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Exhibit 10.12

 

CUSIP Number:  03785AAB8

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of March 3, 2014

 

among

 

APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT, INC.,

as the Borrower,

 

CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF

 

APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT, INC.

 

FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,

 

as Guarantors,

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

 

as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender,

 

L/C Issuer and as a Lender,

 

KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Syndication Agent

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Co-Documentation Agents

 

REGIONS BANK

as Managing Agent

 

and

 

The Other Lenders Party Hereto

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS

 

and

 

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,

 

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

  

  

  

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
Section

	 	
Page

 

	
Article I. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

	 	
1

	
  

	
1.01

	
Defined Terms

	
1

	
  

	
1.02

	
Other Interpretive Provisions

	
40

	
  

	
1.03

	
Accounting Terms

	
41

	
  

	
1.04

	
Rounding

	
42

	
  

	
1.05

	
Times of Day; Rates

	
42

	
  

	
1.06

	
Letter of Credit Amounts

	
42

 

	
Article II. THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

	 	
42

	
  

	
2.01

	
Committed Loans

	
42

	
  

	
2.02

	
Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans

	
43

	
  

	
2.03

	
Letters of Credit

	
44

	
  

	
2.04

	
Swing Line Loans

	
54

	
  

	
2.05

	
Prepayments

	
57

	
  

	
2.06

	
Termination or Reduction of Commitments

	
58

	
  

	
2.07

	
Repayment of Loans

	
58

	
  

	
2.08

	
Interest

	
58

	
  

	
2.09

	
Fees

	
59

	
  

	
2.10

	
Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate

	
60

	
  

	
2.11

	
Evidence of Debt

	
61

	
  

	
2.12

	
Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback

	
61

	
  

	
2.13

	
Sharing of Payments by Lenders

	
63

	
  

	
2.14

	
Extension of Maturity Date in respect of Revolving Credit Facility

	
64

	
  

	
2.15

	
Increase in Facilities

	
65

	
  

	
2.16

	
Cash Collateral

	
67

	
  

	
2.17

	
Defaulting Lenders

	
68

 

	
Article III. TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

	 	
71

	
  

	
3.01

	
Taxes

	
71

	
  

	
3.02

	
Illegality

	
76

	
  

	
3.03

	
Inability to Determine Rates

	
76

	
  

	
3.04

	
Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans

	
77

	
  

	
3.05

	
Compensation for Losses

	
79

	
  

	
3.06

	
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

	
79

	
  

	
3.07

	
Survival

	
80

 

	
Article IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO Credit Extensions

	 	
80

	
  

	
4.01

	
Conditions of Initial Credit Extension

	
80

	
  

	
4.02

	
Conditions to all Credit Extensions

	
82

 

	
Article V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

	 	
83

	
  

	
5.01

	
Existence, Qualification and Power

	
83

 

  

  

  

 

	
  

	
5.02

	
Authorization; No Contravention

	
83

	
  

	
5.03

	
Governmental Authorization; Other Consents

	
83

	
  

	
5.04

	
Binding Effect

	
84

	
  

	
5.05

	
Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect

	
84

	
  

	
5.06

	
Litigation

	
85

	
  

	
5.07

	
No Default

	
85

	
  

	
5.08

	
Ownership of Property; Liens

	
85

	
  

	
5.09

	
Environmental Compliance

	
85

	
  

	
5.10

	
Insurance

	
85

	
  

	
5.11

	
Taxes

	
86

	
  

	
5.12

	
ERISA Compliance

	
86

	
  

	
5.13

	
Subsidiaries; Equity Interests; Loan Parties

	
87

	
  

	
5.14

	
Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act

	
87

	
  

	
5.15

	
Disclosure

	
87

	
  

	
5.16

	
Compliance with Laws

	
87

	
  

	
5.17

	
Taxpayer Identification Number

	
88

	
  

	
5.18

	
Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.

	
88

	
  

	
5.19

	
OFAC

	
88

	
  

	
5.20

	
Solvency

	
88

	
  

	
5.21

	
REIT Status

	
88

	
  

	
5.22

	
Unencumbered Eligible Properties

	
88

	
  

	
5.23

	
Casualty; Etc.

	
88

	
  

	
5.24

	
Anti-Money Laundering; Sanctions

	
89

 

	
Article VI. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

	 	
89

	
  

	
6.01

	
Financial Statements

	
89

	
  

	
6.02

	
Certificates; Other Information

	
90

	
  

	
6.03

	
Notices

	
92

	
  

	
6.04

	
Payment of Obligations

	
93

	
  

	
6.05

	
Preservation of Existence, Etc.

	
94

	
  

	
6.06

	
Maintenance of Properties

	
94

	
  

	
6.07

	
Maintenance of Insurance

	
94

	
  

	
6.08

	
Compliance with Laws

	
94

	
  

	
6.09

	
Books and Records

	
94

	
  

	
6.10

	
Inspection Rights

	
95

	
  

	
6.11

	
Use of Proceeds

	
95

	
  

	
6.12

	
Additional Unencumbered Eligible Properties and Guarantors

	
96

	
  

	
6.13

	
Compliance with Environmental Laws

	
96

	
  

	
6.14

	
Further Assurances

	
96

	
  

	
6.15

	
Maintenance of REIT Status

	
96

	
  

	
6.16

	
Material Contracts

	
96

	
  

	
6.17

	
Business Operations

	
96

	
  

	
6.18

	
Distributions of Income

	
97

 

	
Article VII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

	 	
97

	
  

	
7.01

	
Liens

	
97

	
  

	
7.02

	
Investments

	
98

 

  

  

  

 

	
  

	
7.03

	
Indebtedness

	
99

	
  

	
7.04

	
Fundamental Changes

	
100

	
  

	
7.05

	
Dispositions

	
101

	
  

	
7.06

	
Restricted Payments

	
101

	
  

	
7.07

	
Change in Nature of Business

	
102

	
  

	
7.08

	
Transactions with Affiliates

	
102

	
  

	
7.09

	
Burdensome Agreements

	
102

	
  

	
7.10

	
Use of Proceeds

	
103

	
  

	
7.11

	
Financial Covenants

	
103

	
  

	
7.12

	
Accounting Changes

	
103

	
  

	
7.13

	
Amendments of Organization Documents

	
103

	
  

	
7.14

	
Sanctions

	
104

	
  

	
7.15

	
Compliance with Environmental Laws

	
104

	
  

	
7.16

	
Management Status

	
104

 

	
Article VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

	 	
105

	
  

	
8.01

	
Events of Default

	
105

	
  

	
8.02

	
Remedies Upon Event of Default

	
107

	
  

	
8.03

	
Application of Funds

	
108

 

	
Article IX. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

	 	
109

	
  

	
9.01

	
Appointment and Authority

	
109

	
  

	
9.02

	
Rights as a Lender

	
109

	
  

	
9.03

	
Exculpatory Provisions

	
110

	
  

	
9.04

	
Reliance by Administrative Agent

	
111

	
  

	
9.05

	
Delegation of Duties

	
111

	
  

	
9.06

	
Resignation of Administrative Agent

	
111

	
  

	
9.07

	
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders

	
113

	
  

	
9.08

	
No Other Duties, Etc.

	
113

	
  

	
9.09

	
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim

	
113

	
  

	
9.10

	
Guaranty Matters

	
114

	
  

	
9.11

	
Lender Swap Agreements

	
114

 

	
Article X. CONTINUING GUARANTY

	 	
114

	
  

	
10.01

	
Guaranty

	
114

	
  

	
10.02

	
Rights of Lenders

	
115

	
  

	
10.03

	
Certain Waivers

	
115

	
  

	
10.04

	
Obligations Independent

	
116

	
  

	
10.05

	
Subrogation

	
116

	
  

	
10.06

	
Termination; Reinstatement

	
116

	
  

	
10.07

	
Subordination

	
117

	
  

	
10.08

	
Stay of Acceleration

	
117

	
  

	
10.09

	
Condition of the Loan Parties

	
117

	
  

	
10.10

	
Releases of Guarantors

	
118

	
  

	
10.11

	
Contribution

	
119

	
  

	
10.12

	
Keepwell

	
120

 

  

  

  

 

	
Article XI. MISCELLANEOUS

	 	
121

	
  

	
11.01

	
Amendments, Etc.

	
121

	
  

	
11.02

	
Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications

	
123

	
  

	
11.03

	
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement

	
125

	
  

	
11.04

	
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver

	
125

	
  

	
11.05

	
Payments Set Aside

	
128

	
  

	
11.06

	
Successors and Assigns

	
128

	
  

	
11.07

	
Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality

	
133

	
  

	
11.08

	
Right of Setoff

	
134

	
  

	
11.09

	
Interest Rate Limitation

	
134

	
  

	
11.10

	
Counterparts; Effectiveness

	
135

	
  

	
11.11

	
Survival of Representations and Warranties

	
135

	
  

	
11.12

	
Severability

	
135

	
  

	
11.13

	
Replacement of Lenders

	
135

	
  

	
11.14

	
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.

	
136

	
  

	
11.15

	
Waiver of Jury Trial

	
137

	
  

	
11.16

	
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility

	
138

	
  

	
11.17

	
Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents

	
138

	
  

	
11.18

	
USA PATRIOT Act

	
139

	
  

	
11.19

	
ENTIRE AGREEMENT

	
139

SCHEDULES

           

	 	
2.01

	
Commitments and Applicable Percentages

	
  

	
5.05

	
Supplement to Financial Statements

	
  

	
5.06

	
Litigation

	 	
5.12(d)

	
Pension Plans

	
  

	
5.13

	
Subsidiaries; Jurisdiction of Incorporation/Organization and Principal Place of Business

	
  

	
7.01

	
Existing Liens

	 	
7.03

	
Existing Indebtedness

	 	
11.02

	
Administrative Agent’s Office; Certain Addresses for Notices

        

EXHIBITS

Form of

	
  

	
A

	
Committed Loan Notice

	
  

	
B

	
Swing Line Loan Notice

	
  

	
C-1

	
Revolving Credit Note

	
  

	
C-2

	
Term Note

	
  

	
D

	
Compliance Certificate

	
  

	
E-1

	
Assignment and Assumption

	
  

	
E-2  

	
Administrative Questionnaire

	
  

	
F

	
Joinder Agreement

	
  

	
G

	
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates

	
  

	
H

	
Solvency Certificate

	
  

	
I

	
Designation Notice

                                                                                                                                                                 

  

  

  

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of March 3, 2014, among APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT, INC., a Virginia corporation (the “Borrower”), certain subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party hereto, as Guarantors, each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.

 

The Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide an unsecured revolving credit facility and term loan facility, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I.  DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

 

1.01 Defined Terms

 

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

 

“Act” has the meaning specified in Section 11.18.

 

“Additional Obligations” means all obligations arising under Lender Swap Agreements.

 

“Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, an amount equal to (a) Consolidated EBITDA for such period, minus (b) the aggregate FF&E Reserves for all Real Estate for such period, minus (c) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of an amount equal to four percent (4%) of all revenues and receipts of any kind derived by Unconsolidated Affiliates from owning or operating real property for such period.

 

“Adjusted NOI” means, with respect to any Real Estate as of any date of determination and for a given period, an amount equal to (a) the Net Operating Income of such Real Estate, minus (b) the greater of (i) actual franchise fees paid in respect of such Real Estate and (ii) an amount equal to four percent (4%) of the Gross Revenues from such Real Estate, minus (c) the FF&E Reserve for such Real Estate, in each case for the then most recently ended period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower; which amount will be adjusted, if specifically required, to reflect subsequent events or conditions on a Pro Forma Basis; provided, that solely for purposes of calculating Unencumbered Real Estate Value, the Adjusted NOI of any Unencumbered Eligible Property that has at the time of determination been owned by the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof for less than four full fiscal quarters and has Net Operating Income for the four full fiscal quarters immediately prior to any date of determination (including, to the extent applicable, periods prior to the ownership thereof by the Borrower or a Subsidiary) shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis; provided, further, that solely for the purposes of calculating Unencumbered Real Estate Value, with respect to any Unencumbered Eligible Property that has at the time of determination been owned by the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof for less than four full fiscal quarters and that does not have Net Operating Income for the four full fiscal quarters immediately prior to any date of determination, the Adjusted NOI for such Unencumbered Eligible Property for the fiscal quarter in which such acquisition was made 

 

  

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and the first full three fiscal quarters following such acquisition shall be mutually agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower at the time of acquisition thereof.

 

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

 

“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the Lenders.

 

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in substantially the form of Exhibit E-2 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.  In no event shall the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Borrower.

 

“Aggregate Deficit Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 10.11.

 

“Aggregate Excess Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 10.11.

 

“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.

 

“Applicable Fee Rate” means, with respect to any day, the per annum fee rate set forth opposite the Revolver Usage for such day in the following pricing grid:

 

	
Revolver Usage

	
Applicable Fee Rate

	
≤ 50%

	
0.30%

	
> 50%

	
0.20%

 

“Applicable Percentage” means (a) in respect of the Term Facility, with respect to any Term Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Term Facility represented by (i) on or prior to the Closing Date, such Term Lender’s Term Commitment at such time, and (ii) thereafter, the principal amount of such Term Lender’s Term Loans at such time and (b) in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Revolving Credit Facility represented by such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.17.  If the commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02 or if the Revolving Credit Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Revolving Credit Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Revolving Credit Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments made in accordance 

 

  

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with the terms of this Agreement.  The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender in respect of each Facility is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption or New Lender Joinder Agreement pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.

 

“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, Base Rate Loan, Letter of Credit Fee and Facility Fee, as the case may be:

 

(a) until the Investment Grade Pricing Effective Date, the applicable rate per annum set forth below, based upon the range into which the ratio of Consolidated Leverage Ratio then falls in accordance with the following table (the “Leverage-Based Applicable Rate”):

 

	
Applicable Rate

	
Pricing Level

	
Consolidated Leverage Ratio

	
Revolving Credit Facility

	
Term Facility

	
Eurodollar Rate (and Letters of Credit)

	
Base Rate

	
Eurodollar Rate

	
Base Rate

	
Category 1

	
<4.0x

	
1.60%

	
0.60%

	
1.55%

	
0.55%

	
Category 2

	
>4.0x - <5.0x

	
1.75%

	
0.75%

	
1.70%

	
0.70%

	
Category 3

	
>5.0x - <6.0x

	
2.05%

	
1.05%

	
2.00%

	
1.00%

	
Category 4

	
> 6.0x

	
2.35%

	
1.35%

	
2.30%

	
1.30%

 

The Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter based on the financial statements and related Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 and Section 6.02(b), respectively, in respect of such fiscal quarter, and each change in rates resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall be effective from and including the day when the Administrative Agent receives such financial statements and related Compliance Certificate indicating such change but excluding the effective date of the next such change.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either the financial statements or related Compliance Certificate are not delivered when due in accordance with Section 6.01 and Section 6.02(b), respectively, then the highest pricing (at Pricing Level Category 4) shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such financial statements and related Compliance Certificate were required to have been delivered and shall continue to apply until the first Business Day immediately following the date such financial statements and related Compliance Certificate are delivered in accordance with Section 6.01 and Section 6.02(b), respectively, whereupon the Applicable Rate shall be adjusted based upon the calculation of the Leverage Ratio contained in such Compliance Certificate.  The Applicable Rate in effect from the Closing Date through the first Business Day immediately following the date financial statements and a Compliance Certificate are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 and Section 6.02(b), respectively, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013 shall be at Pricing Level Category 1. 

 

  

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, the determination of the Applicable Rate for any period shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.10(b); or

 

(b) at all times on and after the Investment Grade Pricing Effective Date, the applicable rate per annum set forth below, based upon such Debt Ratings as set forth below applicable on such date (the “Ratings-Based Applicable Rate”):

 

	
Applicable Rate

	
Pricing Level

	
Debt Ratings (S&P and Fitch / Moody's):

	
Revolving Credit Facility

	
Term Facility

	
Facility Fee

	
Eurodollar Rate (and Letters of Credit)

	
Base Rate

	
Eurodollar Rate

	
Base Rate

	
Category 1

	
≥ A- / A3

	
0.125%

	
0.925%

	
0.00%

	
0.90%

	
0.00%

	
Category 2

	
BBB+ / Baa

	
0.15%

	
1.00%

	
0.00%

	
1.00%

	
0.00%

	
Category 3

	
BBB / Baa2

	
0.20%

	
1.10%

	
0.10%

	
1.15%

	
0.15%

	
Category 4

	
BBB- / Baa3

	
0.25%

	
1.30%

	
0.30%

	
1.50%

	
0.50%

	
Category 5

	
< BBB- / Baa3 (or unrated)

	
0.30%

	
1.70%

	
0.70%

	
1.95%

	
0.95%

 

For purposes hereof, “Debt Rating” means, as of any date of determination, the rating as determined by any of S&P, Moody’s and/or Fitch (collectively, the “Debt Ratings”) of the Borrower’s non-credit enhanced, senior unsecured long-term debt; provided if at any time the Borrower has only two (2) Debt Ratings, and such Debt Ratings are not equivalent, then: (A) if the difference between such Debt Ratings is one ratings category (e.g. Baa2 by Moody's and BBB- by S&P or Fitch), the Applicable Rates shall be determined based on the higher of the Debt Ratings; and (B) if the difference between such Debt Ratings is two ratings categories (e.g. Baa1 by Moody's and BBB- by S&P) or more, the Applicable Rates shall be determined based on the Debt Rating that is one higher than the lower of the applicable Debt Ratings.  If at any time the Borrower has three (3) Debt Ratings, and such Debt Ratings are not equivalent, then: (A) if the difference between the highest and the lowest such Debt Ratings is one ratings category (e.g. Baa2 by Moody's and BBB- by S&P or Fitch), the Applicable Rates shall be determined based on the highest of the Debt Ratings; and (B) if the difference between such Debt Ratings is two ratings categories (e.g. Baa1 by Moody's and BBB- by S&P or Fitch) or more, the Applicable Rates shall be determined based on the average of the two (2) highest Debt Ratings, provided that if such average is not a recognized rating category, then the Applicable Rates shall be determined based on the second highest Debt Rating of the three.  If at any time the Borrower has only one Debt Rating or has no Debt Ratings, then the Applicable Rates shall be at Pricing Level Category 5.  Initially, the Ratings-Based Applicable Rate shall be determined based upon the Debt Ratings specified in the certificate delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition of 

 

  

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“Investment Grade Pricing Effective Date”.  Thereafter, each change in the Ratings-Based Applicable Rate resulting from a publicly announced change in a Debt Rating shall be effective, in the case of an upgrade, during the period commencing on the date of delivery by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent of notice thereof pursuant to Section 6.03(f) and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change and, in the case of a downgrade, during the period commencing on the date of the public announcement thereof and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.  If the rating system of Moody's, S&P or Fitch shall change, or if any such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating companies or corporate debt obligations, the Borrower and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the rating most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.

 

“Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage” means with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility at such time.

 

“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to the Term Facility or the Revolving Credit Facility, a Lender that has a Commitment with respect to such Facility or holds a Term Loan or a Revolving Credit Loan, respectively, at such time, (b) with respect to the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (i) the L/C Issuer and (ii) if any Letters of Credit have been issued pursuant to Section 2.03(a), the Revolving Credit Lenders and (c) with respect to the Swing Line Sublimit, (i) the Swing Line Lender and (ii) if any Swing Line Loans are outstanding pursuant to Section 2.04(a), the Revolving Credit Lenders.

 

“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

 

“Arrangers” means Bank of America, KeyBanc Capital Markets and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, each in its capacity as a joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner.

 

“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.

 

“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E-1 or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by MarkitClear or other electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any capital lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that 

 

  

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would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.

 

“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.

 

“Availability Period” means, in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility, (b) the date of termination of the Revolving Credit Facility pursuant to Section 2.06, and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02.

 

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

 

“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate,” and (c) the Eurodollar Rate plus 1.00%.  The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate.  Any change in such prime rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

 

“Base Rate Committed Loan” means a Committed Loan that is a Base Rate Loan.

 

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

 

“Base Rate Revolving Credit Loan” means a Revolving Credit Loan that is a Base Rate Loan.

 

“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

 

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

 

“Borrowing” means a Committed Borrowing or a Swing Line Borrowing, as the context may require.

 

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

 

“Capitalization Rate” means in the case of any property located in the central business district of New York City, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles or Boston, seven and

 

  

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three quarters percent (7.75%), and in the case of any other property, eight and one-quarter percent (8.25%).

 

“Capitalized Lease” means a lease under which the discounted future rental payment obligations of the lessee or the obligor are required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the L/C Issuer or the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations or obligations of the Lenders to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

 

“Cash Equivalents” means:

 

(a)           United States dollars (including such dollars as are held as overnight bank deposits and demand deposits with banks);

 

(b)           marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by any agency or instrumentality thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

 

(c)           marketable direct obligations issued by any State of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such State or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Moody’s;

 

(d)           commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Moody’s;

 

(e)           time deposits, demand deposits, certificates of deposit, Eurodollar time deposits, time deposit accounts, term deposit accounts or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof or overnight bank deposits, in each case, issued by any bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000; and

 

(f)           investments in money market funds which invest substantially all their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (e) above.

 

“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980.

 

  

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“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law (including without limitation, Regulation D issued by the FRB), rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

“Change of Control” means an event or series of events by which:

 

(a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an “option right”)), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the equity securities of the Borrower entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right);

 

(b) during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Borrower cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body (excluding, in the case of both clause (ii) and clause (iii), any individual whose initial nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member of that board or equivalent governing body occurs as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by any person or group other than a solicitation for the election of one or more directors by or on behalf of the board of directors);

 

(c) the passage of thirty days from the date upon which any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert shall have acquired by contract or otherwise, or shall have

 

  

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entered into a contract or arrangement that, upon consummation thereof, will result in its or their acquisition of the power to exercise, directly or indirectly, a controlling influence over the management or policies of the Borrower, or control over the equity securities of the Borrower entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such Person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right) representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of such securities;

 

(d) the Borrower shall cease, directly or indirectly, to (i) own one hundred percent (100%) of the Equity Interests of each other Loan Party, free of any Lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim or (ii) Control any of the other Loan Parties, in each case other than as the result of a release of a Guarantor required under Section 10.10(b); or

 

(e) Glade M. Knight shall cease to be the Chairman of the Board of the Borrower.

 

“Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 11.01.

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

 

“Commitment” means a Term Commitment or a Revolving Credit Commitment, as the context may require.

 

“Committed Borrowing” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing or a Term Borrowing, as the context may require.

 

“Committed Loan” means a Term Loan or a Revolving Credit Loan, as the context may require.

 

“Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Committed Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

 

“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

 

“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

 

“Consolidated EBITDA” means for any period, determined in accordance with GAAP and without duplication, Net Income (or Loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, exclusive of the following (but only to the extent included in determination of 

 

  

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such Net Income (or Loss)): (i) depreciation and amortization expense; (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense; (iii) income tax expense; (iv) extraordinary or non-recurring gains and losses; (v) gains and losses from sales of assets; (vi) closing costs related to the acquisition of properties that were capitalized prior to FAS 141-R which do not represent a recurring cash item in such period or in any future period; and (vii) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of the foregoing items and components referenced in clauses (i) through (vi) attributable to the Consolidated Group’s interests in Unconsolidated Affiliates.

 

“Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, the sum of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (b) all regularly scheduled principal payments made or required to be made with respect to Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period, other than any balloon or bullet payments necessary to repay maturing Indebtedness in full, (c) all Preferred Distributions paid (or amounts divided or distributed to the Borrower and which are used by the Borrower to make Preferred Distributions) during such period, and (d) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of the foregoing items and components referenced in clauses (a) through (c) attributable to the Consolidated Group’s interests in Unconsolidated Affiliates.

 

“Consolidated Group” means, collectively, the Loan Parties and their Consolidated Subsidiaries.

 

“Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any Unconsolidated Affiliate, the percentage interest held by the Borrower and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, in the aggregate, in such Person determined by calculating the percentage of Equity Interests of such Person owned by the Borrower and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.

 

“Consolidated Implied Interest Expense” means, with respect to any item of Consolidated Unsecured Indebtedness at any time, the greater of (i) the actual Consolidated Interest Expense attributable thereto and (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense attributable thereto assuming such Consolidated Unsecured Indebtedness bore interest at a per annum rate of 6.00%.

 

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, without duplication, the sum of (i) the Interest Expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis and (ii) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of the Interest Expense attributable to the Consolidated Group’s interests in Unconsolidated Affiliates.

 

“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four full fiscal quarters most recently ended, in each case as of such date.

 

“Consolidated Secured Indebtedness” means, at any time, the portion of Consolidated Total Indebtedness at such time that is Secured Indebtedness.

 

“Consolidated Secured Recourse Indebtedness” means, at any time, means, at any time, Consolidated Secured Indebtedness that is not Non-Recourse Indebtedness.

 

“Consolidated Subsidiaries” means, as to any Person, all Subsidiaries of such Person that are consolidated with such Person for financial reporting purposes under GAAP.

 

  

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“Consolidated Tangible Net Worth” means, as of any date of determination, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, Shareholders’ Equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on that date minus the Intangible Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on that date, plus (c) all accumulated depreciation and amortization of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, in each case on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Consolidated Total Assets” means, at any time, on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, an amount equal to the aggregate undepreciated book value of (i) all assets owned by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and (ii) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of assets owned by Unconsolidated Affiliates, less (a) Intangible Assets and (b) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of Intangible Assets attributable to the Consolidated Group’s interests in Unconsolidated Affiliates.

 

“Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, the then aggregate outstanding amount of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

 

“Consolidated Unsecured Indebtedness” means, at any time, the portion of Consolidated Total Indebtedness at such time that is not Secured Indebtedness.

 

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

 

“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.

 

“Creditor Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Hedge Banks and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.05, and the other Persons to whom the Obligations are owing.

 

“Customary Non-Recourse Carve-Outs” means, with respect to any Non-Recourse Indebtedness, exclusions from the exculpation provisions with respect to such Non-Recourse Indebtedness for fraud, misapplication of funds, environmental claims, voluntary bankruptcy, collusive involuntary bankruptcy and other circumstances customarily excluded by institutional lenders from exculpation provisions and/or included in separate indemnification agreements in non-recourse financings of real estate.

 

“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, 

 

  

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rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

 

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

 

“Default Rate” means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate, plus (ii) the Applicable Rate for Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility, plus (iii) 2.00% per annum; provided, however, that (x) with respect to a Base Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate, plus (ii) the Applicable Rate for Base Rate Loans for the Facility under which such Loan was made, plus (iii) 2.00% per annum and (y) with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to (i) the Eurodollar Rate, plus (ii) the Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans for the Facility under which such Loan was made, plus (iii) 2.00% per annum, and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate then applicable to Letter of Credit Fees, plus 2.00% per annum.

 

“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.17(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit, Swing Line Loans or amounts payable pursuant to Section 11.04(c)) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such 

 

  

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Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.  Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above, and of the effective date of such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.17(b)) as of the date established therefor by the Administrative Agent in a written notice of such determination, which shall be delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender and each other Lender promptly following such determination.

 

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

 

“Designation Notice” means a notice from any Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender substantially in the form of Exhibit I.

 

“Direct Owner” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Unencumbered Eligible Property”.

 

“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person (or the granting of any option or other right to do any of the foregoing), including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.

 

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

 

“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.

 

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States.

 

“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.06(b)(iii) and (v) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.06(b)(iii)).

 

“Eligible Ground Lease” means a ground lease as to which no default or event of default has occurred or with the passage of time or the giving of notice would occur and containing the following terms and conditions: (a) a remaining term (inclusive of any unexercised extension options) of thirty (30) years or more from the Closing Date; (b) the right of the lessee to mortgage and encumber its interest in the leased property without the consent of the lessor; 

 

  

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(c) the obligation of the lessor to give the holder of any mortgage lien on such leased property written notice of any defaults on the part of the lessee and agreement of such lessor that such lease will not be terminated until such holder has had a reasonable opportunity to cure or complete foreclosure, and fails to do so; (d) reasonable transferability of the lessee's interest under such lease, including the ability to sublease; and (e) such other rights customarily required by mortgagees making a loan secured by the interest of the holder of the leasehold estate demised pursuant to a ground lease.

 

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

 

“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

“Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law.

 

“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

 

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

 

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

 

“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in 

 

  

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Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA; (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan; (f) any event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (g) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA; or (h) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon  the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

 

“Eurodollar Rate” means:

 

(a)          with respect to any extension of credit under the Facilities (other than a Base Rate Loan), the rate per annum equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or a comparable or successor rate which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of the applicable interest period, for deposits in the relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such interest period) with a term equivalent to such interest period; and

 

(b)          with respect to any Base Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to LIBOR, at or about 11:00 a.m., London time determined two business days prior to such date for U.S. dollar deposits with a term of one month commencing that day;

 

provided that to the extent a comparable or successor rate is approved by the Administrative Agent in connection with any rate set forth in this definition, the approved rate shall be applied to the applicable interest period in a manner consistent with market practice; provided, further that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent.

 

“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Committed Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “Eurodollar Rate.”

 

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.

 

“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act 

 

  

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(determined after giving effect to Section 10.12 and any other “keepwell, support or other agreement” for the benefit of such Guarantor and any and all guarantees of such Guarantor’s Swap Obligations by other Loan Parties) at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee is or becomes excluded in accordance with the first sentence of this definition.

 

“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to any Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 11.13) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(ii), (a)(iii) or (c), amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(e) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.

 

“Existing Credit Agreements” means, collectively, (i) that certain Credit Agreement entered into as of November 16, 2012, among Apple Nine Hospitality, Inc., a Virginia corporation, and Apple Nine Hospitality Ownership, Inc., a Virginia corporation, as the borrowers, the Borrower and certain subsidiaries of the Borrower, as guarantors, each lender from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, as administrative agent, swing line lender and L/C issuer, as amended through the date hereof, (ii) that certain Credit Agreement entered into as of August 30, 2012, among Apple Seven Hospitality, Inc., a Virginia corporation and Apple Seven Hospitality Ownership, Inc., a Virginia corporation, as the borrowers, KeyBank National Association and the other lending institutions party thereto, as lenders, KeyBank National Association as agent, and KeyBanc Capital Markets as sole lead arranger and sole book manager, as amended through the date hereof and (iii) that certain Credit Agreement entered into as of March 13, 2012, among Apple Eight Hospitality, Inc., a Virginia corporation and Apple Eight Hospitality Ownership, Inc., a Virginia corporation, as the borrowers, Apple REIT Eight, Inc., a Virginia corporation, and certain subsidiaries thereof, as guarantors, KeyBank National Association and the other lending institutions party thereto, as lenders, and KeyBank National Association as administrative agent, as amended through the date hereof.

 

“Extension Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).

 

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“Facility Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(a).

 

“FASB ASC” means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

 

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471 (b) (1) of the Code.

 

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

 

“Fee Letter” means the letter agreement, dated December 11, 2013, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers.

 

“FF&E Reserve” means, for any Real Estate for any period, an amount equal to four percent (4%) of Gross Revenues from such Real Estate for such period.

 

“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc. and any successor thereto.

 

“Foreign Lender” means (a) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.  For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

 

“Franchise Agreement” means a license or franchise agreement between a Loan Party and a Franchisor.

 

“Franchisor” means a Person that licenses or franchises its hotel brand to hotel owners or operators.

 

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

 

“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s 

 

  

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participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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

 

“Funds From Operations” means, with respect to any period and without double counting, an amount equal to the Net Income (or Loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, excluding gains (or losses) from sales of property, plus depreciation and amortization and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures; provided that “Funds From Operations” shall exclude impairment charges, charges from the early extinguishment of indebtedness and other non-cash charges as evidenced by a certification of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower containing calculations in reasonable detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures will be calculated to reflect “Funds From Operations” on the same basis.  In addition, “Funds from Operations” shall be adjusted to remove any impact of the expensing of acquisition costs pursuant to FAS 141 (revised), as issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in December of 2007, and effective January 1, 2009, including, without limitation, (i) the addition to Net Income (or Loss) of costs and expenses related to ongoing consummated acquisition transactions during such period; and (ii) the subtraction from Net Income (or Loss) of costs and expenses related to acquisition transactions terminated during such period.

 

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.

 

“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

 

“Gross Revenues” means, with respect to any Real Estate, all revenues and receipts of any kind derived from owning or operating such Real Estate determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, 

 

  

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

 

“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.

 

“Guarantor Release Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 10.10(b).

 

“Guarantors” means, collectively, (a) each Subsidiary of the Borrower that, as of the Closing Date, is a Direct Owner or Indirect Owner of any Unencumbered Eligible Property, (b) each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that joins as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 6.12 or otherwise, in each case under clauses (a) and (b), together with their successors and permitted assigns, to the extent such Subsidiary has not been released from its obligations hereunder in accordance with Section 10.10, (c) each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is reinstated as a Guarantor pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 10.06 or otherwise, in each case, together with their successors and permitted assigns, to the extent such Subsidiary has not been released from its obligations hereunder in accordance with Section 10.10 following such reinstatement and (d) with respect to the payment and performance by each Specified Loan Party of its obligations under its Guaranty with respect to all Swap Obligations, the Borrower.

 

“Guaranty” means the Guaranty made by the Guarantors under Article X in favor of the Creditor Parties.

 

“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, natural gas, natural gas liquids, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, toxic mold, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances, wastes, chemicals, pollutants, contaminants or compounds of any nature in any form regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

“Hedge Bank” means any Person in its capacity as a party to a Swap Contract that, at the time it enters into a Swap Contract not prohibited under Article VI or VII, is a Lender or an

 

  

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Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such Swap Contract (even if such Person ceases to be a Lender or such Person’s Affiliate ceased to be a Lender); provided, in the case of a Lender Swap Agreement with a Person who is no longer a Lender (or Affiliate of a Lender), such Person shall be considered a Hedge Bank only through the stated termination date (without extension or renewal) of such Lender Swap Agreement; provided further that for any of the foregoing to be included as a “Lender Swap Agreement” on any date of determination by the Administrative Agent, the applicable Hedge Bank (other than the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) must have delivered a Designation Notice to the Administrative Agent prior to such date of determination.

 

“Hotel Property” means Real Estate upon which is located an operating hotel property.

 

“Impacted Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03.

 

“Increase Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(b).

 

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

 

(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

 

(b) all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments, excluding up to $3,000,000 of contingent obligations arising under letters of credit other than Letters of Credit;

 

(c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract; provided, that if the aggregate net amount of all such obligations is less than $0, the amount of such Person’s Indebtedness under this clause (c) shall be $0;

 

(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and, in each case, not past due for more than 60 days after the date on which such trade account payable was created);

 

(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

 

(f) capital leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations;

 

(g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Equity Interest in such Person or any other Person, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends;

 

  

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(h) all Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements of such Person; and

 

(i) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.

 

For all purposes hereof, (i) Indebtedness shall include the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of the foregoing items and components attributable to Indebtedness of Unconsolidated Affiliates, (ii) Indebtedness of any Person shall not include equipment leases entered into in the ordinary course of business that are treated as operating leases in accordance with GAAP and (iii) the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person.  The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date.  The amount of any capital lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.

 

“Indebtedness Incurrence” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06.

 

“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.

 

“Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(b).

 

“Indirect Owner” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Unencumbered Eligible Property”.

 

“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07.

 

“Initial Maturity Date” means March 3, 2018.

 

“Intangible Assets” means assets that are considered to be intangible assets under GAAP, excluding lease intangibles but including customer lists, goodwill, computer software, copyrights, trade names, trademarks, patents, franchises, licenses, unamortized deferred charges, unamortized debt discount and capitalized research and development costs.

 

“Interest Expense” means, for any period with respect to any Person, without duplication, interest (whether accrued or paid) actually payable, excluding non-cash interest expense but including capitalized interest not funded under an interest reserve pursuant to a specific debt obligation together with the interest portion of payments on Capitalized Leases.

 

“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made (with Swing 

 

  

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Line Loans being deemed made under the Revolving Credit Facility for purposes of this definition).

 

“Interest Period” means as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two or three months thereafter (in each case, subject to availability), as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice, or such other period that is six months or less requested by the Borrower and consented to by all the Appropriate Lenders; provided that:

 

(i) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Loan, such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;

 

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

 

(iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made.

 

“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit or all or a substantial part of the business of, such Person or (d) the purchase, acquisition or other investment in any real property or real property-related assets (including, without limitation, mortgage loans and other real estate-related debt investments, investments in land holdings, and costs to construct real property assets under development).  For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

 

“Investment Grade Credit Rating” means receipt of two Debt Ratings of BBB- or higher by S&P or Fitch, or Baa3 or higher by Moody’s.

 

“Investment Grade Permitted Release” has the meaning specified in Section 10.10(a).

 

“Investment Grade Pricing Effective Date” means the first Business Day following the date on which (i) the Borrower has obtained an Investment Grade Credit Rating and (ii) the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate (x) certifying that an Investment Grade Credit Rating has been obtained and is in effect (which certification shall also set forth the Debt Ratings received, if any, from each of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch as of such

 

  

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date) and (y) notifying the Administrative Agent that the Borrower has irrevocably elected to have the Ratings-Based Applicable Rate apply to the pricing of the Facilities.

 

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Revolving Credit Borrowing.

 

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

 

“L/C Issuer” means Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.

 

“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings.  For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06.  For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

 

“Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and, unless the context requires otherwise, includes the Swing Line Lender.

 

  

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

 

“Lender Swap Agreement” means any interest rate Swap Contract not prohibited by Article VI or VII that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Hedge Bank.

 

“Letter of Credit” means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder providing for the payment of cash upon the honoring of a presentation thereunder.

 

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

 

“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is seven days prior to the Maturity Date then in effect for the Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).

 

“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(h).

 

“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to $25,000,000.  The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Facility.

 

“Leverage-Based Applicable Rate” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Applicable Rate”.

