or representation made in connection with any Loan
Document or any borrowing hereunder; (ii) the performance or observance of any
of the covenants or agreements of any obligor under any Loan Document,
including, without limitation, any agreement by an obligor to furnish
information directly to each Lender; (iii) the satisfaction of any condition
specified in ARTICLE IV, except receipt of items required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent; or (iv) the validity, effectiveness or genuineness of any
Loan Document or any other instrument or writing furnished in connection
therewith. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Administrative
Agent shall have no duty to disclose to the Lenders information that is not
required to be furnished by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent at such
time, but is voluntarily furnished by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent
(either in its capacity as Administrative Agent or in its individual capacity).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Administrative Agent shall make
available promptly after the Agreement Execution Date to any Lender copies of
all Loan Documents in its possession which are requested by any such Lender.
Administrative Agent shall also furnish to all Lenders promptly after such items
are available in final form copies of Default notices issued to the Borrower,
amendments to any Loan Documents being proposed by the Administrative Agent or
the Borrower, financial statements of the Borrower required hereunder,
compliance certificates from the Borrower required by this Agreement or any
other notice or communication from the Borrower specifically relating to this
Agreement which is actually received by the Administrative Agent. Promptly after
the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge of the occurrence of a Default
hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Lenders.

         10.5 ACTION ON INSTRUCTIONS OF LENDERS. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected
in so acting, or refraining from acting, hereunder and under any other Loan
Document in accordance with written instructions signed by the Required Lenders
or all of the Lenders, as the case may be, and such instructions and any action
taken or failure to act pursuant to such written instructions shall be binding
on all of the Lenders and on all holders of Notes and on the Administrative
Agent.

         10.6 EMPLOYMENT OF AGENTS AND COUNSEL. The Administrative Agent of its
duties as Administrative Agent hereunder and under any other Loan Document by or
through employees, agents, and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be answerable to
the Lenders, except as to money or securities received by it or its authorized
agents, for the default or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact
selected by it with reasonable care. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled
to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to the agency hereby
created and its duties hereunder and under any other Loan Document.

         10.7 RELIANCE ON DOCUMENTS; COUNSEL. The Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to rely upon any Note, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter,
telegram, statement, paper or document believed by it to be genuine and correct
and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons, and, in respect
to legal matters, upon the opinion of counsel selected by the Administrative
Agent, which counsel may be employees of the Administrative Agent.

         10.8 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT'S REIMBURSEMENT AND INDEMNIFICATION. The
Lenders agree to reimburse and indemnify the Administrative Agent ratably in
proportion to their respective

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Commitments (i) for any amounts not reimbursed by the Borrower for which the
Administrative Agent is entitled to reimbursement by the Borrower under the Loan
Documents, (ii) for any other expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent on
behalf of the Lenders, in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery,
administration and enforcement of the Loan Documents, if not paid by Borrower
and (iii) for any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind and nature
whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Loan Documents
or any other document delivered in connection therewith or the transactions
contemplated thereby, or the enforcement of any of the terms thereof or of any
such other documents, provided that no Lender shall be liable for any of the
foregoing to the extent they arise from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct or a breach of the Administrative Agent's express obligations and
undertakings to the Lenders which is not cured after written notice and within
the period described in SECTION 10.3, and provided further that no Designated
Lender shall be liable for any payment under this Section 10.8 so long as, and
to the extent that, the Lender designating such Designated Lender makes such
payment. To the extent any amounts so paid by Lenders are thereafter recovered
by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or
otherwise, such recovered amount shall be remitted to the Lenders making such
payment on a pro rata basis in accordance with their respective portions of such
payment. The obligations of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under this
SECTION 10.8 shall survive payment of the Obligations and termination of this
Agreement.

         10.9 RIGHTS AS A LENDER. In the event the Administrative Agent is a
Lender, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder
and under any other Loan Document as any Lender and may exercise the same as
though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the term "Lender" or "Lenders"
shall, at any time when the Administrative Agent is a Lender, unless the context
otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its individual
capacity. The Administrative Agent may accept deposits from, lend money to, and
generally engage in any kind of trust, debt, equity or other transaction, in
addition to those contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in which the Borrower or such
Subsidiary is not restricted hereby from engaging with any other Person. The
Administrative Agent, in its individual capacity, is not obligated to remain a
Lender but if the Administrative Agent is no longer a Lender, the Administrative
Agent shall resign and a successor shall be appointed as described in SECTION
10.11. The rights and duties of the Administrative Agent are separate from its
rights and duties as a Lender and no transfer of all or any part of the
Administrative Agent's Commitment or its interest as a Lender in the Loans
hereunder shall be deemed to transfer any of its rights and duties as
Administrative Agent to its successor or successors as a Lender.

         10.10 LENDER CREDIT DECISION. Each Lender acknowledges that it has,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other
Lender and based on the financial statements prepared by the Borrower and such
other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without
reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such
documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to
make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

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         10.11 SUCCESSOR ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. Except as otherwise provided
below, Bank One shall serve as Administrative Agent at all times during the term
of this Facility. Bank One may resign as Administrative Agent in the event (x)
Bank One and Borrower shall mutually agree in writing or (y) an Event of Default
shall occur and be continuing under the Loan Documents, or (z) Bank One shall
determine, in its sole reasonable discretion, that because of its other banking
relationships with Borrower and/or Borrower's Affiliates at the time of such
decision Bank One's resignation as Administrative Agent would be necessary in
order to avoid creating an appearance of impropriety on the part of Bank One.
Bank One shall also resign as Administrative Agent, within 30 days after receipt
of a written request from the Required Lenders, if the Administrative Agent's
Commitment, after giving effect to any assignments or reductions hereunder, is
less than 5% of the then-current Aggregate Commitment. Bank One (or any
successor Administrative Agent) may be removed as Administrative Agent by
written notice received by Administrative Agent from the Required Lenders at any
time with cause (i.e., a breach by Bank One (or any successor Administrative
Agent) of its duties as Administrative Agent hereunder) or for gross negligence
or willful misconduct. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall
have the right to appoint, on behalf of the Borrower and the Lenders, a
successor Administrative Agent. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have
been so appointed by the Required Lenders within thirty days after the resigning
Administrative Agent's giving notice of its intention to resign or receiving
such a request to resign, then the resigning Administrative Agent shall, prior
to the effective date of its resignation, appoint, on behalf of the Borrower and
the Lenders, a successor Administrative Agent. No successor Administrative Agent
shall be deemed to be appointed hereunder until such successor Administrative
Agent has accepted the appointment. Any such successor Administrative Agent
shall be a commercial bank having capital and retained earnings of at least
$500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent
hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative
Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the resigning Administrative Agent. Upon the
effectiveness of the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the resigning
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations
hereunder and under the Loan Documents. After the effectiveness of the
resignation of an Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article XI shall
continue in effect for the benefit of such Administrative Agent in respect of
any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the
Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.

                                   ARTICLE XI

                            SETOFF; RATABLE PAYMENTS
                            ------------------------

         11.1 SETOFF. In addition to, and without limitation of, any rights of
the Lenders under applicable law, if the Borrower becomes insolvent, however
evidenced, or any Default occurs, any and all deposits (including all account
balances, whether provisional or final and whether or not collected or
available) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or owing by any Lender to
or for the credit or account of the Borrower may be offset and applied toward
the payment of the Obligations owing to such Lender at any time prior to the
date that such Default has been fully cured, whether or not the Obligations, or
any part hereof, shall then be due.

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         11.2 RATABLE PAYMENTS. If any Lender, whether by setoff or otherwise,
has payment made to it upon its Loans (other than payments received pursuant to
SECTIONS 3.1, 3.2 or 3.4) in a greater proportion than that received by any
other Lender, such Lender agrees, promptly upon demand, to purchase a portion of
the Loans held by the other Lenders so that after such purchase each Lender will
hold its ratable proportion of Loans. If any Lender, whether in connection with
setoff or amounts which might be subject to setoff or otherwise, receives
collateral or other protection for its Obligations or such amounts which may be
subject to setoff, such Lender agrees, promptly upon demand, to take such action
necessary such that all Lenders share in the benefits of such collateral ratably
in proportion to their Loans. In case any such payment is disturbed by legal
process, or otherwise, appropriate further adjustments shall be made.

                                  ARTICLE XII

                BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS
                -------------------------------------------------

         12.1 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. The terms and provisions of the Loan
Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower and the
Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, except that (i) the
Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights or obligations under the
Loan Documents and (ii) any assignment by any Lender must be made in compliance
with SECTION 12.3. Notwithstanding clause (ii) of this Section, any Lender may
at any time, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent,
assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement and its Notes to a
Federal Reserve Bank; provided, however, that no such assignment shall release
the transferor Lender from its obligations hereunder. The Administrative Agent
may treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes hereof
unless and until such payee complies with SECTION 12.3 in the case of an
assignment thereof or, in the case of any other transfer, a written notice of
the transfer is filed with the Administrative Agent. Any assignee or transferee
of a Note agrees by acceptance thereof to be bound by all the terms and
provisions of the Loan Documents. Any request, authority or consent of any
Person, who at the time of making such request or giving such authority or
consent is the holder of any Note, shall be conclusive and binding on any
subsequent holder, transferee or assignee of such Note or of any Note or Notes
issued in exchange therefor.

         12.2 PARTICIPATIONS.

              12.2.1 PERMITTED PARTICIPANTS; EFFECT. Any Lender may, in the
         ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law,
         at any time sell to one or more banks, financial institutions, pension
         funds, or any other funds or entities ("PARTICIPANTS") participating
         interests in any Loan owing to such Lender, any Note held by such
         Lender, any Commitment of such Lender or any other interest of such
         Lender under the Loan Documents. In the event of any such sale by a
         Lender of participating interests to a Participant, such Lender's
         obligations under the Loan Documents shall remain unchanged, such
         Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for
         the performance of such obligations, such Lender shall remain the
         holder of any such Note for all purposes under the Loan Documents, all
         amounts payable by the Borrower under this Agreement shall be
         determined as if such Lender had not sold such participating interests,
         and the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal
         solely

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         and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights
         and obligations under the Loan Documents.

              12.2.2 VOTING RIGHTS. Each Lender shall retain the sole right to
         approve, without the consent of any Participant, any amendment,
         modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents other
         than any amendment, modification or waiver with respect to any Loan or
         Commitment in which such Participant has an interest which forgives
         principal, interest or fees or reduces the interest rate or fees
         payable with respect to any such Loan or Commitment or postpones any
         date fixed for any regularly-scheduled payment of principal of, or
         interest or fees on, any such Loan or Commitment or releases any
         Subsidiary from the Subsidiary Guaranty.

              12.2.3 BENEFIT OF SETOFF. The Borrower agrees that each
         Participant which has previously advised the Borrower in writing of its
         purchase of a participation in a Lender's interest in its Loans shall
         be deemed to have the right of setoff provided in SECTION 11.1 in
         respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under the Loan
         Documents to the same extent as if the amount of its participating
         interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under the Loan
         Documents. Each Lender shall retain the right of setoff provided in
         SECTION 11.1 with respect to the amount of participating interests sold
         to each Participant, provided that such Lender and Participant may not
         each setoff amounts against the same portion of the Obligations, so as
         to collect the same amount from the Borrower twice. The Lenders agree
         to share with each Participant, and each Participant, by exercising the
         right of setoff provided in SECTION 11.1, agrees to share with each
         Lender, any amount received pursuant to the exercise of its right of
         setoff, such amounts to be shared in accordance with SECTION 11.2 as if
         each Participant were a Lender.

