SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
x Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 for the quarter ended June 30, 1998.
___ Transition Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 for the transition period from
________________ to _______________.
Commission File Number 1-12222
BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
MARYLAND 68-0306514
(state or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
270 Lafayette Circle, Lafayette, CA 94549
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (510)283-8910
Indicate by check mark whether Registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months or for such shorter period
that Registrant was required to file such reports and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No___
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes
of common stock as of the latest practicable date.
Class Outstanding as of July 21, 1998
Common Stock, $0.02 par value
22,647,528
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BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC.
INDEX
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION Page
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Statement 1
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 1998
and December 31, 1997 2
Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and six months ended
June 30, 1998 and 1997 3
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the year ended
December 31, 1997 and the six months ended June 30, 1998 4
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended
June 30, 1998 and 1997 5
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 6-10
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations
and Financial Condition 10-14
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEMS 1 - 6 15-16
SIGNATURES 17
Exhibit 11 18
Exhibit 27 19-20
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BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC.
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
STATEMENT
The financial statements included herein have been prepared by the
Company, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The information furnished reflects
all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for
a fair presentation of results of operations for the interim periods.
Such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. These financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the notes to financial
statements appearing in the annual report to stockholders for the year
ended December 31, 1997.
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BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF JUNE 30, 1998 AND DECEMBER 31, 1997 (Unaudited)
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
June 30, 1998 December 31, 1997
Assets:
Real estate investments:
Industrial buildings $283,662 $237,184
Office buildings 203,328 170,948
Properties under development 68,813 18,227
Land held for development 5,057 5,712
560,860 432,071
Less accumulated depreciation 13,031 8,985
547,829 423,086
Cash 1,505 1,361
Other assets 13,775 9,456
$563,109 $433,903
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:
Bank loan payable 117,210 8,216
Mortgage loans payable 80,753 60,323
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 5,434 6,026
Dividend and distributions payable 7,502 6,804
Other liabilities 3,020 4,611
Total liabilities 213,919 85,980
Minority interest in consolidated partnership 1,369 1,497
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock, par value $0.02 per share;
authorized 50,000,000 shares; issued and
outstanding 22,647,528 shares in 1998 and
22,583,867 shares in 1997 453 452
Additional paid-in capital 408,527 408,209
Accumulated dividends in
excess of net income (61,159) (62,235)
Total stockholders' equity 347,821 346,426
$563,109 $433,903
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1998 AND 1997 (Unaudited)
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
Three Months Six Months
1998 1997 1998 1997
Property operations:
Rental income $17,118 $10,627 $32,479 $19,683
Rental expenses:
Operating expenses 2,476 1,560 4,603 3,023
Real estate taxes 1,390 890 2,689 1,715
Depreciation and
amortization 2,313 1,248 4,368 2,374
Income from property operations 10,939 6,929 20,819 12,571
General and administrative expenses (879) (578) (1,714) (1,117)
Interest income 46 44 93 144
Interest expense (2,210) (1,509) (3,816) (3,032)
Income before minority interest 7,896 4,886 15,382 8,566
Minority interest (28) (26) (57) (51)
Net income $ 7,868 $ 4,860 $15,325 $ 8,515
Net income applicable to
common stockholders $ 7,868 $ 3,735 $15,325 $ 6,265
Basic earnings per share $ 0.35 $ 0.34 $ 0.68 $ 0.62
Weighted average number
of shares 22,615,685 11,127,153 22,599,864 10,039,466
Earnings per common share -
assuming dilution $ 0.34 $ 0.31 $ 0.67 $ 0.59
Weighted average number of
shares - assuming dilution 22,930,761 15,607,733 22,944,806 14,522,340
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997 AND
THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1998
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Accumulated Total
Additional dividends stock-
Common paid-in in excess of holders'
stock capital net income equity
Balance, December 31, 1996 $ 131 $147,622 $(73,997) $73,756
Issuance of common stock 321 265,622 - 265,943
Costs of issuance of
common stock - (4,990) - (4,990)
Redemption of partnership units - (45) - (45)
Net Income - - 31,291 31,291
Dividends to common stockholders
($1.13 per share) - - (16,029) (16,029)
Dividends to preferred
stockholders - - (3,500) (3,500)
Balance, December 31, 1997 $ 452 $408,209 $(62,235) $346,426
Issuance of common stock 1 318 - 319
Net income - - 15,325 15,325
Dividends to common stockholders
($0.63 per share) - - (14,249) (14,249)
Balance, June 30, 1998 $ 453 $408,527 $(61,159) $347,821
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1998 AND 1997 (Unaudited)
(in thousands)
1998 1997
Operating Activities:
Net income $15,325 $ 8,515
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
provided by operating activities:
Minority interest 57 51
Depreciation and amortization 4,983 2,818
Change in other assets (4,827) (4,261)
Change in accounts payable and
accrued expenses 162 2,317
Change in other liabilities (1,591) 396
Net cash provided by operating activities 14,109 9,836
Investing Activities:
Investments in real estate (129,543) (90,175)
Net cash used by investing activities (129,543) (90,175)
Financing Activities:
Proceeds from bank loan 126,544 67,333
Proceeds from mortgage loan 21,110 -
Repayments of bank loan (18,189) (55,909)
Repayments of mortgage loans (470) (180)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock 350 75,969
Redemption of partnership units (159) (257)
Payment of dividends and distributions (13,608) (6,870)
Net cash provided by financing activities 115,578 80,086
Net increase (decrease) in cash 144 (253)
Cash at beginning of period 1,361 1,328
Cash at end of period $ 1,505 $ 1,075
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
a) Non cash investing and financing activities:
Debt incurred with real estate acquired $ - $ 8,972
b) Cash paid during the period for interest,
net of amounts capitalized
$1,310 in 1998 and $202 in 1997 $ 2,644 $ 2,838
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1. The Company and Basis of Presentation
The Company
Bedford Property Investors Inc. (the Company) is a Maryland real estate
investment trust with investments primarily in industrial and suburban
office properties concentrated in the Western United States. The
Company's Common Stock trades under the symbol "BED" on both the New York
Stock Exchange and the Pacific Exchange.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and, therefore, do not
include all information and footnotes necessary for a fair presentation
of financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. The unaudited
interim financial statements reflect all adjustments which are, in the
opinion of management, necessary to a fair statement of the results for
the interim periods presented. All such adjustments are of a normal,
recurring nature.
Per Share Data
Per share data are based on the weighted average number of common shares
outstanding during the year. Stock options issued under the Company's
stock option plans are included in the calculation of diluted per share
data if, upon exercise, they would have a dilutive effect. The diluted
earnings per share calculation assumes conversion of the limited
partnership units of Bedford Realty Partners, L.P., if such conversions
would have dilutive effects, as of the beginning of the year.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 1997, the FASB issued Financial Accounting Statement No. 130
(SFAS 130), Reporting Comprehensive Income. SFAS 130 is effective with
the year-end 1998 financial statements; however, the total comprehensive
income is required in the financial statements for interim periods
beginning in 1998. In June 1997, the FASB issued Financial Accounting
Standard No. 131, Disclosure About Segments of An Enterprise and Related
Information. SFAS 131 is effective with the year-end 1998 financial
statements. In February 1998, the FASB issued Financial Accounting
Standard No. 132, Employers Disclosures About Pensions and Other
Postretirement Benefits. SFAS 132 is effective with the year-end 1998
financial statements. Management believes that the adoption of these
statements will not have a material impact on the Company's financial
statements.
Note 2. Real Estate Investments
As of June 30, 1998, the Company's real estate investments were
diversified by property type as follows (dollars in thousands):
Number of Percent
Properties Cost of Total
Industrial Buildings 62 $283,662 51
Office Buildings 20 203,328 36
Properties Under Development 9 68,813 12
Land Held for Development 6 5,057 1
Total 97 $560,860 100%
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Note 2 - Real Estate Investments
The following table sets forth the Company's real estate investments as
of June 30, 1998 (in thousands):
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Less
Accumulated
Land Building Depreciation Total
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES
Northern California $ 46,540 $100,778 $ 4,516 $142,802
Southern California 15,326 35,205 1,823 48,708
Denver, Colorado 1,911 3,279 201 4,989
Arizona 10,771 27,975 655 38,091
Greater Portland Area 2,652 8,477 612 10,517
Greater Kansas City Area 3,399 13,380 842 15,937
Dallas, Texas 2,978 10,991 19 13,950
Total Industrial 83,577 200,085 8,668 274,994
SUBURBAN OFFICE PROPERTIES
Northern California 4,313 13,460 435 17,338
Southern California 7,312 18,084 576 24,820
Salt Lake City 359 6,563 866 6,056
Greater Kansas City Area 3,330 5,438 265 8,503
Greater Seattle Area 15,116 30,225 806 44,535
Reno, Nevada 2,102 10,513 283 12,332
Austin, Texas 2,766 7,089 170 9,685
Arizona 9,148 17,071 364 25,855
Denver, Colorado 5,559 44,880 255 50,184
Total Suburban Office 50,005 153,323 4,020 199,308
PROPERTIES UNDER DEVELOPMENT
Northern California 1,151 6,473 95 7,529
Arizona 1,033 6,231 154 7,110
Greater Kansas City Area 518 3,031 94 3,455
Greater Seattle Area - 50,376 - 50,376
Total Properties Under Development 2,702 66,111 343 68,470
LAND HELD FOR DEVELOPMENT
Northern California 2,135 - - 2,135
Southern California 996 - - 996
Denver, Colorado 1,739 - - 1,739
Dallas, Texas 187 - - 187
Total Land Held for Development 5,057 - - 5,057
Total $141,341 $419,519 $13,031 $547,829
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The Company internally manages all but 8 of its properties from its
regional offices in Lafayette, CA; Tustin, CA; Phoenix, AZ; Lenexa, KS;
Denver, CO; and Seattle, WA. For the 8 properties located in markets not
served by a regional office, the Company has subcontracted on-site
management to local firms. All financial record-keeping is centralized
at the Company's corporate office in Lafayette, CA.
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Note 3. Consolidated Partnership
In December 1996 the Company formed Bedford Realty Partners, L.P. (the
"Operating Partnership"), with the Company as the sole general partner,
for the purpose of acquiring real estate. In exchange for contributing
a property into the Operating Partnership, the owners of the property
received limited partnership units ("OP Units"). A limited partner can
seek redemption of the OP Units at any time after 90 days. The Company,
at its option, may redeem the OP Units by either (i) issuing common stock
at the rate of one share of common stock for each OP Unit, or (ii) paying
cash to a limited partner based on the average trading price of the
Company's common stock. Each OP Unit is allocated partnership income and
cash flow at a rate equal to the dividend being paid by the Company on
a share of common stock. Additional partnership income and cash flow is
allocated 99% to the Company and 1% to the limited partners.
This acquisition strategy is referred to as a "Down REIT" transaction;
as long as certain tax attributes are maintained, the income tax
consequences to a limited partner are generally deferred until such time
as the limited partner redeems their OP Units.
On December 17, 1996, the Company acquired a $3.6 million industrial
property located in Modesto, California utilizing the Operating
Partnership. A director of the Company was a 9% owner of the property
and received 8,991 OP units in connection with the Down REIT transaction.
This director did not participate in the approval of the acquisition.
The sellers of the property received 108,495 OP Units. As of June 30,
1998, the Company has redeemed 21,607 OP units for cash.
Note 4. Debt
Bank Loan Payable
In June 1998, the Company amended and restated its secured revolving
credit facility with Bank of America. Under this facility, which matures
June 15, 2001, the Company can borrow up to $175 million on a secured
basis. The facility contains an unsecured sub-line of $50 million.
Secured loans bear interest at a floating rate equal to either the
lender's published "reference rate" or LIBOR plus a margin ranging from
1.35% to 1.10%. The interest rate of the unsecured loans is either the
lender's published "reference rate" or LIBOR plus a margin of 1.50%. The
credit facility is secured by mortgages on 45 properties (which
properties collectively accounted for approximately 55% of the Company's
Annualized Base Rent and approximately 44% of the Company's total assets
as of June 30, 1998), together with the rental proceeds from such
properties. The credit facility contains various restrictive covenants
including, among other things, a covenant limiting quarterly dividends
to 95% of average Funds From Operations.
The daily weighted average amount owing to the bank was $48,342,000 and
$22,417,000 for the six months ended June 30, 1998 and 1997,
respectively. The weighted average interest rates in each of these
periods was 7.28% and 7.61%, respectively. The effective interest rate
at June 30, 1998 was 6.98%.
Mortgage Loans Payable
Mortgage loans payable at June 30, 1998 consist of the following (in
thousands):
Floating rate note due December 15, 1999
current rate of 8.75% $ 1,810
7.5% note due January 1, 2002 24,491
7.02% note due March 15, 2003 24,907
8.9% note due July 31, 2006 8,751
6.91% note due July 31, 2006 20,794
$ 80,753
The mortgage loans are collaterized by 21 properties (which Properties
collectively accounted for approximately 30% of the Company's
Annualized Base Rent and approximately 22% of the Company's total assets
as of June 30, 1998).
The following table presents scheduled principal payments on mortgage
loans as of June 30, 1998 (in thousands):
Twelve months period ending June 30, 1999 $ 3,076
Twelve months period ending June 30, 2000 1,363
Twelve months period ending June 30, 2001 1,467
Twelve months period ending June 30, 2002 24,303
Twelve months period ending June 30, 2003 23,834
Thereafter 26,710
$ 80,753
Note 5. Comprehensive Income
There are no adjustments necessary to net income as presented in the
accompanying consolidated statements of income to derive Comprehensive
Income in accordance with FASB Statement No. 130, Reporting Comprehensive
Income.
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
When used in the following discussion, the words "believes," "expects,"
"intends," "anticipates" and similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to certain risks
and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially
from those projected, including, but not limited to, those set forth in
the section entitled "Potential Factors Affecting Future Operating
Results," below. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date hereof.
The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the result of
any revisions to these forward-looking statements which may be made to
reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events.
Results of Operations
The Company's operations consist of developing, owning and operating
industrial and suburban office properties located primarily in the
Western United States.
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Increases in revenues, expenses, and net income in the three and six
months ended June 30, 1998 when compared with the same periods in 1997
were due primarily to property additions by acquisition and development
offset in part by the sale of operating properties as follows:
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Activities from January 1, 1997 Activities from July 1, 1997
to June 30, 1997 to June 30, 1998
Number of Square Number of Square
Operating Properties Feet Operating Properties Feet
Acquisitions
Industrial 4 444,100 19 1,154,000
Office 4 503,014 8 883,000
8 947,114 27 2,037,000
Development
Industrial - - 4 365,000
Sales
Office - - 2 213,000
Retail - - 1 84,000
- - 3 297,000
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Three Months Ended June 30, 1998 Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 1997
Income from Property Operations
Income from property operations (defined as rental income less rental
expenses) increased $4,010,000 or 58% in 1998 compared with 1997. This
is due to an increase in rental income of $6,491,000 partially offset by
an increase in rental expenses (which include operating expenses, real
estate taxes and depreciation and amortization) of $2,481,000.
This increase in rental income and expenses is primarily attributable to
property additions by acquisition and development of real estate
investments. The acquisition and development activities increased rental
income and rental expenses by $7,284,000 and $2,622,000, respectively.
This was partially offset by the sale of two office properties in July
1997 and one retail property in October 1997 which resulted in a
reduction in rental income and rental expenses of $1,238,000 and
$495,000, respectively.
Expenses
Interest expense, which includes amortization of loan fees, increased
$701,000 or 46% in 1998 compared with 1997. The increase is attributable
to the Company's higher level of borrowings to finance the acquisition
of properties in 1998, and higher financing costs incurred in connection
with the credit facility and mortgage loans. The amortization of loan
fees was $259,000 and $187,000 in the second quarter of 1998 and 1997,
respectively. General and administrative expenses increased $301,000 or
52% in 1998 compared with 1997, primarily the result of the Company's
growth in assets.
Six Months Ended June 30, 1998 Compared with Six Months Ended June 30,
1997
Income from Property Operations
Income from property operations (defined as rental income less rental
expenses) increased $8,248,000 or 66% in 1998 compared with 1997. This
is due to an increase in rental income of $12,796,000 partially offset
by an increase in rental expenses (which include operating expenses, real
estate taxes and depreciation and amortization) of $4,548,000.
This increase in rental income and expenses is primarily attributable to
property additions by acquisition and development of real estate
investments. The acquisition and development activities increased rental
income and rental expenses by $14,384,000 and $4,984,000, respectively.
This was partially offset by the sale of two office properties in July
1997 and one retail property in October 1997 which resulted in a
reduction in rental income and rental expenses of $2,490,000 and
$1,053,000, respectively.
Expenses
Interest expense, which includes amortization of loan fees, increased
$784,000 or 26% in 1998 compared with 1997. The increase is attributable
to the Company's higher level of borrowings to finance the acquisition
of properties in 1998, and higher financing costs incurred in connection
with the credit facility and mortgage loans. The amortization of loan
fees was $512,000 and $370,000 in the six months ended June 30 of 1998
and 1997, respectively. General and administrative expenses increased
$597,000 or 53% in 1998 compared with 1997, primarily the result of the
Company's growth in assets.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company completed the sale of 4,600,000 shares of common stock at $17
3/8 per share in February 1997 and 7,245,000 shares of common stock at
$19 5/8 per share in November 1997. Net cash proceeds from these
offerings were used to pay off the outstanding borrowings under the
Company's credit facility. In June 1998, the Company amended and
restated its secured revolving credit facility with Bank of America.
Under this facility, which matures June 15, 2001, the Company can borrow
up to $175 million on a secured basis. The facility contains an
unsecured sub-line of $50 million. Secured loans bear interest at a
floating rate equal to either the lender's published "reference rate" or
LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.35% to 1.10%. The interest rate of
the unsecured loans is either the lender's published "reference rate" or
LIBOR plus a margin of 1.50%. As of June 30, 1998, the Company was in
compliance with the covenants and requirements of its revolving credit
facility which has an outstanding balance of $117,210,000 which consists
of secured loans.
The Company anticipates that the cash flow generated by its real estate
investments and funds available under the above credit facility will be
sufficient to meet its short-term liquidity requirements.
During the six months ended June 30, 1998, the Company's operating
activities provided cash flow of $14,109,000. Investing activities
utilized cash of $129,543,000 for real estate acquisitions. Financing
activities provided net cash flow of $115,578,000 consisting of the
proceeds from bank borrowings and mortgage loans of $147,654,000 and net
proceeds from the issuance of common stock of $ 350,000, offset by
repayment of bank borrowings and mortgage loans of $18,659,000, payment
of dividends and distributions of $13,608,000 and redemption of
partnership units of $159,000.
The Company expects to fund the cost of acquisitions, capital
expenditures, costs associated with lease renewals and reletting of
space, repayment of indebtedness, and development of properties from (i)
cash flow from operations, (ii) borrowings under the credit facility and,
if available, other indebtedness (which may include indebtedness assumed
in acquisitions), (iii) the sale of certain real estate investments, and
(iv) the sale of equity securities and, possibly, the issuance of equity
securities in connection with acquisitions.
The ability to obtain mortgage loans on income producing property is
dependent upon the ability to attract and retain tenants and the
economics of the various markets in which the properties are located, as
well as the willingness of mortgage-lending institutions to make loans
secured by real property. The ability to sell real estate investments
is partially dependent upon the ability of purchasers to obtain financing
at commercially reasonable rates.
Potential Factors Affecting Future Operating Results
At the present time, borrowings under the Company's credit facility bear
interest at a floating rate. The Company recognizes that its results
from operations may be impacted negatively by future increases in
interest rates and substantial additional borrowings to finance
additional property acquisitions.
While the Company has historically been successful in renewing and
reletting space, the Company is subject to the risk that certain leases
expiring in 1998 and beyond may not be renewed or the terms of renewal
may be less favorable to the Company than current lease terms. The
Company expects to incur costs in making improvements or repairs to its
portfolio of properties required by new or renewing tenants and expects
to incur expenses associated with brokerage commissions payable in
connection with the reletting of space.
Many other factors affect the Company's actual financial performance and
may cause the Company's future results to be markedly outside of the
Company's current expectations.
Inflation
Most of the leases require the tenants to pay their share of operating
expenses, including common area maintenance, real estate taxes and
insurance, thereby reducing the Company's exposure to increases in costs
and operating expenses resulting from inflation. Inflation, however,
could result in an increase in the Company's borrowing costs.
Dividends
Common stock dividends declared for the first and second quarters of 1998
were $0.30 and $0.33 per share, respectively. Distributions declared for
the first and second quarters of 1998 were $0.30 and $0.33 per OP Unit,
respectively. Consistent with the Company's policy, dividends and
distributions were paid in the quarter after they were declared.
Government Regulations
The Company's properties are subject to various federal, state and local
regulatory requirements such as local building codes and other similar
regulations. The Company believes its properties are currently in
substantial compliance with
all applicable regulatory requirements, although expenditures at its
properties may be required to comply with changes in these laws. No
material expenditures are contemplated at this time in order to comply
with any such laws or regulations.
Under various federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations,
an owner or operator of real estate is liable for the costs of removal
or remediation of certain hazardous or toxic substances released on,
above, under, or in such property. Such laws often impose such liability
without regard to whether the owner knew of, or was responsible for, the
presence of such hazardous or toxic substances. The costs of such
removal or remediation could be substantial.
Additionally, the presence of such substances or the failure to properly
remediate such substances may adversely affect the owner's ability to
borrow using such real estate as collateral.
The Company believes that it is in compliance in all material respects
with all federal, state and local laws regarding hazardous or toxic
substances, and the Company has not been notified by any governmental
authority of any non-compliance or other claim in connection with any of
its present or former properties. The Company does not anticipate that
compliance with federal, state and local environmental protection
regulations will have any material adverse impact on the financial
position, results of operations or liquidity of the Company.
Financial Performance
Management considers Funds From Operations (FFO) to be one measure of the
performance of an equity REIT. FFO during the three and six months ended
June 30, 1998 amounted to $10,209,000 and $19,750,000, respectively.
During the same periods in 1997, FFO amounted to $6,134,000 and
$10,940,000, respectively. Funds From Operations is used by financial
analysts in evaluating REITs and can be one measure of a REIT's ability
to make cash distributions. Presentation of this information provides
the reader with an additional measure to compare the performance of
REITs. Funds From Operations generally is defined by the National
Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts as net income (computed in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles), excluding
gains from debt restructurings and sales of property, plus depreciation
and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships
and joint ventures. Funds From Operations was computed by the Company
in accordance with this definition. The Company's computation of Funds
From Operations may, however, differ from the methodology for calculating
Funds From Operations utilized by other equity REIT's and, therefore, may
not be comparable to such other REIT's. Funds From Operations does not
represent cash generated by operating activities in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles; it is not necessarily
indicative of cash available to fund cash needs and should not be
considered as an alternative to net income as an indicator of the
Company's operating performance or as an alternative to cash flow as a
measure of liquidity.
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
1998 1997 1998 1997
Funds From Operations (in thousands):
Net Income $ 7,868 $ 4,860 $ 15,325 $ 8,515
Add Back:
Depreciation and
Amortization 2,313 1,248 4,368 2,374
Minority Interest 28 26 57 51
Funds From Operations $ 10,209 $ 6,134 $ 19,750 $10,940
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
None
Item 2. CHANGES IN SECURITIES
None
Item 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None
Item 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
The Company held its annual stockholders' meeting on May 13, 1998, to
consider the following proposals:
1. Election of seven directors by the holders of the Common Stock
for the ensuing year.
2. To approve the amendment and restatement of the Company's 1992
Directors' Stock Option Plan, including the increase in the
number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance
hereunder by 500,000 shares.
3. To approve the amendment and restatement of the Company's
Employee Stock Option Plan, including the increase in the
number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance
thereunder by 2,100,000 shares.
4. To ratify the appointment by the Board of Directors of the
Company's independent public accountants for the year ending
December 31, 1998.
All proposals were approved. Following are the results of the voting for
proposals 2, 3 and 4:
For Withheld Abstain
1. To elect seven directors to serve until
the next annual meeting of stockholders
Claude M. Ballard 20,695,278 52,032
Peter B. Bedford 20,697,728 49,582
Anthony M. Downs 20,697,377 49,933
Thomas G. Eastman 20,696,128 51,182
Anthony M. Frank 20,697,358 49,952
Thomas H. Nolan 20,697,528 49,782
Martin I. Zankel 20,681,778 65,532
2. To approve amendments to the Company's
1992 Directors' Stock Option Plan 14,400,349 3,783,690 53,118
3. To approve amendments to the Company's
Employee Stock Option Plan 15,415,581 2,763,077 58,499
4. To ratify the appointment by the Board
of Directors of the Company's
independent public accountants 20,692,939 38,380 15,991
Item 5. OTHER INFORMATION
None
Item 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
A. Exhibits
Exhibit No. Exhibit
3.1 Charter of the Company, as amended, is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 1997.
3.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company are
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended September 30, 1995.
10.17* Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Secured
Loan) among Bedford Property Investors, Inc., The Banks
Party Hereto and Bank of America National Trust and
Savings Association, as Arranger and as Administrative
Agent for the Banks, and Union Bank of California, NA
as Co-Agent for the Banks, dated June 15, 1998.
10.18* Amended and Restated Unsecured Credit Agreement among
Bedford Property Investors, Inc., The Banks Party
Hereto and Bank of America National Trust and Savings
Association, as Arranger and as Administrative Agent
for the Banks, and Union Bank of California, N.A., as
Co-Agent for the Banks, dated June 15, 1998.
11* Statement of Computation of Earnings Per Share.
27* Financial Data Schedule
* Filed herewith
B. Reports on Form 8-K
During the quarter ended June 30, 1998, the Company filed on
June 23, 1998 a report on Form 8-K, reporting item (5) and (7)
in reference to the Company's press release issued to the
public on June 18, 1998.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf of the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: July 21, 1998
BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC.
(Registrant)
By: /s/ SCOTT R. WHITNEY
Scott R. Whitney
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
By: /s/ HANH KIHARA
Hanh Kihara
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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Exhibit 11
Bedford Property Investors, Inc.
Statement of Computation of Earnings per Share
(in thousands, except share and share amounts)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
1998 1997 1998 1997
Basic:
Net income $ 7,868 $ 4,860 $ 15,325 $ 8,515
Less: Dividends on the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock - 1,125 - 2,250
Net income applicable to common
stockholders $ 7,868 $ 3,735 $ 15,325 $ 6,265
Weighted average number of shares 22,615,685 11,127,153 22,599,864 10,039,466
Basic earnings per share $ 0.35 $ 0.34 $ 0.68 $ 0.62
Diluted:
Net income applicable to common
stockholders $ 7,868 $ 3,735 $ 15,325 $ 6,265
Add: Dividends on the Series A
Convertible
Preferred Stock - 1,125 - 2,250
Minority interest 28 26 57 51
Net income for diluted earnings
per share $ 7,896 $ 4,886 $ 15,382 $ 8,566
Weighted average number of shares
(from above) 22,615,685 11,127,153 22,599,864 10,039,466
Weighted average shares issuable upon
conversion of the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock - 4,166,667 - 4,166,667
Weighted average shares of dilutive
stock options using average period
stock price under the treasury
stock method 225,267 218,864 252,527 214,472
Weighted average shares issuable
upon the conversion of operating
partnership units 89,809 95,049 92,415 101,735
Weighted average number of common
shares - assuming dilution 22,930,761 15,607,733 22,944,806 14,522,340
Earnings per share - assuming
dilution $ 0.34 $ 0.31 $ 0.67 $ 0.59
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<PAGE>
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<ARTICLE> 5
EXHIBIT 27
AMENDED FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE
(in thousands except per share amounts)
<S>
<C>
<PERIOD-TYPE> 6-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1997
<PERIOD-END> JUN-30-1997
<CASH> $ 1,075
<SECURITIES> 0
<RECEIVABLES> 0
<ALLOWANCES> 0
<INVENTORY> 0
<CURRENT-ASSETS> 1,583
<PP&E> 328,561
<DEPRECIATION> (7,126)
<TOTAL-ASSETS> 332,690
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 10,048
<BONDS> 118,934
0
50,000
<COMMON> 223
<OTHER-SE> 149,817
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 332,690
<SALES> 0
<TOTAL-REVENUES> 19,827
<CGS> 0
<TOTAL-COSTS> 0
<OTHER-EXPENSES> (8,229)
<LOSS-PROVISION> 0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE> (3,032)
<INCOME-PRETAX> 8,515
<INCOME-TAX> 0
<INCOME-CONTINUING> 8,515
<DISCONTINUED> 0
<EXTRAORDINARY> 0
<CHANGES> 0
<NET-INCOME> $8,515
<EPS-PRIMARY> $ 0.62
<EPS-DILUTED> $ 0.59
<PAGE>
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<TABLE> <S> <C>
<ARTICLE> 5
EXHIBIT 27
FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE
(in thousands except per share amounts)
<S>
<C>
<PERIOD-TYPE> 6-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1998
<PERIOD-END> JUN-30-1998
<CASH> $ 1,505
<SECURITIES> 0
<RECEIVABLES> 0
<ALLOWANCES> 0
<INVENTORY> 0
<CURRENT-ASSETS> 2,706
<PP&E> 560,860
<DEPRECIATION> (13,031)
<TOTAL-ASSETS> 563,109
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 13,305
<BONDS> 197,963
0
0
<COMMON> 453
<OTHER-SE> 347,368
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 563,109
<SALES> 0
<TOTAL-REVENUES> 32,572
<CGS> 0
<TOTAL-COSTS> 0
<OTHER-EXPENSES> (13,374)
<LOSS-PROVISION> 0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE> (3,816)
<INCOME-PRETAX> 15,325
<INCOME-TAX> 0
<INCOME-CONTINUING> 15,325
<DISCONTINUED> 0
<EXTRAORDINARY> 0
<CHANGES> 0
<NET-INCOME> $ 15,325
<EPS-PRIMARY> $ 0.68
<EPS-DILUTED> $ 0.67
<PAGE>
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EXHIBIT 10.17
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT is
entered into as of June 15, 1998, among BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS,
INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL
TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, a national banking association ("BofA")
and the several additional financial institutions from time to time
party to this Agreement (collectively, the "Banks"; individually a
"Bank"), BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as
arranger and as administrative agent for the Banks, and UNION BANK OF
CALFORNIA, N.A., as Co-Agent for the Banks.
Factual Background
WHEREAS, BofA and certain of the Banks have previously made
available to the Company a revolving credit facility upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in that certain Third Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 13, 1997, among the
Company, the banks party thereto and BofA, as agent for such banks, as
amended by (i) that certain First Modification Agreement to Third
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 8, 1997,
among the Company, the banks party thereto and BofA, as agent for such
banks (as amended, the "Existing Credit Agreement"), which Existing
Credit Agreement amended and restated in full that certain Second
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 26, 1996, among
the Company, the banks party thereto and BofA, as agent for such
banks, as amended from time to time;
WHEREAS, under the Existing Credit Agreement, the Banks
party thereto agreed to make available to the Company a secured
revolving line of credit in the maximum principal amount of
$175,000,000, with BofA having a pro rata share of 42.857144%,
representing a maximum commitment of $75,000,000; Sanwa Bank
California having a pro rata share of 14.285714%, representing a
maximum commitment of $25,000,000; The First National Bank of Chicago
having a pro rata share of 14.285714%, representing a maximum
commitment of $25,000,000; Union Bank of California, N.A. having a pro
rata share of 17.142857%, representing a maximum commitment of
30,000,000; and KeyBank National Association having a pro rata share
of 11.428571%, representing a maximum commitment of $20,000,000;
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Banks modify
the terms of the revolving credit facility made available to the
Company pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement to, among other
things, extend the maturity date of the secured revolving line of
credit available to the Company;
WHEREAS, following modification of the revolving credit
facility made available to the Company pursuant to the Existing Credit
Agreement, KeyBank National Association will no longer be a party to
the revolving credit facility; and
WHEREAS, the remaining Banks have agreed to make available
to the Company an amended secured revolving line of credit upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, which
amends and restates in full the Existing Credit Agreement, with the
pro rata shares of the remaining Banks adjusted so that BofA has a
pro rata share of 42.857143%, representing a maximum commitment of
$75,000,000; Sanwa Bank California has a pro rata share of 14.285714%,
representing a maximum commitment of $25,000,000; The First National
Bank of Chicago has a pro rata share of 20.000000%, representing a
maximum commitment of $35,000,000; and Union Bank of California, N.A.
has a pro rata share of 22.857143%, representing a maximum commitment
of $40,000,000.
Agreement
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements,
provisions and covenants contained herein, the parties agree as
follows:
1. Definitions.
1.1 Defined Terms. In addition to the terms defined
elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms have the following
meanings:
"Administrative Agent" means BofA in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Banks hereunder, and any successor
administrative agent designated under Section 9.5.
"Affiliate" means, as to any Person, any other Person
which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or
is under common control with, such Person. A Person shall be deemed
to control another Person if the controlling Person possesses,
directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of
the management and policies of the other Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. In no event
shall any of the Banks be deemed an "Affiliate" of the Company or of
any Subsidiary of the Company.
"Agent-Related Persons" means BofA and any successor
administrative agent designated under Section 9.5, together with their
respective Affiliates and the officers, directors, employees and
agents of such Persons.
"Agent's Payment Office" means the address for payments set
forth herein for the Administrative Agent, or such other address as
the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify.
"Agreement" means this Fourth Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.
"Applicable Margin" means (a) with respect to Reference
Rate Loans, zero (0) basis points; and (b) with respect to LIBOR Rate
Loans, (i) 110 basis points when Leverage is less than or equal to
0.30, (ii) 120 basis points when Leverage is greater than 0.30 but
less than or equal to 0.40, or (iii) 135 basis points when Leverage is
greater than 0.40.
"Appraisal" means a real estate appraisal conducted in
accordance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal
Practice (as promulgated by the Appraisal Standards Board of the
Appraisal Foundation), all Requirements of Law applicable to the Banks
and all applicable internal policies of the Banks, prepared by the
Administrative Agent or undertaken by an independent appraisal firm
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and providing an assessment
of fair market value of a parcel of property, taking into account any
and all Estimated Remediation Costs.
"Appraised Value" means, for an Approved Parcel at any
time, an amount equal to the "as is" fair market value of such
Approved Parcel (excluding any portion of such Approved Parcel
consisting of undeveloped land, including excess land, to which no
value will be assigned) established by the Administrative Agent's most
recently completed Appraisal of such Approved Parcel. The Appraised
Value of an Approved Parcel shall be adjusted upon the completion and
review by the Banks of each Appraisal of such Approved Parcel (and, in
the event of a disagreement among the Banks, with the approval of the
Administrative Agent and the Supermajority Banks).
"Approved Parcel" means a Parcel satisfying all of the
conditions set forth in Section 4.1.
"Approved Parcel Value" means, for any Approved Parcel at
any time, the lesser of (a) the Collateral Value of such Approved
Parcel at such time and (b) the Cash Flow Value of such Approved
Parcel at such time.
"Assignee" has the meaning specified in subsection 10.8.1.
"Attorney Costs" means and includes all reasonable fees and
disbursements of any law firm or other external legal counsel, the
allocated cost of internal legal services and all disbursements of
internal counsel.
"Availability" means, at any time, the difference between
(a) the lesser of (i) the Total Approved Parcel Value at such time and
(ii) the Maximum Commitment Amount at such time, and (b) the sum of
(i) the principal amount outstanding under the Swing Line at such time
and (ii) the principal amount outstanding under the Unsecured Loan
Agreement at such time.
"Average Unused" has the meaning specified in Section 2.10.
"Bank" has the meaning specified in the introductory
sentence of this Agreement; BofA in its capacity as a lender hereunder
and in its capacity as the Swing Line Lender is one of the Banks.
Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a
"Bank" includes any such institution in its capacity as Swap Provider,
and also includes any of such institution's Affiliates that may, at
the time of determination, be Swap Providers.
"Bankruptcy Code" means the Federal Bankruptcy Reform Act
of 1978, as amended from time to time (11 U.S.C. 101, et seq.).
"BofA" means Bank of America National Trust and Savings
Association, a national banking association.
"Borrowing" means a borrowing hereunder consisting of Loans
of the same Type made to the Company on the same day by the Banks
under Article 2 and, other than in the case of Reference Rate Loans,
having the same Interest Period, but does not include (a) a conversion
of Loans of one Type to another Type or (b) a continuation of a Loan
as a Loan of the same Type, but with a new Interest Period.
"Borrowing Notice" means a notice substantially in the form
of Exhibit A given by the Company to the Administrative Agent pursuant
to Section 2.4.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday
or other day on which commercial banks in San Francisco, California,
are authorized or required by law to close and, if the applicable
Business Day relates to any LIBOR Rate Loan, means such a day on which
dealings are carried on in the applicable offshore dollar interbank
market.
"Capital Adequacy Regulation" means any guideline, request
or directive of any Governmental Authority, or any other law, rule or
regulation, whether or not having the force of law, in each case,
regarding capital adequacy of any Bank or of any corporation
controlling any Bank.
"Cash Flow" means, as of any calendar quarter, four (4)
times the sum of (i) the quarterly consolidated income from property
operations for the Company and all of the Permitted Partnerships
(excluding income from minority interests in Persons other than
Permitted Partnerships), and (ii) the consolidated depreciation and
amortization of the Company and all of the Permitted Partnerships
(excluding depreciation and amortization from minority interests in
Persons other than Permitted Partnerships) for such quarter, as
evidenced by the most recently delivered financial statements of the
Company and the Permitted Partnerships.
"Cash Flow Value" means, for any Approved Parcel at any
time, the maximum amount for which 74.074% of the Net Operating Income
for such Approved Parcel at such time would be sufficient to amortize
such amount in twenty-five (25) equal annual installments of principal
and interest at a per annum rate equal to the greater of (i) 1.75% per
annum above the average yield on seven-year United States treasury
bonds maturing approximately seven (7) years from the date of
determination (as reported by the Administrative Agent's Funding and
Interest Rate Desk, or any other recognized source of treasury yield
quotations acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole and
absolute discretion, on the determination date) or (ii) 8.0%, computed
on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and actual
day months.
"CERCLA" means the Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980.
"Closing Date" means the date on which all conditions
precedent set forth in Section 4.2 are satisfied or waived by the
Administrative Agent.
"Co-Agent" means any Bank designated as a "Co-Agent" in
this Agreement, each in its capacity as a co-agent for the Banks
hereunder, and any successor co-agent designated under Section 9.6.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time, and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Collateral" means all property and interests in property
and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or
one of its Subsidiaries in or upon which a Lien securing the
Obligations now or hereafter exists in favor of the Banks or the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Banks, whether under this
Agreement or under any other Collateral Documents executed by any such
Persons and delivered to the Administrative Agent.
"Collateral Documents" means, collectively, (i) the
Mortgages, Assignments of Leases, and all other security agreements,
mortgages, deeds of trust, lease assignments and other similar
agreements between the Company or its Subsidiaries and the Banks or
the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Banks, now or
hereafter delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to or in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and all
financing statements (or comparable documents) now or hereafter filed
in accordance with the UCC (or comparable law) naming the Company or
any Subsidiaries as debtor in favor of the Banks or the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Banks, as secured party in connection
therewith, and (ii) any amendments, supplements, modifications,
renewals, replacements, consolidations, substitutions and extensions
of any of the foregoing.
"Collateral Value" means, for any Approved Parcel at any
time, 65% of the Appraised Value of such Approved Parcel at such time.
"Commitment" means the amount of the credit and the
outstanding Loans for which each Bank is obligated.
"Contingent Obligation" means, as to any Person, (a) any
Guaranty Obligation of that Person, and (b) any direct or indirect
obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person in
respect of (i) any letter of credit or similar instrument issued for
the account of that Person or as to which that Person is otherwise
liable for reimbursement of drawings or (ii) any Swap Contract. The
amount of any Contingent Obligation shall (subject, in the case of
Guaranty Obligations, to the last sentence of the definition of
"Guaranty Obligation") be deemed equal to the maximum reasonably
anticipated liability in respect thereof.
"Contractual Obligation" means, as to any Person, any
provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement,
undertaking, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other
instrument, document or agreement to which such Person is a party or
by which it or any of its property is bound.
"Controlled Group" means the Company and all Persons
(whether or not incorporated) under common control or treated as a
single employer with the Company pursuant to Section 414(b), (c), (m)
or (o) of the Code.
"Conversion Date" means any date on which the Company
elects to convert a Reference Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan or a
LIBOR Rate Loan to a Reference Rate Loan.
"Conversion/Continuation Notice" means a notice
substantially in the form of Exhibit B given by the Company to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.5.
"Covenant Debt Service" means, at any time, the amount
necessary to amortize the sum of (a) total consolidated liabilities
(excluding (i) accounts payable and accrued expenses, (ii) dividends
and distributions payable, and (iii) other liabilities) of the Company
and all of the Permitted Partnerships (as evidenced by the most
recently received consolidated balance sheets for the Company and the
Permitted Partnerships), and (b) the aggregate amount of all then-
outstanding but undrawn Letters of Credit, in twenty-five (25) equal
annual installments of principal and interest at a per annum rate
equal to the greater of (i) 1.75% per annum above the average yield on
seven-year United States treasury bonds maturing approximately seven
(7) years from the date of determination (as reported by the
Administrative Agent's Funding and Interest Rate Desk, or any other
recognized source of treasury yield quotations acceptable to the
Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute discretion, on the
determination date) or (ii) 8.0%, computed on the basis of a year of
365 or 366 days, as applicable, and actual day months.
"Default" means any event or circumstance which, with the
giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, would (if not cured or
otherwise remedied) constitute an Event of Default.
"Disposition" means the sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition of any Approved Parcel, other than (i) leases of an
Approved Parcel to third-party tenants in the ordinary course of
business or (ii) sales or other dispositions expressly permitted under
Section 7.2.
"Eligible Assignee" means (i) a commercial bank organized
under the laws of the United States, or any state thereof, and having
a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000; (ii) a Person
that is primarily engaged in the business of commercial banking and is
an Affiliate of a Bank, or (iii) any Person approved by Majority Banks
and the Administrative Agent.
"Entitled Land" means unimproved real Property satisfying
all of the following conditions: (a) the Company's intended use of
such real Property is permissible under the applicable general plan or
its equivalent, (b) such intended use is permissible under any
applicable specific plan, zoning classification and development
agreement, (c) such real Property has access to roads and utilities
adequate for the Company's intended use, and (d) the Company intends
to improve such real property within twenty-four (24) months of its
acquisition.