 

“LIBOR” has the meaning specified in the definition of Eurodollar Rate.

 

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

 

“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II in the form of a Committed Loan or a Swing Line Loan.

 

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, any agreement creating or perfecting rights in Cash Collateral pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 of this Agreement and the Fee Letter.

 

“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor, and after the Borrower obtains an Investment Grade Credit Rating shall also include each Direct Owner and Indirect Owner of each Unencumbered Eligible Property regardless of whether such Person is a Guarantor.

 

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

 

  

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“Management Agreement” means an agreement entered into by any Loan Party pursuant to which it engages a Manager to manage and operate a Hotel Property.

 

“Manager” means the management company that manages and operates a Hotel Property pursuant to the Management Agreement for such Hotel Property.

 

“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, the operations, business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower or the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.

 

“Material Contract” means, with respect to any Person, each contract to which such Person is a party involving aggregate consideration payable to or by such Person of $10,000,000 or more in any year or that is otherwise material to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of such Person, other than agreements pursuant to which Indebtedness is incurred.

 

“Maturity Date” means (a) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, the later of (i) the Initial Maturity Date and (ii) if the Initial Maturity Date is extended pursuant to Section 2.14, such extended maturity date as determined pursuant to such Section and (b) with respect to the Term Facility, March 3, 2019; provided, however, that, in each case, if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.

 

“Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 7, 2013, as amended, among Apple REIT Seven, Inc., a Virginia corporation, Apple REIT Eight, Inc., a Virginia corporation, Apple REIT Nine, Inc., a Virginia corporation, Apple Seven Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Virginia corporation, and Apple Eight Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Virginia corporation.

 

“Mergers” means (a) the merger of Apple REIT Seven, Inc., a Virginia corporation, with and into Apple Seven Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Apple REIT Nine, Inc. and (b) the merger of Apple REIT Eight, Inc., a Virginia corporation, with and into Apple Eight Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Apple REIT Nine, Inc., pursuant to the Merger Agreement and the related plans of merger, with Apple Seven Acquisition Sub, Inc. and Apple Eight Acquisition Sub, Inc. as the surviving corporations.

 

“Minimum Collateral Amount” means, at any time, (i) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances provided to reduce or eliminate Fronting Exposure during the existence of a Defaulting Lender, an amount equal to 105% of the Fronting Exposure of the L/C Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time, (ii) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.16(a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii), an amount equal to 105% of the Outstanding Amount of all LC Obligations, and (iii) otherwise, an amount determined by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer in their sole discretion.

 

  

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

 

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

 

“Multiple Employer Plan” means a Plan which has two or more contributing sponsors (including the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.

 

“Net Income (or Loss)” means, with respect to any Person (or any asset of any Person) for any period, the sum of (i) the net income (or loss) of such Person (or attributable to such asset), determined in accordance with GAAP and (ii) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of the net income (or loss) attributable to Unconsolidated Affiliates.

 

“Net Operating Income” means, for any Real Estate and for a given period, an amount equal to the sum of (a) gross revenues (including interest income received in the ordinary course of business from such Real Estate) but excluding any non-recurring revenue for such period minus (b) all expenses paid or accrued and related to the ownership, operation, or maintenance of such Real Estate for such period, including, but not limited to, taxes, assessments and the like, insurance, utilities, payroll costs, maintenance, repair and landscaping expenses, marketing expenses, and general and administrative expenses (including an appropriate allocation for legal, accounting, advertising, marketing and other expenses incurred in connection with such Real Estate, but specifically excluding general overhead expenses of Borrower and its Subsidiaries and any property management fees), minus (c) the greater of (i) actual management fees of such Real Estate or (ii) an amount equal to three percent (3%) of the Gross Revenues from such Real Estate, plus (d) to the extent deducted from gross revenues in the determination of Net Operating Income, closing costs related to the acquisition of such Real Estate that were capitalized prior to FAS 141-R which do not represent a recurring cash item in such period or in any future period, in each case for or incurred during the applicable period. Net Operating Income shall not include any proceeds of any condemnation award paid in connection with any temporary or permanent taking or other condemnation of any part of a Hotel Property, any proceeds of casualty or other insurance policies received with respect to a Hotel Property (other than proceeds of business interruption insurance received with respect to the applicable period), or the proceeds of any sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, exchange, disposition, pledge, mortgage or other encumbrance of all or any portion of a Hotel Property.

 

“New Lender Joinder Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a).

 

“New Term Facility” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a).

 

“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (i) requires the approval of all Lenders, all Lenders of a Facility or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 11.01 and (ii) has been approved by the Required Lenders or the Required Term Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders, as applicable.

 

  

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“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.

 

“Non-Recourse Indebtedness” means, with respect to a Person, (a) any Indebtedness of such Person in which the holder of such Indebtedness may not look to such Person personally for repayment, other than to the extent of any security therefor or pursuant to Customary Non-Recourse Carve-Outs, (b) if such Person is a Single Asset Entity, any Indebtedness of such Person (other than Indebtedness described in the immediately following clause (c)), or (c) if such Person is a Single Asset Holding Company, any Indebtedness (“Holdco Indebtedness”) of such Single Asset Holding Company resulting from a Guarantee of, or Lien securing, Indebtedness of a Single Asset Entity that is a Subsidiary of such Single Asset Holding Company, so long as, in each case, either (i) the holder of such Indebtedness may not look to such Single Asset Holding Company personally for repayment, other than to the Equity Interests held by such Single Asset Holding Company in such Single Asset Entity or pursuant to Customary Non-Recourse Carve-Outs or (ii) such Single Asset Holding Company has no assets other than Equity Interests in such Single Asset Entity and cash and other assets of nominal value incidental to the ownership of such Single Asset Entity.

 

“Note” means a Term Note or a Revolving Credit Note, as the context may require.

 

“Obligations” means (a) all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, (b) all Additional Obligations with respect to any Loan Party and (c) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with enforcement and collection of the foregoing, including the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel, in each case whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding; provided that Obligations of a Loan Party shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Loan Party.

 

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

 

“Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement” means any transaction, agreement or other contractual arrangement to which a Person that is not consolidated with the Borrower is a party, under which any member of the Consolidated Group has:

 

(a) any obligation under a guarantee contract that has any of the characteristics identified in FASB ASC 460-10-15-4;

 

(b) a retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity or similar arrangement that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk support to such entity for such assets;

 

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Borrower’s stock and classified in stockholders’ equity in the Borrower’s statement of financial position, as described in FASB ASC 815-10-15-74; or

 

(d) any obligation, including a contingent obligation, arising out of a variable interest (as defined in the FASB ASC Master Glossary) in an unconsolidated entity that is held by, and material to, any member of the Consolidated Group, where such entity provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit risk support to, or engages in leasing, hedging or research and development services with, any member of the Consolidated Group.

 

“Operating Lease” means with respect to any Hotel Property, the lease thereof between the Borrower or other Loan Party that is the owner or ground lessee thereof and the Loan Party that is the operating lessee thereunder.

 

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

 

“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).

 

“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 3.06).

 

“Outstanding Amount” means (i) with respect to Committed Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Committed Loans and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (ii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.

 

  

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“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(d).

 

“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(d).

 

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

 

“Pension Act” means the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

 

“Pension Funding Rules” means the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth in, with respect to plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Act, Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA, each as in effect prior to the Pension Act and, thereafter, Sections 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.

 

“Pension Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (including a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by the Borrower and any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code.

 

“Permitted Encumbrances” means Liens permitted under Section 7.01(a) and Permitted Liens described in clauses (a), (b), (e), (f), (h), (i) and (k) of the definition thereof.

 

“Permitted Liens” means:

 

(a) Liens imposed by law for taxes, assessments, governmental charges or levies that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 6.04;

 

(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person;

 

(c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;

 

(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(e) easements, zoning restrictions, rights of way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

 

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(g) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.01(h), excluding Liens on any of the Unencumbered Eligible Properties or on any direct or indirect Equity Interest of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof;

 

(h) Liens consisting of an agreement to Dispose of any property in a Disposition permitted by Section 7.05; provided that such Liens encumber only the applicable assets pending consummation of the Disposition;

 

(i) (i) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to other Persons in the ordinary course of business which do not (A) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (B) secure any Indebtedness, and (ii) the rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by any of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries;

 

(j) (i) statutory and common law rights of set-off and other similar rights and remedies as to deposits of cash, securities, commodities and other funds in favor of banks, other depositary institutions, securities or commodities intermediaries or brokerages and (ii) Liens of a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section 4-208 of the UCC in effect in the relevant jurisdiction and covering only the items being collected upon; and

 

(k) Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statements or similar filings made in respect of operating leases entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

provided that the term “Permitted Liens” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness.

 

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

 

“Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan), maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or any such Plan to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.

 

 “Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

 

“Preferred Distributions” means, for any period and without duplication, all Distributions paid, declared but not yet paid or otherwise due and payable during such period on Preferred Securities issued by the Borrower or any of the Borrower's Subsidiaries. Preferred Distributions shall not include dividends or distributions (a) paid or payable solely in Equity Interests of identical class payable to holders of such class of Equity Interests; or (b) paid or payable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

“Pro Forma Basis” means, for purposes of calculating compliance with Section 7.11 in respect of a proposed transaction, such transaction shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the four (4) fiscal-quarter period ending as of the most recent fiscal quarter end preceding the date of such transaction with respect to which the Administrative Agent has

 

  

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received the Required Financial Information.  As used herein, “transaction” means (a) any incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness, (b) any removal of a property as an Unencumbered Eligible Property or any Disposition of any Person or property or (c) any acquisition of any Person (whether by merger or otherwise) or property.  In connection with any calculation relating to Section 7.11 upon giving effect to a transaction on a Pro Forma Basis:

 

(i) for purposes of any such calculation in respect of any incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness, any Indebtedness which is retired in connection with such incurrence or assumption shall be excluded and deemed to have been retired as of the first day of the applicable period;

 

(ii) for purposes of any such calculation in respect of any removal of a property as an Unencumbered Eligible Property or any Disposition of any Person or property, (A) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to such Person or property disposed of or removed shall be excluded, (B) any Indebtedness which is retired in connection with such transaction shall be excluded and deemed to have been retired as of the first day of the applicable period, and (C) pro forma adjustments shall be included to the extent that such adjustments would give effect to events that are (1) directly attributable to such transaction, (2) expected to have a continuing impact on the Consolidated Group and (3) factually supportable (in the judgment of the Administrative Agent); and

 

(iii) for purposes of any such calculation in respect of any acquisition of any Person (whether by merger or otherwise) or other property, (A) income statement items (whether positive or negative) and capital expenditures attributable to the Person or property acquired shall be deemed to be included as of the first day of the applicable period, and (B) pro forma adjustments (with the calculated amounts annualized to the extent the period from the date of such acquisition through the most-recently ended fiscal quarter is not at least twelve (12) months or four (4) fiscal quarters, in the case of any applicable period that is based on twelve months or four (4) fiscal quarters) shall be included to the extent that such adjustments would give effect to events that are (1) directly attributable to such transaction, (2) expected to have a continuing impact on the Consolidated Group and (3) factually supportable (in the judgment of the Administrative Agent).

 

“Pro Forma Closing Date Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a)(ix).

 

“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

 

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

 

“Ratings-Based Applicable Rate” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Applicable Rate”.

 

  

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“Real Estate” means all real property at any time owned, or leased (in whole or in part) pursuant to an Eligible Ground Lease, by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and which is located in the United States of America, including, without limitation, Unencumbered Eligible Properties.

 

“Recipient” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder.

 

“Recourse Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents) that is not Non-Recourse Indebtedness.

 

“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(c).

 

“REIT Status” means, with respect to any Person, (a) the qualification of such Person as a real estate investment trust under the provisions of Sections 856 et seq. of the Code and (b) the applicability to such Person and its shareholders of the method of taxation provided for in Sections 857 et seq. of the Code.

 

“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors, auditors (including internal auditors), attorneys and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

 

“Release” means any release, spill, emission, discharge, deposit, disposal, leaking, pumping, pouring, dumping, emptying, injection or leaching into the Environment, or into, from or through any building, structure or facility.

 

“Relevant Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 10.11.

 

“Removal Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 9.06(b).

 

“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived.

 

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

 

“Required Financial Information” means, with respect to each fiscal period or quarter of the Borrower (a) the financial statements required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b) and (b) the Compliance Certificate required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(b).

 

“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of (a) the Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Credit Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line 

 

  

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Loans being deemed “held” by such Revolving Credit Lender for purposes of this definition) and (b) the aggregate unused Commitments; provided that (i) the unused Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders; (ii) the amount of any participation in any Swing Line Loan and Unreimbursed Amounts that such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund that have not been reallocated to and funded by another Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to be held by the Lender that is the Swing Line Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, in making such determination; and (iii) at all times when two or more Lenders (excluding Defaulting Lenders) are party to this Agreement, the term “Required Lenders” shall in no event mean less than two Lenders.

 

“Required Revolving Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Revolving Credit Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Revolving Credit Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Credit Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Revolving Credit Lender for purposes of this definition) and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that (i) the unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Lenders; (ii) the amount of any participation in any Swing Line Loan and Unreimbursed Amounts that such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund that have not been reallocated to and funded by another Lender shall be deemed to be held by the Lender that is the Swing Line Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, in making such determination; and (iii) at all times when two or more Revolving Credit Lenders (excluding Defaulting Lenders) are party to this Agreement, the term “Required Revolving Lenders” shall in no event mean less than two Revolving Credit Lenders.

 

“Required Term Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Term Lenders having more than 50% of the Term Facility on such date; provided that (i) the portion of the Term Facility held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Term Lenders; and (ii) at all times when two or more Term Lenders (excluding Defaulting Lenders) are party to this Agreement, the term “Required Term Lenders” shall in no event mean less than two Term Lenders.

 

“Resignation Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 9.06(a).

 

“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of a Loan Party and solely for purposes of the delivery of incumbency certificates pursuant to Section 4.01, the secretary or any assistant secretary of a Loan Party.  Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

 

“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity Interest of any Person or any Subsidiary thereof, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, 

 

  

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retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to such Person’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof).

 

“Revolver Usage” means, with respect to any day, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (a) the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans on such day and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations on such day to (b) the Revolving Credit Commitments in effect on such day.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Outstanding Amount of Swing Line Loans shall not be counted towards or considered usage of the Revolving Credit Commitments for purposes of determining “Revolver Usage”.

 

“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a).

 

“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a), (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Revolving Credit Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption or New Lender Joinder Agreement pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

 

“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, as to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of its outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and such Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans at such time.

 

“Revolving Credit Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.  On the Closing Date, the Revolving Credit Facility is $245,000,000.

 

“Revolving Credit Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment or holds a Revolving Credit Loan at such time.

 

“Revolving Credit Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).

 

“Revolving Credit Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Revolving Credit Lender evidencing Revolving Credit Loans or Swing Line Loans, as the case may be,  made by such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1.

 

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

 

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.

 

  

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

 

“Secured Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, all Indebtedness of such Person that is secured by a Lien on any asset (including without limitation any Equity Interest) owned or held by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof.

 

“Shareholders’ Equity” means, as of any date of determination, consolidated shareholders’ equity of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of that date determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Single Asset Entity” means a Person (other than an individual) that (a) only owns or leases (pursuant to an Eligible Ground Lease) a parcel of Real Estate and/or cash and other assets of nominal value incidental to such Person’s ownership of such Real Estate; (b) is engaged only in the business of owning, developing and/or leasing such Real Estate; and (c) receives substantially all of its gross revenues from such Real Estate. In addition, if the assets of a Person consist solely of (i) Equity Interests in one or more other Single Asset Entities and (ii) cash and other assets of nominal value incidental to such Person’s ownership of the other Single Asset Entities, such Person shall also be deemed to be a Single Asset Entity for purposes of this Agreement (such an entity, a “Single Asset Holding Company”).

 

“Single Asset Holding Company” has the meaning given that term in the definition of Single Asset Entity.

 

“Solvency Certificate” means a Solvency Certificate of the chief financial officer or the chief accounting officer of the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit H.

 

“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital, and (e) such Person is able to pay its debts and liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business.  The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

 

“Specified Loan Party” means any Loan Party that is not an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act (determined prior to giving effect to Section 10.12).

 

“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than

 

  

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securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.  Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“Swing Line Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.04.

 

“Swing Line Lender” means Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.

 

“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).

 

“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

 

  

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“Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $25,000,000 and (b) the Revolving Credit Facility.  The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Facility.

 

“Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).

 

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

 

“Term Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Term Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(b).

 

“Term Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to make Term Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b) in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Term Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Term Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

 

“Term Facility” means, (a) at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, the aggregate amount of the Term Lenders’ Term Commitments at such time and (b) at any time after the Closing Date, the aggregate amount of Term Loans of all Term Lenders outstanding at such time.

 

“Term Lender” means (a) at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, any Lender that has a Term Commitment at such time and (b) at any time after the Closing Date, any Lender that holds a Term Loan at such time.

 

“Term Loan” means an advance made by a Term Lender under the Term Facility.

 

“Term Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Term Lender evidencing Term Loans made by such Term Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2.

 

“Threshold Amount” means (a) with respect to Recourse Indebtedness of any Person, $25,000,000 and (b) with respect to Non-Recourse Indebtedness of any Person, $100,000,000.

 

“Total Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the sum of the Term Facility, the unused Revolving Credit Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender at such time.

 

  

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“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.

 

“Total Revolving Credit Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations.

 

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

 

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.

 

“Unconsolidated Affiliate” means, at any date, any Person (x) in which the Consolidated Group, directly or indirectly, holds an Equity Interest, which investment is accounted for in the consolidated financial statements of the Consolidated Group on an equity basis of accounting and (y) whose financial results are not consolidated with the financial results of the Consolidated Group under GAAP.

 

“Unencumbered Adjusted NOI” means, for any period, an amount equal to the portion of Adjusted NOI for such period that is attributable to Unencumbered Eligible Properties.

 

“Unencumbered Asset Value” means, at any time for the Consolidated Group, without duplication, an amount equal to the aggregate Unencumbered Real Estate Value of all Unencumbered Eligible Properties owned or ground leased by the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof at such time; provided that:

 

(iv) the Unencumbered Asset Value will be zero ($0) at any time that there are fewer than fifteen (15) Unencumbered Eligible Properties included in the determination of Unencumbered Asset Value;

 

(v) not more than 25% of the Unencumbered Asset Value at any time may be in respect of any single Unencumbered Eligible Property, with any excess over the foregoing limit being excluded from Unencumbered Asset Value;

 

(vi) not more than 30% of the Unencumbered Asset Value at any time may be in respect of Unencumbered Eligible Properties that are located in any one metropolitan statistical area, with any excess over the foregoing limit being excluded from Unencumbered Asset Value; and

 

(vii) not more than 25% of the Unencumbered Asset Value at any time may be in respect of Unencumbered Eligible Properties that are subject to Eligible Ground Leases (rather than owned in fee simple), with any excess over the foregoing limit being excluded from Unencumbered Asset Value.

 

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(i) such property is a Hotel Property wholly-owned in fee simple directly by a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or ground leased directly by a Wholly Owned Subsidiary pursuant to an Eligible Ground Lease;

 

(ii) the Subsidiary that owns or ground leases such property is organized in a jurisdiction within the United States of America, and the property itself is located in the United States of America;

 

(iii) the property is not subject to any ground lease (other than an Eligible Ground Lease), Lien, negative pledge and/or encumbrance or any restriction on the ability of the relevant Subsidiary to transfer or encumber such property or income therefrom or proceeds thereof (other than Permitted Liens);

 

(iv) the Equity Interests of the Subsidiary that directly owns or ground leases an interest in such Unencumbered Eligible Property (the “Direct Owner”), and those of each Subsidiary that directly or indirectly owns an interest in the Direct Owner (each an “Indirect Owner”), are not junior in any manner to any other class of Equity Interests in such Person or subject to any Liens or other encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances);

 

(v) the property does not have any material title, survey, environmental, structural, architectural or other defects and is not subject to any condemnation or similar proceeding;

 

(vi) the property is managed by a reputable and experienced manager acceptable to the Administrative Agent and operated under the Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt or Starwood brand or another nationally recognized brand approved by the Required Lenders, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, pursuant to a Franchise Agreement having a remaining term (inclusive of any extension options exercisable by the applicable Loan Party) of not less than six (6) years at the time such property is proposed to be included as an Unencumbered Eligible Property;

 

(vii) the property is open and operating and is not the subject of any material expansion or renovation;

 

(viii) no Direct Owner or Indirect Owner of the property is subject to any proceedings under any Debtor Relief Law or has any Indebtedness other than (w) the Obligations, (x) unsecured Guarantees of Indebtedness of the Borrower, (y) in the case of an Indirect Owner, unsecured Guarantees of Non-Recourse Indebtedness of a Subsidiary for which recourse to such Indirect Owner is contractually limited to liability for Customary Non-Recourse Carve-Outs and (z) in the case of Apple Eight Hospitality Ownership, Inc., so long as such Subsidiary is not prohibited from becoming a Guarantor, Non-Recourse Indebtedness of such Subsidiary existing on the Closing Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000 (but not any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof); and

 

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Permitted Release, each Direct Owner and Indirect Owner of the property that has provided a Guarantee of Indebtedness of the Borrower (other than a Guarantee of the Obligations) is a Guarantor.

 

“Unencumbered Real Estate Value” means, with respect to any Unencumbered Eligible Property as of any date of determination, the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the Unencumbered Adjusted NOI for such Unencumbered Eligible Property as of the then most recently ended period of four full fiscal quarters, by (b) the Capitalization Rate (expressed as a decimal).

 

“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.

 

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

 

“Unused Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(a).

 

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

 

“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(e)(ii)(B)(III).

 

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, another Person all of the Equity Interests of which (except directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person and/or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such Person.

 

1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions

 

.  With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

 

(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”  The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.”  Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, amendments and restatements, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “hereto,” “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, 

 

  

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modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

 

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

 

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

 

1.03 Accounting Terms.

 

(a) Generally.  All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, (i) Indebtedness of any member of the Consolidated Group shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded and (ii) financial data and information for any period prior to the Closing Date that is required to be included in any such determination shall be included on a combined basis for the Borrower, Apple REIT Seven, Inc. and Apple REIT Eight, Inc. and their respective Consolidated Subsidiaries.

 

(b) Changes in GAAP.  If at any time any change in GAAP (including the adoption of IFRS) would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (A) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (B) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.  Without limiting the foregoing, leases shall continue to be classified and accounted for on a basis consistent with that reflected in the Audited Financial Statements for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding any change in GAAP relating thereto, unless the parties hereto shall enter into a mutually acceptable amendment addressing such changes, as provided for above.

 

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for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or any similar reference shall, in each case, be deemed to include each variable interest entity that the Borrower is required to consolidate pursuant to FASB ASC 810 as if such variable interest entity were a Subsidiary as defined herein.

 

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

 

1.05 Times of Day; Rates.  Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).  The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of “Eurodollar Rate” or with respect to any comparable or successor rate thereto.

 

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

 

ARTICLE II.  THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

 

2.01 Committed Loans.

 

(a) Revolving Credit Borrowings.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, (i) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Facility at such time, and (ii) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment.  Within the limits of each Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(a), prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(a).  Revolving Credit Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.

 

(b) The Term Borrowing.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term Lender severally agrees to make a single loan to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed such Term Lender’s Term Commitment.  The Term Borrowing shall consist of Term Loans made simultaneously by the Term Lenders in accordance with their 

 

  

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respective Applicable Percentages of the Term Facility.  Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(b) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.  Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.

 

2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans.

 

(a) Each Committed Borrowing, each conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone.  Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) three Business Days (or such shorter period as shall have been agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Committed Loans, and (ii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Committed Loans; provided, however, that if the Borrower wishes to request Eurodollar Rate Loans having an Interest Period other than one, two or three months in duration as provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. four Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Appropriate Lenders of such request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them.  Not later than 11:00 a.m., three Business Days before the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been consented to by all the Appropriate Lenders.  Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.  Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of $1,500,000.  Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Committed Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of $500,000.  Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Term Borrowing, a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Committed Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Committed Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Committed Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto.  If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Committed Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Committed Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans.  Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans.  If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.

 

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applicable Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Appropriate Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in the preceding subsection.  In the case of a Term Borrowing or a Revolving Credit Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Committed Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice.  Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date a Committed Loan Notice with respect to a Revolving Credit Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, shall be made available to the Borrower as provided above.

 

(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan.  During the existence of a Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders.

 

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

 

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

 

2.03 Letters of Credit.

 

(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.

 

(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor compliant drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Total Revolving 

 

  

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Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Facility at such time, (y) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit.  Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence.  Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.

 

(ii) The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit if, subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer have approved such expiry date; provided that in no event will any Letter of Credit have an expiry date that is later than the first anniversary of the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility.

 

(iii) The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

 

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

 

(B) the issuance of the Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;

 

(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, the Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000;

 

(D) the Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars; or

 

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Borrower or such Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which the L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion.

 

(iv) The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.

 

(v) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to the Letter of Credit.

 

(vi) The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article IX included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.

 

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

 

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

 

  

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Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may require.  Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may require.

 

(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof.  Unless the L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Credit Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower or applicable Subsidiary thereof or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices.  Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

 

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

 

  

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Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.

 

(iv) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that permits the automatic reinstatement of all or a portion of the stated amount thereof after any drawing thereunder (each, an “Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit”).  Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer to permit such reinstatement.  Once an Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit has been issued, except as provided in the following sentence, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to reinstate all or a portion of the stated amount thereof in accordance with the provisions of such Letter of Credit.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit permits the L/C Issuer to decline to reinstate all or any portion of the stated amount thereof after a drawing thereunder by giving notice of such non-reinstatement within a specified number of days after such drawing (the “Non-Reinstatement Deadline”), the L/C Issuer shall not permit such reinstatement if it has received a notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Reinstatement Deadline (A) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such reinstatement or (B) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied (treating such reinstatement as an L/C Credit Extension for purposes of this clause) and, in each case, directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such reinstatement.

 

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

 

(vi) If the expiry date of any Letter of Credit would occur after the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility, the Borrower hereby agrees that it will at least thirty (30) days prior to such Maturity Date (or, in the case of a Letter of Credit issued or extended on or after thirty (30) days prior to the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility, on the date of such issuance or extension, as applicable) Cash Collateralize such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the L/C Obligations arising or expected to arise in connection with such Letter of Credit.

 

(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.

 

(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof.  Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing.  If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such 

 

  

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

 

(ii) Each Revolving Credit Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) for the account of the L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Committed Loan to the Borrower in such amount.  The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer.

 

(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.  In such event, each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.

 

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

 

(v) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, 

 

  

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the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice).  No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

 

(vi) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the L/C Issuer in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing.  If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Committed Loan included in the relevant Committed Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be.  A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(d) Repayment of Participations.

 

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

 

(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per 

 

  

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annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.  The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

 

(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing and each Revolving Loan made pursuant to Section 2.03(c) shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:

 

(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(vi) any payment made by the L/C Issuer in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the UCC or the ISP;

 

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

 

  

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(viii) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(h) Letter of Credit Fees.  The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.17, with its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage a Letter of Credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans made under the Revolving Credit Facility times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit.  For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06.  Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand and (ii) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears.  If there is any change in the Applicable Rate for the Revolving Credit Facility during any quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate for the Revolving Credit Facility separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) while any Event of Default arising under Section 8.01(a)(i) or Section 8.01(f) exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate, and (ii) upon the request of the Required Revolving Lenders while any Event of Default exists (other than as set forth in clause (i)), all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.

 

(i) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit, at the rate per annum specified in the Fee Letter, computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears.  Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the tenth Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand.  For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06.  In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect.  Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.

 

  

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(j) Conflict with Issuer Documents.  In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.

 

(k) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries.  Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit.  The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.

 

2.04 Swing Line Loans.

 

(a) The Swing Line.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, may in its sole discretion make loans (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided, however, that (x) after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Facility at such time and (ii) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, (y) the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan, and (z) the Swing Line Lender shall not be under any obligation to make any Swing Line Loan if it shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that it has, or by such Credit Extension may have, Fronting Exposure.  Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.04.  Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan.  Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.

 

(b) Borrowing Procedures.  Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day.  Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.  Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing 

 

  

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Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof.  Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Credit Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article IV is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower at its office by crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of the Swing Line Lender in immediately available funds.

 

(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.

 

(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Credit Lender make a Base Rate Revolving Credit Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding.  Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit Facility and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02.  The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent.  Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral available with respect to the applicable Swing Line Loan) for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice (or on the immediately following Business Day if such notice is received by the Lenders after 11:00 a.m. on the specified funding date), whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Revolving Credit Loan to the Borrower in such amount.  The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.

 

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

 

  

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(iii) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Swing Line Lender in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swing Line Lender in connection with the foregoing.  If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loan included in the relevant Revolving Credit Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan, as the case may be.  A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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

 

(d) Repayment of Participations.

 

(i) At any time after any Revolving Credit Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan or made a Revolving Credit Loan pursuant to Section 2.04(c), if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.

 

(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate.  The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request 

 

  

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of the Swing Line Lender.  The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

 

(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender.  The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans.  Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Base Rate Revolving Credit Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.

 

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

 

2.05 Prepayments.

 

(a) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Committed Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (A) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (B) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Committed Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of $1,500,000; and (iii) any prepayment of Base Rate Committed Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of $500,000 or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding.  Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment, the Facility and the Type(s) of Committed Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurodollar Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans.  The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s ratable portion of such prepayment (based on such Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility).  If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.  Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.  Subject to Section 2.17, each such prepayment shall be promptly paid to the Appropriate Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages in respect of the relevant Facilities.

 

(b) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (A) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (B) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000.  Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment.  If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.

 

(c) If for any reason Total Revolving Credit Outstandings exceed the Revolving Credit Facility then in effect, the Borrower shall immediately prepay Loans (including Swing Line Loans and L/C Borrowings) and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (other than the 

 

  

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L/C Borrowings) in an aggregate amount necessary to cause Total Revolving Credit Outstandings to equal or be less than the Revolving Credit Facility then in effect; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) unless after the prepayment in full of the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings exceed the Revolving Credit Facility then in effect.

 

2.06 Termination or Reduction of Commitments.

 

(a) Optional.  The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Revolving Credit Facility, or from time to time permanently reduce the Revolving Credit Facility; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. five Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (iii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Credit Facility if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings would exceed the Revolving Credit Facility, and (iv) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Revolving Credit Facility, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility, such Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.  The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Revolving Credit Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of the Revolving Credit Facility.  Any reduction of the Revolving Credit Facility shall be applied to the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender according to its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage.  All fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Revolving Credit Facility shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

 

(b) Mandatory.  The aggregate Term Commitments shall be automatically and permanently reduced to zero on the date of the Term Borrowing after giving effect thereto.

 

2.07 Repayment of Loans.

 

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

 

(b) The Borrower shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to occur of (i) the date seven Business Days after such Loan is made and (ii) the Maturity Date of the Revolving Credit Facility.

 

(c) The Borrower shall repay to the Term Lenders on the Maturity Date of the Term Facility the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding on such date.

 

2.08 Interest.

 

(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan under a Facility shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate for such Facility; (ii) each Base Rate Committed Loan under a Facility shall 

 

  

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bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for such Facility; and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate applicable to Base Rate Loans for the Revolving Credit Facility.

 

(b)      (i) While any Event of Default arising under Section 8.01(a)(i) or Section 8.01(f) exists, the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

 

(ii) Upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists (other than as set forth in clause (b)(i) above), the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

 

(iii) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.

 

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

 

2.09 Fees. In addition to certain fees described in subsections (h) and (i) of Section 2.03 and in Sections 2.14(b)(iii) and 2.15(c)(iii):

 

(a) Revolving Credit Facility Fees.  At all times during the Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article IV is not met, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage, (i) prior to the Investment Grade Pricing Effective Date, an unused line fee (the “Unused Fee”) equal to the Applicable Fee Rate times the actual daily amount by which the Revolving Credit Facility exceeds the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.17 and (ii) at all times on and after the Investment Grade Pricing Effective Date, a facility fee (the “Facility Fee”) equal to the “Facility Fee” component of the Applicable Rate times the actual daily amount of the Revolving Credit Facility (or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated, the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings).  For the avoidance of doubt, the Outstanding Amount of Swing Line Loans shall not be counted towards or considered usage of the Revolving Credit Facility for purposes of determining the Unused Fee.  Accrued Unused Fees pursuant to clause (i) above and Facility Fees pursuant to clause (ii) above shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the last day of the Availability Period.  The Unused Fee and the Facility Fee shall be calculated quarterly 

 

  

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in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Fee Rate or the “Facility Fee” component of the Applicable Rate, as applicable, during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Fee Rate or the “Facility Fee” component of the Applicable Rate, as the case may be, separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Fee Rate or “Facility Fee” component of the Applicable Rate was in effect.

 

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

 

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

 

2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate.

 

(a) All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate) shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed.  All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year).  Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which such Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which such Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one day.  Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

 

(b) If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of the Borrower or for any other reason, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders determine that (i) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as calculated by the Borrower as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a proper calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for such period, the Borrower shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, promptly on demand by the Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law, automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period.  This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under any other provision of  this Agreement, including without limitation, Section 2.03(c)(iii), 2.03(h) or 2.08(b) or under Article VIII.  The Borrower’s obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Facility and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

 

  

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2.11 Evidence of Debt.

 

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

 

(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in Section 2.12(a) above, each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans.  In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.

 

2.12 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.

 

(a) General.  All payments to be made by any Loan Party shall be made free and clear of and without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by any Loan Party hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein.  The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office.  All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.  If any payment to be made by any Loan Party shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.

 

(b) (i)  Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent.  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Committed Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Committed Borrowing) that such 

 

  

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Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Committed Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.  In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Committed Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans.  If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period.  If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Committed Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Committed Loan included in such Committed Borrowing.  Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.

 

(ii) Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent.  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Appropriate Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due.  In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Appropriate Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

 

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

 

(c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent.  If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender to the Borrower as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit 

 

  

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Extension set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.

 

(d) Obligations of Lenders Several.  The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Committed Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 11.04(c) are several and not joint.  The failure of any Lender to make any Committed Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 11.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Committed Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 11.04(c).

 

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

 

(f) Insufficient Funds.  If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, L/C Borrowings, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, toward payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due such parties, and (ii) second, toward payment of principal and L/C Borrowings then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and L/C Borrowings then due such parties

 

2.13 Sharing of Payments by Lenders.  If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of the Committed Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans held by it resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Committed Loans or participations and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Committed Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Committed Loans and other amounts owing them in respect of the Facilities, provided that:

 

(i) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and

 

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existence of a Defaulting Lender), (y) the application of Cash Collateral providedfor in Section 2.16, or (z) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Committed Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).

 

Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.

 

2.14 Extension of Maturity Date in respect of Revolving Credit Facility.

 

(a) Request for Extension.  The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent (such notice, an “Extension Notice”) not earlier than 90 days and not later than 30 days prior to the Initial Maturity Date, request that the Revolving Credit Lenders extend the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility for an additional twelve (12) months from the Initial Maturity Date.  The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such Extension Notice to the Revolving Credit Lenders promptly following its receipt thereof.

 

(b) Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Maturity Date Extension.  As conditions precedent to the effectiveness of such extension of the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility, each of the following requirements shall be satisfied:

 

(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received an Extension Notice within the period required under Section 2.14(a) above;

 

(ii) On the date of such Extension Notice and both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such extension of the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

(iii) The Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent, for the pro rata benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders based on their Applicable Revolving Credit Percentages as of the Initial Maturity Date, an extension fee in an amount equal to 0.15% of the Revolving Credit Facility in effect on the Initial Maturity Date, it being agreed that such fee shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason;

 

(iv) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the Initial Maturity Date signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (i)(x) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such extension or (y) certifying that, as of the Initial Maturity Date, the resolutions delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on the Closing Date (which resolutions include approval for an extension of the Maturity Date, with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, for an additional twelve (12) months from the Initial Maturity Date) are and remain in full force and effect and have not been modified, rescinded or superseded since the date of adoption and (ii) certifying that 

 

  

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(A) the representations and warranties contained in Article V and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of the Extension Notice and, both before and after giving effect to such extension, on and as of the Initial Maturity Date, except (x) to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, (y) any representation or warranty that is already by its terms qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects as of such date after giving effect to such qualification and (z) for purposes of this Section 2.14, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01, and (B) no Default exists; and

 

(v) The Borrower and the other Loan Parties shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent such reaffirmations of their respective obligations under the Loan Documents (after giving effect to the extension), and acknowledgments and certifications that they have no claims, offsets or defenses with respect to the payment or performance of any of the Obligations, including, without limitation, reaffirmations of the Guaranty, executed by the Loan Parties party thereto.

 

(c) Conflicting Provisions.  This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or 11.01 to the contrary.

 

2.15 Increase in Facilities.

 

(a) Request for Increase.  Provided there exists no Default, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, may from time to time, elect to increase the aggregate principal amount of the Facilities to an amount not exceeding $700,000,000 by increasing the Revolving Credit Facility and/or increasing the Term Facility or, if the Term Facility has been terminated or is otherwise no longer outstanding, with a new term facility on substantially the same terms as the Term Facility (and after the Increase Effective Date with respect thereto all references to the “Term Facility” herein and in any other Loan Documents shall mean such new term facility (the “New Term Facility”)); provided that any such request for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of $25,000,000, or such other amount agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.  In such written notice, the Borrower shall specify the Facility that it proposes to increase and the identity of each Appropriate Lender and each Eligible Assignee that it proposes to approach to provide all or a portion of such increase (subject in each case to any requisite consents required under Section 11.06); provided, however, that (i) any existing Appropriate Lender approached to provide all or a portion of such increase may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide all or a portion of such increase in the applicable Facility offered to it (and any Lender that has failed to respond to any such request shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment or its Term Loan, or to provide any of the New Term Facility, as applicable) and (ii) any Eligible Assignee providing any portion of such increase in the applicable Facility that is not an existing Lender shall become a Lender pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel (a “New Lender Joinder Agreement”).

