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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): January 3, 2024
PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL TRUST
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Maryland | | 001-34571 | | 27-1055421 |
(State or other jurisdiction | | (Commission | | (I.R.S. Employer |
of incorporation) | | File Number) | | Identification No.) |
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4747 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 1100, Bethesda, Maryland | | 20814 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (240) 507-1300
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Not Applicable |
Former name or former address, if changed since last report |
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: | | | | |
Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common Shares, $0.01 par value per share | | PEB | | New York Stock Exchange |
Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, $0.01 par value | | PEB-PE | | New York Stock Exchange |
Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, $0.01 par value | | PEB-PF | | New York Stock Exchange |
Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, $0.01 par value | | PEB-PG | | New York Stock Exchange |
Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, $0.01 par value | | PEB-PH | | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On January 3, 2024, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (the “Company”), as parent guarantor, Pebblebrook Hotel, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), as borrower, and certain subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership, as guarantors, Bank of America, N.A. (“BofA”), as administrative agent and L/C issuer, and certain other lenders named therein, entered into the First Amendment to Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement Amendment”) to amend the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated October 13, 2022, among the Company, the Operating Partnership, certain subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership, BofA, and certain other lenders named therein (the “Credit Agreement”).
As previously disclosed, on October 13, 2022, under the Credit Agreement, the Operating Partnership borrowed $1.38 billion in the form of three $460-million term loans, maturing on October 11, 2024 (the “2024 Term Loan”), October 13, 2025 (the “2025 Term Loan”) and October 13, 2027, respectively. Each term loan bears interest at a rate per annum equal to, at the option of the Company, (i) SOFR plus the SOFR Adjustment plus a margin that is based upon the Company’s leverage ratio or (ii) the Base Rate plus a margin that is based on the Company’s leverage ratio. The margins for term loans range in amount from 1.40% to 2.45% for SOFR-based loans and 0.40% to 1.45% for Base Rate-based loans, depending on the Company’s leverage ratio.
The Credit Agreement Amendment extended the maturity date of $356.7 million borrowed under the 2024 Term Loan until January 20, 2028. In connection with entering into the amendment, the Operating Partnership repaid $60.0 million that had been outstanding under the 2024 Term Loan. As a result of the amendment and the repayment, the total amount outstanding under the 2024 Term Loan is $400.0 million, $43.3 million of which will mature on October 11, 2024 and $356.7 million of which will mature on January 20, 2028.
In connection with entering into the amendment, the Operating Partnership also repaid $50.0 million that had been outstanding under the 2025 Term Loan. As a result of the repayment, the total amount outstanding under the 2025 Term Loan is $410.0 million.
The foregoing description of the Credit Agreement Amendment is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of such amendment filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
The Company issued a press release on January 4, 2024, announcing, among other things, the debt repayments and maturity extension set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit No. | | Description |
| | First Amendment to Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 3, 2024, among Pebblebrook Hotel, L.P., as the borrower, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, as the parent REIT and a guarantor, certain subsidiaries of the borrower, as guarantors, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and L/C issuer, and the other lenders party thereto. |
| | Press release, issued January 4, 2024, announcing debt repayments and maturity extension. |
104 | | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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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 by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL TRUST |
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January 4, 2024 | By: | /s/ Raymond D. Martz |
| | Name: | Raymond D. Martz |
| | Title: | Co-President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary |
4747 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 1100, Bethesda, MD 20814
T: (240) 507-1300, F: (240) 396-5626
www.pebblebrookhotels.com
News Release
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Extends 2024 Term Debt To 2028 And Reduces Total Debt
Bethesda, MD, January 4, 2024 – Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) (the “Company”or “Pebblebrook”) today announced the successful extension of approximately $357 million of its $460 million October 2024 maturity term loan to 2028. The Company paid down approximately $157.6 million of existing term loans and unsecured private placement notes. As a result of the refinancing, Pebblebrook has no meaningful debt maturities until October 2025. The Company utilized cash on its balance sheet for the debt paydowns, which was generated from over $330 million of property sales throughout 2023, all in accordance with its stated strategic capital allocation objectives.
Pricing on all the Company’s term loans remained unchanged and is based on a pricing grid of 140 to 245 basis points over the applicable adjusted term SOFR.
“We appreciate and value our bank group’s continued strong support for our company with this debt refinancing,” said Raymond D. Martz, Co-President and Chief Financial Officer for Pebblebrook Hotel Trust. “We will continue to utilize proceeds from additional property sales and operating cash flow to reduce our debt, enhance our liquidity, strengthen our balance sheet, and create value through the repurchase of common and preferred shares at very significant discounts to the underlying private market value of the Company’s properties.”
Pebblebrook paid down its October 2024 maturity term loan to $400 million from $460 million and extended the maturity of $357 million to January 2028. In addition, the Company paid down its October 2025 maturity term loan to $410 million from $460 million, and paid down $47.6 million of its maturing private notes, leaving only approximately $43 million of debt maturing in late 2024. The Company’s $650 million unsecured credit facility remains undrawn and fully available. Following these debt activities, Pebblebrook has approximately $2.2 billion of outstanding debt and convertible notes at a weighted average interest rate of 4.6%. After taking swap agreements into account, approximately 75% of the Company’s total outstanding debt and convertible notes effectively bear interest at fixed rates.
BofA Securities Inc. led the Company’s term loan extension, serving as Joint Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner. U.S. Bank National Association serves as the Syndication Agent. Capital One, National Association; PNC Capital Markets LLC; TD Bank, N.A.; Truist Securities, Inc.; and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association serve as Documentation Agents and Joint Lead Arrangers. Raymond James Bank, Regions Bank, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation serve as Senior Managing Agents.
About Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and the largest owner of urban and resort lifestyle hotels in the United States. The Company owns 46 hotels, totaling approximately 12,000 guest rooms across 13 urban and resort markets. For more information, visit www.pebblebrookhotels.com and follow us at @PebblebrookPEB.
This press release contains certain “forward-looking statements” made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “estimated” and “will” or other similar words or expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and can include future expectations, future plans and strategies, financial and operating projections and forecasts and other forward-looking information and estimates. The potential for additional asset sales and the intended use of proceeds from potential sales and operating cash flow are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the state of the U.S. economy, the operating performance of our hotels and the supply of hotel properties, and other factors as are described in greater detail in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. Unless legally required, the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
For further information about the Company’s business and financial results, please refer to the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors” sections of the Company’s SEC filings, including, but not limited to, its Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, copies of which may be obtained at the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at www.pebblebrookhotels.com.
All information in this press release is as of January 4, 2024. The Company undertakes no duty to update the statements in this press release to conform the statements to actual results or changes in the Company’s expectations.
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Contact:
Raymond D. Martz, Co-President and Chief Financial Officer, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust - (240) 507-1330
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FIRST AMENDMENT TO FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of January 3, 2024, among PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”), PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL TRUST, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Parent REIT”), each Guarantor (defined below) party hereto, each Lender (defined below) party hereto, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”) and L/C Issuer (the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, and Lenders are each a “Credit Party” and collectively “Credit Parties”).
R E C I T A L S
A. The Borrower, the Parent REIT, certain guarantors (each a “Guarantor” and collectively “Guarantors;” the Borrower, the Parent REIT and the Guarantors are each a “Loan Party” and collectively the “Loan Parties”), the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, and certain lenders (each, a “Lender” and collectively, “Lenders”) are parties to that certain Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 13, 2022 (as may be modified, amended, renewed, extended, or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).
B. The parties hereto desire to amend the Credit Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Terms and References. Unless otherwise stated in this Amendment (a) terms defined in the Credit Agreement have the same meanings when used in this Amendment, and (b) references to “Sections” are to the Credit Agreement’s sections.
2. Amendments to the Credit Agreement. On and as of the date hereof, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended (including the schedules and exhibits thereto) to delete the red font stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the blue font double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the composite conformed copy of the Credit Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A.
3. Amendments to other Loan Documents.
(a) All references in the Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement shall henceforth include references to the Credit Agreement, as modified and amended hereby, and as may, from time to time, be further amended, modified, extended, renewed, and/or increased.
(b) Any and all of the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents are hereby amended and modified wherever necessary, even though not specifically addressed herein, so as to conform to the amendments and modifications set forth herein.
4. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall not be effective unless and until:
(a) the Administrative Agent receives fully executed counterparts of this Amendment signed by the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, each Extending 2024 Term Lender and the Required Lenders;
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(b) the Administrative Agent receives a certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party certifying (i) the incorporation, formation and organization documents, as the case may be, of such Loan Party (or that there have been no changes thereto since the date last certified to the Administrative Agent), (ii) resolutions or other action of such Loan Party authorizing this Amendment and the other documents executed by the Loan Parties in connection herewith, (iii) the identity, authority, incumbency and signatures of each Responsible Officer executing this Amendment and any other document executed in connection herewith, and (iv) such other matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require;
(c) the Administrative Agent receives evidence dated within thirty (30) days as of the date hereof that each Loan Party is validly existing and in good standing in its jurisdiction of incorporation, formation or organization, as the case may be;
(d) the Administrative Agent receives a favorable opinion of counsel of Honigman LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
(e) the Administrative Agent receives a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and calculated on a proforma basis reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(f) upon the reasonable request of any Lender made at least five (5) days prior to the date hereof, the Borrower shall have provided to such Lender, and such Lender shall be reasonably satisfied with, the documentation and other information so requested in connection with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act, in each case at least two (2) days prior to the date hereof;
(g) at least five (5) days prior to the date hereof, any Loan Party that qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation as set forth in 31 C.F.R. §1010.230 (the “Beneficial Ownership Regulation”) shall have delivered, to each Lender that so requests, a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation in relation to such Loan Party (a “Beneficial Ownership Certification”);
(h) the representations and warranties in the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, and each other Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of this Amendment as though made as of the date of this Amendment except to the extent that (i) any of them speak to a different specific date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date; provided, that for purposes of this Amendment, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 of the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01 of the Credit Agreement, or (ii) the facts on which any of them were based have been changed by transactions contemplated or permitted by the Credit Agreement;
(i) the Administrative Agent receives payment of all reasonable fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with this Amendment;
(j) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Credit Parties, all fees required to be paid on or before the date hereof in connection with this Amendment;
(k) the Borrower shall have made (i) a prepayment of the principal balance of the 2024 Term Loans in the amount of $60,000,000 and (ii) a prepayment of the principal balance of the 2025 Term Loans in the amount of $50,000,000; and
(l) after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default exists.
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5. Ratifications. Each Loan Party, (a) ratifies and confirms all provisions of the Loan Documents as amended by this Amendment, (b) ratifies and confirms that all guaranties, assurances, and liens granted, conveyed, or assigned to or for the benefit of the Credit Parties under the Loan Documents are not released, reduced, or otherwise adversely affected by this Amendment and continue to guarantee, assure, and secure full payment and performance of the present and future obligations of the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (c) agrees to perform such acts and duly authorize, execute, acknowledge, deliver, file, and record such additional documents, and certificates as the Administrative Agent may request in order to create, perfect, preserve, and protect those guaranties, assurances, and liens.
6. Representations. Each Loan Party, represents and warrants to the Credit Parties that as of the date of this Amendment: (a) this Amendment has been duly authorized, executed, and delivered by each applicable Loan Party; (b) no action of, or filing with, any governmental authority is required to authorize, or is otherwise required in connection with, the execution, delivery, and performance by any Loan Party of this Amendment except for those which have been obtained; (c) the Loan Documents, as amended by this Amendment, are valid and binding upon each Loan Party and are enforceable against each Loan Party in accordance with their respective terms, except as limited by Debtor Relief Laws; (d) the execution, delivery, and performance by each applicable Loan Party of this Amendment does not require the consent of any other Person and do not and will not constitute a violation of any laws, agreements, or understandings to which any Loan Party is a party or by which any Loan Party is bound except for those which have been obtained; (e) all representations and warranties in the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects except to the extent that (i) any of them speak to a different specific date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date; provided, that for purposes of this Amendment, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 of the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01 of the Credit Agreement, or (ii) the facts on which any of them were based have been changed by transactions contemplated or permitted by the Credit Agreement; (f) the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification, if applicable, is true and correct in all respects; and (g) no Default or Event of Default exists.
7. Continued Effect. Except to the extent amended hereby, all terms, provisions and conditions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and all documents executed in connection therewith, shall continue in full force and effect and shall remain enforceable and binding in accordance with their respective terms.
8. Release. The Loan Parties hereby acknowledge that, as of the date hereof, the Obligations under the Credit Agreement and under the other Loan Documents are absolute and unconditional without any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim, defense, offset, cross-complaint, claim or demand of any kind or nature from the Administrative Agent. Each Loan Party hereby voluntarily and knowingly releases and forever discharges each of the Credit Parties and its respective agents, employees, successors, and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from all possible claims, demands, actions, causes of action, damages, costs, expenses, and liabilities whatsoever arising from or whether known or unknown, anticipated or unanticipated, suspected or unsuspected, fixed, contingent, or conditional, at law or in equity, originating in whole or in part on or before the date hereof which any Loan Party may now or hereafter have against the Released Parties, if any, and irrespective of whether any such claims arise out of contract, tort, violation of law or regulations, or otherwise, including, without limitation, any contracting for, charging, taking, reserving, collecting, or receiving interest in excess of the highest lawful rate applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the foregoing release does not apply to any act or omission of any Released Party first occurring after the date hereof.
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9. Electronic Signatures. This Amendment and any document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice, certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Amendment (each a “Communication”), including Communications required to be in writing, may be in the form of an Electronic Record and may be executed using Electronic Signatures. Each Loan Party agrees that any Electronic Signature on or associated with any Communication shall be valid and binding on such Loan Party to the same extent as a manual signature, and that any Communication entered into by Electronic Signature, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable against such in accordance with the terms thereof to the same extent as if manually executed. Any Communication may be executed in as many counterparts as necessary or convenient, including both paper and electronic counterparts, but all such counterparts are one and the same Communication. For the avoidance of doubt, the authorization under this paragraph may include use or acceptance by the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders of a manually signed paper Communication which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into PDF format), or an electronically signed Communication converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention. The Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders may, at its option, create one or more copies of any Communication in the form of an imaged Electronic Record (“Electronic Copy”), which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, and destroy the original paper document. All Communications in the form of an Electronic Record, including an Electronic Copy, shall be considered an original for all purposes, and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to accept an Electronic Signature in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided, further, without limiting the foregoing, (a) to the extent the Administrative Agent has agreed to accept such Electronic Signature, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders shall be entitled to rely on any such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of any Loan Party without further verification and (b) upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by such manually executed counterpart. For purposes hereof, “Electronic Record” and “Electronic Signature” shall have the meanings assigned to them, respectively, by 15 USC §7006, as it may be amended from time to time.