         12.3 ASSIGNMENTS.

              12.3.1 PERMITTED ASSIGNMENTS. Any Lender may, in the ordinary
         course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any
         time assign to any of such Lender's affiliates or to one or more banks,
         financial institutions or pension funds, or with the prior approval of
         the Borrower, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, any
         other entity ("PURCHASERS") all or any portion of its rights and
         obligations under the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
         approval of the Borrower shall be required for any such assignment if a
         Default has occurred and is then continuing. Such assignment shall be
         substantially in the form of EXHIBIT D hereto or in such other form as
         may be agreed to by the parties thereto. The consent of the
         Administrative Agent shall be required prior to an assignment becoming
         effective with respect to a Purchaser which is not a Lender or an
         Affiliate thereof. Such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

              12.3.2 EFFECT; EFFECTIVE DATE. Upon (i) delivery to the
         Administrative Agent of a notice of assignment, substantially in the
         form attached as Exhibit "I" to EXHIBIT D hereto (a "NOTICE OF
         ASSIGNMENT"), together with any consents required by SECTION 12.3.1,
         and (ii) payment of a $3,500 fee by the assignor or assignee to the
         Administrative Agent for processing such assignment, such assignment
         shall become effective on the effective date specified in such Notice
         of Assignment. The Notice of Assignment shall contain a representation
         by the Purchaser to the effect that none of the consideration used to
         make

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         the purchase of the Commitment and Loans under the applicable
         assignment agreement are "plan assets" as defined under ERISA and that
         the rights and interests of the Purchaser in and under the Loan
         Documents will not be "plan assets" under ERISA. On and after the
         effective date of such assignment, such Purchaser shall for all
         purposes be a Lender party to this Agreement and any other Loan
         Document executed by the Lenders and shall have all the rights and
         obligations of a Lender under the Loan Documents, to the same extent as
         if it were an original party hereto, and no further consent or action
         by the Borrower, the Lenders or the Administrative Agent shall be
         required to release the transferor Lender, and the transferor Lender
         shall automatically be released on the effective date of such
         assignment, with respect to the percentage of the Aggregate Commitment
         and Loans assigned to such Purchaser. Upon the consummation of any
         assignment to a Purchaser pursuant to this SECTION 12.3.2, the
         transferor Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall make
         appropriate arrangements so that replacement Notes are issued to such
         transferor Lender and new Notes or, as appropriate, replacement Notes,
         are issued to such Purchaser, in each case in principal amounts
         reflecting their Commitment, as adjusted pursuant to such assignment.

         12.4 DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION. The Borrower authorizes each Lender
to disclose to any Participant or Purchaser or any other Person acquiring an
interest in the Loan Documents by operation of law (each a "TRANSFEREE") and any
prospective Transferee any and all information in such Lender's possession
concerning the creditworthiness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, subject to
SECTION 12.6.

         12.5 TAX TREATMENT. If any interest in any Loan Document is transferred
to any Transferee which is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other
than the United States or any State thereof, the transferor Lender shall cause
such Transferee, concurrently with the effectiveness of such transfer, to comply
with the provisions of SECTION 2.19.

         12.6 CONFIDENTIALITY. The Administrative Agent and Lenders agree to
take normal and reasonable precautions and exercise due care to maintain the
confidentiality of all non-public information provided to them by the Borrower
or by any other Person on the Borrower's behalf in connection with the Loan
Documents and agree and undertake that neither they nor any of their Affiliates
shall disclose any such information for any purpose or in any manner other than
pursuant to the terms contemplated by the Loan Documents. The Administrative
Agent and each Lender may disclose such information (1) at the request of any
regulatory authority with jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent and/or the
Lenders or in connection with an examination of such Person by any such
authority, (2) pursuant to subpoena or other process of a court having
jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders, (3) when required
to do so in accordance with the provisions of any applicable law, (4) at the
express direction of any other governmental authority, with jurisdiction over
the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders, of any State of the United States
of America or of any other jurisdiction in which such Person conducts its
business, (5) to such Person's independent auditors, attorneys and other
professional advisors, (6) if such information has become public other than
through disclosure by such Person or any Lender, (7) in connection with any
litigation involving such Person, and (8) to any Affiliate of such Person which
agrees to be bound by this SECTION 12.6. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Borrower authorizes each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to disclose
to any prospective or actual Transferee such financial and other information in
its possession (i) which has been delivered to such Person pursuant to the Loan
Documents or

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which has been delivered to such Person by the Borrower prior to entering into
the Loan Documents, or (ii) which is reasonably necessary to effectuate the
purposes of this Agreement and the Loan Documents; provided that, unless
otherwise agreed by the Borrower, such Transferee shall agree to keep such
information confidential to the same extent required to the Administrative Agent
or any Lender, as applicable, hereunder. The Borrower hereby consents to the
disclosure of any non-public information with respect to it which is related to
this transaction by any Designated Lender to any rating agency, commercial paper
dealer, or provider of a surety, guaranty or credit or liquidity enhancement to
such Designated Lender.

                                  ARTICLE XIII

                                     NOTICES
                                     -------

         13.1 GIVING NOTICE. Except as otherwise permitted by SECTION 2.14 with
respect to borrowing notices, all notices and other communications provided to
any party hereto under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be in
writing or by telex or by facsimile and addressed or delivered to such party at
its address set forth below its signature hereto or at such other address (or to
counsel for such party) as may be designated by such party in a notice to the
other parties. Any notice, if mailed and properly addressed with postage
prepaid, shall be deemed given when received; any notice, if transmitted by
telex or facsimile, shall be deemed given when transmitted (answerback confirmed
in the case of telexes).

         13.2 CHANGE OF ADDRESS. The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and any
Lender may each change the address for service of notice upon it by a notice in
writing to the other parties hereto.

                                  ARTICLE XIV

                                  COUNTERPARTS
                                  ------------

         This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of
which taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties
hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. This
Agreement shall be effective when it has been executed by the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders and each party has notified the
Administrative Agent by telex or telephone, that it has taken such action.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

                                    DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Print Name:
                                                --------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                    3300 Enterprise Parkway
                                    Beachwood, Ohio  44122
                                    Phone:  216/755-5506
                                    Facsimile:  216/755-1506
                                    Attention:  Scott A. Wolstein

COMMITMENTS:                        BANK ONE, NA,
$55,000,000                         Individually and as Administrative Agent
Percentage of Aggregate
Commitment:
                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Print Name:
                                               ---------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                    1 Bank One Plaza, IL 1-0315
                                    Chicago, Illinois  60670
                                    Phone:  312/732-4000
                                    Facsimile:  312/732-1117
                                    Attention:  Corporate Real Estate

$55,000,000                         BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking
Percentage of Aggregate             association
Commitment:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Print Name:
                                               ---------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                    231 South LaSalle Street, 12-Q
                                    Chicago, Illinois  60697
                                    Phone:  312/828-5149
                                    Facsimile:  312/974-4970
                                    Attention:  Richard G. Baer, Jr., Principal

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$45,000,000                      COMMERZBANK, NEW YORK AND GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES
Percentage of Aggregate
Commitment:

                                 By:
                                    -----------------------------------------
                                 Print Name:
                                            ---------------------------------
                                 Title:
                                       --------------------------------------

                                 and by:

                                 By:
                                    -----------------------------------------
                                 Print Name:
                                             --------------------------------
                                 Title:
                                       --------------------------------------

                                 Two World Financial Center
                                 New York, New York  10281
                                 Phone:  212/266-7569
                                 Facsimile:  212/266-7565
                                 Attention:  Doug Traynor

$55,000,000                      FLEET NATIONAL BANK
Percentage of Aggregate
Commitment:

                                 By:
                                    -----------------------------------------
                                 Print Name:
                                            ---------------------------------
                                 Title:
                                       --------------------------------------

                                 75 State Street, MADE 10411A
                                 Boston, Massachusetts 02109-1810
                                 Phone:  617/346-2881
                                 Facsimile:  617/346-3220
                                 Attention:  James Keough

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$20,000,000                         UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH
Percentage of Aggregate
Commitment:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                    Notices sent to:

                                    UBS AG, Stamford Branch
                                    c/o UBS AG, New York Branch
                                    299 Park Avenue
                                    New York, New York 10171-0026
                                    Phone:  212/821-3872
                                    Facsimile:  212/821-4138
                                    Attention: Mara Martez

$25,000,000                         AMSOUTH BANK
Percentage of Aggregate
Commitment:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Print Name:
                                                --------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                    1900 5th Avenue, North
                                    AmSouth South Sonat Tower, 9th Floor
                                    Birmingham, Alabama 35288
                                    Phone:  205/801-0621
                                    Facsimile:  205/326-4075
                                    Attention:  William Dobbins

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$25,000,000                         PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Percentage of Aggregate
Commitment:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Print Name:
                                                --------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                    One PNC Plaza
                                    249 5th Avenue, Mail Stop P1-POPP-19-2
                                    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2707
                                    Phone:  412/786-8782
                                    Facsimile:  412/762-6500
                                    Attention: Randy Cornelius

$15,000,000                         COMERICA BANK
Percentage of Aggregate
Commitment:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Print Name:
                                                --------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                    500 Woodward Avenue
                                    Detroit, Michigan  48226-3256
                                    Phone:  313/222-9290
                                    Facsimile:  313/222-9295
                                    Attention:  Leslie Vogel

$25,000,000                         MICHIGAN NATIONAL BANK
Percentage of Aggregate
Commitment:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Print Name:
                                                --------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                    27777 Inkster Road, Mail Code 10-02
                                    Farmington Hills, MI  48334
                                    Phone:  248-473-5277
                                    Facsimile:  248/473-5299
                                    Attention:  Irwin Knox

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$15,000,000                         MELLON BANK, N.A.
Percentage of Aggregate
Commitment:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Print Name:
                                                --------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                    One Mellon Center, Suite 5325
                                    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15258
                                    Phone:  412/234-9625
                                    Facsimile:  412/234-8657
                                    Attention:  Tom Greulich

$25,000,000                         HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK
Percentage of Aggregate
Commitment:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Print Name:
                                                --------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                    917 Euclid Avenue
                                    Mail Code - cm17
                                    Cleveland, Ohio 44115
                                    Phone:  216/515-6882
                                    Facsimile:  216/515-6369
                                    Attention:  Jerry Buck, Vice President

$10,000,000                         CHANG HWA COMMERCIAL
Percentage of Aggregate
Commitment:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Print Name:
                                                --------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                    One World Trade Center, Suite 3211
                                    New York, New York  10048
                                    Phone:  212/390-7040 x48
                                    Facsimile:  212/390-0120
                                    Attention:  Vivian Chen