 

  

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(b) Effective Date and Allocations.  If either of the Facilities is increased or a New Term Facility is established in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall determine the effective date (each an “Increase Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such increase among the Appropriate Lenders.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Appropriate Lenders of the final allocation of such increase and the Increase Effective Date.

 

(c)   Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase.  As conditions precedent to each such increase, on or prior to the applicable Increase Effective Date, (i) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of such Increase Effective Date signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (x) (1) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase or (2) certifying that, as of such Increase Effective Date, the resolutions delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on the Closing Date (which resolutions include approval to increase the aggregate principal amount of the Facilities to an amount at least equal to $700,000,000) are and remain in full force and effect and have not been modified, rescinded or superseded since the date of adoption, and (y) in the case of the Borrower, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article V and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Increase Effective Date, except to the extent that (1) such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, (2) any representation or warranty that is already by its terms qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects as of such date after giving effect to such qualification and (3) for purposes of this Section 2.15, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01, and (B) no Default exists, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received (x) a New Lender Joinder Agreement duly executed by the Borrower and each Eligible Assignee that is becoming a Lender in connection with such increase, which New Lender Joinder Agreement shall be acknowledged and consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent, and, if such Eligible Assignee is becoming a Revolving Credit Lender, by the Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer and (y) written confirmation from each existing Lender, if any, participating in such increase of the amount by which its Revolving Credit Commitment or Term Loan, as applicable, will be increased, which confirmation, if from a Revolving Credit Lender, shall be acknowledged and consented to in writing by the Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer, (iii) if requested by the Administrative Agent or any new Lender or Lender increasing its Revolving Credit Commitment or Term Loan, the Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable opinion of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent), addressed to Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to such customary matters concerning the increase in the aggregate amount of the Facilities as Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (iv) the Borrower shall have paid to the Arrangers the fee required to be paid pursuant to the Fee Letter in connection therewith.

 

(d) Settlement Procedures.  On each Increase Effective Date, promptly following fulfillment of the conditions set forth in clause (c) of this Section 2.15, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Appropriate Lenders of the occurrence of the increase of the applicable Facility effected on such Increase Effective Date and the amount of the applicable Revolving Credit 

 

  

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Commitments or additional Term Loans, as the case may be, and the Applicable Percentage of each Appropriate Lender as a result thereof.  In the event of an increase in the Term Facility, on such Increase Effective Date each Lender participating in such increase shall make a Term Loan to the Borrower equal to its allocated portion of such increase.  In the event that an increase in the Revolving Credit Facility results in any change to the Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of any Revolving Credit Lender, then on the Increase Effective Date, as applicable, (i) the participation interests of the Revolving Credit Lenders in any outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans shall be automatically reallocated among the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Revolving Credit Percentages after giving effect to such increase, (ii) any new Lender, and any existing Lender whose Revolving Credit Commitment has increased, shall pay to the Administrative Agent such amounts as are necessary to fund its new or increased share of all Revolving Credit Loans, (iii) the Administrative Agent will use the proceeds thereof to pay to all existing Revolving Credit Lenders whose Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage is decreasing such amounts as are necessary so that each Revolving Credit Lender’s share of all Revolving Credit Loans, will be equal to its adjusted Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage, and (iv) if the Increase Effective Date occurs on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable to any outstanding Loan that is a Eurodollar Rate Loan, then the Borrower shall pay any amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05 on account of the payments made pursuant to clause (iii) of this sentence.

 

(e) Conflicting Provisions.  This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or 11.01 to the contrary.

 

2.16 Cash Collateral.

 

(a) Certain Credit Support Events.  If (i) the L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, (ii) as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, (iii) the Borrower shall be required to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 8.02(c), or (iv) there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower shall immediately (in the case of clause (iii) above) or within one Business Day (in all other cases) following any request by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, provide Cash Collateral in an amount not less than the applicable Minimum Collateral Amount (determined in the case of Cash Collateral provided pursuant to clause (iv) above, after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).

 

(b) Grant of Security Interest.  The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders (including the Swing Line Lender), and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.16(c).  If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount, the Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative 

 

  

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Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency. All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America. The Borrower shall pay on demand therefor from time to time all customary account opening, activity and other administrative fees and charges in connection with the maintenance and disbursement of Cash Collateral.

 

(c) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.16 or Sections 2.03,  2.05, 2.17 or 8.02 in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, Swing Line Loans, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.

 

(d) Release.  Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or to secure other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 11.06(b)(vi))) or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, that (x) Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party shall not be released during the continuance of a Default (and following application as provided in this Section 2.16 may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 8.03), and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.

 

2.17 Defaulting Lenders.

 

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

 

(i) Waivers and Amendments.  Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definition of “Required Lenders”, “Required Revolving Lenders”, “Required Term Lenders” and Section 11.01.

 

(ii) Defaulting Lender Waterfall.  Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise, and including any amounts made available or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 11.08) shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, in the case of a Defaulting Lender that is a Revolving Credit Lender, 

 

  

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to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; third, in the case of a Defaulting Lender that is a Revolving Credit Lender, to Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.16; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, in the case of a Defaulting Lender that is a Revolving Credit Lender, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuer’s future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.16; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans or L/C Borrowings were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Obligations owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Obligations owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments hereunder without giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.17(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

 

(iii) Certain Fees.

 

(A) No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Unused Fee payable under Section 2.09(a) for any period during which such Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).

 

(B) Each Defaulting Lender that is a Revolving Credit Lender shall be entitled to receive (x) Facility Fees payable under Section 2.09(a) for any period during which such Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to 

 

  

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the sum of (1) the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans funded by it, and (2) its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.16 and (y) Letter of Credit Fees for any period during which such Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.16.

 

(C) With respect to any Facility Fee or Letter of Credit Fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (B) above, the Borrower shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (y) pay to the L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, as applicable, the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such L/C Issuer’s or Swing Line Lender’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.

 

(iv) Reallocation of Applicable Percentages to Reduce Fronting Exposure.  In the case of a Defaulting Lender that is a Revolving Credit Lender, all or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders that are Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Revolving Credit Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the Borrower shall have otherwise notified the Administrative Agent at such time, the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender that is a Revolving Credit Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment.  No reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.

 

(v) Cash Collateral, Repayment of Swing Line Loans.  If the reallocation described in clause (a)(iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under applicable Law, (x) first, prepay Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to the Swing Line Lenders’ Fronting Exposure and (y) second, Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuers’ Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.16.

 

(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and, with respect to any Defaulting Lender that is a Revolving Credit Lender, the Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer, agree in writing that a Defaulting Lender shall no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of 

 

  

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

 

ARTICLE III.  TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

 

3.01 Taxes.

 

(a) Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes.

 

(i) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Laws.  If any applicable Laws (as determined in the good faith discretion of the Administrative Agent) require the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by the Administrative Agent or a Loan Party, then the Administrative Agent or such Loan Party shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding, upon the basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to subsection (e) below.

 

(ii) If any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by the Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes, including both United States Federal backup withholding and withholding taxes, from any payment, then (A) the Administrative Agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by the Administrative Agent to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) the Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the Code, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.

 

(iii) If any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by any applicable Laws other than the Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes from any payment, then (A) such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, as required by such Laws, shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by it to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) such 

 

  

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Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, to the extent required by such Laws, shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with such Laws, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.

 

(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties.  Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

 

(c) Tax Indemnifications.  (i) Each of the Loan Parties shall, and does hereby, jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.01) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each of the Loan Parties shall, and does hereby, jointly and severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender or the L/C Issuer for any reason fails to pay indefeasibly to the Administrative Agent as required pursuant to Section 3.01(c)(ii) below.

 

(ii) Each Lender and the L/C Issuer shall, and does hereby, severally indemnify, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, (x) the Administrative Agent against any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender or the L/C Issuer (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (y) the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties, as applicable, against any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 11.06(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties, as applicable, against any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or a Loan Party in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each Lender and the L/C Issuer hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as 

 

  

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the case may be, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii).

 

(d) Evidence of Payments.  Upon request by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party or by the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 3.01, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by Laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.

 

(e) Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.

 

(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 3.01(e)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

 

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person,

 

(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

 

(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time 

 

  

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thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(I) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

 

(II) executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;

 

(III) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN; or

 

(IV) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2 or Exhibit G-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

 

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

 

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were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

(iii) Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered pursuant to this Section 3.01 expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds.  Unless required by applicable Laws, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender or the L/C Issuer, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be.  If any Recipient determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Loan Party or with respect to which any Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.01, it shall pay to such Loan Party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by a Loan Party under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) incurred by such Recipient, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that each Loan Party, upon the request of the Recipient, agrees to repay the amount paid over to such Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Recipient in the event the Recipient is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection, in no event will the applicable Recipient be required to pay any amount to any Loan Party pursuant to this subsection the payment of which would place the Recipient in a less favorable net after-Tax position than such Recipient would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid.  This subsection shall not be construed to require any Recipient to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to any Loan Party or any other Person.

 

(g) Payments made by Administrative Agent.  For the avoidance of doubt, any payments made by the Administrative Agent to any Lender shall be treated as payments made by the applicable Loan Party.

 

  

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(h) Lender treated as Partnership.  If any Lender is treated as partnership for purposes of an applicable Indemnified Tax or Other Tax, any withholding made by such Lender shall be treated as if such withholding had been made by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent.

 

(i) L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lenders.  For purposes of this Section 3.01, the term “Lender” shall include the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender.

 

(j) Survival.  Each party’s obligations under this Section 3.01 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or the L/C Issuer, the termination of the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Facility and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.

 

3.02 Illegality.  If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Committed Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended, and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist.  Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal  for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate.  Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

 

3.03 Inability to Determine Rates.  If in connection with any request for a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof (a) the Administrative Agent determines that (i) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan, or (ii) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any 

 

  

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requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan (in each case with respect to clause (a) above, the “Impacted Loans”), or (b) the Administrative Agent or the affected Lenders determine that for any reason the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender.  Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Rate Loans or Interest Periods), and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurodollar Rate component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the affected Lenders) revokes such notice.  Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Rate Loans or Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Administrative Agent has made the determination described in clause (a) of the first sentence of this section, the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower and the affected Lenders, may establish an alternative interest rate for the Impacted Loans, in which case, such alternative rate of interest shall apply with respect to the Impacted Loans until (1) the Administrative Agent revokes the notice delivered with respect to the Impacted Loans under clause (a) of the first sentence of this section, (2) the Administrative Agent or the affected Lenders notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that such alternative interest rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding the Impacted Loans, or (3) any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to such alternative rate of interest or to determine or charge interest rates based upon such rate or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to do any of the foregoing and provides the Administrative Agent and the Borrower written notice thereof.

 

3.04 Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans. 

 

(a) Increased Costs Generally.  If any Change in Law shall:

 

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement contemplated by Section 3.04(e)) or the L/C Issuer;

 

(ii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or

 

  

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(iii) impose on any Lender or the L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan the interest on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or the L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or the L/C Issuer, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

 

(b) Capital Requirements.  If any Lender or the L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or the L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

 

(c) Certificates for Reimbursement.  A certificate of a Lender or the L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

 

(d) Delay in Requests.  Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.04 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, 

 

  

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then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

 

(e) Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans.  The Borrower shall pay to each Lender, as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as “Eurocurrency liabilities”), additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided the Borrower shall have received at least 10 days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest or costs from such Lender.  If a Lender fails to give notice 10 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest or costs shall be due and payable 10 days from receipt of such notice.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(c) any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 11.13;

 

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

 

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

 

3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

 

(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office.  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or requires the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender, the L/C Issuer, or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then, at the request of the Borrower, such Lender or the L/C Issuer shall, as 

 

  

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applicable, use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender or the L/C Issuer, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be.  The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or the L/C Issuer in connection with any such designation or assignment.

 

(b) Replacement of Lenders.  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01 and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 3.06(a), the Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 11.13.

 

3.07 Survival.  All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive the termination of the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Facility, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder, and resignation of the Administrative Agent.

 

ARTICLE IV.  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS

 

4.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension.  The obligation of the L/C Issuer and each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

 

(a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or e-mails (in a .pdf format) or telecopies (in each case, followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:

 

(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement, sufficient in number for distribution to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Borrower;

 

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

 

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

 

  

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

 

(v) a favorable opinion of McGuireWoods LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to the matters concerning the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;

 

(vi) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Borrower either (A) attaching copies of all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party and the validity against such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect, or (B) stating that no such consents, licenses or approvals are so required;

 

(vii) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying (A) that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied, (B) that there has been no event or circumstance since December 31, 2012 that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and (C) that no action, suit, investigation or proceeding is pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that (1) relates to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or (2) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except for any existing litigation set forth on Schedule 5.06;

 

(viii) a Solvency Certificate from the Borrower certifying that, after giving effect to the transactions to occur on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, all Credit Extensions to occur on the Closing Date), each Loan Party is, individually and together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, Solvent;

 

(ix) a duly completed Compliance Certificate, giving pro forma effect to the transactions to occur on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, all Credit Extensions to occur on the Closing Date) (such Compliance Certificate, the “Pro Forma Closing Date Compliance Certificate”);

 

(x) evidence that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Loan Documents has been obtained and is in effect (and the amount, types and terms and conditions of all such insurance shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent);

 

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(xii) evidence that the Existing Credit Agreement and all other existing Indebtedness of each Loan Party that is not permitted under this Agreement has been, or concurrently with the Closing Date is being, terminated and all Liens securing such obligations have been, or concurrently with the Closing Date are being released; and

 

(xiii) such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or the Required Lenders reasonably may require.

 

(b) Any fees required hereunder or under the Fee Letter to be paid on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid.

 

(c) Unless waived by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have paid all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent (directly to such counsel if requested by the Administrative Agent) to the extent invoiced (which invoice may be in summary form) prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent).

 

(d) The Mergers shall have been consummated in compliance with applicable Law and regulatory approvals, and on terms and conditions and pursuant to documentation satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders.

 

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 9.03, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto. 

 

4.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions.  The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent:

 

(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article V or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except (i) to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, (ii) any representation or warranty that is already by its terms qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects as of such date after giving effect to such qualification and (iii) that for purposes of this Section 4.02, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and 

 

  

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(b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01.

 

(b) No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds thereof.

 

(c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.

 

Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.

 

ARTICLE V.  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:

 

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

 

5.02 Authorization; No Contravention.  The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to be made under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (c) violate any Law.

 

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or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

5.04 Binding Effect.  This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto.  This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with its terms.

 

5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.

 

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

 

(b) The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries dated September 30, 2013, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter ended on that date (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (ii) fairly present the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments.

 

(c) Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d) The consolidated forecasted balance sheet and statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(c) were prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were fair in light of the conditions existing at the time of delivery of such forecasts, and represented, at the time of delivery, the Borrower’s best estimate of its future financial condition and performance.

 

(e) (i) The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower, after giving effect to the Mergers and certain transactions directly associated with the Mergers as if all such transactions had occurred on September 30, 2013 and (ii) the related unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations of the Borrower, after giving effect to the Mergers and certain transactions directly associated with the Mergers as if all such transactions had occurred (x) on January 1, 2012 for the year ended December 31, 2012, and (y) on September 30, 2013 for the nine month period then ended, in each case, certified by the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Borrower, copies of which have been furnished to 

 

  

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each Lender, fairly present the pro forma financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such date and the pro forma results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period ended on such date, in each case giving effect to the transactions to occur on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, all Credit Extensions to occur on the Closing Date), all in accordance with GAAP.  Schedule 5.05 sets forth all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not included in such financial statements, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness.

 

5.06 Litigation.  There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party after due and diligent investigation, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (b) except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.06, either individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  There are no judgments, final orders or awards outstanding against or affecting any Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any Unencumbered Eligible Property individually or in the aggregate in excess of $5,000,000.

 

5.07 No Default.  Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation that could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

5.08 Ownership of Property; Liens.  Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for such defects in title as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The property of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than Liens permitted by Section 7.01.

 

5.09 Environmental Compliance.  Except with respect to any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither a Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any applicable Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any Environmental Permit required under any applicable Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.

 

5.10 Insurance.  The properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Borrower, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in each of the localities where the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries operates and/or owns properties.

 

  

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5.11 Taxes.  Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has timely filed all federal, state and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and has timely paid all federal, state and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP.  There is no proposed tax assessment against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is party to any tax sharing agreement.

 

5.12 ERISA Compliance.

 

(a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state laws.  Each Pension Plan that is intended to be a qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the form of such Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and the trust related thereto has been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Code, or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the Internal Revenue Service.  To the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, nothing has occurred that would prevent or cause the loss of such tax-qualified status.  None of the Unencumbered Eligible Properties constitutes a “plan asset” of any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan or Guaranteed Pension Plan.

 

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

 

(c) (i) No ERISA Event has occurred, and neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate is aware of any fact, event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to constitute or result in an ERISA Event with respect to any Pension Plan; (ii) each Loan Party and each ERISA Affiliate has met all applicable requirements under the Pension Funding Rules in respect of each Pension Plan, and no waiver of the minimum funding standards under the Pension Funding Rules has been applied for or obtained; (iii) as of the most recent valuation date for any Pension Plan, the funding target attainment percentage (as defined in Section 430(d)(2) of the Code) is 60% or higher and neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate knows of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause the funding target attainment percentage for any such plan to drop below 60% as of the most recent valuation date; (iv) neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability to the PBGC other than for the payment of premiums, and there are no premium payments which have become due that are unpaid; (v) neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or Section 4212(c) of ERISA; and (vi) no Pension Plan has been terminated by the plan administrator thereof nor by the PBGC, and no event or circumstance has occurred or exists that could reasonably be expected to cause the PBGC to institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate any Pension Plan.

 

  

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(d) Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate maintains or contributes to, or has any unsatisfied obligation to contribute to, or liability under, any active or terminated Pension Plan other than (A) on the Closing Date, those listed on Schedule 5.12(d) hereto and (B) thereafter, Pension Plans not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement. 

 

5.13 Subsidiaries; Equity Interests; Loan Parties

 

.  As of the Closing Date, no Loan Party has any Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed in Part (a) of Schedule 5.13, and all of the outstanding Equity Interests in such Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by a Loan Party or a Subsidiary thereof in the amounts specified on Part (a) of Schedule 5.13 free and clear of all Liens.  All of the outstanding Equity Interests in each Loan Party have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.  The Borrower has no equity investments in any other corporation or entity other than those specifically disclosed in Part (b) of Schedule 5.13.  Set forth on Part (c) of Schedule 5.13 is a complete and accurate list of all Loan Parties, showing as of the Closing Date (as to each Loan Party) the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, the address of its chief executive office and principal place of business and the type of organization it is.

 

5.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.

 

(a) Such Loan Party is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock.  Following the application of the proceeds of each Borrowing or drawing under each Letter of Credit, not more than 25% of the value of the assets (of the Borrower only or of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) will be margin stock.

 

(b) None of the Borrower, any Person Controlling the Borrower, or any Subsidiary of the Borrower is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

5.15 Disclosure

 

.  Each Loan Party has disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  No report, financial statement, certificate or other information furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (in each case, as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, each Loan Party represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.

 

5.16 Compliance with Laws.  Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary thereof is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which 

 

  

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(a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.17 Taxpayer Identification Number.  Each Loan Party’s true and correct U.S. taxpayer identification number is set forth on Schedule 11.02 (or, in the case of a Subsidiary that becomes a Loan Party after the Closing Date, is set forth in the information provided to the Administrative Agent with respect to such Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.12).

 

5.18 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.  Each Loan Party, and each of its Subsidiaries, owns, or possesses the right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict with the rights of any other Person.  To the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, no slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries infringes upon any rights held by any other Person.  No claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.19 OFAC.  No Loan Party, no Subsidiary of any Loan Party nor, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, any other Related Party of a Loan Party, (i) is currently the subject of any Sanctions, (ii) is located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction, or (iii) is or has been (within the previous five (5) years) engaged in any transaction with any Person who is now or was then the subject of Sanctions or who is located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction.  No Loan, nor the proceeds from any Loan, has been used, directly or indirectly, to lend, contribute, provide or has otherwise made available to fund any activity or business in any Designated Jurisdiction or to fund any activity or business of any Person located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction or who is the subject of any Sanctions, or in any other manner that will result in any violation by any Person (including any Lender, the Arrangers, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender) of Sanctions.

 

5.20 Solvency.  Each Loan Party is, individually and together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, Solvent.

 

5.21 REIT Status.  The Borrower is organized and operated in a manner that allows it to qualify for REIT Status.

 

5.22 Unencumbered Eligible Properties.  Each property included in any calculation of Unencumbered Asset Value or Unencumbered Adjusted NOI satisfied, at the time of such calculation, all of the requirements contained in the definition of “Unencumbered Eligible Property”.

 

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dispute, drought, storm, hail, earthquake, embargo, act of God or of the public enemy or other casualty (whether or not covered by insurance), condemnation or eminent domain that, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.24 Anti-Money Laundering; Sanctions.

 

(a) Neither the Borrower, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, any Related Party thereof (i) has violated or is in violation of any applicable anti-money laundering law or (ii) has engaged or engages in any transaction, investment, undertaking or activity that conceals the identity, source or destination of the proceeds from any category of offenses designated in any applicable law, regulation or other binding measure implementing the “Forty Recommendations” and “Nine Special Recommendations” published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering.

 

(b) Neither the Borrower, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, any Related Party thereof, is an individual or entity currently the subject of any Sanctions, nor is the Borrower, any Subsidiary or to the knowledge of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, any Related Party thereof, located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction.

 

ARTICLE VI.  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to (or, solely in the case of the covenants set forth in Sections 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.12 and 6.15, the Borrower shall):

 

6.01 Financial Statements.  Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

 

(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, if earlier, 5 days after the date required to be filed with the SEC (without giving effect to any extension permitted by the SEC)) (commencing with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013), a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit, and which report shall state that such financial statements fairly present the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flow for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior 

 

  

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years (except for changes with which such independent certified public accountant, if applicable, shall concur and which shall have been disclosed in the notes to such financial statements) (which report shall be subject to the confidentiality limitations set forth herein); and

 

(b) as soon as available, but in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, if earlier, 5 days after the date required to be filed with the SEC (without giving effect to any extension permitted by the SEC)) (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2014) an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, the related unaudited consolidated statements of income or operations for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the Borrower’s fiscal year then ended, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the portion of the Borrower’s fiscal year then ended, in each case setting forth in comparative form, as applicable, the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, certified by the chief financial officer or accounting officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting the consolidated financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes; and

 

(c) as soon as available, but in no later than January 31st of each fiscal year of the Borrower, forecasts prepared by management of the Borrower, in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, of statements of income or operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a quarterly basis for the immediately following fiscal year (including the fiscal year in which the Maturity Date for the Term Facility occurs).

 

As to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section 6.02(c), the Loan Parties shall not be separately required to furnish such information under Section 6.01(a) or (b) above, but the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the obligation of the Loan Parties to furnish the information and materials described in Sections 6.01(a) and (b) above at the times specified therein.

 

6.02 Certificates; Other Information.  Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

 

(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower (which delivery may, unless the Administrative Agent, or a Lender requests executed originals, be by electronic communication including fax or email and shall be deemed to be an original authentic counterpart thereof for all purposes).  Each Compliance Certificate shall be accompanied by (i) copies of the statements of Net Operating Income for such fiscal quarter or year for each of the Unencumbered Eligible Properties and Funds from Operations, prepared on a basis consistent with the Audited Financial Statements and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, together with a certification by the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Borrower that the information contained in such statement fairly presents the Net Operating Income of the Unencumbered Eligible Properties for 

 

  

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such periods and (ii) a calculation, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the Unencumbered Asset Value as of the last day of the fiscal period covered by such Compliance Certificate.

 

(b) promptly after any request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, copies of any detailed audit reports, management letters or recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or similar governing body) (or the audit committee of the board of directors or similar governing body) of any Loan Party by independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any audit of any of them;

 

(c) promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of the Borrower, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which the Borrower may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;

 

(d) promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any material statement or report furnished to any holder of material debt securities of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof pursuant to the terms of any indenture, loan or credit or similar agreement, and not otherwise required to be furnished to the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.01 or any other clause of this Section 6.02;

 

(e) promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or possible investigation or other inquiry by such agency regarding financial or other operational results of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof;

 

(f)  promptly after the assertion or occurrence thereof, notice of any action or proceeding against or of any noncompliance by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

(g) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business or corporate affairs or financial condition of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

 

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or Section 6.02(c) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 11.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that the 

 

  

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Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon its request to the Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender.  The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request by a Lender for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

 

Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arrangers may, but shall not be obligated to, make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on Debt Domain, IntraLinks, Syndtrak or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons’ securities.  Each Loan Party hereby agrees that (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” each Loan Party shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Loan Parties or their respective securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 11.07); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information;” and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Side Information.”

 

6.03 Notices.  Promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

 

(a) of the occurrence of any Default;

 

(b) of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, including (i) breach or non-performance of, or any default under, a Contractual Obligation of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof; (ii) any dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding or suspension between any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof and any Governmental Authority; or (iii) the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(c) within five (5) Business Days of (i) the occurrence of any event which constitutes or which with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or otherwise would constitute a default or 

 

  

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event of default by any party under any Material Contract to which any such Person is a party or by which any such Person or any of its respective properties may be bound; (ii) any termination of a Material Contract; or (iii) the execution of a new Management Agreement, Operating Lease or Franchise Agreement or any amendment or waiver of a Management Agreement, Operating Lease or Franchise Agreement with respect to a Hotel Property that includes any material changes to the existing agreement;

 

(d) of the occurrence of any ERISA Event;

 

(e) of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, including any determination by the Borrower referred to in Section 2.10(b);

 

(f) of any announcement by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch of any change in a Debt Rating; provided, that the provisions of this clause (f) shall not apply until such time, if any, as the Borrower obtains an Investment Grade Credit Rating; and

 

(g) within five (5) Business Days of becoming aware of (i) any potential or known Release, or threat of Release, of any Hazardous Materials in violation of any applicable Environmental Law at any Real Estate; (ii) any violation of any Environmental Law that any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries reports in writing or is reportable by such Person in writing (or for which any written report supplemental to any oral report is made) to any federal, state or local environmental agency or (iii) any inquiry, proceeding, investigation, or other action, including a notice from any agency of potential environmental liability, of any federal, state or local environmental agency or board, that in any case involves (A) any Unencumbered Eligible Property, or (B) any other Real Estate and could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Each notice pursuant to this Section 6.03 (other than Section 6.03(f)) shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower and the other Loan Parties have taken and propose to take with respect thereto.  Each notice pursuant to Section 6.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.

 

6.04 Payment of Obligations.  Pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities, including (a) all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary; (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property; and (c) all Indebtedness, as and when due and payable, but subject to any subordination provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness.

 

6.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc.  (a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted by Section 7.04 or 7.05; (b) take all reasonable 

 

  

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action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) preserve or renew all of its registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the non-preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.06 Maintenance of Properties.  (a) Maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties, Unencumbered Eligible Properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted; (b) make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) use the standard of care typical in the industry for similar facilities in similar locations in the operation and maintenance of its facilities.

 

6.07 Maintenance of Insurance.  Maintain and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Borrower, insurance with respect to its properties and its business against general liability, property casualty and such casualties and contingencies as shall be commercially reasonable and in accordance with the customary and general practices of businesses having similar operations and real estate portfolios in similar geographic areas and in amounts, containing such terms, in such forms and for such periods as may be reasonable and prudent for such businesses, including without limitation, insurance policies and programs sufficient to cover (a) the replacement value of the improvements on the subject Real Estate (less commercially reasonable deductible amounts) and (b) liability risks associated with such ownership (less commercially reasonable deductible amounts).

 

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

 

6.09 Books and Records.  (a) Maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, as the case may be; and (b) maintain such books of record and account in material conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.

 

6.10 Inspection Rights.  Permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at the expense of the Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower; provided, however, that when an Event of Default exists the Administrative Agent or 

 

  

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any Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and without advance notice.

 

6.11 Use of Proceeds.  Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions for general corporate purposes, including for acquisitions and stock repurchases, not in contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document.

 

6.12 Additional Unencumbered Eligible Properties and Guarantors.

 

(a) If at any time the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower owns or leases (as the lessee under an Eligible Ground Lease) a property that the Borrower wants to include as an Unencumbered Eligible Property under this Agreement, prior to any such inclusion the Borrower shall:

 

(i) notify the Administrative Agent in writing of its intention to include such property as an Unencumbered Eligible Property, which notice shall include (x) a list of each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is the Direct Owner or an Indirect Owner of such property and (y) if such property will be included after the Investment Grade Permitted Release, an Officer’s Certificate certifying to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as to whether or not the Direct Owner or any Indirect Owner of such property has provided a Guarantee of Indebtedness of the Borrower (other than a Guarantee of the Obligations) (each Subsidiary referred to in the foregoing clause (x) being referred to as a “New Subsidiary”);

 

(ii) provide the Administrative Agent with the U.S. taxpayer identification for each such New Subsidiary; and

 

(iii) provide the Administrative Agent and each Lender with all documentation and other information concerning each such New Subsidiary that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Act.

 

(iv) deliver to the Administrative Agent (1) the items referenced in Section 4.01(a)(iii), (iv) and (vi) with respect to such New Subsidiary and (2) as and to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent a favorable opinion of counsel, which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to such matters concerning such New Subsidiary and the Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; and

 

(v) cause each such New Subsidiary to execute and deliver a joinder agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit F; provided that after the Investment Grade Permitted Release, a New Subsidiary that has not provided a Guarantee of Indebtedness of the Borrower shall not be required to become a Guarantor (and the Borrower shall not be required to take any of the related actions described in clauses (ii) through (iv) above).

 

  

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(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in the event that the results of any such “know your customer” or similar investigation conducted by the Administrative Agent with respect to any New Subsidiary are not satisfactory in all respects to the Administrative Agent, such New Subsidiary shall not be permitted to become a Guarantor, and for the avoidance of doubt no Real Estate owned or ground leased by such New Subsidiary shall be included as an Unencumbered Eligible Property without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

 

6.13 Compliance with Environmental Laws.  Comply, in all material respects, with all applicable Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits held by it; obtain and renew all Environmental Permits necessary for its operations and properties; and conduct any investigation, study, sampling and testing, and undertake any cleanup, response, removal, remedial or other action necessary to remove, remediate and clean up all Hazardous Materials at, on, under or emanating from any of the properties owned, leased or operated by it in accordance with the requirements of all applicable Environmental Laws; provided, however, that Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries shall not be required to undertake any such cleanup, removal, remedial or other action to the extent that its obligation to do so is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and appropriate reserves are being maintained with respect to such circumstances in accordance with GAAP.

 

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

 

6.15 Maintenance of REIT Status. At all times continue to be organized and operated in a manner that will allow the Borrower to qualify for REIT Status.

 

6.16 Material Contracts.  Perform and observe all the terms and provisions of each Material Contract to be performed or observed by it, maintain each such Material Contract in full force and effect, enforce each such Material Contract in accordance with its terms, except, in any case, where the failure to do so, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.17 Business Operations.  Operate their respective businesses in substantially the same manner and in substantially the same fields and lines of business as such business is now conducted and in compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

  

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6.18 Distributions of Income.  Cause all of the Subsidiaries (subject to the terms of any loan documents under which such Subsidiary is the borrower) to promptly distribute to the Borrower (but not less frequently than once each calendar quarter, unless otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent), whether in the form of dividends, distributions or otherwise, all profits, proceeds or other income relating to or arising from the Subsidiaries’ use, operation, financing, refinancing, sale or other disposition of their respective assets and properties after (a) the payment by each Subsidiary of its debt service, operating expenses, capital improvements and leasing commissions for such quarter and (b) the establishment of reasonable reserves for the payment of operating expenses not paid on at least a quarterly basis and capital improvements to be made to such Subsidiary’s assets and properties approved by such Subsidiary in the course of its business consistent with its past practices.

 

ARTICLE VII.  NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Loan Parties shall not, nor shall they permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

7.01 Liens.  Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or sign or file or suffer to exist under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction a financing statement that names the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as debtor, or assign any accounts or other right to receive income, other than the following:

 

(a) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;

 

(b) Liens existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.01 and any renewals or extensions thereof, provided that (i) the property covered thereby is not changed (and in no event includes any Unencumbered Eligible Property or the Equity Interests of any Loan Party), (ii) the amount secured or benefited thereby is not increased except as contemplated by Section 7.03(b) or Section 7.03(c), (iii) the direct or any contingent obligor with respect thereto is not changed, and (iv) any renewal or extension of the obligations secured or benefited thereby is permitted by Section 7.03(b) or Section 7.03(c);

 

(c) Permitted Liens; and

 

(d) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(b) or Section 7.03(c); provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness and (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost or fair market value, whichever is lower, of the property being acquired on the date of acquisition;

 

provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing clauses of this Section 7.01, in no event shall any Liens (other than Permitted Encumbrances) encumber any of the Unencumbered Eligible Properties (or any income therefrom or proceeds thereof) or the Equity Interests of any Loan Party.

 

  

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7.02 Investments.  Make any Investments, except:

 

(a) Investments held by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents;

 

(b) (i) Investments made on or prior to the Closing Date by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in their respective Subsidiaries, (ii) additional Investments by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in Loan Parties (other than the Borrower) and (iii) additional Investments by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties in other Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties;

 

(c) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors or lessees to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;

 

(d) Investments in unimproved land holdings (including through the purchase or other acquisition of all of the Equity Interests of any Person that owns unimproved land holdings) so long as the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to this clause (d) (i) does not exceed 5% of Consolidated Total Assets at any time and (ii) taken together with the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to clauses (e) through (i) of this Section 7.02, does not exceed 30% of Consolidated Total Assets at any time;

 

(e) Investments (whether originated or acquired by the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof) consisting of commercial mortgage or mezzanine loans and commercial real estate-related notes receivable so long as the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to this clause (e) (i) does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Total Assets at any time and (ii) taken together with the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to clauses (d), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of this Section 7.02, does not exceed 30% of Consolidated Total Assets at any time;

 

(f) Investments in respect of costs to construct or develop Real Estate under development so long as the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to this clause (f) (i) does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Total Assets at any time and (ii) taken together with the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to clauses (d), (e), (g), (h) and (i) of this Section 7.02, does not exceed 30% of Consolidated Total Assets at any time;

 

(g) Investments in any Unconsolidated Affiliates (including through the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests of any Unconsolidated Affiliate) so long as the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to this clause (g) (i) does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Total Assets at any time and (ii) taken together with the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to clauses (d), (e) (f), (h) and (i) of this Section 7.02, does not exceed 30% of Consolidated Total Assets at any time;

 

(h) Investments in the Equity Interests of Persons that are not Unconsolidated Affiliates or Consolidated Subsidiaries so long as the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to this clause (h) does not exceed 5% of Consolidated Total Assets at any time and (ii) taken together with the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to clauses (d) through (g) and (i) of this Section 7.02, does not exceed 30% of Consolidated Total Assets at any time;

 

  

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(i) Investments in non-hotel related assets or activities (including through the purchase or other acquisition of all of the Equity Interests of any Person that owns non-hotel related assets) so long as the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to this clause (i) does not exceed 5% of Consolidated Total Assets at any time and (ii) taken together with the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to clauses (d) through (h) of this Section 7.02, does not exceed 30% of Consolidated Total Assets at any time;

 

(j) Investments in Swap Contracts permitted under Section 7.03(e); and

 

(k) other Investments by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries (excluding Investments of the types described in clauses (a) through (i) of this Section 7.02, whether or not permitted under such clauses); provided that, with respect to each Investment made pursuant to this Section 7.02(k):

 

(i) such Investment shall not include or result in any contingent liabilities that could reasonably be expected to be material to the business, financial condition, operations or prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (as determined in good faith (A) by the board of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the Borrower or such Subsidiary if such board of directors is otherwise approving such transaction and (B) in each other case, by a Responsible Officer); and

 

(ii) such Investment shall be in property (or the owner of property) that is part of, or in lines of business that are, substantially the same lines of business as one or more of the principal businesses of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in the ordinary course or Persons that own such property;

 

provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Investment pursuant to clauses (b)(iii) or (d) through (k) of this Section 7.02 be consummated if, (i) immediately before or immediately after giving effect thereto, a Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom or (ii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries would not be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with the provisions of Section 7.11(a), (b) and (f).

 

7.03 Indebtedness.  Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

 

(a) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;

 

(b) Consolidated Secured Recourse Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided that immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the Loan Parties shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with the provisions of Section 7.11(a), (b) and (g);

 

(c) Non-Recourse Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided that that immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the Loan Parties shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with the provisions of Section 7.11(a) and (b);

 

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

 

(f) Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 7.03 and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that no additional Indebtedness shall be incurred in connection with any such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except in accordance with Section 7.03(b) or Section 7.03(c); and

 

(g) any other unsecured Indebtedness; provided that (i) taking into account the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the Loan Parties shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with the provisions of Section 7.11(a), (b) and (f) and (ii) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result under any other provision of this Agreement from such incurrence.

 

7.04 Fundamental Changes.  Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets or all of substantially all of the stock of any of its Subsidiaries (in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that, so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom:

 

(a) (i) any Person may merge into a Loan Party or a Subsidiary in a transaction in which such Loan Party or such Subsidiary is the surviving Person (provided that the Borrower must be the survivor of any merger involving the Borrower), subject to the requirements of  Section 6.12, (ii) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of its assets to another Loan Party or another Subsidiary, subject to the requirements of Section 6.12, (iii) any Subsidiary (other than a Loan Party) may liquidate or dissolve if such liquidation or dissolution is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower, and (iv) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result, any Loan Party or any Subsidiary may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of Equity Interests of a Subsidiary (other than a Loan Party);

 

(b) in connection with any acquisition permitted under Section 7.03, any Subsidiary of the  Borrower may merge into or consolidate with any other Person or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it; provided that the Person surviving such merger shall be a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower and shall comply with the requirements of Section 6.12;

 

(c) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or to another Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a Loan Party, then the transferee must be a Loan Party; and

 

  

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(d) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.05(d) shall be permitted under this Section 7.04.