"Environmental Claims" means all claims, however asserted,
by any Governmental Authority or other Person alleging potential
liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Laws or
for injury to the environment or threat to public health, personal
injury (including sickness, disease or death), property damage,
natural resources damage, or otherwise alleging liability or
responsibility for damages (punitive or otherwise), cleanup, removal,
remedial or response costs, restitution, civil or criminal penalties,
injunctive relief, or other type of relief, resulting from or based
upon (a) the presence, placement, discharge, emission or release
(including intentional and unintentional, negligent and non-negligent,
sudden or non-sudden, accidental or non-accidental placement, spills,
leaks, discharges, emissions or releases) of any Hazardous Material
at, in or from an Approved Parcel, or (b) any other circumstances
forming the basis of any violation, or alleged violation, of any
Environmental Laws.
"Environmental Indemnity" means the unsecured environmental
indemnity executed by the Borrower and delivered to the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Banks, pursuant to Section 4.2.1(a).
"Environmental Laws" means all federal, state or local
laws, statutes, common law duties, rules, regulations, ordinances and
codes, together with all administrative orders, directed duties,
requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements
with, any Governmental Authorities, in each case relating to
environmental, health, safety and land use matters; including CERCLA,
the Clean Air Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972,
the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Federal Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know Act, the California Hazardous Waste
Control Law, the California Solid Waste Management, Resource, Recovery
and Recycling Act, the California Water Code and the California Health
and Safety Code.
"Environmental Permits" has the meaning specified in
subsection 5.12(b).
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended from time to time, and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
"ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or
not incorporated) under common control with the Company within the
meaning of Section 414(b), 414(c) or 414(m) of the Code.
"ERISA Event" means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to
a Qualified Plan or a Multi-employer Plan; (b) withdrawal by the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Qualified Plan subject to
Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial
employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA); (c) a complete
or partial withdrawal by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a
Multi-employer Plan; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to
terminate, the treatment of a plan amendment as a termination under
Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by
the PBGC to terminate a Qualified Plan or Multi-employer Plan subject
to Title IV of ERISA; (e) failure by the Company or any member of the
Controlled Group to make required contributions to a Qualified Plan or
Multi-employer Plan; (f) an event or condition which might reasonably
be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Qualified Plan or Multi-employer Plan; (g) the imposition of any
liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than PBGC premiums due but
not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate; (h) an application for a funding waiver or an
extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the
Code with respect to any Plan; (i) a non-exempt prohibited transaction
occurs with respect to any Plan for which the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company may be directly or indirectly liable; or
(j) a violation of the applicable requirements of Section 404 or 405
of ERISA or the exclusive benefit rule under Section 401(a) of the
Code by any fiduciary or disqualified person with respect to any Plan
for which the Company or any member of the Controlled Group may be
directly or indirectly liable.
"Estimated Remediation Costs" means all costs associated
with performing work to remediate contamination of real property or
groundwater, including engineering and other professional fees and
expenses, costs to remove, transport and dispose of contaminated soil,
costs to "cap" or otherwise contain contaminated soil, and costs to
pump and treat water and monitor water quality.
"Event of Default" means any of the events or circumstances
specified in Section 8.1.
"Event of Loss" means, with respect to any Approved Parcel,
any of the following: (a) any loss or damage to, or destruction of,
such Approved Parcel; (b) any pending or threatened institution of any
proceedings for the condemnation or seizure of such Approval Parcel or
for the exercise of any right of eminent domain; or (c) any actual
condemnation, seizure or taking, by exercise of the power of eminent
domain or otherwise, of such Approved Parcel, or confiscation of such
Approved Parcel or the requisition of the use of such Approved Parcel.
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the rate published
by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the preceding Business Day
as "Federal Funds (Effective)"; (or, if not published, the arithmetic
mean of the rates for overnight Federal funds arranged prior to 9:00
a.m. (New York City time) on that day quoted by three brokers of
Federal Funds in New York City as determined by the Administrative
Agent).
"Federal Reserve Board" means the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System or any successor thereof.
"Fee Letter" has the meaning specified in Section 2.10.
"Funds from Operations" means, for any fiscal quarter, the
net income of the Company for such quarter, excluding gains or losses
from debt restructuring and sales of property, plus depreciation and
amortization, after adjustments for unconsolidated ventures.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set
forth from time to time 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 agencies with similar functions of
comparable stature and authority within the accounting profession), or
in such other statements by such other entity as may be in general use
by significant segments of the U.S. accounting profession, which are
applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.
"Governmental Authority" means any nation or government,
any state or other political subdivision thereof, any central bank (or
similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of, or pertaining to, government, and any
corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through stock or
capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing.
"Gross Assets" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the total
consolidated assets of the Company and all Permitted Partnerships at
such time, and (b) the total consolidated accumulated depreciation of
the Company and all Permitted Partnerships at such time, as evidenced
by the most recently delivered financial statements of the Company and
the Permitted Partnerships.
"Guaranty Obligation" means, as applied to any Person, any
direct or indirect liability of that Person with respect to any
Indebtedness, lease, dividend, letter of credit or other obligation
(the "primary obligations") of another Person. The amount of any
Guaranty Obligation shall be deemed equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such
Guaranty Obligation is made or, if not stated or if indeterminable,
the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof.
"Hazardous Materials" means all those substances which are
regulated by, or which may form the basis of liability under, any
Environmental Law, including all substances identified under any
Environmental Law as a pollutant, contaminant, hazardous waste,
hazardous constituent, special waste, hazardous substance, hazardous
material or toxic substance, or petroleum or petroleum derived
substance or waste.
"Indebtedness" of any Person means, without duplication,
(a) all indebtedness for borrowed money; (b) all obligations issued,
undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or
services; (c) all reimbursement obligations with respect to surety
bonds, letters of credit and similar instruments (in each case, to the
extent material or non-contingent); (d) all obligations evidenced by
notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations
so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property,
assets or businesses; (e) all indebtedness created or arising under
any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred
as financing, in either case with respect to property acquired by the
Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender
under such agreement in the event of default are limited to
repossession or sale of such property); (f) all indebtedness referred
to in clauses (a) through (e) above secured by (or for which the
holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in property owned by
such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable
for the payment of such Indebtedness; and (g) all Guaranty Obligations
in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds
referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above.
"Indemnified Liabilities" has the meaning specified in
Section 10.5.
"Indemnified Person" has the meaning specified in
Section 10.5.
"Insolvency Proceeding" means (a) any case, action or
proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating
to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership,
dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, or (b) any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition, marshaling of
assets for creditors or other similar arrangement in respect of its
creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors; in
each case (a) and (b) undertaken under U.S. federal, state or foreign
law, including the Bankruptcy Code.
"Interest Payment Date" means the first day of each month
following disbursement of the initial Loan.
"Interest Period" means, with respect to any LIBOR Rate
Loan, the period commencing on the Business Day the Loan is disbursed
or continued or on the Conversion Date on which the Loan is converted
to a LIBOR Rate Loan and ending on the date thirty (30), sixty (60),
ninety (90) or one hundred eighty (180) days, or one (1) year,
thereafter, as selected by the Company in its Borrowing Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice; provided that:
(a) if any Interest Period pertaining to a LIBOR Rate
Loan would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day,
that Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to
carry such Interest Period into another calendar month, in which
event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately
preceding Business Day; and
(b) any Interest Period pertaining to a LIBOR 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.
"Lending Office" means, as to any Bank, the office
specified as its "Lending Office" opposite its name on the signature
pages hereto, or such other office as such Bank may specify to the
Company and the Administrative Agent from time to time.
"Letter of Credit" means a standby letter of credit issued
by BofA for the Company's account pursuant to Article 2.
"Leverage" means, at any time, the ratio of (a) the sum of
(i) the total consolidated liabilities of the Company and all
Permitted Partnerships at such time (including as liabilities all
then-outstanding but undrawn Letters of Credit) and (ii) all
Contingent Obligations of the Company and all Permitted Partnerships
at such time, to (b) the sum of (i) the total consolidated assets of
the Company and all Permitted Partnerships at such time and (ii) the
total consolidated accumulated depreciation of the Company and all
Permitted Partnerships at such time, as evidenced by the most recent
certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company delivered to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.2(a) (for purposes of
determining the Applicable Margin, the Leverage calculation set forth
in such certificate shall be effective during the period from the
first day of the first month after the month in which such certificate
is delivered to the Administrative Agent through and including the
last day of the month in which the next such certificate is delivered
to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.2(a)).
"LIBOR" means the per annum rate of interest, rounded
upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/16th of one percent (0.0625%),
at which the Administrative Agent's London Branch, London, England,
would offer U.S. dollar deposits in amounts and for periods comparable
to those of the applicable LIBOR Rate Loan and Interest Period to
major banks in the London U.S. dollar inter-bank market at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the first Business Day after
the Company's rate election.
"LIBOR Rate" means, for each Interest Period in respect of
any LIBOR Rate Loan, the per annum rate of interest, rounded upward,
if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of one percent, determined by the
following formula:
LIBOR
LIBOR Rate = (1.00 - Reserve Percentage)
"LIBOR Rate Borrowing" means a Borrowing consisting of
LIBOR Rate Loans.
"LIBOR Rate Loan" means a Loan that bears interest based on
the LIBOR Rate.
"Lien" means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, charge or deposit arrangement, encumbrance,
lien (statutory or other) or preference, priority or other security
interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including those created by, arising under or evidenced by any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, the lessor's
interest under a capital lease (determined in accordance with GAAP),
any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as
any of the foregoing, or the filing of any financing statement under
the UCC or any comparable law naming the owner of the asset to which
such lien relates as debtor) and any contingent or other agreement to
provide any of the foregoing, but not including the interest of a
lessor under an operating lease (determined in accordance with GAAP).
"Loan" means an extension of credit by a Bank to the
Company pursuant to Article 2, and may be a Reference Rate Loan, a
LIBOR Rate Loan or, in the case of the Swing Line Lender, a Swing
Loan.
"Loan Documents" means this Agreement, the Revolving Notes,
the Collateral Documents, and all documents (except for the
Environmental Indemnity) delivered to the Administrative Agent, on
behalf of the Banks, in connection therewith.
"Major Tenant" means, with respect to any Parcel, a tenant
occupying ten percent (10%) or more of the net rentable area of the
improvements located on such Parcel.
"Majority Banks" means at any time at least two (2) Banks
then holding at least 66-2/3% of the then aggregate unpaid principal
amount of the Loans (or, if no principal amount is then outstanding,
at least two (2) banks then having at least 66-2/3% of the unborrowed
Commitments); provided, however, that if at any time there is only one
Bank, then such one Bank shall constitute Majority Banks.
"Margin Stock" means "margin stock" as such term is defined
in Regulation G, T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse change
in, or a material adverse effect upon, any of (a) the operations,
business, properties, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects
of the Company, the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or
the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Permitted Partnerships taken as
a whole; (b) the ability of the Company to perform under any Loan
Document and avoid any Event of Default; (c) the legality, validity,
binding effect or enforceability of any Loan Document; or (d) the
perfection or priority of any Lien granted to the Administrative Agent
under any of the Collateral Documents.
"Maturity Date" means June 1, 2001, as the same may be
extended pursuant to Section 2.8.
"Maximum Commitment Amount" means, at any time, an amount
equal to $175,000,000.00, subject to the provisions of Section 2.6.
"Mortgage" means any deed of trust, mortgage or other
document creating a Lien on real property or any interest in real
property as security for the Obligations.
"Multi-employer Plan" means a "multi-employer plan" (within
the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) to which any member of the
Controlled Group (i) makes, is making, or is obligated to make
contributions, or (ii) during the preceding three calendar years has
made, or has been obligated to make, contributions.
"Net Issuance Proceeds" means, in respect of any issuance
of debt (including secured debt) or equity, cash proceeds and non-cash
proceeds received or receivable in connection therewith, net of
reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses paid or incurred in
connection therewith (excluding amounts payable to the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company).
"Net Operating Income" means, for any Approved Parcel as of
any calendar quarter:
either (a) if such Approved Parcel has been owned by either
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for at least
three (3) consecutive calendar quarters for which quarterly
operating statements have been delivered to the Banks, the sum
of (i) two (2) times the quarterly gross income (before capital
expenditures) for such Approved Parcel, as evidenced by the most
recently received quarterly operating statements for such
Approved Parcel, and (ii) the quarterly gross income (before
capital expenditures) for such Approved Parcel for the two (2)
consecutive quarters immediately preceding the quarter for which
the most recently received quarterly operating statements
relate, as evidenced by the quarterly operating statements for
such quarters,
or (b) if such Approved Parcel has been owned by either the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for at least two (2)
consecutive calendar quarters for which quarterly operating
statements have been delivered to the Banks but fewer than
three (3) consecutive calendar quarters for which quarterly
operating statements have been delivered to the Banks, the sum
of (i) the quarterly gross income (before capital expenditures)
for such Approved Parcel for the two (2) most recent consecutive
calendar quarters, as evidenced by the quarterly operating
statements for such Approved Parcel for such quarters, and
(ii) one-half (1/2) of the annual gross income for such Approved
Parcel for the year in which the determination is made, based on
the proforma cash flow statement set forth in the Appraisal for
such Approved Parcel,
or (c) if such Approved Parcel has been owned by either the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for fewer than two (2)
full calendar quarters for which quarterly operating statements
have been delivered to the Banks, the annual gross income for
such Approved Parcel for the year in which the determination is
made, based on the pro forma cash flow statement set forth in
the Appraisal for such Approved Parcel,
less either (d) if such Approved Parcel has been owned by
either the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for at least
four (4) consecutive calendar quarters for which quarterly
operating statements have been delivered to the Banks, the
aggregate amount of actual operating expenses other than capital
expenditures relating to such Approved Parcel for the
immediately preceding four (4) consecutive calendar quarters, as
evidenced by the most recently received quarterly operating
statements for such Approved Parcel and the quarterly operating
statements for the three (3) immediately preceding quarters,
or (e) if such Approved Parcel has been owned by either the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for fewer than four (4)
full calendar quarters for which quarterly operating statements
have been delivered to the Banks, the aggregate amount of annual
operating expenses other than capital expenditures relating to
such Approved Parcel for the year in which the determination is
made, based on the pro forma cash flow statement set forth in
the Appraisal for such Approved Parcel,
less (f) if the Administrative Agent has determined that
some or all of the improvements located on such Approved Parcel
consist of office space, $2.00 per square foot of net rentable
area of space in such Approved Parcel that the Administrative
Agent has determined to constitute office space and that is
actually under lease on the last day of the last calendar
quarter for which the Administrative Agent has received a
certificate of a Responsible Officer pursuant to Section 6.2(a),
representing capital expenditures for office space,
less (g) if the Administrative Agent has determined that
some or all of the improvements located on such Approved Parcel
consist of retail space, $0.80 per square foot of net rentable
area of space in such Approved Parcel that the Administrative
Agent has determined to constitute retail space and that is
actually under lease on the last day of the last calendar
quarter for which the Administrative Agent has received a
certificate of a Responsible Officer pursuant to Section 6.2(a),
representing capital expenditures for retail space,
less (h) if the Administrative Agent has determined that
some or all of the improvements located on such Approved Parcel
consist of research and development (other than office) space,
$0.40 per square foot of net rentable area of space in such
Approved Parcel that the Administrative Agent has determined to
constitute research and development (other than office) space
and that is actually under lease on the last day of the last
calendar quarter for which the Administrative Agent has received
a certificate of a Responsible Officer pursuant to Section
6.2(a), representing capital expenditures for research and
development (other than office) space,
less (i) if the Administrative Agent has determined that
some or all of the improvements located on such Approved Parcel
consist of flexible industrial (other than research and
development or warehouse) space, $0.25 per square of space in
such Approved Parcel that the Administrative Agent has
determined to constitute flexible industrial (other than
research and development or warehouse) space and that is
actually under lease on the last day of the last calendar
quarter for which the Administrative Agent has received a
certificate of a Responsible Officer pursuant to Section 6.2(a),
representing capital expenditures for flexible industrial (other
than research and development or warehouse) space,
less (j) if the Administrative Agent has determined that
some or all of the improvements located on such Approved Parcel
consist of warehouse space, $0.07 per square foot of net
rentable area of space in such Approved Parcel that the
Administrative Agent has determined to constitute warehouse
space and that is actually under lease on the last day of the
last calendar quarter for which the Administrative Agent has
received a certificate of a Responsible Officer pursuant to
Section 6.2(a), representing capital expenditures for warehouse
space.
"Net Proceeds" means proceeds in cash, checks or other cash
equivalent financial instruments as and when received by the Person
making a Disposition, net of: (a) the reasonable direct costs relating
to such Disposition (excluding amounts payable to the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company), (b) sale, use or other transaction taxes
paid or payable as a result thereof, and (c) amounts required to be
applied to repay principal, interest and prepayment premiums and
penalties on Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering the asset that
is the subject of such Disposition. "Net Proceeds" shall also include
proceeds paid on account of any Event of Loss, net of (i) all money
actually applied to repair or reconstruct the damaged property or
property affected by the condemnation or taking, (ii) all of the costs
and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the collection of
such proceeds, award or other payments, and (iii) any amounts retained
by or paid to parties having superior rights to such proceeds, awards
or other payments.
"Notice of Lien" means any "notice of lien" or similar
document intended to be filed or recorded with any court, registry,
recorder's office, central filing office or other Governmental
Authority for the purpose of evidencing, creating, perfecting or
preserving the priority of a Lien securing obligations owing to a
Governmental Authority.
"Obligations" means all Loans and other Indebtedness,
advances, debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties owing
from the Company to the Administrative Agent, any Bank or any other
Person required to be indemnified under any Loan Document, of any kind
or nature, present or future, whether or not evidenced by any note,
guaranty or other instrument, and arising under this Agreement or
under any other Loan Document, whether or not for the payment of
money, whether arising by reason of an extension of credit, loan,
guaranty, indemnification or in any other manner, whether direct or
indirect (including those acquired by assignment), absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising
and however acquired.
"Ordinary Course of Business" means, in respect of any
transaction involving the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or
any Permitted Partnership, the ordinary course of such Person's
business, substantially as conducted by any such Person prior to or as
of the Closing Date, and undertaken by such Person in good faith and
not for purposes of evading any covenant or restriction in any Loan
Document.
"Organization Documents" means, (a) for any corporation,
the certificate or articles of incorporation, the bylaws, any
certificate of determination or instrument relating to the rights of
preferred shareholders of such corporation, and all applicable
resolutions of the board of directors (or any committee thereof) of
such corporation, and (b) for any partnership, the partnership
agreement, statement or certificate of partnership and any fictitious
business name or other filing relating to such partnership.
"Parcel" means (a) a parcel of real property (i) that
is owned in fee by the Company or (ii) that is ground leased by the
Company and (b) any parcel of real property that is owned in fee
by any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company or any Permitted
Partnership.
"Participant" has the meaning specified in
subsection 10.8.3.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or
any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
"Permitted Encumbrances" means, with respect to any Parcel,
all matters to which the Administrative Agent consents in writing as
exceptions to the Title Policy covering such Parcel.
"Permitted Liens" has the meaning specified in Section 7.1.
"Permitted Partnership" means a limited partnership formed
to acquire one or more parcels of real property in which (i) the
Company is the sole general partner, (ii) the Company has sole
management control of such limited partnership and its properties,
(iii) such limited partnership has acquired all of its real property
assets from one or more of its limited partners, and the limited
partners have received only limited partnership interests in such
limited partnership in exchange for their contributions of real
property to such limited partnership, and (iv) distributions on
interests in such limited partnership at any time are based solely on
the amount of dividends payable on the Company's common stock at such
time. Bedford Realty Partners, L.P., a California limited
partnership, is a Permitted Partnership.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation,
business trust, joint stock company, limited liability company, trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture or Governmental Authority.
"Plan" means an employee benefit plan (as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) which the Company or any member of the
Controlled Group sponsors or maintains or to which the Company or any
member of the Controlled Group makes, is making or is obligated to
make contributions, and includes any Multi-employer Plan or Qualified
Plan.
"Property" means any estate or interest in any kind of
property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, and whether
tangible or intangible.
"Pro Rata Share" means, as to any Bank at any time, the
percentage equivalent (expressed as a decimal rounded to the ninth
decimal place) at such time of such Bank's share of the credit and the
outstanding Loans.
"Qualified Plan" means a pension plan (as defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA) intended to be tax-qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code and which any member of the Controlled
Group sponsors, maintains, or to which it makes, is making or is
obligated to make contributions, or in the case of a multiple employer
plan (as described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA) has made contributions
at any time during the immediately preceding period covering at least
five (5) plan years, but excluding any Multi-employer Plan.
"Reference Rate" means the per annum rate of interest
publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent at
San Francisco, California, as its "Reference Rate." The Reference
Rate is set by the Administrative Agent based on various factors,
including the Administrative Agent's costs and desired return, general
economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference
point for pricing loans. The Administrative Agent may price loans at,
above or below the Reference Rate. Any change in the Reference Rate
shall take effect on the day specified in the public announcement of
such change.
"Reference Rate Borrowing" means a Borrowing consisting of
Reference Rate Loans.
"Reference Rate Loan" means a Loan that bears interest
based on the Reference Rate.
"Release Price" means, with respect to an Approved Parcel,
the amount, if any, necessary to reduce the sum of (i) the aggregate
principal amount outstanding on the Loans and (ii) the aggregate
stated amount of all outstanding but undrawn Letters of Credit, to the
Availability (computed without regard to the Approved Parcel for which
the Company is seeking release), determined on the date of the
Company's request to the Administrative Agent that the Banks release
their Lien on such Approved Parcel.
"Reportable Event" means, as to any Plan, (a) any of the
events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA or the regulations
thereunder, other than any such event for which the 30-day notice
requirement under ERISA has been waived in regulations issued by the
PBGC, (b) a withdrawal from a Plan described in Section 4063 of ERISA,
or (c) a cessation of operations described in Section 4062(e) of
ERISA.
"Requirement of Law" means, as to any Person, any law
(statutory or common), treaty, rule or regulation, or any
determination of an arbitrator or of a Governmental Authority, in each
case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property
or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
"Reserve Percentage" means the total of the maximum reserve
percentages for determining the reserves to be maintained by member
banks of the Federal Reserve System for "eurocurrency liabilities," as
defined in Federal Reserve Board Regulation D. The Reserve Percentage
shall be expressed in decimal form and rounded upward, if necessary,
to the nearest 1/100th of one percent, and shall include marginal,
emergency, supplemental, special and other reserve percentages.
"Responsible Officer" means the chief executive officer or
the president of the Company, or any other officer having
substantially the same authority and responsibility or, with respect
to financial matters, the chief financial officer or the treasurer of
the Company, or any other officer having substantially the same
authority and responsibility.
"Revolving Note" means a promissory note of the Company
payable to the order of a Bank in substantially the form of Exhibit C,
and any amendments, supplements, modifications, renewals,
replacements, consolidations and extensions thereof, evidencing the
aggregate indebtedness of the Company to a Bank resulting from Loans
made by such Bank pursuant to this Agreement; "Revolving Notes" means,
at any time, all of the Revolving Notes executed by the Company in
favor of a Bank outstanding at such time.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any
successor thereto.
"Solvent" means, as to any Person at any time, that (a) the
fair value of the Property of such Person is greater than the amount
of such Person's liabilities (including disputed, contingent and
unliquidated liabilities) as such value is established and liabilities
evaluated for purposes of Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code and,
in the alternative, for purposes of the California Uniform Fraudulent
Transfer Act and any other applicable fraudulent conveyance statute;
(b) the present fair saleable value of the Property of such Person is
not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable
liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and
matured; (c) such Person is able to realize upon its Property and pay
its debts and other liabilities (including disputed, contingent and
unliquidated liabilities) as they mature in the normal course of
business; (d) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe
that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person's ability
to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; and (e) such Person is
not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage
in business or a transaction, for which such Person's property would
constitute unreasonably small capital.
"Specified Swap Contract" means any Swap Contract made or
entered into at any time, or in effect at any time, whether as a
result of assignment or transfer or otherwise, between the Company and
any Swap Provider, which Swap Contract is entered into for the purpose
of mitigating interest rate or currency exchange risk relating to any
Loan and as to which the Company's final scheduled payment is not
later than the Maturity Date.
"Specified Swap Exposure" means, at any time, an amount
equal to the sum of (a) ten percent (10%) of the notional amount of
each interest rate Specified Swap Contract outstanding at such time,
and (b) three percent (3%) of the notional amount of each interest
rate floor or interest rate collar Specified Swap Contract outstanding
at such time.
"Specified Swap Obligations" has the meaning specified in
Section 8.5.
"Subsidiary" of a Person means any corporation,
association, partnership, joint venture or other business entity of
which more than 50% of the voting stock, membership interests or other
equity interests (in the case of Persons other than corporations), is
owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the Person, or one or
more of the Subsidiaries of the Person, or a combination thereof.
"Supermajority Banks" means at any time at least two (2)
Banks then holding at least eighty-six percent (86%) of the then
aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans (or, if no principal
amount is then outstanding, at least two (2) banks then having at
least eighty-six percent (86%) of the unborrowed Commitments);
provided, however, that if at any time there is only one Bank, then
such one Bank shall constitute Supermajority Banks.
"Swap Contract" means any agreement, whether or not in
writing, relating to any transaction that is a rate swap, basis swap,
forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or
equity index swap or option, bond, note or bill option, interest rate
option, forward foreign exchange transaction, cap, collar or floor
transaction, currency swap, cross-currency rate swap, swaption,
currency option or any other, similar transaction (including any
option to enter into any of the foregoing) or any combination of the
foregoing and, unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any
master agreement relating to or governing any or all of the foregoing.
"Swap Provider" means any Bank, or any Affiliate of any
Bank, that is at the time of determination a party to a Swap Contract
with the Company.
"Swing Line" has the meaning specified in Section 2.2.
"Swing Line Availability" means, at any time, the
difference between (a) the least of (i) $25,000,000.00, (ii) the Total
Approved Parcel Value at such time and (iii) the Maximum Commitment
Amount at such time, and (b) the principal amount outstanding under
the Swing Line at such time.
"Swing Line Lender" means BofA, in its capacity as the
maker of Swing Loans under Section 2.2.
"Swing Loan" has the meaning specified in Section 2.2.
"Tangible Net Worth" means, at any time, the total
consolidated stockholders' equity of the Company at such time, plus
the amount of minority interests in all Permitted Partnerships at such
time (valuing preferred stock at face value and excluding as assets
(i) any loans to tenants for tenant improvements and (ii) goodwill and
other intangible assets, and valuing all real property at the lower of
book or market value (where market value is based on the most recent
Appraisal for each Approved Parcel)), as evidenced by the Company's
most recently delivered financial statements.
"Title Policy" means any policy of title insurance required
pursuant to this Agreement.
"Total Approved Parcel Value" means, at any time, the sum
of the Approved Parcel Values for all of the Approved Parcels at such
time; provided, however, that the aggregate Approved Parcel Values of
all of the Approved Parcels owned by Permitted Partnerships shall not,
at any time, exceed ten percent (10%) of the Total Approved Parcel
Value at such time.
"Transferee" has the meaning specified in
subsection 10.8.5.
"Type" means, in connection with a Loan, the
characterization of such loan as a Reference Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate
Loan.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any
jurisdiction, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time.
"Unfunded Pension Liabilities" means the excess of a Plan's
benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the
current value of that Plan's assets, determined in accordance with the
assumptions used by the Plan's actuaries for funding the Plan pursuant
to section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.
"Unsecured Loan Agreement" means that certain Line of
Credit Loan Agreement (Unsecured Loan) of even date herewith among the
Company, the Banks, and BofA, as administrative agent for the Banks.
1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions.
1.2.1 Use of Defined Terms. Unless otherwise
specified herein or therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall
have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other
document made or delivered pursuant to this Agreement. The meaning of
defined terms shall be equally applicable to the singular and plural
forms of the defined terms. Terms (including uncapitalized terms) not
otherwise defined herein and that are defined in the UCC shall have
the meanings therein described.
1.2.2 Certain Common Terms.
(a) The Agreement. The words "hereof," "herein,"
"hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this
Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement, and section,
schedule and exhibit references are to this Agreement unless
otherwise specified.
(b) Documents. The term "documents" includes any
and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates,
indentures, notices and other writings, however evidenced.
(c) Including. The term "including" is not
limiting, and means "including without limitation."
(d) Performance. Whenever any performance
obligation hereunder (other than a payment obligation) shall be
stated to be due or required to be satisfied on a day other than
a Business Day, such performance shall be made or satisfied on
the next succeeding Business Day. 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". If any provision of this Agreement
refers to any action taken or to be taken by any Person, or
which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision
shall be interpreted to encompass any and all means, direct or
indirect, of taking or not taking such action.
(e) Contracts. Unless otherwise expressly provided
in this Agreement, references to agreements and other
contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all
subsequent amendments and other modifications thereto, but only
to the extent such amendments and other modifications are not
prohibited by the terms of any Loan Document.
(f) Laws. References to any statute or regulation
are to be construed as including all statutory and regulatory
provisions consolidating, amending or replacing the statute or
regulation.
(g) Captions. The captions and headings of this
Agreement are for convenience of reference only, and shall not
affect the construction of this Agreement.
(h) Independence of Provisions. The parties
acknowledge that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may
use several different limitations, tests or measurements to
regulate the same or similar matters, and that such limitations,
tests and measurements are cumulative and must each be
performed, except as expressly stated to the contrary in this
Agreement.
(i) Exhibits and Schedules. All of the exhibits and
schedules attached to this Agreement are incorporated herein by
this reference.
1.2.3 Accounting Principles.
(a) Accounting Terms. Unless the context otherwise
clearly requires, all accounting terms not expressly defined
herein shall be construed, and all financial computations
required under this Agreement shall be made, in accordance with
GAAP, consistently applied.
(b) Fiscal Periods. References herein to "fiscal
year" and "fiscal quarter" refer to such fiscal periods of the
Company.
2. The Credit.
2.1 Amount and Terms of Commitment. Each Bank severally
agrees, on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set
forth,
(a) to make Loans to the Company from time to time
on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date to
the initial Maturity Date for the purpose of (i) facilitating
the Company's acquisition of improved real property, (ii)
financing the Company's operations, including development
activities (subject to the provisions of Sections 7.15 and
7.16), and (iii) repurchasing shares of the Company's common or
preferred stock, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any
time outstanding such Bank's Pro Rata Share of the Availability,
and
(b) to fund drawings on any Letters of Credit that
BofA issues for the Company's account from time to time, in an
aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding such
Bank's Pro Rata Share of the amount of such drawing. On the
date that BofA issues a Letter of Credit for the Company's
account, each Bank shall be deemed to have unconditionally and
irrevocably purchased from BofA a pro rata risk participation in
the stated amount of such Letter of Credit, without recourse or
warranty, in an amount equal to such Bank's Pro Rata Share of
the stated amount of such Letter of Credit.
BofA agrees to issue Letters of Credit for the Company's account on
any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date to the date
that is six (6) months prior to the Maturity Date (as the Maturity
Date may be extended pursuant to Section 2.8), for any purpose
directly related to the Company's continuing operations, in an
aggregate amount not to exceed Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) at
any time outstanding; provided, however, that no Letter of Credit
shall have an expiry date later than the then-applicable Maturity
Date. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans shall not at any
time exceed the Availability, and the aggregate amount of outstanding
but undrawn Letters of Credit shall be considered a portion of the
principal amount outstanding on the Loans for purposes of determining
(x) the amount of Availability remaining available for disbursement
and (y) mandatory repayments under Section 2.7.2. Within the limits
of the Availability, and subject to the other terms and conditions
hereof, the Company may borrow under this Section 2.1 prior to the
initial Maturity Date, repay pursuant to Section 2.7 and reborrow
pursuant to this Section 2.1 prior to the initial Maturity Date.
2.2 Swing Line.
2.2.1 Upon the Company's request, and subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Swing Line Lender may,
in its sole and absolute discretion, on and after the Closing Date and
prior to the initial Maturity Date, provide to the Company a swing
line credit facility (the "Swing Line") of up to $25,000,000.00;
provided that the Swing Line Lender shall not in any event be
permitted to make any Loan under the Swing Line (each a "Swing Loan")
if, after giving effect thereto, (i) the sum of the aggregate
principal amount of all then-outstanding Loans other than Swing Loans
plus the aggregate amount of all then-outstanding but undrawn Letters
of Credit would exceed the Availability at such time, or (ii) the
aggregate principal amount of all then-outstanding Swing Loans made by
the Swing Line Lender would exceed the Swing Line Availability at such
time. Within the limits of the Swing Line Availability, the Company
may borrow under this subsection 2.2.1 prior to the initial Maturity
Date, repay pursuant to subsections 2.2.3 or 2.2.4 and reborrow
pursuant to this subsection 2.2.1 prior to the initial Maturity Date.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Section 2.2, the Swing
Line Lender shall not at any time be obligated to make any Swing Loan.
2.2.2 Notwithstanding the provisions of
subsections 2.9.1 and 2.9.2, each Swing Loan outstanding under the
Swing Line shall accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to the
interest rate applicable to a Reference Rate Loan, which interest
shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date and on the
due date for Swing Loans set forth in subsection 2.2.3, and shall be
payable to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line
Lender; provided that, notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, each Swing Loan shall bear interest for a minimum of one
(1) day.
2.2.3 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section
2.7, the principal outstanding under the Swing Line shall be due and
payable:
(i) at or before 10:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on
the fifth Business Day immediately following any date on which a
Swing Loan is made under the Swing Line; and
(ii) in any event on the initial Maturity Date;
provided that, if no Event of Default has occurred and remains
uncured, and the Company is permitted to borrow Loans under the terms
of this Agreement (the Availability being determined for such purpose
without giving effect to any reduction thereof occasioned by such
Swing Loans due and payable) at the time such Swing Loans are due,
then unless the Company notifies the Swing Line Lender that it will
repay such Swing Loans on their due date, the Company shall be deemed
to have submitted a Borrowing Notice for Reference Rate Loans in an
amount necessary to repay such Swing Loans on their due date, and the
provisions of Section 2.4 concerning (i) the minimum principal amounts
required for Borrowings and (ii) the funding of requested Borrowings
as Swing Loans shall not apply to Loans made pursuant to this
subsection 2.2.3.
2.2.4 Notwithstanding the provisions of
subsection 2.7.1, the Company may, from time to time on any Business
Day, make a voluntary prepayment, in whole or in part, of the
outstanding principal amount of any Swing Loans, without incurring any
premium or penalty; provided that:
(i) each such voluntary prepayment shall require
prior written notice given to the Administrative Agent and Swing
Line Lender no later than 10:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the
day on which the Company intends to make a voluntary prepayment,
and
(ii) each such voluntary prepayment shall be in a
minimum amount of $250,000 (or, if less, the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Swing Loans then
outstanding).
2.2.5 Each Bank shall be deemed to have
unconditionally and irrevocably purchased a pro rata risk
participation from the Swing Line Lender in the Swing Loans, without
recourse or warranty, in an amount equal to such Bank's Pro Rata Share
of such Swing Loans. In addition, from and after the date that any
Bank funds such participation, such Bank shall, to the extent of its
Pro Rata Share, be entitled to receive a ratable portion of any
payment of principal and/or interest received by the Swing Line Lender
on account of such Swing Loans, payable to such Bank promptly upon
such receipt.
2.2.6 At any time during the continuance of an
Event of Default, the Swing Line Lender may, without the Company's
consent, upon one (1) Business Day's notice to the Company, terminate
the Swing Line and cause Reference Rate Loans to be made by the
Lenders in an aggregate amount equal to the amount of principal and
interest outstanding under the Swing Line (the Availability being
determined for such purpose without giving effect to any reduction
thereof occasioned by such Swing Loans), and the conditions precedent
set forth in Section 2.4 and Section 4.3, and any requirement of
Section 2.4 that a borrowing be funded as a Swing Loan shall not apply
to such Loans. The proceeds of such Loans shall be paid to the Swing
Line Lender to retire the outstanding principal and interest owing
under the Swing Line.
2.2.7 The Swing Line Lender shall not, without
the approval of all Banks, make a Swing Loan if the Swing Line Lender
then has actual knowledge that a Default has occurred and is
continuing.
2.3 Loan Accounts.
2.3.1 The Loans made by each Bank shall be
evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by such
Bank and the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business.
The loan accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent
and each Bank shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amounts
of the Loans made by the Banks to the Company and the interest and
payments thereon. Any failure so to record or any error in doing so
shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the
Company hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Loans.
2.3.2 The Loans made by each Bank shall be
evidenced by a Revolving Note payable to the order of such Bank in an
amount equal to such Bank's Pro Rata Share of the Maximum Commitment
Amount on the Closing Date. In addition, the Swing Loans made by the
Swing Line Lender shall be evidenced by a Revolving Note payable to
the order of the Swing Line Lender in the amount of $25,000,000.00.
Such Bank may endorse on the schedule annexed to its Revolving Note(s)
the date, amount and maturity of each Loan that it makes (which shall
not include undrawn amounts on outstanding Letters of Credit, but
shall include the amounts of any drawings on outstanding Letters of
Credit), the purpose of the Loan, the amount of each payment of
principal that the Company makes with respect thereto and the source
of the funds from which each principal payment is made. The Company
irrevocably authorizes each Bank to endorse its Revolving Note(s), and
such Bank's record shall be conclusive absent manifest error;
provided, however, that any Bank's failure to make, or its error in
making, a notation thereon with respect to any Loan shall not limit or
otherwise affect the Company's obligations to such Bank hereunder or
under its Revolving Note(s).
2.4 Procedure for Obtaining Credit. Each Borrowing shall
be made and each Letter of Credit shall be issued upon the irrevocable
written notice (including notice via facsimile confirmed immediately
by a telephone call) of the Company in the form of a Borrowing Notice
(which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to
9:30 a.m., San Francisco time, (i) three (3) Business Days prior to
the requested borrowing date, in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans, or
(ii) on the requested borrowing date, in the case of Reference Rate
Loans or Swing Loans), or (iii) five (5) Business Days prior to the
requested issuance date of a Letter of Credit, specifying:
(a) the amount of the Borrowing or the Letter of
Credit, which in the case of a Borrowing shall be in an
aggregate minimum principal amount of (i) Two Hundred Fifty
Thousand dollars ($250,000) for Reference Rate Borrowings or
Swing Loans, and (ii) One Million dollars ($1,000,000) for any
LIBOR Rate Borrowings;
(b) the requested borrowing or Letter of Credit
issuance date, which shall be a Business Day;
(c) in the case of a Borrowing, the Type of Loans
comprising the Borrowing;
(d) in the case of a LIBOR Rate Borrowing, the
duration of the Interest Period applicable to the Loans
comprising such LIBOR Rate Borrowing. If the Borrowing Notice
fails to specify the duration of the Interest Period for the
Loans comprising a LIBOR Rate Borrowing, such Interest Period
shall be thirty (30) days.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.4, any
amount drawn under a Letter of Credit shall, from and after the date
on which such drawing is made, constitute a Borrowing for all purposes
under this Agreement (including accrual and payment of interest and
repayment of principal) other than disbursement of Loan proceeds under
this Section 2.4. Unless the Company's Borrowing Notice expressly
requests a LIBOR Rate Borrowing, a Reference Rate Borrowing in an
amount in excess of the Swing Line Availability or the issuance of a
Letter of Credit, each requested Borrowing shall initially be funded
as a Swing Loan, and shall be subject to the provisions of Section
2.2. Unless the Majority Banks otherwise agree, during the existence
of a Default or Event of Default, the Company may not elect to have a
Loan made as, or converted into or continued as, a LIBOR Rate Loan.
After giving effect to any Loan, there shall not be more than
eight (8) different Interest Periods in effect.
2.5 Conversion and Continuation Elections.
2.5.1 The Company may, upon irrevocable written
notice to the Administrative Agent in accordance with
subsection 2.5.2:
(a) elect to convert, on any Business Day, any
Reference Rate Loans (or any part thereof in an amount not less
than $1,000,000.00) into LIBOR Rate Loans;
(b) elect to convert on any Interest Payment Date
any LIBOR Rate Loans maturing on such Interest Payment Date (or
any part thereof in an amount not less than $1,000,000.00) into
Reference Rate Loans; or
(c) elect to renew on any Interest Payment Date any
LIBOR Rate Loans maturing on such Interest Payment Date (or any
part thereof in an amount not less than $1,000,000.00);
provided, that if the aggregate amount of LIBOR Rate Loans in respect
of any Borrowing shall have been reduced, by payment, prepayment or
conversion of part thereof, to less than $1,000,000.00, such LIBOR
Rate Loans shall automatically convert into Reference Rate Loans, and
on and after such date the right of the Company to continue such Loans
as, and convert such Loans into, LIBOR Rate Loans shall terminate.
2.5.2 The Company shall deliver by telex, cable
or facsimile, confirmed immediately in writing, a Notice of
Conversion/Continuation (which notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent not later than 9:30 a.m. San Francisco time,
(i) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Conversion Date or
continuation date, if the Loans are to be converted into or continued
as LIBOR Rate Loans, or (ii) on the Conversion Date, if the Loans are
to be converted into Reference Rate Loans) specifying:
(a) the proposed Conversion Date or continuation
date;
(b) the aggregate amount of Loans to be converted or
continued;
(c) the nature of the proposed conversion or
continuation; and
(d) if the Company elects to convert a Reference
Rate Loan into a LIBOR Rate Loan or elects to continue a LIBOR
Rate Loan, the duration of the Interest Period applicable to
such Loan. If the Conversion/Continuation Notice fails to
specify the duration of the Interest Period for a LIBOR Rate
Loan, such Interest Period shall be thirty (30) days.
2.5.3 If upon the expiration of any Interest
Period applicable to LIBOR Rate Loans the Company has failed to select
a new Interest Period to be applicable to LIBOR Rate Loans, or if any
Default or Event of Default shall then exist, the Company shall be
deemed to have elected to convert LIBOR Rate Loans into Reference Rate
Loans effective as of the expiration date of such current Interest
Period.
2.5.4 Notwithstanding any other provision
contained in this Agreement, after giving effect to any conversion or
continuation of any Loans, there shall not be more than eight (8)
different Interest Periods in effect.
2.6 Voluntary Termination or Reduction of Commitment. The
Company may, upon not less than ninety (90) days' prior written notice
to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Banks' commitment to make
Loans to the Company or issue Letters of Credit for the Company's
account, or permanently reduce the Maximum Commitment Amount by a
minimum amount of $1,000,000.00 or any multiple of $1,000,000.00 in
excess thereof, unless, after giving effect thereto and to any
prepayments of Loans made on the effective date thereof, the sum of
(i) the aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Loans other
than Swing Loans and (ii) the then-outstanding but undrawn Letters of
Credit would exceed the Availability; provided, however, that the
Maximum Commitment Amount shall not at any time be less than the
"Maximum Commitment Amount" under and as defined in the Unsecured Loan
Agreement at such time. Once reduced in accordance with this
Section 2.6, the Maximum Commitment Amount may not be increased. Any
reduction of the commitment amounts shall be applied to each Bank
according to its Pro Rata Share. No commitment or extension fees paid
prior to the effective date of any reduction of the Maximum Commitment
Amount or termination of the Bank's commitment to make Loans to the
Company or issue Letters of Credit for the Company's account shall be
refunded.