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$15,000,000                         SOUTHTRUST BANK
Percentage of Aggregate
Commitment:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Print Name:
                                                --------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                    420 North 20th Street
                                    Birmingham, Alabama  35290
                                    Phone:  205/254-4438
                                    Facsimile:  205/254-8270
                                    Attention:  Ronald A. Brantley, II

$20,000,000                         SUMMIT BANK
Percentage of Aggregate
Commitment:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Print Name:
                                                --------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                    750 Walnut Avenue
                                    Cranford, New Jersey  07016
                                    Phone:  908/709-6008
                                    Facsimile:  908/709-6435
                                    Attention:  Harry Ekstrand

$30,000,000                         US BANK, NA
Percentage of Aggregate
Commitment:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Print Name:
                                                --------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                    111 East Wacker Drive, Suite 3000
                                    Chicago, Illinois  60601
                                    Phone:  312/228-9438
                                    Facsimile:  312/228-9402
                                    Attention:  Thomas Schroeder

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$45,000,000                         WACHOVIA BANK
Percentage of Aggregate
Commitment:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Print Name:
                                                --------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                    191 Peachtree Street, N.E.
                                    Atlanta, Georgia  30303
                                    Phone:  404/332-5649
                                    Facsimile:  404/332-4066
                                    Attention:  Cathy Casey

$45,000,000                         WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Percentage of Aggregate
Commitment:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Print Name:
                                                --------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                    225 West Wacker Drive, Suite 2550
                                    Chicago, Illinois  60606
                                    Phone:  312/269-4807
                                    Facsimile:  312/782-0969
                                    Attention:  John Mead

$15,000,000                         ERSTE BANK
Percentage of Aggregate
Commitment:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Print Name:
                                                --------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                    280 Park Avenue, 32nd Floor
                                    New York, New York  10017
                                    Phone:  212/984-5634
                                    Facsimile:  212/984-5627
                                    Attention:  Paul Judicke

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$10,000,000                         FIRSTAR BANK, N.A.
Percentage of Aggregate
Commitment:

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Print Name:
                                                --------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                    1350 Euclid Avenue, Suite 800
                                    Cleveland, Ohio  44115
                                    Phone:  216/623-5984
                                    Facsimile:  216/241-0164
                                    Attention:  Sam Russo

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                                   EXHIBIT A-1
                                   -----------

                  [THIRD] [SECOND] [AMENDED AND RESTATED] NOTE
                  --------------------------------------------

$                                                                 June 27, 2000
 -----------------

         Developers Diversified Realty Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Ohio (the "Borrower"), promises to pay to the
order of _________________________ (the "Lender") the lesser of the principal
sum of __________________ Dollars or the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
all Loans (other than Competitive Bid Loans) made by the Lender to the Borrower
pursuant to Article II of the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as
the same may be amended or modified, the "Agreement") hereinafter referred to,
in immediately available funds at the main office of Bank One, NA in Chicago,
Illinois, as Agent, together with interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof
at the rates and on the dates set forth in the Agreement. The Borrower shall pay
remaining unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans in
full on the Facility Termination Date or such earlier date as may be required
under the Agreement.

         The Lender shall, and is hereby authorized to, record on the schedule
attached hereto, or to otherwise record in accordance with its usual practice,
the date and amount of each Loan and the date and amount of each principal
payment hereunder.

         [This Note amends and restates in its entirety that certain [Amended
and Restated] Note dated November 16, 1998 made by the Borrower in favor of the
Lender in the maximum principal amount of $_________.]

         This Note is one of the Notes issued pursuant to, and is entitled to
the benefits of, the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
June 27, 2000 among the Borrower, Bank One, NA, individually and as
Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders named therein, to which Agreement,
as it may be amended from time to time, reference is hereby made for a statement
of the terms and conditions governing this Note, including the terms and
conditions under which this Note may be prepaid or its maturity date
accelerated. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are
used with the meanings attributed to them in the Agreement.

         If there is a Default under the Agreement or any other Loan Document
and Agent exercises the remedies provided under the Agreement and/or any of the
Loan Documents for the Lenders, then in addition to all amounts recoverable by
the Agent and the Lenders under such documents, Agent and the Lenders shall be
entitled to receive reasonable attorneys fees and expenses incurred by Agent and
the Lenders in connection with the exercise of such remedies.

         Borrower and all endorsers severally waive presentment, protest and
demand, notice of protest, demand and of dishonor and nonpayment of this Note,
and any and all lack of diligence or delays in collection or enforcement of this
Note, and expressly agree that this Note, or any payment hereunder, may be
extended from time to time, and expressly consent to the release of

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any party liable for the obligation secured by this Note, the release of any of
the security for this Note, the acceptance of any other security therefor, or
any other indulgence or forbearance whatsoever, all without notice to any party
and without affecting the liability of the Borrower and any endorsers hereof.

         This Note shall be governed and construed under the internal laws of
the State of Illinois.

         BORROWER AND LENDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY
RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY
RIGHT UNDER THIS NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR RELATING THERETO OR ARISING
FROM THE LENDING RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS NOTE AND AGREE THAT
ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE AND NOT BEFORE A
JURY.

                              DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY
                              CORPORATION, an Ohio corporation

                              By:
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                              Print Name:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                              Title:
                                    --------------------------------------------

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                   SCHEDULE OF LOANS AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
                   TO [THIRD] [SECOND] [AMENDED AND RESTATED]
               NOTE OF DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION,
                               DATED JUNE 27, 2000

                                              Maturity
           Principal        Maturity          Principal
           Amount of        of Interest       Amount            Unpaid
Date       Loan             Period            Paid              Balance
----       -------------    -------------     ------------      -------

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                                   EXHIBIT A-2
                                   -----------

                     FORM OF [SECOND] [AMENDED AND RESTATED]
                     ---------------------------------------
                              COMPETITIVE BID NOTE
                              --------------------

                                                                   June 27, 2000

         On or before the last day of each "Interest Period" applicable to a
"Competitive Bid Loan", as defined in that certain Third Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated as of June 27, 2000, as amended from time to time
hereafter (the "AGREEMENT") among DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION, a
Ohio corporation ("BORROWER"), Bank One, NA, a national bank organized under the
laws of the United States of America, individually and as Administrative Agent
for the Lenders (as such terms are defined in the Agreement) and certain other
Lenders which are parties thereto, Borrower promises to pay to the order of
_________________________ (the "Lender"), or its successors and assigns, the
unpaid principal amount of such Competitive Bid Loan made by the Lender to the
Borrower pursuant to SECTION 2.22 of the Agreement, in immediately available
funds at the office of the Administrative Agent in Chicago, Illinois, together
with interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof at the rates and on the
dates set forth in the Agreement. The Borrower shall pay any remaining unpaid
principal amount of such Competitive Bid Loans under this Competitive Bid Note
("NOTE") in full on or before the Facility Termination Date or such earlier date
as may be required in accordance with the terms of the Agreement.

         The Lender shall, and is hereby authorized to, record on the schedule
attached hereto, or to otherwise record in accordance with its usual practice,
the date, amount and due date of each Competitive Bid Loan and the date and
amount of each principal payment hereunder.

         [This Note amends and restates in its entirety that certain [Amended
and Restated] Competitive Bid Note dated November 16, 1998 made by the Borrower
in favor of the Lender.]

         This Note is issued pursuant to, and is entitled to the security under
and benefits of, the Agreement and the other Loan Documents, to which Agreement
and Loan Documents, as they may be amended from time to time, reference is
hereby made for, INTER ALIA, a statement of the terms and conditions under which
this Note may be prepaid or its maturity date accelerated. Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used with the meanings
attributed to them in the Agreement.

         If there is a Default under the Agreement or any other Loan Document
and Lender exercises its remedies provided under the Agreement and/or any of the
Loan Documents, then in addition to all amounts recoverable by the Lender under
such documents, Lender shall be entitled to receive reasonable attorneys fees
and expenses incurred by Lender in exercising such remedies.

         Borrower and all endorsers severally waive presentment, protest and
demand, notice of protest, demand and of dishonor and nonpayment of this Note
(except as otherwise expressly provided for in the Agreement), and any and all
lack of diligence or delays in collection or

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enforcement of this Note, and expressly agree that this Note, or any payment
hereunder, may be extended from time to time, and expressly consent to the
release of any party liable for the obligation secured by this Note, the release
of any of the security of this Note, the acceptance of any other security
therefor, or any other indulgence or forbearance whatsoever, all without notice
to any party and without affecting the liability of the Borrower and any
endorsers hereof.

         This Note shall be governed and construed under the internal laws of
the State of Illinois.

         BORROWER AND LENDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY
RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY
RIGHT UNDER THIS PROMISSORY NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR RELATING THERETO
OR ARISING FROM THE LENDING RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS NOTE AND
AGREE THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT
BEFORE A JURY.

                                   DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY
                                   CORPORATION, an Ohio corporation

                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Print Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------

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                              PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
                              ---------------------

                                 Unpaid
                                 Principal                     Notation
Date                             Balance                       Made by

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                                    EXHIBIT B
                                    ---------

                                 FORM OF OPINION
                                 ---------------

                                      -90-
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                                    EXHIBIT C
                                    ---------

                                      -91-
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                                    EXHIBIT D
                                    ---------

                              ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
                              --------------------

         This Assignment Agreement (this "Assignment Agreement") between
__________________________ (the "Assignor") and __________________ (the
"Assignee") is dated as of _________________, ____. The parties hereto agree as
follows:

         1. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT. The Assignor is a party to a Third Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement (which, as it may be amended, modified, renewed or
extended from time to time is herein called the "Credit Agreement") described in
Item 1 of Schedule 1 attached hereto ("Schedule 1"). Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings attributed to
them in the Credit Agreement.

         2. ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION. The Assignor hereby sells and assigns to
the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby purchases and assumes from the Assignor,
an interest in and to the Assignor's rights and obligations under the Credit
Agreement such that after giving effect to such assignment the Assignee shall
have purchased pursuant to this Assignment Agreement the percentage interest
specified in Item 3 of Schedule 1 of all outstanding rights and obligations
under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The aggregate
Commitment (or Loans, if the applicable Commitment has been terminated)
purchased by the Assignee hereunder is set forth in Item 4 of Schedule 1.

         3. EFFECTIVE DATE. The effective date of this Assignment Agreement (the
"Effective Date") shall be the later of the date specified in Item 5 of Schedule
1 or two (2) Business Days (or such shorter period agreed to by the Agent) after
a Notice of Assignment substantially in the form of Exhibit "I" attached hereto
has been delivered to the Agent. Such Notice of Assignment must include the
consent of the Agent required by SECTION 12.3.1 of the Credit Agreement. In no
event will the Effective Date occur if the payments required to be made by the
Assignee to the Assignor on the Effective Date under SECTIONS 4 AND 5 hereof are
not made on the proposed Effective Date. The Assignor will notify the Assignee
of the proposed Effective Date no later than the Business Day prior to the
proposed Effective Date. As of the Effective Date, (i) the Assignee shall have
the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Loan Documents with respect to
the rights and obligations assigned to the Assignee hereunder and (ii) the
Assignor shall relinquish its rights and be released from its corresponding
obligations under the Loan Documents with respect to the rights and obligations
assigned to the Assignee hereunder.