10. Miscellaneous. Unless stated otherwise (a) the singular number includes the plural and vice versa and words of any gender include each other gender, in each case, as appropriate, (b) headings and captions may not be construed in interpreting provisions, (c) this Amendment must be construed -- and its performance enforced -- under New York law, (d) if any part of this Amendment is for any reason found to be unenforceable, all other portions of it nevertheless remain enforceable, and (e) this Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts (originals or facsimile copies followed by originals) with the same effect as if all signatories had signed the same document, and all of those counterparts must be construed together to constitute the same document.
11. Entireties. The Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment represents the final agreement between the parties about the subject matter of the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous, or subsequent oral agreements of the parties. There are no unwritten oral agreements between the parties.
12. Parties. This Amendment binds and inures to each Loan Party and each Credit Party, and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
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EXECUTED as of the date first stated above. |
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BORROWER: | | PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL, L.P., a Delaware |
| | limited partnership |
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| | By: | PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL TRUST, a |
| | | Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust, |
| | | its general partner |
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| | | By: | /s/ Raymond D. Martz |
| | | | Name: | Raymond D. Martz |
| | | | Title: | Co-President, |
| | | | | Chief Financial Officer, |
| | | | | Treasurer and Secretary |
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PARENT REIT: | | PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL TRUST, a |
| | Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust |
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| | By: | /s/ Raymond D. Martz |
| | | Name: | Raymond D. Martz |
| | | Title: | Co-President, |
| | | | Chief Financial Officer, |
| | | | Treasurer and Secretary |
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GUARANTORS: | | BLUE DEVILS OWNER LLC, a Delaware |
| | limited liability company |
| | PORTLAND HOTEL TRUST, a Maryland |
| | real estate investment trust |
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| | By: | /s/ Raymond D. Martz |
| | | Name: | Raymond D. Martz |
| | | Title: | Vice President and Secretary |
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Pebblebrook Hotel, L.P./Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
BEARCATS HOTEL OWNER LP, a Delaware limited partnership
BEAVERS OWNER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
BRUINS HOTEL OWNER LP, a Delaware limited partnership
CRUSADERS HOTEL OWNER LP, a Delaware limited partnership
DONS HOTEL OWNER LP, a Delaware limited partnership
GOAT OWNER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
GOLDEN BEARS OWNER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
GOLDEN ISLES OWNER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
HAZEL OWNER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
HOYAS OWNER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
JAYHAWK OWNER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
MINERS HOTEL OWNER LP, a Delaware limited partnership
NAPOLI OWNER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
NKOTB OWNER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
RAMBLERS HOTEL OWNER LP, a Delaware limited partnership
RAZORBACKS OWNER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
RHCP HOTEL OWNER LP, a Delaware limited partnership
TERRAPINS OWNER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
WILDCATS OWNER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
WOLVERINES OWNER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
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By: | /s/ Raymond D. Martz |
| Name: | Raymond D. Martz |
| Title: | President |
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Pebblebrook Hotel, L.P./Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
CHAMBER MAID, LP, a Delaware limited partnership
FUN TO STAY, LP, a Delaware limited partnership
GLASS HOUSES, a Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust
HARBORSIDE, LLC, a Florida limited liability company
LHOBERGE, LP, a Delaware limited partnership
LHO BACKSTREETS, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company
LHO CHICAGO RIVER, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company
LHO GRAFTON HOTEL, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
LHO HARBORSIDE HOTEL, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company
LHO HOLLYWOOD LM, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
LHO LE PARC, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
LHO MICHIGAN AVENUE FREEZEOUT, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company
LHO MISSION BAY HOTEL, L.P., a California limited partnership
LHO MISSION BAY ROSIE HOTEL, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
LHO SAN DIEGO FINANCING, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company
LHO SAN DIEGO HOTEL ONE, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
LHO SANTA CRUZ HOTEL ONE, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
LHO TOM JOAD CIRCLE DC, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company
LHO WASHINGTON HOTEL FOUR, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company
LHO WASHINGTON HOTEL SIX, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company
LOOK FORWARD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
SEASIDE HOTEL, LP, a Delaware limited partnership
SF TREAT, LP, a Delaware limited partnership
SOULDRIVER, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
SUNSET CITY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
WESTBAN HOTEL INVESTORS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
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By: | /s/ Raymond D. Martz |
| Name: | Raymond D. Martz |
| Title: | President |
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| | DON’T LOOK BACK, LLC, a Delaware limited |
| | liability company |
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| | By: | LOOK FORWARD, LLC, a Delaware limited |
| | | liability company, its manager |
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| | | By: | /s/ Raymond D. Martz |
| | | | Name: | Raymond D. Martz |
| | | | Title: | President |
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| | LASALLE HOTEL OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, |
| | L.P., a Delaware limited partnership |
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| | By: | PING MERGER OP GP, LLC, a Delaware |
| | | limited liability company, its general partner |
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| | | PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL LP., a Delaware |
| | | limited partnership, its sole member |
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| | | PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL TRUST, a |
| | | Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust, its |
| | | general partner |
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| | | By: | /s/ Raymond D. Martz |
| | | | Name: | Raymond D. Martz |
| | | | Title: | Co-President, |
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT: | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as the |
| | Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, an |
| | Extending 2024 Term Lender and a Lender |
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| | By: | /s/ Roger C. Davis |
| | | Name: | Roger C. Davis |
| | | Title: | Senior Vice President |
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LENDERS: | WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as an Extending |
| | 2024 Term Lender and a Lender |
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| | By: | /s/ Austin Swaim |
| | | Name: | Austin Swaim |
| | | Title: | Vice President |
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| | U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as |
| | an Extending 2024 Term Lender and a Lender |
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| | By: | /s/ Germaine R. Korhone |
| | | Name: | Germaine R. Korhone |
| | | Title: | Senior Vice President |
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| RAYMOND JAMES BANK, as an Extending 2024 |
| | Term Lender and a Lender |
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| | By: | /s/Alexander Sierra |
| | | Name: | Alexander Sierra |
| | | Title: | Vice President |
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| | CAPITAL ONE, N.A., as an Extending 2024 Term |
| | Lender and a Lender |
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| | By: | /s/ Jessica W. Phillips |
| | | Name: | Jessica W. Phillips |
| | | Title: | Authorized Signatory |
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| REGIONS BANK, as an Extending 2024 Term |
| | Lender and a Lender |
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| | By: | /s/ Ghi S. Gavin |
| | | Name: | Ghi S. Gavin |
| | | Title: | Senior Vice President |
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| TD BANK, N.A., as an Extending 2024 Term |
| | Lender and a Lender |
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| | By: | /s/ Michael Duganich |
| | | Name: | Michael Duganich |
| | | Title: | Vice President |
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| TRUIST BANK, as an Extending 2024 Term |
| | Lender and a Lender |
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| | By: | /s/ C. Vincent Hughes, Jr. |
| | | Name: | C. Vincent Hughes, Jr. |
| | | Title: | Director |
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| SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING |
| | CORPORATION, as an Extending 2024 Term |
| | Lender and a Lender |
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| | By: | /s/ Mary Harold |
| | | Name: | Mary Harold |
| | | Title: | Executive Director |
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EXHIBIT A
CONFORMED CREDIT AGREEMENT
[See attached]
Published CUSIP Number: 70509WAY4 (Deal)
70509WAZ1 (Revolver)
70509WBA5 (2024 Term Loan)
70509WBB3 (2025 Term Loan)
70509WBC1 (2027 Term Loan)
FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 13, 2022
among
PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL, L.P.,
as the Borrower,
PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL TRUST,
as the Parent REIT and a Guarantor,
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER,
as Guarantors,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and
L/C Issuer,
and
The Other Lenders Party Hereto
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Syndication Agent
CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
TD BANK, N.A.,
TRUIST BANK,
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Documentation Agents
RAYMOND JAMES BANK,
REGIONS BANK,
and
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
as Senior Managing Agents
CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC,
TD BANK, N.A.,
TRUIST SECURITIES, INC.,
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,
as Joint Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner
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TABLE OF CONTENTS | |
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1. | | DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS | |
| | 1.01 | Defined Terms | |
| | 1.02 | Other Interpretive Provisions | |
| | 1.03 | Accounting Terms | |
| | 1.04 | Rounding | |
| | 1.05 | Times of Day | |
| | 1.06 | Letter of Credit Amounts | |
| | 1.07 | Addition/Removal of Unencumbered Borrowing Base Properties | |
| | 1.08 | Interest Rates | |
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2. | | THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS | |
| | 2.01 | The Loans | |
| | 2.02 | Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans | |
| | 2.03 | Letters of Credit | |
| | 2.04 | Prepayments | |
| | 2.05 | Termination or Reduction of Commitments | |
| | 2.06 | Repayment of Loans | |
| | 2.07 | Interest | |
| | 2.08 | Fees | |
| | 2.09 | Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Margin | |
| | 2.10 | Evidence of Debt | |
| | 2.11 | Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback | |
| | 2.12 | Sharing of Payments by Lenders | |
| | 2.13 | Extension of Revolving Maturity Date | |
| | 2.14 | Increase in Total Credit Exposure | |
| | 2.15 | Cash Collateral | |
| | 2.16 | Defaulting Lenders | |
| | 2.17 | Conversion of Non-Extended 2024 Term Loans by 2024 Term Lenders | |
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3. | | TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY | |
| | 3.01 | Taxes | |
| | 3.02 | Illegality | |
| | 3.03 | Inability to Determine Rates | |
| | 3.04 | Increased Costs | |
| | 3.05 | Compensation for Losses | |
| | 3.06 | Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders | |
| | 3.07 | Survival | |
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4. | | CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS | |
| | 4.01 | Conditions of Initial Credit Extension | |
| | 4.02 | Conditions to all Credit Extensions | |
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5. | | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | |
| | 5.01 | Existence, Qualification and Power | |
| | 5.02 | Authorization; No Contravention | |
| | 5.03 | Governmental Authorization; Other Consents | |
| | 5.04 | Binding Effect | |
| | 5.05 | Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect | |
| | 5.06 | Litigation | |
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| | 5.07 | No Default | |
| | 5.08 | Ownership of Property; Liens; Investments | |
| | 5.09 | Environmental Compliance | |
| | 5.10 | Insurance | |
| | 5.11 | Taxes | |
| | 5.12 | ERISA Compliance | |
| | 5.13 | Subsidiaries; Equity Interests | |
| | 5.14 | Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act | |
| | 5.15 | Disclosure | |
| | 5.16 | Compliance with Laws | |
| | 5.17 | Taxpayer Identification Number | |
| | 5.18 | Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc | |
| | 5.19 | Solvency | |
| | 5.20 | Casualty, Etc | |
| | 5.21 | Labor Matters | |
| | 5.22 | REIT Status | |
| | 5.23 | Unencumbered Borrowing Base Properties | |
| | 5.24 | OFAC | |
| | 5.25 | Anti-Corruption Laws | |
| | 5.26 | Affected Financial Institutions | |
| | 5.27 | Covered Entities | |
| | 5.28 | Beneficial Ownership | |
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6. | | AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | |
| | 6.01 | Financial Statements | |
| | 6.02 | Certificates; Other Information | |
| | 6.03 | Notices | |
| | 6.04 | Payment of Obligations | |
| | 6.05 | Preservation of Existence, Etc | |
| | 6.06 | Maintenance of Properties | |
| | 6.07 | Maintenance of Insurance | |
| | 6.08 | Compliance with Laws and Contractual Obligations | |
| | 6.09 | Books and Records | |
| | 6.10 | Inspection Rights | |
| | 6.11 | Use of Proceeds | |
| | 6.12 | Additional Guarantors | |
| | 6.13 | Release of Guarantors | |
| | 6.14 | Further Assurances | |
| | 6.15 | Additional Insurance Requirements for Unencumbered Borrowing Base Properties | |
| | 6.16 | Anti-Corruption Laws; Sanctions | |
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7. | | NEGATIVE COVENANTS | |
| | 7.01 | Liens | |
| | 7.02 | Investments | |
| | 7.03 | Indebtedness | |
| | 7.04 | Fundamental Changes | |
| | 7.05 | Dispositions | |
| | 7.06 | Restricted Payments | |
| | 7.07 | Change in Nature of Business | |
| | 7.08 | Transactions with Affiliates | |
| | 7.09 | Burdensome Agreements | |
| | 7.10 | Use of Proceeds | |
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| | 7.11 | Financial Covenants | |
| | 7.12 | Capital Expenditures | |
| | 7.13 | Accounting Changes | |
| | 7.14 | Ownership of Subsidiaries; Certain Real Property Assets | |
| | 7.15 | Leases | |
| | 7.16 | Sale Leasebacks | |
| | 7.17 | Sanctions | |
| | 7.18 | ERISA | |
| | 7.19 | Anti-Corruption Laws | |
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8. | | EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES | |
| | 8.01 | Events of Default | |
| | 8.02 | Remedies Upon Event of Default | |
| | 8.03 | Application of Funds | |
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9. | | ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | |
| | 9.01 | Appointment and Authority | |
| | 9.02 | Rights as a Lender | |
| | 9.03 | Exculpatory Provisions | |
| | 9.04 | Reliance by Administrative Agent | |
| | 9.05 | Delegation of Duties | |
| | 9.06 | Resignation or Removal of Administrative Agent | |
| | 9.07 | Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders | |
| | 9.08 | No Other Duties, Etc | |
| | 9.09 | Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim | |
| | 9.10 | Guaranty Matters | |
| | 9.11 | Recovery of Erroneous Payments | |
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10. | | MISCELLANEOUS | |
| | 10.01 | Amendments, Etc | |
| | 10.02 | Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication | |
| | 10.03 | No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement | |
| | 10.04 | Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver | |
| | 10.05 | Payments Set Aside | |
| | 10.06 | Successors and Assigns | |
| | 10.07 | Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality | |
| | 10.08 | Right of Setoff | |
| | 10.09 | Interest Rate Limitation | |
| | 10.10 | Integration; Effectiveness | |
| | 10.11 | Survival of Representations and Warranties | |
| | 10.12 | Severability | |
| | 10.13 | Replacement of Lenders | |
| | 10.14 | Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc | |
| | 10.15 | Waiver of Jury Trial | |
| | 10.16 | No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility | |
| | 10.17 | Electronic Execution; Electronic Records; Counterparts | |
| | 10.18 | USA PATRIOT Act | |
| | 10.19 | Entire Agreement | |
| | 10.20 | Restatement of Original Credit Agreements | |
| | 10.21 | ERISA Matters | |
| | 10.22 | Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail In of Affected Financial Institutions | |
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| | 10.23 | Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs | |
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11. | | GUARANTY | |
| | 11.01 | The Guaranty | |
| | 11.02 | Obligations Unconditional | |
| | 11.03 | Reinstatement | |
| | 11.04 | Certain Waivers | |
| | 11.05 | Remedies | |
| | 11.06 | Rights of Contribution | |
| | 11.07 | Guaranty of Payment; Continuing Guaranty | |
| | 11.08 | Keepwell | |
| | 11.09 | Subordination | |
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SCHEDULES |
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SCHEDULE 2.01 | | Commitments and Applicable Percentages |
SCHEDULE 2.03 | | Existing Letters of Credit |
SCHEDULE 5.05 | | Supplement to Interim Financial Statements |
SCHEDULE 5.06 | | Litigation |
SCHEDULE 5.08(b) | | Existing Liens |
SCHEDULE 5.08(c) | | Existing Investments |
SCHEDULE 5.09 | | Environmental Matters |
SCHEDULE 5.10 | | Insurance |
SCHEDULE 5.12(d) | | Pension Plans |
SCHEDULE 5.13 | | Capital and Ownership Structure of Borrower and Subsidiaries |
SCHEDULE 5.18 | | Intellectual Property Matters |
SCHEDULE 5.22 | | Taxable REIT Subsidiaries |
SCHEDULE 5.23 | | Initial Unencumbered Borrowing Base Properties and Eligible Ground Leases |
SCHEDULE 7.03 | | Existing Indebtedness |
SCHEDULE 10.02 | | Administrative Agent’s Office; Certain Addresses for Notices |
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EXHIBITS | | Form of |
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EXHIBIT A | | Loan Notice |
EXHIBIT B-1 | | 2024 Term Note |
EXHIBIT B-2 | | 2025 Term Note |
EXHIBIT B-3 | | 2027 Term Note |
EXHIBIT B-4 | | Revolving Credit Note |
EXHIBIT C | | Compliance Certificate |
EXHIBIT D-1 | | Assignment and Assumption |
EXHIBIT D-2 | | Administrative Questionnaire |
EXHIBIT E | | Joinder Agreement |
EXHIBIT F | | U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates |
EXHIBIT G | | Release of Guarantor |
FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into as of October 13, 2022, among PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”), PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL TRUST, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Parent REIT”), the other Persons party hereto from time to time as Guarantors (as such term is defined herein), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer.