2.7 Principal Payments.
2.7.1 Optional Repayments. Subject to
Section 3.4, the Company may, at any time or from time to time, upon
at least one (1) Business Day's prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent, ratably prepay Loans other than Swing Loans in
part in an amount not less than $250,000.00; provided, however, that
subject to the provisions of Sections 2.6 and 2.13, the Company shall
not repay the Loans other than Swing Loans in full prior to the
Maturity Date, and there shall be deemed outstanding at all times
prior to the Maturity Date principal in the amount of at least $10.00
to the extent necessary to maintain the liens granted in the
Collateral Documents. Such notice of prepayment shall specify the
date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be
repaid. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Bank of
its receipt of any such notice, and of such Bank's Pro Rata Share of
such prepayment. If the Company gives a prepayment notice to the
Administrative Agent, such notice is irrevocable and the prepayment
amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date
specified therein, together with accrued interest to such date, if
required by the Administrative Agent, on the amount prepaid and all
amounts required to be paid pursuant to Section 3.4.
2.7.2 Mandatory Repayments.
(a) Availability Limit. Should the aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Loans other than Swing Loans at
any time exceed the Availability, the Company shall immediately repay
such excess to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Banks;
provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of
outstanding but undrawn Letters of Credit exceeds the Availability,
the Company shall deliver cash collateral to the Administrative Agent
in the amount of such excess.
(b) Approved Parcel Dispositions. If the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries shall at any time or from time to time agree
to enter into a Disposition, or shall suffer an Event of Loss in which
the anticipated Net Proceeds exceed $250,000.00, then (i) the Company
shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such proposed
Disposition or such Event of Loss (including the amount of the
estimated Net Proceeds to be received by the Company or its Subsidiary
in respect thereof) and (ii) promptly upon receipt by the Company or
its Subsidiary of the Net Proceeds of such Disposition or Event of
Loss, the Company shall ratably repay the Loans other than Swing Loans
in an aggregate amount equal to the Release Price, in the case of a
Disposition, or the amount of such Net Proceeds, in the case of an
Event of Loss.
(c) Amortization Payments. Provided that all of the
conditions set forth in Section 2.8 have been satisfied or waived, the
Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the Account of the
Banks, on each Interest Payment Date during the period from and after
June 1, 2001, an amount equal to one-two hundred fortieths (1/240) of
the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding on the initial
Maturity Date.
(d) Application of Repayments. Any repayments
pursuant to this subsection 2.7.2 shall be (i) subject to Section 3.4,
and (ii) applied first to any Reference Rate Loans then outstanding
and then to LIBOR Rate Loans with the shortest Interest Periods
remaining. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this
subsection 2.7.2, but subject to the provisions of Section 2.6, there
shall be deemed outstanding on the Loans other than Swing Loans at all
times prior to the Maturity Date principal in the amount of at least
$10.00 to the extent necessary to maintain the liens granted in the
Collateral Documents.
2.7.3 Repayment at Maturity. The Company shall
repay the principal amount of all outstanding Loans on the Maturity
Date or, if earlier, upon termination of the Banks' commitment
pursuant to Section 2.6.
2.8 Extension of Maturity Date. Upon the Company's
written request, delivered to the Administrative Agent at least sixty
(60) days and not more than 180 days prior to the initial Maturity
Date, such Maturity Date may be extended for a single period of one
(1) year, provided that:
(a) No Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and remain uncured on the initial Maturity Date, and
the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to
that effect signed by an authorized representative of the
Company;
(b) The representations and warranties set forth in
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be correct as
of the initial Maturity Date as though made on and as of that
date, and the Administrative Agent shall have received a
certificate to that effect signed by a Responsible Officer;
(c) The Company shall have paid to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Banks, an extension
fee equal to one-eighth of one percent (0.125%) of the Maximum
Commitment Amount on the initial Maturity Date; and
(d) The conditions set forth in subsections 4.3.6
and 4.3.7 shall have been satisfied to the extent necessary to
evidence the extension of the Maturity Date and to maintain and
insure the validity and the priority of the Liens securing the
Obligations.
On the initial Maturity Date, the Maximum Commitment Amount will
automatically be reduced to the sum of (i) aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Loans on such date plus (ii) the "Maximum
Commitment Amount" under and as defined in the Unsecured Loan
Agreement on such date. During the period from and after the initial
Maturity Date, the Company shall have no right to request, and the
Banks shall have no obligation to make, Loans to the Company; and the
Company shall have no right to request, and BofA shall have no
obligation to make or to issue, Swing Loans to the Company or Letters
of Credit for the Company's account.
2.9 Interest.
2.9.1 Accrual Rate. Subject to subsection 2.9.3,
each Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof from the date when made (which, in the case of a drawing on a
Letter of Credit, is the date of such drawing) until it becomes due at
a rate per annum equal to the LIBOR Rate or the Reference Rate, as the
case may be, plus the Applicable Margin.
2.9.2 Payment. Interest on each Loan shall be
payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date. Interest shall also
be payable on the date of any repayment of Loans pursuant to
subsections 2.7.1 and 2.7.2 for the portion of the Loans so repaid and
upon payment (including prepayment) in full thereof, if required by
the Administrative Agent, and, during the existence of any Event of
Default, interest shall be payable on demand.
2.9.3 Default Interest. Commencing (i) ten (10)
Business Days after the occurrence of any Event of Default under
subsection 8.1.3 or (ii) upon the occurrence of any other Event of
Default, and continuing thereafter while such Event of Default exists,
or after maturity or acceleration, the Company shall pay interest
(after as well as before entry of judgment thereon to the extent
permitted by law) on the principal amount of all Obligations due and
unpaid, at a rate per annum which is determined by adding 3% per annum
to the Applicable Margin then in effect for such Loans and, in the
case of Obligations not subject to an Applicable Margin, at a rate per
annum equal to the Reference Rate plus 3.00%; provided, however, that,
on and after the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to any
LIBOR Rate Loan outstanding on the date of occurrence of such Event of
Default or acceleration, the principal amount of such Loan shall,
during the continuation of such Event of Default or after
acceleration, bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Reference
Rate plus 3.00%.
2.9.4 Maximum Legal Rate. Notwithstanding any
contrary provision this Agreement, the Company's obligations to any
Bank hereunder shall be subject to the limitation that payments of
interest shall not be required, for any period for which interest is
computed hereunder, to the extent (but only to the extent) that such
Bank's contracting for or receiving such payment would be contrary to
the provisions of any law applicable to such Bank limiting the highest
rate of interest that such Bank may lawfully contract for, charge or
receive, and in such event the Company shall pay such Bank interest at
the highest rate permitted by applicable law.
2.10 Fees. The Company shall pay to the Administrative
Agent, for the account of the Banks (based on the allocations set
forth below or such other allocations as may be agreed to by or among
the Banks, or any of them, in writing from time to time): (a) on the
Closing Date a one-time commitment fee equal to the amount set forth
in the fee letter of even date herewith among the Company, BofA and
the Administrative Agent (the "Fee Letter"); and (b) an unused
commitment fee equal to (i) 0.200% per annum of the average during a
calendar quarter of the daily difference between the Maximum
Commitment Amount and the sum of the principal amounts outstanding
hereunder and under the Unsecured Credit Agreement (the "Average
Unused"), if the weighted average principal amount outstanding
hereunder during such calendar quarter is less than fifty percent
(50%) of the weighted average Maximum Commitment Amount during such
calendar quarter, or (ii) 0.125% per annum of the Average Unused if
the weighted average principal amount outstanding hereunder during
such calendar quarter is greater than or equal to fifty percent (50%)
of the weighted average Maximum Commitment Amount during such calendar
quarter, in each case measured quarterly and payable quarterly in
arrears on each October 1, January 1, April 1, and July 1, commencing
July 1, 1998 (for the calendar quarter ending June 30, 1998). In
addition, the Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for its
own account, an annual agency fee in an amount and at the times set
forth in the Fee Letter.
2.11 Computation of Fees and Interest. All computations of
interest and fees under this Agreement shall be made on the basis of a
360-day year and actual days elapsed, which results in more interest
or fees being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year.
Interest and fees shall accrue during each period during which
interest or such fees are computed from the first day thereof to the
last day thereof. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting
from a change in the Reference Rate or the Reserve Percentage shall
become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which
such change in the Reference Rate or the Reserve Percentage becomes
effective. Each determination of an interest rate by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall
be conclusive and binding on the Company and the Banks in the absence
of manifest error.
2.12 Payments by the Company.
2.12.1 All payments (including prepayments) to be
made by the Company on account of principal, interest, fees and other
amounts required hereunder shall be made without set off or
counterclaim and shall, except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Banks at
the Administrative Agent's Payment Office, in dollars and in
immediately available funds, no later than 10:00 a.m. San Francisco
time on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will
promptly distribute to each Bank its Pro Rata Share (or other
applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as
received. Any payment received by the Administrative Agent later than
10:00 a.m. San Francisco time shall be deemed to have been received on
the immediately succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or
fee shall continue to accrue.
2.12.2 Subject to the provisions set forth in the
definition of the term "Interest Period," whenever any payment
hereunder is stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such
payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such
extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of
interest or fees, as the case may be.
2.12.3 Unless the Administrative Agent receives
notice from the Company prior to the date on which any payment is due
and payable to the Banks that the Company will not make such payment
in full as and when required, the Administrative Agent may assume that
the Company has made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent
on such date in immediately available funds and the Administrative
Agent may (but shall not be so required), in reliance upon such
assumption, distribute to each Bank on such date an amount equal to
the amount then due and payable to such Bank. If and to the extent
the Company has not made such payment in full to the Administrative
Agent, each Bank shall repay to the Administrative Agent on demand the
amount distributed to such Bank, together with interest thereon at the
Federal Funds Rate for each day from the date such amount is
distributed to such Bank until the date repaid.
2.13 Payments by the Banks to the Administrative Agent.
2.13.1 With respect to any Borrowing, unless the
Administrative Agent receives notice from a Bank at least one (1)
Business Day prior to the date of such Borrowing, that such Bank will
not make available to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the
Company, the amount of that Bank's Pro Rata Share of the Borrowing as
and when required hereunder, the Administrative Agent may assume that
each Bank has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent
in immediately available funds on the borrowing date and the
Administrative Agent may (but shall not be so required), in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the Company on such date a
corresponding amount. If and to the extent any Bank shall not have
made its full amount available to the Administrative Agent in
immediately available funds and the Administrative Agent in such
circumstances has made available to the Company such amount, that Bank
shall, on the Business Day following such borrowing date, make such
amount available to the Administrative Agent, together with interest
at the Federal Funds Rate for each day during such period. A notice
of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Bank with respect to
amounts owing under this Section 2.13 shall be conclusive absent
manifest error. If such amount is so made available, such payment to
the Administrative Agent shall constitute such Bank's Loan on the date
of Borrowing for all purposes of this Agreement. If such amount is
not made available to the Administrative Agent on the Business Day
following the Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent will notify the
Company of such failure to fund and, upon demand by the Administrative
Agent, the Company shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent
for the Administrative Agent's account, together with interest thereon
for each day elapsed since the date of such Borrowing, at a rate per
annum equal to the interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans
comprising such Borrowing.
2.13.2 The failure of any Bank to make any Loan on
any Borrowing Date shall not relieve any other Bank of any obligation
hereunder to make a Loan on such Borrowing Date, but no Bank shall be
responsible for the failure of any other Bank to make the Loan to be
made by such other Bank on any borrowing date.
2.14 Sharing of Payments, Etc. If, other than as expressly
provided elsewhere herein, any Bank shall obtain on account of the
Obligations owing to it any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary,
or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share (or other share
contemplated hereunder), such Bank shall immediately (a) notify the
Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other
Banks such participations in the Loans made by them as shall be
necessary to cause such purchasing Bank to share the excess payment
pro rata with each of them; provided, however, that if all or any
portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the
purchasing Bank, such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded, and
each other Bank shall repay to the purchasing Bank the purchase price
paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying Bank's
ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such
paying Bank's required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered
from the purchasing Bank) of any interest or other amount paid or
payable by the purchasing Bank in respect of the total amount so
recovered. The Company agrees that any Bank so purchasing a
participation from another Bank may, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, exercise all its rights of payment (other than the right of
set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Bank
were the direct creditor of the Company in the amount of such
participation. The Administrative Agent will keep records (which
shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of
participations purchased under this Section and will in each case
notify the Banks following any such purchases or repayments.
2.15 Security; Appraisal of Approved Parcels.
2.15.1 All obligations of the Company under this
Agreement, the Revolving Notes and all other Loan Documents (but not
including the Environmental Indemnity) shall be secured in accordance
with the Collateral Documents.
2.15.2 At any time and from time to time the
Administrative Agent shall have the right to obtain a new Appraisal of
any Approved Parcel; provided, however, that so long as no Event of
Default has occurred and remains uncured, the Company shall pay the
cost of only one such Appraisal of each Approved Parcel during any
twenty-four (24) consecutive calendar month period. For each Approved
Parcel, the Company may request in writing, not more often than once
during any twelve (12) consecutive calendar month period, that the
Administrative Agent obtain a new Appraisal of such Approved Parcel at
the Company's sole expense.
2.16 Release of Lien on Approved Parcel.
2.16.1 Release Conditions. The Administrative Agent
shall reconvey and release its Lien on an Approved Parcel upon the
Company's satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Company shall have submitted to the
Administrative Agent a written request that the Administrative
Agent reconvey and release its Lien on such Approved Parcel;
(b) The Company shall have paid to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Banks, the lesser
of (i) the Release Price for such Approved Parcel, or (ii) the
then-outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Loans;
(c) There shall have occurred no Default or Event of
Default that remains uncured, and the Administrative Agent shall
have received a certificate to that effect signed by a
Responsible Officer;
(d) The Approved Parcel to be reconveyed constitutes
a legally separable and transferable lot or parcel under all
applicable laws, ordinances, rules and regulations relating to
the subdivision or parceling of real property and the transfer
thereof; and
(e) Upon the Administrative Agent's request, the
Administrative Agent has been furnished, at the Company's sole
cost, with a CLTA form 111 indorsement or such other
indorsements to any Title Policy as the Administrative Agent may
require, assuring the Administrative Agent that the reconveyance
will not result in the subordination of the lien of any Mortgage
as to the remaining Approved Parcels to any other lien or claim
affecting any such Approved Parcels.
The foregoing conditions precedent are solely for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent and the Banks, any may be waived in a writing
signed by the Administrative Agent, with the consent of the Majority
Banks, and in no other manner.
2.16.2 Application of Release Price. The Release
Price of each Approved Parcel shall be applied, in the Administrative
Agent's sole discretion, first to any amounts due hereunder other than
interest or principal then due and payable, then to interest then due,
and then to the prepayment of principal (first to any Reference Rate
Loans then outstanding and then to LIBOR Rate Loans with the shortest
Interest Periods remaining).
2.17 Tenant Documents. The Company shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent (or cause any Subsidiary of the Company to
deliver to the Administrative Agent), within sixty (60) days after the
recording of a Mortgage encumbering a Parcel for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent and the Banks: (a) estoppel certificates, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, executed
by each tenant whose lease covers at least twenty-five percent (25%)
of the net rentable area of the improvements located on such Parcel;
and (b) estoppel certificates and/or subordination, nondisturbance and
attornment agreements, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, executed by such additional tenants as the
Administrative Agent, by written notice to the Company prior to the
recording of the Mortgage encumbering such Parcel, may require. In
the event that the Company fails to deliver such estoppel certificates
or subordination, nondisturbance and attornment agreements to the
Administrative Agent within such sixty (60) day period, such Parcel
shall, at the option of the Majority Banks exercised by written notice
from the Administrative Agent to the Company within sixty (60) days
after the expiration of the sixty-day period within which Borrower is
required to comply with the provisions of this Section 2.17, cease to
be an Approved Parcel. Upon such written notice from the
Administrative Agent, the Availability shall be adjusted to reflect
such change and the Company shall repay to the Administrative Agent,
for the benefit of the Banks, within thirty (30) days after such
written notice from the Administrative Agent, any amounts payable
pursuant to Section 2.7.2(a). The Banks shall be deemed to have
waived their right to cause a Parcel to cease to be an Approved Parcel
pursuant to this Section 2.17 if the Banks fail to act within sixty
(60) days after the end of the period within which the Company is
required to comply with the provisions of this Section 2.17.
2.18 Collateral Documents. If (a) any provision of any
Collateral Document shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding
on or enforceable against the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
party thereto, or the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company shall
so state in writing or bring an action to limit its obligations or
liabilities thereunder or (b) any Collateral Document shall for any
reason (other than pursuant to the terms thereof) cease to create a
valid security interest in the Collateral purported to be covered
thereby or such security interest shall for any reason cease to be a
perfected and first priority security interest subject only to
Permitted Liens and Permitted Encumbrances, the Parcel encumbered by
such Collateral Document shall, at the option of the Majority Banks,
immediately cease to be an Approved Parcel, the Availability shall
immediately be adjusted to reflect such change and the Company shall
repay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Banks,
within thirty (30) days after notice from the Administrative Agent,
any amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.7.2(a).
2.19 Increases and Decreases in Pro Rata Shares. Upon the
Company's satisfaction of all of the conditions set forth in Section
4.2 of this Agreement, each Bank whose Pro Rata Share of the combined
Commitments of all of the Banks has increased, as evidenced by the
difference for each Bank between the Pro Rata Share reflected in the
Existing Credit Agreement and the Pro Rata Share reflected in this
Agreement, shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for distribution to
the Banks whose Pro Rata Shares of the combined Commitments of all of
the Banks has decreased pursuant to this Agreement, an amount equal to
the product of the increase in such Bank's Pro Rata Share (expressed
as a decimal) multiplied by the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of the Loans on the date of determination.
3. Taxes, Yield Protection and Illegality.
3.1 Taxes. If any taxes (other than taxes on a Bank's net
income) are at any time imposed on any payments under or in respect of
this Agreement or any instrument or agreement required hereunder,
including payments made pursuant to this Section 3.1, the Company
shall pay all such taxes and shall also pay to the Administrative
Agent, for the account of the applicable Bank, at the time interest is
paid, all additional amounts which such Bank specifies as necessary to
preserve the yield, after payment of such taxes, that such Bank would
have received if such taxes had not been imposed.
3.2 Illegality.
(a) If any Bank determines that (i) the introduction
of any Requirement of Law, or any change in any Requirement of
Law or in the interpretation or administration thereof, has made
it unlawful, or (ii) any central bank or other Governmental
Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for such Bank or its
applicable Lending Office to make LIBOR Rate Loans, then, on
notice thereof by such Bank to the Company and the
Administrative Agent, the obligation of such Bank to make LIBOR
Rate Loans shall be suspended until such Bank shall have
notified the Company and the Administrative Agent that the
circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist.
(b) If any Bank determines that it is unlawful to
maintain any LIBOR Rate Loan, the Company shall, upon its
receipt of notice of such fact and demand from such Bank (with a
copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay in full all LIBOR Rate
Loans of that Bank then outstanding, together with interest
accrued thereon and any amounts required to be paid in
connection therewith pursuant to Section 3.4, either on the last
day of the Interest Period thereof, if such Bank may lawfully
continue to maintain such LIBOR Rate Loans to such day, or
immediately, if such Bank may not lawfully continue to maintain
such LIBOR Rate Loans.
(c) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of
Section 2.1, if the Company is required to prepay any LIBOR Rate
Loan immediately as provided in subsection 3.2(b), then
concurrently with such prepayment the Company shall borrow a
Reference Rate Loan from the affected Bank in the amount of such
repayment.
(d) If the obligation of any Bank to make or
maintain LIBOR Rate Loans has been terminated, the Company may
elect, by giving notice to such Bank through the Administrative
Agent, that all Loans which would otherwise be made by such Bank
as LIBOR Rate Loans shall instead be Reference Rate Loans.
(e) Before giving any notice to the Administrative
Agent or the Company pursuant to this Section 3.2, the affected
Bank shall designate a different Lending Office with respect to
its LIBOR Rate Loans if such designation would avoid the need
for giving such notice or making such demand and would not, in
the judgment of such Bank, be illegal or otherwise
disadvantageous to such Bank.
3.3 Increased Costs and Reduction of Return.
(a) If any Bank determines that, due to either (i)
the introduction of, or any change (other than a change by way
of imposition of, or increase in, reserve requirements included
in the Reserve Percentage) in or in the interpretation of, any
law or regulation or (ii) the compliance by such Bank (or its
Lending Office) or any Corporation controlling such Bank with
any guideline or request from any central bank or other
Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law),
there shall be any increase in the cost to such Bank of agreeing
to make or making, funding or maintaining any LIBOR Rate Loans,
then the Company shall be liable for, and shall from time to
time, upon demand therefor by such Bank with a copy to the
Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of such Bank such additional amounts as are sufficient
to compensate such Bank for such increased costs.
(b) If any Bank determines that (i) the introduction
of any Capital Adequacy Regulation, (ii) any change in any
Capital Adequacy Regulation, (iii) any change in the
interpretation or administration of any Capital Adequacy
Regulation by any central bank or other Governmental Authority
charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or
(iv) compliance by such Bank (or its Lending Office), or any
corporation controlling such Bank, with any Capital Adequacy
Regulation affects or would affect the amount of capital that
such Bank or any corporation controlling such Bank is required
or expected to maintain, and such Bank (taking into
consideration such Bank's or such corporation's policies with
respect to capital adequacy and such Bank's desired return on
capital) determines that the amount of such capital is increased
as a consequence of any of its loans, credits or obligations
under this Agreement, then, upon demand of such Bank to the
Company through the Administrative Agent, the Company shall
immediately pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of
such Bank, from time to time as specified by such Bank,
additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Bank for such
increase.
3.4 Funding Losses. The Company agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent, from time to time, for the account of the Banks,
any amount that would be necessary to reimburse the Banks for, and to
hold the Banks harmless from, any loss or expense which the Banks may
sustain or incur as a consequence of:
(a) the failure of the Company to make any payment
or prepayment of principal of any LIBOR Rate Loan (including
payments made after any acceleration thereof);
(b) the failure of the Company to borrow, continue
or convert a Loan after the Company has given (or is deemed to
have given) a Borrowing Notice or a Conversion/Continuation
Notice;
(c) the failure of the Company to make any
prepayment after the Company has given a notice in accordance
with Section 2.6;
(d) the prepayment (including pursuant to
Section 2.7.2) of a LIBOR Rate Loan on a day which is not the
last day of the Interest Period with respect thereto;
(e) the conversion pursuant to subsection 2.5 of any
LIBOR Rate Loan to a Reference Rate Loan on a day that is not
the last day of the respective Interest Period;
including any such loss or expense arising from the liquidation or
reemployment of funds obtained to maintain the LIBOR Rate Loans
hereunder or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which
such funds were obtained. Solely for purposes of calculating amounts
payable by the Company to the Administrative Agent, for the account of
the Banks, under this Section 3.4, each LIBOR Rate Loan (and each
related reserve, special deposit or similar requirement) shall be
conclusively deemed to have been funded at the LIBOR used in
determining the LIBOR Rate for such LIBOR Rate Loan by a matching
deposit or other borrowing in the applicable offshore dollar interbank
market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or
not such LIBOR Rate Loan is in fact so funded.
3.5 Inability to Determine Rates. If any Bank determines
that for any reason adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
ascertaining the LIBOR Rate for any requested Interest Period with
respect to a proposed LIBOR Rate Loan or that the LIBOR Rate
applicable pursuant to subsection 2.9.1 for any requested Interest
Period with respect to a proposed LIBOR Rate Loan does not adequately
and fairly reflect the cost to such Bank of funding such Loan, such
Bank will forthwith give notice of such determination to the Company
through the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the obligation of such
Bank to make or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans hereunder shall be suspended
until such Bank revokes such notice in writing. Upon receipt of such
notice, the Company may revoke any Borrowing Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice then submitted by it. If the Company
does not revoke such notice, the affected Bank shall make, convert or
continue the Loans, as proposed by the Company, in the amount
specified in the applicable notice submitted by the Company, but such
Loans shall be made, converted or continued as Reference Rate Loans
instead of LIBOR Rate Loans.
3.6 Certificate of Bank. Any Bank, if claiming
reimbursement or compensation pursuant to this Article 3, shall
deliver to the Company through the Administrative Agent a certificate
setting forth in reasonable detail the amount payable to such Bank
hereunder, and such certificate shall be conclusive and binding on the
Company in the absence of manifest error.
3.7 Survival. The agreements and obligations of the
Company in this Article 3 shall survive the payment and performance of
all other Obligations.
4. Conditions Precedent.
4.1 Conditions to Approving Parcels. Subject to the
provisions of Section 10.18, a Parcel shall be considered an Approved
Parcel for purposes of this Agreement upon satisfaction of all of the
following conditions precedent:
4.1.1 Fee Ownership. The Company or a wholly-owned
Subsidiary of the Company or a Permitted Partnership owns fee title to
such Parcel; provided, however, that notwithstanding its satisfaction
of all of the conditions set forth in this Section 4.1, no Parcel
owned by a Permitted Partnership shall become an Approved Parcel if it
would cause the aggregate Approved Parcel Values of all of the
Approved Parcels owned by Permitted Partnerships to exceed ten percent
(10%) of the Total Approved Parcel Value at such time.
4.1.2 Satisfactory Parcel. Such Parcel either (a)
is satisfactory to Majority Banks in their sole and absolute
discretion or (b) satisfies all of the following conditions: (1) the
Parcel is improved, and the improvements located on such Parcel are
and will be used solely for flexible industrial or warehouse purposes,
(2) if such Parcel were an Approved Parcel, the Approved Parcel Value
(as determined by the Administrative Agent) of such Parcel would be
less than Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00), (3) more than eighty
percent (80%) of the net rentable area of the improvements located on
such Parcel is covered by signed leases with third-party tenants
having remaining terms of three (3) years or longer, and (4) the
Administrative Agent has received evidence in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of such Parcel's compliance
with the foregoing conditions.
4.1.3 No Hazardous Materials. Such Parcel is free
from all Hazardous Materials, including asbestos, other than
commercially reasonable quantities of Hazardous Materials typically
used in properties similar to such Parcel and permitted by all
applicable Environmental Laws, and the Administrative Agent shall have
received evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the
Supermajority Banks of such Parcel's compliance with this condition.
4.1.4 Appraised Value. An Appraised Value shall
have been established for such Parcel.
4.1.5 No Liens. Such Parcel and all related
personal property is (or at the time a Mortgage is recorded against
such Parcel it shall be) free and clear of all Liens other than Liens
securing nondelinquent taxes or assessments.
4.1.6 Deliveries to the Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following in form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(1) a current ALTA survey of such Parcel and
Surveyor's Certification, including a complete legal
description;
(2) copies of all exceptions to title with
respect to such Parcel;
(3) at the Administrative Agent's request,
copies of any available plans and specifications for any
improvements located on such Parcel;
(4) an environmental site assessment for such
Parcel, dated as of a recent date, prepared by a qualified firm
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, stating, among other
things, that such Parcel is free from Hazardous Materials other
than commercially reasonable quantities of Hazardous Materials
typically used in properties similar to such Parcel, and that
any such Hazardous Materials located thereon and all operations
conducted thereon are in compliance with all Environmental Laws
and showing any Estimated Remediation Costs;
(5) at the Administrative Agent's request,
copies of all leases and contracts not cancelable on thirty (30)
days' notice and a rent roll relating to all or any portion of
such Parcel;
(6) At the Administrative Agent's request,
financial statements for any Major Tenant that are available to
the Company;
(7) an operating report for such Parcel for not
less than the four (4) most recent consecutive quarters,
together with a projection of the operating results for such
Parcel for the following twelve (12) months;
(8) a certificate concerning the amount of
space at such Parcel devoted to office, industrial, research and
development (other than office) and flexible industrial (other
than research and development or warehouse) uses signed by the
Company and, if such Parcel is owned by a Person other than the
Company, such other Person, substantially in the form of
Exhibit D;
(9) at the Administrative Agent's request, a
cost budget for any anticipated renovation of such Parcel;
(10) if such Parcel is owned by a Person other
than the Company, copies of all of such Person's Organization
Documents;
(11) a duly executed Mortgage, financing
statement(s) and assignment of contracts covering such Parcel;
(12) such certificates relating to the authority
of the Persons signing the documents required under
Section 4.1.6(11) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request;
(13) at the Administrative Agent's request, a
written opinion of counsel to the Company and the Person signing
the documents required under Section 4.1.6(11) practicing in the
jurisdiction in which such Parcel is located (which counsel
shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent) covering such
matters relating to the Company, such other Person, the Loans
and such Parcel as the Administrative Agent may require;
(14) such consents, subordination agreements and
other documents and instruments executed by tenants and other
Persons party to material contracts relating to such Parcel as
the Administrative Agent may request;
(15) certificates of insurance and loss payable
endorsements for all policies required pursuant to Section 6.6,
showing the same to be in full force and effect with respect to
such Parcel; and
(16) all other documents reasonably required by
the Administrative Agent.
4.1.7 Recording of the Mortgage. The Mortgage
relating to such Parcel shall have been duly recorded in the official
records of the jurisdiction in which such Parcel is located.
4.1.8 Title Insurance. The Company shall, at its
sole expense, have delivered to the Administrative Agent an ALTA form
extended coverage lender's policy of title insurance, or evidence of a
commitment therefor satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in form,
substance and amount, and issued by one or more insurers, reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, together with all
indorsements and binders thereto reasonably required by the
Administrative Agent, naming the Administrative Agent as the insured,
insuring the Mortgage relating to such Parcel to be a valid first
priority lien upon such Parcel, and showing such Parcel subject only
to such Mortgage and the Permitted Encumbrances.
4.1.9 Filing of Financing Statements. Financing
statement(s) shall have been filed with all of the officials
necessary, in the Administrative Agent's sole judgment, to perfect the
security interests created by the Mortgage relating to such Parcel and
all related personal property.
4.1.10 Perfection of Liens. The Administrative
Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that all other actions
necessary, or in the Administrative Agent's sole judgment desirable,
to perfect and protect the first priority security interests for the
benefit of the Administrative Agent created by the Collateral
Documents have been taken.
4.1.11 Tax Reporting Service. The Company shall, at
its sole expense, have delivered to the Administrative Agent evidence
of a contract with a property tax reporting service for such Parcel
for a period of not less than thirty (30) years.
4.1.12 Costs. The Company shall have paid to the
Administrative Agent all amounts payable pursuant to Section 10.4 in
connection with such Parcel and the Mortgage relating to such Parcel.
4.1.13 Expenses. The Administrative Agent shall
have received satisfactory evidence that the Company has paid all
title insurance premiums, tax service charges, documentary stamp or
intangible taxes, recording fees and mortgage taxes payable in
connection with such Parcel, the recording of the Mortgage relating to
such Parcel or the issuance of the Title Policy (whether due on the
recording date of the Mortgage or in the future) including sums due in
connection with any future advances.
4.2 Conditions of Initial Loan. The obligation of the
Banks to make the initial Loan after the Closing Date is subject to
the satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent:
4.2.1 Deliveries to the Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent shall have received, on or before the Closing
Date, all of the following in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and its counsel:
(a) this Agreement, the Revolving Notes and the
Environmental Indemnity executed by the Company;
(b) copies of the resolutions of the board of
directors of the Company approving and authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents to be delivered hereunder,
and the Environmental Indemnity, and authorizing the borrowing
of the Loans, certified as of the Closing Date by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company;
(c) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant
Secretary of the Company certifying the names and true
signatures of the officers of the Company authorized to execute
and deliver, as applicable, this Agreement, all other Loan
Documents to be delivered hereunder, and the Environmental
Indemnity;
(d) the articles or certificate of incorporation of
the Company as in effect on the Closing Date, certified by the
Secretary of State of the state of incorporation of the Company
as of a recent date and by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary
of the Company as of the Closing Date; and
(e) a good standing certificate for the Company from
the Secretary of State of (i) its state of incorporation and
(ii) each state in which an Approved Parcel is situated,
evidencing that the Company is qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation in said state as of a recent date, together
with bringdown certificates by telex or telefacsimile dated the
Closing Date;
(f) an opinion of counsel to the Company acceptable
to the Administrative Agent, addressed to the Administrative
Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit E;
(g) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer,
dated as of the Closing Date, stating that (i) the
representations and warranties contained in Article 5 are true
and correct on and as of such date, as though made on and as of
such date; (ii) no Default or Event of Default exists or would
result from the initial Loan; and (iii) there has occurred since
December 31, 1997, no event or circumstance that could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(h) a certified copy of financial statements of the
Company and its Subsidiaries referred to in Section 5.11;
(i) such other approvals, opinions or documents as
the Administrative Agent may request;
(j) such assurance as the Administrative Agent may
require that the validity and priority of any Mortgage
encumbering a Parcel prior to the Closing Date has not been and
will not be impaired by this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated by it, including but not limited to, a 110.5
Endorsement to be attached to each policy of title insurance
insuring the lien of a Mortgage; and
(k) fully executed and acknowledged originals of a
recordable modification agreement (the "Short Form Modification
Agreement") substantially in the form attached as Exhibit G
hereto to be recorded in each county in which a Mortgage
encumbering a Parcel has been recorded prior to the Closing
Date.
4.2.2 Payment of Expenses. The Company shall have
paid all costs, accrued and unpaid fees and expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent, to the extent then due and payable, on the
Closing Date, including Attorney Costs incurred by the Administrative
Agent, to the extent invoiced prior to or on the Closing Date,
together with such additional amounts of Attorney Costs as shall
constitute a reasonable estimate of Attorney Costs incurred or to be
incurred through the closing proceedings, provided that such estimate
shall not thereafter preclude final settling of accounts between the
Company and the Administrative Agent, including any such costs, fees
and expenses arising under or referenced in Section 10.4.
4.2.3 Payment of Fees. The Company shall have paid
to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Banks, the
commitment fee owing pursuant to Section 2.10.
4.3 Conditions to All Borrowings. The obligation of the
Banks to make any Loan (including the initial Loan) is subject to the
satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent on the
relevant borrowing date:
4.3.1 Initial Approved Parcel. At least one (1)
Parcel shall have become an Approved Parcel by satisfying all of the
conditions of Section 4.1.
4.3.2 Notice of Borrowing. The Administrative Agent
shall have received a Borrowing Notice.
4.3.3 Continuation of Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties made by the Company
contained in Article 5 shall be true and correct on and as of such
borrowing date with the same effect as if made on and as of such
borrowing date (except to the extent such representations and
warranties expressly refer to an earlier date, in which case they
shall be true and correct as of such earlier date).
4.3.4 No Existing Default. No Default or Event of
Default shall exist or shall result from such Loan.
4.3.5 No Future Advance Notice. The Administrative
Agent shall not have received from the Company any notice that any
Collateral Document will no longer secure future advances or future
Loans to be made or extended under this Agreement.
4.3.6 Further Assurances. The Company shall have
executed and acknowledged (or caused to be executed and acknowledged)
and delivered to the Administrative Agent all documents and taken all
actions, reasonably required by the Administrative Agent or the Banks
from time to time to confirm the rights created or now or hereafter
intended to be created by the Loan Documents or the Environmental
Indemnity, or otherwise to carry out the purposes of the Loan
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereunder.
4.3.7 Title Insurance. The Administrative Agent
shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to the Banks,
from any title insurer who issued a Title Policy, all indorsements,
binders and modifications to such policy or policies reasonably
required by the Banks.
Each Borrowing Notice submitted by the Company hereunder shall
constitute a representation and warranty by the Company hereunder, as
of the date of each such Borrowing Notice and as of the date of each
Loan, that the conditions in Section 4.3 are satisfied.
4.4 Letters of Credit. In addition to the conditions set
forth in Sections 4.2 and 4.3, BofA's obligation to issue any Letter
of Credit is subject to the satisfaction of all of the following
conditions precedent on the relevant issuance date:
4.4.1 The Company shall have executed and delivered
to the Administrative Agent an application and agreement for standby
letter of credit on BofA's standard form.
4.4.2 The Company shall have paid to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Banks, a letter of credit
fee in the aggregate amount of 1.40% per annum on the face amount of
the requested Letter of Credit and based on the expiry date set forth
therein.
5. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and
warrants to the Administrative Agent and each of the Banks that:
5.1 Existence and Power. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries (a) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation; and (b) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation,
licensed and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction
where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of
its business requires such qualification. Each Permitted Partnership
(c) is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its creation; and
(d) is duly qualified as a foreign limited partnership, licensed and
in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its
ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its
business requires such qualification. The Company, each of its
Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership (e) has the power and
authority, and has obtained all governmental licenses, authorizations,
consents and approvals needed, to own its assets, to carry on its
business and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the
Loan Documents to which it is a party and the Environmental Indemnity;
and (f) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law; except, in each
case referred to in clause (b), clause (d) or clause (f), to the
extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
5.2 Corporate Authorization; No Contravention. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement,
any other Loan Document and the Environmental Indemnity have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not and will not:
(a) contravene the terms of any of the Company's
Organization Documents;
(b) conflict with or result in any breach or
contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, any
Contractual Obligation to which the Company is a party or any
order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority
to which the Company or its Property is subject; or
(c) violate any Requirement of Law.
5.3 Governmental Authorization. No approval, consent,
exemption, authorization or other action by, or notice to or filing
with, any Governmental Authority (except for recordings or filings in
connection with the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent under
the Collateral Documents) is necessary or required in connection with
the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, the
Company of this Agreement, any other Loan Document to which the
Company is a party, or the Environmental Indemnity.
5.4 Binding Effect. This Agreement, each other Loan
Document and the Environmental Indemnity constitute the legal, valid
and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with
their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally or by equitable principles
relating to enforceability.
5.5 Litigation. Except as specifically disclosed in
Schedule 5.5, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or
disputes pending, or to the best knowledge of the Company threatened
or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any
Governmental Authority, against the Company, any of its Subsidiaries
or any Permitted Partnership, or any of their respective Properties,
which (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement, any other
Loan Document or the Environmental Indemnity, or any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or (b) if determined
adversely to the Company, one or more of its Subsidiaries or one or
more Permitted Partnerships would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. No injunction, writ, temporary restraining
order or any order of any nature has been issued by any court or other
Governmental Authority purporting to enjoin or restrain the execution,
delivery or performance of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or
the Environmental Indemnity, or directing that the transactions
provided for herein or therein not be consummated as herein or therein
provided.
5.6 No Default. No Default or Event of Default exists or
would result from the incurring of any Obligations by the Company.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any Permitted
Partnership is in default under or with respect to any Contractual
Obligation in any respect which, individually or together with all
such defaults, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
5.7 ERISA Compliance. Each Plan and Multi-employer Plan
is in full compliance with applicable Requirements of Law, including
ERISA, and no ERISA Events or accumulated funding deficiencies within
the meaning of ERISA have occurred with respect to any Qualified Plan
or Multi-employer Plan that, in the aggregate, could result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
5.8 Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations. The proceeds of
the Loans are intended to be and shall be used solely for the purposes
set forth in and permitted by Section 6.11, and are intended to be and
shall be used in compliance with Section 7.6.
5.9 Title to Properties. The Company, each of its
Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership has good record and
marketable title in fee simple to 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, have a Material
Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, the Property of the Company,
its Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership is subject to no Liens
that are not disclosed in the most recent financial statements
delivered to the Administrative Agent other than Permitted Liens and,
with respect to a Property that does not serve as Collateral for any
of the Obligations (i) Liens securing the performance of obligations
under recorded covenants, conditions and restrictions, easements or
other agreements among adjoining landowners, and (ii) Liens securing
purchase money financing of fixtures and equipment, or securing other
indebtedness that in the aggregate does not exceed $100,000.
5.10 Taxes. The Company, its Subsidiaries and each
Permitted Partnership have filed all federal and other material tax
returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all federal
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 and for which
adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP, and no
Notice of Lien has been filed or recorded. There is no proposed tax
assessment against the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any
Permitted Partnership that would, if the assessment were made, have a
Material Adverse Effect.
5.11 Financial Condition.
(a) The audited consolidated financial statements of
the Company dated December 31, 1997, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity and
cash flows for the 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;
(ii) are complete, accurate and fairly present the
financial condition of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
as of the date thereof and results of operations for the period
covered thereby; and
(iii) except as specifically disclosed in Schedule
5.11, show all material Indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or
contingent, of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the
date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments
and Contingent Obligations.
(b) Since December 31, 1997, there has been no
Material Adverse Effect.
5.12 Environmental Matters.
(a) Except as specifically disclosed in Schedule
5.12, to the best knowledge of the Company the on-going
operations of the Company, each of its Subsidiaries and each
Permitted Partnership comply in all respects with all
Environmental Laws, except such non-compliance which would not
(if enforced in accordance with applicable law) result in
liability in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate.
(b) Except as specifically disclosed in
Schedule 5.12, the Company, each of its Subsidiaries and each
Permitted Partnership has obtained all licenses, permits,
authorizations and registrations required under any
Environmental Law ("Environmental Permits") and necessary for
its ordinary course operations, all such Environmental Permits
are in good standing, and the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries is in compliance with all material terms and
conditions of such Environmental Permits.
(c) Except as specifically disclosed in Schedule
5.12, none of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, any
Permitted Partnership or any of their respective present
Property or operations is subject to any outstanding written
order from, or agreement with, any Governmental Authority, or
subject to any judicial or docketed administrative proceeding,
respecting any Environmental Law, Environmental Claim or
Hazardous Material.
(d) Except as specifically disclosed in
Schedule 5.12, to the best knowledge of the Company there are no
Hazardous Materials or other conditions or circumstances
existing with respect to any Parcel, or arising from operations
of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted
Partnership prior to the Closing Date, that would reasonably be
expected to give rise to Environmental Claims with a potential
liability of the Company and its Subsidiaries in excess of
$50,000 in the aggregate for any such condition, circumstance or
Parcel. In addition, (i) neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries nor any Permitted Partnership has any underground
storage tanks (x) that are not properly registered or permitted
under applicable Environmental Laws, or (y) that are leaking or
disposing of Hazardous Materials off-site, and (ii) the Company,
its Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership have notified
all of their employees of the existence, if any, of any health
hazard arising from the conditions of their employment and have
met all notification requirements under Title III of CERCLA and
all other Environmental Laws.