         4. PAYMENTS OBLIGATIONS. On and after the Effective Date, the Assignee
shall be entitled to receive from the Agent all payments of principal, interest
and fees with respect to the interest assigned hereby. The Assignee shall
advance funds directly to the Agent with respect to all Loans and reimbursement
payments made on or after the Effective Date with respect to the interest
assigned hereby. [In consideration for the sale and assignment of Loans
hereunder, (i) the Assignee shall pay the Assignor, on the Effective Date, an
amount equal to the principal amount of the portion of all Floating Rate Loans
assigned to the Assignee

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hereunder and (ii) with respect to each Fixed Rate Loan made by the Assignor and
assigned to the Assignee hereunder which is outstanding on the Effective Date,
(a) on the last day of the Interest Period therefor or (b) on such earlier date
agreed to by the Assignor and the Assignee or (c) on the date on which any such
Fixed Rate Loan either becomes due (by acceleration or otherwise) or is prepaid
(the date as described in the foregoing clauses (a), (b) or (c) being
hereinafter referred to as the "Fixed Rate Due Date"), the Assignee shall pay
the Assignor an amount equal to the principal amount of the portion of such
Fixed Rate Loan assigned to the Assignee which is outstanding on the Fixed Rate
Due Date. If the Assignor and the Assignee agree that the applicable Fixed Rate
Due Date for such Fixed Rate Loan shall be the Effective Date, they shall agree,
solely for purposes of dividing interest paid by the Borrower on such Fixed Rate
Loan, to an alternate interest rate applicable to the portion of such Loan
assigned hereunder for the period from the Effective Date to the end of the
related Interest Period (the "Agreed Interest Rate") and any interest received
by the Assignee in excess of the Agreed Interest Rate, with respect to such
Fixed Rate Loan for such period, shall be remitted to the Assignor. [In the
event interest for any period from the Effective Date to but not including the
Fixed Rate Due Date is not paid when due by the Borrower with respect to any
Fixed Rate Loan sold by the Assignor to the Assignee hereunder, the Assignee
shall pay to the Assignor interest for such period on the portion of such Fixed
Rate Loan sold by the Assignor to the Assignee hereunder at the applicable rate
provided by the Credit Agreement.] In the event a prepayment of any Fixed Rate
Loan which is existing on the Effective Date and assigned by the Assignor to the
Assignee hereunder occurs after the Effective Date but before the applicable
Fixed Rate Due Date, the Assignee shall remit to the Assignor any excess of the
funding indemnification amount paid by the Borrower under Section 3.4 of the
Credit Agreement an account of such prepayment with respect to the portion of
such Fixed Rate Loan assigned to the Assignee hereunder over the amount which
would have been paid if such prepayment amount were calculated based on the
Agreed Interest Rate and only covered the portion of the Interest Period after
the Effective Date. The Assignee will promptly remit to the Assignor (i) the
portion of any principal payments assigned hereunder and received from the Agent
with respect to any Fixed Rate Loan prior to its Fixed Rate Due Date and (ii)
any amounts of interest on Loans and fees received from the Agent which relate
to the portion of the Loans assigned to the Assignee hereunder for periods prior
to the Effective Date, in the case of Floating Rate Loans or fees, or the Fixed
Rate Due Date, in the case of Fixed Rate Loans, and not previously paid by the
Assignee to the Assignor.]* In the event that either party hereto receives any
payment to which the other party hereto is entitled under this Assignment
Agreement, then the party receiving such amount shall promptly remit it to the
other party hereto.

*EACH ASSIGNOR MAY INSERT ITS STANDARD PAYMENT PROVISIONS IN LIEU OF THE PAYMENT
TERMS INCLUDED IN THIS EXHIBIT.

         5. FEES PAYABLE BY THE ASSIGNEE. The Assignee shall pay to the Assignor
a fee on each day on which a payment of interest or Facility Fees is made under
the Credit Agreement with respect to the amounts assigned to the Assignee
hereunder (other than a payment of interest or Facility Fees attributable to the
period prior to the Effective Date or, in the case of Fixed Rate Loans, the
Payment Date, which the Assignee is obligated to deliver to the Assignor
pursuant to SECTION 4 hereof). The amount of such fee shall be the difference
between (i) the interest or fee, as applicable, paid with respect to the amounts
assigned to the Assignee hereunder and (ii) the interest or fee, as applicable,
which would have been paid with respect to the amounts assigned to the Assignee
hereunder if each interest rate was calculated at the rate of __________% rather
than the actual percentage used to calculate the interest rate paid by the
Borrower or if

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the Facility Fee was calculated at the rate of ______% rather than the actual
percentage used to calculate the Facility Fee paid by the Borrower, as
applicable. In addition, the Assignee agrees to pay ____% of the fee required to
be paid to the Agent in connection with this Assignment Agreement.

         6. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ASSIGNOR; LIMITATIONS ON THE ASSIGNOR'S
LIABILITY. The Assignor represents and warrants that it is the legal and
beneficial owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder, that such
interest is free and clear of any adverse claim created by the Assignor and that
it has all necessary right and authority to enter into this Assignment. It is
understood and agreed that the assignment and assumption hereunder are made
without recourse to the Assignor and that the Assignor makes no other
representation or warranty of any kind to the Assignee. Neither the Assignor nor
any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or attorneys shall be
responsible for (i) the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability,
genuineness, sufficiency or collectability of any Loan Document, including
without limitation, documents granting the Assignor and the other Lenders a
security interest in assets of the Borrower or any guarantor, (ii) any
representation, warranty or statement made in or in connection with any of the
Loan Documents, (iii) the financial condition or creditworthiness of the
Borrower or any guarantor, (iv) the performance of or compliance with any of the
terms or provisions of any of the Loan Documents, (v) inspecting any of the
Property, books or records of the Borrower, (vi) the validity, enforceability,
perfection, priority, condition, value or sufficiency of any collateral securing
or purporting to secure the Loans or (vii) any mistake, error of judgment, or
action taken or omitted to be taken in connection with the Loans or the Loan
Documents.

         7. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ASSIGNEE. The Assignee (i) confirms that it
has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the
financial statements requested by the Assignee and such other documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Assignment Agreement, (ii) agrees that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Agent, the Assignor or any other
Lender and based on such documents and information at it shall deem appropriate
at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking
action under the Loan Documents, (iii) appoints and authorizes the Agent to take
such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Loan
Documents as are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof, together with such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, (iv) agrees that it will perform in
accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the
Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender, (v) agrees that
its payment instructions and notice instructions are as set forth in the
attachment to Schedule 1, (vi) confirms that none of the funds, monies, assets
or other consideration being used to make the purchase and assumption hereunder
are "plan assets" as defined under ERISA and that its rights, benefits and
interests in and under the Loan Documents will not be "plan assets" under ERISA,
[and (vii) attaches the forms prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service of the
United States certifying that the Assignee is entitled to receive payments under
the Loan Documents without deduction or withholding of any United States federal
income taxes].**

**TO BE INSERTED IF THE ASSIGNEE IS NOT INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE
UNITED STATES, OR A STATE THEREOF.

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         8. INDEMNITY. The Assignee agrees to indemnify and hold the Assignor
harmless against any and all losses, costs and expenses (including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees) and liabilities incurred by the Assignor
in connection with or arising in any manner from the Assignee's non-performance
of the obligations assumed under this Assignment Agreement.

         9. SUBSEQUENT ASSIGNMENTS. After the Effective Date, the Assignee shall
have the right pursuant to SECTION 12.3.1 of the Credit Agreement to assign the
rights which are assigned to the Assignee hereunder to any entity or person,
provided that (i) any such subsequent assignment does not violate any of the
terms and conditions of the Loan Documents or any law, rule, regulation, order,
writ, judgment, injunction or decree and that any consent required under the
terms of the Loan Documents has been obtained and (ii) unless the prior written
consent of the Assignor is obtained, the Assignee is not thereby released from
its obligations to the Assignor hereunder, if any remain unsatisfied, including,
without limitation, its obligations under SECTIONS 4, 5 AND 8 hereof.

         10. REDUCTIONS OF AGGREGATE COMMITMENT. If any reduction in the
Aggregate Commitment occurs between the date of this Assignment Agreement and
the Effective Date, the percentage interest specified in Item 3 of Schedule 1
shall remain the same, but the dollar amount purchased shall be recalculated
based on the reduced Aggregate Commitment.

         11. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Assignment Agreement and the attached Notice
of Assignment embody the entire agreement and understanding between the parties
hereto and supersede all prior agreements and understandings between the parties
hereto relating to the subject matter hereof.

         12. GOVERNING LAW. This Assignment Agreement shall be governed by the
internal law, and not the law of conflicts, of the State of Illinois.

         13. NOTICES. Notices shall be given under this Assignment Agreement in
the manner set forth in the Credit Agreement. For the purpose hereof, the
addresses of the parties hereto (until notice of a change is delivered) shall be
the address set forth in the attachment to Schedule 1.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Assignment
Agreement by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

                                [NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

                                By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                Title:
                                       -----------------------------------------

                                       -----------------------------------------

                                       -----------------------------------------

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                                [NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

                                By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                Title:
                                       -----------------------------------------

                                       -----------------------------------------

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                                   SCHEDULE 1
                             to Assignment Agreement

1.       Description and Date of Credit Agreement:         _____________________

2.       Date of Assignment Agreement:                     ________________, ___

3.       Amounts (As of Date of Item 2 above):

                  a.       Aggregate Commitment
                           (Loans)* under
                           Credit Agreement                $____________________

                  b.       Assignee's Percentage
                           of the Aggregate Commitment
                           purchased under this
                           Assignment Agreement**          ____________________%

4.       Amount of Assignee's (Loan Amount)**
         Commitment Purchased under this
         Assignment Agreement:                             $____________________

5.       Proposed Effective Date:                          _____________________

Accepted and Agreed:

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]                       [NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

By:                                      By:
   ------------------------------            -----------------------------------
Title:                                   Title:
      ---------------------------               --------------------------------

*        If a Commitment has been terminated, insert outstanding Loans in place
         of Commitment
**       Percentage taken to 10 decimal places

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                Attachment to SCHEDULE 1 to ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT

         Attach Assignor's Administrative Information Sheet, which must
            include notice address for the Assignor and the Assignee

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                                   EXHIBIT "I"
                             to Assignment Agreement

                              NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT

                                                          ----------------, ----

To:      Bank One, NA, as Agent
         One Bank One Plaza
         Chicago, Illinois  60670
         Attention:  Real Estate Finance Department

From:    [NAME OF ASSIGNOR] (the "Assignor")

         [NAME OF ASSIGNEE] (the "Assignee")

                  1. We refer to that Third Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement (the "Credit Agreement") described in Item 1 of Schedule 1 attached
hereto ("Schedule 1"). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings attributed to them in the Credit Agreement.

                  2. This Notice of Assignment (this "Notice") is given and
delivered to the Agent pursuant to SECTION 12.3.2 of the Credit Agreement.