The Borrower and the Parent REIT are parties to the Original Credit Agreements (as defined herein).
The Borrower and the Parent REIT have requested that the Lenders amend and restate the Original Credit Agreements in their entirety and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1.DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS.
1.01Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“1031 Property” means any Property owned by a 1031 Property Holder which is intended to qualify for tax treatment under Section 1031 of the Code and which satisfies the following conditions:
(a) the Property meets all of the requirements of the definition of Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property; and
(b) the Borrower or a Guarantor has the unconditional contractual right to require and cause fee simple title to such Property to be held by the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Guarantor as directed by the Borrower or a Guarantor.
For purposes of determining Consolidated Total Asset Value, such 1031 Property shall be deemed to have been owned or leased by the Borrower or a Guarantor from the date acquired by the 1031 Property Holder that owns such 1031 Property.
“1031 Property Holder” means the “qualified intermediary” or “exchange accommodation titleholder” with respect to a 1031 Property as contemplated under Section 1031 of the Code, the regulations of the U.S. Department of Treasury adopted thereunder and related revenue procedures related thereto.
“2024 Term Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous 2024 Term Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Term SOFR Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the 2024 Term Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
“2024 Term Commitment” means, as to each 2024 Term Lender, its obligation to make 2024 Term Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a) in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such 2024 Term Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “2024 Term Commitment”.
“2024 Term Facility” means the Outstanding Amount of the 2024 Term Loans of all 2024 Term Lenders outstanding at such time.
“2024 Term Lender” means any Lender that holds 2024 Term Loans at such time.
“2024 Term Loan” means an advance made by any 2024 Term Lender under the 2024 Term Facility.
“2024 Term Loan Maturity Date” means October 11,(a) for Non-Extending 2024 Lenders, the Existing 2024 Term Loan Maturity Date and (b) for Extending 2024 Term Lenders, the Extended 2024 Term Loan Maturity Date; provided, however, that, in each case, if such date is not a Business Day, the 2024 Term Loan Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.
“2024 Term Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a 2024 Term Lender evidencing 2024 Term Loans made by such 2024 Term Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1.
“2025 Term Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous 2025 Term Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Term SOFR Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the 2025 Term Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
“2025 Term Commitment” means, as to each 2025 Term Lender, its obligation to make 2025 Term Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b) in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such 2025 Term Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “2025 Term Commitment”.
“2025 Term Facility” means the Outstanding Amount of the 2025 Term Loans of all 2025 Term Lenders outstanding at such time.
“2025 Term Lender” means any Lender that holds 2025 Term Loans at such time.
“2025 Term Loan” means an advance made by any 2025 Term Lender under the 2025 Term Facility.
“2025 Term Loan Maturity Date” means October 13, 2025; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day, the 2025 Term Loan Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.
“2025 Term Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a 2025 Term Lender evidencing 2025 Term Loans made by such 2025 Term Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2.
“2027 Term Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous 2027 Term Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Term SOFR Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the 2027 Term Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(c).
“2027 Term Commitment” means, as to each 2027 Term Lender, its obligation to make 2027 Term Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(c) in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such 2027 Term Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “2027 Term Commitment”.
“2027 Term Facility” means the Outstanding Amount of the 2027 Term Loans of all 2027 Term Lenders outstanding at such time.
“2027 Term Lender” means any Lender that holds 2027 Term Loans at such time.
“2027 Term Loan” means an advance made by any 2027 Term Lender under the 2027 Term Facility.
“2027 Term Loan Maturity Date” means October 13, 2027; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day, the 2027 Term Loan Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.
“2027 Term Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a 2027 Term Lender evidencing 2027 Term Loans made by such 2027 Term Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-3.
“Acceleration” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02.
“Adjusted NOI” means, as of any date of calculation, the sum of Net Operating Incomes for all Real Properties for the most recently-ended Calculation Period (and, if specifically required, including adjustments for subsequent events or conditions on a Pro Forma Basis).
“Adjusted Unrestricted Cash” means, on any date, an amount, not less than zero ($0), equal to the Borrower’s Unrestricted Cash less (a) with respect to the calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, $10,000,000, and (b) with respect to the calculation of the Unsecured Leverage Ratio, $100,000,000.
“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in substantially the form of Exhibit D-2 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Affiliated Debt” has the meaning specified in Section 11.09.
“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
“Agreement” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph.
“Applicable Laws” means, collectively, all applicable international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
“Applicable Margin” means:
(a) Subject to clause (b) below, in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility and any Term Facility, the applicable percentage per annum set forth below determined by reference to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(a):
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Pricing Level | Consolidated Leverage Ratio | Revolving Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility | Term Facilities | Term Facilities |
| | Daily SOFR Rate Loans, Term SOFR Rate Loans and Letter of Credit Fees | Base Rate Loans | Daily SOFR Rate Loans and Term SOFR Rate Loans | Base Rate Loans |
I | < 3.5x | 1.45% | 0.45% | 1.40% | 0.40% |
II | ≥3.5x and <4.0x | 1.50% | 0.50% | 1.45% | 0.45% |
III | ≥4.0x and <5.0x | 1.60% | 0.60% | 1.55% | 0.55% |
IV | ≥5.0x and < 5.5x | 1.80% | 0.80% | 1.75% | 0.75% |
V | ≥5.5x and <6.0x | 1.95% | 0.95% | 1.85% | 0.85% |
VI | ≥6.0x and <6.5x | 2.25% | 1.25% | 2.20% | 1.20% |
VII | ≥6.5x | 2.50% | 1.50% | 2.45% | 1.45% |
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Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the last day of the fiscal quarter for which such Compliance Certificate has been timely delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a); provided, however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then, upon the request of the Required Lenders, Pricing Level VII shall apply as of the first Business Day after the last day of the fiscal quarter for which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and shall remain in effect until the date on which such Compliance Certificate is actually delivered. The Applicable Margin in effect from the Closing Date until adjusted as set forth above shall be set at a Pricing Level III.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this clause (a), the determination of the Applicable Margin under this clause (a) for any period shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.09(b).
(b) If the Parent REIT or the Borrower attains at least one public or private Investment Grade Rating from either Moody’s or S&P, then the Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, make an irrevocable one time written election to exclusively use the below table based on the Debt Rating of the Parent REIT or the Borrower (setting forth the date for such election to be effective), and thereafter the Applicable Margin shall be determined based on the applicable rate per annum set forth in the below table notwithstanding any failure of the Parent REIT or the Borrower to maintain an Investment Grade Rating or any failure of the Parent REIT or the Borrower to maintain a Debt Rating:
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Debt Rating | Revolving Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility | Term Facilities | Term Facilities |
| Facility Fee Rate | Daily SOFR Rate Loans, Term SOFR Rate Loans and Letter of Credit Fees | Base Rate Loans | Daily SOFR Rate Loans and Term SOFR Rate Loans | Base Rate Loans |
≥ A-/A3 | 0.125% | 0.725% | 0.000% | 0.800% | 0.000% |
BBB+/Baa1 | 0.150% | 0.775% | 0.000% | 0.850% | 0.000% |
BBB/Baa2 | 0.200% | 0.850% | 0.000% | 0.950% | 0.000% |
BBB-/Baa3 | 0.250% | 1.050% | 0.050% | 1.200% | 0.200% |
<BBB-/Baa3 or Unrated | 0.300% | 1.400% | 0.400% | 1.600% | 0.600% |
If at any time the Parent REIT and/or the Borrower has two (2) Debt Ratings, and such Debt Ratings are split, then: (i) if the difference between such Debt Ratings is one ratings category (e.g., Baa2 by Moody’s and BBB- by S&P or Fitch), the Ratings-Based Applicable Margin shall be the rate per annum that would be applicable if the higher of the Debt Ratings were used; and (ii) if the difference between such Debt Ratings is two (2) ratings categories (e.g., Baa1 by Moody’s and BBB- by S&P), the Ratings-Based Applicable Margin shall be the rate per annum that would be applicable if the rating that is one higher than the lower of the applicable Debt Ratings were used. If at any time the Parent REIT and/or the Borrower has three (3) Debt Ratings, and such Debt Ratings are split, then: (A) if the difference between the highest and the lowest of such Debt Ratings is one ratings category (e.g., Baa2 by Moody’s and BBB- by S&P or Fitch), the Ratings-Based Applicable Margin shall be the rate per annum that would be applicable if the highest of the Debt Ratings were used; and (B) if the difference between such Debt Ratings is two (2) ratings categories (e.g., Baa1 by Moody’s and BBB- by S&P or Fitch) or more, the Ratings-Based Applicable Margin shall be the rate per annum that would be applicable if the average of the two (2) highest Debt Ratings were used; provided that if such average is not a recognized rating category, then the Ratings-Based Applicable Margin shall be the rate per annum that would be applicable if the second highest Debt Rating of the three (3) were used. If the Borrower has elected to use the above table set forth in this clause (b) and the Parent REIT and/or the Borrower no longer has a private or public Debt Rating from either Moody’s or S&P, then the Ratings-Based Applicable Margin shall be deemed to be < BBB-/Baa3 or Unrated. Each change in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in a Debt Rating shall be effective, in the case of an upgrade, during the period commencing on the date of delivery by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent of notice thereof pursuant to Section 6.02(j) and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change and, in the case of a downgrade, during the period commencing on the date of the announcement thereof and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.
“Applicable Percentage” means (a) in respect of the 2024 Term Facility, with respect to any 2024 Term Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the 2024 Term Facility represented by the principal amount of such 2024 Term Lender’s 2024 Term Loans at such time, (b) in respect of the 2025 Term Facility, with respect to any 2025 Term Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the 2025 Term Facility represented by the principal amount of such 2025 Term Lender’s 2025 Term Loans at such time, (c) in respect of the 2027 Term Facility, with respect to any 2027 Term Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the 2027 Term Facility represented by the principal amount of such 2027 Term Lender’s 2027 Term Loans at such time and (d) in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Revolving Credit Facility represented by such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time, as any such Applicable Percentage for the respective Facility may be adjusted as provided in Section 2.16. If the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02 or if the Revolving Credit Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Lender most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender in respect of each Facility is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
“Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage” means, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility at such time.
“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any of the Term Facilities or the Revolving Credit Facility, a Lender that has a Commitment with respect to such Facility or holds a Term Loan or a Revolving Credit Loan, respectively, at such time, and (b) with respect to the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (i) the L/C Issuer and (ii) if any Letters of Credit have been issued pursuant to Section 2.03(a), the Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Arrangers” means (a) BofA Securities, Inc., in its capacity as joint lead arranger and sole bookrunner, (b) Capital One, National Association, in its capacity as joint lead arranger, (c) PNC Capital Markets LLC, in its capacity as joint lead arranger, (d) TD Bank, N.A., in its capacity as joint lead arranger, (e) Truist Securities, Inc., in its capacity as joint lead arranger, (f) U.S. Bank, National Association, in its capacity as joint lead arranger and (g) Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, in its capacity as joint lead arranger.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit D-1 or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by use of an electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any capital lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.
“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Parties for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Consolidated Parties, including the notes thereto.
“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b).
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Revolving Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 2.05, and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02.
“Bail In Action” means the exercise of any Write Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail In Legislation” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, rule, regulation or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate,” (c) Term SOFR plus 1.00% and (d) 1.00%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Revolving Credit Loan or a Term Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. §1010.230.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning specified in Section 10.23(b).
“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
“Borrowing” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a 2024 Term Borrowing, a 2025 Term Borrowing or a 2027 Term Borrowing, as the context may require.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Applicable Laws of, or are in fact closed in, New York, New York, Charlotte, North Carolina or Dallas, Texas.
“Calculation Period” means, as of any date of determination commencing with the delivery of the Required Financial Information for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2023, the most recent four (4) fiscal quarter period for which the Borrower has provided the Required Financial Information; provided that, for calculations made on a Pro Forma Basis, the amounts calculated for the applicable Calculation Period shall be adjusted as set forth in Section 1.03(c), but shall otherwise relate to the applicable Calculation Period (as defined above); provided further that, for any fiscal quarter ending prior to March 31, 2023, “Calculation Period” shall mean (a) for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2022, the most recent fiscal quarter period, annualized, (b) for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2022, the most recent two (2) fiscal quarter period, annualized, and (c) for the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2022, the most recent three (3) fiscal quarter period, annualized.