5.13 Regulated Entities. Neither the Company nor any
Person controlling the Company is (a) an "Investment Company" within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940; or (b) subject to
regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the
Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act, any state public
utilities code, or any other federal or state statute or regulation
limiting its ability to incur Indebtedness.
5.14 No Burdensome Restrictions. The Company is not a
party to, or bound by, any Contractual Obligation, or subject to any
charter or corporate restriction or any Requirement of Law, which
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.15 Solvency. The Company is Solvent, each of its
Subsidiaries is Solvent and each Permitted Partnership is Solvent.
5.16 Subsidiaries; Equity Investments. As of the Closing
Date, the Company has no Subsidiaries other than those specifically
disclosed in part (a) of Schedule 5.16, and has no equity investments
in any (i) Permitted Partnership other than those specifically
disclosed in part (b) of Schedule 5.16 or (ii) other corporation,
partnership or other entity other than those specifically disclosed in
part (c) of Schedule 5.16.
5.17 Brokers; Transaction Fees. Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has any obligation to any Person in respect of
any finder's, broker's or investment banker's fee in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby.
5.18 Insurance. The Properties of the Company, its
Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership are insured with
financially sound and reputable insurance companies in such amounts,
with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily
carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar
Properties in localities where the Company, such Subsidiary or such
Permitted Partnership operates.
5.19 Full Disclosure. None of the representations or
warranties made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the Loan
Documents or the Environmental Indemnity, as of the date such
representations and warranties are made or deemed made, and none of
the statements contained in any exhibit, report, statement or
certificate furnished by or on behalf of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in connection with the Loan Documents, contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not
misleading.
5.20 Year 2000 Compliance. The Company is conducting a
comprehensive review and assessment of the Company's computer
applications and is making inquiry of the Company's key suppliers,
vendors and customers with respect to the "year 2000 problem" (that
is, the risk that computer applications may not be able properly to
perform date-sensitive functions after December 31, 1999) and, based
on this ongoing review and inquiry, the Company does not believe that
the year 2000 problem will result in a Material Adverse Effect.
6. Affirmative Covenants. The Company covenants and agrees
that, so long as any Bank shall have any obligation hereunder, or any
Loan or other Obligation shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, unless
the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Majority Banks, waives
compliance in writing:
6.1 Financial Statements. The Company shall deliver to
each of the Banks, in form and detail satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent:
(a) as soon as publicly available, but not later
than 120 days after the end of each calendar year, a copy of the
audited consolidated balance sheets of the Company and each
unconsolidated Permitted Partnership as at the end of such year
and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders'
equity and cash flows for such calendar year, setting forth in
each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year,
and accompanied by the opinion of a nationally recognized
independent public accounting firm stating that such
consolidated financial statements present fairly the financial
positions of the Company and such Permitted Partnerships for the
periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis
consistent with prior years;
(b) as soon as publicly available, but not later
than 60 days after the end of each of the first three (3)
calendar quarters of each year, a copy of the unaudited
consolidated balance sheets of the Company and each
unconsolidated Permitted Partnership as of the end of such
quarter and the related consolidated statements of income,
shareholders' equity and cash flows for the period commencing on
the first day and ending on the last day of such quarter,
certified by an appropriate Responsible Officer as being
complete and correct and fairly presenting the financial
position and results of operations of the Company and such
Permitted Partnerships in accordance with GAAP;
(c) as soon as available, but not later than 45 days
after the end of each calendar quarter of each year, operating
statements and rent rolls for each Property securing the Loans,
certified by an appropriate Responsible Officer as being
complete and correct and fairly presenting the financial
position and the results of operations of the Approved Parcel to
which it relates, together with any additional information
relating to any such Property reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent;
(d) as soon as available, but not later than
120 days after the end of each calendar year, rolling two-year
consolidated cash flow projections for the Company and each
unconsolidated Permitted Partnership, certified by an
appropriate Responsible Officer of the Company as being complete
and correct in all material respects; and
(e) not later than 45 days after the end of each
calendar quarter of each year, a report in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent concerning the status
of all development activity of the Company, each of its
Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership, certified by an
appropriate Responsible Officer of the Company as being complete
and correct in all material respects.
6.2 Certificates; Other Information. The Company shall
furnish to the Administrative Agent, with sufficient copies for each
Bank:
(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial
statements referred to in subsections 6.1(a) and (b) above, a
certificate of a Responsible Officer in form and detail
substantially similar to the certificate delivered to the
Administrative Agent for the period ending March 31, 1998 (with
the Leverage and Total Approved Parcel Value calculations
required by clause (iii), below, added), (i) stating that, to
the best of such officer's knowledge, the Company, during such
period, has observed and performed all of its covenants and
other agreements, and satisfied every condition contained in
this Agreement to be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and
that such officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or
Event of Default except as specified (by applicable subsection
reference) in such certificate, (ii) showing in detail the
calculations supporting such statement in respect of Sections
2.7.2(a), 7.10, 7.11, 7.14, 7.15, 7.16 and 7.17, and (iii)
showing in detail the calculations supporting the calculations
of Leverage and Total Approved Parcel Value;
(b) promptly after the same are sent, copies of all
financial statements and reports which the Company sends to its
shareholders; and promptly after the same are filed (but in the
case of the Company's (i) Form 10-K filing, in no event later
than 120 days after the end of the calendar year to which it
relates, and (ii) Form 10-Q filing, in no event later than 60
days after the end of the calendar quarter to which it relates),
copies of all financial statements and regular, periodical or
special reports which the Company may make to, or file with, the
SEC or any successor or similar Governmental Authority; and
(c) promptly, such additional business, financial,
corporate affairs and other information as the Administrative
Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
6.3 Notices. The Company shall promptly notify the
Administrative Agent:
(a) upon, but in no event later than ten (10) days
after, becoming aware of (i) the occurrence of any Default or
Event of Default, and (ii) the occurrence or existence of any
event or circumstance that foreseeable will become a Default or
Event of Default;
(b) of (i) any breach or non-performance of, or any
default under, any Contractual Obligation of the Company, any of
its Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership which could result
in a Material Adverse Effect; and (ii) any dispute, litigation,
investigation, proceeding or suspension which may exist at any
time between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
Permitted Partnership and any Governmental Authority;
(c) of the commencement of, or any material
development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting the
Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Permitted
Partnership (i) in which the amount of damages claimed is
$500,000 or more, (ii) in which injunctive or similar relief is
sought and which, if adversely determined, would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) in which
the relief sought is an injunction or other stay of the
performance of this Agreement, any Loan Document or the
Environmental Indemnity;
(d) upon, but in no event later than ten (10) days
after, becoming aware of (i) any and all enforcement, cleanup,
removal or other governmental or regulatory actions instituted,
completed or threatened against the Company, any Subsidiary of
the Company or any Permitted Partnership or any of their
respective Properties pursuant to any applicable Environmental
Laws, (ii) all other Environmental Claims, and (iii) any
environmental or similar condition on any real property
adjoining or in the vicinity of any real Property of the
Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Permitted
Partnership that could reasonably be anticipated to cause such
Property or any part thereof to be subject to any restrictions
on the ownership, occupancy, transferability or use of such
Property under any Environmental Laws;
(e) of any of the following ERISA events affecting
the Company or any member of its Controlled Group (but in no
event more than ten (10) days after such event), together with a
copy of any notice with respect to such event that may be
required to be filed with a Governmental Authority and any
notice delivered by a Governmental Authority to the Company or
any member or its Controlled Group with respect to such event:
(i) an ERISA Event;
(ii) the adoption of any new Plan that is subject to Title
IV of ERISA or section 412 of the Code by any member of the Controlled
Group;
(iii) the adoption of any amendment to a Plan that is
subject to Title IV of ERISA or section 412 of the Code, if such
amendment results in a material increase in benefits or Unfunded
Pension Liabilities; or
(iv) the commencement of contributions by any member of the
Controlled Group to any Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or
section 412 of the Code;
(f) any Material Adverse Effect subsequent to the
date of the most recent audited financial statements of the
Company delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
subsection 6.1(a);
(g) of any change in accounting policies or
financial reporting practices by the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership within ten (10) days
of their adoption; and
(h) of any notice of redemption given with respect
to any or all of the Company's preferred shares, within ten (10)
days of the date of such notice.
Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a written
statement by a Responsible Officer of the Company setting forth
details of the occurrence referred to therein, and stating what action
the Company proposes to take with respect thereto and at what time.
Each notice under subsection 6.3(a) shall describe with particularity
any and all clauses or provisions of this Agreement or other Loan
Document that have been breached or violated.
6.4 Preservation of Corporate Existence, Etc. Subject to
the provisions of Section 7.2, the Company shall, and shall cause each
of its Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership to:
(a) preserve and maintain in full force and effect
its corporate or partnership existence and good standing under
the laws of its state or jurisdiction of incorporation;
(b) preserve and maintain in full force and effect
all rights, privileges, qualifications, permits, licenses and
franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its
business;
(c) use its reasonable efforts, in the Ordinary
Course of Business, to preserve its business organization; and
(d) in the case of each Permitted Partnership,
preserve and maintain in full force and effect, without
amendment or modification, such Permitted Partnership's
agreement of limited partnership and certificate of limited
partnership, and otherwise at all times continue to satisfy all
of the requirements set forth in the definition of the term
"Permitted Partnership".
6.5 Maintenance of Property. The Company shall maintain,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each Permitted
Partnership to maintain, and preserve all of its Property which is
used or useful in its business in good working order and condition,
ordinary wear and tear excepted and 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.
6.6 Insurance. In addition to insurance requirements set
forth in the Collateral Documents, the Company shall maintain, and
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership to
maintain, with financially sound and reputable independent insurers,
insurance with respect to its Properties and business against loss or
damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in
the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts as are
customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons,
including workers' compensation insurance, public liability insurance,
property and casualty insurance and rental interruption insurance, the
amount of which shall not be reduced by the Company, any Subsidiary of
the Company or any Permitted Partnership in the absence of thirty (30)
days' prior notice to the Administrative Agent. All casualty
insurance covering an Approved Parcel maintained by the Company and
its Subsidiaries shall name the Administrative Agent, as
administrative agent for the Banks, as loss payee, and all liability,
rental interruption and other insurance covering an Approved Parcel
maintained by the Company and its Subsidiaries shall name the
Administrative Agent, as administrative agent for the Banks, as
additional insured as its interest may appear. Upon request of the
Administrative Agent, the Company shall furnish the Administrative
Agent at reasonable intervals (but not more often than once per
calendar year) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company
(and, if requested by the Administrative Agent any insurance broker
for the Company) setting forth the nature and extent of all insurance
maintained by the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Permitted
Partnership in accordance with this Section 6.6 or any Collateral
Documents (and which, in the case of a certificate of a broker, were
placed through such broker).
6.7 Payment of Obligations. The Company shall, and shall
cause its Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership to, pay and
discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all their
respective 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 (which proceedings have the effect of
preventing the imposition of a Lien on, or the forfeiture or
sale of, any Property of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or
any Permitted Partnership) and adequate reserves in accordance
with GAAP are being maintained by the Company or such Subsidiary
or Permitted Partnership;
(b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law
become a Lien upon its Property unless the same are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings (which
proceedings have the effect of preventing the imposition of a
Lien on, or the forfeiture or sale of, any Property of the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership)
and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being
maintained by the Company or such Subsidiary or Permitted
Partnership; 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.
6.8 Compliance with Laws. The Company shall comply, and
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership to
comply, in all material respects with all Requirements of Law of any
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it or its business or
any of its Property, except such as may be contested in good faith or
as to which a bona fide dispute may exist.
6.9 Inspection of Property and Books and Records. The
Company shall maintain, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and
each Permitted Partnership to maintain, proper books of record and
account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with
GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions
and matters involving the assets and business of the Company and such
Subsidiaries and Permitted Partnerships. The Company shall permit,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each Permitted
Partnership to permit, representatives of the Administrative Agent or
any Bank to visit and inspect any of their respective Properties, to
examine their respective corporate, financial and operating records,
and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss their
respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective
directors, officers and independent public accountants, all at the
expense of the Company (which shall include all internal or outside
legal and other consultant fees and other out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the Administrative Agent or any of the Banks in connection
with any such inspection, but shall not include the Administrative
Agent's or any Bank's normal overhead or employee costs of
administering the Loans) and at such reasonable times during normal
business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon
reasonable advance notice to the Company; provided, however, that when
an Event of Default exists the Administrative Agent or any Bank may do
any of the foregoing at the expense of the Company at any time during
normal business hours and without advance notice. No actions by the
Administrative Agent or any Bank pursuant to this Section 6.9 shall
unreasonably interfere with (a) the performance by the Company's
employees of their duties or (b) the occupancy of any of the Company's
tenants.
6.10 Environmental Laws. The Company shall, and shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership to,
conduct its operations and keep and maintain its Property in
compliance with all Environmental Laws whose violation could,
individually or in the aggregate, result in liability in excess of
$250,000. Upon the written request of the Administrative Agent or any
Bank, the Company shall submit, and cause each of its Subsidiaries and
each Permitted Partnership to submit, to the Administrative Agent,
with sufficient copies for each Bank, at the Company's sole cost and
expense, at reasonable intervals, a report providing an update of the
status of any environmental, health or safety compliance, hazard or
liability issue identified in any notice or report required pursuant
to subsection 6.3(d), that could, individually or in the aggregate,
result in liability in excess of $250,000.
6.11 Use of Proceeds. Subject to the provisions of
Section 3.2(c), the Company shall use the proceeds of the Loans solely
for the purpose of (i) facilitating the Company's acquisition of
improved real property (subject to the provisions of Section 7.12),
(ii) financing the Company's operating expenses, including development
activities (subject to the provisions of Sections 7.15 and 7.16), and
(iii) repurchasing shares of the Company's common or preferred stock.
6.12 Solvency. The Company shall at all times be, and
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership to
be, Solvent.
6.13 Further Assurances. Promptly upon request by the
Administrative Agent, the Company shall (and shall cause any of its
Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership to) do such further acts,
and execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file,
register and re-register any and all deeds, conveyances, security
agreements, deeds of trust, mortgages, assignments, estoppel
certificates, financing statements and continuations thereof,
termination statements, notices of assignment, transfers,
certificates, assurances and other instruments, as the Administrative
Agent may reasonably require from time to time in order to (i) carry
out more effectively the purposes of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, (ii) subject to the Liens created by any of the Collateral
Documents any of the Properties, rights or interests covered by any of
the Collateral Documents, (iii) perfect and maintain the validity,
effectiveness and priority of any of the Collateral Documents and the
Liens intended to be created thereby, and (iv) better assure, convey,
grant, assign, transfer, preserve, protect and confirm to the
Administrative Agent and the Banks the rights granted or now or
hereafter intended to be granted to the Administrative Agent or the
Banks under any Loan Document or under any other document executed in
connection therewith.
7. Negative Covenants. The Company hereby covenants and
agrees that, so long as any Bank shall have any obligation hereunder,
or any Loan or other Obligation shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied,
unless the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Majority Banks,
waives compliance in writing:
7.1 Limitation on Liens. The Company shall not, and shall
not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted
Partnership to, directly or indirectly, make, create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any part of the
Collateral, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the
following ("Permitted Liens"):
(a) any Lien created under any Loan Document;
(b) Liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other
governmental charges which are not delinquent or remain payable
without penalty, or to the extent that non-payment thereof is
permitted by Section 6.7, provided that no Notice of Lien has
been filed or recorded; or
(c) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics',
landlords', materialmen's, repairmen's or other similar Liens
arising in the Ordinary Course of Business which are not
delinquent or remain payable without penalty or which are being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, which
proceedings have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale
of the Property subject thereto.
7.2 Consolidations and Mergers. The Company shall not,
and shall not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any
Permitted Partnership to, merge, consolidate with or into, or convey,
transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or
in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets
(whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any
Person, except:
(a) any Subsidiary of the Company or any Permitted
Partnership may merge with (i) the Company, provided that the
Company shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (ii) any
one or more subsidiaries of the Company, provided that (A) if
any transaction shall be between a Permitted Partnership and a
Subsidiary, the Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving
Person and (B) if any transaction shall be between a Subsidiary
or any Permitted Partnership and a wholly-owned Subsidiary, the
wholly-owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving
Person; and
(b) any Subsidiary of the Company or any Permitted
Partnership may sell all or substantially all of its assets
(upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Company or a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company;
provided, however, that so long as the continuing or surviving Person
remains liable for all of the Company's obligations to the Banks under
the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent and the Banks shall not
unreasonably withhold their consent to any merger or consolidation of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership
with or into any other Person.
7.3 Loans and Investments. The Company shall not, and
shall not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted
Partnership to, make any advance, loan, extension of credit or capital
contribution to any Person, including any Affiliate of the Company, or
enter into any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company
or similar entity with any non-Affiliate of the Company, except for
(a) advances, loans, extensions of credit or capital contributions to
Permitted Partnerships whose assets, in the aggregate, do not exceed
twenty percent (20%) of the consolidated assets of the Company, its
Subsidiaries and any Permitted Partnerships, (b) loans to tenants for
tenant improvements in a maximum principal amount of $1,500,000 for
any such loan, and (c) loans to employees of the Company to finance
their purchase of Company stock, where such employee loans are
reported on the Company's financial statements in a manner that does
not affect the Company's total assets, total liabilities or net worth.
7.4 Limitation on Indebtedness. The Company shall not,
and shall not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any
Permitted Partnership to, create, incur, assume, suffer to exist, or
otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect
to any unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount in
excess of $2,500,000.00, except (a) accounts payable to trade
creditors for goods and services and current operating liabilities
(not the result of the borrowing of money) incurred in the Ordinary
Course of Business of the Company or such Subsidiary or Permitted
Partnership in accordance with customary terms and paid within the
specified time, (b) a loan from the Company to Bedford Realty
Partners, L.P., a California limited partnership, in a principal
amount not to exceed $1,500,000.00, and (c) a loan from the Banks to
the Company pursuant to the Unsecured Loan Agreement.
7.5 Transactions with Affiliates. The Company shall not,
and shall not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any
Permitted Partnership to, enter into any transaction with any
Affiliate of the Company or of any such Subsidiary or Permitted
Partnership, except (a) as expressly permitted by this Agreement, or
(b) in the Ordinary Course of Business and pursuant to the reasonable
requirements of the business of the Company or such Subsidiary or
Permitted Partnership; in each case (a) and (b), upon fair and
reasonable terms no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary
or Permitted Partnership than would obtain in a comparable
arm's-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate of the Company
or such Subsidiary or Permitted Partnership .
7.6 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall not, and shall not
suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership
to, use any portion of the Loan proceeds, directly or indirectly,
(i) to purchase or carry Margin Stock (other than shares of the
Company's common or preferred stock), (ii) to repay or otherwise
refinance indebtedness of the Company or others incurred to purchase
or carry Margin Stock (other than shares of the Company's common or
preferred stock), (iii) to extend credit for the purpose of purchasing
or carrying any Margin Stock, or (iv) to acquire any security in any
transaction that is subject to Section 13 or 14 of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934 or any regulations promulgated thereunder.
7.7 Contingent Obligations. The Company shall not, and
shall not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted
Partnership to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
Contingent Obligations except endorsements for collection or deposit
in the Ordinary Course of Business.
7.8 Creation of Subsidiaries. The Company shall not, and
shall not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted
Partnership to, (i) form any additional Subsidiaries other than
wholly-owned Subsidiaries, or (ii) enter into any additional
partnership, joint venture or similar business arrangement with any
Person except a Permitted Partnership whose assets, when combined with
the aggregate assets of all other Permitted Partnerships, do not
exceed twenty percent (20%) of the consolidated assets of the Company
and any Permitted Partnerships.
7.9 Compliance with ERISA. The Company shall not, and
shall not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) terminate
any Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA so as to result in any material
(in the opinion of the Administrative Agent) liability to the Company
or any ERISA Affiliate, (ii) permit to exist any ERISA Event, or any
other event or condition, which presents the risk of a material (in
the opinion of the Administrative Agent) liability to any member of
the Controlled Group, (iii) make a complete or partial withdrawal
(within the meaning of ERISA Section 4201) from any Multi-employer
Plan so as to result in any material (in the opinion of the
Administrative Agent) liability to the Company or any ERISA Affiliate,
(iv) enter into any new Plan or modify any existing Plan so as to
increase its obligations thereunder which could result in any material
(in the opinion of the Administrative Agent) liability to any member
of the Controlled Group, or (v) permit the present value of all
nonforfeitable accrued benefits under any Plan (using the actuarial
assumptions utilized by the PBGC upon termination of a Plan)
materially (in the opinion of the Administrative Agent) to exceed the
fair market value of Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all
determined as of the most recent valuation date for each such Plan.
7.10 Debt to Gross Assets Ratio. The Company shall not at
any time permit the ratio of (a) its total consolidated liabilities
(including as liabilities the aggregate amount of all then-outstanding
but undrawn Letters of Credit, all other Contingent Obligations of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, and all liabilities
(including all Contingent Obligations) of unconsolidated Permitted
Partnerships) to (b) its Gross Assets, to be greater than 0.55 at any
time.
7.11 Debt Service Coverage Ratio. The Company shall not
permit the ratio of (a) its Cash Flow to (b) its Covenant Debt Service
at any time to be less than 1.50 at any time.
7.12 Change in Business. The Company shall not, and shall
not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted
Partnership to, engage in any material line of business substantially
different from those lines of business carried on by it on the date
hereof.
7.13 Accounting Changes. The Company shall not, and shall
not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted
Partnership to, make any significant change in accounting treatment or
reporting practices, except as required by GAAP, or change the fiscal
year of the Company or of any of its consolidated Subsidiaries or any
Permitted Partnership.
7.14 Limitation on Dividends. The Company shall not,
during any fiscal quarter, declare or pay dividends to its
shareholders (including the holders of any of its preferred shares) in
an amount that would cause the aggregate amount of dividends paid to
such shareholders during such fiscal quarter and the three (3)
immediately preceding fiscal quarters to exceed ninety-five percent
(95%) of the Company's Funds From Operations during the four (4)
consecutive fiscal quarters immediately preceding the declaration date
of any such dividend; provided, however, that the Company may declare
or pay dividends to its shareholders (including the holders of any of
its preferred shares) in any fiscal quarter in an amount that exceeds
ninety-five percent (95%) of the Company's Funds From Operations
during the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the declaration date
of such dividend only to the extent necessary to preserve the
Company's status as a real estate investment trust for federal income
tax purposes; and provided further, however, that for the calendar
quarter in which any equity offering is completed and the next two (2)
consecutive calendar quarters, the Company may pay dividends to its
shareholders that exceed, in the aggregate, the foregoing limitations
so long as (i) the portion of such dividend payments that relate to
the Company's common and preferred shares issued and outstanding prior
to such equity offering satisfy the foregoing limitations, (ii) such
dividend payments on any new issue of common stock do not exceed the
rate at which the Company pays dividends on its other common stock and
(iii) such dividend payments on any new issue of preferred stock do
not exceed the minimum amount needed to pay the required dividend on
such preferred stock.
7.15 Development Activity. The Company shall not, and
shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership
to, engage in real estate development activity other than projects
involving at any time aggregate acquisition, development and
construction costs, determined on a GAAP basis before depreciation,
not to exceed at any time an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of
the consolidated assets of the Company and any Permitted Partnerships
at such time; provided, however, that no individual project shall
involve at any time aggregate acquisition, development and
construction costs, determined on a GAAP basis before depreciation, in
excess of five percent (5%) of the amount of the consolidated assets
of the Company and any Permitted Partnerships. For purposes of this
Section 7.15, real estate development activity begins when the
Company, any Subsidiary or any Permitted Partnership first incurs
costs relating to a project, and ends when (i) such project has
received a certificate of occupancy or equivalent approval for the
shell and core and (ii) more than eighty percent (80%) of the net
rentable area of such project is covered by signed leases with
third-party tenants having remaining terms of three (3) years or
longer.
7.16 Undeveloped Land. The Company will not, and will not
permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership to,
purchase undeveloped land, whether it is excess land adjacent to a
Parcel or otherwise, that (a) is not Entitled Land, or (b) is
encumbered by any Lien (other than a Lien for the benefit of (i) the
Banks to secure the Obligations if such undeveloped land is tied to an
Approved Parcel that is encumbered with a Mortgage, or (ii) the seller
of such undeveloped land to secure a nonrecourse obligation in an
amount not to exceed the purchase price of such undeveloped land), or
(c) causes the aggregate value of undeveloped land owned by the
Company, its Subsidiaries and the Permitted Partnerships, determined
on a GAAP basis, to exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the amount of the
consolidated assets of the Company and any Permitted Partnerships.
7.17 Tangible Net Worth. The Company shall not at any time
permit its Tangible Net Worth to be less than the sum of (a) Two
Hundred Ninety-four Million Four Hundred Sixty-two Thousand Dollars
($294,462,000.00) plus (b) seventy-five percent (75%) of the proceeds
of any equity offering of the Company (net of the reasonable expenses
of such equity offering) occurring after December 31, 1997.
8. Events of Default and Remedies.
8.1 Event of Default. Any of the following shall
constitute an Event of Default:
8.1.1 Non-Payment. The Company fails to pay,
(i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of
any Loan, or (ii) within twenty (20) days after the same shall become
due, any interest, fee or any other amount payable hereunder or
pursuant to any other Loan Document; or
8.1.2 Representation or Warranty. Any
representation or warranty by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or
any Permitted Partnership made or deemed made in this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, or which is contained in any certificate,
document or financial or other statement by the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries, any Permitted Partnership, or their respective
Responsible Officers, furnished at any time under this Agreement or in
or under any other Loan Document, shall prove to have been incorrect
in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made; or
8.1.3 Specific Defaults. The Company fails to
perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in
Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.6, 6.9, 7.10, 7.11 or 7.17; or
8.1.4 Other Defaults. The Company fails to perform
or observe any other term or covenant contained in this Agreement or
any other Loan Document, and such default shall continue unremedied
for a period of twenty (20) days after the earlier of (i) the date
upon which a Responsible Officer of the Company knew of such failure
or (ii) the date upon which written notice thereof is given to the
Company by the Administrative Agent; or
8.1.5 Cross-Default. The occurrence of an "Event of
Default" under and as defined in the Unsecured Loan Agreement; or
8.1.6 Insolvency; Voluntary Proceedings. The
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership
(i) ceases or fails to be Solvent, or generally fails to pay, or
admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due,
subject to applicable grace periods, if any, whether at stated
maturity or otherwise; (ii) voluntarily ceases to conduct its business
in the ordinary course; (iii) commences any Insolvency Proceeding with
respect to itself; or (iv) takes any action to effectuate or authorize
any of the foregoing; or
8.1.7 Insolvency; Involuntary Proceedings. (i) Any
involuntary Insolvency Proceeding is commenced or filed against the
Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Permitted Partnership,
or any writ, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar
process, is issued or levied against a substantial part of the
Company's or any of its Subsidiaries' or any Permitted Partnership's
Properties, and any such proceeding or petition shall not be
dismissed, or such writ, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or
similar process shall not be released, vacated or fully bonded within
sixty (60) days after commencement, filing or levy; (ii) the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership admits the
material allegations of a petition against it in any Insolvency
Proceeding, or an order for relief (or similar order under non-U.S.
law) is ordered in any Insolvency Proceeding; or (iii) the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership acquiesces in the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator,
liquidator, mortgagee in possession (or agent therefor), or other
similar Person for itself or a substantial portion of its Property or
business; or
8.1.8 ERISA Plans. The occurrence of any one or
more of the following events with respect to the Company, provided
such event or events could reasonably be expected, in the judgment of
the Administrative Agent, to subject the Company to any tax, penalty
or liability (or any combination of the foregoing) which, in the
aggregate, could have a material adverse effect on the financial
condition of the Company with respect to a Plan:
(a) A Reportable Event shall occur with respect
to a Plan which is, in the reasonable judgment of the
Administrative Agent likely to result in the termination of such
Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA; or
(b) Any Plan termination (or commencement of
proceedings to terminate a Plan) or the Company's full or
partial withdrawal from a Plan; or
8.1.9 Monetary Judgments. One or more final
(non-interlocutory) judgments, orders or decrees shall be entered
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted
Partnership involving in the aggregate a liability (not fully covered
by insurance) as to any single or related series of transactions,
incidents or conditions of $1,000,000 or more, and the same shall
remain unvacated and unstayed pending appeal for a period of sixty
(60) days after the entry thereof; or
8.1.10 Adverse Change. There shall occur, or be
reasonably likely to occur, a Material Adverse Effect that continues
unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of
(i) the date upon which a Responsible Officer of the Company knew or
should have known of such Material Adverse Effect or (ii) the date
upon which written notice thereof is given to the Company by the Bank;
or
8.1.11 Management Changes. The Chairman of the
Board or the chief executive officer of the Company resigns, is
terminated or otherwise ceases to act for any reason, and such officer
of the Company is not replaced with a person reasonably satisfactory
to the Majority Banks within six (6) months after he ceases to hold
such position.
8.1.12 Preferred Dividend Defaults. The Company
fails to pay in full any two (2) consecutive quarterly dividend
payments owing to holders of the Company's preferred shares.
8.1.13 Early Termination of a Specified Swap
Contract. There occurs under any Specified Swap Contract an Early
Termination Date (as defined in such Specified Swap Contract)
resulting from (i) any event of default under such Specified Swap
Contract as to which the Company is the Defaulting Party (as defined
in such Specified Swap Contract) or (ii) any Termination Event (as
defined in such Specified Swap Contract) as to which the Company is an
Affected Party (as defined in such Specified Swap Contract), the
occurrence of such Early Termination Date gives rise to a monetary
obligation owing from the Company to the Swap Provider under the
Specified Swap Contract, and the Company fails to pay such monetary
obligation within five (5) days of such Swap Provider's demand.
8.2 Remedies. If any Event of Default occurs, the
Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the
consent of, the Majority Banks:
8.2.1 Termination of Commitment to Lend. Declare
the commitment of each Bank to make Loans or the commitment of
BofA to issue Letters of Credit to be terminated, whereupon such
commitment shall forthwith be terminated; provided, however,
that the Administrative Agent and the Banks shall continue to
honor any outstanding Letter of Credit; and
8.2.2 Acceleration of Loans. 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 Company; and
8.2.3 Security for Letters of Credit. Require that
the Company deposit with the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Banks, on demand and as cash security for the
Company's obligations under the Loan Documents, an amount equal
to the aggregate undrawn amount of all then-outstanding Letters
of Credit (and the Company hereby grants to the Administrative
Agent, as administrative agent for the Banks, a security
interest in any such amount deposited with the Administrative
Agent (and any amount deposited with the Administrative Agent
pursuant to subsection 2.6.2(a)), all earnings thereon and all
proceeds thereof, and as to such amounts the Administrative
Agent shall have the rights and remedies of a secured party
under the California Uniform Commercial Code); provided that
upon the occurrence of any event specified in subsections 8.1.6
or 8.1.7 above (in the case of clause (i) of subsection 8.1.7
upon the expiration of the 60-day period mentioned therein) such
amounts shall automatically become due and payable without
further act of the Administrative Agent or the Banks; and
8.2.4 Exercise of Rights and Remedies. Exercise all
rights and remedies available to it under the Loan Documents or
applicable law; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of
any event specified in subsections 8.1.6 or 8.1.7 above (in the
case of clause (i) of subsection 8.1.7 upon the expiration of
the 60-day period mentioned therein), the obligation of each
Bank to make Loans and the obligation of BofA to issue Letters
of Credit shall automatically terminate, and the unpaid
principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and
other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and
payable without further act of the Administrative Agent or any
Bank. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of any Loan
Document, the Administrative Agent shall not incur any trustee
or other foreclosure fees or expenses for which it will seek
reimbursement from the Company under Section 10.4(b) until at
least five (5) Business Days after the occurrence of an Event of
Default under subsection 8.1.3; provided, however, that this
restriction shall not apply to any other Event of Default.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of applicable law, not
less than thirty (30) days shall elapse between the occurrence
of an Event of Default and the actual sale of any Property
securing the Loans, but the Administrative Agent may give any
notices, commence any actions, obtain the appointment of
receivers and other provisional remedies, sequester any rents,
issues and profits, or exercise any of its other rights or
remedies during such thirty (30) day period;
provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
under Section 8.1.12, the Administrative Agent may not exercise any of
its remedies under Sections 8.2.2, 8.2.3 or 8.2.4 until the earlier of
(i) the first date on which a notice of redemption is given with
respect to any or all of the Company's preferred shares and
(ii) ninety (90) days after the occurrence of such Event of Default,
unless the Company cures such Event of Default during such ninety (90)
day period.
8.3 Rights Not Exclusive. The rights provided for in this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not
exclusive of any other rights, powers, privileges or remedies provided
by law or in equity, or under any other instrument, document or
agreement now existing or hereafter arising.
8.4 Specified Swap Contract Remedies. Notwithstanding any
contrary provision of this Article 8 (other than Section 8.5), but
subject to the provisions of Section 8.5, each Swap Provider shall
have with respect to any Specified Swap Contract of such Swap Provider
the right, to the extent so provided in the applicable Specified Swap
Contract or any master agreement relating thereto, and after notice to
the Administrative Agent, but without the approval or consent of the
Administrative Agent or the other Banks, to (a) declare an event of
default, termination event or other similar event thereunder and to
create an Early Termination Date, and (b) to determine net termination
amounts in accordance with the terms of such Specified Swap Contract
and to set-off amounts between Specified Swap Contracts.
8.5 Subordination of Swap Obligations.
8.5.1 Each Swap Provider agrees that (a) any and all
present and future obligations or liabilities of the Company to a Swap
Provider under any Specified Swap Contract, whether fixed or
contingent, matured or unmatured, or liquidated or unliquidated,
including any net termination amounts payable to the Swap Provider
under any such Specified Swap Contract (collectively, the "Specified
Swap Obligations"), shall be at all times junior and subordinate to
the Obligations, including any claim for interest or expenses accruing
after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding by or against the
Company, and (b) all of the Specified Swap Obligations owing from the
Company to each Swap Provider shall have the same priority, and each
Swap Provider shall share equally and ratably (based on the relative
amounts of the Specified Swap Obligations owing from the Company to
each such Swap Provider) in any payment from the Company or in the
proceeds of any Collateral after all of the Obligations have been paid
or otherwise satisfied in full and the obligations of the Banks to
make Loans hereunder have been terminated.
8.5.2 Notwithstanding any contrary provision of any
Specified Swap Contract, upon the occurrence of any event of default,
a Termination Event or an Early Termination Date under a Specified
Swap Contract, the Swap Provider shall have no right to exercise any
of its rights or remedies against the Company under the Specified Swap
Contract, and the Swap Provider's sole rights and remedies against the
Company shall be limited to those of a "Bank" under the Loan
Documents, until all of the Collateral has been exhausted. In
particular, a Swap Provider shall have no right to commence or
prosecute any action against the Company under the Specified Swap
Contract, to realize upon any of the Collateral or to set off against
any deposit account of the Company with the Swap Provider. Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, any
payment by the Company to a Swap Provider pursuant to a Specified Swap
Contract, including any payment on any claim filed by such Swap
Provider in any Insolvency Proceeding commenced by or against the
Company, shall be considered to be a payment on account of the
Obligations that is subject to the provisions of Section 2.13, until
all of the Obligations have been paid or otherwise satisfied in full,
and shall thereafter be considered to be a payment on account of all
of the Specified Swap Obligations, and shall be shared by all of the
Swap Providers pursuant to this Section 8.5 in the manner set forth in
Section 2.13. Each Swap Provider agrees that the provisions of this
Section 8.5.2 relating to restrictions on the exercise of remedies
shall not apply to BofA acting in its capacity as Administrative Agent
for the Banks.
8.5.3 Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default,
including an Event of Default under Section 8.1.13, the proceeds of
any Collateral shall first be applied to the Obligations, until all of
the Obligations have been paid or otherwise satisfied in full, and
then to the Specified Swap Obligations, until all of the Specified
Swap Obligations have been paid or otherwise satisfied in full.
8.5.4 Each Swap Provider agrees that its issuance of
a Specified Swap Contract shall not alter any of its rights, duties or
liabilities, or the rights, duties or liabilities of the
Administrative Agent or any other Bank, under the Loan Documents, and
each Swap Provider agrees that the Administrative Agent's or any
Bank's exercise of any of its rights under the Loan Documents, with or
without the consent of such Swap Provider, shall not alter, waive or
otherwise prejudice the Administrative Agent's or any Bank's rights
with respect to such Swap Provider under this Section 8.5.
8.5.5 The provisions of this Section 8.5 shall
survive the full repayment or satisfaction of the Obligations, and
shall continue in force until all of the Specified Swap Obligations
owing from the Company to each Swap Provider have been paid or
otherwise satisfied in full.
9. The Administrative Agent.
9.1 Appointment and Authorization of the Administrative
Agent. Each Bank hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and
authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf
under the provisions of this Agreement, each other Loan Document and
the Environmental Indemnity, and to exercise such powers and perform
such duties, as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or the Environmental Indemnity,
together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto and as
further provided in the Co-Lender Agreement described below.
9.2 The Administrative Agent's Powers. Subject to the
limitations set forth in the Loan Documents, the Environmental
Indemnity and Co-Lender Agreement, the Administrative Agent's powers
include but are not limited to the power: (a) to administer, manage
and service the Loans; (b) to enforce the Loan Documents and/or the
Environmental Indemnity; (c) to make all decisions under the Loan
Documents or the Environmental Indemnity in connection with the day-
to-day administration of the Loans, any inspections required by the
Loan Documents or the Environmental Indemnity, and other routine
administration and servicing matters; (d) to collect and receive from
the Company or any third persons all payments of amounts due under the
terms of the Loan Documents and to distribute the amounts thereof to
the Banks; (e) to collect and distribute or disburse all other amounts
due under the Loan Documents or the Environmental Indemnity; (f) to
grant or withhold consents, approvals or waivers, and make any other
determinations in connection with the Loan Documents or the
Environmental Indemnity; and (g) to exercise all such powers as are
incidental to any of the foregoing matters. The Administrative Agent
shall furnish to the Banks copies of material documents, including
confidential ones, received from the Company regarding the Loans, the
Loan Documents, the Environmental Indemnity and the transactions
contemplated thereby. The Administrative Agent shall have no
responsibility with respect to the authenticity, validity, accuracy or
completeness of the information provided.
9.3 Limitation on the Administrative Agent's Duties.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of any Loan Document or the
Environmental Indemnity, the Administrative Agent shall not have any
duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in the
Loan Documents, the Environmental Indemnity or the Co-Lender
Agreement, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any fiduciary
relationship with any Bank, and no implied covenants,
responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read
into this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Environmental
Indemnity or the Co-Lender Agreement against the Administrative Agent.
9.4 Acknowledgment of Co-Lender Agreement. The Company
acknowledges that the Banks have executed a Co-Lender Agreement to
supplement the Loan Documents with respect to the relationship of the
Banks and the Administrative Agent among themselves in connection with
the Loans. The Co-Lender Agreement is not a Loan Document.
9.5 Co-Agents. None of the Banks identified on the face
page or the signature pages of this Agreement as a "Co-Agent" shall
have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty
under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents other than those
applicable to all Banks as such.
9.6 Successor Administrative Agent and Co-Agents. The
Administrative Agent or any Co-Agent may, and at the request of the
Majority Banks shall, resign as Administrative Agent or Co-Agent, as
the case may be, upon thirty (30) days' notice to the Banks. If the
Administrative Agent resigns under this Agreement, the Majority Banks
shall appoint from among the Banks a successor administrative agent.
If no successor administrative agent is appointed prior to the
effective date of the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the
Administrative Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Banks, a
successor administrative agent which would qualify as an Eligible
Assignee. If a Co-Agent resigns under this Agreement, the
Administrative Agent shall elect either (a) to assume the rights and
obligations, if any, of such Co-Agent, and thereupon all references to
such Co-Agent shall be deemed references to the Administrative Agent,
or (b) to appoint a successor Co-Agent from among the Banks. Upon its
acceptance of the appointment as successor administrative agent or
co-agent hereunder, as the case may be, such successor shall succeed
to all of the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Administrative
Agent or Co-Agent, as the case may be, the term "Administrative Agent"
or "Co-Agent", as the case may be, shall mean such successor, and the
appointment, powers and duties of such retiring Administrative Agent
or Co-Agent, as the case may be, shall terminate. After any retiring
Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent,
the provisions of this Agreement or the Environmental Indemnity
regarding payment of costs and expenses and indemnification of the
Administrative Agent shall inure to its benefit as to any actions that
such retiring Administrative Agent took or omitted to take while it
was Administrative Agent under this Agreement. If no successor
administrative agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent
by the date which is thirty (30) days following a retiring
Administrative Agent's notice of resignation, the retiring
Administrative Agent's resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become
effective, and the Banks shall perform all of the duties of the
Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the
Majority Banks appoint a successor administrative agent in the manner
set forth above. Upon replacement of the Administrative Agent as
provided in this Agreement, the former Administrative Agent shall
promptly deliver to the new Administrative Agent an assignment of all
beneficial interest in any Mortgage and any other Collateral Documents
(if before acquisition of title to the Collateral encumbered thereby),
or a quitclaim deed to and assignment of any such Property (if after
acquisition of the Collateral encumbered thereby) and copies of any
books, records and documents related to the Loans and the Collateral
to which the Banks are entitled and which is then in the former
Administrative Agent's possession.
10. Miscellaneous.
10.1 Amendments and Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent
with respect to any departure by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be in
writing and signed by the Administrative Agent at the written request
of the Majority Banks, and then such waiver shall be effective only in
the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given;
provided however, that no such amendment or waiver shall do any of the
following unless it is in writing and signed by the Administrative
Agent at the written request of all the Banks:
(a) Increase the Commitment of any Bank;
(b) Postpone or delay any date fixed by this
Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment of
principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Banks (or
any one of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document;
(c) Reduce the rate of interest or any fees or other
amounts payable in connection with the Loan;
(d) Change the voting percentage of the Commitments
or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans that is
required for the Banks, or any of them, to take any action
hereunder;
(e) Amend this or any provision requiring consent of
all Banks for action by the Banks or the Administrative Agent;
(f) Discharge the Company or any guarantor, or
release any of the Collateral, except as otherwise may be
provided in the Loan Documents or except where the consent of
only the Majority Banks is expressly required by any Loan
Document;
(g) Amend Section 7.10, Section 7.11, Section 7.15,
Section 7.16, Section 7.17 or Section 8 of the Loan Agreement,
or the definitions of the terms "Collateral Value" or "Cash Flow
Value" set forth in Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement.