                  3. The Assignor and the Assignee have entered into an
Assignment Agreement, dated as of , (the "Assignment"), pursuant to which, among
other things, the Assignor has sold, assigned, delegated and transferred to the
Assignee, and the Assignee has purchased, accepted and assumed from the Assignor
the percentage interest specified in Item 3 of Schedule 1 of all outstandings,
rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement. The Effective Date of the
Assignment shall be the later of the date specified in Item 5 of Schedule 1 or
two (2) Business Days (or such shorter period as agreed to by the Agent) after
this Notice of Assignment and any fee required by SECTION 12.3.2 of the Credit
Agreement have been delivered to the Agent, provided that the Effective Date
shall not occur if any condition precedent agreed to by the Assignor and the
Assignee has not been satisfied.

                  4. The Assignor and the Assignee hereby give to the Agent
notice of the assignment and delegation referred to herein. The Assignor will
confer with the Agent before the date specified in Item 5 of Schedule 1 to
determine if the Assignment Agreement will become effective on such date
pursuant to SECTION 3 hereof, and will confer with the Agent to determine the
Effective Date pursuant to SECTION 3 hereof if it occurs thereafter. The
Assignor shall notify the Agent if the Assignment Agreement does not become
effective on any proposed Effective Date as a result of the failure to satisfy
the conditions precedent agreed to by the

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Assignor and the Assignee. At the request of the Agent, the Assignor will give
the Agent written confirmation of the satisfaction of the conditions precedent.

                  5. The Assignor or the Assignee shall pay to the Agent on or
before the Effective Date the processing fee of $3,500 required by SECTION
12.3.2 of the Credit Agreement.

                  6. If Notes are outstanding on the Effective Date, the
Assignor and the Assignee request and direct that the Agent prepare and cause
the Borrower to execute and deliver new Notes or, as appropriate, replacements
notes, to the Assignor and the Assignee. The Assignor and, if applicable, the
Assignee each agree to deliver to the Agent the original Note received by it
from the Borrower upon its receipt of a new Note in the appropriate amount.

                  7. The Assignee advises the Agent that notice and payment
instructions are set forth in the attachment to Schedule 1.

                  8. The Assignee hereby represents and warrants that none of
the funds, monies, assets or other consideration being used to make the purchase
pursuant to the Assignment are "plan assets" as defined under ERISA and that its
rights, benefits, and interests in and under the Loan Documents will not be
"plan assets" under ERISA.

                  9. The Assignee authorizes the Agent to act as its agent under
the Loan Documents in accordance with the terms thereof. The Assignee
acknowledges that the Agent has no duty to supply information with respect to
the Borrower or the Loan Documents to the Assignee until the Assignee becomes a
party to the Credit Agreement.*

*May be eliminated if Assignee is a party to the Credit Agreement prior to the
Effective Date.

NAME OF ASSIGNOR                 NAME OF ASSIGNEE

By:                                      By:
   ------------------------------            -----------------------------------

Title:                                   Title:
      ---------------------------               --------------------------------

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ACKNOWLEDGED AND, IF REQUIRED BY THE
CREDIT AGREEMENT, CONSENTED TO BY
BANK ONE, NA, as Agent

By:
    ------------------
Title:
      ----------------

                 [Attach photocopy of Schedule 1 to Assignment]

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                                    EXHIBIT E
                                    ---------

                 LOAN/CREDIT RELATED MONEY TRANSFER INSTRUCTION
                 ----------------------------------------------

To:      Bank One, NA,
         as Administrative Agent (the "Agent")
         under the Credit Agreement Described Below

Re:      Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated June 27, 2000 (as
         the same may be amended or modified, the "Credit Agreement"), among
         Developers Diversified Realty Corporation, a corporation organized
         under the laws of the State of Ohio (the "Borrower"), the Agent, and
         the Lenders named therein. Terms used herein and not otherwise defined
         shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.

         The Agent is specifically authorized and directed to act upon the
following standing money transfer instructions with respect to the proceeds of
Advances or other extensions of credit from time to time until receipt by the
Agent of a specific written revocation of such instructions by the Borrower,
provided, however, that the Agent may otherwise transfer funds as hereafter
directed in writing by the Borrower in accordance with SECTION 13.1 of the
Credit Agreement or based on any telephonic notice made in accordance with
SECTION 2.14 of the Credit Agreement.

Facility Identification Number(s)
                                 -----------------------------------------------
Customer/Account Name
                      ----------------------------------------------------------
Transfer Funds To
                   -------------------------------------------------------------

                   -------------------------------------------------------------
For Account No.
                ----------------------------------------------------------------
Reference/Attention To
                       ---------------------------------------------------------
Authorized Officer (Customer Representative)    Date
                                                     ---------------------------

--------------------------------------     -------------------------------------
(Please Print)                                           Signature

Bank Officer Name                               Date
                                                     ---------------------------

--------------------------------------     -------------------------------------
(Please Print)                                           Signature

    (Deliver Completed Form to Credit Support Staff For Immediate Processing)

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                                    EXHIBIT F
                                    ---------

                               SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY
                               -------------------

         This Guaranty is made as of June 27, 2000 by _______________________
("GUARANTOR"), to and for the benefit of Bank One, NA, individually ("BANK ONE")
and as administrative agent ("ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT") for itself and the lenders
under the Credit Agreement (as defined below) and their respective successors
and assigns (collectively, the "LENDERS").

                                    RECITALS

         A. Developers Diversified Realty Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Ohio ("BORROWER"), and Guarantor have requested
that the Lenders make a revolving credit facility available to Borrower in an
aggregate principal amount of up to $550,000,000 subject to future increase to
up to $575,000,000 (the "FACILITY").

         B. The Lenders have agreed to make available the Facility to Borrower
pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in a Third Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement of even date herewith between Borrower, Bank One, individually,
and as Administrative Agent, and the Lenders named therein (as amended, modified
or restated from time to time, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT"). All capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such
terms in the Credit Agreement.

         C. Borrower has executed and delivered or will execute and deliver to
the Lenders promissory notes in the principal amount of each Lender's Commitment
and promissory notes in the principal amount, if any, of each Lender's
Competitive Bid Loan as evidence of Borrower's indebtedness to each such Lender
with respect to the Facility (the promissory notes described above, together
with any amendments or allonges thereto, or restatements, replacements or
renewals thereof, and/or new promissory notes to new Lenders under the Credit
Agreement, are collectively referred to herein as the "NOTES").

         D. Guarantor is a subsidiary of Borrower. Guarantor acknowledges that
the extension of credit by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to Borrower
pursuant to the Credit Agreement will benefit Guarantor by making funds
available to Guarantor through Borrower and by enhancing the financial strength
of the consolidated group of which Guarantor and Borrower are members. The
execution and delivery of this Guaranty by Guarantor is a condition precedent to
the performance by the Lenders of their obligations under the Credit Agreement.

         [A. Developers Diversified Realty Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Ohio ("BORROWER"), Bank One, individually, and as
Administrative Agent, and the Lenders have entered into a Third Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 27, 2000 (as amended, modified or
restated from time to time, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT") pursuant to which the
Lenders have agreed to provide Borrower with a revolving credit facility in an
aggregate principal amount of up to $550,000,000 subject to future increase to
up to $575,000,000 (the

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"Facility"). All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall
have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

         B. Borrower has executed and delivered or will execute and deliver to
the Lenders promissory notes in the principal amount of each Lender's Commitment
and promissory notes to evidence each Lender's Competitive Bid Loans as evidence
of Borrower's indebtedness to each such Lender with respect to the Facility (the
promissory notes described above, together with any amendments or allonges
thereto, or restatements, replacements or renewals thereof, and/or new
promissory notes to new Lenders under the Credit Agreement, are collectively
referred to herein as the "NOTES").

         C. Guarantor is a Subsidiary of Borrower. Guarantor acknowledges that
the extension of credit by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to Borrower
pursuant to the Credit Agreement will benefit Guarantor by making funds
available to Guarantor through Borrower and by enhancing the financial strength
of the consolidated group of which Guarantor and Borrower are members.

         D. SECTION 6.13 of the Credit Agreement requires such Subsidiaries
formed or acquired after June 27, 2000 to execute and deliver a Subsidiary
Guaranty to the Administrative Agent. The execution and delivery of this
Guaranty by Guarantor is made pursuant to such SECTION 6.13.] *

                                   AGREEMENTS
                                   ----------

         NOW, THEREFORE, Guarantor, in consideration of the matters described in
the foregoing Recitals, which Recitals are incorporated herein and made a part
hereof, and for other good and valuable consideration, hereby agrees as follows:

         1.       Guarantor absolutely, unconditionally, and irrevocably
guarantees to each of the Lenders:

                  (a) the full and prompt payment of the principal of and
         interest on the Notes when due, whether at stated maturity, upon
         acceleration or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, and the prompt
         payment of all sums which may now be or may hereafter become due and
         owing under the Notes, the Credit Agreement, and the other Loan
         Documents;

                  (b) the payment of all Enforcement Costs (as hereinafter
         defined in PARAGRAPH 7 hereof);

         and

                  (c) the full, complete, and punctual observance, performance,
         and satisfaction of all of the obligations, duties, covenants, and
         agreements of Borrower under the Credit Agreement and the Loan
         Documents.

All amounts due, debts, liabilities, and payment obligations described in
subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this PARAGRAPH 1 are referred to herein as the
"FACILITY INDEBTEDNESS." All obligations

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* Substitute language for Subsidiary Guaranties delivered after the date of the
  Credit Agreement

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described in subparagraph (c) of this PARAGRAPH 1 are referred to herein as the
"OBLIGATIONS." Guarantor and Lenders agree that Guarantor's obligations
hereunder shall not exceed the greater of: (i) the aggregate amount of all
monies received, directly or indirectly, by Guarantor from Borrower after the
date hereof (whether by loan, capital infusion or other means), or (ii) the
maximum amount of the Facility Indebtedness not subject to avoidance under Title
11 of the United States Code, as same may be amended from time to time, or any
applicable state law (the "BANKRUPTCY CODE"). To that end, to the extent such
obligations would otherwise be subject to avoidance under the Bankruptcy Code if
Guarantor is not deemed to have received valuable consideration, fair value or
reasonably equivalent value for its obligations hereunder, Guarantor's
obligations hereunder shall be reduced to that amount which, after giving effect
thereto, would not render Guarantor insolvent, or leave Guarantor with an
unreasonably small capital to conduct its business, or cause Guarantor to have
incurred debts (or intended to have incurred debts) beyond its ability to pay
such debts as they mature, as such terms are determined, and at the time such
obligations are deemed to have been incurred, under the Bankruptcy Code. In the
event Guarantor shall make any payment or payments under this Guaranty each
other guarantor of the Facility Indebtedness shall contribute to Guarantor an
amount equal to such non-paying guarantor's pro rata share (based on their
respective maximum liabilities hereunder and under such other guaranty) of such
payment or payments made by Guarantor, provided that such contribution right
shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment in full of all the Facility
Indebtedness to Lenders.

         2. In the event of any default by Borrower in making payment of the
Facility Indebtedness, or in performance of the Obligations, as aforesaid, in
each case beyond the expiration of any applicable grace period, Guarantor
agrees, on demand by the Administrative Agent or the holder of a Note, to pay
all the Facility Indebtedness and to perform all the Obligations as are then or
thereafter become due and owing or are to be performed under the terms of the
Notes, the Credit Agreement, and the other Loan Documents.