 

7.05 Dispositions.  Make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition, or, in the case of any Subsidiary of the Borrower, issue, sell or otherwise Dispose of any of such Subsidiary’s Equity Interests to any Person, except:

 

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

 

(b) Dispositions of property by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the Borrower or to another Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided that if the transferor is a Loan Party, the transferee thereof must be a Loan Party;

 

(c) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.04(a), (b) or (c); and

 

(d) (i) the Disposition of any Real Estate and (ii) the sale or other Disposition of all, but not less than all, of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary; provided that no such Disposition shall result in a Material Adverse Effect and, at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; provided further that if (x) such Real Estate is an Unencumbered Eligible Property or (y) such Subsidiary owns any Unencumbered Eligible Property, then at least two Business Days prior to the date of such Disposition, the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) an Officer’s Certificate certifying that (A) at the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Disposition (x) the Loan Parties shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with the provisions of Section 7.11(a), (b) and (f) and (y) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result under any other provision of this Agreement from such Disposition and (B) such Disposition does not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

7.06 Restricted Payments.  Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that the following shall be permitted:

 

(a) the Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the common stock or other common Equity Interests of such Person;

 

(b) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments (net of any proceeds from a dividend reinvestment plan) in cash in an aggregate amount (i) during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on December 31, 2014 (the “Initial Period”) and (ii) in any fiscal year thereafter, in each case, not to exceed the greater of (x) 100% of Funds From Operations for the Initial Period or such fiscal year, as applicable, reducing to 95% of Funds From Operations for such fiscal year beginning with the first full fiscal year following the fiscal year during which one or more classes of the Borrower’s Equity Interests are first listed publicly on a securities exchange plus, in each case, the amount necessary to pay any special or extraordinary tax liabilities then due (after taking into account any losses, offsets and credits, as applicable) on capital gains attributable to property Dispositions occurring during such fiscal year and (y) the amount of Restricted Payments required to be paid by the Borrower (in the Borrower’s 

 

  

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reasonable judgment) in order for it to (1) maintain its REIT Status and (2) avoid the payment of federal or state income or excise tax; provided, that no Restricted Payments will be permitted during the existence of an Event of Default arising under Section 8.01(a), following acceleration of any amount owing under either of the Facilities or during the existence of an Event of Default arising under Section 8.01(f) or (g);

 

(c) the Borrower may from time to time make Restricted Payments for the tender of its common stock in conjunction with a public offering of its common stock in an amount not to exceed $300,000,000 in the aggregate for all such purchases; provided that at the time of and immediately after giving effect to the making of each such Restricted Payment (i) the Loan Parties shall be in compliance with the provisions of Section 7.11(a), (b) and (f), on a Pro Forma Basis, as if each such Restricted Payment was made, and any Indebtedness incurred to fund directly or indirectly any portion of such Restricted Payment was incurred, on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter, and (ii) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result under any other provision of this Agreement from the making of such Restricted Payment; and

 

(d) each Subsidiary of the Borrower may make Restricted Payments pro rata to the holders of its Equity Interests.

 

7.07 Change in Nature of Business. Engage, directly or indirectly, in any line of business other than the ownership, operation, management and development of Hotel Properties or businesses incidental thereto other than pursuant to Investments permitted under Section 7.02(i).

 

7.08 Transactions with Affiliates.  Enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of the Borrower, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof as would be obtainable by the Borrower or such Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate; provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (i) transactions between or among the Loan Parties, (ii) transactions between or among Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, (iii) Investments and Restricted Payments expressly permitted hereunder and (iv) the Operating Leases.

 

7.09 Burdensome Agreements.  Enter into any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement or any other Loan Document) that (a) limits the ability (i) of any Subsidiary to make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any other Loan Party or to otherwise transfer property to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, (ii) of any Subsidiary to Guarantee the Indebtedness of the Borrower or (iii) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person; provided, however, that this clause (iii) shall not prohibit any negative pledge incurred or provided in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(b) or Section 7.03(c) solely to the extent any such negative pledge relates to property financed by or the subject of such Indebtedness; or (b) requires the grant of a Lien to secure an obligation of such Person if a Lien is granted to secure another obligation of such Person (but in no event shall any such negative pledge relate to any Unencumbered Eligible Property or any Loan Party that owns, directly or indirectly, all or any portion of any Unencumbered Eligible Property (or any direct or indirect parent of such Loan Party)).

 

  

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7.10 Use of Proceeds.  Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.

 

7.11 Financial Covenants.

 

(a) Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio.  Permit, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio to exceed 6.00 to 1.00 (or, as of the last day of the two consecutive fiscal quarters immediately following the Borrower’s acquisition, pursuant to one transaction or a series of related transactions occurring contemporaneously, of one or more entities or property portfolios with total assets of at least $250,000,000 (a “Material Acquisition”), 6.50 to 1.00).

 

(b) Maximum Secured Leverage Ratio.  Permit Consolidated Secured Indebtedness to exceed 45% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower.

 

(c) Minimum Tangible Net Worth.  Permit Consolidated Tangible Net Worth at any time to be less than the sum of (i) $2,316,176,000 plus (ii) an amount equal to 75% of the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower from issuances and sales of Equity Interests of the Borrower occurring after the Closing Date (other than any such Net Cash Proceeds received in connection with any customary dividend reinvestment program).

 

(d) Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.  Permit the ratio of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Fixed Charges to be less than 1.50:1.00 as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower for the period of four full fiscal quarters then ended.

 

(e) Minimum Unsecured Interest Coverage Ratio.  Permit the ratio of Unencumbered Adjusted NOI to Consolidated Implied Interest Expense for such period in respect of Consolidated Unsecured Indebtedness to be less than 2.00:1.00 as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower for the period of four full fiscal quarters then ended.

 

(f) Maximum Unsecured Leverage Ratio.  Permit Consolidated Unsecured Indebtedness to exceed 60% of the Unencumbered Asset Value as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower (or, as of the last day of the two consecutive fiscal quarters immediately following a Material Acquisition, 65%).

 

(g) Maximum Secured Recourse Indebtedness.  Permit Consolidated Secured Recourse Indebtedness to exceed 10% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower;

 

7.12 Accounting Changes.  Make any change in (a) accounting policies or reporting practices, except as required or permitted by GAAP, or (b) fiscal year.

 

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restated or supplemented in any respect whatsoever, without, in each case, the express prior written consent or approval of the Administrative Agent, if such changes would adversely affect the rights of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Lenders hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents; provided that if such prior consent or approval is not required, such Loan Party shall nonetheless notify the Administrative Agent in writing promptly after any such modification, amendment, amendment and restatement, or supplement to the charter documents of such Loan Party.

 

7.14 Sanctions.

 

(a) Directly or indirectly, engage in any transaction, investment, undertaking or activity that conceals the identity, source or destination of the proceeds from any category of prohibited offenses designated in any applicable law, regulation or other binding measure by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering or violate these laws or any other applicable anti-money laundering law or engage in these actions.

 

(b) Directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other individual or entity, to fund any activities of or business with any individual or entity, or in any Designated Jurisdiction, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions, or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any individual or entity (including any individual or entity participating in the transaction, whether as Lender, Arranger, Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, Swing Line Lender, or otherwise) of Sanctions.

 

7.15 Compliance with Environmental Laws.  Do, or permit any other Person to do, any of the following: (a) use any of the Real Estate or any portion thereof as a facility for the handling, processing, storage or disposal of Hazardous Materials except for quantities of Hazardous Materials used in the ordinary course of business and in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, (b) cause or permit to be located on any of the Real Estate any underground tank or other underground storage receptacle for Hazardous Materials except in full compliance with Environmental Laws, (c) generate any Hazardous Materials on any of the Real Estate except in full compliance with Environmental Laws, (d) conduct any activity at any Real Estate or use any Real Estate in any manner that could reasonably be contemplated to cause a Release of Hazardous Materials on, upon or into the Real Estate or any surrounding properties or any threatened Release of Hazardous Materials which might give rise to liability under CERCLA or any other Environmental Law, or (e) directly or indirectly transport or arrange for the transport of any Hazardous Materials (except in compliance with all Environmental Laws), except, with respect to any Real Estate other than a Unencumbered Eligible Property where any such use, generation, conduct or other activity has not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

7.16 Management Status.  Be party to any agreement under which any material management or advisory services are provided to any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries or pursuant to which any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries pays any material management, advisory or similar fees, other than the Management Agreements.

 

  

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ARTICLE VIII.  EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

 

8.01 Events of Default.  Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:

 

(a) Non-Payment.  Any Loan Party fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or any L/C Obligation (whether upon demand at maturity, by reason of acceleration or otherwise) or deposit any funds as Cash Collateral in respect of L/C Obligations, or (ii) within three Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or on any L/C Obligation, or any fee due hereunder, or (iii) within three Business Days after the same becomes due, any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or

 

(b) Specific Covenants.  Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.05, 6.07, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.15, 6.17 or 6.18 or Article VII or Article X; or

 

(c) Other Defaults.  Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in Section 8.01(a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for 30 days; or

 

(d) Representations and Warranties.  Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made or any representation or warranty that is already by its terms qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be incorrect or misleading in any respect after giving effect to such qualification when made or deemed made; or

 

(e) Cross-Default.  (i) Any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Recourse Indebtedness or Guarantee of Recourse Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement), individually or in the aggregate with all other Indebtedness as to which such a failure exists, of more than the Threshold Amount, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any Recourse Indebtedness or Guarantee of Recourse Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement), individually or in the aggregate with all other Indebtedness as to which such a failure exists, of more than the Threshold Amount or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such 

 

  

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Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; (ii) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Non-Recourse Indebtedness or Guarantee of Non-Recourse Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement), individually or in the aggregate with all other Indebtedness as to which such a failure exists, of more than the Threshold Amount, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any Non-Recourse Indebtedness or Guarantee of Non-Recourse Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement), individually or in the aggregate with all other Indebtedness as to which such a failure exists, of more than the Threshold Amount or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; or (iii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the aggregate Swap Termination Values owed by the Borrower and all such Subsidiaries as a result thereof is greater than the Threshold Amount; or

 

(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc.  Any Loan Party or any one or more Subsidiaries thereof to which more than 5% of Consolidated Total Assets in the aggregate is attributable institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for 60 calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for 60 calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or

 

(g) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment.  (i) Any Loan Party or any one or more Subsidiaries thereof to which more than 5% of Consolidated Total Assets in the aggregate is attributable becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within 30 days after its issue or levy; or

 

  

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(h) Judgments.  There is entered against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (i) one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money in an aggregate amount (as to all such judgments and orders) exceeding $25,000,000 (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer is rated at least “A” by A.M. Best Company, has been notified of the potential claim and does not dispute coverage), or (ii) any one or more non-monetary final judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B) there is a period of 10 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or

 

(i) ERISA.  (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Loan Party under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of $25,000,000, or (ii) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of $25,000,000; or

 

(j) Invalidity of Loan Documents.  Any provision of any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party or any other Person contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any provision of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any provision of any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any provision of any Loan Document; or

 

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

 

(l) REIT Status.  The Borrower shall, for any reason, fail to maintain its REIT Status, after taking into account any cure provisions set forth in the Code that are complied with by the Borrower.

 

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

 

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

 

(b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Loan Parties;

 

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(d) exercise on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer all rights and remedies available to it, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under the Loan Documents and applicable Laws;

 

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

 

8.03 Application of Funds.  After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.02), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall, subject to the provisions of Sections 2.16 and 2.17, be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:

 

First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;

 

Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and the L/C Issuer (including fees and time charges for attorneys who may be employees of any Lender or the L/C Issuer) and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

 

Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees, Unused Fees, Facility Fees and interest on the Loans, L/C Borrowings and other Obligations, ratably among the Lenders and the L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;

 

Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings and Obligations then owing under Lender Swap Agreements, ratably among the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Hedge Banks in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;

 

Fifth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer, to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit to the extent not otherwise Cash Collateralized by the Borrower pursuant to Sections 2.03 and 2.16; and

 

  

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

 

Subject to Sections 2.03(c) and 2.16, amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur.  If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired or cancelled, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.  Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to any Guarantor shall not be paid with amounts received from such Guarantor or its assets, but appropriate adjustments shall be made with respect to payments from other Loan Parties to preserve the allocation to Obligations otherwise set forth above in this Section 8.03.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Obligations arising under Lender Swap Agreements shall be excluded from the application described above if the Administrative Agent has not received a Designation Notice, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Hedge Bank, as the case may be.  Each Hedge Bank not a party to this Agreement that has given the notice contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of Article IX for itself and its Affiliates as if a “Lender” party hereto.

 

ARTICLE IX.  ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

 

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

 

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

 

  

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9.03 Exculpatory Provisions.  The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:

 

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

 

(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and

 

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

 

The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 11.01 and 8.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment.  The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or the L/C Issuer.

 

The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

 

  

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9.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person.  The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon.  In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the L/C Issuer unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the L/C Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit.  The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Loan Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

 

9.05 Delegation of Duties.  The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

 

9.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent.

 

(a) The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Borrower.  Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower so long as no Event of Default exists, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States.  If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above.  Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.

 

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applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent and, in consultation with the Borrower so long as no Event of Default exists, appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.

 

(c) With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date (as applicable) (1) the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) except for any indemnity payments or other amounts then owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the L/C Issuer directly, until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above.  Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or removed) Administrative Agent (other than as provided in Section 3.01(g) and other than any rights to indemnity payments or other amounts owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent as of the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date, as applicable), and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section).  The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor.  After the retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 11.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring or removed Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.

 

(d) Any resignation by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender.  If Bank of America resigns as an L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c).  If Bank of America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c).  Upon the appointment by the Borrower of a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder (which successor shall in all cases be a Lender other than a Defaulting Lender), (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the 

 

  

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rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, (b) the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Bank of America to effectively assume the obligations of Bank of America  with respect to such Letters of Credit.

 

9.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.  Each Lender and the L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender and the L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

 

9.08 No Other Duties, Etc.   Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Arrangers, Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agents listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the L/C Issuer hereunder.

 

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

 

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(i) and (j), 2.09 and 11.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

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

 

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such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 11.04.

 

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

 

9.10 Guaranty Matters. Without limiting the provisions of Section 9.09, the Lenders (including in their capacity as potential Hedge Banks) and the L/C Issuer irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if required pursuant to Section 10.10 hereof.  Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.10.

 

9.11 Lender Swap Agreements. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, no Hedge Bank that obtains the benefits of Section 8.03 or the Guaranty by virtue of the provisions hereof or of the shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document (or to notice of or to consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of the provisions hereof or of the Guaranty) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IX to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under Lender Swap Agreements except to the extent expressly provided herein and unless the Administrative Agent has received a Designation Notice of such Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Hedge Bank.  The Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under Lender Swap Agreements in the case of a termination of the Revolving Credit Facility, the Term Facility and this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE X.  CONTINUING GUARANTY

 

10.01 Guaranty.  Each Guarantor, jointly and severally with the other Guarantors, hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a guaranty of payment and performance and not merely as a guaranty of collection, prompt payment when due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, upon acceleration, demand or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, of any and all of the Obligations, whether for principal, interest, premiums, fees, indemnities, damages, costs, expenses or otherwise, and whether arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document or Lender Swap Agreement (including all renewals, extensions, amendments, refinancings and other modifications thereof and all costs, reasonable and 

 

  

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documented attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in connection with the collection or enforcement thereof) (for each Guarantor, subject to the proviso in this sentence, its “Guaranteed Obligations”); provided, that (i) the Guaranteed Obligations of a Guarantor shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor and (ii) the liability of each Guarantor individually with respect to this Guaranty shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount (taking into account any amounts payable to such Guarantor under Section 10.11) that would not render its obligations hereunder subject to avoidance under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States or any comparable provisions of any applicable state law.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or elsewhere, no Guarantor shall by virtue of the joint and several nature of its obligations under this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents be liable for any Guaranteed Obligations that constitute Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor.  The Administrative Agent’s books and records showing the amount of the Obligations shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding, and shall be binding upon the Guarantors, and conclusive for the purpose of establishing the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations.  This Guaranty shall not be affected by the genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any instrument or agreement evidencing any Guaranteed Obligations, or by the existence, validity, enforceability, perfection, non-perfection or extent of any collateral therefor, or by any fact or circumstance relating to the Guaranteed Obligations which might otherwise constitute a defense to the obligations of any Guarantor under this Guaranty, and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to any or all of the foregoing.

 

10.02 Rights of Lenders.  Each Guarantor consents and agrees that the Creditor Parties may, at any time and from time to time, without notice or demand, without the consent of such Guarantor, and without affecting the enforceability or continuing effectiveness hereof:  (a) amend, extend, renew, compromise, discharge, accelerate or otherwise change the time for payment or the terms of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof; (b) take, hold, exchange, enforce, waive, release, sell, or otherwise dispose of, or impair or fail to perfect any Lien on, any security for the payment of this Guaranty or any Guaranteed Obligations; (c) apply such security and direct the order or manner of sale thereof as the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders in their sole discretion may determine; and (d) release or substitute any other Guarantor or one or more of any endorsers or other guarantors of any of the Guaranteed Obligations.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor consents to the taking of, or failure to take, any action which might in any manner or to any extent vary the risks of the Guarantors under this Guaranty or which, but for this provision, might operate as a discharge of one or more of the Guarantors.

 

10.03 Certain Waivers.  Each Guarantor waives (a) any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or the cessation from any cause whatsoever (including any act or omission of any Creditor Party) of the liability of the Borrower (other than the defense of prior payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations); (b) any defense based on any claim that such Guarantor’s obligations exceed or are more burdensome than those of the Borrower; (c) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor’s liability hereunder; (d) any requirement to proceed against the Borrower or any other Loan Party, proceed against or exhaust any security for the Guaranteed Obligations, or pursue any other remedy in the 

 

  

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power of any Creditor Party whatsoever; (e) any benefit of and any right to participate in any security now or hereafter held by any Creditor Party; and (f) to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all other defenses (other than the defense of prior payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations) or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by applicable law limiting the liability of or exonerating guarantors or sureties.  Each Guarantor expressly waives all setoffs and counterclaims and all presentments, demands for payment or performance, notices of nonpayment or nonperformance, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and all other notices or demands of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, and all notices of acceptance of this Guaranty or of the existence, creation or incurrence of new or additional Guaranteed Obligations.

 

10.04 Obligations Independent.  The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are those of primary obligor, and not merely as surety, and are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations and the obligations of any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, and a separate action may be brought against any Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty whether or not the Borrower or any other Person is joined as a party. For the avoidance of doubt, all obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty are joint and several obligations of all the Guarantors.

 

10.05 Subrogation.  No Guarantor shall exercise any right of subrogation, contribution, indemnity, reimbursement or similar rights with respect to any payments it makes under this Guaranty until all of the Guaranteed Obligations and any amounts payable under this Guaranty have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full and the Commitments and the Facilities are terminated, and all Letters of Credit have been cancelled, have expired or terminated or have been collateralized to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer.  If any amounts are paid to any Guarantor in violation of the foregoing limitation, then such amounts shall be held in trust by such Guarantor for the benefit of the Creditor Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Creditor Parties to reduce the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.

 

10.06 Termination; Reinstatement.  This Guaranty is a continuing, absolute, unconditional and irrevocable guaranty of all Guaranteed Obligations now or hereafter existing and shall remain in full force and effect until all Guaranteed Obligations and any other amounts payable under this Guaranty are indefeasibly paid in full in cash and the Commitments and the Facilities with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations are terminated.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Guaranty shall continue in full force and effect or be revived, as the case may be, if any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Guarantor is made, or any of the Creditor Parties exercises its right of setoff, in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by any of the Creditor Parties in their discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws or otherwise, all as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred and whether or not the Creditor Parties are in possession of or have released this Guaranty and regardless of any prior revocation, rescission, termination or reduction.  The obligations of the Guarantors under this paragraph shall survive termination of this Guaranty.

 

  

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time after the Investment Grade Permitted Release, any Subsidiary that is a Direct Owner or Indirect Owner of an Unencumbered Eligible Property that has been released from its obligations as a Guarantor under this Guaranty provides a Guarantee of any Indebtedness of the Borrower (any such Guarantee being referred to herein as an “Indebtedness Incurrence”), then the Borrower shall immediately notify the Administrative Agent thereof and at the time of such Indebtedness Incurrence, all obligations of such Subsidiary under this Guaranty (including its guaranty of the Guaranteed Obligations hereunder) shall be revived and reinstated automatically without any action on the part of the Administrative Agent, such Subsidiary or any other Person.  In connection with any such revival and reinstatement of the obligations of such Subsidiary hereunder, such Subsidiary shall (x) execute such reaffirmations of its obligations hereunder (including reaffirmations of its guaranty of the Guaranteed Obligations) as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and (y) cause all requirements of Section 6.12 to be satisfied with respect to such Subsidiary.

 

10.07 Subordination.  Each Guarantor hereby subordinates the payment of all obligations and indebtedness of any Loan Party owing to such Guarantor, whether now existing or hereafter arising, including but not limited to any obligation of the Borrower to such Guarantor as subrogee of the Creditor Parties or resulting from such Guarantor’s performance under this Guaranty, to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all Guaranteed Obligations; provided that such Guarantor may receive regularly scheduled payments of principal and interest on such obligations and indebtedness from the Borrower, except upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default.  If any amounts are paid to any Guarantor in violation of the foregoing subordination, then such amounts shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Creditor Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the Creditor Parties to reduce the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.  Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, if the Creditor Parties so request, any such obligation or indebtedness of the Borrower to any Guarantor shall be enforced and performance received by such Guarantor as trustee for the Creditor Parties and the proceeds thereof shall be paid over to the Creditor Parties on account of the Guaranteed Obligations, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of any Guarantor under this Guaranty.

 

10.08 Stay of Acceleration.  If acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is stayed, in connection with any case commenced by or against the Borrower or any other Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Laws, or otherwise, all such amounts shall nonetheless be payable by the Guarantors immediately upon demand by the Creditor Parties.

 

10.09 Condition of the Loan Parties.  Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it has the sole responsibility for, and has adequate means of, obtaining from the Loan Parties and any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations such information concerning the financial condition, business and operations of the Loan Parties and any such other guarantor as such Guarantor requires, and that none of the Creditor Parties has any duty, and such Guarantor is not relying on the Creditor Parties at any time, to disclose to such Guarantor any information relating to the business, operations or financial condition of any Loan Party or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations (such Guarantor waiving any duty on the part of the Creditor Parties to disclose such information and any defense relating to the failure to provide the same).

 

  

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10.10 Releases of Guarantors.

 

(a) Releases following receipt of Investment Grade Credit Rating.  If at any time the Borrower obtains an Investment Grade Credit Rating, the Administrative Agent shall (at the sole cost of the Borrower and pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) promptly release all of the Guarantors from their obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (the “Investment Grade Permitted Release”), upon the completion of the following conditions precedent:

 

(i) At the time of the Investment Grade Permitted Release, no Guarantor shall have any Recourse Indebtedness, or any Guarantee of any Recourse Indebtedness, of the type described in clause (a) of the definition of Indebtedness, including, without limitation and for the avoidance of doubt, Recourse Indebtedness incurred under or in connection with notes or bonds issued pursuant to a Rule 144A Transaction;

 

(ii) The Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, on or prior to the date that is ten (10) Business Days (or such shorter period of time as agreed to by the Administrative Agent) before the date on which the Investment Grade Permitted Release is to be effected, an Officer’s Certificate (x) certifying that the Borrower has obtained an Investment Grade Credit Rating and (y) notifying the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that it is requesting the Investment Grade Permitted Release; and

 

(iii) The Borrower shall have submitted to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, within one (1) Business Day prior to the date on which the Investment Grade Permitted Release is to be effected, an Officer’s Certificate certifying to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, immediately before and immediately after giving effect to the Investment Grade Permitted Release, (1) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (2) no Guarantor has any Recourse Indebtedness, or any Guarantee of any Recourse Indebtedness, of the type described in clause (a) of the definition of Indebtedness, including, without limitation and for the avoidance of doubt, Recourse Indebtedness incurred under or in connection with notes or bonds issued pursuant to a Rule 144A Transaction and (3) the representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article V or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such release and immediately after giving effect to such release, except (A) to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, (B) any representation or warranty that is already by its terms qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects as of such date after giving effect to such qualification and (C) for purposes of this Section 10.10, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01.

 

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following conditions: (i) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, at least two Business Days prior to the date of the proposed release (or such shorter period of time as agreed to by the Administrative Agent in writing), a written request for such release (a “Guarantor Release Notice”), (ii) the representations and warranties contained in Article V and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the effective date of such release and, both before and after giving effect to such release, except (x) to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, (y) any representation or warranty that is already by its terms qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects as of such date after giving effect to such qualification and (z) for purposes of this Section 10.10, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01, (iii) immediately after giving effect to such release the Loan Parties shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with the provisions of Section 7.11(e) and (f), (iv) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (unless such Default relates solely to an Unencumbered Eligible Property owned or leased by such Guarantor, which will no longer be an Unencumbered Eligible Property upon such Guarantor’s release) or would result under any other provision of this Agreement after giving effect to such release, and (v) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the conditions in clauses (ii) through (iv) above have been satisfied.  The Administrative Agent will (at the sole cost of the Borrower) following receipt of such Guarantor Release Notice and Officer’s Certificate, and each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to, execute and deliver such documents as the Borrower or such Guarantor may reasonably request to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, which documents shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.  For the avoidance of doubt, each Unencumbered Eligible Property that is owned directly or indirectly by a Guarantor that has been released from obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents pursuant to Section 10.10(b) will immediately upon such release cease to be an Unencumbered Eligible Property.

 

(c) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of any such release hereunder, and this Agreement and each other Loan Document shall be deemed amended to delete the name of any Guarantor released pursuant to Section 10.10(b).

 

10.11 Contribution.  At any time a payment in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is made under this Guaranty, the right of contribution of each Guarantor against each other Guarantor shall be determined as provided in the immediately following sentence, with the right of contribution of each Guarantor to be revised and restated as of each date on which a payment (a “Relevant Payment”) is made on the Guaranteed Obligations under this Guaranty.  At any time that a Relevant Payment is made by a Guarantor that results in the aggregate payments made by such Guarantor in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations to and including the date of the Relevant Payment exceeding such Guarantor’s Contribution Percentage (as defined below) of the aggregate payments made by all Guarantors in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations to and including the date of the Relevant Payment (such excess, the “Aggregate Excess Amount”), each such Guarantor shall have a right of contribution against each other Guarantor who either has not made any payments or has made payments in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations to and 

 

  

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including the date of the Relevant Payment in an aggregate amount less than such other Guarantor’s Contribution Percentage of the aggregate payments made to and including the date of the Relevant Payment by all Guarantors in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations (the aggregate amount of such deficit, the “Aggregate Deficit Amount”) in an amount equal to (x) a fraction the numerator of which is the Aggregate Excess Amount of such Guarantor and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Excess Amount of all Guarantors multiplied by (y) the Aggregate Deficit Amount of such other Guarantor.  A Guarantor’s right of contribution pursuant to the preceding sentences shall arise at the time of each computation, subject to adjustment at the time of each computation; provided, that no Guarantor may take any action to enforce such right until after all Guaranteed Obligations and any other amounts payable under this Guaranty are indefeasibly paid in full in cash and the Commitments and the Facilities with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations are terminated and all Letters of Credit have been cancelled, have expired or terminated or have been collateralized to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, it being expressly recognized and agreed by all parties hereto that any Guarantor’s right of contribution arising pursuant to this Section 10.11 against any other Guarantor shall be expressly junior and subordinate to such other Guarantor’s obligations and liabilities in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations and any other obligations owing under this Guaranty.  As used in this Section 10.11, (i) each Guarantor’s “Contribution Percentage” shall mean the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the Adjusted Net Worth (as defined below) of such Guarantor by (y) the aggregate Adjusted Net Worth of all Guarantors; (ii) the “Adjusted Net Worth” of each Guarantor shall mean the greater of (x) the Net Worth (as defined below) of such Guarantor and (y) zero; and (iii) the “Net Worth” of each Guarantor shall mean the amount by which the fair saleable value of such Guarantor’s assets on the date of any Relevant Payment exceeds its existing debts and other liabilities (including contingent liabilities, but without giving effect to any Guaranteed Obligations arising under this Guaranty) on such date.  All parties hereto recognize and agree that, except for any right of contribution arising pursuant to this Section 10.11, each Guarantor who makes any payment in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations shall have no right of contribution or subrogation against any other Guarantor in respect of such payment until after all Guaranteed Obligations and any other amounts payable under this Guaranty are indefeasibly paid in full in cash and the Commitments and the Facilities with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations are terminated and all Letters of Credit have been cancelled, have expired or terminated or have been collateralized to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer.  Each of the Guarantors recognizes and acknowledges that the rights to contribution arising hereunder shall constitute an asset in favor of the party entitled to such contribution.  In this connection, each Guarantor has the right to waive its contribution right against any Guarantor to the extent that after giving effect to such waiver such Guarantor would remain Solvent, in the determination of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders.

 

10.12 Keepwell.  Each Loan Party that is a Qualified ECP Guarantor at the time the Guaranty by any Specified Loan Party, becomes effective with respect to any Swap Obligation, hereby jointly and severally, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support to each Specified Loan Party with respect to such Swap Obligation as may be needed by such Specified Loan Party from time to time to honor all of its obligations under this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents in respect of such Swap Obligation (but, in each case, only up to the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering such Qualified ECP Guarantor’s obligations and undertakings under this Article X 

 

  

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voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations and undertakings of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section 10.12 shall remain in full force and effect until the Guaranteed Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends this Section 10.12 to constitute, and this Section 10.12 shall be deemed to constitute, a guarantee of the obligations of, and a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of, each Specified Loan Party for all purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

ARTICLE XI.  MISCELLANEOUS

 

11.01 Amendments, Etc.  No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or, to the extent such amendment or waiver (i) changes the definition of “Required Revolving Lenders”, “Required Term Lenders”, or “Appropriate Lenders”, each Lender under the applicable Facility or (ii) waives any obligation of the Borrower to pay Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate, the Required Revolving Lenders), the Borrower and any applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may, without the consent of any Lender or any Guarantor then party hereto, amend this Agreement to add a Subsidiary as a “Guarantor” hereunder pursuant to a joinder agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit F and (ii) notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.01 (including the first proviso above), no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:

 

(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01(a) without the written consent of each Lender;

 

(b) without limiting the generality of clause (a) above, waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders or the Required Term Lenders, as the case may be;

 

(c) extend (except as provided in Section 2.14) or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;

 

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

 

(e) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial 

 

  

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covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;

 

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

 

(g) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder (other than the definitions specified the first paragraph of this Section 11.01), without the written consent of each Lender;

 

(h) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents; or

 

(i) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under a Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is the Term Facility, each Term Lender and (ii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, each Revolving Credit Lender;

 

and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended (except as provided in Section 2.14) without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender in a disproportionately adverse manner relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.

 

Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended (i) to add one or more additional revolving credit or term loan facilities to this Agreement, in each case subject to the limitations in Section 2.15, and to permit the extensions of credit and all related obligations and liabilities arising in connection therewith from time to time outstanding to share ratably (or on a basis subordinated to the existing facilities hereunder) in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the obligations and liabilities from time to 

 

  

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time outstanding in respect of the existing facilities hereunder with the written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders providing such additional facilities, and (ii) in connection with the foregoing, to permit, as deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent and approved by such Lenders, the Lenders providing such additional credit facilities to participate in any required vote or action required to be approved by the Required Lenders or by any other number, percentage or class of Lenders hereunder.

 

11.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications.

 

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

 

(i) if to a Loan Party, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 11.02; and

 

(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire (including, as appropriate, notices delivered solely to the Person designated by a Lender on its Administrative Questionnaire then in effect for the delivery of notices that may contain material non-public information relating to the Loan Parties).

 

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

 

(b) Electronic Communications.  Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication.  The Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender, the L/C Issuer or a Loan Party may each, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

 

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

 

(c) The Platform.  THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”  THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS.  NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM.  In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Loan Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet.  In addition, in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

 

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

 

  

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

 

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

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 8.02 for the benefit of all the Lenders and the L/C Issuer; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 11.08 (subject to the terms of Section 2.13), or (d) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.02 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.13, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.

 

11.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

 

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

 

(b) Indemnification.  The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), the Arrangers, the Swing Line Lender, each Lender and the L/C Issuer, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable, actual and documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), and shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from all fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of any Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrower or any other Loan Party) other than such Indemnitee and its Related Parties arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto or thereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including in respect of any matters addressed in Section 3.01), (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or emanating from any property owned, leased or operated by the any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by any Loan Party or any of such Loan Party’s directors, shareholders or creditors, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, IN ALL CASES, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT OF THE COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY OR SOLE NEGLIGENCE OF THE INDEMNITEE; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a 

 

  

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court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee (or any Affiliate Controlled by or under common Control with such Indemnitee).

 

(c) Reimbursement by Lenders.  To the extent that the Loan Parties for any reason fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by them to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the Arrangers, the Swing Line Lender, the L/C Issuer or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Arrangers, the Swing Line Lender, the L/C Issuer or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s ratable share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on each Lender’s share of the Total Credit Exposure at such time) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender), such payment to be made severally among them based on such Lenders’ Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought), provided, further that, the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), any Arranger, the Swing Line Lender or the L/C Issuer in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Swing Line Lender or the L/C Issuer in connection with such capacity.  The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(d).

 

(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Loan Party, nor any Subsidiary thereof, shall assert, and each Loan Party hereby waives, and acknowledges that no other Person shall have, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.  No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to such unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

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

 

(f) Survival.  The agreements in this Section and the indemnity provisions of Section 11.02(e) shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Facility and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.

 

  

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

 

11.06 Successors and Assigns.

 

(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that no Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender (and any attempted such assignment or transfer without such consent shall be null and void) and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.06(b), (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.06(d) or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 11.06(f) (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void).  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(b) Assignments by Lenders.  Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this Section 11.06(b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided that (in each case with respect to any Facility) any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

 

(i) Minimum Amounts.

 

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owing to it under any Facility or contemporaneous assignments to related Approved Funds that equal at least the amount specified in subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section in the aggregate or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

 

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

 

(ii) Proportionate Amounts.  Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to (A) the Swing Line Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans or (B) prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate Facilities on a non-pro rata basis;

 

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

 

(A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment, (2) if such assignment is with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, such assignment is to a Revolving Credit Lender or an Affiliate of a Revolving Credit Lender or (3) if such assignment is with respect to the Term Facility, such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;

 

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

 

  

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(C) the consent of the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender shall be required for any assignment in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility that is not to a Revolving Credit Lender.

 

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

 

(v) No Assignment to Certain Persons.  No such assignment shall be made (A) to any Loan Party or any Loan Party’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B), or (C) to a natural person.

 

(vi) Certain Additional Payments.  In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by such Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

 

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party 

 

  

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hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, and 11.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.  Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to (i) the assignee Lender and/or (ii) in the case of a partial assignment by a Lender of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, the assigning Lender.  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 11.06(d).

 

(c) Register.  The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower (and such agency being solely for tax purposes), shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it (or the equivalent thereof in electronic form) and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by any Loan Party and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

(d) Participations.  Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower, any other Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 11.04(c) without regard to the existence of any participation.

 

Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to Section 11.01 that affects such Participant.  The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 11.06(b) (it being understood that 

 

  

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the documentation required under Section 3.01(e) shall be delivered to the Lender who sells the participation) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 11.06(b); provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 3.06 and 11.13 as if it were an assignee under Section 11.06(b) and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 3.01 or 3.04, with respect to any participation, than the Lender from whom it acquired the applicable participation would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.  Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 3.06 with respect to any Participant.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.08 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender.  Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

(e) Certain Pledges.  Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign, or grant a security interest in, all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment, or grant of a security interest, to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or any other central bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment or grant shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee or grantee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

(f) Resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender after Assignment.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank of America assigns all of its Revolving Credit Commitment and Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 11.06(b) above, Bank of America may, (i) upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrower, resign as Swing Line Lender.  In the event of any such resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of Bank of America as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be.  If Bank of America resigns as L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, 

 

  

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privileges and duties of the L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Committed Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)).  If Bank of America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Committed Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c).  Upon the appointment of a successor L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, and (b) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Bank of America to effectively assume the obligations of Bank of America with respect to such Letters of Credit.

 

11.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality.  Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent required or requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or any Eligible Assignee invited to be a Lender pursuant to Section 2.15(c) or Section 11.01 or (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder, (g) on a confidential basis to (i)  any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided hereunder or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers or other market identifiers with respect to the credit facilities provided hereunder, (h) with the consent of the Borrower or (i) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or another Loan Party.  For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof relating to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, provided that, in the case of information received from any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential.  Any Person required to 

 

  

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maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

 

Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning a Loan Party or a Subsidiary thereof, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws.

 

11.08 Right of Setoff.  If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, the L/C Issuer and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, after obtaining the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, the L/C Issuer or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or the L/C Issuer or their respective Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender, L/C Issuer or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender or the L/C Issuer different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided, that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.17 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff.  The rights of each Lender, the L/C Issuer and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, the L/C Issuer or their respective Affiliates may have.  Each Lender and the L/C Issuer agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

 

11.09 Interest Rate Limitation.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”).  If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower.  In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize 

 

  

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any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

 

11.10 Counterparts; Effectiveness.  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopier or other electronic imaging means (e.g. “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

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

 

11.12 Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions.  The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.  Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.12, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.