10.2 Notices.
(a) All notices, requests and other communications
provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including, unless
the context expressly otherwise provides, facsimile
transmission) and mailed (by certified mail, postage prepaid,
return receipt requested), delivered or telecopied to the
address or number specified for notices on the applicable
signature page hereof, or to such other address as shall be
designated by such party in a written notice to the other
parties.
(b) All such notices and communications shall, when
transmitted by overnight delivery or telecopied by facsimile, be
effective when delivered for overnight delivery or transmitted
by telecopier, respectively, or if delivered, upon delivery,
except that notices pursuant to Article 2 shall not be effective
until actually received by the Administrative Agent. All
notices and communications telecopied by facsimile will also be
mailed by ordinary first class mail, postage prepaid. All such
notices and communications delivered by mail shall be effective
upon the earlier of (i) two (2) Business Days after deposit in
the United States mail, or (ii) actual receipt, as evidenced by
the return receipt.
(c) The Company acknowledges and agrees that any
agreement of the Administrative Agent at Article 2 herein to
receive certain notices by telephone and facsimile is solely for
the convenience and at the request of the Company. The
Administrative Agent and the Banks shall be entitled to rely on
the authority of any Person purporting to be a Person authorized
by the Company to give such notice, and the Administrative Agent
and the Banks shall not have any liability to the Company or any
other Person on account of any action taken or not taken by the
Administrative Agent or the Banks in reliance upon such
telephonic or facsimile notice. The obligation of the Company
to repay the Loans shall not be affected in any way or to any
extent by any failure by the Administrative Agent or the Banks
to receive written confirmation of any telephonic or facsimile
notice or the receipt by the Administrative Agent or the Banks
of a confirmation which is at variance with the terms understood
by the Administrative Agent or the Banks to be contained in the
telephonic or facsimile notice.
10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure on the
part of the Administrative Agent or any Bank in exercising, and no
delay in its exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege
hereunder 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.
10.4 Costs and Expenses. The Company shall, whether or not
the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated:
(a) pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent within
fifteen (15) Business Days after demand (subject to subsections
4.1.12 and 4.2.2) for all costs and expenses incurred by them in
connection with the development, preparation, delivery,
administration (other than normal overhead costs of
administering the Loans) and execution of, and any amendment,
supplement, waiver or modification to, this Agreement, any other
Loan Document and any other documents prepared in connection
herewith or therewith, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, including Attorney Costs
incurred by BofA (including in its capacity as the
Administrative Agent) with respect thereto;
(b) pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent within
fifteen (15) Business Days after demand (subject to subsections
4.1.12 and 4.2.2) for all costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the enforcement, attempted enforcement or
preservation of any rights or remedies (including in connection
with any workout or restructuring regarding the Loans) under
this Agreement, any other Loan Document, and any such other
documents, including Attorney Costs incurred by the
Administrative Agent; and
(c) pay or reimburse BofA (including in its capacity
as the Administrative Agent) within thirty (30) days after
demand (subject to subsections 4.1.12 and 4.2.2) for all
appraisal (including the allocated cost of internal appraisal
services), audit, environmental inspection and review (including
the allocated cost of such internal services), search and filing
costs, fees and expenses incurred or sustained by BofA
(including in its capacity as the Administrative Agent) in
connection with the matters referred to under paragraphs (a)
and (b) of this Section.
10.5 Indemnity. Whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be consummated, the Company shall pay,
indemnify, and hold the Agent-Related Persons, and each Bank and each
of their respective officers, directors, employees, counsel, agents
and attorneys-in-fact (each, an "Indemnified Person") harmless from
and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, charges, expenses or
disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature
whatsoever which may be incurred by or asserted against any such
Indemnified Person arising out of relating to the execution, delivery,
enforcement, performance or administration of this Agreement or any
other Loan Documents, or the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, and with respect to any investigation, litigation or
proceeding related to this Agreement or the Loans or the use of the
proceeds thereof, whether or not any Indemnified Person is a party
thereto (all the foregoing, collectively, the "Indemnified
Liabilities"); provided, that the Company shall have no obligation
hereunder to any Indemnified Person with respect to Indemnified
Liabilities arising solely from the negligence or willful misconduct
of such Indemnified Person. The obligations in this Section 10.5
shall survive payment or satisfaction of all other Obligations. At
the election of any Indemnified Person, the Company shall defend such
Indemnified Person using legal counsel satisfactory to such
Indemnified Person in such Person's sole discretion, at the sole cost
and expense of the Company. All amounts owing under this Section 10.5
shall be paid within thirty (30) days after demand.
10.6 Marshaling; Payments Set Aside. Neither the
Administrative Agent not the Banks shall be under any obligation to
marshal any assets in favor of the Company or any other Person,
including any Swap Provider, or against or in payment of any or all of
the Obligations. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or
payments to the Administrative Agent or the Banks, or the
Administrative Agent or the Banks enforce their Liens, and such
payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or any part
thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or
preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee,
receiver or any other party in connection with any Insolvency
Proceeding, or otherwise, then 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 enforcement had not occurred.
10.7 Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, except
that the Company may not assign or transfer any of its rights or
obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of
the Administrative Agent and each Bank.
10.8 Assignments, Participations, Confidentiality.
10.8.1 Assignments. Each Bank may at any time
assign and delegate to one or more Eligible Assignees (each, an
"Assignee") with the written consent of the Company, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld (provided that no written consent
of the Company shall be required (a) after the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default or (b) in connection with any
assignment and delegation to an Affiliate of such Bank), all of the
Loans, the Commitment and the other rights and obligations of such
Bank hereunder, under the other Loan Documents and under the
Environmental Indemnity; provided, however, that any Bank that is or
becomes a party to this Agreement from time to time shall at all times
retain an interest in the Loans, the Commitment and the other rights
and obligations of a Bank hereunder in an amount that bears the same
proportion to the interests of all Banks hereunder as such Bank
retains in the loans, commitments and other rights and obligations of
a bank under the Unsecured Loan Agreement; provided further, however,
that any Bank that is or becomes a party to this Agreement from time
to time shall at all times retain an interest in the Loans, the
Commitment and the other rights and obligations of a Bank hereunder in
an aggregate principal amount of not less than Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,000.00); and provided further, however, that any assignment
of a Bank's interest in the Loans, the Commitment and the other rights
and obligations of such Bank hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents shall be in the minimum amount of Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,000.00) and multiples of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00)
in excess thereof; and provided further, however, that the Company may
continue to deal solely and directly with the assignor Bank in
connection with the interest so assigned to an Assignee until (i)
written notice of such assignment, substantially in the form of
Schedule 1 to the attached Exhibit H, shall have been given to the
Company and the Administrative Agent by such Bank and the Assignee,
(ii) such Bank and its Assignee shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent and the Company an Assignment and Assumption
Agreement substantially in the form of the attached Exhibit H
("Assignment and Assumption Agreement") (together with any Note(s)
subject to such assignment), and (iii) the Assignee shall have paid to
the Administrative Agent a processing fee in the amount of $2,500. In
the event that the Company elects to permanently reduce the Maximum
Commitment Amount pursuant to Section 2.6, the minimum required hold
amounts and the minimum amount of any assignment of a Bank's interest
in the Loans, the Commitment and the other rights and obligations of
such Bank hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall be
reduced pro rata.
10.8.2 Effect of Assignment. From and after the
date on which the Administrative Agent notifies the assigning Bank
that all conditions and requirements of the assignment have been met,
then to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been
assigned (a) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and shall
have the rights and obligations of a Bank under the Loan Documents,
the Environmental Indemnity and the Co-Lender Agreement, (b) the
assigning Bank shall relinquish such assigned rights and be released
from such assigned obligations under the Loan Documents, (c) this
Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to the extent necessary to
reflect the addition of the Assignee and the resulting adjustment of
the Pro Rata Shares of the Loans arising therefrom, and (d) the Pro
Rata Share allocated to an Assignee shall reduce the Pro Rata Share of
the assigning Bank.
10.8.3 Participations. Subject to the limitations
set forth in Section 10.8.1, which apply equally to participations and
assignments, any Bank (the "originating Bank") may at any time sell to
one or more Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company (each, a
"Participant") participating interests in any Loans, the Commitment
and the other interests of such originating Bank hereunder and under
the other Loan Documents; provided, however, that (a) the originating
Bank's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged,
(b) the originating Bank shall remain solely responsible for the
performance of such obligations, (c) the Company and the
Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with
the originating Bank in connection with the originating Bank's rights
and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
(d) the Participant shall, together with the originating Bank, be
entitled to the non-exclusive protections of Sections 3.1 and 3.3 as
though it were also the originating Bank hereunder, and (e) no Bank
shall transfer or grant any participating interest under which the
Participant has rights to approve any amendment, consent or waiver
with respect to any Loan Document, except to the extent such
amendment, consent or waiver would require unanimous consent of the
Banks. A Participant shall not have any rights under the Loan
Documents or the Co-Lender Agreement, and all amounts payable by the
Company hereunder shall be determined as if the originating Bank had
not sold such participation.
10.8.4 Pledge to Federal Reserve Bank.
Notwithstanding any other provision, a Bank may pledge its interest in
the Commitment, in the Loans and under the Loan Documents in favor of
any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Federal law.
10.8.5 Confidentiality. Each Bank agrees to take
normal and reasonable precautions and exercise due care to maintain
the confidentiality of all non-public information provided to it by
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in connection with this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, and the Banks and any of its
Affiliates shall not use any such information for any purpose or in
any manner other than pursuant to the terms contemplated by this
Agreement, except to the extent such information (i) was or becomes
generally available to the public other than as a result of a
disclosure by such Bank, or (ii) was or becomes available on a
non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company (provided
that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the
Company known to such Bank); provided, however, that such Bank may
disclose such information (A) at the request or pursuant to any
requirement of any Governmental Authority to which such Bank is
subject or in connection with an examination of such Bank by any such
authority; (B) pursuant to subpoena or other court process; (C) when
required to do so in accordance with the provisions of any applicable
Requirement of Law; and (D) to such Bank's independent auditors and
other professional advisors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company authorizes each Bank to disclose to any Participant or
Assignee (each, a "Transferee"), and to any prospective Transferee,
such financial and other information in such Bank's possession
concerning the Company or its Subsidiaries which has been delivered to
such Bank pursuant to this Agreement or which has been delivered to
such Bank by the Company in connection with the Bank's credit
evaluation of the Company prior to entering into this Agreement;
provided that, unless otherwise agreed by the Company, such Transferee
agrees in writing with such Bank to keep such information confidential
to the same extent required of such Bank hereunder.
10.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one
or more of the parties to this Agreement in any number of separate
counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an
original, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed
to constitute but one and the same instrument.
10.10 Severability. The illegality or
unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement or any instrument
or agreement required hereunder shall not in any way affect or impair
the legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this
Agreement or any instrument or agreement required hereunder.
10.11 No Third Parties Benefited. This Agreement is
made and entered into for the sole protection and legal benefit of the
Company, the Banks, the Administrative Agent and the Agent-Related
Persons, and their permitted successors and assigns, and no other
Person (other than an Indemnified Person under Section 10.5) shall be
a direct or indirect legal beneficiary of, or have any direct or
indirect cause of action or claim in connection with, this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall
have no obligation to any Person not a party to this Agreement or
other Loan Documents.
10.12 Time. Time is of the essence as to each term or
provision of this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents.
10.13 Governing Law. This Agreement and the Revolving
Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws
of the State of California (without regard to conflicts of law rules);
provided that the Administrative Agent and the Banks shall retain all
rights arising under federal law.
10.14 Arbitration; Reference.
(a) Mandatory Arbitration. Any controversy or claim
between or among the parties, including but not limited to those
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any agreements
or instruments relating hereto or delivered in connection
herewith and any claim based on or arising from an alleged tort,
shall at the request of any party be determined by arbitration.
The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the United
States Arbitration Act (Title 9, U.S. Code), notwithstanding any
choice of law provision in this Agreement, and under the
Commercial Rules of the American Arbitration Association
("AAA"). The arbitrator(s) shall give effect to statutes of
limitation in determining any claim. Any controversy concerning
whether an issue is arbitrable shall be determined by the
arbitrator(s). Judgment upon the arbitration award may be
entered in any court having jurisdiction. The institution and
maintenance of an action for judicial relief or pursuit of a
provisional or ancillary remedy shall not constitute a waiver of
the right of any party, including the plaintiff, to submit the
controversy or claim to arbitration if any other party contests
such action for judicial relief.
(b) Real Property Collateral. Notwithstanding the
provisions of subparagraph 10.14(a), no controversy or claim
shall be submitted to arbitration without the consent of all
parties if, at the time of the proposed submission, such
controversy or claim arises from or relates to an obligation to
the Banks which is secured by real property collateral. If all
parties do not consent to submission of such a controversy or
claim to arbitration, the controversy or claim shall be
determined as provided in subparagraph 10.14(c).
(c) Judicial Reference. At the request of any
party, a controversy or claim which is not submitted to
arbitration as provided and limited in subparagraphs 10.14(a)
and 10.14(b) shall be determined by a reference in accordance
with California Code of Civil Procedure Section 638 et seq. If
such an election is made, the parties shall designate to the
court a referee or referees selected under the auspices of
the AAA in the same manner as arbitrators are selected
in AAA-sponsored proceedings. The presiding referee of the
panel, or the referee if there is a single referee, shall be an
active attorney or retired judge. Judgment upon the award
rendered by such referee or referees shall be entered in the
court in which such proceeding was commenced in accordance with
California Code of Civil Procedure Sections 644 and 645.
(d) Provisional Remedies, Self-Help and Foreclosure.
No provision of this Section 10.14 shall limit the right of any
party to this Agreement to exercise self-help remedies such as
set-off, foreclosure against or sale of any real or personal
property collateral or security, or obtaining provisional or
ancillary remedies from a court of competent jurisdiction
before, after or during the pendency of any arbitration or other
proceeding. The exercise of a remedy does not waive the right
of either party to resort to arbitration or reference. At
Bank's option, foreclosure under a deed of trust or mortgage may
be accomplished either by exercise of a power of sale under the
deed of trust or mortgage or by judicial foreclosure.
10.15 Notice of Claims; Claims Bar. THE COMPANY
HEREBY AGREES THAT IT SHALL GIVE PROMPT WRITTEN NOTICE OF ANY CLAIM OR
CAUSE OF ACTION IT BELIEVES IT HAS, OR MAY SEEK TO ASSERT OR ALLEGE,
AGAINST THE BANK, WHETHER SUCH CLAIM IS BASED IN LAW OR EQUITY,
ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS, OR TO THE LOANS (OR THE COLLATERAL THEREFOR), OR ANY ACT OR
OMISSION TO ACT BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY BANK WITH RESPECT
HERETO OR THERETO, AND THAT IF IT SHALL FAIL TO GIVE SUCH PROMPT
NOTICE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR SUCH BANK WITH REGARD TO ANY
SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION, IT SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE WAIVED, AND
SHALL BE FOREVER BARRED FROM BRINGING OR ASSERTING, SUCH CLAIM OR
CAUSE OF ACTION IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY COURT OR
BEFORE ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
10.16 Entire Agreement; Amendment and Restatement.
This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, embodies the
entire Agreement and understanding among the Company, on the one hand,
and the Administrative Agent and the Banks, on the other, and
supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements and understandings
of such Persons, verbal or written, relating to the subject matter
hereof and thereof, except for any prior arrangements made with
respect to the payment by the Company of (or any indemnification for)
any fees, costs or expenses payable to or incurred (or to be incurred)
by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent or any of the Banks. This
Agreement amends, restates and supersedes in its entirety the Existing
Credit Agreement; provided, however, that any LIBOR Rate Loan (as
defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) that remains outstanding on
and after the Closing Date shall continue to be a valid LIBOR Rate
Loan governed by the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement .
10.17 Interpretation. This Agreement is the result of
negotiations between, and has been reviewed by counsel to, the Company
and the Administrative Agent, and is the product of all parties
hereto. Accordingly, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
shall not be construed against the Administrative Agent or the Banks
merely because of their involvement in the preparation of such
documents and agreements.
10.18 Existing Approved Parcels. The Administrative
Agent and each Bank acknowledges that, as of the date of this
Agreement, each of the Parcels identified on Exhibit F is an Approved
Parcel having the Appraised Value set forth therein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly
authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
"Company"
BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
By /s/ Peter B. Bedford
Peter B. Bedford
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
Notice Address:
270 Lafayette Circle
Lafayette, California 94549
Attention: Peter B. Bedford
Telephone No.: (510) 283-8910
Telecopier No.: (510) 283-5697
"Administrative Agent"
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST
AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent
By /s/ Mark Gregor-Pearse
Mark Gregor-Pearse, Vice President
[Printed Name and Title]
Notice Address:
50 California Street, 11th Floor
San Francisco, California 94111
Attention: Mark Gregor-Pearse
Telephone No.: (415) 445-4150
Telecopier No.: (415) 445-4154
"Banks"
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST
AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION
By /s/ Mark Gregor-Pearse
Mark Gregor-Pearse, Vice President
[Printed Name and Title]
Commitment: $75,000,000
Lending Office/Notice Address:
50 California Street, 11th Floor
San Francisco, California 94111
Attention: Mark Gregor-Pearse
Telephone No.: (415) 445-4150
Telecopier No.: (415) 445-4154
SANWA BANK CALIFORNIA,
a California corporation
By /s/ Pamela DuChesne
Pamela DuChesne
Vice President
Commitment: $25,000,000
Lending Office/Notice Address:
4041 MacArthur Boulevard
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Attention: Pamela DuChesne
Telephone No.: (714) 622-6021
Telecopier No.: (714) 852-1510
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
By /s/ Michael A. Parisi
Michael A. Parisi
Corporate Banking Officer
Commitment: $35,000,000
Lending Office/Notice Address:
One First National Plaza, Suite 0315
Chicago, Illinois 60670
Attention: Michael A. Parisi
Telephone No.: (312) 732-5067
Telecopier No.: (312) 732-1117
UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
By /s/ David B. Murphy
David B. Murphy
Vice President
Commitment: $40,000,000
Lending Office/Notice Address:
Union Bank of California, N.A.
350 California Street, 7th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
Attention: David B. Murphy
Telephone No.: (415) 705-7329
Telecopier No.: (415) 433-7438
Lending Office/Notice Address:
_________________________
_________________________
_________________________
Attention: ______________
Telephone No.: ____________
Telecopier No.: ____________
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CONSENT OF THIRD-PARTY TRUSTORS
Each of the undersigned consents to the foregoing Fourth
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
Dated as of June 15, 1998
ICMPI (CONCORD DIABLO 3), INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By /s/Peter B. Bedford
Peter B. Bedford
Chief Executive Officer
ICMPI (CONCORD DIABLO 8), INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By /s/Peter B. Bedford
Peter B. Bedford
Chief Executive Officer
ICMPI (CONCORD MASON 18), INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By /s/Peter B. Bedford
Peter B. Bedford
Chief Executive Officer
ICMPI (LENEXA), INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By /s/Peter B. Bedford
Peter B. Bedford
Chief Executive Officer
<PAGE>
REVOLVING NOTE
(Secured)
$75,000,000.00 San Francisco, California
June 15, 1998
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC., a
Maryland corporation (the "Company"), promises to pay to the order of
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (the "Bank"),
at the offices of Bank of America National Trust and Savings
Association, Administrative Agent for the Bank, at 50 California
Street, 11th Floor (Commercial Real Estate Services, Western REIT
Division, San Francisco Region 9105), San Francisco, California 94111,
or at such other place as the Bank may designate from time to time,
the sum of Seventy-five Million Dollars and No Cents ($75,000,000.00),
or the aggregate unpaid principal amount outstanding hereunder,
whichever may be the lesser, in immediately available funds and lawful
money of the United States of America.
Interest shall accrue on amounts outstanding hereunder in
accordance with that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of June 15, 1998 (the "Agreement") among the
Company, the Banks party thereto and Bank of America National Trust
and Savings Association, as Administrative Agent for the Banks.
(Capitalized term used in this Revolving Note and not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.) Pursuant
thereto, interest shall accrue on amounts outstanding hereunder from
time to time: (a) at a fluctuating per annum rate equal to the
Reference Rate; or (b) at the Company's option, subject to the terms
of the Agreement, at a per annum rate equal to the LIBOR Rate plus the
Applicable Margin. A change in the interest rate for Reference Rate
Loans shall take effect on the day specified in the public
announcement of the change in the Reference Rate. Interest shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed.
Interest shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of
the Agreement.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.8 of the Agreement,
all unpaid principal and interest outstanding hereunder shall be due
and payable on June 1, 2001; provided that prepayments of principal
shall be made as provided in the Agreement.
This Revolving Note is one of the Revolving Notes referred
to in the Agreement, and is issued in conjunction with, and is
entitled to all of the rights, benefits and privileges provided in,
the Agreement, as now existing or as the same may from time to time be
supplemented, modified or amended. The Agreement, among other things,
provides that amounts outstanding hereunder from time to time may be
repaid pursuant to the Agreement and reborrowed from time to time
pursuant to the Agreement, and contains provisions for acceleration of
the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events.
The Bank may endorse on the schedule annexed to this
Revolving Note the date, amount and maturity of each Loan that it
makes pursuant to the Agreement, the purpose of the Loan, the amount
of each payment of principal that the Company makes with respect
thereto and the source of the funds from which each principal payment
is made. The Company irrevocably authorizes the Bank to endorse this
Revolving Note, and the Bank's record shall be conclusive absent
manifest error; provided, however, that the Bank's failure to make, or
its error in making, a notation on the attached schedule with respect
to any Loan shall not limit or otherwise affect the Company's
obligations to the Bank hereunder or under the Agreement.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in any Collateral
Document, this Revolving Note is secured by (1) each of the Mortgages
executed from time to time pursuant to the Agreement and covering an
Approved Parcel and (2) each of the Assignments of Leases and other
Collateral Documents executed from time to time pursuant to the
Agreement.
The Company waives presentment, demand, protest, notice of
protest, notice of nonpayment or dishonor and all other notices in
connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or
enforcement of this Revolving Note. Time is of the essence hereof.
This Revolving Note has been executed by the undersigned in
the State of California, and shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of California.
BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
By /s/ Peter B. Bedford
Peter B. Bedford
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
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REVOLVING NOTE
(Secured)
$25,000,000.00 San Francisco, California
June 15, 1998
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC., a
Maryland corporation (the "Company"), promises to pay to the order of
SANWA BANK CALIFORNIA (the "Bank"), at the offices of Bank of America
National Trust and Savings Association, Administrative Agent for the
Bank, at 50 California Street, 11th Floor (Commercial Real Estate
Services, Western REIT Division, San Francisco Region 9105),
San Francisco, California 94111, or at such other place as the Bank
may designate from time to time, the sum of Twenty-five Million
Dollars and No Cents ($25,000,000.00), or the aggregate unpaid
principal amount outstanding hereunder, whichever may be the lesser,
in immediately available funds and lawful money of the United States
of America.
Interest shall accrue on amounts outstanding hereunder in
accordance with that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of June 15, 1998 (the "Agreement") among the
Company, the Banks party thereto and Bank of America National Trust
and Savings Association, as Administrative Agent for the Banks.
(Capitalized term used in this Revolving Note and not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.) Pursuant
thereto, interest shall accrue on amounts outstanding hereunder from
time to time: (a) at a fluctuating per annum rate equal to the
Reference Rate; or (b) at the Company's option, subject to the terms
of the Agreement, at a per annum rate equal to the LIBOR Rate plus the
Applicable Margin. A change in the interest rate for Reference Rate
Loans shall take effect on the day specified in the public
announcement of the change in the Reference Rate. Interest shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed.
Interest shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of
the Agreement.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.8 of the Agreement,
all unpaid principal and interest outstanding hereunder shall be due
and payable on June 1, 2001; provided that prepayments of principal
shall be made as provided in the Agreement.
This Revolving Note is one of the Revolving Notes referred
to in the Agreement, and is issued in conjunction with, and is
entitled to all of the rights, benefits and privileges provided in,
the Agreement, as now existing or as the same may from time to time be
supplemented, modified or amended. The Agreement, among other things,
provides that amounts outstanding hereunder from time to time may be
repaid pursuant to the Agreement and reborrowed from time to time
pursuant to the Agreement, and contains provisions for acceleration of
the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events.
The Bank may endorse on the schedule annexed to this
Revolving Note the date, amount and maturity of each Loan that it
makes pursuant to the Agreement, the purpose of the Loan, the amount
of each payment of principal that the Company makes with respect
thereto and the source of the funds from which each principal payment
is made. The Company irrevocably authorizes the Bank to endorse this
Revolving Note, and the Bank's record shall be conclusive absent
manifest error; provided, however, that the Bank's failure to make, or
its error in making, a notation on the attached schedule with respect
to any Loan shall not limit or otherwise affect the Company's
obligations to the Bank hereunder or under the Agreement.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in any Collateral
Document, this Revolving Note is secured by (1) each of the Mortgages
executed from time to time pursuant to the Agreement and covering an
Approved Parcel and (2) each of the Assignments of Leases and other
Collateral Documents executed from time to time pursuant to the
Agreement.
The Company waives presentment, demand, protest, notice of
protest, notice of nonpayment or dishonor and all other notices in
connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or
enforcement of this Revolving Note. Time is of the essence hereof.
This Revolving Note has been executed by the undersigned in
the State of California, and shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of California.
BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
By /s/ Peter B. Bedford
Peter B. Bedford
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
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REVOLVING NOTE
(Secured)
$35,000,000.00 San Francisco, California
June 15, 1998
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC., a
Maryland corporation (the "Company"), promises to pay to the order of
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO (the "Bank"), at the offices of
Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, Administrative
Agent for the Bank, at 50 California Street, 11th Floor (Commercial
Real Estate Services, Western REIT Division, San Francisco Region
9105), San Francisco, California 94111, or at such other place as the
Bank may designate from time to time, the sum of Thirty-five Million
Dollars and No Cents ($35,000,000.00), or the aggregate unpaid
principal amount outstanding hereunder, whichever may be the lesser,
in immediately available funds and lawful money of the United States
of America.
Interest shall accrue on amounts outstanding hereunder in
accordance with that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of June 15, 1998 (the "Agreement") among the
Company, the Banks party thereto and Bank of America National Trust
and Savings Association, as Administrative Agent for the Banks.
(Capitalized term used in this Revolving Note and not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.) Pursuant
thereto, interest shall accrue on amounts outstanding hereunder from
time to time: (a) at a fluctuating per annum rate equal to the
Reference Rate; or (b) at the Company's option, subject to the terms
of the Agreement, at a per annum rate equal to the LIBOR Rate plus the
Applicable Margin. A change in the interest rate for Reference Rate
Loans shall take effect on the day specified in the public
announcement of the change in the Reference Rate. Interest shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed.
Interest shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of
the Agreement.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.8 of the Agreement,
all unpaid principal and interest outstanding hereunder shall be due
and payable on June 1, 2001; provided that prepayments of principal
shall be made as provided in the Agreement.
This Revolving Note is one of the Revolving Notes referred
to in the Agreement, and is issued in conjunction with, and is
entitled to all of the rights, benefits and privileges provided in,
the Agreement, as now existing or as the same may from time to time be
supplemented, modified or amended. The Agreement, among other things,
provides that amounts outstanding hereunder from time to time may be
repaid pursuant to the Agreement and reborrowed from time to time
pursuant to the Agreement, and contains provisions for acceleration of
the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events.
The Bank may endorse on the schedule annexed to this
Revolving Note the date, amount and maturity of each Loan that it
makes pursuant to the Agreement, the purpose of the Loan, the amount
of each payment of principal that the Company makes with respect
thereto and the source of the funds from which each principal payment
is made. The Company irrevocably authorizes the Bank to endorse this
Revolving Note, and the Bank's record shall be conclusive absent
manifest error; provided, however, that the Bank's failure to make, or
its error in making, a notation on the attached schedule with respect
to any Loan shall not limit or otherwise affect the Company's
obligations to the Bank hereunder or under the Agreement.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in any Collateral
Document, this Revolving Note is secured by (1) each of the Mortgages
executed from time to time pursuant to the Agreement and covering an
Approved Parcel and (2) each of the Assignments of Leases and other
Collateral Documents executed from time to time pursuant to the
Agreement.
The Company waives presentment, demand, protest, notice of
protest, notice of nonpayment or dishonor and all other notices in
connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or
enforcement of this Revolving Note. Time is of the essence hereof.
This Revolving Note has been executed by the undersigned in
the State of California, and shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of California.
BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
By /s/ Peter B. Bedford
Peter B. Bedford
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
<PAGE>
REVOLVING NOTE
(Secured)
$40,000,000.00 San Francisco, California
June 15, 1998
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC., a
Maryland corporation (the "Company"), promises to pay to the order of
UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N. A. (the "Bank"), at the offices of Bank
of America National Trust and Savings Association, Administrative
Agent for the Bank, at 50 California Street, 11th Floor (Commercial
Real Estate Services, Western REIT Division, San Francisco Region
9105), San Francisco, California 94111, or at such other place as the
Bank may designate from time to time, the sum of Forty Million Dollars
and No Cents ($40,000,000.00), or the aggregate unpaid principal
amount outstanding hereunder, whichever may be the lesser, in
immediately available funds and lawful money of the United States of
America.
Interest shall accrue on amounts outstanding hereunder in
accordance with that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of June 15, 1998 (the "Agreement") among the
Company, the Banks party thereto and Bank of America National Trust
and Savings Association, as Administrative Agent for the Banks.
(Capitalized term used in this Revolving Note and not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.) Pursuant
thereto, interest shall accrue on amounts outstanding hereunder from
time to time: (a) at a fluctuating per annum rate equal to the
Reference Rate; or (b) at the Company's option, subject to the terms
of the Agreement, at a per annum rate equal to the LIBOR Rate plus the
Applicable Margin. A change in the interest rate for Reference Rate
Loans shall take effect on the day specified in the public
announcement of the change in the Reference Rate. Interest shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed.
Interest shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of
the Agreement.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.8 of the Agreement,
all unpaid principal and interest outstanding hereunder shall be due
and payable on June 1, 2001; provided that prepayments of principal
shall be made as provided in the Agreement.
This Revolving Note is one of the Revolving Notes referred
to in the Agreement, and is issued in conjunction with, and is
entitled to all of the rights, benefits and privileges provided in,
the Agreement, as now existing or as the same may from time to time be
supplemented, modified or amended. The Agreement, among other things,
provides that amounts outstanding hereunder from time to time may be
repaid pursuant to the Agreement and reborrowed from time to time
pursuant to the Agreement, and contains provisions for acceleration of
the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events.
The Bank may endorse on the schedule annexed to this
Revolving Note the date, amount and maturity of each Loan that it
makes pursuant to the Agreement, the purpose of the Loan, the amount
of each payment of principal that the Company makes with respect
thereto and the source of the funds from which each principal payment
is made. The Company irrevocably authorizes the Bank to endorse this
Revolving Note, and the Bank's record shall be conclusive absent
manifest error; provided, however, that the Bank's failure to make, or
its error in making, a notation on the attached schedule with respect
to any Loan shall not limit or otherwise affect the Company's
obligations to the Bank hereunder or under the Agreement.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in any Collateral
Document, this Revolving Note is secured by (1) each of the Mortgages
executed from time to time pursuant to the Agreement and covering an
Approved Parcel and (2) each of the Assignments of Leases and other
Collateral Documents executed from time to time pursuant to the
Agreement.
The Company waives presentment, demand, protest, notice of
protest, notice of nonpayment or dishonor and all other notices in
connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or
enforcement of this Revolving Note. Time is of the essence hereof.
This Revolving Note has been executed by the undersigned in
the State of California, and shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of California.
BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
By /s/ Peter B. Bedford
Peter B. Bedford
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
<PAGE>
REVOLVING NOTE
(Secured--Swing Line)
$25,000,000.00 San Francisco, California
June 15, 1998
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC., a
Maryland corporation (the "Company"), promises to pay to the order of
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (the "Bank"),
at the offices of Bank of America National Trust and Savings
Association, Administrative Agent for the Bank, at 50 California
Street, 11th Floor (Commercial Real Estate Services, Western REIT
Division, San Francisco Region 9105), San Francisco, California 94111,
or at such other place as the Bank may designate from time to time,
the sum of Twenty-five Million Dollars and No Cents ($25,000,000.00),
or the aggregate unpaid principal amount outstanding hereunder,
whichever may be the lesser, in immediately available funds and lawful
money of the United States of America.
Interest shall accrue on amounts outstanding hereunder in
accordance with that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of June 15, 1998 (the "Agreement") among the
Company, the Banks party thereto and Bank of America National Trust
and Savings Association, as Administrative Agent for the Banks.
(Capitalized term used in this Revolving Note and not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.) Pursuant
thereto, interest shall accrue on amounts outstanding hereunder from
time to time: (a) at a fluctuating per annum rate equal to the
Reference Rate; or (b) at the Company's option, subject to the terms
of the Agreement, at a per annum rate equal to the LIBOR Rate plus the
Applicable Margin. A change in the interest rate for Reference Rate
Loans shall take effect on the day specified in the public
announcement of the change in the Reference Rate. Interest shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed.
Interest shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of
the Agreement.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.8 of the Agreement,
all unpaid principal and interest outstanding hereunder shall be due
and payable on June 1, 2001; provided that prepayments of principal
shall be made as provided in the Agreement.
This Revolving Note is one of the Revolving Notes referred
to in the Agreement, and is issued in conjunction with, and is
entitled to all of the rights, benefits and privileges provided in,
the Agreement, as now existing or as the same may from time to time be
supplemented, modified or amended. The Agreement, among other things,
provides that amounts outstanding hereunder from time to time may be
repaid pursuant to the Agreement and reborrowed from time to time
pursuant to the Agreement, and contains provisions for acceleration of
the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events.
The Bank may endorse on the schedule annexed to this
Revolving Note the date, amount and maturity of each Loan that it
makes pursuant to the Agreement, the purpose of the Loan, the amount
of each payment of principal that the Company makes with respect
thereto and the source of the funds from which each principal payment
is made. The Company irrevocably authorizes the Bank to endorse this
Revolving Note, and the Bank's record shall be conclusive absent
manifest error; provided, however, that the Bank's failure to make, or
its error in making, a notation on the attached schedule with respect
to any Loan shall not limit or otherwise affect the Company's
obligations to the Bank hereunder or under the Agreement.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in any Collateral
Document, this Revolving Note is secured by (1) each of the Mortgages
executed from time to time pursuant to the Agreement and covering an
Approved Parcel and (2) each of the Assignments of Leases and other
Collateral Documents executed from time to time pursuant to the
Agreement.
The Company waives presentment, demand, protest, notice of
protest, notice of nonpayment or dishonor and all other notices in
connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or
enforcement of this Revolving Note. Time is of the essence hereof.
This Revolving Note has been executed by the undersigned in
the State of California, and shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of California.
BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
By /s/ Peter B. Bedford
Peter B. Bedford
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT 10.18
AMENDED AND RESTATED UNSECURED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED UNSECURED CREDIT AGREEMENT is
entered into as of June 15, 1998, among BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS,
INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL
TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, a national banking association ("BofA")
and the several additional financial institutions from time to time
party to this Agreement (collectively, the "Banks"; individually a
"Bank"), BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as
arranger and as administrative agent for the Banks, and UNION BANK OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
as Co-Agent for the Banks.
Factual Background
WHEREAS, the Banks have previously made available to the
Company an unsecured revolving credit facility upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in that certain Unsecured Credit
Agreement dated as of June 13, 1997, among the Company, the banks
party thereto and BofA, as agent for such banks, as amended by that
certain First Modification Agreement to Unsecured Credit Agreement
dated as of August 20, 1997, among the Company, the banks party
thereto and BofA, as agent for such banks (as amended, the "Existing
Credit Agreement").
WHEREAS, under the Existing Credit Agreement, the Banks
party thereto agreed to make available to the Company an unsecured
revolving line of credit in the maximum principal amount of
$25,000,000, with BofA having a pro rata share of 42.857144%,
representing a maximum commitment of $10,714,286.00; Sanwa Bank
California having a pro rata share of 14.285714%, representing a
maximum commitment of $3,571,428.50; The First National Bank of
Chicago having a pro rata share of 14.285714%, representing a maximum
commitment of $3,571,428.50; Union Bank of California, N.A. having a
pro rata share of 17.142857%, representing a maximum commitment of
$4,285,714.25; and KeyBank National Association having a pro rata
share of 11.428571%, representing a maximum commitment of
$2,857,142.75;
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Banks modify the
terms of the unsecured revolving credit facility made available to the
Company pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement to, among other
things, increase the maximum principal amount of the unsecured
revolving line of credit available to the Company from $25,000,000 to
$50,000,000, and extend the maturity date thereof; and
WHEREAS, following modification of the unsecured revolving
credit facility made available to the Company pursuant to the Existing
Credit Agreement, KeyBank National Association will no longer be a
party to the unsecured revolving credit facility; and
WHEREAS, the remaining Banks have agreed to make available
to the Company an amended unsecured revolving line of credit upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, which
amends and restates in full the Existing Credit Agreement, with the
pro rata shares of the remaining Banks adjusted so that BofA has a pro
rata share of 42.857143%, representing a maximum commitment of
$21,428,571.50; Sanwa Bank California has a pro rata share of
14.285714%, representing a maximum commitment of $7,142,857.00; The
First National Bank of Chicago has a pro rata share of 20.000000%,
representing a maximum commitment of $10,000,000.00; and Union Bank of
California, N.A. has a pro rata share of 22.857143%, representing a
maximum commitment of $11,428,571.50.
Agreement
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements,
provisions and covenants contained herein, the parties agree as
follows:
1. Definitions.
1.1 Defined Terms. In addition to the terms defined
elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms have the following
meanings:
"Acquisition Borrowing" means a Borrowing used or to be used
to acquire improved real property that, upon its acquisition, will
satisfy all of the conditions set forth in Section 4.1 so as to become
an Approved Unencumbered Parcel.
"Acquisition Cost" means, with respect to any Approved
Unencumbered Parcel, the aggregate cost to the Company of such
Approved Unencumbered Parcel (including all acquisition expenses
capitalized into the cost of such Approved Unencumbered Parcel in
accordance with GAAP) recorded in the Company's financial records as
of the acquisition date for such Approved Unencumbered Parcel.
"Administrative Agent" means BofA in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Banks hereunder, and any successor
administrative agent designated under Section 9.5.
"Affiliate" means, as to any Person, any other Person which,
directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is
under common control with, such Person. A Person shall be deemed to
control another Person if the controlling Person possesses, directly
or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of the other Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. In no event
shall any of the Banks be deemed an "Affiliate" of the Company or of
any Subsidiary of the Company.
"Agent-Related Persons" means BofA and any successor
administrative agent designated under Section 9.5, together with their
respective Affiliates and the officers, directors, employees and
agents of such Persons.
"Agent's Payment Office" means the address for payments set
forth herein for the Administrative Agent, or such other address as
the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify.
"Agreement" means this Amended and Restated Unsecured Credit
Agreement, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.
"Applicable Margin" means (a) with respect to Reference Rate
Loans, zero (0) basis points; and (b) with respect to LIBOR Rate
Loans, 150 basis points.
"Approved Unencumbered Parcel" means a Parcel satisfying all
of the conditions set forth in Section 4.1.
"Assignee" has the meaning specified in subsection 10.8.1.
"Attorney Costs" means and includes all reasonable fees and
disbursements of any law firm or other external legal counsel, the
allocated cost of internal legal services and all disbursements of
internal counsel.
"Availability" means, at any time, the difference between
(a) the Maximum Commitment Amount at such time and (b) aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Loans at such time.
"Bank" has the meaning specified in the introductory
sentence of this Agreement; BofA in its capacity as a lender hereunder
is one of the Banks.
"Bankruptcy Code" means the Federal Bankruptcy Reform Act
of 1978, as amended from time to time (11 U.S.C. 101, et seq.).
"BofA" means Bank of America National Trust and Savings
Association, a national banking association.
"Borrowing" means a borrowing hereunder consisting of Loans
of the same Type made to the Company on the same day by the Banks
under Article 2 and, other than in the case of Reference Rate Loans,
having the same Interest Period, but does not include (a) a conversion
of Loans of one Type to another Type or (b) a continuation of a Loan
as a Loan of the same Type, but with a new Interest Period. A
Borrowing may be an Acquisition Borrowing or a Working Capital
Borrowing.
"Borrowing Notice" means a notice substantially in the form
of Exhibit A given by the Company to the Administrative Agent pursuant
to Section 2.4.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday
or other day on which commercial banks in San Francisco, California,
are authorized or required by law to close and, if the applicable
Business Day relates to any LIBOR Rate Loan, means such a day on which
dealings are carried on in the applicable offshore dollar interbank
market.
"Capital Adequacy Regulation" means any guideline, request
or directive of any Governmental Authority, or any other law, rule or
regulation, whether or not having the force of law, in each case,
regarding capital adequacy of any Bank or of any corporation
controlling any Bank.
"Cash Flow" means, as of any calendar quarter, four (4)
times the sum of (i) the quarterly consolidated income from property
operations for the Company and all of the Permitted Partnerships
(excluding income from minority interests in Persons other than
Permitted Partnerships), and (ii) the consolidated depreciation and
amortization of the Company and all of the Permitted Partnerships
(excluding depreciation and amortization from minority interests in
Persons other than Permitted Partnerships) for such quarter, as
evidenced by the most recently delivered financial statements of the
Company and the Permitted Partnerships.
"CERCLA" means the Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980.
"Closing Date" means the date on which all conditions
precedent set forth in Section 4.2 are satisfied or waived by the
Administrative Agent.
"Co-Agent" means any Bank designated as a "Co-Agent" in this
Agreement, each in its capacity as a co-agent for the Banks hereunder,
and any successor co-agent designated under Section 9.6.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time, and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Commitment" means the amount of the credit and the
outstanding Loans for which each Bank is obligated.
"Contingent Obligation" means, as to any Person, (a) any
Guaranty Obligation of that Person, and (b) any direct or indirect
obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person in
respect of (i) any letter of credit or similar instrument issued for
the account of that Person or as to which that Person is otherwise
liable for reimbursement of drawings or (ii) any Swap Contract. The
amount of any Contingent Obligation shall (subject, in the case of
Guaranty Obligations, to the last sentence of the definition of
"Guaranty Obligation") be deemed equal to the maximum reasonably
anticipated liability in respect thereof.
"Contractual Obligation" means, as to any Person, any
provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement,
undertaking, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other
instrument, document or agreement to which such Person is a party or
by which it or any of its property is bound.