         3. Guarantor does hereby waive (i) notice of acceptance of this
Guaranty by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and any and all notices and
demands of every kind which may be required to be given by any statute, rule or
law, (ii) any defense, right of set-off or other claim which Guarantor may have
against Borrower or which Guarantor or Borrower may have against the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders or the holder of a Note, (iii) presentment
for payment, demand for payment (other than as provided for in PARAGRAPH 2
above), notice of nonpayment (other than as provided for in PARAGRAPH 2 above)
or dishonor, protest and notice of protest, diligence in collection and any and
all formalities which otherwise might be legally required to charge Guarantor
with liability, (iv) any failure by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to
inform Guarantor of any facts the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may now
or hereafter know about Borrower, the Facility, or the transactions contemplated
by the Credit Agreement, it being understood and agreed that the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders have no duty so to inform and that Guarantor is fully
responsible for being and remaining informed by Borrower of all circumstances
bearing on the existence or creation, or the risk of nonpayment of the Facility
Indebtedness or the risk of nonperformance of the Obligations, and (v) any and
all right to cause a marshalling of assets of Borrower or any other action by
any court or governmental body with respect thereto, or to cause the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders to proceed against any other security given
to a Lender in connection with the Facility Indebtedness or the Obligations.
Credit may be granted or continued from time to time by the Lenders to Borrower
without notice to or authorization from Guarantor, regardless of the financial
or other

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condition of Borrower at the time of any such grant or continuation. The
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have no obligation to disclose or
discuss with Guarantor their assessment of the financial condition of Borrower.
Guarantor acknowledges that no representations of any kind whatsoever have been
made by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to Guarantor. No modification
or waiver of any of the provisions of this Guaranty shall be binding upon the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders except as expressly set forth in a writing
duly signed and delivered on behalf of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
Guarantor further agrees that any exculpatory language contained in the Credit
Agreement, the Notes, and the other Loan Documents shall in no event apply to
this Guaranty, and will not prevent the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
from proceeding against Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty.

         4. Guarantor further agrees that Guarantor's liability as guarantor
shall in no way be impaired by any renewals or extensions which may be made from
time to time, with or without the knowledge or consent of Guarantor of the time
for payment of interest or principal under a Note or by any forbearance or delay
in collecting interest or principal under a Note, or by any waiver by the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement, or any other
Loan Documents, or by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders' failure or
election not to pursue any other remedies they may have against Borrower, or by
any change or modification in a Note, the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan
Documents, or by the acceptance by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders of
any security or any increase, substitution or change therein, or by the release
by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of any security or any withdrawal
thereof or decrease therein, or by the application of payments received from any
source to the payment of any obligation other than the Facility Indebtedness,
even though a Lender might lawfully have elected to apply such payments to any
part or all of the Facility Indebtedness, it being the intent hereof that
Guarantor shall remain liable as principal for payment of the Facility
Indebtedness and performance of the Obligations until all indebtedness has been
paid in full and the other terms, covenants and conditions of the Credit
Agreement, and other Loan Documents and this Guaranty have been performed,
notwithstanding any act or thing which might otherwise operate as a legal or
equitable discharge of a surety. Guarantor further understands and agrees that
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may at any time enter into agreements
with Borrower to amend and modify a Note, the Credit Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents, or any thereof, and may waive or release any provision or
provisions of a Note, the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Document and, with
reference to such instruments, may make and enter into any such agreement or
agreements as the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and Borrower may deem proper
and desirable, without in any manner impairing this Guaranty or any of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders' rights hereunder or any of Guarantor's
obligations hereunder.

         5. This is an absolute, unconditional, complete, present and continuing
guaranty of payment and performance and not of collection. Guarantor agrees that
its obligations hereunder shall be joint and several with any and all other
guarantees given in connection with the Facility from time to time. Guarantor
agrees that this Guaranty may be enforced by the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders without the necessity at any time of resorting to or exhausting any
security or collateral, if any, given in connection herewith or with a Note, the
Credit Agreement, or any of the other Loan Documents or by or resorting to any
other guaranties, and Guarantor hereby waives the right to require the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders to join Borrower in any action brought
hereunder or to commence any action against or obtain any judgment against
Borrower or to pursue any other remedy or enforce any other right. Guarantor
further agrees that

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nothing contained herein or otherwise shall prevent the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders from pursuing concurrently or successively all rights and remedies
available to them at law and/or in equity or under a Note, the Credit Agreement
or any other Loan Documents, and the exercise of any of their rights or the
completion of any of their remedies shall not constitute a discharge of any of
Guarantor's obligations hereunder, it being the purpose and intent of Guarantor
that the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder shall be primary, absolute,
independent and unconditional under any and all circumstances whatsoever.
Neither Guarantor's obligations under this Guaranty nor any remedy for the
enforcement thereof shall be impaired, modified, changed or released in any
manner whatsoever by any impairment, modification, change, release or limitation
of the liability of Borrower under a Note, the Credit Agreement or any other
Loan Document or by reason of Borrower's bankruptcy or by reason of any creditor
or bankruptcy proceeding instituted by or against Borrower. This Guaranty shall
continue to be effective and be deemed to have continued in existence or be
reinstated (as the case may be) if at any time payment of all or any part of any
sum payable pursuant to a Note, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document
is rescinded or otherwise required to be returned by the payee upon the
insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization of the payor, all as though such
payment to such Lender had not been made, regardless of whether such Lender
contested the order requiring the return of such payment. The obligations of
Guarantor pursuant to the preceding sentence shall survive any termination,
cancellation, or release of this Guaranty.

         6. This Guaranty shall be assignable by a Lender to any assignee of all
or a portion of such Lender's rights under the Loan Documents.

         7. If: (i) this Guaranty, a Note, or any of the Loan Documents are
placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or is collected through any
legal proceeding; (ii) an attorney is retained to represent the Administrative
Agent or any Lender in any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership, or other
proceedings affecting creditors' rights and involving a claim under this
Guaranty, a Note, the Credit Agreement, or any Loan Document; (iii) an attorney
is retained to enforce any of the other Loan Documents or to provide advice or
other representation with respect to the Loan Documents in connection with an
enforcement action or potential enforcement action; or (iv) an attorney is
retained to represent the Administrative Agent or any Lender in any other legal
proceedings whatsoever in connection with this Guaranty, a Note, the Credit
Agreement, any of the Loan Documents, or any property subject thereto (other
than any action or proceeding brought by any Lender or participant against the
Administrative Agent alleging a breach by the Administrative Agent of its duties
under the Loan Documents), then Guarantor shall pay to the Administrative Agent
or such Lender upon demand all reasonable attorney's fees, costs and expenses,
including, without limitation, court costs, filing fees and all other costs and
expenses incurred in connection therewith (all of which are referred to herein
as "ENFORCEMENT COSTS"), in addition to all other amounts due hereunder.

         8. The parties hereto intend that each provision in this Guaranty
comports with all applicable local, state and federal laws and judicial
decisions. However, if any provision or provisions, or if any portion of any
provision or provisions, in this Guaranty is found by a court of law to be in
violation of any applicable local, state or federal ordinance, statute, law,
administrative or judicial decision, or public policy, and if such court should
declare such portion, provision or provisions of this Guaranty to be illegal,
invalid, unlawful, void or unenforceable as written, then it is the intent of
all parties hereto that such portion, provision or provisions shall be given
force to the fullest possible extent that they are legal, valid and

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enforceable, that the remainder of this Guaranty shall be construed as if such
illegal, invalid, unlawful, void or unenforceable portion, provision or
provisions were not contained therein, and that the rights, obligations and
interest of the Administrative Agent and the Lender or the holder of a Note
under the remainder of this Guaranty shall continue in full force and effect.

         9. Any indebtedness of Borrower to Guarantor now or hereafter existing
is hereby subordinated to the Facility Indebtedness. Guarantor will not seek,
accept, or retain for Guarantor's own account, any payment from Borrower on
account of such subordinated debt at any time when a Default or Event of Default
exists under the Credit Agreement or the Loan Documents, and any such payments
to Guarantor made while any Default or Event of Default then exists under the
Credit Agreement or the Loan Documents on account of such subordinated debt
shall be collected and received by Guarantor in trust for the Lenders and shall
be paid over to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders on account of
the Facility Indebtedness without impairing or releasing the obligations of
Guarantor hereunder.

         10. Guarantor hereby subordinates to the Facility Indebtedness any and
all claims and rights, including, without limitation, subrogation rights,
contribution rights, reimbursement rights and set-off rights, which Guarantor
may have against Borrower arising from a payment made by Guarantor under this
Guaranty and agrees that, until the entire Facility Indebtedness is paid in
full, not to assert or take advantage of any subrogation rights of Guarantor or
the Lenders or any right of Guarantor or the Lenders to proceed against (i)
Borrower for reimbursement, or (ii) any other guarantor or any collateral
security or guaranty or right of offset held by the Lenders for the payment of
the Facility Indebtedness and performance of the Obligations, nor shall
Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from
Borrower or any other guarantor in respect of payments made by Guarantor
hereunder. It is expressly understood that the agreements of Guarantor set forth
above constitute additional and cumulative benefits given to the Lenders for
their security and as an inducement for their extension of credit to Borrower.

         11. Any amounts received by a Lender from any source on account of any
indebtedness may be applied by such Lender toward the payment of such
indebtedness, and in such order of application, as a Lender may from time to
time elect.

         12. Guarantor hereby submits to personal jurisdiction in the State of
Illinois for the enforcement of this Guaranty and waives any and all personal
rights to object to such jurisdiction for the purposes of litigation to enforce
this Guaranty. Guarantor hereby consents to the jurisdiction of either the
Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, or the United States District Court for
the Northern District of Illinois, in any action, suit, or proceeding which the
Administrative Agent or a Lender may at any time wish to file in connection with
this Guaranty or any related matter. Guarantor hereby agrees that an action,
suit, or proceeding to enforce this Guaranty may be brought in any state or
federal court in the State of Illinois and hereby waives any objection which
Guarantor may have to the laying of the venue of any such action, suit, or
proceeding in any such court; provided, however, that the provisions of this
Paragraph shall not be deemed to preclude the Administrative Agent or a Lender
from filing any such action, suit, or proceeding in any other appropriate forum.

         13. All notices and other communications provided to any party hereto
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be in writing or by telex
or by facsimile and addressed or delivered to such party at its address set
forth below or at such other address as may

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be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties. Any notice, if
mailed and properly addressed with postage prepaid, shall be deemed given when
received; any notice, if transmitted by facsimile, shall be deemed given when
transmitted. Notice may be given as follows:

                  To Guarantor:

                           c/o Developers Diversified Realty Corporation
                           3300 Enterprise Parkway
                           Beachwood, Ohio 44122

                           Attention:   Joan U. Allgood, Esq.

                           Telephone:   (216) 755-5656
                           Facsimile:   (216) 755-1656

                  With a copy to:

                           c/o Developers Diversified Realty Corporation
                           3300 Enterprise Parkway
                           Beachwood, Ohio 44122

                           Attention:   Scott A. Wolstein

                           Telephone:   (216) 755-5506
                           Facsimile:   (216) 755-1506

                  To Bank One as Administrative Agent and as a Lender:

                           Bank One, NA
                           One Bank One Plaza
                           Chicago, Illinois  60670
                           Attention:       Timothy J. Carew, Vice President

                           Telephone:   (312) 732-5419
                           Facsimile:   (312) 732-1117

                  With a copy to:

                           Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
                           8000 Sears Tower
                           Chicago, Illinois  60606
                           Attention:   Patrick G. Moran, Esq.