 

11.13 Replacement of Lenders.  If the Borrower is entitled to replace a Lender pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.06, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, or if any other circumstance exists hereunder that gives the Borrower the right to replace a Lender as a party hereto, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 11.06), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Sections 3.01 and 3.04) and obligations under this Agreement and the other 

 

  

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Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:

 

(a) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 11.06(b);

 

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

 

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

 

(d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws; and

 

(e) in the case of an assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent.

 

A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.  Each Lender agrees that, if the Borrower elects to replace such Lender in accordance with this Section 11.13, it shall promptly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption to evidence the assignment and shall deliver to the Administrative Agent any Note (if a Note has been issued in respect of such Lender’s Loans) subject to such Assignment and Assumption; provided that the failure of any such Lender to execute an Assignment and Assumption shall not render such assignment invalid and such assignment shall be recorded in the Register.

 

11.14 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.

 

(a) GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT (EXCEPT, AS TO ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH THEREIN) AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION.  THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT COMMENCE ANY ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR DESCRIPTION, WHETHER IN LAW OR EQUITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT OR OTHERWISE, AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER, 

 

  

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THE L/C ISSUER, OR ANY RELATED PARTY OF THE FOREGOING IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATING HERETO OR THERETO, IN ANY FORUM OTHER THAN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS  AND AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.  NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR THE L/C ISSUER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

 

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

 

(d) SERVICE OF PROCESS.  EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 11.02.  NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

 

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

 

  

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(B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

11.16 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.  In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, amendment and restatement, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), each of the Loan Parties acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower, each of the other Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers, on the other hand, (B) each of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) each of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent, each of the Lenders and each of the Arrangers is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) none of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Arranger has any obligation to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and none of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Arranger has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower, the other Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Borrower and each of the other Loan Parties hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Arranger with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

 

11.17 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents.  The words “execute,” “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

 

  

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

 

11.19 ENTIRE AGREEMENT.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND THEREOF AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.  THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES.

 

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

 

 

BORROWER:

 

APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT, INC.

 

 

By:  /s/Justin G. Knight                                                                           

Name:  Justin G. Knight

Title:    President

 

 

 

GUARANTORS:

 

 

By:  /s/ Justin G. Knight                                                                               

Name:  Justin G. Knight

Title:    President

 

  

  

  

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as

Administrative Agent

 

By:  /s/ Henry C. Pennell                                                                                   

 

Name:  Henry C. Pennell                                                                           

 

Title:  Vice President                                                                           

 

  

  

  

 

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

 

By:  /s/ Steven P. Renwick                                                                             

 

Name:  Steven P. Renwick                                                                           

 

Title:  Senior Vice President                                                                           

 

  

  

  

 

KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

 

By:  /s/ Tayven Hike                                                                                          

 

Name:  Tayven Hike                                                                           

 

Title:  Vice President                                                                           

 

  

  

  

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

 

By:  /s/ Travis Stowers                                                                                    

 

Name:  Travis Stowers                                                                           

 

Title:  Vice President                                                                           

 

  

  

  

 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

 

By:  /s/ Lori Y. Jensen                                                                                        

 

Name:  Lori Y. Jensen                                                                           

 

Title:  Vice President                                                                           

 

  

  

  

 

 

REGIONS BANK, as a Lender

 

By:  /s/ Lee Surtees                                                                                         

 

Name:  Lee Surtees                                                                           

 

Title:  Vice President                                                                           

 

 

  

  

  

 

CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender

 

By:  /s/ John C. Rowland                                                                                

 

Name:  John C. Rowland                                                                           

 

Title:  Vice President                                                                           

 

  

  

  

 

 

BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, as a Lender

 

By:  /s/ Ahaz A. Armstrong                                                                            

 

Name:  Ahaz A. Armstrong                                                                           

 

Title:  Assistant Vice President                                                                           

 

  

  

  

 

SCHEDULE 2.01

 

COMMITMENTS

AND APPLICABLE PERCENTAGES

 

	
Lender

	
Revolving Credit Commitment

	
Applicable Percentage (Revolving Credit Facility)

	
Term

Commitment

	
Applicable Percentage

(Term Facility)

	
Total Allocation

	
Applicable Percentage 

(Total Allocation)

	
Bank of America, N.A.

	
$42,608,695.66

	
17.391304348%

	
$17,391,304.34

	
17.391304348%

	
$60,000,000.00

	
17.391304348%

	
Keybank National Association

	
$42,608,695.65

	
17.391304348%

	
$17,391,304.35

	
17.391304348%

	
$60,000,000.00

	
17.391304348%

	
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

	
$42,608,695.65

	
17.391304348%

	
$17,391,304.35

	
17.391304348%

	
$60,000,000.00

	
17.391304348%

	
U.S. Bank National Association

	
$42,608,695.65

	
17.391304348%

	
$17,391,304.35

	
17.391304348%

	
$60,000,000.00

	
17.391304348%

	
Regions Bank

	
$35,507,246.38

	
14.492753623%

	
$14,492,753.62

	
14.492753623%

	
$50,000,000.00

	
14.492753623%

	
Citibank, N.A.

	
$24,855,072.46

	
10.144927536%

	
$10,144,927.54

	
10.144927536%

	
$35,000,000.00

	
10.144927536%

	
Branch Banking and Trust Company

	
$14,202,898.55

	
5.797101449%

	
$5,797,101.45

	
5.797101449%

	
$20,000,000.00

	
5.797101449%

	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
Total

	
$245,000,000

	
100.000000000%

	
$100,000,000

	
100.000000000%

	
$345,000,000.00

	
100.000000000%

 

 

  

  

  

 

SCHEDULE 5.05

 

SUPPLEMENT TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Liabilities and indebtedness disclosed in the following annual and quarterly reports:

	
1.  

	
Apple REIT Seven, Inc. Form 10Q for the period ending September 30, 2013

	
2.  

	
Apple REIT Eight, Inc. Form 10Q for the period ending September 30, 2013

	
3.  

	
Apple REIT Nine, Inc. Form 10Q for the period ending September 30, 2013

	
4.  

	
Apple REIT Seven, Inc. Form 10K for the period ending December 31, 2012

	
5.  

	
Apple REIT Eight, Inc. Form 10K for the period ending December 31, 2012

	
6.  

	
Apple REIT Nine, Inc. Form 10K for the period ending December 31, 2012

  

  

  

SCHEDULE 5.06

Litigation

 

On December 13, 2011, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York ordered that three putative class actions, Kronberg, et al. v. David Lerner Associates, Inc., et al., Kowalski v. Apple REIT Nine, Inc., et al., and Leff v. Apple REIT Nine, Inc., et al., be consolidated and amended the caption of the consolidated matter to be In re Apple REITs Litigation. The District Court also appointed lead plaintiffs and lead counsel for the consolidated action and ordered lead plaintiffs to file and serve a consolidated complaint by February 17, 2012. The Company was previously named as a party in all three of the above mentioned class action lawsuits.

 

On February 17, 2012, lead plaintiffs and lead counsel in the In re Apple REITs Litigation, Civil Action No. 1:11-cv-02919-KAM-JO, filed an amended consolidated complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York against the Company, Apple Suites Realty Group, Inc., Apple Eight Advisors, Inc., Apple Nine Advisors, Inc., Apple Ten Advisors, Inc., Apple Fund Management, LLC, Apple REIT Six, Inc., Apple REIT Seven, Inc., Apple REIT Eight, Inc. and Apple REIT Ten, Inc., their directors and certain officers, and David Lerner Associates, Inc. and David Lerner. The consolidated complaint, purportedly brought on behalf of all purchasers of Units in the Company and the other Apple REIT Companies, or those who otherwise acquired these Units that were offered and sold to them by David Lerner Associates, Inc., or its affiliates and on behalf of subclasses of shareholders in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Florida, asserts claims under Sections 11, 12 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933. The consolidated complaint also asserts claims for breach of fiduciary duty, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, and unjust enrichment, and claims for violation of the securities laws of Connecticut and Florida. The complaint seeks, among other things, certification of a putative nationwide class and the state subclasses, damages, rescission of share purchases and other costs and expenses.

 

On April 18, 2012, the Company and the other defendants moved to dismiss the consolidated complaint in the In re Apple REITs Litigation. The briefing period for the motions to dismiss was completed on July 13, 2012.

 

By Order entered on March 31, 2013 and opinion issued on April 3, 2013, the Court dismissed the consolidated complaint in its entirety with prejudice and without leave to amend. Plaintiffs filed a Notice of Appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on April 12, 2013. The Company believes that any claims against it, its officers and directors and other Apple REIT Companies are without merit, and intends to defend against them vigorously. At this time, the Company cannot reasonably predict the outcome of these proceedings or provide a reasonable estimate of the possible loss or range of loss due to these proceedings, if any.

 

  

  

  

 

On January 31, 2014, two shareholders of the Company commenced a purported class action against the Company and its directors in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (DCG&T, et al. v. Knight, et al., No. 3:14cv67, E.D. Va.).  The complaint alleges (i) that the Mergers are unfair to the Company’s shareholders, (ii) various breaches of fiduciary duty by the Company’s directors, (iii) that the Mergers provide a financial windfall to insiders and (iv) that the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains false and misleading disclosures about certain matters.

 

The complaint demands (i) an order stating that the action may be maintained as a class action and certifying plaintiffs as class representatives, (ii) that defendants be enjoined from proceeding with and closing the Mergers, (iii) an award of damages and (iv) reimbursement of plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees and other costs.

 

 

  

  

  

 

SCHEDULE 5.12(d)

PENSION PLANS

Apple Fund Management, LLC Profit Sharing Plan

 

  

  

  

 

SCHEDULE 5.13

SUBSIDIARIES AND

OTHER EQUITY INVESTMENTS

Part (a).                      Subsidiaries.

 

 

	
Apple Hospitality REIT – top level                                                      

	
1

	  	  
	
Apple Nine Hospitality Ownership, Inc. subsidiaries

	
2

	  	  
	
Apple Nine Hospitality Management, Inc. subsidiaries

	
7

	  	  
	
Apple REIT Eight, Inc. – top level                                                     

	
10

	  	  
	
Apple Eight Hospitality Ownership, Inc. subsidiaries

	
11

	  	  
	
Apple Eight Hospitality Management, Inc. subsidiaries

	
15

	  	  
	
Apple REIT Seven, Inc. – top level

	
18

	  	  
	
Apple Seven Hospitality Ownership, Inc. subsidiaries

	
19

	  	  
	
Apple Seven Hospitality Management, Inc. subsidiaries

	
24

 

  

  

  

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Unless otherwise stated, all entities are formed under Virginia law and ownership is 100%.

 

(1) Subsidiaries of this entity start on page 10

(2) Subsidiaries of this entity start on page 18

 

  

Page 1

  

 

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

 

Apple Nine Hospitality Ownership, Inc. 

subsidiaries

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Nine Hospitality Ownership, Inc. subsidiaries (cont’d)

 

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Nine Hospitality Ownership, Inc. subsidiaries (cont’d)

 

 

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Nine Hospitality Ownership, Inc. subsidiaries

(cont’d)

 

 

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Nine Hospitality Ownership, Inc. subsidiaries

(cont’d)

 

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Nine Hospitality Management, Inc. subsidiaries

 

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Nine Hospitality Management, Inc. subsidiaries

(cont’d)

 

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Nine Hospitality Management, Inc. subsidiaries

(cont’d)

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple REIT Eight, Inc. Subsidiaries

 

 

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Eight Hospitality Ownership, Inc. subsidiaries

 

 

 

 

  

Page 11

  

 

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Eight Hospitality Ownership, Inc. subsidiaries

(cont’d)

 

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Eight Hospitality Ownership, Inc. subsidiaries

(cont’d)

 

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Eight Hospitality Ownership, Inc. subsidiaries

(cont’d)

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Eight Hospitality Management, Inc. subsidiaries

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Eight Hospitality Management, Inc. subsidiaries

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Eight Hospitality Management, Inc. subsidiaries

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple REIT Seven, Inc. Subsidiaries

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Seven Hospitality Ownership, Inc. subsidiaries

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Seven Hospitality Ownership, Inc. subsidiaries

(cont’d)

 

 

 

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Seven Hospitality Ownership, Inc. subsidiaries

(cont’d)

 

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Seven Hospitality Ownership, Inc. subsidiaries

(cont’d)

 

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Seven Hospitality Ownership, Inc. subsidiaries

(cont’d)

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Seven Hospitality Management, Inc. subsidiaries

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Seven Hospitality Management, Inc. subsidiaries

(cont’d)

 

 

 

  

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Subsidiary Chart

Apple Seven Hospitality Management, Inc. subsidiaries

(cont’d)

 

  

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Part (b).                      Other Equity Investments.

See Schedule 5.13(a).

Part (c).                      Loan Parties.

See attached.

 

  

  

  

 

SCHEDULE 5.13(c)

Loan Parties

	
Address of chief executive office and principal place of business for each Loan Party: 814 E. Main Street Richmond, VA 23219

	  

	
Company Name

	
Formation State – Date

	
Type of Organization

	
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (formerly Apple REIT Nine, Inc.)

	
VA-11/8/07

	
Corporation

	
Apple REIT Eight, Inc. (formerly Apple Eight Acquisition Sub, Inc.)

	
VA-8/5/13

	
Corporation

	
Apple Nine Hospitality, Inc.

	
VA-11/8/07

	
Corporation

	
Apple Nine Hospitality Management, Inc.

	
VA-11/8/07

	
Corporation

	
Apple Nine Hospitality Ownership, Inc.

	
VA-11/8/07

	
Corporation

	
Apple Nine Hospitality Texas Services, Inc.

	
VA-8/8/08

	
Corporation

	
Apple Nine Hospitality Texas Services II, Inc.

	
VA-9/18/08

	
Corporation

	
Apple Nine Hospitality Texas Services III, Inc.

	
VA-8/17/10

	
Corporation

	
Apple Nine Illinois, LLC

	
VA-8/17/10

	
Limited liability company

	
Apple Nine Louisiana, LLC

	
VA-7/23/10

	
Limited liability company

	
Apple Nine Missouri, LLC

	
VA-3/26/10

	
Limited liability company

	
Apple Nine NC GP, Inc.

	
VA-10/17/08

	
Corporation

	
Apple Nine NC LP, Inc.

	
VA-10/17/08

	
Corporation

	
Apple Nine North Carolina, L.P.

	
VA-10/17/08

	
Limited partnership

	
Apple Nine Oklahoma, LLC

	
VA-3/26/10

	
Limited liability company

	
Apple Nine Pennsylvania, Inc.

	
VA-11/21/08

	
Corporation

	
Apple Nine Pennsylvania Business Trust

	
PA-11/24/08

	
Business Trust

	
Apple REIT Seven, Inc. (formerly Apple Seven Acquisition Sub, Inc.)

	
VA-8/5/13

	
Corporation

	
Sunbelt-CAL, LLC

	
AL-4/16/09

	
Limited liability company

	
Sunbelt-CJT, LLC

	
AL-2/19/08

	
Limited liability company

	
Sunbelt-CTY, LLC

	
AL-1/1/2008

	
Limited liability company

	
Sunbelt-GDA LLC

	
AL-10/18/07

	
Limited liability company

	
Sunbelt-RAG L.L.C.

	
AL-5/10/05

	
Limited liability company

	
Sunbelt-RHM, L.L.C.

	
AL-3/26/07

	
Limited liability company

 

  

  

  

 

	
Company Name

	
Formation State – Date

	
Type of Organization

	
Sunbelt-RPC L.L.C.

	
FL-8/5/05

	
Limited liability company

	
Sunbelt-SLL, LLC

	
AL-11/12/09

	
Limited liability company

	
Apple Eight Hospitality, Inc.

	
VA-1/19/07

	
Corporation

	
Apple Eight Hospitality Management, Inc.

	
VA-1/19/07

	
Corporation

	
Apple Eight Hospitality Massachusetts, Inc.

	
VA-10/31/07

	
Corporation

	
Apple Eight Hospitality Massachusetts Services, Inc.

	
VA-10/31/07

	
Corporation

	
Apple Eight Hospitality Ownership, Inc.

	
VA-1/19/07

	
Corporation

	
Apple Eight Hospitality Midwest, LLC

	
VA-12/13/07

	
Limited liability company

	
Apple Eight NC GP, Inc.

	
VA-12/4/08

	
Corporation

	
Apple Eight NC LP, Inc.

	
VA-12/4/08

	
Corporation

	
Apple Eight North Carolina, L.P.

	
VA-12/4/08

	
Limited partnership

	
Apple Eight Hospitality Texas, LLC

	
VA-1/31/08

	
Limited liability company

	
Apple Eight Hospitality Texas Services, LLC

	
VA-1/31/08

	
Limited liability company

	
Apple Seven Hospitality, Inc.

	
VA-5/25/05

	
Corporation

	
Apple Seven Hospitality Management, Inc.

	
VA-5/25/05

	
Corporation

	
Apple Seven Hospitality Ownership, Inc.

	
VA-5/25/05

	
Corporation

	
Apple Seven Texas GP, Inc.

	
VA-04/07/06

	
Corporation

	
Apple Seven Texas LP, Inc.

	
VA-04/07/06

	
Corporation

	
Apple Seven Hospitality Texas, L.P.

	
VA-04/07/06

	
Limited partnership

	
Apple Seven Services, LLC

	
VA-6/28/07

	
Limited liability company

	
Apple Seven Services II, LLC

	
VA-8/2/07

	
Limited liability company

	
Apple Seven Services Lakeland, Inc.

	
VA-3/27/07

	
Corporation

	
Apple Seven Services Southeast, L.P.

	
VA-08/02/06

	
Limited partnership

	
Apple Seven Services Omaha CY, Inc.

	
VA-10/23/06

	
Corporation

	
Apple Seven Services Provo-San Diego, Inc.

	
VA-3/12/07

	
Corporation

	
Apple Seven Services San Diego, Inc.

	
VA-2/20/07

	
Corporation

	
Apple Seven Services Tallahassee, Inc.

	
VA-3/27/07

	
Corporation

	
Apple Seven SPE Omaha CY, Inc.

	
VA-10/23/06

	
Corporation

	
Apple Seven SPE Provo-San Diego, Inc.

	
VA-3/12/07

	
Corporation

	
Blumberg-Dothan Motel, L.L.C.

	
AL-5/13/94

	
Limited liability company

	
SHS Vancouver, LLC

	
WA-4/4/2006

	
Limited liability company

	
Sunbelt-CTR, L.L.C.

	
AL-12/12/05

	
Limited liability company

	
Sunbelt-Columbus, L.L.C.

	
AL-11/1/99

	
Limited liability company

	
Sunbelt-RDA, LLC

	
AL-4/27/06

	
Limited liability company

 

  

  

  

 

	
Company Name

	
Formation State – Date

	
Type of Organization

	
Sunbelt-SCG, L.L.C.

	
AL-5/4/05

	
Limited liability company

	
Sunbelt-TCG, L.L.C.

	
AL-11/7/06

	
Limited liability company

	
Sunbelt-THA, LLC

	
AL-4/27/06

	
Limited liability company

	
Apple Seven Management Services GP, Inc.

	
VA-04/07/06

	
Corporation

	
Apple Seven Management Services LP, Inc.

	
VA-04/07/06

	
Corporation

  

  

  

 

SCHEDULE 7.01

EXISTING LIENS

APPLE REIT SEVEN, INC.*

	
1.  

	
MIAMI HOMEWOOD SUITES:  Loan Agreement dated as of April 1, 2013 among Apple Seven SPE Miami, Inc., Apple Seven Services Miami, Inc. and Keybank National Association and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $17,000,000 for the benefit of Keybank National Association, dated April 1, 2013.

	
b.  

	
Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of April 1, 2013, made by Apple Seven SPE Miami, Inc. to Keybank National Association.

	
c.  

	
Guaranty Agreement dated as of April 1, 2013 by Apple REIT Seven, Inc. to and for the benefit of Keybank National Association.

	
2.  

	
SAN DIEGO RESIDENCE INN: Loan Agreement dated as of March 4, 2013 between Apple Seven SPE SOCAL, Inc. and Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P. and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $19,000,000 for the benefit of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P., dated March 4, 2013.

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Assignment of Leases and Fixture Filing, dated as of March 4, 2013, made by Apple Seven SPE SOCAL, Inc. to Chicago Title Insurance Company, as Trustee, for the benefit of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.

	
c.  

	
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations (Unsecured) dated as of March 4, 2013 from Apple REIT Seven, Inc. in favor of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.

	
3.  

	
HUNTSVILLE HOMEWOOD SUITES: Loan Agreement dated as of January 15, 2013 between Apple Seven SPE Huntsville, Inc. and Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P. and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $8,500,000 for the benefit of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P., dated January 15, 2013.

	
b.  

	
Fee and Leasehold Mortgage and Security Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2013, made by Apple Seven SPE Huntsville, Inc. for the benefit of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.

	
c.  

	
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations (Unsecured) dated as of January 15, 2013 from Apple REIT Seven, Inc. in favor of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.

	
4.  

	
PRATTVILLE COURTYARD: Loan Agreement dated as of January 15, 2013 between Apple Seven SPE Prattville, Inc. and Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P. and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $6,750,000 for the benefit of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P., dated January 15, 2013.

	
b.  

	
Mortgage and Security Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2013, made by Apple Seven SPE Prattville, Inc. for the benefit of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.

 

* all obligations of a Loan Party described on this schedule are unsecured Guarantees of Non-Recourse Indebtedness of a Subsidiary for which recourse to such Loan Party is contractually limited to liability for Customary Non-Recourse Carve-Outs

 

  

  

  

 

 

	
c.  

	
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations (Unsecured) dated as of January 15, 2013 from Apple REIT Seven, Inc. in favor of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.

 

	
5.  

	
SEATTLE/LAKE UNION RESIDENCE INN: Loan Agreement dated as of August 30, 2012 among Apple Seven SPE Seattle, Inc., Apple Seven Hospitality Management, Inc. and Keybank National Association and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $29,100,000 for the benefit of Keybank National Association, dated August 30, 2012.

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of August 30, 2012, made by Apple Seven SPE Seattle, Inc. to Chicago Title Insurance Company, as Trustee, for the benefit of Keybank National Association.

	
c.  

	
Guaranty Agreement dated as of August 30, 2012 by Apple REIT Seven, Inc. to and for the benefit of Keybank National Association.

	
6.  

	
RANCHO BERNARDO COURTYARD: Loan Agreement dated as of August 24, 2012 among Apple Seven SPE Rancho Bernardo, Inc., Apple Seven Hospitality Management, Inc. and Keybank National Association and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $15,500,000 for the benefit of Keybank National Association, dated August 24, 2012.

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of August 24, 2012, made by Apple Seven SPE Ranco Bernardo, Inc. to First American Title Insurance Company, as Trustee, for the benefit of Keybank National Association.

	
c.  

	
Guaranty Agreement dated as of August 24, 2012 by Apple REIT Seven, Inc. to and for the benefit of Keybank National Association.

	
7.  

	
KIRKLAND COURTYARD: Loan Agreement dated as of August 24, 2012 among Apple Seven SPE Kirkland, Inc., Apple Seven Hospitality Management, Inc. and Keybank National Association and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $12,500,000 for the benefit of Keybank National Association, dated August 24, 2012.

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of August 24, 2012, made by Apple Seven SPE Kirkland, Inc. to Chicago Title Insurance Company, as Trustee, for the benefit of Keybank National Association.

	
c.  

	
Guaranty Agreement dated as of August 24, 2012 by Apple REIT Seven, Inc. to and for the benefit of Keybank National Association.

	
8.  

	
HATTIESBURG COURTYARD: Loan Agreement dated as of August 24, 2012 among Apple Seven SPE Hattiesburg, Inc., Apple Seven Services Southeast, L.P. and Keybank National Association and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $5,900,000 for the benefit of Keybank National Association, dated August 24, 2012.

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of August 24, 2012, made by Apple Seven SPE Hattiesburg, Inc. to Chicago Title Insurance Company, as Trustee, for the benefit of Keybank National Association.

	
c.  

	
Guaranty Agreement dated as of August 24, 2012 by Apple REIT Seven, Inc. to and for the benefit of Keybank National Association.

	
9.  

	
HOUSTON RESIDENCE INN: Loan Agreement dated February 28, 2011 between Apple Seven SPE Houston, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and related documents including:

 

  

  

  

 

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note for the original principal amount of $10,500,000 dated February 28, 2011 by Apple Seven SPE Houston, Inc. to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust and Absolute Assignment of Rents and Leases and Security Agreement (and Fixture Filing) dated as of February 28, 2011, made by Apple Seven SPE Houston, Inc. to William M. Woodall, as Trustee, for the benefit of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

	
c.  

	
Limited Guaranty, dated February 28, 2011, given by Apple REIT Seven, Inc. for the benefit of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

 

	
10.  

	
HIGHLANDS RANCH RESIDENCE INN: Note and Deed of Trust Assumption Agreement dated as of February 22, 2007 among Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Registered Holders of J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-LDP7, RT CO Hotel Partners LLC, Apple Seven SPE Highlands Ranch, Inc., and Apple Seven Services Highlands Ranch, Inc., and Joined By Apple Seven Hospitality, Inc., as New Indemnitor.

	
a.  

	
Deed of Trust Note in the original principal amount of $11,550,000 dated May 3, 2006 from RT CO Hotel Partners LLC to GMAC Commercial Mortgage Bank.

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Profits, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated as of May 3, 2006 from RT CO Hotel Partners LLC to the Public Trustee for the County of Douglas, as Trustee, for the benefit of GMAC Commercial Mortgage Bank.

	
11.  

	
NEW ORLEANS HOMEWOOD SUITES: Loan Assumption and Modification Agreement dated as of December 15, 2006 among Apple Seven SPE New Orleans, L.P., Apple Seven Services New Orleans, L.P., Baronne Hotel Investors, L.L.C., Edwina Friedman, Jack Guenther, in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Registered Holders of GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-C3, and related documents, including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note for the original principal amount of $17,500,000, dated September 16, 2004, from Baronne Hotel Investors, L.L.C. to GMAC Commercial Mortgage Bank.

	
b.  

	
Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Fixture Filing dated September 16, 2004 from Baronne Hotel Investors, L.L.C. to GMAC Commercial Mortgage Bank.

	
c.  

	
Amended and Restated Guaranty of Recourse Obligations dated December 15, 2006 made by Apple REIT Seven, Inc. for the benefit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Registered Holders of GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-C3.

 

	
12.  

	
TUPELO HAMPTON INN: Loan Assumption and Substitution Agreement dated as of January 23, 2007 among  A7 SPE Tupelo, L.P., Apple REIT Seven, Inc., Hopo/Tupelo Hotels, LLC, Thomas L. Hunt, Jr., Howard J. Porter, Jr., in favor of LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Registered Holders of Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Inc., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2, and related documents, including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $4,200,000 dated February 23, 2006, from Hopo/Tupelo Hotels, LLC to Barclays Capital Real Estate, Inc.

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Assignment of Rents and Leases, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated as of February 23, 2006 granted by Hopo/Tupelo Hotels, LLC to Daniel J. Flanigan, As Trustee, for the benefit of Barclays Capital Real Estate, Inc.

	
13.  

	
RICHMOND MARRIOTT: Loan Assumption Agreement and Modification of Note, Deed of Trust and Other Loan Documents, dated as of January 25, 2008 among Metropolitan Life Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

	
 

	
Company, Apple Seven SPE Richmond, Inc. and Apple Seven Services Richmond, Inc., and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory note in the original principal amount of $26,750,000 made as of September 3, 2004 by PRVA II, L.P. in favor of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

	
b.  

	
Leasehold Deed of Trust, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing by PRVA II,L.P. to David W. Briggs and La Fonte Nesbitt, as Trustees, for the benefit of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

 

  

  

  

 

APPLE REIT EIGHT, INC.*

	
1.  

	
TUKWILA HOMEWOOD SUITES: Loan Agreement dated as of September 14, 2012 between Apple Eight SPE Tukwila, Inc. and Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P. and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $9,700,000 for the benefit of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P., dated September 14, 2012.

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Assignment of Leases and Fixture Filing, dated as of September 14, 2012, made by Apple Eight SPE Tukwila, Inc. to Chicago Title Insurance Company, as Trustee, for the benefit of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.

	
c.  

	
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations (Unsecured) dated as of September 14, 2012 from Apple REIT Eight, Inc. in favor of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.

	
2.  

	
SOMERSET COURTYARD: Loan Agreement dated as of September 14, 2012 between Apple Eight SPE Somerset, Inc. and Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P. and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $9,000,000 for the benefit of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P., dated September 14, 2012.

	
b.  

	
Leasehold Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Leases and Fixture Filing, dated as of September 14, 2012, made by Apple Eight SPE Somerset, Inc. to Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.

	
c.  

	
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations (Unsecured) dated as of September 14, 2013 from Apple REIT Eight, Inc. in favor of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.

	
3.  

	
OCEANSIDE AND BURBANK RESIDENCE INNS: Loan Agreement dated January 13, 2012 between Apple Eight California, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association  and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
First Loan Modification Agreement dated as of April 5, 2013 between Apple Eight California, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

	
b.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $40,000,000 dated January 13, 2012 for the benefit of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

	
c.  

	
Deed of Trust with Absolute Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated January 13, 2012 by Apple Eight California, Inc., to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, with regard to the Residence Inn hotel in Burbank, California.

	
d.  

	
Deed of Trust with Absolute Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated January 13, 2012 by Apple Eight California, Inc., to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, with regard to the Residence Inn hotel in Oceanside, California.

	
e.  

	
Limited Guaranty dated January 13, 2012 by Apple Eight California, Inc. in favor of Well Fargo Bank, National Association.

	
4.  

	
CONCORD HAMPTON INN: Loan Assumption and Modification Agreement dated March 7, 2008 between Apple Eight SPE Concord, Inc. and Gabriel Newport Concord, LLC in favor of The Bank of New York Trust Company, National Association as Trustee for the Registered Holders of

 

 

* all obligations of a Loan Party described on this schedule are unsecured Guarantees of Non-Recourse Indebtedness of a Subsidiary for which recourse to such Loan Party is contractually limited to liability for Customary Non-Recourse Carve-Outs

 

  

  

  

 

	
 

	
Morgan Stanley Capital I, Inc., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series MS 2007-IQ14,  and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $5,200,000 dated March 1, 2007

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated as of March 1, 2007 granted by Gabriel Newport Concord, LLC to LaSalle Bank National Association.

	
c.  

	
Substitution of Indemnitor and Assumption of Obligations of Indemnitor dated March 7, 2008 between Apple Eight Hospitality, Inc., Apple Eight SPE Concord, Inc., James Gabriel, Michael Pleninger, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, National Association as Trustee for the Registered Holders of Morgan Stanley Capital I, Inc., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series MS 2007-IQ14.

 

	
5.  

	
WESTFORD RESIDENCE INN: Loan Agreement dated October 1, 2010 between Apple Eight SPE Westford, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $7,000,000, dated October 1, 2010

	
b.  

	
Mortgage and Absolute Assignment of Rents and Leases and Security Agreement (and Fixture Filing) dated October 1, 2010 by Apple Eight SPE Westford, Inc. to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

	
c.  

	
Limited Guaranty dated October 1, 2010 by Apple REIT Eight, Inc. in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

	
6.  

	
HILTON HEAD HILTON GARDEN INN: Loan Assumption and Substitution Agreement dated May 24, 2008 between Apple Eight SPE Hilton Head, Inc., Apple Eight Hospitality, Inc., Homecourt Hospitality-Hilton Head 1, LLC, Homecourt Hospitality-Hilton Head 2, LLC, James T. Turner and Joan S. Turner, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Registered Holders of Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-C2, and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $6,600,000 dated March 14, 2006.

	
b.  

	
Mortgage and Security Agreement dated March 14, 2006 by G.S. Partners of Hilton Head, L.L.C. to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as assignee of Column Financial, Inc.

	
7.  

	
OVERLAND PARK RESIDENCE INN: Consent, Assumption and Modification Agreement with Release dated April 30, 2008 by Riley Extended Stay Suites, L.L.C., Lewis H. Wiens, Apple Eight Overland Park, LLC, Apple Eight Hospitality, Inc. Apple Eight Services Overland Park, Inc., and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Certificateholders of Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates/ Series COMM 2005-LP5, and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $7,500,000, dated March 7, 2005

	
b.  

	
Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Fixture Filing dated March 7, 2005 by Riley Extended Stay Suites, L.L.C. in favor of PNC Bank, National Association.

	
c.  

	
Non-Recourse Indemnification Agreement dated April 30, 2008 by Apple Eight Hospitality, Inc. in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Certificateholders of Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates/ Series COMM 2005-LP5.

	
8.  

	
KANSAS CITY RESIDENCE INN: Consent, Assumption and Modification Agreement with Release dated April 30, 2008 by Country Club Extended Stay Suites, L.L.C., Lewis H. Wiens, Apple Eight SPE Kansas City, Inc., Apple Eight Hospitality, Inc. Apple Eight Services Kansas City, Inc., and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Certificateholders of Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates/ Series COMM 2005-LP5, and related documents including:

 

  

  

  

 

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $11,850,000, dated October 17, 2005

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Fixture Filing dated October 17, 2005 by Country Club Extended Stay Suites, L.L.C. for the benefit of PNC Bank, National Association.

	
c.  

	
Non-Recourse Indemnification Agreement dated April 30, 2008 by Apple Eight Hospitality, Inc. in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Certificateholders of Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates/ Series COMM 2005-LP5.

 

	
9.  

	
WINSTON-SALEM COURTYARD: Assumption Agreement dated May 16, 2008 by LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for those certain ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-5, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-5, Homecourt Hospitality-Winston-Salem, LLC, Apple Eight SPE Winston-Salem, Inc. and Apple Eight Services Winston-Salem, Inc., and related documents, including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $8,000,000 dated November 10, 2006.

	
b.  

	
Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated May 16, 2008 between LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for those certain ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-5, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-5 and Apple Eight SPE Winston-Salem, Inc.

	
c.  

	
Amended and Restated Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated May 16, 2008 by Apple Eight SPE Winston-Salem, Inc. and Apple Eight Services Winston-Salem, Inc. to Chicago Title Insurance Company, in favor of LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for those certain ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-5, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-5

	
10.  

	
GREENVILLE RESIDENCE INN: Assumption Agreement dated May 16, 2008 by LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for those certain ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-5, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-5, Homecourt Hospitality-Greenville, LLC, PHREG-Greenville, LLC, Apple Eight SPE Greenville, Inc. and Apple Eight Services Greenville, Inc., and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $6,531,000 dated January 18, 2007.

	
b.  

	
Amended and Restated Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated May 16, 2008 by Apple Eight SPE Greenville, Inc., Apple Eight Services Greenville, Inc., in favor of LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for those certain ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-5, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-5

	
c.  

	
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations dated May 16, 2008 by Apple REIT Eight, Inc. for the benefit of LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for those certain ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-5, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-5.

	
11.  

	
BIRMINGHAM HOMEWOOD SUITES: Assumption Agreement dated May 23, 2008 between  LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for those certain ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-5, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-5, Homecourt Hospitality-Birmingham 1, LLC, Homecourt Hospitality Birmingham 2, LLC, PHREG-Birmingham, LLC, Apple Eight SPE Birmingham, Inc. and Apple Eight Services Birmingham, Inc., and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $11,850,000, dated January 19, 2007.

 

  

  

  

 

	
b.  

	
Amended and Restated Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated May 23, 2008 by Apple Eight SPE Birmingham, Inc., Apple Eight Services Birmingham, Inc., in favor of LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for those certain ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-5, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-5

	
c.  

	
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations dated May 23, 2008 by Apple REIT Eight, Inc. for the benefit of LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for those certain ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-5, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-5.

 

	
12.  

	
JACKSONVILLE HOMEWOOD SUITES: Assumption Agreement dated June 17, 2008 between  LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for those certain ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-5, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-5, Homecourt Hospitality-Jacksonville, LLC, PHREG-Jacksonville, LLC, Apple Eight SPE Jacksonville, Inc. and Apple Eight Services Jacksonville, Inc., and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Renewal and Future Advance Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $17,225,000, dated January 19, 2007

	
b.  

	
Amended and Restated Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated June 17, 2008 by Apple Eight SPE Jacksonville, Inc., Apple Eight Services Jacksonville, Inc., in favor of LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for those certain ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-5, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-5

	
13.  

	
FAYETTEVILLE RESIDENCE INN: Loan Agreement dated November 24, 2010 between Apple Eight SPE Fayetteville, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory note in the original principal amount of $7,000,000 dated November 24, 2010

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust and Absolute Assignment of Rents and Leases and Security Agreement (and Fixture Filing) dated November 24, 2010 by Apple Eight SPE Fayetteville, Inc. to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

	
c.  

	
Limited Guaranty dated November 24, 2010 by Apple REIT Eight, Inc. to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

	
14.  

	
VIRGINIA BEACH (SOUTH) COURTYARD: Loan Agreement dated October 19, 2011 between Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P. and Apple Eight SPE Virginia Beach South, Inc., and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $14,500,000 dated October 19, 2011

	
b.  

	
Fee and Leasehold Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Assignment of Leases and Fixture Filing dated October 19, 2011 by Apple Eight SPE Virginia Beach South, Inc. to Kevin J. Kelley, P.C., as Trustee, for the benefit of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.

	
c.  

	
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations dated October 19, 2011 by Apple REIT Eight, Inc. for the benefit of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.

	
15.  

	
VIRGINIA BEACH (NORTH) COURTYARD: Loan Agreement dated October 19, 2011 between Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P. and Apple Eight SPE Virginia Beach North, Inc., and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $17,500,000 dated October 19, 2011

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Assignment of Leases and Fixture Filing dated October 19, 2011 by Apple Eight SPE Virginia Beach North, Inc. to Kevin J. Kelley, P.C., as Trustee, for the benefit of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.