“Capitalization Rate” means (a) 7.25% for: (i) the LaPlaya Beach Resort & Club; (ii) Real Properties in the central business districts of New York, New York, San Diego, California, San Francisco, California, Washington, D.C., and Boston, Massachusetts; and (iii) Los Angeles, California urban Real Properties (including Real Properties located in Santa Monica, California); and (b) 7.75% for all other Real Properties.
“Capital One Facility” means the facility evidenced by that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 13, 2017, among the Borrower, the Parent REIT, certain lenders party thereto, and Capital One, National Association, as administrative agent (as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time).
“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances or, if the L/C Issuer benefitting from such collateral shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) the L/C Issuer. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following types of Investments, to the extent owned by any Consolidated Party:
(a) readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than 360 days from the date of acquisition thereof; provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof;
(b) time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i)(A) is a Lender or (B) is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Federal Reserve System, (ii) issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated as described in clause (c) of this definition and (iii) has combined capital and surplus of at least $1,000,000,000, in each case with maturities of not more than one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of acquisition thereof;
(c) commercial paper issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States and rated at least “Prime-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s or at least “A-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P, in each case with maturities of not more than one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of acquisition thereof; and
(d) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets of any Consolidated Party, in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which are administered by financial institutions that have the highest rating obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P, and the portfolios of which are limited solely to Investments of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this definition.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Change of Control” means an event or series of events by which:
(a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an “option right”)), directly or indirectly, of 25% or more of the equity securities of the Borrower or Parent REIT entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower or Parent REIT on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right);
(b) during any period of twenty-four (24) consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Borrower or Parent REIT cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body; or
(c) the passage of thirty (30) days from the date upon which any Person or two (2) or more Persons acting in concert shall have acquired by contract or otherwise, or shall have entered into a contract or arrangement that, upon consummation thereof, will result in its or their acquisition of the power to exercise, directly or indirectly, a controlling influence over the management or policies of the Borrower or Parent REIT, or control over the equity securities of the Borrower or Parent REIT entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower or Parent REIT on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such Person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right) representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of such securities.
“Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01.
“CME” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“Commitment” means a 2024 Term Commitment, a 2025 Term Commitment, a 2027 Term Commitment or a Revolving Credit Commitment, as the context may require.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. §1 et seq.).
“Communication” means this Agreement, any Loan Document and any document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice, certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to any Loan Document.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to the use, administration of or any conventions associated with SOFR or any proposed Successor Rate, Daily Simple SOFR, or Term SOFR, as applicable, any conforming changes to the definitions of “Base Rate”, “Daily Simple SOFR”, “SOFR”, “Term SOFR”, and “Interest Period”, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other technical, administrative or operational matters (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the definitions of “Business Day” and “U.S. Government Securities Business Day”, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices and length of lookback periods) as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, to reflect the adoption and implementation of such applicable rate(s) and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and any other Loan Document).
“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” means, for any period, EBITDA less an annual replacement reserve equal to 4.0% of gross property revenues (excluding revenues with respect to third party space or retail leases).
“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the Calculation Period ending on such date to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for such period.
“Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, for any period, the sum of (a) Consolidated Interest Charges for such period, plus (b) current scheduled principal payments on Consolidated Funded Indebtedness for such period (including, for purposes hereof, current scheduled reductions in commitments, but excluding any payment of principal under the Loan Documents and any “balloon” payment or final payment at maturity that is significantly larger than the scheduled payments that preceded it), plus (c) dividends and distributions paid in cash on preferred stock by the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis and all Unconsolidated Affiliates, if any, for such period, in each case, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that, to the extent the calculations under clauses (a), (b) and (c) above include amounts allocable to Unconsolidated Affiliates, such calculations shall be without duplication and shall only include such amounts to the extent attributable to any Unconsolidated Affiliate Interests (or, if greater, amounts that are attributable to Consolidated Funded Indebtedness that is Recourse Debt).
“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, without duplication, the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of all obligations of the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including all obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents) and all obligations of the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments, (b) all purchase money Indebtedness of the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis, (c) all obligations of the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments, (d) all obligations of the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis in respect of forward purchase agreements or the deferred purchase price of any property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business), (e) Attributable Indebtedness of the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis in respect of capital leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations, (f) without duplication, all Guarantees of the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) through (e) above of Persons other than the Parent REIT or any Subsidiary, (g) without duplication, all Indebtedness of the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above of any partnership or joint venture in which the Parent REIT or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer, and (h) without duplication, the aggregate amount of Unconsolidated Affiliate Funded Indebtedness for all Unconsolidated Affiliates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Consolidated Funded Indebtedness shall exclude Excluded Capital Leases.
“Consolidated Interest Charges” means, for any period, the sum of (a) all interest, premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses of the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis and all Unconsolidated Affiliates, in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, and (b) the portion of rent expense of the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis and all Unconsolidated Affiliates with respect to such period under capital leases (other than Excluded Capital Leases) that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP; provided that, to the extent the calculations under clauses (a) and (b) above include amounts allocable to Unconsolidated Affiliates, such calculations shall be without duplication and shall only include such amounts to the extent attributable to any Unconsolidated Affiliate Interests (or, if greater, amounts that are attributable to Consolidated Funded Indebtedness that is Recourse Debt).
“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness less Adjusted Unrestricted Cash as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the Calculation Period most recently ended.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the sum of (a) the net income of the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis (excluding extraordinary gains, extraordinary losses and gains and losses from the sale of assets) for such period, calculated in accordance with GAAP, plus (b) without duplication, an amount equal to the aggregate of net income (excluding extraordinary gains and extraordinary losses) for such period, calculated in accordance with GAAP, of each Unconsolidated Affiliate multiplied by the respective Unconsolidated Affiliate Interest in each such entity.
“Consolidated Parties” means a collective reference to the Parent REIT and its consolidated Subsidiaries and “Consolidated Party” means any one of the Consolidated Parties.
“Consolidated Recourse Secured Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, for the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis and all Unconsolidated Affiliates, all Secured Debt that is Recourse Debt; provided that, to the extent the calculation of Secured Debt includes amounts allocable to Unconsolidated Affiliates, such calculation shall be without duplication and shall only include such amounts to the extent attributable to any Unconsolidated Affiliate Interests (or, if greater, amounts that are attributable to Secured Debt that is Recourse Debt).
“Consolidated Secured Debt” means, as of any date of determination, for the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis and all Unconsolidated Affiliates, all Secured Debt; provided that, to the extent the calculation of Secured Debt includes amounts allocable to Unconsolidated Affiliates, such calculation shall be without duplication and shall only include such amounts to the extent attributable to any Unconsolidated Affiliate Interests (or, if greater, amounts that are attributable to Secured Debt that is Recourse Debt).
“Consolidated Tangible Net Worth” means, as of any date of determination, for the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis and all Unconsolidated Affiliates, Shareholders’ Equity on that date, minus the amount of Intangible Assets, plus the amount of accumulated depreciation; provided that there shall be excluded from the calculation of “Consolidated Tangible Net Worth” any effects resulting from the application of FASB ASC No. 715: Compensation - Retirement Benefits; provided, further, that, to the extent the calculation of foregoing amounts includes amounts allocable to Unconsolidated Affiliates, such calculation shall be without duplication and shall only include such amounts to the extent attributable to any Unconsolidated Affiliate Interests.
“Consolidated Total Asset Value” means, without duplication, as of any date of determination, for the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis, the sum of: (a) the Operating Property Value of all Real Properties (other than Development/Redevelopment Properties); (b) the amount of all Unrestricted Cash; (c) the book value of all Development/Redevelopment Properties, mortgage or real estate-related loan assets and undeveloped or speculative land; (d) the contract purchase price for all assets under contract for purchase (to the extent included in Indebtedness); and (e) the Borrower’s applicable Unconsolidated Affiliate Interests of the preceding items for its Unconsolidated Affiliates; provided that the calculation of Consolidated Total Asset Value shall be adjusted to eliminate the portion of each of the following types of assets that exceeds the following limitations for such assets: (i) Real Properties consisting of undeveloped or speculative land in an aggregate amount of five percent (5%) of Consolidated Total Asset Value; (ii) incoming-producing Real Properties (other than hotels or similar hospitality properties) in an aggregate amount of ten percent (10%) of Consolidated Total Asset Value; (iii) Development/Redevelopment Properties; provided that all costs and expenses associated with all existing development activities with respect to such Development/Redevelopment Properties (budget to completion) shall be included in determining the aggregate Investment of the Borrower or such Subsidiary with respect to such activities) in an aggregate amount of fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated Total Asset Value; (iv) Unconsolidated Affiliates in an aggregate amount of twenty percent (20%) of Consolidated Total Asset Value; (v) mortgage or real estate-related loan assets in an aggregate amount of fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated Total Asset Value; (vi) Equity Interests (including preferred Equity Interests) in any Person (other than any Affiliate of the Borrower) in an aggregate amount of fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated Total Asset Value; and (vii) Aggregate Investments in the items described in clauses (i) through (vi) above in an aggregate amount of thirty-five percent (35%) of Consolidated Total Asset Value.
“Consolidated Unsecured Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Net Operating Income from the Unencumbered Borrowing Base Properties for the Calculation Period ending on such date to (b) Unsecured Interest Charges for such period; provided that, unless otherwise approved by the Required Lenders, there shall be excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Unsecured Interest Coverage Ratio: (i) any excess above 40% of aggregate Net Operating Income from the Unencumbered Borrowing Base Properties from any one Major MSA and (ii) any excess above 33% of aggregate Net Operating Income from the Unencumbered Borrowing Base Properties from any one Other MSA.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Covered Entity” has the meaning specified in Section 10.23(b).
“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing; and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
“Credit Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Hedge Banks, each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.05, and the other Persons to whom the Obligations are owing from time to time.
“Customary Recourse Exceptions” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, personal recourse that is limited to fraud, misrepresentation, misapplication of cash, waste, environmental claims and liabilities, prohibited transfers, violations of single-purpose entity covenants, voluntary insolvency proceedings, obligations for completion or cost overruns in connection with construction related activities, and other circumstances customarily excluded by institutional lenders from exculpation provisions and/or included in separate guaranty or indemnification agreements in non-recourse financing of real property.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, with respect to any applicable determination date, (a) SOFR published on the fifth (5th) U.S. Government Securities Business Day preceding such day on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s website (or any successor source); provided, however, that if such day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, then Daily Simple SOFR means such rate so published on the fifth (5th) U.S. Government Securities Business Day preceding the first (1st) U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto; plus (b) the SOFR Adjustment. If the rate as so determined would be less than zero percent (0.0%), such rate shall be deemed to be zero percent (0.0%) for purposes of the Loans and Loan Documents.
“Daily SOFR Rate Loan” means a Loan made hereunder with respect to which the interest rate is calculated by reference to Daily Simple SOFR.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Debt Rating” means the current published or private long term unsecured senior, non-credit enhanced debt rating of the Parent REIT or the Borrower by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch.
“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Margin, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2.0% per annum; provided, however, that with respect to a Term SOFR Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Margin) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2.0% per annum, and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Margin plus 2.0% per annum.
“Default Right” has the meaning specified in Section 10.23(b).
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.16(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within three (3) Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit) within three (3) Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above, and of the effective date of such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.16(b)) as of the date established therefor by the Administrative Agent in a written notice of such determination, which shall be delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, the L/C Issuer and each other Lender promptly following such determination.
“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory itself is the subject of any Sanction.
“Development/Redevelopment Property” means Real Property with respect to which development activities are being undertaken by the applicable owner thereof. A Real Property shall cease to be a Development/Redevelopment Property on the last day of the sixth (6th) full fiscal quarter after opening or reopening (or such earlier date as elected by the Borrower by written notice to the Administrative Agent).
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease (excluding the lease of any Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property and personal property assets related thereto to any TRS pursuant to a form of Lease approved by the Administrative Agent, in its reasonable discretion) or other disposition (in one transaction or in a series of transactions and whether effected pursuant to a Division or otherwise) of any property by any Person (including any sale leaseback transaction), including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith. For the avoidance of doubt, leases of personal or Real Property (other than sale and leaseback transactions) entered into in the ordinary course of business shall not be deemed to be Dispositions.
“Dividing Person” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Division.”
“Division” means the division of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations of a Person (the “Dividing Person”) among two or more Persons (whether pursuant to a “plan of division” or similar arrangement), which may or may not include the Dividing Person and pursuant to which the Dividing Person may or may not survive.
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“EBITDA” means, for any period, the sum of (a) an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (b) the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) Consolidated Interest Charges for such period, (ii) the provision for Federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable by the Consolidated Parties and Unconsolidated Affiliates for such period, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense of the Consolidated Parties and Unconsolidated Affiliates, (iv) other non-recurring expenses of the Consolidated Parties and Unconsolidated Affiliates reducing such Consolidated Net Income which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period, (v) without duplication of any of the foregoing, amounts deducted from net income as a result of fees or expenses incurred in connection with acquisitions permitted under the Loan Documents that can no longer be capitalized due to FAS 141R Changes and charges relating to the under-accrual of earn outs due to the FAS 141R Changes, (vi) all non-cash items with respect to straight-lining of rents materially decreasing Consolidated Net Income for such period, and (vii) all other non-cash items decreasing Consolidated Net Income (including non-cash expenses or losses with respect to Excluded Capital Leases), minus (c) the following to the extent included in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) Federal, state, local and foreign income tax credits of the Consolidated Parties and Unconsolidated Affiliates for such period, (ii) all non-cash items with respect to straight-lining of rents materially increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period, and (iii) all other non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (including non-cash revenues or gains with respect to Excluded Capital Leases); provided that, to the extent the calculations under clauses (a), (b) and (c) above include amounts allocable to Unconsolidated Affiliates, such calculations shall be without duplication and shall only include such amounts to the extent attributable to any Unconsolidated Affiliate Interests.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a Subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Electronic Copy” has the meaning specified in Section 10.17.
“Electronic Record” and “Electronic Signature” have the meanings assigned to them, respectively, by 15 USC §7006, as it may be amended from time to time.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 10.06(b)(iii) and (v) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 10.06(b)(iii)).