                           Telephone:   (312) 876-8132
                           Facsimile:   (312) 876-7934

                  If to any other Lender, to its address set forth in the Credit
Agreement.

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         14. This Guaranty shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, legal and
personal representatives, successors and assigns of Guarantor and shall inure to
the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders' successors and assigns.

         15. This Guaranty shall be construed and enforced under the internal
laws of the State of Illinois.

         16. GUARANTOR, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS, BY THEIR
ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION
OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHT UNDER THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENT OR RELATING THERETO OR ARISING FROM THE LENDING RELATIONSHIP WHICH
IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS GUARANTY AND AGREE THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING
SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantor has delivered this Guaranty in the State
of Illinois as of the date first written above.

                                         ---------------------------------------

                                         By:
                                            ------------------------------------

                                                 By:
                                                     ---------------------------
                                                 Its:
                                                     ---------------------------

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                                    EXHIBIT G
                                    ---------

            ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION SPECIFICATIONS AND PROCEDURES
            ---------------------------------------------------------

         Phase I Environmental Site Assessments to be prepared in accordance
with the ASTM Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I
Environmental Site Assessment Process (ASTM Designation E1527-94), a summary of
which follows:

         This ASTM practice is generally considered the industry standard for
         conducting a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA). The purpose
         of this standard is to "define good commercial and customary practice
         in the Untied States of America for conducting an ESA of a parcel of
         commercial real estate with respect to the range of contaminants within
         the scope of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
         Liability Act (CERCLA) and petroleum products." The ASTM Phase I ESA is
         intended to permit a user to satisfy one of the requirements to qualify
         for the innocent landowner defense to CERCLA liability; that is, the
         practice that constitutes "all appropriate inquiry into the previous
         ownership and uses of the property consistent with good commercial or
         customary practices" as defined in 42 USC 9601(35)(B).

         The goal of the ASTM Phase I ESA is to identify "recognized
         environmental conditions." Recognized environmental conditions means
         the presence or likely presence of any hazardous substances or
         petroleum products on a property under conditions that indicate an
         existing release, a past release, or a material threat of a release of
         any hazardous substances or petroleum products into structures on the
         property or into the ground, groundwater, or surface water of the
         property. The term includes hazardous substances or petroleum products
         even under conditions in compliance with laws. The term is not intended
         to include de minimus conditions that generally would not be the
         subject of an enforcement action if brought to the attention of
         appropriate governmental agencies.

         The ASTM standard indicates that a Phase I ESA should consist of four
         main components: 1) Records Review; 2) Site Reconnaissance; 3)
         Interviews; and 4) Report. The purpose of the records review is to
         obtain and review records that will help identify recognized
         environmental conditions in connection with the property. The site
         reconnaissance involves physical observation of the property's exterior
         and interior, as well as an observation of adjoining properties.
         Interviews with previous and current owners and occupants, and local
         government officials provides insight into the presence or absence of
         recognized environmental conditions in connection with the property.
         The final component of the ESA, the report, contains the findings of
         the ESA and conclusions regarding the presence or absence of recognized
         environmental conditions in connection with the property. It includes
         documentation to support the analysis, opinions, and conclusions found
         in the report.

         While the use of this practice is intended to constitute appropriate
         inquiry for purposes of CERCLA's innocent landowner defense, it is not
         intended that its use be limited to that purpose. The ASTM standard is
         intended to be an approach to conducting an inquiry designed to
         identify recognized environmental conditions in connection with a
         property, and environmental site assessments.

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                                   EXHIBIT I-1
                                   -----------

                      FORM OF COMPETITIVE BID QUOTE REQUEST
                      -------------------------------------
                                (Section 2.23(a))

To:      Bank One, NA,
         as administrative agent (the "Agent")

From:    Developers Diversified Realty Corporation (the "Borrower")

Re:      Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 27, 2000,
         as amended among the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party
         thereto, and Bank One, NA, individually and as Administrative Agent for
         the lenders (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
         to time through the date hereof, the "Agreement")

         1.       Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to
them in the Agreement.

         2.       We hereby give notice pursuant to SECTION 2.23(a) of the
Agreement that we request Competitive Bid Quotes for the following proposed
Competitive Bid Loan(s):

                 Borrowing Date:                         ,
                                  -----------------------  ------

                           Principal Amount(1)               Interest Period(2)

         3.       Such Competitive Bid Quotes should offer [a Competitive LIBOR
Margin] [an Absolute Rate].

         4.       Upon acceptance by the undersigned of any or all of the
Competitive Bid Loans offered by Lenders in response to this request, the
undersigned shall be deemed to affirm as of the Borrowing Date thereof the
representations and warranties made in ARTICLE V of the Agreement.

                                     DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY
                                     CORPORATION, an Ohio corporation

                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                     Print Name:
                                                 -------------------------------
                                     Title:
                                            ------------------------------------

--------

(1)       Amount must be at least $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of
          $1,000,000.

(2)       One, two, three or six months (Competitive LIBOR Margin) or up to 180
days (Absolute Rate), subject to the provisions of the definitions of LIBOR
Interest Period and Absolute Interest Period.

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                                   EXHIBIT I-2
                                   -----------

                      INVITATION FOR COMPETITIVE BID QUOTES
                      -------------------------------------
                                (Section 2.23(b))

To:      Each of the Lenders party to
         The Agreement referred to below

From:    Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes to
         Developers Diversified Realty Corporation (the "Borrower")

         Pursuant to SECTION 2.23(b) of the Third Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of June 27, 2000, as amended from time to time, among the
Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank One, NA,
individually and as Administrative Agent for the lenders (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time through the date hereof,
the "Agreement"), we are pleased on behalf of the Borrower to invite you to
submit Competitive Bid Quotes to the Borrower for the following proposed
Competitive Bid Loan(s):

Borrowing Date:                  ,
                 ----------------  -------

                     Principal Amount                  Interest Period

         Such Competitive Bid Quotes should offer [a Competitive LIBOR Margin]
[an Absolute Rate]. Your Competitive Bid Quote must comply with SECTION 2.23(c)
of the Agreement and the foregoing. Capitalized terms used herein have the
meanings assigned to them in the Agreement.

         Please respond to this invitation by no later than [2:00 p.m.]
[9:00 a.m.] (Chicago time) on                   ,          .
                               -----------------  ---------

                                    BANK ONE, NA,
                                    as Administrative Agent

                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Print Name:
                                               ---------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

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                                   EXHIBIT I-3
                                   -----------

                              COMPETITIVE BID QUOTE
                              ---------------------
                                (Section 2.23(c))

                                                           ________, _______

To:      Bank One, NA,
         as Administrative Agent

From:    Competitive Bid Quote to Developers Diversified Realty Corporation
         (the "Borrower")

         In response to your invitation on behalf of the Borrower dated _______,
__, we hereby make the following Competitive Bid Quote pursuant to SECTION
2.23(c) of the Agreement hereinafter referred to and on the following terms:

1.       Quoting Lender:
                        --------------------------------------------------------

2.       Person to contact at Quoting Lender:
                                             -----------------------------------

3.       Borrowing Date:                                                     (3)
                          ---------------------------------------------------

4.       We hereby offer to make Competitive Bid Loan(s) in the following
         principal amounts, for the following Interest Periods and at the
         following rates:

        -----------------------------------------------------------------------
           Principal    Interest    [Competitive        [Absolute     Minimum
           Amount(4)    Period(5)   LIBOR Margin(6)]    Rate(7)]      Amount(8)
        ----------------------------------------------------------------------

         We understand and agree that the offer(s) set forth above, subject to
the satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in the Third Amendment
and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 27, 2000, among the Borrower, the
lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank One, NA, individually and as
Administrative Agent for the lenders (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time through the date hereof, the "Agreement"),
irrevocably obligates us to make the Competitive Bid Loan(s) for which any
offer(s) are accepted, in whole or in part. Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined herein shall have their meanings as defined in the
Agreement.

----------
(3)      As specified in the related Invitation For Competitive Bid Quotes.
(4)      Principal amount bid for each Interest Period may not exceed the
principal amount request. Bids must be made for at least $5,000,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000,000.
(5)      One, two, three or six months or up to 180 days, as specified in the
related Invitation For Competitive Bid Quotes.
(6)      Competitive LIBOR Margin for the applicable LIBOR Interest Period.
Specify percentage (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) and specify whether
"PLUS" or MINUS".
(7)      Specify rate of interest per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of
1%).
(8)      Specify minimum amount, if any, which the Borrower may accept (see
SECTION 2.23(c)(ii)(d)).

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                                         Very truly yours,

                                         [NAME OF LENDER]

                                         By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                         Title:
                                               ---------------------------------

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                                   EXHIBIT J-1
                                   -----------

                      INVITATION FOR COMPETITIVE BID QUOTES
                      -------------------------------------
                                (Section 2.24(a))

To:      Each of the Lenders party to
         the Agreement referred to below

From:    Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes to
         Developers Diversified Realty Corporation (the "Borrower")

         Pursuant to SECTION 2.24(a) of the Third Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of June 27, 2000, as amended from time to time, among the
Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank One, NA,
individually and as Administrative Agent for the lenders (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time through the date hereof,
the "Agreement"), we are pleased to invite you to submit Competitive Bid Quotes
to the Borrower for the following proposed Competitive Bid Loan(s):

Borrowing Date:                ,
                 --------------  ---

                    Principal Amount(9)             Interest Period(10)

         Such Competitive Bid Quotes should offer [a Competitive LIBOR Margin]
[an Absolute Rate]. Your Competitive Bid Quote must comply with SECTION 2.24(a)
of the Agreement and the foregoing. Capitalized terms used herein have the
meanings assigned to them in the Agreement.

         Please respond to this invitation by no later than [2:00 p.m.]
[9:00 a.m.] (Chicago time) on               ,     .
                              --------------- ----

----------

(9)       Amount must be at least $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of
$1,000,000.

(10)      One, two, three or six months (Competitive LIBOR Margin) or up to 180
days (Absolute Rate), subject to the provisions of the definitions of LIBOR
Interest Period and Absolute Interest Period.

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         Upon acceptance by the undersigned of any or all of the Competitive Bid
Loans offered by Lenders in response to this request, the undersigned shall be
deemed to affirm as of the Borrowing Date thereof the representations and
warranties made in ARTICLE V of this Agreement.