 

  

  

  

 

	
c.  

	
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations dated October 19, 2011 by Apple REIT Eight, Inc. for the benefit of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.

	
16.  

	
CAROLINA BEACH COURTYARD: Loan Agreement dated October 19, 2011 between Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P. and Apple Eight SPE Carolina Beach, L.P. and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $12,500,000 dated October 19, 2011

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Assignment of Leases and Fixture Filing dated October 19, 2011 by Apple Eight SPE Carolina Beach, L.P. to Firs Title of the Carolinas, LLC, as Trustee, for the benefit of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.

	
c.  

	
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations dated October 19, 2011 by Apple REIT Eight, Inc. for the benefit of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.

	
17.  

	
CHARLOTTESVILLE COURTYARD: Loan Agreement dated October 19, 2011 between Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P. and Apple Eight SPE Charlottesville, Inc., and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $15,500,000 dated October 19, 2011

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Assignment of Leases and Fixture Filing dated October 19, 2011 by Apple Eight SPE Charlottesville, Inc. to Kevin J. Kelley, P.C., as Trustee, for the benefit of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.

	
c.  

	
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations dated October 19, 2011 by Apple REIT Eight, Inc. for the benefit of Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.

	
18.  

	
SUFFOLK COURTYARD: Assumption Agreement dated July 2, 2008 among Southern Electrical Retirement Fund, Nansemond CY Investment Associates, LLC and Apple Eight Hospitality Ownership, Inc., and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $8,800,000 dated June 26, 2007, as amended by that Modification of Promissory Note dated May 31, 2011.

	
b.  

	
First Deed of Trust, Security Agreement and Financing Statement  by Nansemond CY Investment Associates, LLC to Peter Baumbusch, as Trustee, for the benefit of Southern Electrical Retirement Fund

	
c.  

	
Modification Agreement dated May 31, 2011 between Apple Eight Hospitality Ownership, Inc. and Southern Electrical Retirement Fund.

	
19.  

	
SUFFOLK TOWNEPLACE SUITES: Assumption Agreement dated July 2, 2008 among Southern Electrical Retirement Fund, James River TPS Associates, LLC and Apple Eight Hospitality Ownership, Inc. , and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $6,750,000 dated June 26, 2007, as amended by that Modification of Promissory Note dated May 31, 2011.

	
b.  

	
First Deed of Trust, Security Agreement and Financing Statement  by James River TPS Associates, LLC to Peter Baumbusch, as Trustee, for the benefit of Southern Electrical Retirement Fund

	
c.  

	
Modification Agreement dated May 31, 2011 between Apple Eight Hospitality Ownership, Inc. and Southern Electrical Retirement Fund.

	
20.  

	
SAVANNAH HILTON GARDEN INN: Consent, Assumption and Modification Agreement with Release dated July 31, 2008 among Crossroads Hospitality Services, L.L.C., William R. Hickman, Jr., Douglas H. Lambert, Apple Eight SPE Savannah, Inc, Apple Eight Hospitality, Inc., Apple Eight Services Savannah, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Registered Holders of J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-LDP10, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-LDP10, and related documents including:

 

  

  

  

 

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $5,825,000 dated January 16, 2007.

	
b.  

	
Leasehold Deed to Secure Debt, Security Agreement and Assignment of Leases and Rents dated January 16, 2007 by Crossroads Hospitality Services, L.L.C. in favor of PNC Bank, National Association.

	
c.  

	
Non-Recourse Indemnification Agreement dated July 31, 2008 by Apple Eight Hospitality, Inc. in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Registered Holders of J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-LDP10, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-LDP10.

 

  

  

  

 

APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT, INC. (formerly APPLE REIT NINE, INC.)*

	
1.  

	
ANCHORAGE EMBASSY SUITES: Loan Agreement dated as of September 13, 2012 between Apple Nine SPE Anchorage, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $23,230,000 dated September 13, 2012.

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of September 13, 2012, made by Apple Nine SPE Anchorage, Inc. and Apple Nine Hospitality Management, Inc. to Fidelity Title Agency of Alaska, as Trustee, for the benefit of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

	
c.  

	
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations dated as of September 13, 2012 by Apple REIT Nine, Inc. for the benefit of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

	
2.  

	
COLLEGEVILLE COURTYARD: Loan Agreement dated as of August 30, 2012 between Apple Nine Collegeville Business Trust and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $12,650,000 dated August 30, 2012.

	
b.  

	
Fee and Leasehold Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of August 30, 2012, made by Apple Nine Collegeville Business Trust, Apple Nine Pennsylvania Business Trust and Apple Nine Hospitality Management, Inc. to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

	
c.  

	
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations dated as of August 30, 2012 by Apple REIT Nine, Inc. for the benefit of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

	
3.  

	
GRAPEVINE HILTON GARDEN INN: Loan Agreement dated as of August 29, 2012 between Apple Nine SPE Grapevine, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $11,819,000 dated August 29, 2012.

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of August 29, 2012, made by Apple Nine SPE Grapevine, Inc. and Apple Nine Hospitality Texas Services II, Inc. to William M. Woodall, as Trustee, for the benefit of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

	
c.  

	
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations dated as of August 29, 2012 by Apple REIT Nine, Inc. for the benefit of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

	
4.  

	
DUNCANVILLE HILTON GARDEN INN: Note and Deed of Trust Assumption Agreement dated October 16, 2008 (effective October 21, 2008) between Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Registered Holders of Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-31, SCI Duncanville Hotel LTD., Apple Nine SPE Duncanville, Inc., and Apple Nine Services Duncanville, Inc., joined by Apple REIT Nine., Inc. as New Indemnitor,  and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $14,200,000 dated May 1, 2007.

 

* all obligations of a Loan Party described on this schedule are unsecured Guarantees of Non-Recourse Indebtedness of a Subsidiary for which recourse to such Loan Party is contractually limited to liability for Customary Non-Recourse Carve-Outs

 

  

  

  

 

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust and Security Agreement dated May 1, 2007 by SCI Duncanville Hotel Ltd. for the benefit of Nomura Credit & Capital, Inc.

 

	
5.  

	
ALLEN HILTON GARDEN INN: Loan Assumption and Substitution Agreement dated October 31, 2008 between Apple Nine SPE Allen, Inc., Apple Nine Hospitality, Inc., SCI Allen Hotel, Ltd., certain Original Indemnitors, and LaSalle Bank National Association, in its capacity as trustee for the registered holders of LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2005-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-C7, and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $11,250,000, dated September 29, 2005

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Fixture Filing and Security Agreement dated September 29, 2005 by SCI Allen Hotel, Ltd. for the benefit of Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB.

 

	
6.  

	
BRISTOL COURTYARD: Assumption Agreement dated November 7, 2008 between Bank of America, National Association, as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for those certain Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-PWR14, Linden Hotel Properties, L.L.C., Apple Nine SPE Bristol, Inc. and Apple Nine Services Bristol, Inc., and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
 Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $10,000,000 dated July 3, 2006.

	
b.  

	
Amended and Restated Fee and Leasehold Deed of Trust and Absolute Assignment of Rents and Leases and Security Agreement (and Fixture Filing) dated November 7, 2008 by  Apple Nine SPE Bristol, Inc. Apple Nine Services Bristol, Inc. for the benefit of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Bank of America, National Association, as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for those certain Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-PWR14.

	
c.  

	
Limited Guaranty dated November 7, 2008 by Apple REIT Nine, Inc. in favor of Bank of America, National Association, as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for those certain Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-PWR14.

 

	
7.  

	
AUSTIN (NW) HOMEWOOD SUITES: Consent, Assumption and Modification Agreement with Release dated April 14, 2009 among Austin FRH, Ltd., Michael V. Harrell, Apple Nine SPE Austin Northwest, Inc., Apple Nine Hospitality, Inc., Austin Nine Services Austin Northwest, Inc. and U.S. Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the Registered Holders of Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust 2006-C1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-C1, and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $8,000,000 effective February 21, 2006.

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing effective February 21, 2006 by Austin FRH, Ltd. for the benefit of LaSalle Bank National Association.

 

	
8.  

	
AUSTIN (ARBORETUM) HAMPTON INN: Consent, Assumption and Modification Agreement with Release dated April 14, 2009 among FRH Braker, Ltd., Michael V. Harrell, Apple Nine SPE Austin Arboretum, Inc., Apple Nine Hospitality, Inc., Austin Nine Services Austin Arboretum, Inc. and U.S. Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the Registered Holders of Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust 2006-C1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-C1, and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $8,000,000 effective March 1, 2006

 

  

  

  

 

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing effective March 1, 2006 by FRH Braker, Ltd. for the benefit of LaSalle Bank National Association.

 

	
9.  

	
ROUND ROCK HAMPTON INN: Note and Deed of Trust Assumption Agreement effective March 6, 2009 between Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for the Registered Holders of J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-LDP7, joined by Apple REIT Nine, Inc. as New Indemnitor, and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $4,400,000 effective April 11, 2006.

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing effective April 11, 2006 from RR Hotel Investment, Ltd. for the benefit of LaSalle Bank National Association.

 

	
10.  

	
ROGERS HAMPTON INN: Assumption Agreement dated August 31, 2010 between U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Mortgage Stanley Capital I Inc., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-HQ7, Rogers Lodging Associates, LLC, Charles J. Raymond, Apple Nine SPE Rogers, Inc. Apple REIT Nine, Inc. and Apple Nine Services Rogers, Inc., and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $9,000,000 dated September 1, 2005.

	
b.  

	
Mortgage and Security Agreement dated September 1, 2005 by Rogers Lodging Associates HI, LLC to Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital, Inc.

	
c.  

	
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations dated August 31, 2010 by Apple REIT Nine, Inc. in favor of U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Mortgage Stanley Capital I Inc., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-HQ7.

 

	
11.  

	
ST. LOUIS HAMPTON INN: Assumption Agreement dated August 31, 2010 between Bank of America National Association, as Successor by Merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-TOP20, and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $15,000,000 dated September 1, 2005.

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust and Security Agreement dated September 1, 2005 by St. Louis Lodging Associates, LLC for the benefit of Mortgage Stanley Mortgage Capital, Inc..

	
c.  

	
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations dated August 31, 2010 by Apple REIT Nine, Inc. in favor of Bank of America National Association, as Successor by Merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-TOP20.

 

	
12.  

	
KANSAS CITY HAMPTON INN: Assumption Agreement dated August 31, 2005 between U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Mortgage Stanley Capital I Inc., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-HQ7, Liberty Lodging Associates L.L.C., Charles J. Raymond, Apple Nine Kansas City, LLC, Apple REIT Nine, Inc. and Apple Nine Services Kansas City, Inc., and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $7,000,000 dated September 22, 2005.

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust and Security Agreement dated September 22, 2005 by Liberty Lodging Associates, L.L.C. for the benefit of Mortgage Stanley Mortgage Capital, Inc.

	
c.  

	
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations dated August 31, 2010 by Apple REIT Nine, Inc. in favor of .S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Mortgage Stanley Capital I Inc., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-HQ7.

 

  

  

  

 

	
13.  

	
IRVING HOMEWOOD SUITES: Assumption Agreement dated December 29, 2010 between Apple Nine SPE Irving, Inc., Apple Nine Services Irving, Inc., Redwood Hospitality, L.P., Bank of America, National Association, as Trustee for the Registered Holders of Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-C2, Dilip P. Pranav, Narendra Pranav, and Apple REIT Nine, Inc. , and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $6,500,000 effective March 14, 2007.

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Security Agreement and Financing Statement effective March 14, 2007 by Redwood Hospitality, L.P. for the benefit of Column Financial, Inc.

 

	
14.  

	
PHILLY/MALVERN COURTYARD: Assignment, Assumption and Amendatory  Agreement effective November 3, 2010 between MAL Lodging, L.P., Apple Nine Malvern Pennsylvania Business Trust, and ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company, and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
 Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $8,350,000 dated September 12, 2006

	
b.  

	
 Open-End Mortgage, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Fixture Filing dated September 12, 2006 by MAL Lodging, L.P. for the benefit of ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company.

	
c.  

	
Limited Guaranty dated November 30, 2010 by Apple REIT Nine, Inc. for the benefit of ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company.

 

	
15.  

	
TEXARKANA HAMPTON INN & SUITES: Assumption and Release Agreement dated January 31, 2011 between D & D Lodging, L.L.P., Apple Nine SPE Texarkana, Inc., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Registered Holders of ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-3, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-3, Ruel Jack Daugherty and Elizabeth Ann Daugherty, and Apple REIT Nine, Inc., and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
 Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $5,200,000 dated June 16, 2006.

	
b.  

	
 Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated June 16, 2006 by D & D Lodging, L.L.P. for benefit of Countrywide Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

	
c.  

	
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations dated January 31, 2011 by Apple REIT Nine, Inc. for the benefit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Registered Holders of ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-3, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-3.

 

	
16.  

	
DALLAS PARK CITIES HILTON: Note and Deed of Trust Assumption Agreement dated May 13, 2011 between  Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a National Banking Association, as Trustee for the Registered Holders of GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-GG4, RMC PC Hotel, L.P., Apple Nine SPE Dallas, Inc. and  Apple Nine Services Dallas, Inc., and related documents including:

	
a.  

	
Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $23,500,000 dated May 24, 2005.

	
b.  

	
Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement dated May 24, 2005 by RMC PC Hotel, LP for the benefit of Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc.

  

  

  

SCHEDULE 7.03

EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS

	
 

 

 

Property

	 	 	 	 	 	  

 

 

Recourse 

	 	  

Assumption 

or 

Origination

	  

 

 

Maturity 

	  

 

 

Interest 

	 	
 

 

 

Balance

	
 #

	 	
Property

	
Company

	
Borrowing Entity

	
Lender/Servicer

	
Nature

	
Loan #

	
 Date

	
Date

	
Rate

	  	
1/31/14

	
7009

	 	
Duncanville HGI

	
Apple Nine

	
Apple Nine SPE Duncanville, Inc.

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
191000086

	
10/21/2008

	
5/11/2017

	
5.880%

	  	
   12,888,461.16

	
7011

	 	
Allen HGI

	
Apple Nine

	
Apple Nine SPE Allen, Inc.

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
343001400

	
10/31/2008

	
10/11/2015

	
5.370%

	  	
     9,769,611.52

	
7014

	 	
Bristol CY

	
Apple Nine

	
Apple Nine SPE Bristol, Inc.

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
310904271

	
11/7/2008

	
8/1/2016

	
6.585%

	  	
     9,073,275.92

	
7022

	 	
Austin HWS Northwest

	
Apple Nine

	
Apple Nine SPE Austin Northwest, Inc.

	
Columbia

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
002041990

	
4/14/2009

	
3/1/2016

	
5.990%

	  	
     6,685,471.80

	
7023

	 	
Austin HI

	
Apple Nine

	
Apple Nine SPE Austin Arboretum, Inc.

	
Columbia

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
002042004

	
4/14/2009

	
3/1/2016

	
5.950%

	  	
     6,678,655.57

	
7024

	 	
Round Rock HI

	
Apple Nine

	
Apple Nine SPE Round Rock, Inc.

	
Columbia

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
002042071

	
3/6/2009

	
5/1/2016

	
5.945%

	  	
     3,692,000.70

	
7050

	 	
Rogers HI

	
Apple Nine

	
Apple Nine SPE Rogers, Inc.

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
700400668

	
8/31/2010

	
9/1/2015

	
5.200%

	  	
     7,765,887.82

	
7052

	 	
St Louis HI

	
Apple Nine

	
Apple Nine St. Louis, LLC

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
700400667

	
8/31/2010

	
9/1/2015

	
5.300%

	  	
   12,976,571.71

	
7054

	 	
Kansas City HI

	
Apple Nine

	
Apple Nine Kansas City, LLC

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
700400710

	
8/31/2010

	
10/1/2015

	
5.450%

	  	
     6,091,077.04

	
7056

	 	
Anchorage Embassy Suites

	
Apple Nine

	
Apple Nine SPE Anchorage, Inc.

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
31-0916372

	
9/13/2012

	
10/1/2022

	
4.970%

	  	
   22,647,646.44

	
7061

	 	
Irving HWS

	
Apple Nine

	
Apple Nine SPE Irving, Inc.

	
Berkadia

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
010035745

	
12/29/2010

	
4/11/2017

	
5.830%

	  	
     5,591,990.52

	
7062

	 	
Grapevine HGI

	
Apple Nine

	
Apple Nine SPE Grapevine, Inc.

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
31-0916373

	
8/29/2012

	
9/1/2022

	
4.890%

	  	
   11,488,752.15

	
7085

	 	
Malvern CY

	
Apple Nine

	
Apple Nine Malvern Pennsylvania Business Trust

	
ING

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
25027933

	
11/30/2010

	
10/1/2032

	
6.500%

	  	
     7,320,795.19

	
7086

	 	
Collegeville CY

	
Apple Nine

	
Apple Nine Collegeville Business Trust

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
31-0916371

	
8/30/2012

	
9/1/2022

	
4.890%

	  	
   12,305,902.90

	
7088

	 	
Texarkana HI&S

	
Apple Nine

	
Apple Nine SPE Texarkana, Inc.

	
Berkadia/Capmark

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
99-1077753

	
1/31/2011

	
7/8/2016

	
6.900%

	  	
     4,740,862.42

	
7095

	 	
Dallas/Park Cities Hilton

	
Apple Nine

	
Apple Nine SPE Dallas, Inc.

	
Berkadia/Capmark

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
99-1072453

	
5/17/2011

	
6/6/2015

	
6.630%

	  	
   19,496,256.35

	  	 	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
5001

	 	
Somerset CY

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight SPE Somerset, Inc.

	
Wells a/o 10/18/12

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
48-2100028

	
9/14/2012

	
10/6/2022

	
4.731%

	  	
     8,765,805.14

	
5015

	 	
Concord HI

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight SPE Concord, Inc.

	
Grandbridge

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
586100544

	
3/7/2008

	
3/1/2017

	
6.100%

	  	
     4,724,917.91

	
5021

	 	
Westford RI

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight SPE Westford, Inc.

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
Loan #33-0910069; Swap #726513

	
10/1/2010

	
10/1/2015

	
5.300%

	  	
     6,542,386.61

	
5026

	 	
Hilton Head HGI

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight SPE Hilton Head, Inc.

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
99-2000050

	
5/29/2008

	
4/11/2016

	
6.290%

	  	
     5,570,273.28

	
5029

	 	
Overland Park RI

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight SPE Overland Park LLC

	
PNC/Midland

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
940951399

	
4/30/2008

	
4/1/2015

	
5.740%

	  	
     6,035,125.50

	
5030

	 	
Kansas City RI

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight SPE Kansas City, Inc.

	
PNC/Midland

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
940952085

	
4/30/2008

	
11/1/2015

	
5.740%

	  	
   10,619,034.64

	
5031

	 	
Winston Salem CY

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight SPE Winston-Salem, Inc.

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
17-0204361

	
5/19/2008

	
12/8/2016

	
5.940%

	  	
     7,467,892.14

	
5033

	 	
Greenville RI

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight SPE Greenville, Inc.

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
17-0204453

	
5/19/2008

	
2/8/2017

	
6.030%

	  	
     6,019,924.70

	
5034

	 	
Birmingham HWS

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight SPE Birmingham, Inc.

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
17-0204458

	
5/23/2008

	
2/8/2017

	
6.030%

	  	
   10,922,692.45

	
5035

	 	
Jacksonville HWS

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight SPE Jacksonville, Inc.

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
17-0204460

	
6/17/2008

	
2/8/2017

	
6.030%

	  	
   15,877,078.75

	
5036

	 	
Fayetteville RI

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight SPE Fayetteville, Inc.

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
31-0910553

	
11/29/2010

	
12/1/2015

	
5.140%

	  	
     6,557,297.60

	
5037

	 	
Oceanside RI (40%)

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight California, Inc.

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
Loan #1006078 &  cust. #5468729908; swap # 9138671

	
1/13/2012

	
1/13/2017

	
1MTH LIBOR +3.24%; SWAP converts this to 4.24% fixed rate.

Effective January 2015, mortgage rate will reduce to 1MTH LIBOR +3.14%; this is still swapped to 4.24% fixed rate.

	
   15,688,000.00

	
5038

	 	
Burbank RI (60%)

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight California, Inc.

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
Loan #1006078 &  cust. #5468729908; swap # 9138671

	
1/13/2012

	
1/13/2017

	
1MTH LIBOR +3.24%; SWAP converts this to 4.24% fixed rate.

Effective January 2015, mortgage rate will reduce to 1MTH LIBOR +3.14%; this is still swapped to 4.24% fixed rate.

	
   23,532,000.00

	
5040

	 	
Va Beach S 25th St CY

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight SPE Virginia Beach South, Inc.

	
Grandbridge

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
353364

	
10/19/2011

	
11/11/2016

	
6.015%

	  	
   13,952,125.50

	
5041

	 	
Va Beach N 37th St CY

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight SPE Virginia Beach North, Inc.

	
Grandbridge

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
353363

	
10/19/2011

	
11/11/2016

	
6.015%

	  	
   16,838,772.11

	
5042

	 	
Carolina Beach CY

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight SPE Carolina Beach, L.P.

	
Grandbridge

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
353361

	
10/19/2011

	
11/11/2016

	
6.015%

	  	
   12,027,694.35

	
5043

	 	
Charlottesville CY

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight SPE Charlottesville, Inc.

	
Grandbridge

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
353362

	
10/19/2011

	
11/11/2016

	
6.015%

	  	
   14,914,340.96

	
5045

	 	
Suffolk TPS

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight Hospitality Ownership, Inc.

	
Berkadia

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
981069252

	
7/2/2008

	
7/1/2017

	
6.031%

	  	
     6,150,283.32

	
5046

	 	
Suffolk CY

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight Hospitality Ownership, Inc.

	
Berkadia

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
981069284

	
7/2/2008

	
7/1/2017

	
6.031%

	  	
     8,018,162.67

	
5048

	 	
Tukwila HWS

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight SPE Tukwila, Inc.

	
Wells a/o 10/18/12

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
48-2100025

	
9/14/2012

	
10/6/2022

	
4.731%

	  	
     9,447,590.09

	
5049

	 	
Savannah HGI

	
Apple Eight

	
Apple Eight SPE Savannah, Inc.

	
PNC/Midland

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
940953081

	
7/31/2008

	
2/1/2017

	
5.870%

	  	
     4,988,532.91

	  	 	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
3011

	 	
Houston RI

	
Apple Seven

	
Apple Seven SPE Houston, Inc.

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
31-0910930

	
2/28/2011

	
3/1/2016

	
5.710%

	  	
     9,946,936.36

	
3020

	 	
Seattle Lake Union RI

	
Apple Seven

	
Apple Seven SPE Seattle, Inc.

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
54-0100016

	
8/30/2012

	
9/1/2022

	
4.960%

	  	
   28,316,999.24

	
3022

	 	
Hattiesburg CY

	
Apple Seven

	
Apple Seven SPE Hattiesburg, Inc.

	
PNC/Midland

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
030289088

	
8/24/2012

	
9/1/2022

	
5.000%

	  	
     5,742,233.18

	
3023

	 	
Huntsville HWS

	
Apple Seven

	
Apple Seven SPE Huntsville, Inc.

	
Wells Fargo (3/12/13)

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
30-0110031

	
1/15/2013

	
2/6/2023

	
4.1195%

	  	
     8,322,011.73

	
3026

	 	
Rancho Bernardo CY

	
Apple Seven

	
Apple Seven SPE Rancho Bernardo, Inc.

	
PNC/Midland

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
030289087

	
8/24/2012

	
9/1/2022

	
5.000%

	  	
   15,085,527.66

	
3027

	 	
New Orleans HWS

	
Apple Seven

	
Apple Seven SPE New Orleans, L.P.

	
Berkadia

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
11046375

	
12/15/2006

	
10/1/2014

	
5.850%

	  	
   14,369,298.98

	
3029

	 	
Tupelo HI

	
Apple Seven

	
Apple Seven SPE Tupelo, L.P.

	
Wells Fargo

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
37-2100119

	
1/23/2007

	
3/1/2016

	
5.900%

	  	
     3,137,857.41

	
3034

	 	
Highlands Ranch RI

	
Apple Seven

	
Apple Seven SPE Highlands Ranch, Inc.

	
Berkadia

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
11053005

	
2/21/2007

	
6/1/2016

	
5.940%

	  	
   10,509,416.25

	
3035

	 	
Miami Blue Lagoon HWS

	
Apple Seven

	
Apple Seven SPE Miami, Inc.

	
KeyBank

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
01-0068811

	
4/1/2013

	
4/1/2023

	
4.020%

	  	
   16,708,788.48

	
3037

	 	
San Diego RI

	
Apple Seven

	
Apple Seven SPE Socal, Inc.

	
PNC/Midland

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
030291963

	
3/4/2013

	
3/6/2023

	
3.9725%

	  	
   18,636,055.46

	
3043

	 	
Prattville CY

	
Apple Seven

	
Apple Seven SPE Prattville, Inc.

	
Wells Fargo (3/12/13)

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
30-0110037

	
1/15/2013

	
2/6/2023

	
4.1195%

	  	
     6,608,656.45

	
3054

	 	
Kirkland CY

	
Apple Seven

	
Apple Seven SPE Kirkland, Inc.

	
PNC/Midland

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
030289086

	
8/24/2012

	
9/1/2022

	
5.000%

	  	
   12,165,748.09

	
3056

	 	
Richmond Marriott

	
Apple Seven

	
Apple Seven SPE Richmond, Inc.

	
Metlife

	
Secured Non-Recourse

	
701657

	
1/25/2008

	
9/1/2014

	
6.950%

	  	
   21,586,909.79

 

 

 

  

  

  

SCHEDULE 11.02

 

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S OFFICE;

CERTAIN ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES

BORROWER:

APPLE REIT NINE, INC.:

814 E. Main St

Richmond, VA 23219

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Telephone: 804-344-8121

Facsimile: 804-344-8129

Electronic Mail: bpeery@applereit.com

Website Address: www.applehospitalityreit.com

 

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

Administrative Agent’s Office

(for payments and Requests for Credit Extensions):

Bank of America, N.A.

901 Main Street, 14th Floor

Mail Code: TX1-492-14-12

Dallas, TX 75202-3714

Attention:  Eldred Sholars

Telephone: (972) 338-3811

Facsimile:  (214) 290-9485

Electronic Mail:  eldred.sholars@baml.com

Account No.:  1292000883

Ref:  Apple Hospitality REIT

ABA# 026009593

Other Notices as Administrative Agent:

Bank of America, N.A.

Agency Management

901 Main Street, 14th Floor

Mail Code: TX1-492-14-11

Dallas, TX 75202-3714

Attention:  Henry Pennell

Telephone: (214) 209-1226

Facsimile:  (214) 290-9448

Electronic Mail:  henry.pennell@baml.com

 

  

  

  

 

L/C ISSUER:

Bank of America, N.A.

Trade Operations

1000 W Temple St. 7th Floor

Mail Code: CA9-705-07-05

Los Angeles, CA 90012-1514

Attention:  Teela Yung

Telephone:  (213) 417-9523

Facsimile:   (888) 277-5577

Electronic Mail:  teela.p.yung@baml.com

SWING LINE LENDER:

 

Bank of America, N.A.

901 Main Street, 14th Floor

Mail Code: TX1-492-14-12

Dallas, TX 75202-3714

Attention:  Eldred Sholars

Telephone: (972) 338-3811

Facsimile:  (214) 290-9485

Electronic Mail:  eldred.sholars@baml.com

Account No.:  1292000883

Ref:  Apple Hospitality REIT

ABA# 026009593

 

  

  

  

 

Loan Party Taxpayer Identification Numbers:

 

	
Loan Party Name

	
Taxpayer Identification Number

	
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (formerly Apple REIT Nine, Inc.)

	
26-1379210

	
Apple REIT Eight, Inc. (formerly Apple Eight Acquisition Sub, Inc.)

	
46-4625634

	
Apple Nine Hospitality, Inc.

	
26-1379447

	
Apple Nine Hospitality Management, Inc.

	
26-1379494

	
Apple Nine Hospitality Ownership, Inc.

	
26-1379528

	
Apple Nine Hospitality Texas Services, Inc.

	
26-3143135

	
Apple Nine Hospitality Texas Services II, Inc.

	
26-3389016

	
Apple Nine Hospitality Texas Services III, Inc.

	
27-3285427

	
Apple Nine Illinois, LLC

	
27-3285481

	
Apple Nine Louisiana, LLC

	
27-3099855

	
Apple Nine Missouri, LLC

	
27-2217752

	
Apple Nine NC GP, Inc.

	
26-3563284

	
Apple Nine NC LP, Inc.

	
26-3563319

	
Apple Nine North Carolina, L.P.

	
26-3563359

	
Apple Nine Oklahoma, LLC

	
27-2217796

	
Apple Nine Pennsylvania, Inc.

	
26-3754257

	
Apple Nine Pennsylvania Business Trust

	
27-6904014

	
Apple REIT Seven, Inc. (formerly Apple Seven Acquisition Sub, Inc.)

	
46-4625136

	
Sunbelt-CAL, LLC

	
26-4709788

	
Sunbelt-CJT, LLC

	
26-2125331

	
Sunbelt-CTY, LLC

	
26-1709656

	
Sunbelt-GDA LLC

	
26-1313929

	
Sunbelt-RAG L.L.C.

	
20-4693147

	
Sunbelt-RHM, L.L.C.

	
20-8691125

	
Sunbelt-RPC L.L.C.

	
20-4693199

	
Sunbelt-SLL, LLC

	
27-1316816

	
Apple Eight Hospitality, Inc.

	
20-8268640

 

  

  

  

 

	
Loan Party Name

	
Taxpayer Identification Number

	
Apple Eight Hospitality Management, Inc.

	
20-8268653

	
Apple Eight Hospitality Massachusetts, Inc.

	
26-1337510

	
Apple Eight Hospitality Massachusetts Services, Inc.

	
26-1337608

	
Apple Eight Hospitality Ownership, Inc.

	
20-8268666

	
Apple Eight Hospitality Midwest, LLC

	
26-1581361

	
Apple Eight NC GP, Inc.

	
26-3827393

	
Apple Eight NC LP, Inc.

	
26-3827416

	
Apple Eight North Carolina, L.P.

	
26-3827450

	
Apple Eight Hospitality Texas, LLC

	
26-1963620

	
Apple Eight Hospitality Texas Services, LLC

	
26-1963691

	
Apple Seven Hospitality, Inc.

	
20-3004978

	
Apple Seven Hospitality Management, Inc.

	
20-3005184

	
Apple Seven Hospitality Ownership, Inc.

	
20-3004860

	
Apple Seven Texas GP, Inc.

	
20-4694453

	
Apple Seven Texas LP, Inc.

	
20-4694480

	
Apple Seven Hospitality Texas, L.P.

	
20-4709606

	
Apple Seven Services, LLC

	
26-0498567

	
Apple Seven Services II, LLC

	
26-0667588

	
Apple Seven Services Lakeland, Inc.

	
20-8846847

	
Apple Seven Services Southeast, L.P.

	
20-5354043

	
Apple Seven Services Omaha CY, Inc.

	
20-5778842

	
Apple Seven Services Provo-San Diego, Inc.

	
20-8847011

	
Apple Seven Services San Diego, Inc.

	
20-8847105

	
Apple Seven Services Tallahassee, Inc.

	
20-8847206

	
Apple Seven SPE Omaha CY, Inc.

	
20-5778788

	
Apple Seven SPE Provo-San Diego, Inc.

	
20-8847068

	
Blumberg-Dothan Motel, L.L.C.

	
63-1103561

	
SHS Vancouver, LLC

	
20-4808825

	
Sunbelt-CTR, L.L.C.

	
20-4056324

	
Sunbelt-Columbus, L.L.C.

	
63-1236487

	
Sunbelt-RDA, LLC

	
20-4815916

	
Sunbelt-SCG, L.L.C.

	
20-8200451

	
Sunbelt-TCG, L.L.C.

	
20-8696372

 

  

  

  

 

	
Loan Party Name

	
Taxpayer Identification Number

	
Sunbelt-THA, LLC

	
20-4815750

	
Apple Seven Management Services GP, Inc.

	
20-4694532

	
Apple Seven Management Services LP, Inc.

	
20-4694557

  

  

  

 

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF COMMITTED LOAN NOTICE

Date:  ___________, _____

	
To:

	
Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2014 (as amended, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Borrower”), certain subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.

The undersigned hereby requests (select one):  

	
  o

	
  A Borrowing of Term Loans

	
  o

	
  A Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans

	
  o

	
  A conversion or continuation of Term Loans

	
  o

	
  A conversion or continuation of Revolving Credit Loans

1.           On                                                                           (a Business Day).

 

2.           In the amount of $                                                                         .

 

3.           Comprised of                                                                                                          .

[Type of Committed Loans requested]

 

	
4.

	
For Eurodollar Rate Loans:  with an Interest Period of                                       

	
months.

	
5.

	
The Loans, if any, borrowed hereunder shall be disbursed to the following bank for credit by that bank to the following deposit account:

____________________

____________________

____________________

The Revolving Credit Borrowing, if any, requested herein complies with the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.01(a) of the Agreement.

 

 

  

A-1

Form of Committed Loan Notice

  

 

[The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) shall be satisfied on and as of the date of the proposed Credit Extension.]1

 

APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT, INC.

 

 

By:                                                                        

 

Name:                                                                                                  

 

Title:                                                                     

 

 

 

	
  

	
1 Include only in the case of a Borrowing.

 

 

 

  

A-2

Form of Committed Loan Notice

  

 

EXHIBIT B

FORM OF SWING LINE LOAN NOTICE

Date:  ___________, _____

 

 

	
To:

	
Bank of America, N.A., as Swing Line Lender

	
  

	
Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2014 (as amended, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Borrower”), certain subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.

 

The undersigned hereby requests a Swing Line Loan:

 

1.           On                                                                (a Business Day).

 

2.           In the amount of $                                                               .1

 

The Swing Line Borrowing requested herein complies with the requirements of the provisos to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a) of the Agreement.

 

The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) shall be satisfied on and as of the date of the proposed Credit Extension.

 

 

 

APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT, INC.

 

By:                                                                          

 

Name:                                                                 

 

Title:                                                                    

 

  

	
1

	
Shall not be less than $100,000.

 

  

B-1

Form of Swing Line Loan Notice

  

 

EXHIBIT C-1

 

FORM OF TERM NOTE

 

___________, ____

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the order of _____________________ or registered assigns (the “Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of [insert amount of Lender’s Term Loan Commitment] _________________________ ($__________) outstanding as a Term Loan under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2014 (as amended, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Borrower”), certain subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.

 

The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Term Loan made by the Lender from the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Agreement.  All payments of principal and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in Dollars in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office.  If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Agreement.

 

This Term Note is one of the Term Notes referred to in the Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein.  This Term Note is also entitled to the benefits of the Guaranty.  Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Term Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Agreement.  The Administrative Agent will maintain a Register pursuant to the terms of Section 11.06(c) of the Agreement where any transfers of this Term Note, the name and address of the Lender, and the Term Commitment of, and principal amounts (and the related interest amounts) of the Term Loans owing to, the Lender will be recorded.  The Term Loan made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business.  The Lender may also attach schedules to this Term Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loan and payments with respect thereto.

 

The Borrower, for itself and its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and non-payment of this Term Note.

 

THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

  

C-1-1

Form of Term Note

  

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Term Note to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT, INC.

 

By:                                                                          

 

Name:                                                                 

 

Title:                                                                    

 

 

                                            

  

C-1-2

Form of Term Note

  

 

EXHIBIT C-2

FORM OF REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE

 

_____________________

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the order of _____________________ or registered assigns (the “Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan [and Swing Line Loan] from time to time made by the Lender to the Borrower under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2014 (as amended, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Borrower”), certain subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.

The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan [and Swing Line Loan] from the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Agreement.  [Except as provided in Section 2.04(f) of the Agreement with respect to Swing Line Loans, a][A]ll payments of principal and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in Dollars in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office.  If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Agreement.

This Revolving Credit Note is one of the Revolving Credit Notes referred to in the Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein.  This Revolving Credit Note is also entitled to the benefits of the Guaranty.  Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Revolving Credit Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Agreement. The Administrative Agent will maintain a Register pursuant to the terms of Section 11.06(c) of the Agreement where any transfers of this Revolving Credit Note, the name and address of the Lender, and the Revolving Credit Commitment of, and principal amounts (and the related interest amounts) of the Revolving Credit Loans[, Swing Line Loans] and L/C Obligations owing to, the Lender will be recorded.  The Lender may also attach schedules to this Revolving Credit Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.  In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of the Lender, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.

 

The Borrower, for itself and its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and non-payment of this Revolving Credit Note.

 

 

  

C-2-1

Form of Revolving Credit Note

  

 

THIS REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

 

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C-2-2

Form of Revolving Credit Note

  

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Revolving Credit Note to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.

 

 

APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT, INC.

 

By:                                                                          

 

Name:                                                                 

 

Title:                                                                    

 

 

 

  

C-2-3

Form of Revolving Credit Note

  

 

LOANS AND PAYMENTS WITH RESPECT THERETO

	
Date

	 	
Type of Loan Made

	 	
Amount of Loan Made

	 	
End of Interest Period

	 	
Amount of Principal or Interest Paid This Date

	 	
Outstanding Principal Balance This Date

	 	
Notation Made By

	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  

 

  

C-2-4 

Form of Revolving Credit Note

  

 

EXHIBIT D

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

Financial Statement Date:                            ,

	
To:

	
Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2014 (as amended, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Borrower”), certain subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.