"Controlled Group" means the Company and all Persons
(whether or not incorporated) under common control or treated as a
single employer with the Company pursuant to Section 414(b), (c), (m)
or (o) of the Code.
"Conversion Date" means any date on which the Company elects
to convert a Reference Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate
Loan to a Reference Rate Loan.
"Conversion/Continuation Notice" means a notice
substantially in the form of Exhibit B given by the Company to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.4.
"Covenant Debt Service" means, at any time, the amount
necessary to amortize the sum of (a) total consolidated liabilities
(excluding (i) accounts payable and accrued expenses, (ii) dividends
and distributions payable, and (iii) other liabilities) of the Company
and all of the Permitted Partnerships (as evidenced by the most
recently received consolidated balance sheets for the Company and the
Permitted Partnerships), and (b) the aggregate amount of all then-
outstanding but undrawn letters of credit issued by BofA for the
account of the Company), in twenty-five (25) equal annual installments
of principal and interest at a per annum rate equal to the greater of
(i) 1.75% per annum above the average yield on seven-year United
States treasury bonds maturing approximately seven (7) years from the
date of determination (as reported by the Administrative Agent's
Funding and Interest Rate Desk, or any other recognized source of
treasury yield quotations acceptable to the Administrative Agent in
its sole and absolute discretion, on the determination date) or
(ii) 8.0%, computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as
applicable, and actual day months.
"Default" means any event or circumstance which, with the
giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, would (if not cured or
otherwise remedied) constitute an Event of Default.
"Disposition" means the sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition of any Approved Unencumbered Parcel, other than leases of
an Approved Unencumbered Parcel to third-party tenants in the ordinary
course of business.
"Eligible Assignee" means (i) a commercial bank organized
under the laws of the United States, or any state thereof, and having
a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000; (ii) a Person
that is primarily engaged in the business of commercial banking and is
an Affiliate of a Bank, or (iii) any Person approved by Majority Banks
and the Administrative Agent.
"Entitled Land" means unimproved real Property satisfying
all of the following conditions: (a) the Company's intended use of
such real Property is permissible under the applicable general plan or
its equivalent, (b) such intended use is permissible under any
applicable specific plan, zoning classification and development
agreement, (c) such real Property has access to roads and utilities
adequate for the Company's intended use, and (d) the Company intends
to improve such real property within twenty-four (24) months of its
acquisition.
"Environmental Claims" means all claims, however asserted,
by any Governmental Authority or other Person alleging potential
liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Laws or
for injury to the environment or threat to public health, personal
injury (including sickness, disease or death), property damage,
natural resources damage, or otherwise alleging liability or
responsibility for damages (punitive or otherwise), cleanup, removal,
remedial or response costs, restitution, civil or criminal penalties,
injunctive relief, or other type of relief, resulting from or based
upon (a) the presence, placement, discharge, emission or release
(including intentional and unintentional, negligent and non-negligent,
sudden or non-sudden, accidental or non-accidental placement, spills,
leaks, discharges, emissions or releases) of any Hazardous Material
at, in or from any real Property at any time owned by the Company, any
of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership, or (b) any other
circumstances forming the basis of any violation, or alleged
violation, of any Environmental Laws.
"Environmental Laws" means all federal, state or local laws,
statutes, common law duties, rules, regulations, ordinances and codes,
together with all administrative orders, directed duties, requests,
licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any
Governmental Authorities, in each case relating to environmental,
health, safety and land use matters; including CERCLA, the Clean Air
Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, the Solid Waste
Disposal Act, the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the
Toxic Substances Control Act, the Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act, the California Hazardous Waste Control Law, the
California Solid Waste Management, Resource, Recovery and Recycling
Act, the California Water Code and the California Health and Safety
Code.
"Environmental Permits" has the meaning specified in
subsection 5.12(b).
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended from time to time, and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
"ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or
not incorporated) under common control with the Company within the
meaning of Section 414(b), 414(c) or 414(m) of the Code.
"ERISA Event" means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a
Qualified Plan or a Multi-employer Plan; (b) withdrawal by the Company
or any ERISA Affiliate from a Qualified Plan subject to Section 4063
of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as
defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA); (c) a complete or partial
withdrawal by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multi-employer
Plan; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment
of a plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of
ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a
Qualified Plan or Multi-employer Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA;
(e) failure by the Company or any member of the Controlled Group to
make required contributions to a Qualified Plan or Multi-employer
Plan; (f) an event or condition which might reasonably be expected to
constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of,
or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Qualified Plan or
Multi-employer Plan; (g) the imposition of any liability under
Title IV of ERISA, other than PBGC premiums due but not delinquent
under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Company or any ERISA Affiliate;
(h) an application for a funding waiver or an extension of any
amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code with respect
to any Plan; (i) a non-exempt prohibited transaction occurs with
respect to any Plan for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company may be directly or indirectly liable; or (j) a violation of
the applicable requirements of Section 404 or 405 of ERISA or the
exclusive benefit rule under Section 401(a) of the Code by any
fiduciary or disqualified person with respect to any Plan for which
the Company or any member of the Controlled Group may be directly or
indirectly liable.
"Event of Default" means any of the events or circumstances
specified in Section 8.1.
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the rate published
by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the preceding Business Day
as "Federal Funds (Effective)"; (or, if not published, the arithmetic
mean of the rates for overnight Federal funds arranged prior to
9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on that day quoted by three brokers of
Federal Funds in New York City as determined by the Administrative
Agent).
"Federal Reserve Board" means the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System or any successor thereof.
"Funds from Operations" means, for any fiscal quarter, the
net income of the Company for such quarter, excluding gains or losses
from debt restructuring and sales of property, plus depreciation and
amortization, after adjustments for unconsolidated ventures.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set
forth from time to time 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 agencies with similar functions of
comparable stature and authority within the accounting profession), or
in such other statements by such other entity as may be in general use
by significant segments of the U.S. accounting profession, which are
applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.
"Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any
state or other political subdivision thereof, any central bank (or
similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of, or pertaining to, government, and any
corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through stock or
capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing.
"Gross Assets" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the total
consolidated assets of the Company and all Permitted Partnerships at
such time, and (b) the total consolidated accumulated depreciation of
the Company and all Permitted Partnerships at such time, as evidenced
by the most recently delivered financial statements of the Company and
the Permitted Partnerships.
"Guarantor" means each Person who has executed a Guaranty.
"Guaranty" means a guaranty of the Obligations for the
benefit of the Banks.
"Guaranty Obligation" means, as applied to any Person, any
direct or indirect liability of that Person with respect to any
Indebtedness, lease, dividend, letter of credit or other obligation
(the "primary obligations") of another Person. The amount of any
Guaranty Obligation shall be deemed equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such
Guaranty Obligation is made or, if not stated or if indeterminable,
the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof.
"Hazardous Materials" means all those substances which are
regulated by, or which may form the basis of liability under, any
Environmental Law, including all substances identified under any
Environmental Law as a pollutant, contaminant, hazardous waste,
hazardous constituent, special waste, hazardous substance, hazardous
material or toxic substance, or petroleum or petroleum derived
substance or waste.
"Indebtedness" of any Person means, without duplication,
(a) all indebtedness for borrowed money; (b) all obligations issued,
undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or
services; (c) all reimbursement obligations with respect to surety
bonds, letters of credit and similar instruments (in each case, to the
extent material or non-contingent); (d) all obligations evidenced by
notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations
so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property,
assets or businesses; (e) all indebtedness created or arising under
any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred
as financing, in either case with respect to property acquired by the
Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender
under such agreement in the event of default are limited to
repossession or sale of such property); (f) all indebtedness referred
to in clauses (a) through (e) above secured by (or for which the
holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in property owned by
such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable
for the payment of such Indebtedness; and (g) all Guaranty Obligations
in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds
referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above.
"Indemnified Liabilities" has the meaning specified in
Section 10.5.
"Indemnified Person" has the meaning specified in
Section 10.5.
"Insolvency Proceeding" means (a) any case, action or
proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating
to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership,
dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, or (b) any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition, marshaling of
assets for creditors or other similar arrangement in respect of its
creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors; in
each case (a) and (b) undertaken under U.S. federal, state or foreign
law, including the Bankruptcy Code.
"Interest Payment Date" means the first day of each month
following disbursement of the initial Loan.
"Interest Period" means, with respect to any LIBOR Rate
Loan, the period commencing on the Business Day the Loan is disbursed
or continued or on the Conversion Date on which the Loan is converted
to a LIBOR Rate Loan and ending on the date thirty (30), sixty (60),
ninety (90) or one hundred eighty (180) days, or one (1) year,
thereafter, as selected by the Company in its Borrowing Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice; provided that:
(a) if any Interest Period pertaining to a LIBOR Rate
Loan would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day,
that Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to
carry such Interest Period into another calendar month, in which
event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding
Business Day; and
(b) any Interest Period pertaining to a LIBOR 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.
"Lending Office" means, as to any Bank, the office specified
as its "Lending Office" opposite its name on the signature pages
hereto, or such other office as such Bank may specify to the Company
and the Administrative Agent from time to time.
"LIBOR" means the per annum rate of interest, rounded
upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/16th of one percent (0.0625%),
at which the Administrative Agent's London Branch, London, England,
would offer U.S. dollar deposits in amounts and for periods comparable
to those of the applicable LIBOR Rate Loan and Interest Period to
major banks in the London U.S. dollar inter-bank market at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the first Business Day after
the Company's rate election.
"LIBOR Rate" means, for each Interest Period in respect of
any LIBOR Rate Loan, the per annum rate of interest, rounded upward,
if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of one percent, determined by the
following formula:
LIBOR
LIBOR Rate = (1.00 Reserve Percentage)
"LIBOR Rate Borrowing" means a Borrowing consisting of LIBOR
Rate Loans.
"LIBOR Rate Loan" means a Loan that bears interest based on
the LIBOR Rate.
"Lien" means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, charge or deposit arrangement, encumbrance,
lien (statutory or other) or preference, priority or other security
interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including those created by, arising under or evidenced by any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, the lessor's
interest under a capital lease (determined in accordance with GAAP),
any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as
any of the foregoing, or the filing of any financing statement under
the UCC or any comparable law naming the owner of the asset to which
such lien relates as debtor) and any contingent or other agreement to
provide any of the foregoing, but not including the interest of a
lessor under an operating lease (determined in accordance with GAAP).
"Loan" means an extension of credit by a Bank to the Company
pursuant to Article 2, and may be a Reference Rate Loan or a LIBOR
Rate Loan.
"Loan Documents" means (a) this Agreement, (b) the Revolving
Notes, (c) each Guaranty and (d) all documents delivered to the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Banks, in connection therewith,
but excludes the Secured Loan Agreement and all documents delivered to
the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Banks, in connection with
the Secured Loan Agreement.
"Majority Banks" means at any time at least two (2) Banks
then holding at least 66-2/3% of the then aggregate unpaid principal
amount of the Loans (or, if no principal amount is then outstanding,
at least two (2) banks then having at least 66-2/3% of the unborrowed
Commitments); provided, however, that if at any time there is only one
Bank, then such one Bank shall constitute Majority Banks.
"Margin Stock" means "margin stock" as such term is defined
in Regulation G, T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse change
in, or a material adverse effect upon, any of (a) the operations,
business, properties, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects
of the Company, the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or
the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Permitted Partnerships taken as
a whole; (b) the ability of the Company to perform under any Loan
Document and avoid any Event of Default; or (c) the legality,
validity, binding effect or enforceability of any Loan Document.
"Maturity Date" means June 1, 2001, as the same may be
extended pursuant to Section 2.7.
"Maximum Commitment Amount" means, at any time, an amount
equal to $50,000,000.00, subject to the provisions of Section 2.5.
"Multi-employer Plan" means a "multi-employer plan" (within
the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) to which any member of the
Controlled Group (i) makes, is making, or is obligated to make
contributions, or (ii) during the preceding three calendar years has
made, or has been obligated to make, contributions.
"Notice of Lien" means any "notice of lien" or similar
document intended to be filed or recorded with any court, registry,
recorder's office, central filing office or other Governmental
Authority for the purpose of evidencing, creating, perfecting or
preserving the priority of a Lien securing obligations owing to a
Governmental Authority.
"Obligations" means all Loans and other Indebtedness,
advances, debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties owing
from the Company to the Administrative Agent, any Bank or any other
Person required to be indemnified under any Loan Document, of any kind
or nature, present or future, whether or not evidenced by any note,
guaranty or other instrument, and arising under this Agreement or
under any other Loan Document, whether or not for the payment of
money, whether arising by reason of an extension of credit, loan,
guaranty, indemnification or in any other manner, whether direct or
indirect (including those acquired by assignment), absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising
and however acquired.
"Ordinary Course of Business" means, in respect of any
transaction involving the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or
any Permitted Partnership, the ordinary course of such Person's
business, substantially as conducted by any such Person prior to or as
of the Closing Date, and undertaken by such Person in good faith and
not for purposes of evading any covenant or restriction in any Loan
Document.
"Organization Documents" means, (a) for any corporation, the
certificate or articles of incorporation, the bylaws, any certificate
of determination or instrument relating to the rights of preferred
shareholders of such corporation, and all applicable resolutions of
the board of directors (or any committee thereof) of such corporation,
and (b) for any partnership, the partnership agreement, statement or
certificate of partnership and any fictitious business name or other
filing relating to such partnership.
"Parcel" means a parcel of real property that is owned in
fee by the Company.
"Participant" has the meaning specified in
subsection 10.8.3.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any
entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
"Permitted Liens" has the meaning specified in Section 7.1.
"Permitted Partnership" means a limited partnership formed
to acquire one or more parcels of real property in which (i) the
Company is the sole general partner, (ii) the Company has sole
management control of such limited partnership and its properties,
(iii) such limited partnership has acquired all of its real property
assets from one or more of the limited partners, and the limited
partners have received only limited partnership interests in such
limited partnership in exchange for their contributions of real
property to such limited partnership, (iv) distributions on interests
in such limited partnership at any time are based solely on the amount
of dividends payable on the Company's common stock at such time, and
(v) such limited partnership has executed and delivered to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Banks, a guaranty of the
Company's obligations under the Loan Documents. Bedford Realty
Partners, L.P., a California limited partnership, is a Permitted
Partnership.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation,
business trust, joint stock company, limited liability company, trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture or Governmental Authority.
"Plan" means an employee benefit plan (as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) which the Company or any member of the
Controlled Group sponsors or maintains or to which the Company or any
member of the Controlled Group makes, is making or is obligated to
make contributions, and includes any Multi-employer Plan or Qualified
Plan.
"Property" means any estate or interest in any kind of
property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, and whether
tangible or intangible.
"Pro Rata Share" means, as to any Bank at any time, the
percentage equivalent (expressed as a decimal rounded to the ninth
decimal place) at such time of such Bank's share of the credit and the
outstanding Loans.
"Qualified Plan" means a pension plan (as defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA) intended to be tax-qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code and which any member of the Controlled
Group sponsors, maintains, or to which it makes, is making or is
obligated to make contributions, or in the case of a multiple employer
plan (as described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA) has made contributions
at any time during the immediately preceding period covering at least
five (5) plan years, but excluding any Multi-employer Plan.
"Reference Rate" means the per annum rate of interest
publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent at
San Francisco, California, as its "Reference Rate." The Reference
Rate is set by the Administrative Agent based on various factors,
including the Administrative Agent's costs and desired return, general
economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference
point for pricing loans. The Administrative Agent may price loans at,
above or below the Reference Rate. Any change in the Reference Rate
shall take effect on the day specified in the public announcement of
such change.
"Reference Rate Borrowing" means a Borrowing consisting of
Reference Rate Loans.
"Reference Rate Loan" means a Loan that bears interest based
on the Reference Rate.
"Reportable Event" means, as to any Plan, (a) any of the
events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA or the regulations
thereunder, other than any such event for which the 30-day notice
requirement under ERISA has been waived in regulations issued by the
PBGC, (b) a withdrawal from a Plan described in Section 4063 of ERISA,
or (c) a cessation of operations described in Section 4062(e) of
ERISA.
"Requirement of Law" means, as to any Person, any law
(statutory or common), treaty, rule or regulation, or any
determination of an arbitrator or of a Governmental Authority, in each
case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property
or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
"Reserve Percentage" means the total of the maximum reserve
percentages for determining the reserves to be maintained by member
banks of the Federal Reserve System for "eurocurrency liabilities," as
defined in Federal Reserve Board Regulation D. The Reserve Percentage
shall be expressed in decimal form and rounded upward, if necessary,
to the nearest 1/100th of one percent, and shall include marginal,
emergency, supplemental, special and other reserve percentages.
"Responsible Officer" means the chief executive officer or
the president of the Company, or any other officer having
substantially the same authority and responsibility or, with respect
to financial matters, the chief financial officer or the treasurer of
the Company, or any other officer having substantially the same
authority and responsibility.
"Revolving Note" means a promissory note of the Company
payable to the order of a Bank in substantially the form of Exhibit C,
and any amendments, supplements, modifications, renewals,
replacements, consolidations and extensions thereof, evidencing the
aggregate indebtedness of the Company to a Bank resulting from Loans
made by such Bank pursuant to this Agreement; "Revolving Notes" means,
at any time, all of the Revolving Notes executed by the Company in
favor of a Bank outstanding at such time.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any
successor thereto.
"Secured Loan Agreement" means that certain Fourth Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement (Secured Loan) of even date herewith
among the Company, the Banks, and BofA, as administrative agent for
the Banks.
"Solvent" means, as to any Person at any time, that (a) the
fair value of the Property of such Person is greater than the amount
of such Person's liabilities (including disputed, contingent and
unliquidated liabilities) as such value is established and liabilities
evaluated for purposes of Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code and,
in the alternative, for purposes of the California Uniform Fraudulent
Transfer Act and any other applicable fraudulent conveyance statute;
(b) the present fair saleable value of the Property of such Person is
not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable
liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and
matured; (c) such Person is able to realize upon its Property and pay
its debts and other liabilities (including disputed, contingent and
unliquidated liabilities) as they mature in the normal course of
business; (d) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe
that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person's ability
to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; and (e) such Person is
not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage
in business or a transaction, for which such Person's property would
constitute unreasonably small capital.
"Specified Swap Contract" means any Swap Contract made or
entered into at any time, or in effect at any time, whether as a
result of assignment or transfer or otherwise, between the Company and
any Swap Provider, which Swap Contract is entered into for the purpose
of mitigating interest rate or currency exchange risk relating to any
Loan and as to which the Company's final scheduled payment is not
later than the Maturity Date.
"Specified Swap Exposure" means, at any time, an amount
equal to the sum of (a) ten percent (10%) of the notional amount of
each interest rate Specified Swap Contract outstanding at such time,
and (b) three percent (3%) of the notional amount of each interest
rate floor or interest rate collar Specified Swap Contract outstanding
at such time.
"Specified Swap Obligations" has the meaning specified in
Section 8.5.
"Subsidiary" of a Person means any corporation, association,
partnership, joint venture or other business entity of which more
than 50% of the voting stock, membership interests or other equity
interests (in the case of Persons other than corporations), is owned
or controlled directly or indirectly by the Person, or one or more of
the Subsidiaries of the Person, or a combination thereof.
"Swap Contract" means any agreement, whether or not in
writing, relating to any transaction that is a rate swap, basis swap,
forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or
equity index swap or option, bond, note or bill option, interest rate
option, forward foreign exchange transaction, cap, collar or floor
transaction, currency swap, cross-currency rate swap, swaption,
currency option or any other, similar transaction (including any
option to enter into any of the foregoing) or any combination of the
foregoing and, unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any
master agreement relating to or governing any or all of the foregoing.
"Swap Provider" means any Bank, or any Affiliate of any
Bank, that is at the time of determination a party to a Swap Contract
with the Company.
"Tangible Net Worth" means, at any time, the total
consolidated stockholders' equity of the Company at such time, plus
the amount of minority interests in all Permitted Partnerships at such
time (valuing preferred stock at face value and excluding as assets
(i) any loans to tenants for tenant improvements and (ii) goodwill and
other intangible assets, and valuing all real property at the lower of
book or market value (where market value of a real property is based
on the most recent appraisal of such real property, if any, performed
for the benefit of the Banks pursuant to an agreement between the
Company and the Banks)), as evidenced by the Company's most recently
delivered financial statements.
"Transferee" has the meaning specified in subsection 10.8.5.
"Type" means, in connection with a Loan, the
characterization of such loan as a Reference Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate
Loan.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any
jurisdiction, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time.
"Unfunded Pension Liabilities" means the excess of a Plan's
benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the
current value of that Plan's assets, determined in accordance with the
assumptions used by the Plan's actuaries for funding the Plan pursuant
to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.
"Working Capital Availability" means, at any time, the
difference between (a) $10,000,000.00 and (b) aggregate principal
amount of all outstanding Working Capital Borrowings at such time.
"Working Capital Borrowing" means a Borrowing used or to be
used to finance the Company's operations.
1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions.
1.2.1 Use of Defined Terms. Unless otherwise
specified herein or therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall
have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other
document made or delivered pursuant to this Agreement. The meaning of
defined terms shall be equally applicable to the singular and plural
forms of the defined terms. Terms (including uncapitalized terms) not
otherwise defined herein and that are defined in the UCC shall have
the meanings therein described.
1.2.2 Certain Common Terms.
(a) The Agreement. The words "hereof," "herein,"
"hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this
Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement, and section, schedule and
exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
(b) Documents. The term "documents" includes any and
all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, indentures,
notices and other writings, however evidenced.
(c) Including. The term "including" is not limiting,
and means "including without limitation."
(d) Performance. Whenever any performance obligation
hereunder (other than a payment obligation) shall be stated to be
due or required to be satisfied on a day other than a Business
Day, such performance shall be made or satisfied on the next
succeeding Business Day. 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". If any provision of this Agreement refers to any
action taken or to be taken by any Person, or which such Person
is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be interpreted to
encompass any and all means, direct or indirect, of taking or not
taking such action.
(e) Contracts. Unless otherwise expressly provided
in this Agreement, references to agreements and other contractual
instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments
and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent such
amendments and other modifications are not prohibited by the
terms of any Loan Document.
(f) Laws. References to any statute or regulation
are to be construed as including all statutory and regulatory
provisions consolidating, amending or replacing the statute or
regulation.
(g) Captions. The captions and headings of this
Agreement are for convenience of reference only, and shall not
affect the construction of this Agreement.
(h) Independence of Provisions. The parties
acknowledge that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may
use several different limitations, tests or measurements to
regulate the same or similar matters, and that such limitations,
tests and measurements are cumulative and must each be performed,
except as expressly stated to the contrary in this Agreement.
(i) Exhibits and Schedules. All of the exhibits and
schedules attached to this Agreement are incorporated herein by
this reference.
1.2.3 Accounting Principles.
(a) Accounting Terms. Unless the context otherwise
clearly requires, all accounting terms not expressly defined
herein shall be construed, and all financial computations
required under this Agreement shall be made, in accordance with
GAAP, consistently applied.
(b) Fiscal Periods. References herein to "fiscal
year" and "fiscal quarter" refer to such fiscal periods of the
Company.
2. The Credit.
2.1 Amount and Terms of Commitment. Each Bank severally
agrees, on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set
forth, to make Loans to the Company from time to time on any Business
Day during the period from the Closing Date to the Maturity Date (i)
in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time such Bank's Pro Rata
Share of the Working Capital Availability, for the purpose of
financing the Company's operations, including development activities
(subject to the provisions of Sections 7.15 and 7.16), and (ii) in an
aggregate amount not to exceed at any time such Bank's Pro Rata Share
of the Availability, for the purpose of facilitating the Company's
acquisition of improved real property that will, upon acquisition,
satisfy all of the conditions of Section 4.1 (and thereby become
Approved Unencumbered Parcels); provided, however, that the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of Loans comprising Working Capital
Borrowings shall not at any time exceed Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,000.00); and provided further, however, that the aggregate
amount of any Acquisition Borrowing shall not exceed fifty-five
percent (55%) of the Acquisition Cost of the Approved Unencumbered
Parcel to which such Acquisition Borrowing relates. Notwithstanding
any contrary provision of this Agreement, the aggregate principal
amount of all outstanding Loans shall not at any time exceed the
Maximum Commitment Amount. Within the limits of the Availability (or,
in the case of Borrowings to finance the Company's operations, the
Working Capital Availability), and subject to the other terms and
conditions hereof, the Company may borrow under this Section 2.1,
repay pursuant to Section 2.7 and reborrow pursuant to this
Section 2.1.
2.2 Loan Accounts.
2.2.1 The Loans made by each Bank shall be
evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by such
Bank and the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business.
The loan accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent
and each Bank shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amounts
of the Loans made by the Banks to the Company and the interest and
payments thereon. Any failure so to record or any error in doing so
shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the
Company hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Loans.
2.2.2 The Loans made by each Bank shall be
evidenced by a Revolving Note payable to the order of such Bank in an
amount equal to such Bank's Pro Rata Share of the Maximum Commitment
Amount on the Closing Date. Such Bank may endorse on the schedule
annexed to its Revolving Note(s) the date, amount and maturity of each
Loan that it makes (which shall not include undrawn amounts on
outstanding Letters of Credit, but shall include the amounts of any
drawings on outstanding Letters of Credit), the purpose of the Loan,
the amount of each payment of principal that the Company makes with
respect thereto and the source of the funds from which each principal
payment is made. The Company irrevocably authorizes each Bank to
endorse its Revolving Note(s), and such Bank's record shall be
conclusive absent manifest error; provided, however, that any Bank's
failure to make, or its error in making, a notation thereon with
respect to any Loan shall not limit or otherwise affect the Company's
obligations to such Bank hereunder or under its Revolving Note(s).
2.3 Procedure for Obtaining Credit. Each Borrowing shall
be made upon the irrevocable written notice (including notice via
facsimile confirmed immediately by a telephone call) of the Company in
the form of a Borrowing Notice (which notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent prior to 9:30 a.m., San Francisco time,
(i) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested borrowing date, in
the case of LIBOR Rate Loans, or (ii) on the requested borrowing date,
in the case of Reference Rate Loans), specifying:
(a) the amount of the Borrowing, which shall be in an
aggregate minimum principal amount of (i) Two Hundred Fifty
Thousand dollars ($250,000) for Reference Rate Borrowings, and
(ii) One Million dollars ($1,000,000) for any LIBOR Rate
Borrowings;
(b) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a
Business Day;
(c) the Type of Loans comprising the Borrowing and
the purpose of such Borrowing;
(d) in the case of a LIBOR Rate Borrowing, the
duration of the Interest Period applicable to the Loans
comprising such LIBOR Rate Borrowing. If the Borrowing Notice
fails to specify the duration of the Interest Period for the
Loans comprising a LIBOR Rate Borrowing, such Interest Period
shall be thirty (30) days.
Unless the Majority Banks otherwise agree, during the existence of a
Default or Event of Default, the Company may not elect to have a Loan
made as, or converted into or continued as, a LIBOR Rate Loan. After
giving effect to any Loan, there shall not be more than eight (8)
different Interest Periods in effect.
2.4 Conversion and Continuation Elections.
2.4.1 The Company may, upon irrevocable written
notice to the Administrative Agent in accordance with
subsection 2.4.2:
(a) elect to convert, on any Business Day, any
Reference Rate Loans (or any part thereof in an amount not less
than $1,000,000.00) into LIBOR Rate Loans;
(b) elect to convert on any Interest Payment Date any
LIBOR Rate Loans maturing on such Interest Payment Date (or any
part thereof in an amount not less than $1,000,000.00) into
Reference Rate Loans; or
(c) elect to renew on any Interest Payment Date any
LIBOR Rate Loans maturing on such Interest Payment Date (or any
part thereof in an amount not less than $1,000,000.00);
provided, that if the aggregate amount of LIBOR Rate Loans in respect
of any Borrowing shall have been reduced, by payment, prepayment or
conversion of part thereof, to less than $1,000,000.00, such LIBOR
Rate Loans shall automatically convert into Reference Rate Loans, and
on and after such date the right of the Company to continue such Loans
as, and convert such Loans into, LIBOR Rate Loans shall terminate.
2.4.2 The Company shall deliver by telex, cable
or facsimile, confirmed immediately in writing, a Notice of
Conversion/Continuation (which notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent not later than 9:30 a.m. San Francisco time,
(i) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Conversion Date or
continuation date, if the Loans are to be converted into or continued
as LIBOR Rate Loans, or (ii) on the Conversion Date, if the Loans are
to be converted into Reference Rate Loans) specifying:
(a) the proposed Conversion Date or continuation
date;
(b) the aggregate amount of Loans to be converted or
continued;
(c) the nature of the proposed conversion or
continuation; and
(d) if the Company elects to convert a Reference Rate
Loan into a LIBOR Rate Loan or elects to continue a LIBOR Rate
Loan, the duration of the Interest Period applicable to such
Loan. If the Conversion/Continuation Notice fails to specify the
duration of the Interest Period for a LIBOR Rate Loan, such
Interest Period shall be thirty (30) days.
2.4.3 If upon the expiration of any Interest
Period applicable to LIBOR Rate Loans the Company has failed to select
a new Interest Period to be applicable to LIBOR Rate Loans, or if any
Default or Event of Default shall then exist, the Company shall be
deemed to have elected to convert LIBOR Rate Loans into Reference Rate
Loans effective as of the expiration date of such current Interest
Period.
2.4.4 Notwithstanding any other provision
contained in this Agreement, after giving effect to any conversion or
continuation of any Loans, there shall not be more than eight (8)
different Interest Periods in effect.
2.5 Voluntary Termination or Reduction of Commitment. The
Company may, upon not less than ninety (90) days' prior written notice
to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Banks' commitment to make
Loans to the Company, or permanently reduce the Maximum Commitment
Amount by a minimum amount of $1,000,000.00 or any multiple of
$1,000,000.00 in excess thereof; provided, however, that the Company
shall reduce the Maximum Commitment Amount from time to time so as not
to exceed the "Maximum Commitment Amount" under and as defined in the
Secured Loan Agreement. Once reduced in accordance with this
Section 2.5, the Maximum Commitment Amount may not be increased. Any
reduction of the commitment amounts shall be applied to each Bank
according to its Pro Rata Share.
2.6 Principal Payments.
2.6.1 Optional Repayments. Subject to
Section 3.4, the Company may, at any time or from time to time, upon
at least one (1) Business Day's prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent, ratably prepay Loans in part in an amount not
less than $250,000.00. Such notice of prepayment shall specify the
date and amount of such prepayment, the Type(s) of Loans to be repaid
and whether the amounts being repaid constitute Acquisition Borrowings
or Working Capital Borrowings. The Administrative Agent will promptly
notify each Bank of its receipt of any such notice, such Bank's
Pro Rata Share of such prepayment, and whether the prepaid amounts
constitute Acquisition Borrowings or Working Capital Borrowings. If
the Company gives a prepayment notice to the Administrative Agent,
such notice is irrevocable and the prepayment amount specified in such
notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein,
together with accrued interest to such date, if required by the
Administrative Agent, on the amount prepaid and all amounts required
to be paid pursuant to Section 3.4.
2.6.2 Mandatory Repayments.
(a) Availability Limit. Should the aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Loans at any time exceed the
Availability, the Company shall immediately repay such excess to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Banks. Should the
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Working Capital
Borrowings at any time exceed the Working Capital Availability, the
Company shall immediately repay such excess to the Administrative
Agent, for the account of the Banks.
(b) Acquisition Borrowings. The Company shall repay
each Acquisition Borrowing on the earliest of (i) six (6) months after
the date on which the Loans comprising such Acquisition Borrowing were
made, or (ii) the date on which the Approved Unencumbered Parcel to
which such Acquisition Borrowing relates is refinanced, or (iii) the
date of any Disposition of the Approved Unencumbered Parcel to which
such Acquisition Borrowing relates.
(c) Amortization Payments. Provided that all of the
conditions set forth in Section 2.7 have been satisfied or waived, the
Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the Account of the
Banks, on each Interest Payment Date during the period from and after
June 1, 2001, an amount equal to one-two hundred fortieths (1/240) of
the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding on the initial
Maturity Date.
(d) Application of Repayments. Any repayments
pursuant to this subsection 2.6.2 shall be (i) subject to Section 3.4,
and (ii) applied first to any Reference Rate Loans then outstanding
and then to LIBOR Rate Loans with the shortest Interest Periods
remaining.
2.6.3 Repayment at Maturity. Notwithstanding any
contrary provision of this Agreement, the Company shall repay the
principal amount of all outstanding Loans on the Maturity Date or, if
earlier, upon termination of the Banks' commitment pursuant to
Section 2.5.
2.7 Extension of Maturity Date. Upon the Company's
written request, delivered to the Administrative Agent at least sixty
(60) days and not more than 180 days prior to the initial Maturity
Date, such Maturity Date may be extended for a single period of one
(1) year, provided that:
(a) No Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and remain uncured on the initial Maturity Date, and the
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that
effect signed by an authorized representative of the Company;
(b) The representations and warranties set forth in
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be correct as
of the initial Maturity Date as though made on and as of that
date, and the Administrative Agent shall have received a
certificate to that effect signed by a Responsible Officer;
(c) The condition set forth in subsection 4.3.5 shall
have been satisfied to the extent necessary to evidence the
extension of the Maturity Date.
On the initial Maturity Date, the Maximum Commitment Amount will
automatically be reduced to the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of the Loans on such date. During the period from and after the
initial Maturity Date, the Company shall have no right to request, and
the Banks shall have no obligation to make, Loans to the Company.
2.8 Interest.
2.8.1 Accrual Rate. Subject to subsection 2.8.3,
each Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof from the date when made until it becomes due at a rate per
annum equal to the LIBOR Rate or the Reference Rate, as the case may
be, plus the Applicable Margin.
2.8.2 Payment. Interest on each Loan shall be
payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date. Interest shall also
be payable on the date of any repayment of Loans pursuant to
subsections 2.6.1 and 2.6.2 for the portion of the Loans so repaid and
upon payment (including prepayment) in full thereof, if required by
the Administrative Agent, and, during the existence of any Event of
Default, interest shall be payable on demand.
2.8.3 Default Interest. Commencing (i) ten (10)
Business Days after the occurrence of any Event of Default under
subsection 8.1.3 or (ii) upon the occurrence of any other Event of
Default, and continuing thereafter while such Event of Default exists,
or after maturity or acceleration, the Company shall pay interest
(after as well as before entry of judgment thereon to the extent
permitted by law) on the principal amount of all Obligations due and
unpaid, at a rate per annum which is determined by adding 3% per annum
to the Applicable Margin then in effect for such Loans; provided,
however, that, on and after the expiration of any Interest Period
applicable to any LIBOR Rate Loan outstanding on the date of
occurrence of such Event of Default or acceleration, the principal
amount of such Loan shall, during the continuation of such Event of
Default or after acceleration, bear interest at a rate per annum equal
to the Reference Rate plus 3%.
2.8.4 Maximum Legal Rate. Notwithstanding any
contrary provision this Agreement, the Company's obligations to any
Bank hereunder shall be subject to the limitation that payments of
interest shall not be required, for any period for which interest is
computed hereunder, to the extent (but only to the extent) that such
Bank's contracting for or receiving such payment would be contrary to
the provisions of any law applicable to such Bank limiting the highest
rate of interest that such Bank may lawfully contract for, charge or
receive, and in such event the Company shall pay such Bank interest at
the highest rate permitted by applicable law.
2.9 Computation of Interest. All computations of interest
under this Agreement shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and
actual days elapsed, which results in more interest being paid than if
computed on the basis of a 365-day year. Interest shall accrue during
each period during which interest is computed from the first day
thereof to the last day thereof. Any change in the interest rate on a
Loan resulting from a change in the Reference Rate or the Reserve
Percentage shall become effective as of the opening of business on the
day on which such change in the Reference Rate or the Reserve
Percentage becomes effective. Each determination of an interest rate
by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this
Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and the Banks
in the absence of manifest error.
2.10 Payments by the Company.
2.10.1 All payments (including prepayments) to be
made by the Company on account of principal, interest, fees and other
amounts required hereunder shall be made without set off or
counterclaim and shall, except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Banks at
the Administrative Agent's Payment Office, in dollars and in
immediately available funds, no later than 10:00 a.m. San Francisco
time on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will
promptly distribute to each Bank its Pro Rata Share (or other
applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as
received. Any payment received by the Administrative Agent later than
10:00 a.m. San Francisco time shall be deemed to have been received on
the immediately succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or
fee shall continue to accrue.
2.10.2 Subject to the provisions set forth in the
definition of the term "Interest Period," whenever any payment
hereunder is stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such
payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such
extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of
interest or fees, as the case may be.
2.10.3 Unless the Administrative Agent receives
notice from the Company prior to the date on which any payment is due
and payable to the Banks that the Company will not make such payment
in full as and when required, the Administrative Agent may assume that
the Company has made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent
on such date in immediately available funds and the Administrative
Agent may (but shall not be so required), in reliance upon such
assumption, distribute to each Bank on such date an amount equal to
the amount then due and payable to such Bank. If and to the extent
the Company has not made such payment in full to the Administrative
Agent, each Bank shall repay to the Administrative Agent on demand the
amount distributed to such Bank, together with interest thereon at the
Federal Funds Rate for each day from the date such amount is
distributed to such Bank until the date repaid.
2.11 Payments by the Banks to the Administrative Agent.
2.11.1 With respect to any Borrowing, unless the
Administrative Agent receives notice from a Bank at least one (1)
Business Day prior to the date of such Borrowing, that such Bank will
not make available to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the
Company, the amount of that Bank's Pro Rata Share of the Borrowing as
and when required hereunder, the Administrative Agent may assume that
each Bank has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent
in immediately available funds on the borrowing date and the
Administrative Agent may (but shall not be so required), in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the Company on such date a
corresponding amount. If and to the extent any Bank shall not have
made its full amount available to the Administrative Agent in
immediately available funds and the Administrative Agent in such
circumstances has made available to the Company such amount, that Bank
shall, on the Business Day following such borrowing date, make such
amount available to the Administrative Agent, together with interest
at the Federal Funds Rate for each day during such period. A notice
of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Bank with respect to
amounts owing under this Section 2.11 shall be conclusive absent
manifest error. If such amount is so made available, such payment to
the Administrative Agent shall constitute such Bank's Loan on the date
of Borrowing for all purposes of this Agreement. If such amount is
not made available to the Administrative Agent on the Business Day
following the Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent will notify the
Company of such failure to fund and, upon demand by the Administrative
Agent, the Company shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent
for the Administrative Agent's account, together with interest thereon
for each day elapsed since the date of such Borrowing, at a rate per
annum equal to the interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans
comprising such Borrowing.
2.11.2 The failure of any Bank to make any Loan on
any Borrowing Date shall not relieve any other Bank of any obligation
hereunder to make a Loan on such Borrowing Date, but no Bank shall be
responsible for the failure of any other Bank to make the Loan to be
made by such other Bank on any borrowing date.
2.12 Sharing of Payments, Etc. If, other than as expressly
provided elsewhere herein, any Bank shall obtain on account of the
Obligations owing to it any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary,
or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share (or other share
contemplated hereunder), such Bank shall immediately (a) notify the
Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other
Banks such participations in the Loans made by them as shall be
necessary to cause such purchasing Bank to share the excess payment
pro rata with each of them; provided, however, that if all or any
portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the
purchasing Bank, such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded, and
each other Bank shall repay to the purchasing Bank the purchase price
paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying Bank's
ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such
paying Bank's required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered
from the purchasing Bank) of any interest or other amount paid or
payable by the purchasing Bank in respect of the total amount so
recovered. The Company agrees that any Bank so purchasing a
participation from another Bank may, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, exercise all its rights of payment (other than the right of
set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Bank
were the direct creditor of the Company in the amount of such
participation. The Administrative Agent will keep records (which
shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of
participations purchased under this Section and will in each case
notify the Banks following any such purchases or repayments.
2.13 Increases and Decreases in Pro Rata Shares. Upon the
Company's satisfaction of all of the conditions set forth in Section
4.2 of this Agreement, each Bank whose Pro Rata Share of the combined
Commitments of all of the Banks has increased, as evidenced by the
difference for each Bank between the Pro Rata Share reflected in the
Existing Credit Agreement and the Pro Rata Share reflected in this
Agreement, shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for distribution to
the Banks whose Pro Rata Shares of the combined Commitments of all of
the Banks has decreased pursuant to this Agreement, an amount equal to
the product of the increase in such Bank's Pro Rata Share (expressed
as a decimal) multiplied by the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of the Loans on the date of determination.
3. Taxes, Yield Protection and Illegality.
3.1 Taxes. If any taxes (other than taxes on a Bank's net
income) are at any time imposed on any payments under or in respect of
this Agreement or any instrument or agreement required hereunder,
including payments made pursuant to this Section 3.1, the Company
shall pay all such taxes and shall also pay to the Administrative
Agent, for the account of the applicable Bank, at the time interest is
paid, all additional amounts which such Bank specifies as necessary to
preserve the yield, after payment of such taxes, that such Bank would
have received if such taxes had not been imposed.
3.2 Illegality.
(a) If any Bank determines that (i) the introduction
of any Requirement of Law, or any change in any Requirement of
Law or in the interpretation or administration thereof, has made
it unlawful, or (ii) any central bank or other Governmental
Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for such Bank or its
applicable Lending Office to make LIBOR Rate Loans, then, on
notice thereof by such Bank to the Company and the Administrative
Agent, the obligation of such Bank to make LIBOR Rate Loans shall
be suspended until such Bank shall have notified the Company and
the Administrative Agent that the circumstances giving rise to
such determination no longer exist.
(b) If any Bank determines that it is unlawful to
maintain any LIBOR Rate Loan, the Company shall, upon its receipt
of notice of such fact and demand from such Bank (with a copy to
the Administrative Agent), prepay in full all LIBOR Rate Loans of
that Bank then outstanding, together with interest accrued
thereon and any amounts required to be paid in connection
therewith pursuant to Section 3.4, either on the last day of the
Interest Period thereof, if such Bank may lawfully continue to
maintain such LIBOR Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if
such Bank may not lawfully continue to maintain such LIBOR Rate
Loans.
(c) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of
Section 2.1, if the Company is required to prepay any LIBOR Rate
Loan immediately as provided in subsection 3.2(b), then
concurrently with such prepayment the Company shall borrow a
Reference Rate Loan from the affected Bank in the amount of such
repayment.
(d) If the obligation of any Bank to make or maintain
LIBOR Rate Loans has been terminated, the Company may elect, by
giving notice to such Bank through the Administrative Agent, that
all Loans which would otherwise be made by such Bank as LIBOR
Rate Loans shall instead be Reference Rate Loans.