“Eligible Ground Lease” means a ground or similar building lease with respect to an Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property executed by the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower, as lessee, (a) that has a remaining lease term (including extension or renewal rights) of at least thirty-five (35) years, calculated as of the date such property becomes an Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property, (b) that is in full force and effect, (c) that may be transferred and/or assigned without the consent of the lessor (or as to which (i) such lease may be transferred and/or assigned with the consent of the lessor and (ii) such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed or is subject to certain customary and reasonable requirements), and (d) pursuant to which (i) no default or terminating event exists thereunder, and (ii) no event has occurred which but for the passage of time, or notice, or both would constitute a default or terminating event thereunder.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all applicable Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or Governmental Authority restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Laws, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination; provided that neither Permitted Convertible Notes (prior to conversion thereof) nor Permitted Convertible Notes Swap Contracts shall constitute Equity Interests of the Parent REIT.
“Equity Issuance” means the issuance or sale by any Person of any of its Equity Interests or any capital contribution to such Person by any holder of its Equity Interests.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is insolvent (within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA); (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan or the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA; (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan; (f) any event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (g) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA; or (h) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
“EU Bail In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
“Excluded Capital Lease” means any long-term ground lease or building lease that is treated as a capital lease in accordance with GAAP.
“Excluded Swap Obligations” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (determined after giving effect to Section 11.08 and any other “keepwell, support or other agreement” for the benefit of such Guarantor and any and all Guarantees of such Guarantor’s Swap Obligations by other Loan Parties) at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor, or a grant by such Guarantor of a security interest, becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, then such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes excluded in accordance with the first sentence of this definition.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to any Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 10.13) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.01(b) or 3.01(d), amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(f) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.
“Existing 2024 Term Loan Maturity Date” means October 11, 2024.
“Existing Letters of Credit” means, as of the date hereof, the Letters of Credit set forth on Schedule 2.03.
“Extended 2024 Term Loan” means the 2024 Term Loan of a 2024 Term Lender that matures on the Extended 2024 Term Loan Maturity Date.
“Extended 2024 Term Loan Maturity Date” means January 20, 2028.
“Extending 2024 Term Lender” means those 2024 Term Lenders with a 2024 Term Loan that matures on the Extended 2024 Term Loan Maturity Date. On the First Amendment Effective Date, the Extending 2024 Term Lenders are identified as such on Schedule 2.01.
“Facilities” means the 2024 Term Facility, the 2025 Term Facility, the 2027 Term Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility, and “Facility” means any one of the Facilities, as the context may require.
“FAS 141R Changes” means those changes made to a buyer’s accounting practices by the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 141R, Business Combinations, which is effective for annual reporting periods that begin in calendar year 2009.
“FASB ASC” means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, any intergovernmental agreement entered into among Governmental Authorities and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities entered into in connection with the implementation of the foregoing.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depository institutions (as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the federal funds effective rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Rate as so determined would be less than zero (0), such rate shall be deemed to be zero (0) for purposes of this Agreement.
“Fee Letter” means any fee letter among Borrower, Administrative Agent and/or any Arranger.
“FFO Distribution Allowance” means, for any fiscal year of the Consolidated Parties, an amount equal to 95% of Funds From Operations for such fiscal year.
“First Amendment Effective Date” means January 3, 2024.
“First Extended Revolving Maturity Date” means April 13, 2027; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day, the First Extended Revolving Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.
“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the Applicable Laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes (including such a Lender when acting in the capacity of the L/C Issuer). For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to the L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Fully Satisfied” means, with respect to the Obligations as of any date, that, as of such date, (a) all principal of and interest accrued to such date which constitute Obligations shall have been irrevocably paid in full in cash, (b) all fees, expenses and other amounts then due and payable which constitute Obligations shall have been irrevocably paid in cash, (c) all outstanding Letters of Credit shall have been (i) terminated, (ii) fully irrevocably Cash Collateralized or (iii) secured by one or more letters of credit on terms and conditions, and with one or more financial institutions, satisfactory to the L/C Issuer and (d) the Aggregate Commitments shall have expired or been terminated in full (in each case, other than inchoate indemnification liabilities arising under the Loan Documents).
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
“Funds From Operations” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income, plus depreciation and amortization and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures as hereafter provided; provided that, to the extent such calculations include amounts allocable to Unconsolidated Affiliates, such calculations shall be without duplication and shall only include such amounts to the extent attributable to any Unconsolidated Affiliate Interests. Without limiting the foregoing, notwithstanding contrary treatment under GAAP, for purposes hereof, (a) “Funds From Operations” shall include, and be adjusted to take into account, (i) the Parent REIT’s interests in unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures, on the same basis as consolidated partnerships and subsidiaries, as provided in the “white paper” issued in April 2002 by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, as may be amended from time to time, and (ii) amounts deducted from net income as a result of pre-funded fees or expenses incurred in connection with acquisitions permitted under the Loan Documents that can no longer be capitalized due to FAS 141R Changes and charges relating to the under-accrual of earn outs due to the FAS 141R Changes, and (b) net income (or loss) of the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis shall not include gains (or, if applicable, losses) resulting from or in connection with (i) restructuring of indebtedness, (ii) sales of property, (iii) sales or redemptions of preferred stock, (iv) non-cash asset impairment charges or (v) other non-cash items including items with respect to Excluded Capital Leases.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.
“Glass Houses” means Glass Houses, a Maryland real estate investment trust.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other applicable nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Guarantee” means, as to any Person: (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iv) to guaranty to any Person rental income levels (or shortfalls) or re tenanting costs (including tenant improvements, moving expenses, lease commissions and any other costs associated with procuring new tenants); provided that such obligations shall be determined to be equal to the maximum potential amount of the payments due from the Person guaranteeing the applicable rental income levels over the term of the applicable lease or (v) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); or (b) any lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any primary obligor, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith; provided that, to the extent any Guarantee is limited by its terms, then the amount of such Guarantee shall be deemed to be the stated or determinable amount of such Guarantee. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantors” means, collectively, the Parent REIT, any 1031 Property Holder, all Subsidiaries of the Borrower as of the Closing Date and as identified on the signature pages hereto as a “Guarantor” as of the Closing Date (excluding all Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date), each Person that is required to be a Guarantor pursuant to Section 6.12 (including any Subsidiary or 1031 Property Holder that owns an Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property), unless such entity is a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary or has otherwise been released from its obligations pursuant to Section 6.13, and, with respect to the payment and performance by each Specified Loan Party of its obligations under Section 11 with respect to all Swap Obligations, the Borrower, in each case together with their successors and permitted assigns.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Laws.
“Hedge Bank” means any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to a Swap Contract that is not otherwise prohibited under Section 6 or 7.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary whose assets constitute less than 1% of Consolidated Total Asset Value; provided that if at any time the aggregate Consolidated Total Asset Value of the “Immaterial Subsidiaries” exceeds 10% of all Consolidated Total Asset Value, then the Borrower shall designate certain “Immaterial Subsidiaries” as Guarantors such that the aggregate Consolidated Total Asset Value of the “Immaterial Subsidiaries” which are not Guarantors does not exceed 10% of all Consolidated Total Asset Value.
“Increase Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(d).
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;
(c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business and, in each case, not overdue by more than ninety (90) days after such trade account payable was created, except to the extent that any such trade payables are being disputed in good faith);
(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f) capital leases (other than Excluded Capital Leases) and Synthetic Lease Obligations;
(g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Equity Interest in such Person or any other Person, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; and
(h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include, without duplication, the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of any capital lease (other than an Excluded Capital Lease) or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b).
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07.
“Initial Revolving Maturity Date” means October 13, 2026, provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day, the Initial Revolving Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.
“Intangible Assets” means assets that are considered to be intangible assets under GAAP, including customer lists, goodwill, computer software, copyrights, trade names, trademarks, patents, franchises, licenses, unamortized deferred charges, unamortized debt discount and capitalized research and development costs.
“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Daily SOFR Rate Loan or Base Rate Loan, the first (1st) Business Day of each calendar month and the Revolving Maturity Date, the 2024 Term Loan Maturity Date, the 2025 Term Loan Maturity Date or the 2027 Term Loan Maturity Date, as applicable and (b) as to any Term SOFR Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Term SOFR Rate Loan and the Revolving Maturity Date, the applicable 2024 Term Loan Maturity Date, the 2025 Term Loan Maturity Date or the 2027 Term Loan Maturity Date, as applicable; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Term SOFR Rate Loan exceeds three (3) months, the respective dates that fall every three (3) months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates.
“Interest Period” means, as to each Term SOFR Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Term SOFR Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Term SOFR Rate Loan and ending on the date one (1), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter (in the case of each requested Interest Period, subject to availability), as selected by the Borrower in its Loan Notice; provided that:
(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Revolving Maturity Date, the applicable 2024 Term Loan Maturity Date, the 2025 Term Loan Maturity Date or the 2027 Term Loan Maturity Date, as applicable, of the Facility under which such Loan was made.
“Intermediate REIT” means (a) Glass Houses and (b) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is formed as a real estate investment trust under its jurisdiction of formation, which Subsidiary does not own any assets (other than any Equity Interests in any Subsidiary that owns any Real Property assets); provided that such Subsidiary (i) shall not incur or guarantee any other Indebtedness, and (ii) may receive Restricted Payments paid in cash from its Subsidiaries so long as such Restricted Payments are immediately distributed upon receipt to the Borrower.
“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of capital stock or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
“Investment Grade Rating” means a Debt Rating for the Parent REIT or the Borrower of BBB- or better from S&P, Baa3 or better from Moody’s or BBB- or better from Fitch.
“IP Rights” has the meaning specified in Section 5.18.
“ISP” means the International Standby Practices, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time).
“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of the L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.
“Joinder Agreement” means a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E, executed and delivered by a new Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.12.
“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage.
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Revolving Credit Borrowing.
“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
“L/C Disbursement” means a payment made by the L/C Issuer pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
“L/C Issuer” means Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit. The L/C Issuer may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the L/C Issuer, in which case the term “L/C Issuer” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
“L/C Obligations” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time, including any automatic or scheduled increases provided for by the terms of such Letters of Credit, determined without regard to whether any conditions to drawing could be met at that time, plus (b) the aggregate amount of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. The L/C Obligations of any Revolving Credit Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the total L/C Obligations at such time. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Article 29(a) of the UCP or Rule 3.13 or Rule 3.14 of the ISP or similar terms of the Letter of Credit itself, or if compliant documents have been presented but not yet honored, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” and “undrawn” in the amount so remaining available to be paid, and the obligations of the Borrower and each Revolving Credit Lender shall remain in full force and effect until the L/C Issuer and the Lenders shall have no further obligations to make any payments or disbursements under any circumstances with respect to any Letter of Credit.
“Lease” means a lease, sublease, license, concession agreement or other agreement providing for the use or occupancy of any portion of any Real Property (and any personal property related thereto that is covered by such lease, sublease, license, concession agreement or other agreement) owned or ground leased by any Loan Party, including all amendments, supplements, restatements, assignments and other modifications thereto.
“Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, which office may include any Affiliate of such Lender or any domestic or foreign branch of such Lender or such Affiliate. Unless the context otherwise requires each reference to a Lender shall include its applicable Lending Office.
“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued or deemed issued hereunder and shall include the Existing Letters of Credit. A Letter of Credit may be a standby letter of credit only.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is twelve months after the Revolving Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(j).
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to $30,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Facility.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, any agreement creating or perfecting rights in Cash Collateral pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.15, and the Fee Letters.
“Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a 2024 Term Borrowing, (b) a 2025 Term Borrowing, (c) a 2027 Term Borrowing, (d) a Revolving Credit Borrowing, (e) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (f) a continuation of Term SOFR Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
“Loans” means, collectively, the 2024 Term Loans, the 2025 Term Loans, the 2027 Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans, and “Loan” means any one of the Loans, as the context may require.
“Major MSA” means the metropolitan statistical area of any of the following: (a) New York City, New York; (b) Chicago, Illinois; (c) Washington, DC; (d) Los Angeles, California (excluding Santa Monica, California); (e) Boston, Massachusetts; (f) San Diego, California; and (g) San Francisco, California.
“Material Acquisition” means the acquisition by any Consolidated Party, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of one or more Real Properties or Persons owning Real Properties in which the total investment with respect to such acquisition is equal to or greater than 10% of Consolidated Total Asset Value at such time.
“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent) or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Parent REIT, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties taken as a whole to perform their respective obligations under any Loan Document; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.
“Material Lease” means as to any Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property (a) any Lease of such Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property (and any personal property assets related thereto) between the applicable Loan Party that owns such Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property and any TRS, (b) any Lease which, individually or when aggregated with all other Leases at such Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property with the same tenant or any of its Affiliates, accounts for 10% or more of such Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property’s revenue, or (c) any Lease which contains any option, offer, right of first refusal or other similar entitlement to acquire all or any portion of such Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property.
“Minimum Collateral Amount” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances provided to reduce or eliminate Fronting Exposure during the existence of a Defaulting Lender, an amount equal to 105% of the Fronting Exposure of the L/C Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time, (b) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.03(o), an amount equal to 105% of the total L/C Obligations, and (c) otherwise, an amount determined by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer in their sole discretion.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five (5) plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
“Multiple Employer Plan” means any employee benefit plan which has two (2) or more contributing sponsors (including the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two (2) of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.
“Negative Pledge” means a provision of any agreement (other than this Agreement or any other Loan Document) that prohibits the creation of any Lien on any assets of a Person; provided, however, that neither (a) an agreement that establishes a maximum ratio of unsecured debt to unencumbered assets, or of secured debt to total assets, or that otherwise conditions a Person’s ability to encumber its assets upon the maintenance of one or more specified ratios that limit such Person’s ability to encumber its assets but that do not generally prohibit the encumbrance of its assets, or the encumbrance of specific assets nor (b) any requirement for the grant in favor of the holders of any Unsecured Indebtedness of an equal and ratable Lien in connection with a pledge of any property or asset to secure the Obligations, shall constitute a “Negative Pledge” for purposes of this Agreement.
“Net Operating Income” means, with respect to any Real Property and for the most recently ended Calculation Period, an amount equal to (a) the aggregate gross revenues from the operations of such Real Property during the applicable Calculation Period, minus (b) the sum of (i) all expenses and other proper charges incurred in connection with the operation of such Real Property during such period pro-rated as appropriate (including real estate taxes, but excluding any management fees, debt service charges, income taxes, depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses), and (ii) actual management fees paid during such period, and (iii) an annual replacement reserve equal to 4.0% of the aggregate revenues from the operations of such Real Property (excluding revenues with respect to third party space or retail leases).