The undersigned hereby certifies as of the date hereof that he/she is the [chief executive officer/ chief financial officer/treasurer/controller] of the Borrower, and that, as such, he/she is authorized to execute and deliver this Certificate to the Administrative Agent on the behalf of the Loan Parties, and that:

[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal year-end financial statements]

1.           The Borrower has delivered the year-end audited financial statements required by Section 6.01(a) of the Agreement for the fiscal year of the Borrower ended as of the above date, together with the report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant required by such section.

[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal quarter-end financial statements]

1.           The Borrower has delivered the unaudited financial statements required by Section 6.01(b) of the Agreement for the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ended as of the above date.  Such financial statements fairly present the consolidated financial condition, results of operations, shareholder’s equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP as at such date and for such period, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

2.           The undersigned has reviewed and is familiar with the terms of the Agreement and has made, or has caused to be made under his/her supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by such financial statements.

3.           A review of the activities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal period has been made under the supervision of the undersigned with a view to determining whether during such fiscal period the Borrower and its Subsidiaries performed and observed all of their Obligations under the Loan Documents, and

 

 

  

D-1

Form of Compliance Certificate

  

 

[select one:]

[to the best knowledge of the undersigned, during such fiscal period the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries performed and observed each covenant and condition of the Loan Documents applicable to it, and no Default has occurred and is continuing.]

 

--or--

[to the best knowledge of the undersigned, during such fiscal period the following covenants or conditions have not been performed or observed and the following is a list of each such Default and its nature and status:]

4.           The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article V of the Agreement or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection with the Loan Documents, are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof, except (x) to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, (y) any representation or warranty that is already by its terms qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects as of such date after giving effect to such qualification and (z) for purposes of this Compliance Certificate, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 of the Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01 of the Agreement, including the statements in connection with which this Compliance Certificate is delivered.

5.           The financial covenant analyses and information set forth on Schedule 1 attached hereto are true and accurate on and as of the date of this Certificate.

6.           Attached hereto as Schedule 2 are true and correct copies of the statement of Net Operating Income for the fiscal quarter ended as of the above date for each of the Unencumbered Eligible Properties prepared on a basis consistent with the Audited Financial Statements. The information contained in such statement fairly presents the Net Operating Income of the Unencumbered Eligible Properties for such period.

7.           Schedule 2 attached hereto includes a calculation of the Unencumbered Asset Value as of the last day of the fiscal period covered by this Compliance Certificate.

8.           Attached hereto as Schedule 3 is a true and correct copy of the statement of Funds from Operations for the fiscal quarter ended as of the above date prepared on a basis consistent with the Audited Financial Statements.

  

D-2

Form of Compliance Certificate

  

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of                                                    ,                         .

 

 

 

APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT, INC.

 

By:                                                                          

 

Name:                                                                 

 

Title:                                                                    

 

 

 

  

D-3

Form of Compliance Certificate

  

 

	
SCHEDULE 1

	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
Apple

	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
Covenant Calculation

	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	
Date

	  	 
	
Section 7.11(a) Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio

	  	  	  	 
	  	
Consolidated Total Indebtedness

	  	  	 
	  	
Consolidated EBITDA

	  	  	 
	
a

	
Maximum Consolidated Leverage

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
b

	
Requirement

	
                                                       6.00

	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Compliance (a < b)

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
Section 7.11(b) Maximum Secured Leverage Ratio

	  	  	 
	  	
Total assets

	  	  	 
	  	
Accumulated depreciation

	  	  	 
	  	
Consolidated Total Assets

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Consolidated Secured Indebtedness

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
a

	
Secured Leverage Ratio

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
b

	
Requirement

	
45.0%

	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Compliance (a < b)

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
Section 7.11(c) Minimum Tangible Net Worth

	  	  	 
	  	
Total shareholders equity

	  	  	 
	  	
Accumulated depreciation

	  	  	 
	
a

	
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
b

	
Requirement

	  	
                                              2,316,176

	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Compliance (a > b)

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
Section 7.11(d) Minimum Fixed Charge Ratio

	  	  	 
	  	
Consolidated EBITDA

	  	  	 
	  	
Less 4% of Revenue

	  	  	 
	  	
Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Consolidated Fixed Charges

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
a

	
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
b

	
Requirement

	
                                                       1.50

	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Compliance (a > b)

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
Section 7.11(e) Minimum Unsecured Interest Coverage Ratio

	  	 
	  	
Unencumbered Adjusted NOI

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Consolidated Unsecured Indebtedness

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Consolidated Implied Interest Expense

	
6%

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
a

	
Unsecured Interest Coverage Ratio

	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
b

	
Requirement

	  	
                                                       2.00

	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Compliance (a > b)

	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
Section 7.11(f) Maximum Unsecured Leverage Ratio

	  	  	 
	  	
Unencumbered Asset Value

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Consolidated Unsecured Indebtedness

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
a

	
Unsecured Leverage Ratio

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
b

	
Requirement

	  	
60%

	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Compliance (a < b)

	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
Section 7.11(g) Maximum Secured Recourse Indebtedness

	  	 
	  	
Consolidated Secured Recourse Indebtedness

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Consolidated Total Assets

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
a

	
Secured Recourse Indebtedness

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
b

	
Requirement

	  	
10%

	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Compliance (a < b)

	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 

 

  

  

  

 

 

	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
Section 7.06(b) Restricted Payments (only applicable annually)

	  	 
	  	
Restricted payments (net of any proceeds from a dividend

	  	 
	  	
reinvestment plan) made in cash during fiscal year ended

	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Funds from Operations for fiscal year end

	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Amount necessary to pay any special or extraordinary tax liabilities

	  	 
	  	
then due (after taking into account any losses, offsets and credits, as

	  	 
	  	
applicable) on capital gains attributable to property Dispositions

	  	 
	  	
occurring during the fiscal year then ended

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Restricted Payments required to maintain REIT Status and avoid

	  	 
	  	
payment of federal or state income or excise tax

	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
a

	
Net payout

	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
b

	
Requirement

	
100%

	  	
                                                          -

	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Compliance (a < b)

	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
Investments

	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
7.02 (d)

	
Investments in unimproved land holdings

	  	  	  	 
	  	  	
 Consolidated Total Assets

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	
 < 5% of Consolidated Total Assets

	
 a

	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Compliance (a < b)

	
b

	
5%

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
7.02 (e)

	
Investments in commercial mortgage/mezzanine loans

	  	  	  	 
	  	
commercial real estate loans

	  	  	  	 
	  	  	
 Consolidated Total Assets

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	
 < 15% of Consolidated Total Assets

	
 a

	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Compliance (a < b)

	
b

	
15%

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
7.02 (f)

	
Investment in construction or development of Real Estate

	  	  	  	 
	  	  	
 Consolidated Total Assets

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	
 < 15% of Consolidated Total Assets

	
 a

	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Compliance (a < b)

	
b

	
15%

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
7.02 (g)

	
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates

	  	  	  	 
	  	  	
 Consolidated Total Assets

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	
 < 15% of Consolidated Total Assets

	
 a

	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Compliance (a < b)

	
b

	
15%

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
7.02 (h)

	
Investments in the equity interest of persons that are not

	  	  	  	 
	  	
Unconsolidated Affiliates or Consolidated Subsidiaries

	  	  	  	 
	  	  	
 Consolidated Total Assets

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	
 < 5% of Consolidated Total Assets

	
 a

	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Compliance (a < b)

	
b

	
5%

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	
7.02 (i)

	
Investments in non-hotel related assets or activities

	  	  	  	 
	  	  	
 Consolidated Total Assets

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	
 < 5% of Consolidated Total Assets

	
 a

	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Compliance (a < b)

	
b

	
5%

	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Total of 7.02 d, e, f, g, h, and i as % of Consolidated Total Assets

	
 a

	 
	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
	  	
Compliance (a < b)

	
b

	
30%

	  	  	 

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

	
SCHEDULE 2

	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
Apple

	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
Unencumbered Property Summary - Statements of Net Operating Income and Unencumbered Asset Value

	  	  	  
	
Date

	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
 

Hotel

	
 

Market

	
 

STATE

	
 

Date Closed

	
 

 # UNITS

	
 

Ownership

	
 

Management Co.

	
 

Debt

	
 

Revenue

	
NOI w/o FFE Reserve

	
 

FFE Reserve

	
 Unencumbered Adjusted NOI

	
 Unencumbered 

Asset Value

	
 

% of Total

	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
Total

	  	  	  	
                     -

	  	  	
                       -

	
                       -

	
                      -

	
                               -

	
                                         -

	
                                                   -

	
100%

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

	
SCHEDULE 3

	  	  	  
	
Statement of Funds From Operations

	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  
	
Consolidated Income Statement (in thousands)

	  	  
	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

EXHIBIT E-1

 

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

 

This Assignment and Assumption (this “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [the][each]1 Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] “Assignor”) and [the][each]2 Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an] “Assignee”).  [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of [the Assignors][the Assignees]3 hereunder are several and not joint.]4  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee.  The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, [the][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the Assignee][the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below, (i) all of [the Assignor’s][the respective Assignors’] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of [the Assignor][the respective Assignors] under the [revolving credit][term]5 facility provided pursuant to the Credit Agreement [(including, without limitation, the Letters of Credit and the Swing Line Loans included in such revolving credit facility)]6 and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of [the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender)][the respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders)] against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the credit transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) 

 

 

 

	
1

	
For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignor(s), if the assignment is from a single Assignor, choose the first bracketed language.  If the assignment is from multiple Assignors, choose the second bracketed language.

  

	
2

	
For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignee(s), if the assignment is to a single Assignee, choose the first bracketed language.  If the assignment is to multiple Assignees, choose the second bracketed language.

  

	
3

	
Select as appropriate.

  

	
4

	
Include bracketed language if there are either multiple Assignors or multiple Assignees.

  

	
5

	
Select as appropriate.

  

	
6

	
Include as appropriate.

 

  

E-1-1

Form of Assignment and Assumption

  

 

 

above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by [the][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as [the][an] “Assigned Interest”).  Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to [the][any] Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by [the][any] Assignor.

1.           Assignor[s]:            ______________________________

______________________________

	
2.

	
Assignee[s]:

	
______________________________

	
  

	
                                ______________________________

	
  

	
[for each Assignee, indicate [Affiliate][Approved Fund] of [identify Lender]]

	
3.

	
Borrower:

	
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

	
4.

	
Administrative Agent: Bank of America, N.A., as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement

	
5.

	
Credit Agreement:

	
Credit Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2014, among Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Borrower”), certain subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer

6.           Assigned Interest[s]:

	
Assignor[s]7

	
Assignee[s]8

	
Aggregate

Amount of

Revolving Credit Commitments/

Revolving Credit Loans

for all Lenders9

	
Amount of

Revolving Credit Commitments/

Revolving Credit Loans

Assigned

	
Aggregate

Amount of

Term Commitments/ Term Loans

for all Lenders10

	
Amount of

Term Commitments/ Term Loans

Assigned

	
Percentage

Assigned of

Commitment/

Loans11

	  	  	
$____________

	
$_________

	
$____________

	
$_________

	
____________%

 

	  	  	
$____________

	
$_________

	
$____________

	
$_________

	
____________%

 

	  	  	
$____________

	
$_________

	
$____________

	
$_________

	
____________%

 

	
7

	
List each Assignor, as appropriate.

 

	
8

	
List each Assignee, as appropriate.

 

	
9

	
Amounts in this column and in the column immediately to the right to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date.

 

	
10

	
Amounts in this column and in the column immediately to the right to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date.

 

	
11

	
Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.

 

 

  

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[7.           Trade Date:                      __________________]12

 

Effective Date: __________________, 20__ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]

 

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

ASSIGNOR[S]

 

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

By: _____________________________

Title:

ASSIGNEE[S]

 

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

By: _____________________________

Title:

[Consented to and]13 Accepted:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as

  Administrative Agent

By: _________________________________

      Title:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as

  L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender

By: _________________________________

      Title:

 

 

 

  

	
12

	
To be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date.

 

  

	
13

	
To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender  is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

  

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[Consented to:14

APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT, INC.

By: _________________________________

      Title:

  

 

 

  

	
14

	
To be added only if the consent of the Borrower is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

 

 

  

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ANNEX 1 TO ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

1.         Representations and Warranties.

1.1.         Assignor.  [The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the][[the relevant] Assigned Interest, (ii) [the][such] Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim created by [the][such] Assignor and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.

1.2.         Assignee.  [The][Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.06(b)(iii) and (v) of the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.06(b)(iii) of the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by [the][such] Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire [the][such] Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 5.05 thereof or delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, [the][any] Assignor or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, and (vii) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached hereto is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by [the][such] Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, [the][any] Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the 

 

 

  

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obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

2.         Payments.  From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to [the][the relevant] Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.

3.         General Provisions.  This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption.  This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

  

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EXHIBIT E-2

 

FORM OF ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE

 

[see attached]

  

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Form of Administrative Questionnaire

  

 

 

  

E-2-2

Form of Administrative Questionnaire

  

 

 

 

 

  

E-2-3

Form of Administrative Questionnaire

  

  

E-2-4

Form of Administrative Questionnaire

  

 

 

 

  

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EXHIBIT F

 

 

 

 

 

 

FORM OF

JOINDER AGREEMENT

JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of ___, 201_ (this “Joinder Agreement”), made by Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (the “Borrower”) and the Subsidiary[ies] of the Borrower signatory hereto ([each] a “New Subsidiary Guarantor”), in favor of Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders referred to in that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2014 (as amended, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Credit Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among the Borrower, certain subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, this Joinder Agreement is entered into pursuant to Section 6.12 of the Credit Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1.  [The][Each] New Subsidiary Guarantor, hereby acknowledges that it has received and reviewed a copy of the Credit Agreement, and acknowledges and agrees to:

(a) join the Credit Agreement as a Guarantor, as indicated with its signature below;

 

(b) be bound by all covenants, agreements and acknowledgments attributable to a Guarantor in the Credit Agreement; and

 

(c) perform all obligations and duties required of it by the Credit Agreement in each case, to the same extent it would have been bound or obligated if it had been a signatory to the Credit Agreement on the date of the Credit Agreement.

 

2.  [The][Each] New Subsidiary Guarantor represents and warrants that the representations and warranties contained in Article V of the Credit Agreement as they relate to such New Subsidiary Guarantor or which are contained in any certificate furnished by or on behalf of such New Subsidiary Guarantor are true and correct on the date hereof.

3.  The address, taxpayer identification number and jurisdiction of organization of [each][the] New Subsidiary Guarantor is set forth in Annex I to this Joinder Agreement.

 

  

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4.  This Joinder Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.

5.  This Joinder Agreement constitutes a Loan Document and that the failure of any of them to comply with the provisions of this Joinder Agreement shall constitute an Event of Default.

6.  Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Credit Agreement and the Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect.

7.  THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF.

 

  

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Joinder Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its proper and duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.

[NEW SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS[S]],

as  [the][a] New Subsidiary Guarantor

By:__________________________

     Name:

     Title:

APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT, INC.,

as the Borrower

By:__________________________

     Name:

                                                                     Title:

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

By:_________________________

      Name:

      Title:

  

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EXHIBIT G

FORM OF

UNITED STATES TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships

For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

 

Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2014 (as amended, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Borrower”), certain subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01(e) of the Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the “Code”), (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Code Section 881(c)(3)(B), (iv) it is not a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (v) no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with a United States trade or business conducted by the undersigned.

 

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a certificate of its non-U.S. person status on Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN.  By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing and (2) the undersigned shall furnish the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which payment is to be made by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payment.

 

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[Lender]

 

	
  

	
By:

	                                                                           	 

	
  

	
Name:

	
  

	
Title:

 

 

[Address]

 

Dated:           ______________________, 20[  ]

  

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FORM OF

UNITED STATES TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

 

Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2014 (as amended, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Borrower”), certain subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01(e) of the Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) neither the undersigned nor any of its partners/members is a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the “Code”), (iv) none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Code Section 881(c)(3)(B), (v) none of its partners/members is a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi) no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with a United States trade or business conducted by the undersigned or its partners/members.

 

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY accompanied by an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not limit the obligation of the Lender to provide, in the case of a partner/member not claiming the portfolio interest exemption, a Form W-8ECI, Form W-9 or Form W-8IMY (including appropriate underlying certificates from each interest holder of such partner/member), in each case establishing such partner/member’s available exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

 

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[Lender]

 

	
  

	
By:

	                                                                           	 

	
  

	
Name:

	
  

	
Title:

 

 

Dated:           ______________________, 20[  ]

 

  

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FORM OF

UNITED STATES TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

 

Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2014 (as amended, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Borrower”), certain subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01(e) and Section 11.06(d) of the Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the “Code”), (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Code Section 881(c)(3)(B), (iv) it is not a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (v) no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with a United States trade or business conducted by the undersigned.

 

The undersigned has furnished its participating non-U.S. Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. person status on Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN.  By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such non-U.S. Lender in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such non-U.S. Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

 

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[Participant]

 

 

	
  

	
By:

	                                                                           	 

	
  

	
Name:

	
  

	
Title:

 

 

[Address]

 

Dated:           ______________________, 20[  ]

  

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FORM OF

UNITED STATES TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

 

Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2014 (as amended, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Borrower”), certain subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01(e) and Section 11.06(d) of the Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) neither the undersigned nor any of its partners/members is a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the “Code”), (iv) none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Code Section 881(c)(3)(B), (v) none of its partners/members is a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi) no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with a United States trade or business conducted by the undersigned or its partners/members.

 

The undersigned has furnished its participating non-U.S. Lender with Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY accompanied by an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not limit the obligation of the undersigned to provide, in the case of a partner/member not claiming the portfolio interest exemption, a Form W-8ECI, Form W-9 or Form W-8IMY (including appropriate underlying certificates from each interest holder of such partner/member), in each case establishing such partner/member’s available exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such non-U.S. Lender in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such non-U.S. Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

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[Participant]

 

 

	
  

	
By:

	                                                                           	 

	
  

	
Name:

	
  

	
Title:

 

 

[Address]

 

Dated:           ______________________, 20[  ]

  

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EXHIBIT H

FORM OF SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE

 

I, the undersigned, [chief financial officer/chief accounting officer] of Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Borrower”), DO HEREBY CERTIFY on behalf of the Loan Parties that:

 

1.           This certificate is furnished pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(viii) of the Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date of this certificate; the capitalized terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined) dated as of March 3, 2014, among the Borrower, certain subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer (as from time to time in effect, the “Credit Agreement”).

 

2.           After giving effect to the transaction to occur on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, all Credit Extensions to occur on the Closing Date), (a) the fair value of the property of each Loan Party is, individually and together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Loan Party, individually and together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, respectively, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of each Loan Party, individually and together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Loan Party, individually and together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, respectively, on its/their debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) each Loan Party, individually and together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Loan Party’s ability, individually and together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, respectively, to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) each Loan Party, individually and together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Loan Party’s property, individually and together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, respectively, would constitute an unreasonably small capital, and (e) each Loan Party, individually and together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, is able to pay its debts and liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business.  The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Solvency Certificate as of ______________ ___, 201__.

 

 

APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT, INC.

 

 

By:                                                                

Name:

Title:[Chief Financial Officer/Chief

         Accounting Officer]

 

  

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EXHIBIT I

FORM OF

DESIGNATION NOTICE

 

 

	TO:   	Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent
	 	 
	RE:	Credit Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2014 (as amended, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Credit Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Borrower”), certain subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.
	 	 
	DATE:   	[Date]

 

[Name of Hedge Bank] hereby notifies you, pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, that it meets the requirements of a Hedge Bank under the terms of the Credit Agreement and is a Hedge Bank under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this notice by fax transmission or other electronic mail transmission (e.g. “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this notice.

A duly authorized officer of the undersigned has executed this notice as of the day and year set forth above.

 

                                                                      ,

as a Hedge Bank

By:                                                                

Name:                                                                                                                          

Title:                                                                                                                            

 

  

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Form of Designation Noticeex10-1.htm

Exhibit 10.1

 

Dated the 8th day of April 2013

 

 

LUCKON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

 

 

- AND-

 

 

GREEN DRAGON WOOD PRODUCTS CO. LIMITED

 

 

**********************************

 

TENANCY AGREEMENT

 

relating to

 

All That Office Unit No. 312

 

on 3rd floor of New East Ocean Centre,

 

No. 9 Science Museum Road, Kowloon

 

************************************

 

 

 

	 	
MESSRS. LIU, CHAN & LAM

SOLICITORS & NOTARIES

HONG KONG

Our ref.: AW/136750/fw

 

  

  

  

 

PARTICULARS

 

	
 

COLUMN 1

 

	
 

COLUMN 2

 

	
 

Date of the Agreement

 

	
 

the 8th day of April 2013

 

	
 

Landlord

 

	
 

LUCKON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

whose registered office is situated at Block D, 1st Floor, Chung Hing Industrial Mansion, 2-4 Luk Hop Street, Sai Po Kong, Kowloon

 

	
 

Tenant

 

	
 

GREEN DRAGON WOOD PRODUCTS CO. LIMITED

whose registered office is situated at Unit 312, 3r Floor, New East Ocean Centre, No. 9 Sciene Museum Road, Kowloon

 

	
 

Property

 

	
 

OFFICE UNIT NO. 312 ON THE 3RD FLOOR OF NEW EAST OCEAN CENTRE, NO. 9 SCIENCE MUSEUM ROAD, KOWLOON (which said unit is for the purpose of identification delineated oil the Plan attached hereto and thereon coloured Pink)

 

	
 

Term (Fixed)

 

	
 

TWO (2) YEARS

 

	
 

Commencement Date 11th February 2013 (expiring on 10th February 2015 both days inclusive)

 

	
 

Rent

 

	
 

HONG KONG DOLLARS THIRTY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR HUNDRED ONLY (HK$32,400.00) per calendar month (exclusive of Government Rates, Government Rent, management fees and air- conditioning charges)

 

	
 

Rent Days

 

	
 

11th day of every month

 

	
 

Deposit

 

	
 

HONG KONG DOLLARS ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN AND CENTS FIFTY ONLY (HK $108,319.50)

 

	
 

Permitted use

 

	
 

Commercial use as an office only

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

THIS AGREEMENT is made on the date stated as the Date of Agreement in the Particulars BETWEEN (1) the Landlord and (2) the Tenant

 

WHEREBY IT IS AGREED as follows:-

 

	
DEFINITIONS

	
1.

	(1) 	In this Agreement the following expressions have the following meanings: 
	 	 	 	(a) 	expressions in Column 1 of the preceding table hereof have the meanings assigned to them by Column 2 thereof;
	 	 	 	(b)	the Landlord shall mean and include its successors in title.
	 	 	 	(c)	the Tenant shall mean and include the party or parties specifically named herein and shall not include the executors and administrators of any such party or where such party is a corporation any liquidator thereof or where such party is a partnership any new partner after the commencement of the Term.
	 	 	 	(d) 	Building means “NEW EAST OCEAN CENTRE”
	  	  	(2) 	Where the Tenant is more than one person their obligations shall be joint and several.
	  	  	(3)	Unless the context otherwise requires, words herein importing the masculine feminine or neuter gender shall include the others of them and words herein in the singular shall include the plural and vice versa.
	  	  	(4) 	The marginal notes are intended for guidance only and do not form part of this Agreement nor shall any of the provisions in this Agreement be construed or interpreted by reference thereto or be in any way affected or limited thereby.
	  	  	(5)	Any reference to any Ordinance includes a reference to that Ordinance as amended or replaced from time to time and to subordinate legislation or bye-law made thereunder.
	  	  	 	 	  
	
LETTING

TERM AND RENT

	
2.

	The Landlord shall let and the Tenant shall take ALL THAT the IT Property forming part of the Building more particularly described in Clause l(l)(d) hereinabove Together with all rights of way easements and appurtenances thereto belonging (if any) And Together with the right for the Tenant and its customers servants agents invitees and licensees to use, in common with the Landlord and all others having the like right, the common entrances, exits, staircases, landings, passages of the Building leading to the Property and of the escalators lifts and central air-conditioning services (if any and whenever the same shall be operating) and those areas of the Building intended for common use (whenever the same shall be so intended) and of the water-closets, lavatories and conveniences on the same floor intended for common use or allocated for the use of the Property (if any) (whenever the same shall be operating) So

 

  

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	 	 	 	far as the same are necessary for the proper use and enjoyment of the Property Subject however to the right for the management agent of the Building ("the management agent") to restrict the aforesaid right from time to time and EXCEPT AND RESERVED unto the management agent and all persons authorized by the management agent or otherwise entitled thereto:-  
	 	 	(a) 	the right of free and uninterrupted passage and running of water, soil, gas, drainage, electricity and all other services or supplies through such sewers, watercourses, conduits, pipes, wires, cables and ducts as are now or may hereafter be in, on or under the Property and serving or capable of serving the Building or any adjoining or neighbouring property together with the right to enter upon the Property to inspect repair or maintain any such sewers, watercourses, conduits, pipes, wires, cables and ducts;
	 	 	(b) 	the exclusive right to install in or affix to any part of the Building such flues, pipes, conduits, wiring, drains, chimneys, aerials, plant, machinery and other apparatus, signs, placards, posters and other advertising structures whatsoever (whether illuminated or not) as the Landlord shall think fit together with the right to repair maintain service remove or replace the same;
	 	 	(c)	the right to erect, install, maintain, use, repair and replace pipes, conduits, wiring or drains in, through or under the Property from time to time for use by the Landlord or the other tenants or licensees of the Building and the right at all times during the Term to enter the Property to view the condition thereof, to examine the same and to carry out the aforesaid works;
	 	 	(d) 	the right to erect or alter or consent to the erection or alteration of any building for the time being on any adjoining or neighbouring property notwithstanding that such erection or alteration may diminish the access of light and air enjoyed by the Property and the right to deal with any such property as it may think fit;
	 	 	(e)	the right and liberty to enter upon the Property in the circumstances in which the covenants by the Tenant contained in these presents permit such entry;
	 	 	(f)	the right to subjacent and lateral support from the Property for the remainder of the Building; and
	 	 	(g)	all easements quasi-easements privileges and right whatsoever now enjoyed by any adjoining or neighbouring property in under over or in respect of the Property as if such adjoining and neighbouring property and the Property had at all times heretofore been in separate ownership and occupation and such matters had been acquired by prescription or formal grant.

 

  

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	  	  	 	for the Term from the Commencement Date paying therefor during the Term the Rent (exclusive of Government rates, Government Rent, management fees and air-conditioning charges) payable in advance on the Rent Days free of all set off or deductions whatsoever.
	  	  	 	 	  
	
TENANT’S OBLIGATIONS

	
3.

	The Tenant agrees with the Landlord as follows  
	TO PAY RENT	 	(1)	To pay the Rent as aforesaid on the Rent Days without any set off or deduction whatsoever.
	
TO PAY RATES AND OUTGOINGS

	  	(2)	To pay and discharge punctually all rates quarterly in advance together with the payment of Rent within the months of January, April, July and October Provided that the first payment thereof shall be paid on the commencement of the Term and also to pay and discharge all taxes, assessments, duties, charges, impositions and outgoings whatsoever of an annual non-capital or recurring nature now or hereafter to be charged or imposed in respect of the Property or upon the owner or occupier in respect thereof (Property Tax excepted). 
	 	 	(3)	To pay and discharge or reimburse to the Landlord all charges for electricity, telephone, water, gas and other utilities and services and outgoings of non-capital and recurring nature now or at any time hereafter consumed by the Tenant or supplied to the Tenant and chargeable in respect of the Property and to pay all necessary deposits (if any) for the supply of electricity and other services to the Property as and when required.  
	 	 	(4)	To pay to the Landlord punctually during the Term the monthly contribution towards the charges for the supply of the air- conditioning subject to escalation/adjustment by the management agent from time to time which charges shall be paid by the Tenant to the Landlord in advance together with the payment of Rent on the 1st day of each and every calendar month during the Term without deduction whatsoever.
	
TO PAY MANAGEMENT FEES

	  	(5)	To pay and discharge to the Landlord punctually during the Term all service and management fees subject to escalation/adjustment by the management agent from time to time which fees shall be paid by the Tenant to the Landlord in advance together with the payment of Rent on the 1st day of each and every calendar month during the Term without deduction whatsoever.
	
TO MAINTAIN

	  	(6)	(a)	
At the Tenant's expense to maintain the Property throughout the Term in good condition and repair to the reasonable satisfaction of the Landlord (fair wear and tear excepted).

	PROPERTY 

IN REPAIR

	 	 	(b)	At the Tenant's expense to keep all the interior of the Property including the carpet (if any) flooring and interior

 

  

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plaster or other finishes or rendering to walls, floors and ceilings (but excluding the structural parts) and the Landlord's fixtures therein including all doors, windows, plumbing and sanitary apparatus, air-conditioning units/system or installation, electrical installations and wiring, fire alarm fire detecting and fire fighting installations in good, clean, tenantable, substantial and repair and condition (fair wear and tear excepted) and so to maintain the same at the expense of the Tenant and to deliver up the same to the Landlord at the expiration or sooner determination of the Term in like condition except as aforesaid.   

	 	 	(7)	To be responsible for all damage or injury to the Property and the Landlord's fixtures, fittings, installations, equipments and appurtenances therein and thereto and the common areas of the Building whether the same be caused by the carelessness omissions negligence improper use or conduct of or any cause attributable to the Tenant the servants employees customers agents invitees or licensees of the Tenant or otherwise and such damage shall be repaired restored rectified remedied or replaced promptly on the same being sustained at the sole cost and expense of the Tenant to the reasonable satisfaction of the Landlord.
	 	 	(8)	The Tenant shall where necessary make his own arrangements with the existing telephone company or other relevant telecommunication companies with regard to the installation of telephones line and internet in the Property provided always that the installation of telephone, internet lines, pipes, wiring and conduits outside the Property could only be made with the Landlord's prior written approval and be installed in accordance with the directions of the Landlord.
	
TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INTERIOR DEFECTS

	  	(9)	To be wholly responsible for any loss, damage or injury caused to any person whomsoever and/or property whatsoever directly or indirectly through the defective or damaged condition of or any installation in, the Property and to make good the same by payment or otherwise and to indemnify the Landlord against all actions, legal proceedings, claims and demands made upon the Landlord in respect of any such loss, damage or injury and all costs and expenses incidental thereto.
	
TO REPLACE GLASS ETC.

	  	(10)	(a)	
To replace at the Tenant's own expense or to reimburse to the Landlord the costs of replacement of any broken and damaged windows glass panels in any doors or windows of the Property and their related fittings that may become broken or damaged, from whatever cause, whether the same be 

 

  

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broken or damaged by the negligence of the Tenant or its customers servants agents invitees or licensees or owing to circumstances beyond the control of the Tenant, during the tenancy. 

	 	 	 	(b)	To reimburse the Landlord the cost of repairing or replacing any air-conditioning fan-coil unit or any other part of the air- conditioning system or installation which is damaged or rendered defective by the misuse or negligence of the Tenant or any of the Tenant's servants, agents, licensees or customers.
	
TO ALLOW ACCESS TO LANDLORD

	  	(11)	To permit the Landlord, the management agent and all persons authorized by the Landlord with or without workmen or others and with or without appliances upon reasonable prior notice and appointment to the Tenant except in cases of emergency to enter (or in the event of any emergency or where the Landlord does not receive any response from the Tenant, to break and enter forcibly without notice under the supervision of a senior officer of the management agent to do items (e) and (f) below) the Property to:-    
	 	 	 	(a) 	ascertain whether the Tenant's obligations under and the conditions of this Agreement have been observed and performed;
	 	 	 	(b)	view (and to open up floors and ceiling where the same is required in order to view) the state of repair and condition of the Property Provided that any such opening up shall be made good by and at the cost of the Landlord where the same reveals no breaches of the terms or conditions hereof;
	 	 	 	(c)	take schedules or inventories of fixtures and fittings and other items inside the Property;
	 	 	 	(d)	can y out work or do anything whatsoever comprised within the Landlord's obligations in this Agreement;
	 	 	 	(e) 	inspect or carry out routine and essential or emergency repairs or alterations additions to or maintenance of the Building and any other services or fixtures and fittings which may be supplied or provided to or installed in the Building by third parties including, without limitation to the generality of the foregoing, telephone and other communication services and fixtures and fittings installed in connection therewith; and
	 	 	 	(f)	make good on behalf of the Tenant any defects and want of repair there found or effect any repairs which the Tenant is responsible so to do hereunder but has failed so to do in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 

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respect of any interference with the Tenant's user of the Property or the Building or any inconvenience nuisance noise disturbance loss damage injury or loss of business or of profit sustained or suffered by the Tenant or any person as aforesaid caused by the Landlord when exercising such right aforesaid and under no circumstances whatsoever shall the Tenant or such other person be entitled to claim any damages or compensation in connection therewith nor shall any rent or other charges or any part hereof payable by the Tenant under this Agreement abate or cease to be payable on account of any of the foregoing.

	  	  	(12)	If any excavation or other building works shall be made or authorized in the vicinity of the Building, the Tenant shall upon reasonable prior notice and appointment to the Tenant permit the Landlord or the management agent his servants or agents to enter the Property to do such work as may be deemed necessary to preserve the exterior walls of the Building from damage without any claim for compensation damages or indemnity against the Landlord.
	
TO EXECUTE REPAIRS ON NOTICE

	  	(13)	To comply with any notice written or verbal given by the Landlord specifying any works or repairs which the Tenant has failed to execute in breach of the terms hereof Provided that if within fourteen days of the service of such a notice the Tenant shall not have commenced and be proceeding diligently with the execution of the works or repairs specified or shall fail to complete within one month, then to permit the Landlord to enter the Property upon reasonable prior notice and appointment to the Tenant to execute such works or repairs, and to pay to the Landlord upon demand the cost of so doing and all expenses (including any professional fees) incurred by the Landlord. Failure to pay the same shall be a debt due from the Tenant to the Landlord and shall be forthwith recoverable by action.
	
ELECTRICAL WIRING

	  	(14)	To repair or replace, if so required by the appropriate or licensed supply company, statutory undertaker or authority as the case may be under the provisions of any Ordinance for electricity supply for the time being in force or any orders or regulations made thereunder, all the electrical wiring installations and fittings within the Property to the reasonable satisfaction of the Landlord.
	
NOT TO INJURE PROPERTY

	  	(15)	Not to cut maim or injure or permit or suffer to be cut maimed or injured any doors, windows, walls, beams, structural members or any part of the fabric of the Property or any of the plumbing or sanitary apparatus or installations included therein, or to overload the floors ceilings or walls of the Property.
	
NOT TO ASSIGN

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subletting lending sharing or other means whereby any person or persons not a party to this Agreement save and except for the holding company and subsidiaries of the Tenant obtains the use or possession of the Property or any part thereof irrespective of whether any rental or other consideration is given for such use or possession and in the event of any such transfer sub-letting lending sharing assignment or parting with the possession of the Property (whether for monetary consideration or not) this Agreement shall, at the option of the Landlord, absolutely determine and the Tenant shall forthwith vacate the Property on notice to that effect from the Landlord. This tenancy shall be personal to the Tenant itself and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing the following acts and events shall unless approved in writing by the Landlord be deemed to be breaches of this Sub-Clause: -   

	 	 	 	(a)	In the case of a tenant which is a corporation any take-over by other company or persons, amalgamation, merger, reconstruction or liquidation (except in respect of any reconstruction, amalgamation merger or liquidation of a solvent company) of the Tenant itself.
	 	 	 	(b)	The giving by the Tenant of a Power of Attorney or similar authority whereby the donee of the Power obtains the right to use possess occupy or enjoy the same.
	 	 	 	(c)	The change of the Tenant's business name or nature of business without the previous written consent of the Landlord.
	
NOT TO PRODUCE 

NOISE

	  	(17)	 	
Not to do make or produce or permit or suffer to be done made or produced any music, noise (including sound produced by broadcasting from television, radio or any apparatus or instrument or equipment capable of producing reproducing receiving or recording sound) so as to be a nuisance or annoyance to the Landlord or to occupiers of other premises or in the neighbourhood or in anywise against the laws or regulations of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

	
NOT TO CAUSE NUISANCE

	  	(18)	 	
Not to do make or permit or suffer to be done or made any act or thing which may be or become a nuisance or annoyance to the Landlord or to the tenants or occupiers of other premises in the neighbourhood.

	
INDEMNITY 

BY TENANT

	  	(19)	(i) 	
To indemnify the Landlord against ail actions proceedings claims demands costs expenses and liabilities whatsoever made upon or against the Landlord in respect of damage to the person or property of any person caused by or through or arising out of any breach, non-observance, non- performance and non-compliance by the Tenant of any of the terms, conditions and covenants subject to and under which the Property is held. 

 

  

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	  	  	 	(ii)	
To indemnify and keep the Landlord fully indemnified from and against all actions proceedings demands costs expenses liabilities and claims whatsoever made upon or against the Landlord in respect of any act or liability caused by or arising from the act, neglect or default (irrespective of whether wilful or not) of the Tenant or any servants agents invitee or licensee of the Tenant or any workmen servants or persons who are suffered or permitted by the Tenant to be in the Property or any part thereof.

	 	 	 	(iii) 	To indemnify and keep the Landlord fully indemnified from and against all actions proceedings demands costs expenses liabilities and claims whatsoever made upon or against the Landlord in respect of all loss damage or injury caused to any person or property directly or indirectly by or through or in any way owing to the overflow of water or the escape of fumes smoke fire or any other substance or thing from the Property.
	
NOT TO STORE 

DANGEROUS GOODS

	  	(20)	Not to keep or store or permit or suffer to be kept or stored on or in the Property or any part thereof any arms ammunition gunpowder saltpetre kerosene or other explosive combustible hazardous unlawful or dangerous goods or substance Provided that this restriction does not apply to the keeping or storage of firearms and ammunitions to be used for the security of the Tenant and for which license or licenses or permit or permits authorizing possession thereof have been issued to the Tenant pursuant to any Ordinances of the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region relating to the same.
	