(e) Before giving any notice to the Administrative
Agent or the Company pursuant to this Section 3.2, the affected
Bank shall designate a different Lending Office with respect to
its LIBOR Rate Loans if such designation would avoid the need for
giving such notice or making such demand and would not, in the
judgment of such Bank, be illegal or otherwise disadvantageous to
such Bank.
3.3 Increased Costs and Reduction of Return.
(a) If any Bank determines that, due to either
(i) the introduction of, or any change (other than a change by
way of imposition of, or increase in, reserve requirements
included in the Reserve Percentage) in or in the interpretation
of, any law or regulation or (ii) the compliance by such Bank (or
its Lending Office) or any Corporation controlling such Bank with
any guideline or request from any central bank or other
Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law),
there shall be any increase in the cost to such Bank of agreeing
to make or making, funding or maintaining any LIBOR Rate Loans,
then the Company shall be liable for, and shall from time to
time, upon demand therefor by such Bank with a copy to the
Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of such Bank such additional amounts as are sufficient to
compensate such Bank for such increased costs.
(b) If any Bank determines that (i) the introduction
of any Capital Adequacy Regulation, (ii) any change in any
Capital Adequacy Regulation, (iii) any change in the
interpretation or administration of any Capital Adequacy
Regulation by any central bank or other Governmental Authority
charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or
(iv) compliance by such Bank (or its Lending Office), or any
corporation controlling such Bank, with any Capital Adequacy
Regulation affects or would affect the amount of capital that
such Bank or any corporation controlling such Bank is required or
expected to maintain, and such Bank (taking into consideration
such Bank's or such corporation's policies with respect to
capital adequacy and such Bank's desired return on capital)
determines that the amount of such capital is increased as a
consequence of any of its loans, credits or obligations under
this Agreement, then, upon demand of such Bank to the Company
through the Administrative Agent, the Company shall immediately
pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of such Bank,
from time to time as specified by such Bank, additional amounts
sufficient to compensate such Bank for such increase.
3.4 Funding Losses. The Company agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent, from time to time, for the account of the Banks,
any amount that would be necessary to reimburse the Banks for, and to
hold the Banks harmless from, any loss or expense which the Banks may
sustain or incur as a consequence of:
(a) the failure of the Company to make any payment or
prepayment of principal of any LIBOR Rate Loan (including
payments made after any acceleration thereof);
(b) the failure of the Company to borrow, continue or
convert a Loan after the Company has given (or is deemed to have
given) a Borrowing Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice;
(c) the failure of the Company to make any prepayment
after the Company has given a notice in accordance with
Section 2.6;
(d) the prepayment (including pursuant to
Section 2.7.2) of a LIBOR Rate Loan on a day which is not the
last day of the Interest Period with respect thereto;
(e) the conversion pursuant to subsection 2.5 of any
LIBOR Rate Loan to a Reference Rate Loan on a day that is not the
last day of the respective Interest Period;
including any such loss or expense arising from the liquidation or
reemployment of funds obtained to maintain the LIBOR Rate Loans
hereunder or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which
such funds were obtained. Solely for purposes of calculating amounts
payable by the Company to the Administrative Agent, for the account of
the Banks, under this Section 3.4, each LIBOR Rate Loan (and each
related reserve, special deposit or similar requirement) shall be
conclusively deemed to have been funded at the LIBOR used in
determining the LIBOR Rate for such LIBOR Rate Loan by a matching
deposit or other borrowing in the applicable offshore dollar interbank
market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or
not such LIBOR Rate Loan is in fact so funded.
3.5 Inability to Determine Rates. If any Bank determines
that for any reason adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
ascertaining the LIBOR Rate for any requested Interest Period with
respect to a proposed LIBOR Rate Loan or that the LIBOR Rate
applicable pursuant to subsection 2.8.1 for any requested Interest
Period with respect to a proposed LIBOR Rate Loan does not adequately
and fairly reflect the cost to such Bank of funding such Loan, such
Bank will forthwith give notice of such determination to the Company
through the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the obligation of such
Bank to make or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans hereunder shall be suspended
until such Bank revokes such notice in writing. Upon receipt of such
notice, the Company may revoke any Borrowing Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice then submitted by it. If the Company
does not revoke such notice, the affected Bank shall make, convert or
continue the Loans, as proposed by the Company, in the amount
specified in the applicable notice submitted by the Company, but such
Loans shall be made, converted or continued as Reference Rate Loans
instead of LIBOR Rate Loans.
3.6 Certificate of Bank. Any Bank, if claiming
reimbursement or compensation pursuant to this Article 3, shall
deliver to the Company through the Administrative Agent a certificate
setting forth in reasonable detail the amount payable to such Bank
hereunder, and such certificate shall be conclusive and binding on the
Company in the absence of manifest error.
3.7 Survival. The agreements and obligations of the
Company in this Article 3 shall survive the payment and performance of
all other Obligations.
4. Conditions Precedent.
4.1 Conditions to Approving Parcels. Subject to the
provisions of Section 10.18, a Parcel shall be considered an Approved
Unencumbered Parcel for purposes of this Agreement upon satisfaction
of all of the following conditions precedent:
4.1.1 Fee Ownership. The Company owns fee title to
such Parcel.
4.1.2 Satisfactory Parcel. Such Parcel either
(a) is satisfactory to the Majority Banks in their sole and absolute
discretion or (b) satisfies all of the following conditions: (1) the
Parcel is improved, and the improvements located on such Parcel are
and will be used solely for flexible industrial or warehouse purposes,
(2) the Acquisition Cost of the Parcel to the Company is less than
$18,181,818, (3) more than eighty percent (80%) of the net rentable
area of the improvements located on such Parcel is covered by signed
leases with third-party tenants having remaining terms of three (3)
years or longer, and (4) the Administrative Agent has received
evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent of such Parcel's compliance with the foregoing conditions.
4.1.3 No Hazardous Materials. Such Parcel is free
from all Hazardous Materials, including asbestos, other than
commercially reasonable quantities of Hazardous Materials typically
used in properties similar to such Parcel and permitted by all
applicable Environmental Laws, and the Administrative Agent shall have
received evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Majority
Banks of such Parcel's compliance with this condition.
4.1.4 No Liens or Negative Pledges. Such Parcel and
all related personal property is (a) not subject to any negative
pledge for the benefit of any Person other than the Banks and (b) free
and clear of all Liens other than Liens securing nondelinquent taxes
or assessments.
4.2 Conditions of Initial Loan. The obligation of the
Banks to make the initial Loan after the Closing Date is subject to
the satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent:
4.2.1 Deliveries to the Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent shall have received, on or before the Closing
Date, all of the following in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and its counsel:
(a) this Agreement and the Revolving Notes executed
by the Company;
(b) a Guaranty executed by each Subsidiary or
Permitted Partnership whose financial results are consolidated
with the Company's financial results for purposes of the
financial statements to be delivered to the Banks pursuant to
subsections 6.1(a) and 6.1(b);
(c) copies of the resolutions of the board of
directors of the Company and each Guarantor approving and
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company or such Guarantor of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to be delivered hereunder to which such Person is a
party, and authorizing the borrowing or guarantee of the Loans,
as appropriate, certified as of the Closing Date by such Person's
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company;
(d) certificates of the Secretary or Assistant
Secretary of the Company and each Guarantor certifying the names
and true signatures of the officers of the Company or such
Guarantor authorized to execute and deliver, as applicable, this
Agreement and all other Loan Documents to be delivered hereunder
to which such Person is a party;
(e) the articles or certificate of incorporation of
the Company and each Guarantor as in effect on the Closing Date,
certified by the Secretary of State of the applicable Person's
state of incorporation as of a recent date and the applicable
Person's Secretary or Assistant Secretary as of the Closing Date;
(f) good standing certificates for the Company and
each Guarantor from the Secretary of State of (i) such Person's
state of incorporation and (ii) in the case of the Company, each
state in which an Approved Unencumbered Parcel is situated,
evidencing that the Company is qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation in said state as of a recent date, together
with bringdown certificates by telex or telefacsimile dated the
Closing Date;
(g) an opinion of counsel to the Company and the
Guarantors acceptable to the Administrative Agent, addressed to
the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit D;
(h) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer,
dated as of the Closing Date, stating that (i) the
representations and warranties contained in Article 5 are true
and correct on and as of such date, as though made on and as of
such date; (ii) no Default or Event of Default exists or would
result from the initial Loan; and (iii) there has occurred since
December 31, 1997, no event or circumstance that could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(i) a certified copy of the consolidated financial
statements of the Company referred to in Section 5.11; and
(j) such other approvals, opinions or documents as
the Administrative Agent may request.
4.2.2 Payment of Expenses. The Company shall have
paid all costs, accrued and unpaid fees and expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent, to the extent then due and payable, on the
Closing Date, including Attorney Costs incurred by the Administrative
Agent, to the extent invoiced prior to or on the Closing Date,
together with such additional amounts of Attorney Costs as shall
constitute a reasonable estimate of Attorney Costs incurred or to be
incurred through the closing proceedings, provided that such estimate
shall not thereafter preclude final settling of accounts between the
Company and the Administrative Agent, including any such costs, fees
and expenses arising under or referenced in Section 10.4.
4.3 Conditions to All Borrowings. The obligation of the
Banks to make any Loan (including the initial Loan) is subject to the
satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent on the
relevant borrowing date:
4.3.1 Availability. The aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Loans (including the Loans to be made pursuant
to the contemplated Borrowing) does not exceed the Availability at
such time, and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Working Capital Borrowings (including any Loans to be made to finance
the Company's operations pursuant to the contemplated Borrowing) does
not exceed the Working Capital Availability at such time.
4.3.2 Notice of Borrowing. The Administrative Agent
shall have received a Borrowing Notice.
4.3.3 Continuation of Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties made by the Company
contained in Article 5 shall be true and correct on and as of such
borrowing date with the same effect as if made on and as of such
borrowing date (except to the extent such representations and
warranties expressly refer to an earlier date, in which case they
shall be true and correct as of such earlier date).
4.3.4 No Existing Default. No Default or Event of
Default shall exist or shall result from such Loan.
4.3.5 Further Assurances. The Company shall have
executed and acknowledged (or caused to be executed and acknowledged)
and delivered to the Administrative Agent all documents and taken all
actions, reasonably required by the Administrative Agent or the Banks
from time to time to confirm the rights created or now or hereafter
intended to be created by the Loan Documents, or otherwise to carry
out the purposes of the Loan Documents and the transactions
contemplated thereunder.
Each Borrowing Notice submitted by the Company hereunder shall
constitute a representation and warranty by the Company hereunder, as
of the date of each such Borrowing Notice and as of the date of each
Loan, that the conditions in Section 4.3 are satisfied.
5. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and
warrants to the Administrative Agent and each of the Banks that:
5.1 Existence and Power. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries (a) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation; and (b) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation,
licensed and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction
where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of
its business requires such qualification. Each Permitted Partnership
(c) is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its creation; and
(d) is duly qualified as a foreign limited partnership, licensed and
in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its
ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its
business requires such qualification. The Company, each of its
Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership (e) has the power and
authority, and has obtained all governmental licenses, authorizations,
consents and approvals needed, to own its assets, to carry on its
business and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the
Loan Documents to which it is a party; and (f) is in compliance with
all Requirements of Law; except, in each case referred to in
clause (b), clause (d) or clause (f), to the extent that failure to do
so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.2 Corporate Authorization; No Contravention. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement
and any other Loan Document have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action, and do not and will not:
(a) contravene the terms of any of the Company's
Organization Documents;
(b) conflict with or result in any breach or
contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, any
Contractual Obligation to which the Company is a party or any
order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority
to which the Company or its Property is subject; or
(c) violate any Requirement of Law.
5.3 Governmental Authorization. No approval, consent,
exemption, authorization or other action by, or notice to or filing
with, any Governmental Authority is necessary or required in
connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or
enforcement against, the Company of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document to which the Company is a party.
5.4 Binding Effect. This Agreement and each other Loan
Document constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except
as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency
or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.
5.5 Litigation. Except as specifically disclosed in
Schedule 5.5, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or
disputes pending, or to the best knowledge of the Company threatened
or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any
Governmental Authority, against the Company, any of its Subsidiaries
or any Permitted Partnership, or any of their respective Properties,
which (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, or (b) if determined adversely to the Company, one or more of
its Subsidiaries or one or more Permitted Partnerships would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No
injunction, writ, temporary restraining order or any order of any
nature has been issued by any court or other Governmental Authority
purporting to enjoin or restrain the execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or directing
that the transactions provided for herein or therein not be
consummated as herein or therein provided.
5.6 No Default. No Default or Event of Default exists or
would result from the incurring of any Obligations by the Company.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any Permitted
Partnership is in default under or with respect to any Contractual
Obligation in any respect which, individually or together with all
such defaults, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
5.7 ERISA Compliance. Each Plan and Multi-employer Plan
is in full compliance with applicable Requirements of Law, including
ERISA, and no ERISA Events or accumulated funding deficiencies within
the meaning of ERISA have occurred with respect to any Qualified Plan
or Multi-employer Plan that, in the aggregate, could result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
5.8 Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations. The proceeds of
the Loans are intended to be and shall be used solely for the purposes
set forth in and permitted by Section 6.11, and are intended to be and
shall be used in compliance with Section 7.6.
5.9 Title to Properties. The Company, each of its
Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership has good record and
marketable title in fee simple to 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, have a Material
Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, the Property of the Company,
its Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership is subject to no Liens
that are not disclosed in the most recent financial statements
delivered to the Administrative Agent other than Permitted Liens and,
with respect to a Property other than an Approved Unencumbered Parcel
(i) Liens securing the performance of obligations under recorded
covenants, conditions and restrictions, easements or other agreements
among adjoining landowners, and (ii) Liens securing purchase money
financing of fixtures and equipment, or securing other indebtedness
that in the aggregate does not exceed $100,000.
5.10 Taxes. The Company, its Subsidiaries and each
Permitted Partnership have filed all federal and other material tax
returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all federal
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 and for which
adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP, and no
Notice of Lien has been filed or recorded. There is no proposed tax
assessment against the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any
Permitted Partnership that would, if the assessment were made, have a
Material Adverse Effect.
5.11 Financial Condition.
(a) The audited consolidated financial statements of
the Company dated December 31, 1997, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for
the 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;
(ii) are complete, accurate and fairly present the
financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date
thereof and results of operations for the period covered thereby; and
(iii) except as specifically disclosed in
Schedule 5.11, show all material Indebtedness and other liabilities,
direct or contingent, of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material
commitments and Contingent Obligations.
(b) Since December 31, 1997, there has been no
Material Adverse Effect.
5.12 Environmental Matters.
(a) Except as specifically disclosed in
Schedule 5.12, to the best knowledge of the Company the on-going
operations of the Company, each of its Subsidiaries and each
Permitted Partnership comply in all respects with all
Environmental Laws, except such non-compliance which would not
(if enforced in accordance with applicable law) result in
liability in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate.
(b) Except as specifically disclosed in
Schedule 5.12, the Company, each of its Subsidiaries and each
Permitted Partnership has obtained all licenses, permits,
authorizations and registrations required under any Environmental
Law ("Environmental Permits") and necessary for its ordinary
course operations, all such Environmental Permits are in good
standing, and the Company, each of its Subsidiaries and each
Permitted Partnership is in compliance with all material terms
and conditions of such Environmental Permits.
(c) Except as specifically disclosed in
Schedule 5.12, none of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, any
Permitted Partnership or any of their respective present Property
or operations is subject to any outstanding written order from,
or agreement with, any Governmental Authority, or subject to any
judicial or docketed administrative proceeding, respecting any
Environmental Law, Environmental Claim or Hazardous Material.
(d) Except as specifically disclosed in
Schedule 5.12, to the best knowledge of the Company there are no
Hazardous Materials or other conditions or circumstances existing
with respect to any Parcel, or arising from operations of the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership
prior to the Closing Date, that would reasonably be expected to
give rise to Environmental Claims with a potential liability of
the Company and its Subsidiaries in excess of $50,000 in the
aggregate for any such condition, circumstance or Parcel. In
addition, (i) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor
any Permitted Partnership has any underground storage tanks
(x) that are not properly registered or permitted under
applicable Environmental Laws, or (y) that are leaking or
disposing of Hazardous Materials off-site, and (ii) the Company,
its Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership have notified all
of their employees of the existence, if any, of any health hazard
arising from the conditions of their employment and have met all
notification requirements under Title III of CERCLA and all other
Environmental Laws.
5.13 Regulated Entities. Neither the Company nor any
Person controlling the Company is (a) an "Investment Company" within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940; or (b) subject to
regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the
Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act, any state public
utilities code, or any other federal or state statute or regulation
limiting its ability to incur Indebtedness.
5.14 No Burdensome Restrictions. The Company is not a
party to, or bound by, any Contractual Obligation, or subject to any
charter or corporate restriction or any Requirement of Law, which
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.15 Solvency. The Company is Solvent, each of its
Subsidiaries is Solvent and each Permitted Partnership is Solvent.
5.16 Subsidiaries; Equity Investments. As of the Closing
Date, the Company has no Subsidiaries other than those specifically
disclosed in part (a) of Schedule 5.16, and has no equity investments
in any (i) Permitted Partnership other than those specifically
disclosed in part (b) of Schedule 5.16 or (ii) other corporation,
partnership or other entity other than those specifically disclosed in
part (c) of Schedule 5.16.
5.17 Brokers; Transaction Fees. Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has any obligation to any Person in respect of
any finder's, broker's or investment banker's fee in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby.
5.18 Insurance. The Properties of the Company, its
Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership are insured with
financially sound and reputable insurance companies in such amounts,
with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily
carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar
Properties in localities where the Company, such Subsidiary or such
Permitted Partnership operates.
5.19 Full Disclosure. None of the representations or
warranties made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the Loan
Documents, as of the date such representations and warranties are made
or deemed made, and none of the statements contained in any exhibit,
report, statement or certificate furnished by or on behalf of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Loan
Documents, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they are made, not misleading.
5.20 Year 2000 Compliance. The Company is conducting a
comprehensive review and assessment of the Company's computer
applications and is making inquiry of the Company's key suppliers,
vendors and customers with respect to the "year 2000 problem" (that
is, the risk that computer applications may not be able properly to
perform date-sensitive functions after December 31, 1999) and, based
on this ongoing review and inquiry, the Company does not believe that
the year 2000 problem will result in a Material Adverse Effect.
6. Affirmative Covenants. The Company covenants and agrees
that, so long as any Bank shall have any obligation hereunder, or any
Loan or other Obligation shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, unless
the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Majority Banks, waives
compliance in writing:
6.1 Financial Statements. The Company shall deliver to
each of the Banks, in form and detail satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent:
(a) as soon as publicly available, but not later than
120 days after the end of each calendar year, a copy of the
audited consolidated balance sheets of the Company and each
unconsolidated Permitted Partnership as at the end of such year
and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders'
equity and cash flows for such calendar year, setting forth in
each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year,
and accompanied by the opinion of a nationally recognized
independent public accounting firm stating that such consolidated
financial statements present fairly the financial positions of
the Company and such Permitted Partnerships for the periods
indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent
with prior years;
(b) as soon as publicly available, but not later than
60 days after the end of each of the first three (3) calendar
quarters of each year, a copy of the unaudited consolidated
balance sheets of the Company and each unconsolidated Permitted
Partnership as of the end of such quarter and the related
consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity and cash
flows for the period commencing on the first day and ending on
the last day of such quarter, certified by an appropriate
Responsible Officer as being complete and correct and fairly
presenting the financial position and results of operations of
the Company and such Permitted Partnerships in accordance with
GAAP;
(c) as soon as available, but not later than 120 days
after the end of each calendar year, rolling two-year
consolidated cash flow projections for the Company and each
unconsolidated Permitted Partnership, certified by an appropriate
Responsible Officer of the Company as being complete and correct
in all material respects; and
(d) not later than 45 days after the end of each
calendar quarter of each year, a report in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent concerning the status of
all development activity of the Company, each of its Subsidiaries
and each Permitted Partnership, certified by an appropriate
Responsible Officer of the Company as being complete and correct
in all material respects.
6.2 Certificates; Other Information. The Company shall
furnish to the Administrative Agent, with sufficient copies for each
Bank:
(a) as soon as available, but not later than 45 days
after the end of each calendar quarter of each year, operating
statements and rent rolls for each Approved Unencumbered Parcel,
certified by an appropriate Responsible Officer as being complete
and correct, together with any additional information relating to
any such Approved Unencumbered Parcel reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent;
(b) concurrently with the delivery of the financial
statements referred to in subsections 6.1(a) and (b) above, a
certificate of a Responsible Officer in form and detail
substantially similar to the certificate delivered to the
Administrative Agent for the period ending March 31, 1998,
(i) stating that, to the best of such officer's knowledge, the
Company, during such period, has observed and performed all of
its covenants and other agreements, and satisfied every condition
contained in this Agreement to be observed, performed or
satisfied by it, and that such officer has obtained no knowledge
of any Default or Event of Default except as specified (by
applicable subsection reference) in such certificate, and
(ii) showing in detail the calculations supporting such statement
in respect of Sections 2.7.2(a), 7.10, 7.11, 7.14, 7.15, 7.16 and
7.17, (iii) listing the Approved Unencumbered Parcels and the
Acquisition Cost of each such Approved Unencumbered Parcel,
(iv) certifying that the Company will continue to maintain each
Approved Unencumbered Parcel so long as any or all of the
Acquisition Borrowing relating to such Approved Unencumbered
Parcel remains outstanding, and (v) certifying that the Company
has not granted a negative pledge covering any Approved
Unencumbered Parcel to any other Person;
(c) promptly after the same are sent, copies of all
financial statements and reports which the Company sends to its
shareholders; and promptly after the same are filed (but in the
case of the Company's (i) Form 10-K filing, in no event later
than 120 days after the end of the calendar year to which it
relates, and (ii) Form 10-Q filing, in no event later than 60
days after the end of the calendar quarter to which it relates),
copies of all financial statements and regular, periodical or
special reports which the Company may make to, or file with, the
SEC or any successor or similar Governmental Authority; and
(d) promptly, such additional business, financial,
corporate affairs and other information as the Administrative
Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
6.3 Notices. The Company shall promptly notify the
Administrative Agent:
(a) upon, but in no event later than ten (10) days
after, becoming aware of (i) the occurrence of any Default or
Event of Default, and (ii) the occurrence or existence of any
event or circumstance that foreseeably will become a Default or
Event of Default;
(b) of (i) any breach or non-performance of, or any
default under, any Contractual Obligation of the Company, any of
its Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership which could result
in a Material Adverse Effect; and (ii) any dispute, litigation,
investigation, proceeding or suspension which may exist at any
time between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
Permitted Partnership and any Governmental Authority;
(c) of the commencement of, or any material
development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting the
Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Permitted
Partnership (i) in which the amount of damages claimed is
$500,000 or more, (ii) in which injunctive or similar relief is
sought and which, if adversely determined, would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) in which the
relief sought is an injunction or other stay of the performance
of this Agreement or any Loan Document;
(d) upon, but in no event later than ten (10) days
after, becoming aware of (i) any and all enforcement, cleanup,
removal or other governmental or regulatory actions instituted,
completed or threatened against the Company, any Subsidiary of
the Company or any Permitted Partnership or any of their
respective Properties pursuant to any applicable Environmental
Laws, (ii) all other Environmental Claims, and (iii) any
environmental or similar condition on any real property adjoining
or in the vicinity of any real Property of the Company, any
Subsidiary of the Company or any Permitted Partnership that could
reasonably be anticipated to cause such Property or any part
thereof to be subject to any restrictions on the ownership,
occupancy, transferability or use of such Property under any
Environmental Laws;
(e) of any of the following ERISA events affecting
the Company or any member of its Controlled Group (but in no
event more than ten (10) days after such event), together with a
copy of any notice with respect to such event that may be
required to be filed with a Governmental Authority and any notice
delivered by a Governmental Authority to the Company or any
member or its Controlled Group with respect to such event:
(i) an ERISA Event;
(ii) the adoption of any new Plan that is subject to
Title IV of ERISA or section 412 of the Code by any member of the
Controlled Group;
(iii) the adoption of any amendment to a Plan that is
subject to Title IV of ERISA or section 412 of the Code, if such
amendment results in a material increase in benefits or Unfunded
Pension Liabilities; or
(iv) the commencement of contributions by any member of the
Controlled Group to any Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or
section 412 of the Code;
(f) any Material Adverse Effect subsequent to the
date of the most recent audited financial statements of the
Company delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
subsection 6.1(a);
(g) of any change in accounting policies or financial
reporting practices by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or
any Permitted Partnership within ten (10) days of their adoption;
and
(h) of any notice of redemption given with respect to
any or all of the Company's preferred shares, within ten (10)
days of the date of such notice.
Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a written
statement by a Responsible Officer of the Company setting forth
details of the occurrence referred to therein, and stating what action
the Company proposes to take with respect thereto and at what time.
Each notice under subsection 6.3(a) shall describe with particularity
any and all clauses or provisions of this Agreement or other Loan
Document that have been breached or violated.
6.4 Preservation of Corporate Existence, Etc. Subject to
the provisions of Section 7.2, the Company shall, and shall cause each
of its Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership to:
(a) preserve and maintain in full force and effect
its corporate or partnership existence and good standing under
the laws of its state or jurisdiction of incorporation;
(b) preserve and maintain in full force and effect
all rights, privileges, qualifications, permits, licenses and
franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its
business;
(c) use its reasonable efforts, in the Ordinary
Course of Business, to preserve its business organization; and
(d) in the case of each Permitted Partnership,
preserve and maintain in full force and effect, without amendment
or modification, such Permitted Partnership's agreement of
limited partnership and certificate of limited partnership, and
otherwise at all times continue to satisfy all of the
requirements set forth in the definition of the term "Permitted
Partnership".
6.5 Maintenance of Property. The Company shall maintain,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each Permitted
Partnership to maintain, and preserve all of its Property which is
used or useful in its business in good working order and condition,
ordinary wear and tear excepted and 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.
6.6 Insurance. The Company shall maintain, and shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership to
maintain, with financially sound and reputable independent insurers,
insurance with respect to its Properties and business against loss or
damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in
the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts as are
customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons,
including workers' compensation insurance, public liability insurance,
property and casualty insurance and rental interruption insurance, the
amount of which shall not be reduced by the Company, any Subsidiary of
the Company or any Permitted Partnership in the absence of thirty (30)
days' prior notice to the Administrative Agent. Upon request of the
Administrative Agent, the Company shall furnish the Administrative
Agent at reasonable intervals (but not more often than once per
calendar year) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company
(and, if requested by the Administrative Agent any insurance broker
for the Company) setting forth the nature and extent of all insurance
maintained by the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Permitted
Partnership in accordance with this Section 6.6 (and which, in the
case of a certificate of a broker, were placed through such broker).
6.7 Payment of Obligations. The Company shall, and shall
cause its Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership to, pay and
discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all their
respective 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
(which proceedings have the effect of preventing the imposition
of a Lien on, or the forfeiture or sale of, any Property of the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership)
and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being
maintained by the Company or such Subsidiary or Permitted
Partnership;
(b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law
become a Lien upon its Property unless the same are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings (which
proceedings have the effect of preventing the imposition of a
Lien on, or the forfeiture or sale of, any Property of the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership)
and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being
maintained by the Company or such Subsidiary or Permitted
Partnership; 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.
6.8 Compliance with Laws. The Company shall comply, and
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership to
comply, in all material respects with all Requirements of Law of any
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it or its business or
any of its Property, except such as may be contested in good faith or
as to which a bona fide dispute may exist.
6.9 Inspection of Property and Books and Records. The
Company shall maintain, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and
each Permitted Partnership to maintain, proper books of record and
account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with
GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions
and matters involving the assets and business of the Company and such
Subsidiaries and Permitted Partnerships. The Company shall permit,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each Permitted
Partnership to permit, representatives of the Administrative Agent or
any Bank to visit and inspect any of their respective Properties, to
examine their respective corporate, financial and operating records,
and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss their
respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective
directors, officers and independent public accountants, all at the
expense of the Company (which shall include all internal or outside
legal and other consultant fees and other out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the Administrative Agent or any of the Banks in connection
with any such inspection, but shall not include the Administrative
Agent's or any Bank's normal overhead or employee costs of
administering the Loans) and at such reasonable times during normal
business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon
reasonable advance notice to the Company; provided, however, that when
an Event of Default exists the Administrative Agent or any Bank may do
any of the foregoing at the expense of the Company at any time during
normal business hours and without advance notice. No actions by the
Administrative Agent or any Bank pursuant to this Section 6.9 shall
unreasonably interfere with (a) the performance by the Company's
employees of their duties or (b) the occupancy of any of the Company's
tenants.
6.10 Environmental Laws. The Company shall, and shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership to,
conduct its operations and keep and maintain its Property in
compliance with all Environmental Laws whose violation could,
individually or in the aggregate, result in liability in excess of
$250,000. Upon the written request of the Administrative Agent or any
Bank, the Company shall submit, and cause each of its Subsidiaries and
each Permitted Partnership to submit, to the Administrative Agent,
with sufficient copies for each Bank, at the Company's sole cost and
expense, at reasonable intervals, a report providing an update of the
status of any environmental, health or safety compliance, hazard or
liability issue identified in any notice or report required pursuant
to subsection 6.3(d), that could, individually or in the aggregate,
result in liability in excess of $250,000.
6.11 Use of Proceeds. Subject to the provisions of
Section 3.2(c), the Company shall use the proceeds of the Loans solely
for the purpose of (i) facilitating the Company's acquisition of
improved real property (subject to the provisions of Section 7.12),
and (ii) financing the Company's operating expenses, including
development activities (subject to the provisions of Sections 7.15 and
7.16).
6.12 Solvency. The Company shall at all times be, and
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each Permitted Partnership to
be, Solvent.
6.13 Further Assurances. Promptly upon request by the
Administrative Agent, the Company shall (and shall cause any of its
Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership to) do such further acts,
and execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file,
register and re-register any and all deeds, conveyances, security
agreements, deeds of trust, mortgages, assignments, estoppel
certificates, financing statements and continuations thereof,
termination statements, notices of assignment, transfers,
certificates, assurances and other instruments, as the Administrative
Agent may reasonably require from time to time in order to (i) carry
out more effectively the purposes of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, and (ii) better assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer,
preserve, protect and confirm to the Administrative Agent and the
Banks the rights granted or now or hereafter intended to be granted to
the Administrative Agent or the Banks under any Loan Document or under
any other document executed in connection therewith.
7. Negative Covenants. The Company hereby covenants and agrees
that, so long as any Bank shall have any obligation hereunder, or any
Loan or other Obligation shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, unless
the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Majority Banks, waives
compliance in writing:
7.1 Limitation on Liens. The Company shall not, and shall
not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted
Partnership to, directly or indirectly, make, create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any part of any
Approved Unencumbered Parcel, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
other than the following ("Permitted Liens"):
(a) Liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other
governmental charges which are not delinquent or remain payable
without penalty, or to the extent that non-payment thereof is
permitted by Section 6.7, provided that no Notice of Lien has
been filed or recorded; or
(b) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics',
landlords', materialmen's, repairmen's or other similar Liens
arising in the Ordinary Course of Business which are not
delinquent or remain payable without penalty or which are being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, which
proceedings have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale
of the Property subject thereto.
7.2 Consolidations and Mergers. The Company shall not,
and shall not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any
Permitted Partnership to, merge, consolidate with or into, or convey,
transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or
in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets
(whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any
Person, except:
(a) any Subsidiary of the Company or any Permitted
Partnership may merge with (i) the Company, provided that the
Company shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (ii) any
one or more subsidiaries of the Company, provided that (A) if any
transaction shall be between a Permitted Partnership and a
Subsidiary, the Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving
Person and (B) if any transaction shall be between a Subsidiary
or any Permitted Partnership and a wholly-owned Subsidiary, the
wholly-owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving
Person; and
(b) any Subsidiary of the Company or any Permitted
Partnership may sell all or substantially all of its assets (upon
voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Company or a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company;
provided, however, that so long as the continuing or surviving Person
remains liable for all of the Company's obligations to the Banks under
the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent and the Banks shall not
unreasonably withhold their consent to any merger or consolidation of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership
with or into any other Person.
7.3 Loans and Investments. The Company shall not, and
shall not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted
Partnership to, make any advance, loan, extension of credit or capital
contribution to any Person, including any Affiliate of the Company, or
enter into any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company
or similar entity with any non-Affiliate of the Company, except for
(a) advances, loans, extensions of credit or capital contributions to
Permitted Partnerships whose assets, in the aggregate, do not exceed
twenty percent (20%) of the consolidated assets of the Company, its
Subsidiaries and any Permitted Partnerships, (b) loans to tenants for
tenant improvements in a maximum principal amount of $1,500,000 for
any such loan, and (c) loans to employees of the Company to finance
their purchase of Company stock, where such employee loans are
reported on the Company's financial statements in a manner that does
not affect the Company's total assets, total liabilities or net worth.
7.4 Limitation on Indebtedness. The Company shall not,
and shall not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any
Permitted Partnership to, create, incur, assume, suffer to exist, or
otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect
to any unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount in
excess of $2,500,000.00, except (a) accounts payable to trade
creditors for goods and services and current operating liabilities
(not the result of the borrowing of money) incurred in the Ordinary
Course of Business of the Company or such Subsidiary or Permitted
Partnership in accordance with customary terms and paid within the
specified time, and (b) a loan from the Company to Bedford Realty
Partners, L.P., a California limited partnership, in a principal
amount not to exceed $1,500,000.00.
7.5 Transactions with Affiliates. The Company shall not,
and shall not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any
Permitted Partnership to, enter into any transaction with any
Affiliate of the Company or of any such Subsidiary or Permitted
Partnership, except (a) as expressly permitted by this Agreement, or
(b) in the Ordinary Course of Business and pursuant to the reasonable
requirements of the business of the Company or such Subsidiary or
Permitted Partnership; in each case (a) and (b), upon fair and
reasonable terms no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary
or Permitted Partnership than would obtain in a comparable
arm's-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate of the Company
or such Subsidiary or Permitted Partnership .
7.6 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall not, and shall not
suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership
to, use any portion of the Loan proceeds, directly or indirectly,
(i) to purchase or carry Margin Stock, (ii) to repay or otherwise
refinance indebtedness of the Company or others incurred to purchase
or carry Margin Stock, (iii) to extend credit for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock, (iv) to acquire any security
in any transaction that is subject to Section 13 or 14 of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or any regulations promulgated
thereunder, or (v) to purchase or redeem any equity security
(including any preferred shares) issued by the Company.
7.7 Contingent Obligations. The Company shall not, and
shall not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted
Partnership to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
Contingent Obligations except (i) endorsements for collection or
deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business or (ii) Guaranty
Obligations for the benefit of the Banks.
7.8 Creation of Subsidiaries. The Company shall not, and
shall not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted
Partnership to, (i) form any additional Subsidiaries other than
wholly-owned Subsidiaries, or (ii) enter into any additional
partnership, joint venture or similar business arrangement with any
Person except a Permitted Partnership whose assets, when combined with
the aggregate assets of all other Permitted Partnerships, do not
exceed twenty percent (20%) of the consolidated assets of the Company
and any Permitted Partnerships.
7.9 Compliance with ERISA. The Company shall not, and
shall not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) terminate
any Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA so as to result in any material
(in the opinion of the Administrative Agent) liability to the Company
or any ERISA Affiliate, (ii) permit to exist any ERISA Event, or any
other event or condition, which presents the risk of a material (in
the opinion of the Administrative Agent) liability to any member of
the Controlled Group, (iii) make a complete or partial withdrawal
(within the meaning of ERISA Section 4201) from any Multi-employer
Plan so as to result in any material (in the opinion of the
Administrative Agent) liability to the Company or any ERISA Affiliate,
(iv) enter into any new Plan or modify any existing Plan so as to
increase its obligations thereunder which could result in any material
(in the opinion of the Administrative Agent) liability to any member
of the Controlled Group, or (v) permit the present value of all
nonforfeitable accrued benefits under any Plan (using the actuarial
assumptions utilized by the PBGC upon termination of a Plan)
materially (in the opinion of the Administrative Agent) to exceed the
fair market value of Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all
determined as of the most recent valuation date for each such Plan.
7.10 Debt to Gross Assets Ratio. The Company shall not at
any time permit the ratio of (a) its total consolidated liabilities
(including as liabilities the aggregate amount of all then-outstanding
but undrawn letters of credit issued by BofA for the Company's account
pursuant to the Secured Loan Agreement, all other Contingent
Obligations of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, and all
liabilities (including all Contingent Obligations) of unconsolidated
Permitted Partnerships) to (b) its Gross Assets, to be greater than
0.55 at any time.
7.11 Debt Service Coverage Ratio. The Company shall not
permit the ratio of (a) its Cash Flow to (b) its Covenant Debt Service
at any time to be less than 1.50 at any time.
7.12 Change in Business. The Company shall not, and shall
not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted
Partnership to, engage in any material line of business substantially
different from those lines of business carried on by it on the date
hereof.
7.13 Accounting Changes. The Company shall not, and shall
not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted
Partnership to, make any significant change in accounting treatment or
reporting practices, except as required by GAAP, or change the fiscal
year of the Company or of any of its consolidated Subsidiaries or any
Permitted Partnership.
7.14 Limitation on Dividends. The Company shall not,
during any fiscal quarter, declare or pay dividends to its
shareholders (including the holders of any of its preferred shares) in
an amount that would cause the aggregate amount of dividends paid to
such shareholders during such fiscal quarter and the three (3)
immediately preceding fiscal quarters to exceed ninety-five percent
(95%) of the Company's Funds From Operations during the four (4)
consecutive fiscal quarters immediately preceding the declaration date
of any such dividend; provided, however, that the Company may declare
or pay dividends to its shareholders (including the holders of any of
its preferred shares) in any fiscal quarter in an amount that exceeds
ninety-five percent (95%) of the Company's Funds From Operations
during the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the declaration date
of such dividend only to the extent necessary to preserve the
Company's status as a real estate investment trust for federal income
tax purposes; and provided further, however, that for the calendar
quarter in which any equity offering is completed and the next two (2)
consecutive calendar quarters, the Company may pay dividends to its
shareholders that exceed, in the aggregate, the foregoing limitations
so long as (i) the portion of such dividend payments that relate to
the Company's common and preferred shares issued and outstanding prior
to such equity offering satisfy the foregoing limitations, (ii) such
dividend payments on any new issue of common stock do not exceed the
rate at which the Company pays dividends on its other common stock and
(iii) such dividend payments on any new issue of preferred stock do
not exceed the minimum amount needed to pay the required dividend on
such preferred stock.
7.15 Development Activity. The Company shall not, and
shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership
to, engage in real estate development activity other than projects
involving at any time aggregate acquisition, development and
construction costs, determined on a GAAP basis before depreciation,
not to exceed at any time an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of
the consolidated assets of the Company and any Permitted Partnerships
at such time; provided, however, that no individual project shall
involve at any time aggregate acquisition, development and
construction costs, determined on a GAAP basis before depreciation,
in excess of five percent (5%) of the amount of the consolidated
assets of the Company and any Permitted Partnerships. For purposes of
this Section 7.15, real estate development activity begins when the
Company, any Subsidiary or any Permitted Partnership first incurs
costs relating to a project, and ends when (i) such project has
received a certificate of occupancy or equivalent approval for the
shell and core and (ii) more than eighty percent (80%) of the net
rentable area of such project is covered by signed leases with
third-party tenants having remaining terms of three (3) years or
longer.
7.16 Undeveloped Land. The Company will not, and will not
permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership to,
purchase undeveloped land that (a) is not Entitled Land, or (b) is
encumbered by any Lien (other than a Lien for the benefit of (i) the
Banks, or (ii) the seller of such undeveloped land to secure a
nonrecourse obligation in an amount not to exceed the purchase price
of such undeveloped land), or (c) causes the aggregate value of
undeveloped land owned by the Company, its Subsidiaries and the
Permitted Partnerships, determined on a GAAP basis, to exceed fifteen
percent (15%) of the amount of the consolidated assets of the Company
and any Permitted Partnerships.
7.17 Tangible Net Worth. The Company shall not at any time
permit its Tangible Net Worth to be less than the sum of (a) Two
Hundred Ninety-four Million Four Hundred Sixty-two Thousand Dollars
($294,462,000.00) plus (b) seventy-five percent (75%) of the proceeds
of any equity offering of the Company (net of the reasonable expenses
of such equity offering) occurring after December 31, 1997.