“New Property” means each Real Property acquired by the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis and all Unconsolidated Affiliates (as the case may be) from the date of acquisition for a period of six (6) full fiscal quarters after the acquisition thereof; provided, however, that, upon the Seasoned Date for any New Property (or any earlier date selected by Borrower), such New Property shall be converted to a Seasoned Property and shall cease to be a New Property.
“Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any Equity Issuance by any Consolidated Party, the amount of cash received by such Consolidated Party in connection with any such transaction after deducting therefrom the aggregate, without duplication, of the following amounts to the extent properly attributable to such transaction and such amounts are usual, customary, and reasonable: (a) brokerage commissions; (b) attorneys’ fees; (c) finder’s fees; (d) financial advisory fees; (e) accounting fees; (f) underwriting fees; (g) investment banking fees; and (h) other commissions, costs, fees, expenses and disbursements related to such Equity Issuance, in each case to the extent paid or payable by such Consolidated Party.
“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (a) requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 10.01 and (b) has been approved by the Required Lenders.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
“Non-Extended 2024 Term Loan” means the 2024 Term Loan of a 2024 Term Lender that matures on the Existing 2024 Term Loan Maturity Date.
“Non-Extending 2024 Term Lender” means those 2024 Term Lenders with a 2024 Term Loan that matures on the Existing 2024 Term Loan Maturity Date. On the First Amendment Effective Date, the Non-Extending 2024 Term Lenders are identified as such on Schedule 2.01.
“Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b).
“Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary (whether direct or indirect) of the Borrower or any 1031 Property Holder, other than any Subsidiary or any 1031 Property Holder which owns an Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property, which (a) is a TRS; (b) is an Intermediate REIT; (c) is (i) formed for or converted to the specific purpose of holding title to Real Property assets which are collateral for Indebtedness owing or to be owed by such entity, provided that such Indebtedness must be incurred or assumed within ninety (90) days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in writing) of such formation or conversion or such entity shall cease to qualify as a Non Guarantor Subsidiary, and (ii) expressly prohibited in writing from guaranteeing Indebtedness of any other person or entity pursuant to (A) a provision in any document, instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness of such entity or (B) a provision of such entity’s Organization Documents, in each case, which provision was included in such Organization Document or such other document, instrument or agreement at the request of the applicable third party creditor and as an express condition to the extension or assumption of such Indebtedness; provided that an entity meeting the requirements set forth in this clause (c) shall only remain a “Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” for so long as (1) each of the foregoing requirements set forth in this clause (c) are satisfied, (2) such entity does not guarantee any other Indebtedness and (3) the Indebtedness with respect to which the restrictions noted in clause (c)(ii) are imposed remains outstanding; provided further that in no event shall any party to a Permitted Intercompany Mortgage encumbering an Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property be a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary; (d)(i) becomes a Subsidiary or 1031 Property Holder following the Closing Date, (ii) is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, and (iii) with respect to which the Borrower and its Affiliates, as applicable, do not have sufficient voting power to cause such entity to become a Guarantor hereunder; or (e) is an Immaterial Subsidiary.
“Non-Recourse Debt” means Indebtedness that is not recourse to the Parent REIT or any of its Subsidiaries (except to the extent such recourse is limited to Customary Recourse Exceptions).
“Note” means a 2024 Term Note, a 2025 Term Note, a 2027 Term Note or a Revolving Credit Note, as the context may require.
“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, or any Swap Contract entered into by any Loan Party with any Lender or its Affiliate as a counterparty with respect to the Loans, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding; provided that the “Obligations” with respect to a Guarantor shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor.
“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.
“Operating Property Value” means, at any date of determination, (a) for each Seasoned Property, (i) the Adjusted NOI for such Real Property divided by (ii) the applicable Capitalization Rate, and (b) for each New Property, the GAAP book value for such New Property (until the Seasoned Date or such earlier date as elected by the Borrower by written notice to the Administrative Agent).
“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Original Bank of America Revolving Credit Agreement” means that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 13, 2017, among the Borrower, the Parent REIT, certain lenders party thereto, and Bank of America, as administrative agent, as the same may have been further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof and as in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness hereof.
“Original Bank of America Term Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2018, among the Borrower, the Parent REIT, certain lenders party thereto, and Bank of America, as administrative agent, as the same may have been further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof and as in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness hereof.
“Original Credit Agreements” means, collectively, (a) the Original Bank of America Revolving Credit Agreement and (b) the Original Bank of America Term Credit Agreement, and each, individually, an “Original Credit Agreement.”
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other MSA” means any metropolitan statistical area other than a Major MSA. For the avoidance of doubt, Santa Monica, California shall constitute an Other MSA.
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 3.06).
“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.
“Parent REIT” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph.
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(d).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pebblebrook Hotel Lessee” means Pebblebrook Hotel Lessee, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its permitted successors.
“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a Multiple Employer Plan, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five (5) plan years.
“Permitted Convertible Notes” means senior convertible debt securities of the Parent REIT (a) that are unsecured, (b) that do not have the benefit of any Guarantee of any Subsidiary, (c) that are otherwise permitted under Section 7.03, (d) that are not subject to any sinking fund or any prepayment, redemption or repurchase requirements, whether scheduled, triggered by specified events or at the option of the holders thereof (it being understood that none of (i) a customary “change in control” or “fundamental change” put, (ii) a right to convert such securities into common shares of the Parent REIT, cash or a combination thereof as the Parent REIT may elect or (iii) an acceleration upon an event of default will be deemed to constitute such a sinking fund or prepayment, redemption or repurchase requirement), and (e) that have the benefit of covenants and events of default customary for comparable convertible securities (as determined by the Parent REIT in good faith).
“Permitted Convertible Notes Swap Contract” means a Swap Contract entered into by the Parent REIT in connection with, and prior to or concurrently with, the issuance of any Permitted Convertible Notes pursuant to which the Parent REIT acquires a call or a capped call option requiring the counterparty thereto to deliver to the Parent REIT common shares of the Parent REIT, the cash value of such shares or a combination of such shares and cash from time to time upon exercise of such option; provided that the terms, conditions and covenants of each such Swap Contract shall be such as are typical and customary for Swap Contracts of such type (as determined by the Parent REIT in good faith).
“Permitted Intercompany Mortgage” means a loan by a Loan Party to another Loan Party secured by a Lien in Real Property so long as such loan is subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to Section 11.09 or otherwise on terms acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided that in no event shall there be more than five (5) Permitted Intercompany Mortgages at any time.
“Permitted Liens” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) other than a Multiemployer Plan established by the Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.
“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
“Pro Forma Basis” means, for purposes of calculating (utilizing the principles set forth in Section 1.03(c)) compliance with each of the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11 in respect of a proposed transaction, that such transaction shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the four (4) fiscal quarter period ending as of the most recent fiscal quarter end preceding the date of such transaction with respect to which the Administrative Agent has received the Required Financial Information. As used herein, “transaction” shall mean (a) any Credit Extension, (b) any incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness as referred to in Section 7.03(f), (c) any removal of an Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property from qualification as such pursuant to Section 7.05(a) or (b) or any other Disposition as referred to in Section 7.05, or (d) any acquisition of any Person (whether by merger or otherwise) or other property. In connection with any calculation relating to the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11 upon giving effect to a transaction on a Pro Forma Basis:
(i) for purposes of any such calculation in respect of any incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness as referred to in Section 7.03(f), any Indebtedness which is retired in connection with such incurrence or assumption shall be excluded and deemed to have been retired as of the first day of the applicable period;
(ii) for purposes of any such calculation in respect of any removal of an Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property from qualification as such pursuant to Section 7.05 or any other Disposition as referred to in Section 7.05, (A) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the Person or property disposed of shall be excluded, (B) any Indebtedness which is retired in connection with such transaction shall be excluded and deemed to have been retired as of the first day of the applicable period, and (C) pro forma adjustments shall be included to the extent that such adjustments would give effect to events that are (1) directly attributable to such transaction, (2) expected to have a continuing impact on the Consolidated Parties and (3) factually supportable (in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent); and
(iii) for purposes of any such calculation in respect of any acquisition of any Person (whether by merger or otherwise) or other property, (A) income statement items (whether positive or negative) and capital expenditures attributable to the Person or property acquired shall be deemed to be included as of the first day of the applicable period, and (B) pro forma adjustments (with the calculated amounts annualized to the extent the period from the date of such acquisition through the most-recently ended fiscal quarter is not at least twelve (12) months or four (4) fiscal quarters, in the case of any applicable period that is based on twelve months or four (4) fiscal quarters) shall be included to the extent that such adjustments would give effect to events that are (1) directly attributable to such transaction, (2) expected to have a continuing impact on the Consolidated Parties and (3) factually supportable (in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent).
“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
“QFC” has the meaning specified in Section 10.23(b).
“QRS” means a Person qualifying for treatment either as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” under Section 856(i) of the Code, or as an entity disregarded as an entity separate from its owner under Treasury Regulations under Section 7701 of the Code.
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, at any time, each Loan Party with total assets exceeding $10,000,000 or that qualifies at such time as an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Real Properties” means, at any time, a collective reference to each of the facilities and real properties owned or leased by the Borrower or any other Subsidiary or in which any such Person has an interest at such time; and “Real Property” means any one of such Real Properties.
“Recipient” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder.
“Recourse Debt” means, for any Person, Indebtedness of such Person that is not Non-Recourse Debt.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(c).
“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the FRB, as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“REIT” means a Person qualifying for treatment as a “real estate investment trust” under the Code.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, service providers, consultants, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
“Removal Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 9.06.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the thirty (30) day notice period has been waived.
“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, a Loan Notice and (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application.
“Required Financial Information” means, with respect to each fiscal period or quarter of the Borrower, (a) the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) for such fiscal period or quarter of the Parent REIT, and (b) the Compliance Certificate required by Section 6.02(a) to be delivered with the financial statements described in clause (a) above.
“Required 2024 Term Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, 2024 Term Lenders holding at least 51% of the 2024 Term Facility on such date. The portion of the 2024 Term Facility held by any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining 2024 Required Term Lenders at any time.
“Required 2025 Term Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, 2025 Term Lenders holding at least 51% of the 2025 Term Facility on such date. The portion of the 2025 Term Facility held by any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining 2025 Required Term Lenders at any time.
“Required 2027 Term Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, 2027 Term Lenders holding at least 51% of the 2027 Term Facility on such date. The portion of the 2027 Term Facility held by any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining 2027 Required Term Lenders at any time.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Total Credit Exposures representing at least 51% of the Total Credit Exposures of all Lenders (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition). The Total Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time; provided that, the amount of any participation in any Unreimbursed Amounts that such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund that have not been reallocated to and funded by another Lender shall be deemed to be held by the Lender that is the L/C Issuer in making such determination.
“Required Revolving Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Revolving Credit Lenders holding at least 51% of the sum of the (a) Total Revolving Credit Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Credit Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being deemed “held” by such Revolving Credit Lender for purposes of this definition) and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Facility. The unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Revolving Lenders at any time; provided that, the amount of any participation in any Unreimbursed Amounts that such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund that have not been reallocated to and funded by another Lender shall be deemed to be held by the Lender that is the L/C Issuer in making such determination.
“Rescindable Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(b)(ii).
“Resignation Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 9.06.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, vice president of finance, treasurer, or controller of a Loan Party, and solely for purposes of the delivery of incumbency certificates pursuant to Section 4.01, the secretary or any assistant secretary of a Loan Party and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Section 2, any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity Interest of the Parent REIT or any Subsidiary or any Unconsolidated Affiliate, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to the Parent REIT’s shareholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof); provided that, to the extent the calculation of the amount of any dividend or other distribution for purposes of this definition of “Restricted Payment” includes amounts allocable to Unconsolidated Affiliates, such calculation shall be without duplication and shall only include such amounts to the extent attributable to any Unconsolidated Affiliate Interests; provided, further, that payments for, in respect of or in connection with Permitted Convertible Notes Swap Contracts shall not constitute Restricted Payments.
“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Term SOFR Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(d).
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(d) and (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Revolving Credit Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” means the sum of (a) the unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility at such time and (b) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings at such time.
“Revolving Credit Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
“Revolving Credit Lender” means (a) at any time prior to the last day of the Availability Period, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment at such time and (b) at any time thereafter, any Lender that holds Revolving Credit Loans at such time.
“Revolving Credit Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(d).
“Revolving Credit Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Revolving Credit Lender evidencing Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-4.
“Revolving Maturity Date” means (a) if the Initial Revolving Maturity Date is not extended to the First Extended Revolving Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.13, then the Initial Revolving Maturity Date, (b) if the Initial Revolving Maturity Date is extended to the First Extended Revolving Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.13 and the First Extended Revolving Maturity Date is not extended to the Second Extended Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.13, then the First Extended Revolving Maturity Date, and (c) if the Initial Revolving Maturity Date is extended to the First Extended Revolving Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.13 and the First Extended Revolving Maturity Date is extended to the Second Extended Revolving Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.13, then the Second Extended Revolving Maturity Date; provided, however, that, in each case, if such date is not a Business Day, the Revolving Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.
“Revolving Unused Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(a).
“Revolving Unused Rate” means, as of any date, (a) a percentage per annum equal to 30 basis points (0.30%) if on such date the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings are less than 50% of the Revolving Credit Facility and (b) a percentage per annum equal to 20 basis points (0.20%) if on such date the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings are greater than or equal to 50% of the Revolving Credit Facility.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of S&P Global, Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement pursuant to which any Consolidated Party, directly or indirectly, becomes liable as lessee, guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease, whether an operating lease or a capital lease, of any property (a) which such Consolidated Party has sold or transferred (or is to sell or transfer) to a Person which is not a Consolidated Party or (b) which such Consolidated Party intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other property which has been sold or transferred (or is to be sold or transferred) by such Consolidated Party to another Person which is not a Consolidated Party in connection with such lease.
“Sanction(s)” means any sanction administered or enforced by the United States Government (including without limitation, OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority.
“Scheduled Unavailability Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03.
“Seasoned Date” means the first day on which an acquired Real Property has been owned for six (6) full fiscal quarters following the date of acquisition of such Real Property.
“Seasoned Property” means (a) each Real Property (other than a New Property) owned by the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis and all Unconsolidated Affiliates (as the case may be) and (b) upon the occurrence of the Seasoned Date of any New Property, such Real Property.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Second Extended Revolving Maturity Date” means October 13, 2027, provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day, the Second Extended Revolving Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.