USER

	  	(21) 	Not to use or permit or suffer to be used the Property for any purpose other than the Permitted Use and to conduct therein only such business undertakings which are duly authorized, licensed, approved by the competent government authorities and to comply in all respects with all the requirements of the Government or other lawful authorities and with all laws ordinances rules bye-laws and the conditions terms and regulations with respect to the Property and relating to such business or imposed on the granting of the license in respect thereof.  
	 	 	(22)	Not to permit any person to remain in the Property overnight without the Landlord's prior permission in writing such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or subject to unreasonable conditions and shall be given in order to enable the Tenant to carry 011 its business or to post watchman to look after the contents of the Property.

 

  

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	  	  	(23) 	Not to use the Property for storage of goods or merchandise other than in small quantities consistent with the nature of the Tenant's business as by way of samples and exhibits.
	 	 	(24) 	Not to permit or suffer any sale by auction to be held upon the Property.
	
PROHIBITED USES

	  	(25)	Not to use or permit or suffer the Property to be used for gambling, or for any illegal, improper or immoral purpose or in any way so as to cause nuisance annoyance inconvenience disturbance damage danger or injury to the Landlord, other tenants or occupiers or visitors of the Building or the adjacent and neighbouring premises and other licensees and invitees therein.
	
VITIATING INSURANCE

	  	(26)	Not to do or permit or suffer to be done any act or thing which may avoid any policy or policies of insurance (Provided that terms and conditions of such policies should have been made available to the Tenant before) for the time being subsisting in respect of the Property or increase the rate of any premium payable for the same and to indemnify the Landlord against all loss and damage suffered in consequence of any breach of this sub-clause and to pay to the Landlord any increase in the insurance premium attributable to the Property by a breach of this sub-clause and all expenses incurred by the Landlord in and about any renewal of such policy or policies rendered necessary by a breach of this sub-clause, such payment of expenses and/or increased premium to be made by the Tenant on demand and recoverable as rent in arrear.
	
INSURANCE

	  	(27) 	(a)	
To effect and maintain during the currency of this tenancy insurance cover in respect of the following and on terms set out hereunder

	 	 	 	 	(i)   Third Party 

In respect of third party liability of the landlord and liability for loss injury or damage to any person or property whatsoever caused through or by any act default or neglect of the Tenant which might give rise to a claim for indemnity pursuant to this Agreement;

	 	 	 	 	(ii)  Glass 

Any glass in the windows doors and partition now or hereafter on or in the Property for its full replacement value;

	 	 	 	 	(iii)  Water Damage 

Against damage to stock fixtures and fittings for the full insurable value occurring in respect of the use or misuse of the fire sprinkler system installed within the Property or the incursion of water therein; and

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The Tenant's fittings and equipment within the Property against fire and extraneous perils for their full replacement value.

	 	 	 	(b)	The policy or policies of such insurance shall be effected with an insurance company duly registered with the Insurance Authority under the Insurance Companies Ordinance, Chapter 41 of the Laws of Hong Kong.
	
NOT TO OBSTRUCT COMMON AREAS

	  	(28)	Not to encumber or obstruct or permit to be encumbered or obstructed with any boxes, dust bins, merchandise, goods, machines, furniture, rubbish, articles, packaging or obstruction of any kind or nature any of the entrances, lifts, staircases, landings and passages, lobbies or other parts of the Building or in any place which is not hereby exclusively let to the Tenant. Not to allow any customers visitors licensees or staff of the Tenant to stand or queue up outside the Property thereby causing an obstruction to the passages corridors and entrance halls used in common with the other occupiers of the Building.
	
TO OBSERVE OTHER DEEDS

	  	(29)	Not to do or suffer any act which shall amount to a breach, contravention, non-performance or non-observance of any provision and covenants of a negative or restrictive nature contained in the Conditions of Grant or other Government Lease or Conditions under which the ground upon which the Building is erected is held from the Government and to observe faithfully and comply strictly with the covenants terms and conditions contained in the Deed of Mutual Covenant(if any), the Management Agreement (if any), the House Rules (if any), the Fit Out Guide and all rules and regulations adopted by the Landlord or the management agent from time to time and in force provided that such rules and regulations should have been made available to the Tenant sufficiently in advance and to be answerable and responsible for the consequence of any breach of the terms of this sub-clause and to indemnify the Landlord against any breach of the same.
	
TO PAY COST OF CLEARING DRAINS

	  	(30)	To pay to the Landlord on demand all costs incurred by the Landlord in cleansing or clearing any of the drains, pipes or sanitary or plumbing apparatus choked or stopped up owing to the careless, abnormal or improper use or neglect by the Tenant or any employee, agent or licensee of the Tenant.
	
DRAINS, PIPES, CABLES, ETC.

	  	(31)	Insofar as the same may not be part of the interior of the Property to keep in good clean and repair and condition all drains, soil and other pipes, cables, wires, ducts, mains and apparatus associated therewith and any equipment and fittings ancillary thereto which belong to form part of or solely serve the Property and to indemnify the Landlord against all costs, claims, demands, actions, liabilities, and legal proceedings

 

  

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	  	  	 	 whatsoever made upon the Landlord by any person in respect of any breach of this sub-clause.
	
TO PROTECT PROPERTY

	  	(32)	To take all reasonable precautions to protect the Property from damage by any approaching storm or typhoon or the like.
	
WATER APPARATUS

	  	(33)	To keep at the expense of the Tenant the lavatories and water apparatus when used exclusively by the Tenant and its employees customers invitees workmen or licensees in good clean and tenantable state and in substantial and proper repair and condition (fair wear and tear excepted) at all times during the Term to the reasonable satisfaction of the Landlord and in accordance with the Regulations of the public health authority or other Government authority concerned.
	
PEST CONTROL

	  	(34)	To ensure that the Property does not become infested with insects, termites, rats, mice, cockroaches, pests or vermin. In the event of the Property becoming so infested the Tenant shall pay the cost of extermination as arranged or approved by the Landlord and the selected exterminators shall be given full access to the Property for such purpose.
	
TO PERMIT VIEWING

	  	(35)	To permit upon reasonable prior notice and appointment to the Tenant at any time during the last three months of the Term (howsoever determined) the Landlord and all persons authorized by the Landlord or the Landlord's agents including prospective purchasers and tenants to enter and view the Property and every part thereof without interruption.
	
TO PAY LANDLORD’S COSTS

	  	(36) 	To pay all costs charges and expenses (including any professional fees) incurred by the Landlord on an indemnity basis in relation or incidental to the recovery or attempted recovery of arrears of rent or other sums due from the Tenant.
	
NOT TO ALTER

	  	(37) 	Not to make or cause to make or connive at any alterations in or additions to, whether structural or non-structural, the Property or to the electrical installation or other Landlord's fixtures and not to carry out any fitting out work or put up any partition or other erection or installation of any plant machinery equipment apparatus or electrical circuit on any part of the Property without the prior consent in writing of the Landlord. If the Landlord shall give consent to such fitting out works, alteration, partition or erection it shall in any event be subject to:-
	 	 	 	(i)	the condition that the Tenant shall not cause any damage to the Property or any part thereof in addition to such other conditions as the Landlord shall think fit to impose;
	 	 	 	(ii)	also the condition that the prior approval or consent is obtained from the Building Authority, Fire Services Department, Labour Department or any other relevant authority for such alteration or partition;

 

  

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	  	  	 	(iii)	
also the condition that any such works so approved shall be earned out only by such person(s) or contractors) as shall be approved by the Landlord; and

	 	 	 	(iv) 	also the condition that prior to the commencement of such works, the Tenant shall submit detailed plans and specifications thereof for the approval of the Landlord in accordance with the provisions contained in this Agreement.
	 	 	 	The Landlord’s or the Landlord's agent's or representative's or management agent's approval of the Tenant's plans and the Tenant's said works shall not constitute any implication, representation or certification by the Landlord that such plans or works are or is in compliance with the said ordinances regulations and bye-laws.
	 	 	(38)	Not, without the prior written consent of the Landlord, to install or use in the Property any air-conditioning plant, machinery or equipment other than those installed in the Property and the Building by the Landlord and not to install any additional electrical main wiring or which consumes electricity not metered through the meters from which the Tenant's consumption of electricity is calculated.
	
NOT TO

EXCEED FLOOR LOADING

	  	(39)	Not without the previous written consent of the Landlord, such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed, to install or permit or suffer to be installed any equipment apparatus or machinery which imposes a weight 011 any part of the flooring of the Property in excess of the loading capacity for which the floor is designed. The Landlord shall be entitled to prescribe the maximum weight and permitted locations of all safes and other heavy equipment and articles and to require the same to stand on supports of such dimensions and material in order to distribute the weight as the Landlord may deem necessary. Business machines and mechanical equipment authorized by the Landlord shall be placed and maintained by the Tenant at the Tenant's expenses in settings sufficient in the Landlord's judgment to absorb and prevent vibration noise and annoyance to occupiers of other parts of the Building.
	 	 	(40) 	Not to move any safe heavy machinery equipment freight bulky matter or fixtures in and out of the Building without first obtaining the Landlord’s written consent. The Tenant shall keep the Landlord indemnified on a reasonable basis against all damages sustained by any person or property and for any damages or monies paid out by the Landlord in settlement of any claim or judgments as well as legal costs incurred in connection therewith and all costs incurred in repairing any damage to the Building or its appurtenances resulting from movement of any

 

  

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	  	  	 	heavy machinery equipment freight bulky matter or fixtures by the Tenant.
	
NOT TO ALTER 

LOCKS, BOLTS etc.

	  	(41)	Not, without the prior consent in writing of the Landlord, to change or in any way to alter the standard entrance doors provided by the Landlord for access to the Property or to install additional locks bolts or other fittings to the entrance doors of the Property or in any way to cut or alter the same.
	
NOT TO USE AS 

DOMESTIC PREMISES

	  	(42)	Not to use or allow to be used the Property or any part thereof to prepare any food or as sleeping quarters or as domestic premises within the meaning of any Ordinance for the time being in force.
	
NOT TO EXHIBIT OR 

DISPLAY SIGNBOARD

	  	(43)	(a)	
Not to exhibit or display on the exterior of the Property any signboard, name-plate, advertisement, or other device whether illuminated or not which shall cause nuisance to other person or trespass upon other people's property on or in the Property save and except the display of the nameplate or signboard of the Tenant at the entrance of the Property, the size and position of such nameplate or signboard shall be subject to the approval of the Landlord. 

	 	 	 	(b)	Not to affix or put up or display any signboard, sign, decorations or other thing or device whatsoever outside the Property or any door wall pier or window except with the prior written approval of the Landlord or the management agent
	 	 	 	(c)	The Tenant shall pay the Landlord and the management agent within 14 days upon demand the reasonable costs incurred by the Landlord or the management agent in affixing repairing or replacing as necessary the Tenant's name in lettering or characters upon the appropriate directory boards in or on the Building provided the repair is not caused by the Landlord’s default or negligence.
	 	 	 	(d) 	The Landlord or the management agent shall have the right to remove at the cost and expense of the Tenant any signboard, sign, decoration or thing which shall be affixed put up or displayed without the prior approval of the Landlord or the management agent.
	
TO YIELD UP

	  	(44)	At the expiration or sooner determination of this Agreement to surrender to the Landlord all the keys of the Property; to remove all signs erected or displayed by the Tenant in and upon the Property and immediately to make good any damage caused to the Property and the Building by such removal; and to deliver up to the Landlord vacant possession of the Property and to be responsible for the dismounting of all items, decorations, fittings, fixtures erections, alterations, partitions, floor coverings or improvements which the Tenant and/or the previous tenant 

 

  

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	  	  	 	may, with or without the consent of the Landlord as aforesaid have made upon or in the Property ("the said alterations") and the reinstatement of the Property at its own expense to its original state and in good clean and tenantable state of repair and condition (fair wear and tear excepted) Provided However that the Landlord shall have the option to request the Tenant to remove certain parts or items of the said alterations and to retain the other parts or items of the said alterations in the Property without payment of any compensation for the said alterations which the Landlord has requested to be retained on the Property, in such event the Tenant shall remove and dismantle such parts or items of the said alterations which the Landlord does not request to be retained and reinstate restore and make good any damage caused by such removal at the cost and expense of the Tenant Provided However that the Landlord shall also have the option to request the Tenant not to remove any of the said alterations at all without payment of any compensation for the said alterations. Without prejudice to the above and regardless of whether the Tenant is requested(i) to remove all the said alterations; or
	 	 	 	(ii)	to remove certain parts or items of the said alterations; or
	 	 	 	(iii) 	not to remove any of the said alterations at all, the Property shall in all circumstances be reinstated together with the original decorations fittings and fixtures of the Landlord and shall be delivered up to the Landlord by the Tenant in good clean and tenantable repair and condition (fair wear and tear excepted). If the Tenant shall fail so to do as aforesaid, the Tenant shall on demand pay to the Landlord the cost of such removal re-instatement restoration or making good.
	
TO COMPLY WITH LAWS

	  	(45)	At the Tenant's expense to comply in all respects with the provisions and requirements of the Buildings Ordinance, Chapter 123 and the Town Planning Ordinance, Chapter 131 the Fire Services Ordinance, Fire Safety (Commercial Premises) Ordinance or any statutory modification or reenactment thereof all local Ordinances Orders in Council or Regulations for the time being in force and any regulations or orders made thereunder relating to the business of the Tenant and the use or occupation by the Tenant hereunder and to indemnify and to keep the Landlord indemnified against all liability whatsoever including costs and expenses in respect of any contravention or breach thereof by the Tenant or its invitees or licensees.
	
NOT TO OBSTRUCT LIGHT

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	  	  	 	the express written consent of the Landlord which consent may be given subject to such conditions as the Landlord may in its absolute discretion impose.
	
FOOD RESTRICTION

	  	(47) 	Not to allow the delivery of food to the Property except by means of the service lifts or lift(s) designated by the management agent or the preparation or consumption of food on the Property other than the preparation and consumption of light meals or refreshments for consumption by the Tenant's employees or guests. The Tenant shall ensure that all wet garbage and refuse will be disposed of by arrangement with and in containers specified by the management agent.
	
CONTRACTORS

	  	(48) 	To engage the contractors nominated by the Landlord and/or the management agent for the purpose of carrying out any modification works within the Property relating to fire- service, air-conditioning and electrical modification.
	
FITTING-OUT

	  	(49)	(a)	
To submit all relevant fitting out and decoration proposal together with all plans and drawings of interior finish work to the Landlord for approval and not to commence any fitting out and decoration works before such plans and drawings are approved by the Landlord,

  

	 	 	 	(b)	To fit out the Property in accordance with such plans as shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Landlord as well as the Fit Out Guide as may be adopted by the management agent at the material time in an agreed proper workmanlike fashion and so to maintain the same throughout the term of tenancy in good condition and repair
	 	 	 	(c) 	To effect and maintain and provide the Landlord with a certificate for insurance for third party liability during the continuance of the fitting-out and decoration works and not to commence any fitting out works prior to the provision of such certificate for insurance with the Landlord.
	
NOT TO INSTALL

	  	(50)	Not to use or install anything in the Property which adversely affects the external appearance of the Building and in particular, but without in any way limiting the foregoing, not to erect, fly or display any flag or flagpole or similar item from windows or elsewhere in or upon the Building without the prior written consent of the Landlord.
	
PREVENTION

OF ODOURS

	  	(51)	Not to cause or permit any odours which shall be offensive or unusual to be produced upon permeate through or emanate from the Property.
	
TOILET FACILITIES

	  	(52)	Not to use or permit or suffer the toilet facilities provided by the Landlord in the Property (if any) or in the common areas of the Building to be used for any purpose other than that for which they are intended and not to throw or permit or suffer to be thrown therein any foreign substance of any kind and the Tenant shall pay

 

  

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	  	  	 	to the Landlord on demand the whole expense of any breakage blockage or damage resulting from a violation of this sub-clause.
	
ADDITIONAL MACHINERY

	  	(53)	Not without the prior written consent of the Landlord to install or use in the Property any plant, apparatus, machinery or equipment which requires any additional electrical main wiring or which consumes electricity not metered, through the meters from which the Tenant's consumption of electricity is calculated and in the event of the installation or use of such plant, apparatus, machinery or equipment being permitted by the Landlord, the Tenant shall pay such extra charges and costs in respect thereof as the Landlord may reasonably require.
	
WIRING AND CABLES IN COMMON AREAS

	  	(54)	Not to lay install affix or attach any wiring cables or other article or thing in or upon any of the entrances staircases landings passages lobbies or other parts of the Building in common use.  
	 	 	(55)	Not to carry out or attempt to carry out any work which requires the consent or approval of the Building Authority of the Government or any other competent Authority without previously obtaining such consent or approval.
	 	 	(56) 	Not to do or permit any act or thing to be done which is likely to cause any fire risk or other hazard in the Building.
	  	  	 	 	  
	
LANDLORD’S OBLIGATIONS TO PAY 

	
4.

	The Landlord hereby agrees with the Tenants as follows
	GOVERNMENT RENT	 	(1)	To pay the Property Tax attributable to or payable in respect of the Property.
	
QUIET ENJOYMENT

	  	(2)	That the Tenant paying the Rent, Government rates, Government Rent, management fees, air-conditioning charges and all other charges and outgoings as aforesaid and observing and performing the agreements stipulations terms and conditions herein contained and on the Tenant's part to be observed and performed shall peaceably hold and enjoy the Property during the Term without any interruption by the Landlord or any person lawfully claiming under or through or in trust for the Landlord save as specifically provided herein.
	
TO REPAIR EXTERIOR

	  	(3)	To maintain and keep the main structure of the Property and every part of such main structure in proper and tenantable repair and condition (except the doors and windows) PROVIDED that: -  
	 	 	 	(a) 	The Landlord's liability hereunder shall not be deemed to have arisen unless and until written notice of any want of repair of the same shall have been previously given by the Tenant to the Landlord and the Landlord shall have failed to take steps to view any such defects and to amend and repair the same after the lapse of a reasonable time.
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Tenant to repair and make good at its own expense all defects, want of repair and damages caused by the act default neglect or omission of the Tenant and all persons authorized or permitted by the Tenant to use the Property.

	  	  	 	 	  
	
OTHER 

	
5.

	IT IS HEREBY EXPRESSLY AGREED as follows
	STIPULATIONS 	 	(1) 	If at any time during the Term
	RE-ENTRY 	 	 	(a) 	the rent hereby agreed to be paid or any part thereof shall be unpaid for fifteen (15) days after the same shall become payable (whether legally or formally demanded or not); or
	ON DEFAULT	 	 	(b) 	the Tenant shall fail or neglect to observe or perform any of the agreements, stipulations terms and conditions herein contained and on the Tenant's part to be observed and performed Provided that the Tenant shall be given at least seven days written notice to rectify such breach and has failed to do so; or
	 	 	 	(c)	the Tenant shall go into liquidation whether compulsory or voluntary (save the voluntary liquidation of a solvent company for the purposes of amalgamation merger or reconstruction) or shall otherwise become insolvent or make any composition or arrangement with creditors or shall suffer any execution to be levied on the Property or otherwise on the Tenant's goods or effects,
	 	 	 	then and in any such case it shall constitute wrongful repudiation of the Tenancy Agreement on the part of the Tenant and it shall be lawful for the Landlord at any time thereafter to accept the said wrongful repudiation and to re¬enter the Property or any part thereof in the name of the whole and/or terminate the supply of air-conditioning and other service to the Property whereupon this tenancy shall absolutely cease and determine but without prejudice to any right of action of the Landlord in respect of any outstanding breach or non-observance or non-performance of any stipulations terms and conditions herein contained and on the Tenant’s part to be observed and performed and also without prejudice to the Landlord's right to deduct all loss damage and proper expense thereby incurred from the Deposit paid by the Tenant in accordance with clause 8 hereof and also without prejudice to the right of the Landlord to claim against the Tenant for all loss and damage that it may have suffered as a result of the breach or non-observance or non-performance by the Tenant as aforesaid including but not limited to the loss and damage that it may have suffered due to the early termination of this Agreement effected by and incidental to the acceptance of wrongful repudiation and exercise of the aforesaid right of re¬

 

  

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	  	  	 	entry by the Landlord. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any statutory or common law provision to the contrary, the acceptance of the aforesaid wrongful repudiation and the exercise of the aforesaid power of re-entry by the Landlord thereby terminating this Agreement prior to the expiry of the Term shall not affect the right of the Landlord to claim against the Tenant for loss and damages or otherwise that it may have suffered in relation to the period of the unexpired Term after the said termination which right of the Landlord shall survive the said termination. The Tenant hereby irrevocably authorizes the Landlord to, if the Landlord so desires, open any lock and door to the Property in the event of any such default as aforesaid in order to effectuate the Landlord's right of re-entry.
	INTEREST ON ARREARS	 	(2)	If the Rent or any other sum payable by the Tenant to the Landlord under this Agreement shall not be paid after becoming due, the same shall be payable with interest thereon at the rate of 1 % per month from the date when it was due to the date on which it is actually paid provided that the demand and/or receipt of interest by the Landlord pursuant to this provision shall be without prejudice to and shall not affect the right of the Landlord to exercise any other right or remedy hereof including the right of re-entry exercisable under the terms of this Agreement. All costs and expenses of and incidental to any demand for rent or any other sum payable under these presents or actions or distraint for the recovery of the same shall be paid by the Tenant on a full indemnity basis and shall be recoverable from the Tenant as a debt.
	
NOTICE OF RE-ENTRY

	  	(3)	A written notice served by the Landlord on the Tenant in manner hereinafter mentioned to the effect that the Landlord thereby exercises the power of re-entry herein contained shall be a frill and sufficient exercise of such power without actual physical entry on the part of the Landlord.
	
NON-WAIVER

	  	(4)	Acceptance of rent by the Landlord or any act, omission, acquiescence, condoning, excusing, or overlooking on the part of the Landlord of any default breach or non-observance or non-performance by the Tenant at any time or times of any of the Tenant's obligations herein contained shall not be deemed to operate as a wavier by the Landlord of any right to proceed against the Tenant in respect of any breach non-observance or non-performance of the agreements stipulations terms and conditions herein contained and on the Tenant's part to be observed and performed and no waiver by the Landlord shall be inferred from or implied by anything done or admitted by the Landlord unless expressed in writing and signed by the Landlord. 

 

  

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LANDLORD NOT LIABLE FOR DAMAGE

	  	(5)	(a)	The Landlord shall not be under any liability whatsoever to the Tenant or any servants, licensees, agents, visitors, guests, customers, or invitees of the Tenant's, or any person claiming any right title or interest under the Tenant whomsoever (whether direct or consequential) for any loss accident damage injury to person or property or loss of business or of profit or other liability whatsoever which may be sustained by the Tenant or by any such person or persons as aforesaid howsoever caused and in particular but without limitation the Landlord shall not be liable:-
	 	 	 	 	(i)	for any loss accident damage injury to person or property or loss of business or of profit or other liability whatsoever which may be sustained by the Tenant or by any such person or persons as aforesaid at or originating from the Building or on account of the defective or damaged condition of the Property or the Landlord's fixtures or fittings therein or any part thereof and the pipes and drains and the electricity wiring and installation therein contained or any lift, escalators, or any part thereof and in particular the Landlord shall not be responsible to the Tenant or any person or persons as aforesaid for any damage caused by or through or in anywise owing to any typhoon, landslide subsidence of the ground leakage of water or electric current from water pipes or electric wiring cables or ducts situated upon or in any way connected with the Building or any part thereof or otherwise, dropping of cigarette ends broken pieces of glass glass panels or other articles and flooding, overflow of water, spread of fire or escape of fumes smoke or fire resulting from electric current electric wiring or cable or the activity of rats or other vermin in the Building or any other substance or thing situated upon or in anyway connected with the Property or from any where within the Building; or
	 	 	 	 	(ii)	for any loss damage accident injury or claim arising from or in connection with any stoppage of or interruption, caused by whatever reasons including but not limited to defect, malfunction, mechanical electrical or other failure, faults or defective or negligent working operation or condition, or need for repair maintenance or overhaul or installation of apparatus thereto or replacing thereof or damage thereto or destruction thereof, in the provision of 

 

  

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lifts escalators or any of the services provided by the Landlord or for obstruction or interruption of any easement or right granted by this Agreement in either case caused by any reason whatsoever; nor shall the Landlord be liable to grant any abatement of rent for any period during which such stoppage obstruction or interruption occurs; or

	 	 	 	 	(iii) 	for any failure by the Landlord to observe or perform any obligation it may have to repair the Property; or
	 	 	 	 	(iv) 	for the security or safekeeping of the Property or any contents therein and the Landlord shall not be responsible for any loss or damage arising from any theft robbery or burglary of and in the Property. In particular but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the provision(if any) by the Landlord of watchmen and caretakers or any mechanical or electrical systems of alarm of whatsoever nature if any shall not create any obligation on the part of the Landlord as to the security of the Property or any contents therein and the responsibility for the safety of the Property or any contents therein shall at all times rest with the Tenant; or
	 	 	 	 	(v) 	for the act neglect default or omission of the tenants and occupiers of the other parts of the Building and their employees servants agents licensees and invitees
	 	 	 	(b) 	The Landlord shall not grant any abatement of rent or any other charges payable by the Tenant under this Agreement or any part thereof save as provided in Clause 5(15)
	
ACTS OF TENANT'S AGENTS

	  	(6)	For the purposes of this Agreement any act, default neglect or omission of any authorised guest, visitor, servant, agent, licensee staff customer or invitee of the Tenant shall be deemed to be the act, default, neglect or omission of the Tenant.
	
ARREARS OF RENT

	  	(7)	For the purpose of Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance, Chapter 7, and of these presents, the rent payable in respect of the Property shall be and be deemed to be in arrear if not paid in advance at the times and in manner herein provided for payment thereof. All costs of and incidental to the demand for rent distraint or any legal action for the recovery of rent or any other sums due hereunder shall be recoverable from the Tenant as a debt on a full indemnity basis.
	
NOTICES FOR

RE-LETTING

	  	(8)	During the three months immediately preceding the expiration of the Term (or sooner if the rent or any part thereof shall be in arrear and unpaid for upwards of one calendar month) the Landlord shall be at liberty to affix and maintain without

 

  

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	  	  	 	interference upon any external part of the Property a notice stating that the Property is to be let or sold and such other information in connection therewith as the Landlord shall reasonably require. PROVIDED the same will not interfere the business operation of the Tenant.
	
SERVICE OF NOTICES

	  	(9)	Any notice required to be served hereunder shall be in writing and, if to be served on the Tenant, be sufficiently served if addressed to the Tenant and sent by prepaid post to or delivered at the Property or any part thereof or the Tenant's registered office or last known place of business in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and, if to be served 011 the Landlord shall be sufficiently served if addressed to the Landlord and sent by prepaid post to or delivered at the Landlord's registered office or any address in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region which the Landlord may notify the Tenant from time to time. A notice sent by post shall be deemed to be given at the time and date of posting.
	
COSTS AND STAMP DUTY

	  	(10)	(a)	
Each party shall bear its own costs of and incidental to the preparation of this Agreement.

	 	 	 	(b)	The stamp duty on this Agreement and its counterpart and registration fees (if any) shall be borne by the Landlord and the Tenant in equal shares.
	
NO WARRANTY OF USER

	  	(11)	Nothing in this Agreement or in any consent granted by the Landlord under this Agreement shall imply or warrant that the Property may be used for the purpose herein authorized (or any purpose subsequently authorized) under any regulations. The Landlord does not represent or warrant that the Property is suitable for the use or purposes to which the Tenant proposes to put it and the Tenant shall satisfy itself or shall be deemed to have satisfied itself that it is suitable for the purpose for which it is to be used and the Tenant hereby agrees that it will at its own expenses apply for any requisite license(s) permit(s) consent(s) approval(s) and/or modification(s) from all Government or Public Authorities in respect of the carrying on of the Tenant's business therein and shall execute and comply with all Ordinances, Regulations, Orders, Notices or Rules made by all competent Government or Public Authorities in connection with the conduct of such business by the Tenant in the Property and the Tenant hereby further agrees to indemnify the Landlord in respect of any breach by the Tenant of this Clause.
	
SALE OF UNCLAIMED ARTICLES

	  	(12)	If after the Tenant has moved out from the Property at the expiration or sooner determination of the Term any effect or article of the Tenant remains in or on the Property, the Landlord may as the agent of the Tenant sell or otherwise dispose of such effect or article, provided that the Tenant will indemnify the Landlord against any liability incurred by the Landlord arising

 

  

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	  	  	 	out of any such sale or disposition or to any third party whose effect or article shall have been sold by the Landlord in the bona fide mistaken belief (which shall be presumed unless the contrary be proved) that such effect or article belonged to the Tenant and that all costs and expenses of and incidental to any such sale or disposition shall be borne by the Tenant and be first deducted from the proceeds of sale or disposition. If the Landlord having made reasonable efforts is unable to locate the Tenant the Landlord shall be entitled to retain the said proceeds of sale or disposition absolutely unless the Tenant shall claim the same within three months of the date upon which the Tenant vacated the Property and the Tenant shall indemnify the Landlord against any damage occasioned to the Property or the Building or any adjacent or neigbouring premises of the Landlord and any actions, claims, proceedings, costs, expenses and demands made against the Landlord caused by or related to the presence of the effect or article in or on the Property.
	
KEY MONEY

	  	(13)	The Tenant hereby expressly declares that he has paid no fine, premium, construction fee, key money or other consideration or sum of money of a similar nature to the Landlord or other person or persons authorized by him for the possession of the Property or in connection with the granting of this tenancy.
	
NEW TENANCY

	  	(14) 	Any acceptance of rent by the Landlord on or after expiration of the Term shall not create any new tenancy or renewal or extension of the existing tenancy unless written agreement has been signed between the parties hereto to show otherwise.
	
ABATEMENT OF RENT

	  	(15)	Should the Property or any part thereof be damaged or destroyed by fire water storm typhoon explosion earthquake or any Act of God, force majeure or other calamity and by any cause not attributable to the negligence or default of the Tenant or failure by the Tenant to observe and can y out the terms of this Agreement (each a "Risk") so as to render the Property or any part thereof unfit for occupation and use or inaccessible, the Rent or part thereof proportional to the extent to which the Property shall have been so rendered unusable or inaccessible shall abate and cease to be payable until the Property shall have been again rendered fit for occupation and use and accessible and if already paid shall be refunded by the Landlord to the Tenant without interest until the Property shall again be rendered fit for occupation and use and accessible Provided that there shall be no abatement or cessation of payment of rent if any Insurance Policy effected by the Landlord in respect of such Risk shall have been rendered void or voidable in whole or in part by the act or default of the Tenant or any person deriving title under the Tenant or any of the servants agents customers invitees or licensees of the Tenant Provided Further that nothing herein shall impose on the Landlord any

 

  

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obligation to repair or reinstate the Property or any part thereof and if the Property shall not be repaired or reinstated within a period of three months from the time when the Property shall be rendered unfit for occupation and use and accessible the Tenant or the Landlord may terminate this Agreement in which event the Tenant shall deliver up vacant possession of the Property to the Landlord; and notwithstanding any statutory provision to the contrary, neither party shall have any claim against the other of them for damages compensation or otherwise apart from rights of action already accrued before such termination of this Agreement. If at any time during the Term the competent authorities shall condemn the Building as a dangerous structure and it shall be pulled down or a demolition order shall become operative in respect of the Building or any part thereof affecting the use of the Property as aforesaid or a closure order in respect of the Building or any part thereof affecting the use of the Property as aforesaid shall be issued the tenancy hereby created shall cease as from the commencement of the pulling down of the Building or from the time when such demolition or closure order shall become operative.

	  	  	 	  
	
PAYMENT OF DEPOSIT

	
6.

	(a)	
 The Tenant shall on the signing hereof pay to and maintain at all times during the Term with the Landlord the Deposit, which shall at all times be the aggregate of three months' rent, management fees and air-conditioning charges to secure the due observance and performance by the Tenant of agreements stipulations terms and conditions herein contained and on the Tenant's part to be observed and performed. The Deposit shall be retained by the Landlord throughout the Term free of any interest to the Tenant and not as trust of any nature whatsoever with power for the Landlord, without prejudice to any other right or remedy hereunder to deduct therefrom the amount of any cost expense loss or damage sustained by the Landlord as the result of any non- observance or non-performance by the Tenant of any such agreements stipulations terms or conditions hereunder and/or to apply the Deposit to remedy any breach of any of the Tenant's covenants and conditions in this Agreement and to indemnify consequential costs and losses arising therefrom including legal costs.

	
REPAYMENT OF DEPOSIT

	  	 	
Subject as aforesaid and to Clause 7 hereof, a sum equivalent to the Deposit shall be refunded to the Tenant by the Landlord within fourteen (14) days after the expiration or sooner determination of the Term and the delivery of vacant possession of the Property to the Landlord or within fourteen (14) days of the settlement of the last outstanding claim by the Landlord against the Tenant in respect of any breach, non-observance or non- 

 

  

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performance of any of the agreements, stipulations terms or conditions and on the part of the Tenant to be observed and performed whichever is the later.

	 	 	(b) 	Whenever there is any increase in Management Fees and Air- conditioning charges payable under this Agreement or if the Landlord shall so apply the Deposit as aforesaid during the Term, the Tenant shall on the next following day on which the rent due under this Agreement is payable, pay to the Landlord an additional sum equivalent to thrice the amount of such increase or a sum sufficient to replace the sum so applied (as the case may be) and such sums shall thereafter form part of the Deposit referred to in sub-clause (a) above.
	 	 	(c)	In no event shall the Tenant be entitled to treat payment of the Deposit as payment of the Rent or any other sum made payable hereunder.
	 	 	 	 
	
WAIVER OF CLAIM FOR DEPOSIT

	
7.

	(a)	
It is agreed and declared that if at any time during the Term the Landlord shall assign the Landlord's interest in the reversion immediately expectant upon the Term to any person("the assignee"), the Landlord shall be entitled (incidental to such assignment) to transfer to the assignee the Deposit or such part thereof after making any deduction in manner aforesaid (whether with or without the consent of the Tenant) as is then held by the Landlord under this Agreement, forthwith upon such transfer of the Deposit or such part thereof as aforesaid and provided that a notice containing particulars of the same shall have been served on the Tenant the Landlord shall be absolutely discharged and exonerated from the Landlord's obligation to refund a sum equivalent to the Deposit to the Tenant and the Tenant shall waive all its rights and claims hereunder against the Landlord in respect of the Deposit Provided that the assignee shall undertake in writing in the form and substance to the satisfaction of the Tenant with the Tenant to refund a sum equivalent to the Deposit or the balance thereof (as the case may be) in accordance with the provisions hereof.

	 	 	(b) 	The Tenant hereby irrevocably consents and authorizes such transfer of the Deposit or such part thereof as aforesaid and undertakes and agrees to enter into an agreement in such form, with the assignee or such party or parties and at such time as the Landlord may reasonably require (but not at the cost of the Tenant) to release the Landlord's obligation in respect of the refund of a sum equivalent to the Deposit or balance thereof (as the case may be) and to give better effect to the provisions of sub- clause (a) above.
	 	 	 	 
	
OTHER

	
8.

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CONDITIONS

	  	
to transfer the sum of HK$92,767.50 being the deposit currently held by the Landlord under a tenancy agreement dated 28l 1 January 2011 to form and constitute part of the Deposit payable under this Agreement. The balance of the Deposit in the sum of HK $15,552.00 shall be paid by the Tenant upon the signing of this Agreement.

	  	  	  
	  	
9.

	
This Agreement and the obligation of the Tenant to pay rent and other sums due hereunder shall in no way be affected impaired or excused because the Landlord is unable to fulfil any of its obligations under this Agreement or to supply or is delayed in supplying any service expressly or impliedly to be supplied or is unable to make or is delayed in making any repair additions alterations or decoration or is unable to supply or is delayed in supplying any equipment or fixtures.

	  	  	  
	  	
10.

	
The Tenant hereby expressly declares that at the expiration or sooner determination of this Agreement the Tenant will promptly and punctually quit and deliver up possession of the Property at the expiration of this Agreement or sooner determination as aforesaid in accordance with this Agreement.

	  	  	  
	  	
11.

	
The plan(s) (if any) annexed to this Agreement is(are) for identification purpose only and shall not be taken to represent the area size or measurements of the Property.

	  	  	  
	  	
12.

	
This Agreement is governed by and will be construed in accordance with Hong Kong law. The parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of Hong Kong Courts and each party waives any objection to proceedings in Hong Kong on grounds of venue or inconvenient forum.

	  	  	  
	  	
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AS WITNESS the hands of the parties hereto on the date specified as Date of Agreement in the Particulars.

 

	
Director,

	For and on behalf of
	
SIGNED by Ms. Lam Chor Kuen,/  )

	LUCKON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
	

for and on behalf of the                    )

Landlord, whose signature is          )

verified by: -                                       )

 

	
		
Authorized Signature(s)

	
WOO WAl SEE, ALICE

	  
	
Solicitor, Hong Kong SAR.

	  
	
Messrs. Liu, Chan & Lam,

	  
	
Solicitors & Notaries

	  
	
 

	  
	
Director,

	
For and on behalf of

	
SIGNED by Mr. Lee Kwok Leung,/)

	
GREEN DRAGON WOOD PRODUCTS CO. LIMITED

	
for and on behalf of the                    )

	 
	
Tenant in the presence of:-             )

       

	

Authorized Signature(s)

	  	 
	  	  
	
RECEIVED on the date stated as the Date of Agreement in the Particulars written of and from the Tenant the sum of HONG KONG DOLLARS ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN AND CENTS FIFTY ONLY being the deposit of rental, management fees and air-conditioning charges above expressed to be paid by the Tenant to the Landlord (part of which in the sum ofHK$92,767.50 to be transferred from the tenancy agreement dated 28th January 2011 and the balance of which in the sum of HKS 15,552.00 to be paid by the Tenant to the Landlord upon the signing of this Agreement)

	
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