8. Events of Default and Remedies.
8.1 Event of Default. Any of the following shall
constitute an Event of Default:
8.1.1 Non-Payment. The Company fails to pay,
(i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of
any Loan, or (ii) within twenty (20) days after the same shall become
due, any interest, fee or any other amount payable hereunder or
pursuant to any other Loan Document; or
8.1.2 Representation or Warranty. Any
representation or warranty by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or
any Permitted Partnership made or deemed made in this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, or which is contained in any certificate,
document or financial or other statement by the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries, any Permitted Partnership, or their respective
Responsible Officers, furnished at any time under this Agreement or in
or under any other Loan Document, shall prove to have been incorrect
in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made; or
8.1.3 Specific Defaults. The Company fails to
perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in
Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.6, 6.9, 7.10, 7.11 or 7.17; or
8.1.4 Other Defaults. The Company fails to perform
or observe any other term or covenant contained in this Agreement or
any other Loan Document, and such default shall continue unremedied
for a period of twenty (20) days after the earlier of (i) the date
upon which a Responsible Officer of the Company knew of such failure
or (ii) the date upon which written notice thereof is given to the
Company by the Administrative Agent; or
8.1.5 Cross-Default. Either (a) the Company fails
to make any payment in respect of any recourse Indebtedness owed by
the Company when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required
prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise) and such failure
continues after the applicable grace or notice period, if any,
specified in the relevant document on the date of such failure, or
(b) the occurrence of an "Event of Default" under and as defined in
the Secured Loan Agreement; or
8.1.6 Insolvency; Voluntary Proceedings. The
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted Partnership or any
Guarantor (i) ceases or fails to be Solvent, or generally fails to
pay, or admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they
become due, subject to applicable grace periods, if any, whether at
stated maturity or otherwise; (ii) voluntarily ceases to conduct its
business in the ordinary course; (iii) commences any Insolvency
Proceeding with respect to itself; or (iv) takes any action to
effectuate or authorize any of the foregoing; or
8.1.7 Insolvency; Involuntary Proceedings. (i) Any
involuntary Insolvency Proceeding is commenced or filed against the
Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any Permitted Partnership or
any Guarantor, or any writ, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution
or similar process, is issued or levied against a substantial part of
the Company's or any of its Subsidiaries' or any Permitted
Partnership's or any Guarantor's Properties, and any such proceeding
or petition shall not be dismissed, or such writ, judgment, warrant of
attachment, execution or similar process shall not be released,
vacated or fully bonded within sixty (60) days after commencement,
filing or levy; (ii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
Permitted Partnership or any Guarantor admits the material allegations
of a petition against it in any Insolvency Proceeding, or an order for
relief (or similar order under non-U.S. law) is ordered in any
Insolvency Proceeding; or (iii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or any Permitted Partnership or any Guarantor acquiesces in the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator,
liquidator, mortgagee in possession (or agent therefor), or other
similar Person for itself or a substantial portion of its Property or
business; or
8.1.8 ERISA Plans. The occurrence of any one or
more of the following events with respect to the Company, provided
such event or events could reasonably be expected, in the judgment of
the Administrative Agent, to subject the Company to any tax, penalty
or liability (or any combination of the foregoing) which, in the
aggregate, could have a material adverse effect on the financial
condition of the Company with respect to a Plan:
(a) A Reportable Event shall occur with respect
to a Plan which is, in the reasonable judgment of the
Administrative Agent likely to result in the termination of such
Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA; or
(b) Any Plan termination (or commencement of
proceedings to terminate a Plan) or the Company's full or partial
withdrawal from a Plan; or
8.1.9 Monetary Judgments. One or more final
(non-interlocutory) judgments, orders or decrees shall be entered
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Permitted
Partnership or any Guarantor involving in the aggregate a liability
(not fully covered by insurance) as to any single or related series of
transactions, incidents or conditions of $1,000,000 or more, and the
same shall remain unvacated and unstayed pending appeal for a period
of sixty (60) days after the entry thereof; or
8.1.10 Adverse Change. There shall occur, or be
reasonably likely to occur, a Material Adverse Effect that continues
unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of
(i) the date upon which a Responsible Officer of the Company knew or
should have known of such Material Adverse Effect or (ii) the date
upon which written notice thereof is given to the Company by the Bank;
or
8.1.11 Management Changes. The Chairman of the
Board or the chief executive officer of the Company resigns, is
terminated or otherwise ceases to act for any reason, and such officer
of the Company is not replaced with a person reasonably satisfactory
to the Majority Banks within six (6) months after he ceases to hold
such position.
8.1.12 Preferred Dividend Defaults. The Company
fails to pay in full any two (2) consecutive quarterly dividend
payments owing to holders of the Company's preferred shares.
8.1.13 Early Termination of a Specified Swap
Contract. There occurs under any Specified Swap Contract an Early
Termination Date (as defined in such Specified Swap Contract)
resulting from (i) any event of default under such Specified Swap
Contract as to which the Company is the Defaulting Party (as defined
in such Specified Swap Contract) or (ii) any Termination Event (as
defined in such Specified Swap Contract) as to which the Company is an
Affected Party (as defined in such Specified Swap Contract), the
occurrence of such Early Termination Date gives rise to a monetary
obligation owing from the Company to the Swap Provider under the
Specified Swap Contract, and the Company fails to pay such monetary
obligation within five (5) days of such Swap Provider's demand.
8.2 Remedies. If any Event of Default occurs, the
Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the
consent of, the Majority Banks:
8.2.1 Termination of Commitment to Lend. Declare
the commitment of each Bank to make Loans to be terminated,
whereupon such commitment shall forthwith be terminated; and
8.2.2 Acceleration of Loans. 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
Company; and
8.2.3 Exercise of Rights and Remedies. Exercise all
rights and remedies available to it under the Loan Documents or
applicable law; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of
any event specified in subsections 8.1.6 or 8.1.7 above (in the
case of clause (i) of subsection 8.1.7 upon the expiration of the
60-day period mentioned therein), the obligation of each Bank to
make Loans shall automatically terminate, and the unpaid
principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and
other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and
payable without further act of the Administrative Agent or any
Bank;
provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
under Section 8.1.12, the Administrative Agent may not exercise any of
its remedies under Sections 8.2.2 or 8.2.3 until the earlier of
(i) the first date on which a notice of redemption is given with
respect to any or all of the Company's preferred shares and
(ii) ninety (90) days after the occurrence of such Event of Default,
unless the Company cures such Event of Default during such ninety (90)
day period.
8.3 Rights Not Exclusive. The rights provided for in this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not
exclusive of any other rights, powers, privileges or remedies provided
by law or in equity, or under any other instrument, document or
agreement now existing or hereafter arising.
8.4 Specified Swap Contract Remedies. Notwithstanding any
contrary provision of this Article 8 (other than Section 8.5), but
subject to the provisions of Section 8.5, each Swap Provider shall
have with respect to any Specified Swap Contract of such Swap Provider
the right, to the extent so provided in the applicable Specified Swap
Contract or any master agreement relating thereto, and after notice to
the Administrative Agent, but without the approval or consent of the
Administrative Agent or the other Banks, to (a) declare an event of
default, termination event or other similar event thereunder and to
create an Early Termination Date, and (b) to determine net termination
amounts in accordance with the terms of such Specified Swap Contract
and to set-off amounts between Specified Swap Contracts.
8.5 Subordination of Swap Obligations.
8.5.1 Each Swap Provider agrees that (a) any and all
present and future obligations or liabilities of the Company to a Swap
Provider under any Specified Swap Contract, whether fixed or
contingent, matured or unmatured, or liquidated or unliquidated,
including any net termination amounts payable to the Swap Provider
under any such Specified Swap Contract (collectively, the "Specified
Swap Obligations"), shall be at all times junior and subordinate to
the Obligations, including any claim for interest or expenses accruing
after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding by or against the
Company, and (b) all of the Specified Swap Obligations owing from the
Company to each Swap Provider shall have the same priority, and each
Swap Provider shall share equally and ratably (based on the relative
amounts of the Specified Swap Obligations owing from the Company to
each such Swap Provider) in any payment from the Company after all of
the Obligations have been paid or otherwise satisfied in full and the
obligations of the Banks to make Loans hereunder have been terminated.
8.5.2 Notwithstanding any contrary provision of any
Specified Swap Contract, upon the occurrence of any event of default,
a Termination Event or an Early Termination Date under a Specified
Swap Contract, the Swap Provider shall have no right to exercise any
of its rights or remedies against the Company under the Specified Swap
Contract, and the Swap Provider's sole rights and remedies against the
Company shall be limited to those of a "Bank" under the Loan
Documents. In particular, a Swap Provider shall have no right to
commence or prosecute any action against the Company under the
Specified Swap Contract or to set off against any deposit account of
the Company with the Swap Provider. Upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of any Event of Default, any payment by the Company to
a Swap Provider pursuant to a Specified Swap Contract, including any
payment on any claim filed by such Swap Provider in any Insolvency
Proceeding commenced by or against the Company, shall be considered to
be a payment on account of the Obligations that is subject to the
provisions of Section 2.13, until all of the Obligations have been
paid or otherwise satisfied in full, and shall thereafter be
considered to be a payment on account of all of the Specified Swap
Obligations, and shall be shared by all of the Swap Providers pursuant
to this Section 8.5 in the manner set forth in Section 2.13. Each
Swap Provider agrees that the provisions of this Section 8.5.2
relating to restrictions on the exercise of remedies shall not apply
to BofA acting in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the Banks.
8.5.3 Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default,
including an Event of Default under Section 8.1.13, any amounts
collected from the Company shall first be applied to the Obligations,
until all of the Obligations have been paid or otherwise satisfied in
full, and then to the Specified Swap Obligations, until all of the
Specified Swap Obligations have been paid or otherwise satisfied in
full.
8.5.4 Each Swap Provider agrees that its issuance of
a Specified Swap Contract shall not alter any of its rights, duties or
liabilities, or the rights, duties or liabilities of the
Administrative Agent or any other Bank, under the Loan Documents, and
each Swap Provider agrees that the Administrative Agent's or any
Bank's exercise of any of its rights under the Loan Documents, with or
without the consent of such Swap Provider, shall not alter, waive or
otherwise prejudice the Administrative Agent's or any Bank's rights
with respect to such Swap Provider under this Section 8.5.
8.5.5 The provisions of this Section 8.5 shall
survive the full repayment or satisfaction of the Obligations, and
shall continue in force until all of the Specified Swap Obligations
owing from the Company to each Swap Provider have been paid or
otherwise satisfied in full.
9. The Administrative Agent.
9.1 Appointment and Authorization of the Administrative
Agent. Each Bank hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and
authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf
under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document,
and to exercise such powers and perform such duties, as are expressly
delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto and as further provided in the Co-Lender Agreement described
below.
9.2 The Administrative Agent's Powers. Subject to the
limitations set forth in the Loan Documents and Co-Lender Agreement,
the Administrative Agent's powers include but are not limited to the
power: (a) to administer, manage and service the Loans; (b) to
enforce the Loan Documents; (c) to make all decisions under the Loan
Documents in connection with the day-to-day administration of the
Loans, any inspections required by the Loan Documents, and other
routine administration and servicing matters; (d) to collect and
receive from the Company or any third persons all payments of amounts
due under the terms of the Loan Documents and to distribute the
amounts thereof to the Banks; (e) to collect and distribute or
disburse all other amounts due under the Loan Documents; (f) to grant
or withhold consents, approvals or waivers, and make any other
determinations in connection with the Loan Documents; and (g) to
exercise all such powers as are incidental to any of the foregoing
matters. The Administrative Agent shall furnish to the Banks copies
of material documents, including confidential ones, received from the
Company regarding the Loans, the Loan Documents and the transactions
contemplated thereby. The Administrative Agent shall have no
responsibility with respect to the authenticity, validity, accuracy or
completeness of the information provided.
9.3 Limitation on the Administrative Agent's Duties.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of any Loan Document, the
Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities
except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents or the Co-
Lender Agreement, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any
fiduciary relationship with any Bank, and no implied covenants,
responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read
into this Agreement, any other Loan Document or the Co-Lender
Agreement against the Administrative Agent.
9.4 Acknowledgment of Co-Lender Agreement. The Company
acknowledges that the Banks have executed a Co-Lender Agreement to
supplement the Loan Documents with respect to the relationship of the
Banks and the Administrative Agent among themselves in connection with
the Loans. The Co-Lender Agreement is not a Loan Document.
9.5 Co-Agents. None of the Banks identified on the face
page or the signature pages of this Agreement as a "Co-Agent" shall
have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty
under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents other than those
applicable to all Banks as such.
9.6 Successor Administrative Agent and Co-Agents. The
Administrative Agent or any Co-Agent may, and at the request of the
Majority Banks shall, resign as Administrative Agent or Co-Agent, as
the case may be, upon thirty (30) days' notice to the Banks. If the
Administrative Agent resigns under this Agreement, the Majority Banks
shall appoint from among the Banks a successor administrative agent.
If no successor administrative agent is appointed prior to the
effective date of the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the
Administrative Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Banks, a
successor administrative agent which would qualify as an Eligible
Assignee. If a Co-Agent resigns under this Agreement, the
Administrative Agent shall elect either (a) to assume the rights and
obligations, if any, of such Co-Agent, and thereupon all references to
such Co-Agent shall be deemed references to the Administrative Agent,
or (b) to appoint a successor Co-Agent from among the Banks. Upon its
acceptance of the appointment as successor administrative agent or
co-agent hereunder, as the case may be, such successor shall succeed
to all of the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Administrative
Agent or Co-Agent, as the case may be, the term "Administrative Agent"
or "Co-Agent", as the case may be, shall mean such successor, and the
appointment, powers and duties of such retiring Administrative Agent
or Co-Agent, as the case may be, shall terminate. After any retiring
Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent,
the provisions of this Agreement regarding payment of costs and
expenses and indemnification of the Administrative Agent shall inure
to its benefit as to any actions that such retiring Administrative
Agent took or omitted to take while it was Administrative Agent under
this Agreement. If no successor administrative agent has accepted
appointment as Administrative Agent by the date which is thirty (30)
days following a retiring Administrative Agent's notice of
resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent's resignation shall
nevertheless thereupon become effective, and the Banks shall perform
all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such
time, if any, as the Majority Banks appoint a successor administrative
agent in the manner set forth above. Upon replacement of the
Administrative Agent as provided in this Agreement, the former
Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver to the new Administrative
Agent copies of any books, records and documents related to the Loans
and any collateral to which the Banks are entitled and which is then
in the former Administrative Agent's possession.
10. Miscellaneous.
10.1 Amendments and Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent
with respect to any departure by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be in
writing and signed by the Administrative Agent at the written request
of the Majority Banks, and then such waiver shall be effective only in
the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given;
provided however, that no such amendment or waiver shall do any of the
following unless it is in writing and signed by the Administrative
Agent at the written request of all the Banks:
(a) Increase the Commitment of any Bank;
(b) Postpone or delay any date fixed by this
Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment of
principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Banks (or
any one of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document;
(c) Reduce the rate of interest or any fees or other
amounts payable in connection with the Loan;
(d) Change the voting percentage of the Commitments
or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans that is
required for the Banks, or any of them, to take any action
hereunder;
(e) Amend this or any provision requiring consent of
all Banks for action by the Banks or the Administrative Agent;
(f) Discharge the Company or any guarantor, except as
otherwise may be provided in the Loan Documents or except where
the consent of only the Majority Banks is expressly required by
any Loan Document;
(g) Amend Section 7.10, Section 7.11, Section 7.15,
Section 7.16, Section 7.17 or Section 8 of the Loan Agreement.
10.2 Notices.
(a) All notices, requests and other communications
provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including, unless the
context expressly otherwise provides, facsimile transmission) and
mailed (by certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt
requested), delivered or telecopied to the address or number
specified for notices on the applicable signature page hereof, or
to such other address as shall be designated by such party in a
written notice to the other parties.
(b) All such notices and communications shall, when
transmitted by overnight delivery or telecopied by facsimile, be
effective when delivered for overnight delivery or transmitted by
telecopier, respectively, or if delivered, upon delivery, except
that notices pursuant to Article 2 shall not be effective until
actually received by the Administrative Agent. All notices and
communications telecopied by facsimile will also be mailed by
ordinary first class mail, postage prepaid. All such notices and
communications delivered by mail shall be effective upon the
earlier of (i) two (2) Business Days after deposit in the United
States mail, or (ii) actual receipt, as evidenced by the return
receipt.
(c) The Company acknowledges and agrees that any
agreement of the Administrative Agent at Article 2 herein to
receive certain notices by telephone and facsimile is solely for
the convenience and at the request of the Company. The
Administrative Agent and the Banks shall be entitled to rely on
the authority of any Person purporting to be a Person authorized
by the Company to give such notice, and the Administrative Agent
and the Banks shall not have any liability to the Company or any
other Person on account of any action taken or not taken by the
Administrative Agent or the Banks in reliance upon such
telephonic or facsimile notice. The obligation of the Company to
repay the Loans shall not be affected in any way or to any extent
by any failure by the Administrative Agent or the Banks to
receive written confirmation of any telephonic or facsimile
notice or the receipt by the Administrative Agent or the Banks of
a confirmation which is at variance with the terms understood by
the Administrative Agent or the Banks to be contained in the
telephonic or facsimile notice.
10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure on the
part of the Administrative Agent or any Bank in exercising, and no
delay in its exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege
hereunder 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.
10.4 Costs and Expenses. The Company shall, whether or not
the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated:
(a) pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent within
fifteen (15) Business Days after demand (subject to
subsection 4.2.2) for all costs and expenses incurred by them in
connection with the development, preparation, delivery,
administration (other than normal overhead costs of administering
the Loans) and execution of, and any amendment, supplement,
waiver or modification to, this Agreement, any other Loan
Document and any other documents prepared in connection herewith
or therewith, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, including Attorney Costs
incurred by BofA (including in its capacity as the Administrative
Agent) with respect thereto;
(b) pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent within
fifteen (15) Business Days after demand (subject to
subsection 4.2.2) for all costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the enforcement, attempted enforcement or
preservation of any rights or remedies (including in connection
with any workout or restructuring regarding the Loans) under this
Agreement, any other Loan Document, and any such other documents,
including Attorney Costs incurred by the Administrative Agent;
and
(c) pay or reimburse BofA (including in its capacity
as the Administrative Agent) within thirty (30) days after demand
(subject to subsection 4.2.2) for all appraisal (including the
allocated cost of internal appraisal services), audit,
environmental inspection and review (including the allocated cost
of such internal services), search and filing costs, fees and
expenses incurred or sustained by BofA (including in its capacity
as the Administrative Agent) in connection with the matters
referred to under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.
10.5 Indemnity. Whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be consummated, the Company shall pay,
indemnify, and hold the Agent-Related Persons, and each Bank and each
of their respective officers, directors, employees, counsel, agents
and attorneys-in-fact (each, an "Indemnified Person") harmless from
and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, charges, expenses or
disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature
whatsoever which may be incurred by or asserted against any such
Indemnified Person arising out of relating to the execution, delivery,
enforcement, performance or administration of this Agreement or any
other Loan Documents, or the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, and with respect to any investigation, litigation or
proceeding related to this Agreement or the Loans or the use of the
proceeds thereof, whether or not any Indemnified Person is a party
thereto (all the foregoing, collectively, the "Indemnified
Liabilities"); provided, that the Company shall have no obligation
hereunder to any Indemnified Person with respect to Indemnified
Liabilities arising solely from the negligence or willful misconduct
of such Indemnified Person. The obligations in this Section 10.5
shall survive payment or satisfaction of all other Obligations. At
the election of any Indemnified Person, the Company shall defend such
Indemnified Person using legal counsel satisfactory to such
Indemnified Person in such Person's sole discretion, at the sole cost
and expense of the Company. All amounts owing under this Section 10.5
shall be paid within thirty (30) days after demand.
10.6 Marshaling; Payments Set Aside. Neither the
Administrative Agent not the Banks shall be under any obligation to
marshal any assets in favor of the Company or any other Person,
including any Swap Provider, or against or in payment of any or all of
the Obligations. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or
payments to the Administrative Agent or the Banks, or the
Administrative Agent or the Banks enforce their Liens, and such
payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or any part
thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or
preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee,
receiver or any other party in connection with any Insolvency
Proceeding, or otherwise, then 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 enforcement had not occurred.
10.7 Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, except
that the Company may not assign or transfer any of its rights or
obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of
the Administrative Agent and each Bank.
10.8 Assignments, Participations, Confidentiality.
10.8.1 Assignments. Each Bank may at any time
assign and delegate to one or more Eligible Assignees (each, an
"Assignee") with the written consent of the Company, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld (provided that no written consent
of the Company shall be required (a) after the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default or (b) in connection with any
assignment and delegation to an Affiliate of such Bank), all of the
Loans, the Commitment and the other rights and obligations of such
Bank hereunder and under the other Loan Documents; provided, however,
that any Bank that is or becomes a party to this Agreement from time
to time shall at all times retain an interest in the Loans, the
Commitment and the other rights and obligations of a Bank hereunder in
an amount that bears the same proportion to the interests of all Banks
hereunder as such Bank retains in the loans, commitments and other
rights and obligations of a bank under the Secured Loan Agreement;
provided further, however, that the Company may continue to deal
solely and directly with the assignor Bank in connection with the
interest so assigned to an Assignee until (i) written notice of such
assignment, substantially in the form of Schedule 1 to the attached
Exhibit F, shall have been given to the Company and the Administrative
Agent by such Bank and the Assignee, (ii) such Bank and its Assignee
shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Company an
Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of the
attached Exhibit F ("Assignment and Assumption Agreement") (together
with any Note(s) subject to such assignment), and (iii) the Assignee
shall have paid to the Administrative Agent a processing fee in the
amount of $2,500. In the event that the Company elects to permanently
reduce the Maximum Commitment Amount pursuant to Section 2.6, the
minimum required hold amounts and the minimum amount of any assignment
of a Bank's interest in the Loans, the Commitment and the other rights
and obligations of such Bank hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents shall be reduced pro rata.
10.8.2 Effect of Assignment. From and after the
date on which the Administrative Agent notifies the assigning Bank
that all conditions and requirements of the assignment have been met,
then to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been
assigned (a) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and shall
have the rights and obligations of a Bank under the Loan Documents and
the Co-Lender Agreement, (b) the assigning Bank shall relinquish such
assigned rights and be released from such assigned obligations under
the Loan Documents, (c) this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended
to the extent necessary to reflect the addition of the Assignee and
the resulting adjustment of the Pro Rata Shares of the Loans arising
therefrom, and (d) the Pro Rata Share allocated to an Assignee shall
reduce the Pro Rata Share of the assigning Bank.
10.8.3 Participations. Subject to the limitations
set forth in Section 10.8.1, which apply equally to participations and
assignments, any Bank (the "originating Bank") may at any time sell to
one or more Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company (each, a
"Participant") participating interests in any Loans, the Commitment
and the other interests of such originating Bank hereunder and under
the other Loan Documents; provided, however, that (a) the originating
Bank's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged,
(b) the originating Bank shall remain solely responsible for the
performance of such obligations, (c) the Company and the
Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with
the originating Bank in connection with the originating Bank's rights
and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
(d) the Participant shall, together with the originating Bank, be
entitled to the non-exclusive protections of Sections 3.1 and 3.3 as
though it were also the originating Bank hereunder, and (e) no Bank
shall transfer or grant any participating interest under which the
Participant has rights to approve any amendment, consent or waiver
with respect to any Loan Document, except to the extent such
amendment, consent or waiver would require unanimous consent of the
Banks. A Participant shall not have any rights under the Loan
Documents or the Co-Lender Agreement, and all amounts payable by the
Company hereunder shall be determined as if the originating Bank had
not sold such participation.
10.8.4 Pledge to Federal Reserve Bank.
Notwithstanding any other provision, a Bank may pledge its interest in
the Commitment, in the Loans and under the Loan Documents in favor of
any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Federal law.
10.8.5 Confidentiality. Each Bank agrees to take
normal and reasonable precautions and exercise due care to maintain
the confidentiality of all non-public information provided to it by
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in connection with this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, and the Banks and any of its
Affiliates shall not use any such information for any purpose or in
any manner other than pursuant to the terms contemplated by this
Agreement, except to the extent such information (i) was or becomes
generally available to the public other than as a result of a
disclosure by such Bank, or (ii) was or becomes available on a
non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company (provided
that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the
Company known to such Bank); provided, however, that such Bank may
disclose such information (A) at the request or pursuant to any
requirement of any Governmental Authority to which such Bank is
subject or in connection with an examination of such Bank by any such
authority; (B) pursuant to subpoena or other court process; (C) when
required to do so in accordance with the provisions of any applicable
Requirement of Law; and (D) to such Bank's independent auditors and
other professional advisors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company authorizes each Bank to disclose to any Participant or
Assignee (each, a "Transferee"), and to any prospective Transferee,
such financial and other information in such Bank's possession
concerning the Company or its Subsidiaries which has been delivered to
such Bank pursuant to this Agreement or which has been delivered to
such Bank by the Company in connection with the Bank's credit
evaluation of the Company prior to entering into this Agreement;
provided that, unless otherwise agreed by the Company, such Transferee
agrees in writing with such Bank to keep such information confidential
to the same extent required of such Bank hereunder.
10.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one
or more of the parties to this Agreement in any number of separate
counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an
original, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed
to constitute but one and the same instrument.
10.10 Severability. The illegality or unenforceability of
any provision of this Agreement or any instrument or agreement
required hereunder shall not in any way affect or impair the legality
or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement or any
instrument or agreement required hereunder.
10.11 No Third Parties Benefited. This Agreement is made
and entered into for the sole protection and legal benefit of the
Company, the Banks, the Administrative Agent and the Agent-Related
Persons, and their permitted successors and assigns, and no other
Person (other than an Indemnified Person under Section 10.5) shall be
a direct or indirect legal beneficiary of, or have any direct or
indirect cause of action or claim in connection with, this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall
have no obligation to any Person not a party to this Agreement or
other Loan Documents.
10.12 Time. Time is of the essence as to each term or
provision of this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents.
10.13 Governing Law. This Agreement and the Revolving
Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws
of the State of California (without regard to conflicts of law rules);
provided that the Administrative Agent and the Banks shall retain all
rights arising under federal law.
10.14 Arbitration; Reference.
(a) Mandatory Arbitration. Any controversy or claim
between or among the parties, including but not limited to those
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any agreements or
instruments relating hereto or delivered in connection herewith
and any claim based on or arising from an alleged tort, shall at
the request of any party be determined by arbitration. The
arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the United
States Arbitration Act (Title 9, U.S. Code), notwithstanding any
choice of law provision in this Agreement, and under the
Commercial Rules of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA").
The arbitrator(s) shall give effect to statutes of limitation in
determining any claim. Any controversy concerning whether an
issue is arbitrable shall be determined by the arbitrator(s).
Judgment upon the arbitration award may be entered in any court
having jurisdiction. The institution and maintenance of an
action for judicial relief or pursuit of a provisional or
ancillary remedy shall not constitute a waiver of the right of
any party, including the plaintiff, to submit the controversy or
claim to arbitration if any other party contests such action for
judicial relief.
(b) Real Property Collateral. Notwithstanding the
provisions of subparagraph 10.14(a), no controversy or claim
shall be submitted to arbitration without the consent of all
parties if, at the time of the proposed submission, such
controversy or claim arises from or relates to an obligation to
the Banks which is secured by real property collateral. If all
parties do not consent to submission of such a controversy or
claim to arbitration, the controversy or claim shall be
determined as provided in subparagraph 10.14(c).
(c) Judicial Reference. At the request of any party,
a controversy or claim which is not submitted to arbitration as
provided and limited in subparagraphs 10.14(a) and 10.14(b) shall
be determined by a reference in accordance with California Code
of Civil Procedure Section 638 et seq. If such an election is
made, the parties shall designate to the court a referee or
referees selected under the auspices of the AAA in the same
manner as arbitrators are selected in AAA-sponsored proceedings.
The presiding referee of the panel, or the referee if there is a
single referee, shall be an active attorney or retired judge.
Judgment upon the award rendered by such referee or referees
shall be entered in the court in which such proceeding was
commenced in accordance with California Code of Civil Procedure
Sections 644 and 645.
(d) Provisional Remedies, Self-Help and Foreclosure.
No provision of this Section 10.14 shall limit the right of any
party to this Agreement to exercise self-help remedies such as
set-off, foreclosure against or sale of any real or personal
property collateral or security, or obtaining provisional or
ancillary remedies from a court of competent jurisdiction before,
after or during the pendency of any arbitration or other
proceeding. The exercise of a remedy does not waive the right of
either party to resort to arbitration or reference. At Bank's
option, foreclosure under a deed of trust or mortgage may be
accomplished either by exercise of a power of sale under the deed
of trust or mortgage or by judicial foreclosure.
10.15 Notice of Claims; Claims Bar. THE COMPANY HEREBY
AGREES THAT IT SHALL GIVE PROMPT WRITTEN NOTICE OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE
OF ACTION IT BELIEVES IT HAS, OR MAY SEEK TO ASSERT OR ALLEGE, AGAINST
THE BANK, WHETHER SUCH CLAIM IS BASED IN LAW OR EQUITY, ARISING UNDER
OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR TO
THE LOANS, OR ANY ACT OR OMISSION TO ACT BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
OR ANY BANK WITH RESPECT HERETO OR THERETO, AND THAT IF IT SHALL FAIL
TO GIVE SUCH PROMPT NOTICE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR SUCH BANK
WITH REGARD TO ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION, IT SHALL BE DEEMED
TO HAVE WAIVED, AND SHALL BE FOREVER BARRED FROM BRINGING OR
ASSERTING, SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR
PROCEEDING IN ANY COURT OR BEFORE ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
10.16 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the
other Loan Documents, embodies the entire Agreement and understanding
among the Company, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and
the Banks, on the other, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous
agreements and understandings of such Persons, verbal or written,
relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof, except for any
prior arrangements made with respect to the payment by the Company of
(or any indemnification for) any fees, costs or expenses payable to or
incurred (or to be incurred) by or on behalf of the Administrative
Agent or any of the Banks.
10.17 Interpretation. This Agreement is the result of
negotiations between, and has been reviewed by counsel to, the Company
and the Administrative Agent, and is the product of all parties
hereto. Accordingly, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
shall not be construed against the Administrative Agent or the Banks
merely because of their involvement in the preparation of such
documents and agreements.
10.18 Existing Approved Unencumbered Parcels. The
Administrative Agent and each Bank acknowledges that, as of the date
of this Agreement, each of the Parcels identified on Exhibit E is an
Approved Unencumbered Parcel having the Acquisition Cost set forth
therein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly
authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
"Company"
BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
By /s/Peter B. Bedford
Peter B. Bedford
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
Notice Address:
270 Lafayette Circle
Lafayette, California 94549
Attention: Peter B. Bedford
Telephone No.: (510) 283-8910
Telecopier No.: (510) 283-5697
"Administrative Agent"
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST
AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent
By /s/ Mark Gregor-Pearse
Mark Gregor-Pearse, Vice President
[Printed Name and Title]
Notice Address:
50 California Street, 11th Floor
San Francisco, California 94111
Attention: Mark Gregor-Pearse
Telephone No.: (415) 445-4150
Telecopier No.: (415) 445-4154
"Banks"
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST
AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION
By /s/ Mark Gregor-Pearse
Mark Gregor-Pearse, Vice President
[Printed Name and Title]
Commitment: $21,428,570.50
Lending Office/Notice Address:
50 California Street, 11th Floor
San Francisco, California 94111
Attention: Mark Gregor-Pearse
Telephone No.: (415) 445-4150
Telecopier No.: (415) 445-4154
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SANWA BANK CALIFORNIA,
a California corporation
By /s/Pamela DuChesne
Pamela DuChesne
Vice President
Commitment: $7,142,857.00
Lending Office/Notice Address:
4041 MacArthur Boulevard
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Attention: Pamela DuChesne
Telephone No.: (714) 622-6021
Telecopier No.: (714) 852-1510
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
By /s/ Michael A. Parisi
Michael A. Parisi
Corporate Banking Officer
Commitment: $10,000,000.00
Lending Office/Notice Address:
One First National Plaza, Suite 0315
Chicago, Illinois 60670
Attention: Rebecca McCloskey
Telephone No.: (312) 732-1077
Telecopier No.: (312) 732-1117
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UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
By /s/David B. Murphy
David B. Murphy, Vice President
[Printed Name and Title]
Lending Office/Notice Address:
Commitment: $11,428,571.50
350 California Street, 7th Floor
San Francisco, California 94104
Attention: David B. Murphy
Telephone No.: (415) 705-7329
Telecopier No.: (415) 433-7438
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REVOLVING NOTE
(Unsecured)
$21,428,570.50 San Francisco, California
June 15, 1998
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC., a
Maryland corporation (the "Company"), promises to pay to the order of
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (the "Bank"),
at the offices of Bank of America National Trust and Savings
Association, Administrative Agent for the Bank, at 50 California
Street, 11th Floor (Unit 8940), San Francisco, California 94111, or at
such other place as the Bank may designate from time to time, the sum
of Twenty-One Million Four Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred
Seventy Dollars and Fifty Cents ($21,428,570.50), or the aggregate
unpaid principal amount outstanding hereunder, whichever may be the
lesser, in immediately available funds and lawful money of the United
States of America.
Interest shall accrue on amounts outstanding hereunder in
accordance with that certain Amended and Restated Unsecured Credit
Agreement dated as of June 15, 1998 (the "Agreement") among the
Company, the Banks party thereto and Bank of America National Trust
and Savings Association, as Administrative Agent for the Banks.
(Capitalized term used in this Revolving Note and not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.) Pursuant
thereto, interest shall accrue on amounts outstanding hereunder from
time to time: (a) at a fluctuating rate equal to 0.25% per annum
above the Reference Rate; or (b) at the Company's option, subject to
the terms of the Agreement, at a rate equal to 1.75% per annum above
the applicable Offshore Rate. A change in the interest rate for
Reference Rate Loans shall take effect on the day specified in the
public announcement of the change in the Reference Rate. Interest
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days
elapsed. Interest shall become due and payable in accordance with the
terms of the Agreement.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7 of the Agreement,
all unpaid principal and interest outstanding hereunder shall be due
and payable on June 1, 2001; provided that prepayments of principal
shall be made as provided in the Agreement.
This Revolving Note is the Revolving Note referred to in the
Agreement, and is issued in conjunction with, and is entitled to all
of the rights, benefits and privileges provided in, the Agreement, as
now existing or as the same may from time to time be supplemented,
modified or amended. The Agreement, among other things, provides that
amounts outstanding hereunder from time to time may be repaid pursuant
to the Agreement and reborrowed from time to time pursuant to the
Agreement, and contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity
hereof upon the happening of certain stated events.
The Bank may endorse on the schedule annexed to this
Revolving Note the date, amount and maturity of each Loan that it
makes pursuant to the Agreement, the purpose of the Loan, the amount
of each payment of principal that the Company makes with respect
thereto and the source of the funds from which each principal payment
is made. The Company irrevocably authorizes the Bank to endorse this
Revolving Note, and the Bank's record shall be conclusive absent
manifest error; provided, however, that the Bank's failure to make, or
its error in making, a notation on the attached schedule with respect
to any Loan shall not limit or otherwise affect the Company's
obligations to the Bank hereunder or under the Agreement.
The Company waives presentment, demand, protest, notice of
protest, notice of nonpayment or dishonor and all other notices in
connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or
enforcement of this Revolving Note. Time is of the essence hereof.
This Revolving Note has been executed by the undersigned in
the State of California, and shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of California.
BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
By /s/ Peter B. Bedford
Peter B. Bedford
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
<PAGE>
REVOLVING NOTE
(Unsecured)
$11,428,571.50 San Francisco, California
June 15, 1998
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC., a
Maryland corporation (the "Company"), promises to pay to the order of
UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A. (the "Bank"), at the offices of Bank of
America National Trust and Savings Association, Administrative Agent
for the Bank, at 50 California Street, 11th Floor (Unit 8940),
San Francisco, California 94111, or at such other place as the Bank
may designate from time to time, the sum of Eleven Million Four
Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-One Dollar and
Fifty Cents ($ 11,428,571.50), or the aggregate unpaid principal
amount outstanding hereunder, whichever may be the lesser, in
immediately available funds and lawful money of the United States of
America.
Interest shall accrue on amounts outstanding hereunder in
accordance with that certain Amended and Restated Unsecured Credit
Agreement dated as of June 15, 1998 (the "Agreement") among the
Company, the Banks party thereto and Bank of America National Trust
and Savings Association, as Administrative Agent for the Banks.
(Capitalized term used in this Revolving Note and not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.) Pursuant
thereto, interest shall accrue on amounts outstanding hereunder from
time to time: (a) at a fluctuating rate equal to 0.25% per annum
above the Reference Rate; or (b) at the Company's option, subject to
the terms of the Agreement, at a rate equal to 1.75% per annum above
the applicable Offshore Rate. A change in the interest rate for
Reference Rate Loans shall take effect on the day specified in the
public announcement of the change in the Reference Rate. Interest
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days
elapsed. Interest shall become due and payable in accordance with the
terms of the Agreement.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7 of the Agreement,
all unpaid principal and interest outstanding hereunder shall be due
and payable on June 1, 2001; provided that prepayments of principal
shall be made as provided in the Agreement.
This Revolving Note is the Revolving Note referred to in the
Agreement, and is issued in conjunction with, and is entitled to all
of the rights, benefits and privileges provided in, the Agreement, as
now existing or as the same may from time to time be supplemented,
modified or amended. The Agreement, among other things, provides that
amounts outstanding hereunder from time to time may be repaid pursuant
to the Agreement and reborrowed from time to time pursuant to the
Agreement, and contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity
hereof upon the happening of certain stated events.
The Bank may endorse on the schedule annexed to this
Revolving Note the date, amount and maturity of each Loan that it
makes pursuant to the Agreement, the purpose of the Loan, the amount
of each payment of principal that the Company makes with respect
thereto and the source of the funds from which each principal payment
is made. The Company irrevocably authorizes the Bank to endorse this
Revolving Note, and the Bank's record shall be conclusive absent
manifest error; provided, however, that the Bank's failure to make, or
its error in making, a notation on the attached schedule with respect
to any Loan shall not limit or otherwise affect the Company's
obligations to the Bank hereunder or under the Agreement.
The Company waives presentment, demand, protest, notice of
protest, notice of nonpayment or dishonor and all other notices in
connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or
enforcement of this Revolving Note. Time is of the essence hereof.
This Revolving Note has been executed by the undersigned in
the State of California, and shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of California.
BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
By /s/ Peter B. Bedford
Peter B. Bedford
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
<PAGE>
REVOLVING NOTE
(Unsecured)
$10,000,000.00 San Francisco, California
June 15, 1998
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC., a
Maryland corporation (the "Company"), promises to pay to the order of
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO (the "Bank"), at the offices of
Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, Administrative
Agent for the Bank, at 50 California Street, 11th Floor (Unit 8940),
San Francisco, California 94111, or at such other place as the Bank
may designate from time to time, the sum of Ten Million Dollars and No
Cents ($ 10,000,000.00), or the aggregate unpaid principal amount
outstanding hereunder, whichever may be the lesser, in immediately
available funds and lawful money of the United States of America.
Interest shall accrue on amounts outstanding hereunder in
accordance with that certain Amended and Restated Unsecured Credit
Agreement dated as of June 15, 1998 (the "Agreement") among the
Company, the Banks party thereto and Bank of America National Trust
and Savings Association, as Administrative Agent for the Banks.
(Capitalized term used in this Revolving Note and not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.) Pursuant
thereto, interest shall accrue on amounts outstanding hereunder from
time to time: (a) at a fluctuating rate equal to 0.25% per annum
above the Reference Rate; or (b) at the Company's option, subject to
the terms of the Agreement, at a rate equal to 1.75% per annum above
the applicable Offshore Rate. A change in the interest rate for
Reference Rate Loans shall take effect on the day specified in the
public announcement of the change in the Reference Rate. Interest
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days
elapsed. Interest shall become due and payable in accordance with the
terms of the Agreement.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7 of the Agreement,
all unpaid principal and interest outstanding hereunder shall be due
and payable on June 1, 2001; provided that prepayments of principal
shall be made as provided in the Agreement.
This Revolving Note is the Revolving Note referred to in the
Agreement, and is issued in conjunction with, and is entitled to all
of the rights, benefits and privileges provided in, the Agreement, as
now existing or as the same may from time to time be supplemented,
modified or amended. The Agreement, among other things, provides that
amounts outstanding hereunder from time to time may be repaid pursuant
to the Agreement and reborrowed from time to time pursuant to the
Agreement, and contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity
hereof upon the happening of certain stated events.
The Bank may endorse on the schedule annexed to this
Revolving Note the date, amount and maturity of each Loan that it
makes pursuant to the Agreement, the purpose of the Loan, the amount
of each payment of principal that the Company makes with respect
thereto and the source of the funds from which each principal payment
is made. The Company irrevocably authorizes the Bank to endorse this
Revolving Note, and the Bank's record shall be conclusive absent
manifest error; provided, however, that the Bank's failure to make, or
its error in making, a notation on the attached schedule with respect
to any Loan shall not limit or otherwise affect the Company's
obligations to the Bank hereunder or under the Agreement.
The Company waives presentment, demand, protest, notice of
protest, notice of nonpayment or dishonor and all other notices in
connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or
enforcement of this Revolving Note. Time is of the essence hereof.
This Revolving Note has been executed by the undersigned in
the State of California, and shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of California.
BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
By /s/ Peter B. Bedford
Peter B. Bedford
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
<PAGE>
REVOLVING NOTE
(Unsecured)
$7,142,857.00 San Francisco, California
June 15, 1998
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC., a
Maryland corporation (the "Company"), promises to pay to the order of
SANWA BANK CALIFORNIA (the "Bank"), at the offices of Bank of America
National Trust and Savings Association, Administrative Agent for the
Bank, at 50 California Street, 11th Floor (Unit 8940), San Francisco,
California 94111, or at such other place as the Bank may designate
from time to time, the sum of Seven Million One Hundred Forty-Two
Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars and No Cents
($7,142,857.00), or the aggregate unpaid principal amount outstanding
hereunder, whichever may be the lesser, in immediately available funds
and lawful money of the United States of America.
Interest shall accrue on amounts outstanding hereunder in
accordance with that certain Amended and Restated Unsecured Credit
Agreement dated as of June 15, 1998 (the "Agreement") among the
Company, the Banks party thereto and Bank of America National Trust
and Savings Association, as Administrative Agent for the Banks.
(Capitalized term used in this Revolving Note and not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.) Pursuant
thereto, interest shall accrue on amounts outstanding hereunder from
time to time: (a) at a fluctuating rate equal to 0.25% per annum
above the Reference Rate; or (b) at the Company's option, subject to
the terms of the Agreement, at a rate equal to 1.75% per annum above
the applicable Offshore Rate. A change in the interest rate for
Reference Rate Loans shall take effect on the day specified in the
public announcement of the change in the Reference Rate. Interest
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days
elapsed. Interest shall become due and payable in accordance with the
terms of the Agreement.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7 of the Agreement,
all unpaid principal and interest outstanding hereunder shall be due
and payable on June 1, 2001; provided that prepayments of principal
shall be made as provided in the Agreement.
This Revolving Note is the Revolving Note referred to in the
Agreement, and is issued in conjunction with, and is entitled to all
of the rights, benefits and privileges provided in, the Agreement, as
now existing or as the same may from time to time be supplemented,
modified or amended. The Agreement, among other things, provides that
amounts outstanding hereunder from time to time may be repaid pursuant
to the Agreement and reborrowed from time to time pursuant to the
Agreement, and contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity
hereof upon the happening of certain stated events.
The Bank may endorse on the schedule annexed to this
Revolving Note the date, amount and maturity of each Loan that it
makes pursuant to the Agreement, the purpose of the Loan, the amount
of each payment of principal that the Company makes with respect
thereto and the source of the funds from which each principal payment
is made. The Company irrevocably authorizes the Bank to endorse this
Revolving Note, and the Bank's record shall be conclusive absent
manifest error; provided, however, that the Bank's failure to make, or
its error in making, a notation on the attached schedule with respect
to any Loan shall not limit or otherwise affect the Company's
obligations to the Bank hereunder or under the Agreement.
The Company waives presentment, demand, protest, notice of
protest, notice of nonpayment or dishonor and all other notices in
connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or
enforcement of this Revolving Note. Time is of the essence hereof.
This Revolving Note has been executed by the undersigned in
the State of California, and shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of California.
BEDFORD PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
By /s/Peter B. Bedford
Peter B. Bedford
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