“Secured Debt” means, for any given calculation date, without duplication, the total aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness of the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis that is secured in any manner by any Lien (other than Permitted Liens of the types described in Sections 7.01(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (h), and (k)); provided that (a) Indebtedness in respect of obligations under any capitalized lease shall not be deemed to be “Secured Debt” and (b) “Secured Debt” shall exclude Excluded Capital Leases.
“Secured Non-Recourse Debt” means Secured Debt that is Non-Recourse Debt.
“Senior Notes” means the Borrower’s 4.70% Senior Notes Series A Due December 1, 2023 and 4.93% Senior Notes Series B Due December 1, 2025 evidenced by that certain Note Purchase and Guarantee Agreement dated November 12, 2015 (as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time).
“Senior Notes Date” means the earlier to occur of (a) the date the Parent REIT and the Borrower enter into a conforming amendment to the Senior Notes to incorporate the Consolidated Leverage Ratio requirements as set forth in Section 7.11(a) as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (b) the date the obligations under the Senior Notes are irrevocably paid in full and the commitments relating thereto have expired or been terminated.
“Shareholders’ Equity” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) consolidated shareholders’ equity of the Consolidated Parties as of that date determined in accordance with GAAP plus (b) without duplication, an amount equal to the aggregate shareholders’ equity of each Unconsolidated Affiliate multiplied by the respective Unconsolidated Affiliate Interest in each such entity.
“SOFR” means the Secured Overnight Financing Rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator).
“SOFR Adjustment” means 0.10% (10 basis points).
“SOFR Loan” means either a Daily SOFR Rate Loan or a Term SOFR Rate Loan.
“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital, and (e) such Person is able to pay its debts and liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
“Specified Debt” means the Senior Notes, the US Bank Lessee Line of Credit, and any other agreement creating or evidencing Indebtedness for borrowed money (excluding any Secured Non-Recourse Debt) entered into on or after the Closing Date by any Consolidated Party, or in respect of which any Consolidated Party is an obligor or otherwise provides a Guarantee or other credit support (other than Customary Recourse Exceptions), in a principal amount outstanding or available for borrowing equal to or greater than $75,000,000 (or the equivalent of such amount in the relevant currency of payment, determined as of the date of the closing of such facility based on the exchange rate of such other currency).
“Specified Loan Party” means any Loan Party that is not an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act (determined prior to giving effect to Section 11.08).
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Parent REIT.
“Surge Period” has the meaning specified in Section 7.11(a).
“Successor Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Obligations” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
“Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term Facilities” means the 2024 Term Facility, the 2025 Term Facility and the 2027 Term Facility and “Term Facility” means any one of the Facilities, as the context may require.
“Term Loans” means, collectively, the 2024 Term Loans, the 2025 Term Loans and the 2027 Term Loans, and “Term Loan” means any one of the Loans, as the context may require.
“Term SOFR” means:
(a) for any Interest Period with respect to a Term SOFR Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; provided that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on such determination date then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto, in each case, plus the SOFR Adjustment; and
(b) for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate with a term of one month commencing that day;
provided that if Term SOFR determined in accordance with either of the foregoing clauses (a) or (b) of this definition would otherwise be less than zero percent (0.0%), Term SOFR shall be deemed zero percent (0.0%) for purposes of this Agreement.
“Term SOFR Rate Loan” means a Loan made hereunder with respect to which the interest rate is calculated by reference to clause (a) of the definition of Term SOFR.
“Term SOFR Replacement Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03.
“Term SOFR Screen Rate” means the forward-looking SOFR term rate administered by CME (or any successor administrator satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).
“Threshold Amount” means $75,000,000.
“Total Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the unused Commitments and Total Outstandings of such Lender at such time.
“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.
“Total Revolving Credit Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations.
“TRS” means each of (a) Pebblebrook Hotel Lessee and (b) each other taxable REIT subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Pebblebrook Hotel Lessee.
“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan, a Daily SOFR Rate Loan or a Term SOFR Rate Loan.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
“UCP” means the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time).
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kington Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person subject to IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unconsolidated Affiliate” means any corporation, partnership, association, joint venture or other entity in each case which is not a Consolidated Party and in which a Consolidated Party owns, directly or indirectly, any Equity Interest.
“Unconsolidated Affiliate Funded Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination for any Unconsolidated Affiliate, the product of (a) the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount of all obligations of such Unconsolidated Affiliate, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money and all obligations of such Unconsolidated Affiliate evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments, (ii) all purchase money Indebtedness of such Unconsolidated Affiliate, (iii) all obligations of such Unconsolidated Affiliate arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments, (iv) all obligations of such Unconsolidated Affiliate in respect of forward purchase agreements or the deferred purchase price of any property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business), (v) Attributable Indebtedness of such Unconsolidated Affiliate in respect of capital leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations, (vi) without duplication, all Guarantees of such Unconsolidated Affiliate with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (i) through (v) above of Persons other than such Unconsolidated Affiliate, and (vii) all Indebtedness of such Unconsolidated Affiliate of the types referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Unconsolidated Affiliate is a general partner or joint venturer, multiplied by (b) the respective Unconsolidated Affiliate Interest of each Consolidated Party in such Unconsolidated Affiliate.
“Unconsolidated Affiliate Interest” means the percentage of the Equity Interests owned by a Consolidated Party in an Unconsolidated Affiliate accounted for pursuant to the equity method of accounting under GAAP.
“Unencumbered Asset Value” means, as of any date of determination, the Operating Property Value of all Unencumbered Borrowing Base Properties (other than Development/Redevelopment Properties).
“Unencumbered Borrowing Base Entity” means, as of any date of determination, any Person that owns (or leases as ground lessee pursuant to an Eligible Ground Lease) an Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property.
“Unencumbered Borrowing Base Properties” means, as of any date, a collective reference to each Real Property listed in the most recent Compliance Certificate delivered by the Borrower hereunder that meets the following criteria:
(i) such Real Property is, or is expected to be, a “luxury”, “upper upscale”, or “upscale” full or select service hotel located in the United States;
(ii) such Real Property is wholly-owned, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower, a Subsidiary of the Borrower or a 1031 Property Holder in fee simple or ground leased pursuant to an Eligible Ground Lease (and such Real Property, whether owned in fee simple by the Borrower, a Subsidiary of the Borrower or a 1031 Property Holder or ground leased pursuant to an Eligible Ground Lease, is leased to the applicable TRS);
(iii) if such Real Property is owned or ground leased pursuant to an Eligible Ground Lease by a Subsidiary of the Borrower, then (A) such Subsidiary is a Guarantor (unless such Subsidiary has been released as, or is not required to be, a Guarantor pursuant to the terms of Section 6.13), (B) the Borrower directly or indirectly owns at least 90% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of such Subsidiary, and (C) such Subsidiary is controlled exclusively by the Borrower and/or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower (including control over operating activities of such Subsidiary and the ability of such Subsidiary to dispose of, grant Liens in, or otherwise encumber assets, incur, repay and prepay Indebtedness, provide Guarantees and make Restricted Payments, in each case without any requirement for the consent of any other Person);
(iv) such Real Property is free of any Liens (other than Permitted Liens of the types described in Sections 7.01(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (h), and (k)) or Negative Pledges;
(v) such Real Property is free of all material title defects;
(vi) if such Real Property is subject to an Eligible Ground Lease, then there is no default by the lessee under the Eligible Ground Lease and such Eligible Ground Lease is in full force and effect;
(vii) such Real Property is free of all material structural defects;
(viii) such Real Property complies in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws and is not subject to any material Environmental Liabilities;
(ix) neither all nor any material portion of such Real Property is subject to any proceeding for the condemnation, seizure or appropriation thereof, nor the subject of negotiations for sale in lieu thereof;
(x) such Real Property has not otherwise been removed as an “Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property” pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement;
(xi) if such Real Property is owned by a Subsidiary of the Borrower or a 1031 Property Holder, then such entity shall not have or incur any Indebtedness (other than under the Facilities and other Unsecured Indebtedness permitted under the Loan Documents);
(xii) if such Real Property is owned by a 1031 Property Holder, then (A) such 1031 Property Holder is a Guarantor (unless such 1031 Property Holder has been released as, or is not required to be, a Guarantor pursuant to the terms of Section 6.13) and (B) the Borrower or a Guarantor shall have the unilateral right to require and cause fee simple title to such Real Property to held by the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Guarantor; and
(xiii) the Borrower has executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent all documents and taken all actions reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to confirm the rights created or intended to be created under the Loan Documents and the Administrative Agent has received all other evidence and information that it may reasonably require;
provided that, if any Real Property does not meet all of the foregoing criteria, then, upon the request of the Borrower, such Real Property may be included as an “Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property” with the written consent of the Required Lenders.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(f).
“Unrestricted Cash” means as of any date of determination, all cash of the Borrower on such date that (a) does not appear (or would not be required to appear) as “restricted” on a balance sheet of the Borrower, (b) is not subject to a Lien in favor of any Person other than Liens securing the Obligations and the Specified Debt on a pari passu basis and statutory Liens in favor of any depositary bank where such cash is maintained, (c) does not consist of or constitute “deposits” or sums legally held by the Borrower in trust for another Person, (d) is not subject to any contractual restriction or obligation regarding the payment thereof for a particular purpose (including insurance proceeds that are required to be used in connection with the repair, restoration or replacement of any property of the Borrower), and (e) is otherwise generally available for use by the Borrower.
“Unsecured Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness which is not Secured Debt.
“Unsecured Interest Charges” means, as of any date of determination, Consolidated Interest Charges on the Unsecured Indebtedness for the most recently ended Calculation Period.
“Unsecured Leverage Increase Period” has the meaning specified in Section 7.11(g).
“US Bank Lessee Line of Credit” means the facility evidenced by that certain Sixth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note, dated as of the date hereof, among Pebblebrook Hotel Lessee, as maker, and U.S. Bank National Association, as payee (as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time).
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any Business Dayday, except any Business Dayfor (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which any of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, recommends that the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is not open for business because such day is a legal holiday under the federal lawsfixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of thetrading in United States or the laws of the State of New York, as applicable.government securities.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regimes” has the meaning specified in Section 10.23.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(f)(ii)(B)(3).
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means, with respect to any direct or indirect Subsidiary of any Person, that 100% of the Equity Interests with ordinary voting power issued by such Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares and investments by foreign nationals mandated by Applicable Laws) is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.
“Withholding Agent” means the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Write Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
1.02Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a)The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law, rule or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law, rule or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(b)In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”
(c)Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(d)Any reference herein to a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, shall be deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability company, or an allocation of assets to a series of a limited liability company (or the unwinding of such a division or allocation), as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, as applicable, to, of or with a separate Person. Any division of a limited liability company shall constitute a separate Person hereunder (and each division of any limited liability company that is a Subsidiary, joint venture or any other like term shall also constitute such a Person or entity).
1.03Accounting Terms.
(a)Generally. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.
(b)Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. In addition, all leases of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (whether of real or personal property) that are not or would not have been characterized as capital leases in accordance with GAAP as in effect prior to giving effect to Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (whether or not such leases were in effect on such date) shall not be accounted for as capital leases for purposes of the Loan Documents regardless of any change in GAAP (including as a result of Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842)) following such date that would otherwise require such leases to be recharacterized as capital leases.
(c)Financial Covenant Calculation Conventions. Notwithstanding the above, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, for purposes of all calculations made under the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11 (including without limitation for purposes of the definitions of “Pro Forma Basis” set forth in Section 1.01), (i) after consummation of any Disposition or removal of an Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property pursuant to Section 1.07 (A) income statement items (whether income or expense) and capital expenditures attributable to the property disposed of or removed shall, to the extent not otherwise excluded in such income statement items for the Consolidated Parties in accordance with GAAP or in accordance with any defined terms set forth in Section 1.01, be excluded as of the first day of the applicable period and (B) Indebtedness which is retired shall be excluded and deemed to have been retired as of the first day of the applicable period and (ii) after consummation of any acquisition (A) income statement items (whether positive or negative) and capital expenditures attributable to the Person or property acquired shall, to the extent not otherwise included in such income statement items for the Consolidated Parties in accordance with GAAP or in accordance with any defined terms set forth in Section 1.01, be included to the extent relating to any period applicable in such calculations, (B) to the extent not retired in connection with such acquisition, Indebtedness of the Person or property acquired shall be deemed to have been incurred as of the first day of the applicable period, (iii) in connection with any incurrence of Indebtedness, any Indebtedness which is retired in connection with such incurrence shall be excluded and deemed to have been retired as of the first day of the applicable period and (iv) pro forma adjustments may be included to the extent that such adjustments would give effect to items that are (1) directly attributable to the relevant transaction, (2) expected to have a continuing impact on the Consolidated Parties and (3) factually supportable (in the opinion of the Administrative Agent).
(d)Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities. All references herein to consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or to the determination of any amount for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or any similar reference shall, in each case, be deemed to include each variable interest entity that the Borrower is required to consolidate pursuant to FASB ASC 810 as if such variable interest entity were a Subsidiary as defined herein.
1.04Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
1.05Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.06Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
1.07Addition/Removal of Unencumbered Borrowing Base Properties.
(a)The Unencumbered Borrowing Base Properties and the Eligible Ground Leases as of the Closing Date are listed on Schedule 5.24.
(b)The Borrower may from time to time add an additional Real Property as an Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property in a Compliance Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 6.03(e); provided that no Real Property shall be included as an Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property in any Compliance Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent or in any calculation of any of the components of the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11 that refer to “Unencumbered Borrowing Base Properties” unless such Real Property satisfies the eligibility criteria set forth in the definition of “Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property.”
(c)Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, to the extent any property previously-qualifying as an Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property ceases to meet the criteria for qualification as such, such property shall be immediately removed from all financial covenant related calculations contained herein. Any such property shall immediately cease to be an “Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property” hereunder and the Borrower shall provide a Compliance Certificate to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 6.03(e) removing such Real Property from the list of Unencumbered Borrowing Base Properties.
(d)The Loan Parties may voluntarily remove any Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property from qualification as such (but only in connection with a proposed financing, sale or other Disposition otherwise permitted hereunder) by deleting such Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property in a Compliance Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 6.03(e), if, and to the extent: (i) the Loan Parties shall, immediately following such removal, be in compliance (on a Pro Forma Basis) with all of the covenants contained in Section 7 of this Agreement and (ii) no Default exists or would result therefrom. So long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, the Administrative Agent shall release any Subsidiary that owns any Unencumbered Borrowing Base Property that is being removed pursuant to this clause (d) from its obligations (accrued or unaccrued) under Section 11 and the Administrative Agent shall promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days, execute a Release of Guarantor in the form of Exhibit G attached hereto if such Subsidiary becomes a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary in connection with such removal or will become a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary within ten (10) Business Days of such removal.