                                        DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY
                                        CORPORATION, an Ohio corporation

                                        By:
                                           -------------------------------------
                                        Print Name:
                                                   -----------------------------
                                        Title:
                                              ----------------------------------

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                                   EXHIBIT J-2
                                   -----------

                              COMPETITIVE BID QUOTE
                              ---------------------
                                (Section 2.24(b))

                                            ,
                                  ---------- --
To:      Developers Diversified Realty Corporation

Re:      Competitive Bid Quote

         In response to your invitation dated ________, __, we hereby make the
following Competitive Bid Quote pursuant to SECTION 2.24(b) of the Agreement
hereinafter referred to and on the following terms:

2.       Quoting Lender:
                        --------------------------------------------------------

2.       Person to contact at Quoting Lender:
                                             -----------------------------------
3.       Borrowing Date:                                                    (11)
                          ------------------------------------------------------

4,       We hereby offer to make Competitive Bid Loan(s) in the following
         principal amounts, for the following Interest Periods and at the
         following rates:

        ------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Principal    Interest    [Competitive        [Absolute    Minimum
          Amount(12)   Period(13)  LIBOR Margin(14)]   Rate(15) ]   Amount(16)
        ------------------------------------------------------------------------

         We understand and agree that the offer(s) set forth above, subject to
the satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in the Third Amendment
and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 27, 2000, among the Borrower, the
lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank One, NA, individually and as
Administrative Agent for the lenders (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time through the date hereof, the "Agreement"),
irrevocably obligates us to make the Competitive Bid Loan(s) for which any
offer(s) are accepted, in whole or in part. Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined herein shall have their meanings as defined in the
Agreement.

(11)      As specified in the related Invitation For Competitive Bid Quotes.

(12)      Principal amount bid for each Interest Period may not exceed the
principal amount request. Bids must be made for at least $5,000,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000,000.

(13)      One, two, three or six months or up to 180 days, as specified in the
related Invitation For Competitive Bid Quotes.

(14)      Competitive LIBOR Margin for the applicable LIBOR Interest Period.
Specify percentage (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) and specify whether
"PLUS" or MINUS".

(15)      Specify rate of interest per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of
1%).

(16)      Specify minimum amount, if any, which the Borrower may accept (see
SECTION 2.24(b)(ii)(d)).

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                                               Very truly yours,

                                               [NAME OF LENDER]

                                               By:
                                                  ------------------------------
                                               Title:
                                                     ---------------------------

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                                    EXHIBIT K
                                    ---------

                     AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
                           REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
                           --------------------------

         This Amendment to the Third Amendment and Restated Revolving Credit
Agreement (the "Agreement") is made as of __________, __, by and among
Developers Diversified Realty Corporation ("Borrower"), Bank One, NA,
individually and as "Administrative Agent," and one or more new or existing
"Lenders" shown on the signature pages hereof.

R E C I T A L S

A.       Borrower, Administrative Agent and certain other Lenders have entered
into a Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 27, 2000 (as
amended, the "Credit Agreement"). All capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

B.        Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Lenders initially
agreed to provide Borrower with a revolving credit facility in an aggregate
principal amount of up to $550,000,000. The Borrower, the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders now desire to amend the Credit Agreement in order to, among
other things (i) increase the Aggregate Commitment to $__________________; and
(ii) admit [name of new banks] as "Lenders" under the Credit Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing Recitals and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

AGREEMENTS

1.        The foregoing Recitals to this Amendment hereby are incorporated into
and made part of this Amendment.

2.        From and after _________, ____ (the "Effective Date") (i) [name of new
banks] shall be considered as "Lenders" under the Credit Agreement and the Loan
Documents, and (ii) [name of existing lenders] shall each be deemed to have
increased its Commitment to the amount shown next to their respective signatures
on the signature pages of this Amendment, each having a Commitment in the amount
shown next to their respective signatures on the signature pages of this
Amendment. The Borrower shall, on or before the Effective Date, execute and
deliver to each of such new or existing Lenders a new or amended and restated
Note in the amount of such Commitment (and in the case of a new Lender, a
Competitive Bid Note as well).

3.        From and after the Effective Date, the Aggregate Commitment shall
equal __________ Million Dollars ($___,000,000).

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4.        For purposes of Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement (Giving Notice),
the address(es) and facsimile number(s) for [name of new banks] shall be as
specified below their respective signature(s) on the signature pages of this
Amendment.

5.        The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that, as of the Effective
Date, there is no Default or Unmatured Default, the representations and
warranties contained in Article V of the Credit Agreement are true and correct
as of such and the Borrower has no offsets or claims against any of the Lenders.

6.        As expressly modified as provided herein, the Credit Agreement shall
continue in full force and effect.

7.        This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of
which taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties
hereto may execute this Amendment by signing any such counterpart.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Amendment as of
the date first written above.

DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION

By:
Print Name:
Title:

Developers Diversified Realty Corporation
3300 Enterprise Parkway
Beachwood, Ohio 44122
Attention:   Scott A. Wolstein
Telephone:   (216) 755-5506
Facsimile:   (216) 755-1506

BANK ONE, NA, Individually and as Administrative Agent

By:
Print Name:
Title:

1 Bank One Plaza
Chicago, Illinois  60670
Phone:  312/732-4000
Facsimile:  312/732-1117
Attention:  Real Estate Finance Department Amount of Commitment: $

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[NAME OF NEW LENDER]

By:
Print Name:
Title:

[Address of New Lender]
Phone:
Facsimile:
Attention:

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                                    EXHIBIT L
                                    ---------

                          FORM OF DESIGNATION AGREEMENT
                          -----------------------------

                             Dated             ,
                                   ------------  ---

         Reference is made to the Third Amended and Restated Revolving Credit
Agreement dated as of June 27, 2000 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") among Developers Diversified
Realty Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the "Borrower"), Bank One, NA and the
several banks, financial institutions and other entities from time to time
parties to this Agreement (collectively, the "Lenders"), and Bank One, NA, not
individually, but as Administrative Agent (the "Administrative Agent") for the
Lenders. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same
meaning.

         [NAME OF DESIGNOR] (the "Designor"), [NAME OF DESIGNATED LENDER] (the
"Designee"), the Administrative Agent and the Borrower agree as follows:

         1.       The Designor hereby designates the Designee, and the Designee
hereby accepts such designation, to have a right to make Competitive Bid Loans
pursuant to Section 2.22 of the Credit Agreement. Any assignment by Designor to
Designee of its rights to make a Competitive Bid Loan pursuant to such Section
2.22 shall be effective at the time of the funding for such Competitive Bid Loan
and not before such time.

         2.       Except as set forth in Section 7 below, the Designor makes no
representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility pursuant to this
Designation Agreement with respect to (a) any statements, warranties or
representations made in or in connection with any Loan Document or the
execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value
of any Loan Document or any other instrument and document furnished pursuant
thereto and (b) the financial condition of the Borrower or the performance or
observance by Borrower of any of its obligations under any Loan Documents or any
other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto. (It is acknowledged
that the Designor may make representations and warranties of the type described
above in other agreements to which the Designor is a party).

         3.       The Designee (a) confirms that it has received a copy of each
Loan Document, together with copies of the financial statements referred to in
Section 6.1 of the Credit Agreement and such other documents and information as
it has deemed appropriate to make its own independent credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Designation Agreement, (b) agrees that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Designor
or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or
not taking action under any Loan Document; (c) confirms that it is a Designated
Lender; (d) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action
as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under any Loan
Document as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof,
together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto,
and (e) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the
obligations which by the terms of any Loan Document are required to be performed
by it as a Lender.

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         4.       The Designee hereby appoints the Designor as the Designee's
agent and attorney in fact, and grants to the Designor an irrevocable power of
attorney, to deliver and receive all communications and notices under the Credit
Agreement and other Loan Documents and to exercise on the Designee's behalf all
rights to vote and to grant and make approvals, waivers, consents or amendment
to or under the Credit Agreement or other Loan Documents. Any document executed
by the Designor on the Designee's behalf in connection with the Credit Agreement
or other Loan Documents shall be binding on the Designee. The Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders may rely on and are beneficiaries
of the preceding provisions.

         5.       Following the execution of this Designation Agreement by the
Designor and its Designee, it will be delivered to the Administrative Agent for
acceptance and recording by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower. The
effective date for this Designation Agreement (the "Effective Date") shall be
the date of acceptance hereof by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower,
unless otherwise specified on the signature pages thereto.

         6.       The Administrative Agent shall not institute or join any other
person in instituting against the Designee any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any federal or state
bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of
the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by the Designee.

         7.       The Borrower shall not institute or join any other person in
instituting against the Designee any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any federal or state bankruptcy or
similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest
maturing commercial paper note issued by the Designee.

         8.       The Designor unconditionally agrees to pay or reimburse the
Designee and save the Designee harmless against all liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed or asserted
by any of the parties to the Loan Documents against the Designee, in its
capacity as such, in any way relating to or arising out of this Designation
Agreement or any other Loan Documents or any action taken or omitted by the
Designee hereunder or thereunder, PROVIDED that the Designor shall not be liable
for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damage, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements if the same results
from the Designee's gross negligence or willful misconduct.

         9.       Upon such acceptance and recording of this Designation
Agreement by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as of the Effective
Date, the Designee shall be entitled to the benefits of the Credit Agreement
with a right to fund and receive payment of the principal and interest on
Competitive Bid Loans pursuant to Section 2.22 of the Credit Agreement and
otherwise with the same rights and obligations it would have if it were a
Participant or Designor thereunder rather than a direct Lender pursuant to this
Designation Agreement.

         10.      This Designation Agreement shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of Illinois, without reference to the
provisions thereof regarding conflicts of law.

                                     -124-
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         11.      This Designation Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page to this Designation Agreement by facsimile
transmission shall be effective as of delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Designation Agreement.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Designor and the Designee, intending to be
legally bound, have caused this Designation Agreement to be executed by their
officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.

<TABLE>
<S>                                               <C>
Effective Date(17)
                   ------------,---,---
                                                   [NAME OF DESIGNOR], as Designor

                                                   By:
                                                       --------------------------------------
                                                   Title:
                                                         ------------------------------------

                                                   [NAME OF DESIGNATED LENDER], as Designee

                                                   By:
                                                       --------------------------------------
                                                   Title:
                                                       --------------------------------------

Accepted this     day of
              ---        -------------, ---
BANK ONE, NA,                                    DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY
not individually but as Administrative           CORPORATION

By:                                                By:
    --------------------------------------             -------------------------
Title:                                             Title:
    --------------------------------------             -------------------------
</TABLE>

----------

(17)      This date should be no earlier than five Business Days after the
delivery of this Designation Agreement to the Administrative Agent.

                                     -125-
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                                   SCHEDULE 1
                                   ----------

                                  SUBSIDIARIES
                                  ------------

                                     -126-
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                                   SCHEDULE 2

                             INDEBTEDNESS AND LIENS
                             ----------------------
                          (SEE SECTIONS 5.13 AND 6.16)

                                                               Maturity
Indebtedness             Indebtedness        Property          and Amount
Incurred by              Owed to             Encumbered        of Indebtedness
-----------              -------             ----------        ---------------

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                                   SCHEDULE 3
                                   ----------

                                   LITIGATION
                                   ----------
                                (SEE SECTION 5.6)

                                     -128-
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                                   SCHEDULE 4
                                   ----------

                              ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
                              ---------------------
                               (SEE SECTION 5.19)

                                     -129-
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                                   SCHEDULE 5
                                   ----------

                           LIST OF UNENCUMBERED ASSETS
                           ---------------------------
                               (SEE SECTION 5.20)

                                     -130-
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                                   SCHEDULE 6
                                   ----------

                          LIST OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
                          -----------------------------

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