1.08Interest Rates. The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission or any other matter related to any reference rate referred to herein or with respect to any rate (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the selection of such rate and any related spread or other adjustment) that is an alternative or replacement for or successor to any such rate (including any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing) or the effect of any of the foregoing, or of any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions or other activities that affect any reference rate referred to herein, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing) or any related spread or other adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any reference rate referred to herein or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing), in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or other action or omission related to or affecting the selection, determination, or calculation of any rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
2.THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS.
2.01The Loans.
(a)The 2024 Term Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each 2024 Term Lender severally agrees to make a single loan to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed such 2024 Term Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the 2024 Term Facility. The 2024 Term Borrowings shall consist of 2024 Term Loans made simultaneously by the 2024 Term Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentage of the 2024 Term Facility. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(a) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. 2024 Term Loans may be either Term SOFR Rate Loans or Daily SOFR Rate Loans, except as further provided herein.
(b)The 2025 Term Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each 2025 Term Lender severally agrees to make a single loan to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed such 2025 Term Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the 2025 Term Facility. The 2025 Term Borrowings shall consist of 2025 Term Loans made simultaneously by the 2025 Term Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentage of the 2025 Term Facility. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(b) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. 2025 Term Loans may be either Term SOFR Rate Loans or Daily SOFR Rate Loans, except as further provided herein.
(c)The 2027 Term Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each 2027 Term Lender severally agrees to make a single loan to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed such 2027 Term Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the 2027 Term Facility. The 2027 Term Borrowings shall consist of 2027 Term Loans made simultaneously by the 2027 Term Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentage of the 2027 Term Facility. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(c) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. 2027 Term Loans may be either Term SOFR Rate Loans or Daily SOFR Rate Loans, except as further provided herein.
(d)The Revolving Credit Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, (i) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Facility and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment. Within the limits of each Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(d), prepay under Section 2.04, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(d). Revolving Credit Loans may be either Term SOFR Rate Loans or Daily SOFR Rate Loans, except as further provided herein.
2.02Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.
(a)Each Borrowing, each conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by (x) telephone or (y) a Loan Notice; provided that any telephonic notice must be confirmed immediately by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Loan Notice. Each such Loan Notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) on the date of the request for any Borrowing of Daily SOFR Rate Loans and (ii) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Rate Loans or conversion of Term SOFR Rate Loans to Daily SOFR Rate Loans. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Loans shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Unless otherwise specified herein, each Borrowing of or conversion from Term SOFR Rate Loans may not be made other than at the end of the corresponding Interest Period. Each Loan Notice shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a 2024 Term Borrowing, a 2025 Term Borrowing, a 2027 Term Borrowing, a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of either Term SOFR Rate Loans or Daily SOFR Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan or Term SOFR in a Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation of a Term SOFR Rate Loan, then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Term SOFR Rate Loans having an Interest Period of one (1) month. Any such automatic conversion to Daily SOFR Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Loans. If the Borrower requests a Term SOFR Rate Loan, or a conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Rate Loans in any such Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.
(b)Following receipt of a Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Applicable Percentage under the applicable Facility of the applicable Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Daily SOFR Rate Loans described in the preceding subsection. In the case of a 2024 Term Borrowing, a 2025 Term Borrowing, a 2027 Term Borrowing or a Revolving Credit Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date the Loan Notice with respect to a Revolving Credit Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, shall be made available to the Borrower as provided above.
(c)Except as otherwise provided herein, a Term SOFR Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Term SOFR Rate Loan.
(d)The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Term SOFR Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in Bank of America’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.
(e)Without limitation of any other conditions herein, a Borrowing or continuation of or conversion to Term SOFR Rate Loans shall not be permitted if:
(i)an Event of Default or a Default has occurred and is continuing and has not been waived by the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as applicable;
(ii)after giving effect to the requested Borrowing or continuation of or conversion to Term SOFR Rate Loans under the applicable Facility, the sum of all Borrowings under such Facility would exceed the Commitments under the applicable Facility;
(iii)After giving effect to (A) all 2024 Term Borrowings, all 2025 Term Borrowings, all 2027 Term Borrowings, all conversions of Term Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Term Loans as the same Type, and (B) all Revolving Credit Borrowings, all conversions of Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Revolving Credit Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than eight (8) Interest Periods in effect in the aggregate with respect to the Term Facilities and the Revolving Credit Facility;
(iv)the requested interest period does not conform to the definition of Interest Period herein; or
(v)any of the circumstances referred to in Section 3.03 hereof shall apply with respect to the requested Borrowing or continuation of or conversion to Term SOFR Rate Loans.
(f)The Borrower may not request an advance of, or conversion to, Base Rate Loans unless Daily Simple SOFR Loans and Term SOFR Rate Loans are unavailable, as further provided herein.
(g)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Lender may exchange, continue or rollover all or a portion of its Loans in connection with any refinancing, extension, loan modification or similar transaction permitted by the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to a cashless settlement mechanism approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and such Lender.
(h)With respect to Daily Simple SOFR and Term SOFR, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Conforming Changes to the Borrower and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.
2.03Letters of Credit.
(a)General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, in addition to the Loans provided for in Section 2.01, the Borrower may request the L/C Issuer, in reliance on the agreements of the Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, to issue, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period, Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars for its own account or the account of any of its Subsidiaries in such form as is acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer in its reasonable determination. Letters of Credit issued hereunder shall constitute utilization of the Revolving Credit Commitments.
(b)Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Extension, Reinstatement or Renewal. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment of the terms and conditions, extension of the terms and conditions, extension of the expiration date, or reinstatement of amounts paid, or renewal of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall deliver (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the L/C Issuer) to the L/C Issuer and to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two (2) Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, extended, reinstated or renewed, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, extension, reinstatement or renewal (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with clause (d) of this Section 2.03), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof, the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, extend, reinstate or renew such Letter of Credit. If requested by the L/C Issuer, the Borrower also shall submit a Letter of Credit Application in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of Letter of Credit Application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, the L/C Issuer relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.
If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application (or the amendment of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the L/C Issuer may, in its sole discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit shall permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon by the Borrower and the L/C Issuer at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Credit Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiration date not later than the date permitted pursuant to Section 2.03(d); provided, that the L/C Issuer shall not (i) permit any such extension if (A) the L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its extended form under the terms hereof (except that the expiration date may be extended to a date that is no more than one year from the then-current expiration date) or (B) it has received notice (which may be in writing or by telephone (if promptly confirmed in writing)) on or before the day that is seven (7) Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (ii) be obligated to permit such extension if it has received notice (which may be in writing or by telephone (if promptly confirmed in writing)) on or before the day that is seven (7) Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.
(c)Limitations on Amounts, Issuance and Amendment. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, extended, reinstated or renewed only if (and upon issuance, amendment, extension, reinstatement or renewal of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, extension, reinstatement or renewal (i) the aggregate L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (ii) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender shall not exceed its Revolving Credit Commitment and (iii) the total Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Facility.
(i)The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A)any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing the Letter of Credit, or any Applicable Laws applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;
(B)the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;
(C)except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, the Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $500,000;
(D)any Revolving Credit Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless the L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Revolving Credit Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which the L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion; or
(E)the Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder.
(ii)The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to the Letter of Credit.
(d)Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall have a stated expiration date no later than the earlier of (i) the date twelve (12) months after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any extension of the expiration date thereof, whether automatic or by amendment, twelve (12) months after the then current expiration date of such Letter of Credit) unless the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have approved such other expiration date and (ii) the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all Revolving Credit Lenders have approved such other expiration date.
(e)Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount or extending the expiration date thereof), and without any further action on the part of the L/C Issuer or the Revolving Credit Lenders, the L/C Issuer hereby grants to each Revolving Credit Lender, and each Revolving Credit Lender hereby acquires from the L/C Issuer, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. Each Revolving Credit Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this clause (e) in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, extension, reinstatement or renewal of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments.
In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Credit Lender hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for account of the L/C Issuer, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of each L/C Disbursement made by the L/C Issuer not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the notice provided by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.03(f) until such L/C Disbursement is reimbursed by the Borrower or at any time after any reimbursement payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason, including after the Revolving Maturity Date. Such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each such payment shall be made in the same manner as provided in Section 2.02 with respect to Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender (and Section 2.02 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the L/C Issuer the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Credit Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.03(f), the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the L/C Issuer or, to the extent that the Revolving Credit Lenders have made payments pursuant to this clause (e) to reimburse the L/C Issuer, then to such Revolving Credit Lenders and the L/C Issuer as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to this clause (e) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any L/C Disbursement shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such L/C Disbursement.
Each Revolving Credit Lender further acknowledges and agrees that its participation in each Letter of Credit will be automatically adjusted to reflect such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit at each time such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment is amended pursuant to the operation of Section 2.13 or Section 2.14, as a result of an assignment in accordance with Section 10.06 or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement.
If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(e), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Credit Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the L/C Issuer in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Revolving Credit Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Loan included in the relevant Revolving Credit Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(f)Reimbursement. If the L/C Issuer shall make any L/C Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer in respect of such L/C Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such L/C Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon on (i) the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice of such L/C Disbursement, if such notice is received prior to 10:00 a.m. or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time, provided that, if such L/C Disbursement is not less than $1,000,000, the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.02 that such payment be financed with a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Daily SOFR Rate Loans in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Revolving Credit Borrowing of Daily SOFR Rate Loans, as applicable. If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Credit Lender of the applicable L/C Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof (the “Unreimbursed Amount”) and such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Daily SOFR Rate Loans to be disbursed on the date of payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Daily SOFR Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Loan Notice). Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(f) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any L/C Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit made by the L/C Issuer after the Revolving Maturity Date shall be due and payable by the Borrower on demand.
(g)Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse L/C Disbursements as provided in clause (f) of this Section 2.03 shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of:
(i)any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Letter of Credit, or any term or provision herein or therein;
(ii)the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii)any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement in such draft or other document being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv)waiver by the L/C Issuer of any requirement that exists for the L/C Issuer’s protection and not the protection of the Borrower or any waiver by the L/C Issuer which does not in fact materially prejudice the Borrower;
(v)honor of a demand for payment presented electronically even if such Letter of Credit requires that demand be in the form of a draft;
(vi)any payment made by the L/C Issuer in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the UCC, the ISP or the UCP, as applicable;
(vii)any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or
(viii)any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section 2.03, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder.
The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will promptly notify the L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived, to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws, any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents with respect to any particular Letter of Credit unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
None of the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Credit Lenders, the L/C Issuer, or any of their Related Parties shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit by the L/C Issuer or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms, any error in translation or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the L/C Issuer; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the L/C Issuer from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by Applicable Law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by the L/C Issuer’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the L/C Issuer (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), the L/C Issuer shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination, and that:
(i)the L/C Issuer may replace a purportedly lost, stolen, or destroyed original Letter of Credit or missing amendment thereto with a certified true copy marked as such or waive a requirement for its presentation;
(ii)the L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and may make payment upon presentation of documents that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit and without regard to any non-documentary condition in such Letter of Credit;
(iii)the L/C Issuer shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to decline to accept such documents and to make such payment if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit; and
(iv)this sentence shall establish the standard of care to be exercised by the L/C Issuer when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof (and the parties hereto hereby waive, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, any standard of care inconsistent with the foregoing).
Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Credit Lenders, the L/C Issuer, or any of their Related Parties shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of (i) any presentation that includes forged or fraudulent documents or that is otherwise affected by the fraudulent, bad faith, or illegal conduct of the beneficiary or other Person, (ii) the L/C Issuer declining to take-up documents and make payment (A) against documents that are fraudulent, forged, or for other reasons by which that it is entitled not to honor or (B) following the Borrower’s waiver of discrepancies with respect to such documents or request for honor of such documents or (iii) the L/C Issuer retaining proceeds of a Letter of Credit based on an apparently applicable attachment order, blocking regulation, or third-party claim notified to the L/C Issuer.
(h)Applicability of ISP and UCP; Limitation of Liability. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued by it (including any such agreement applicable to any Existing Letters of Credit), the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible to the Borrower for, and the L/C Issuer’s rights and remedies against the Borrower shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of the L/C Issuer required or permitted under any law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the Law or any order of a jurisdiction where the L/C Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or UCP, as applicable, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade - International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.
(i)The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Section 9 with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Section 9 included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.
(j)Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage a Letter of Credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Margin times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Revolving Maturity Date, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand and (ii) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. If there is any change in the Applicable Margin during any quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Margin separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Margin was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the request of the Required Revolving Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.
(k)Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account, quarterly, in arrears, a fronting fee for each Letter of Credit equal to the greater of (i) $1,500 and (ii) 12.5 basis points (0.125%) times the maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect with respect to such Letter of Credit). Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Revolving Maturity Date, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. For the purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. In addition to the foregoing, the Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.
(l)Disbursement Procedures. The L/C Issuer for any Letter of Credit shall, within the time allowed by Applicable Laws or the specific terms of the Letter of Credit following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under such Letter of Credit. The L/C Issuer shall promptly after such examination notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing of such demand for payment if the L/C Issuer has made or will make an L/C Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any such L/C Disbursement.
(m)Interim Interest. If the L/C Issuer for any Letter of Credit shall make any L/C Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Disbursement in full on the date such L/C Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such L/C Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such L/C Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to Daily SOFR Rate Loans; provided that if the Borrower fails to reimburse such L/C Disbursement when due pursuant to clause (f) of this Section 2.03, then Section 2.07(b) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this clause (m) shall be for account of the L/C Issuer, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to clause (f) of this Section 2.03 to reimburse the L/C Issuer shall be for account of such Revolving Credit Lender to the extent of such payment.
(n)Replacement of the L/C Issuer. The L/C Issuer may be replaced at any time by written agreement between the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced L/C Issuer and the successor L/C Issuer. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Credit Lenders of any such replacement of the L/C Issuer. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(j) From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor L/C Issuer shall have all the rights and obligations of an L/C Issuer under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued by it thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “L/C Issuer” shall be deemed to include such successor or any previous L/C Issuer, or such successor and all previous L/C Issuer, as the context shall require. After the replacement of the L/C Issuer hereunder, the replaced L/C Issuer shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an L/C Issuer under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
(o)Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Revolving Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Revolving Credit Loans has been accelerated, Revolving Credit Lenders with L/C Obligations representing at least 66-2/3% of the total L/C Obligations) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this clause (o), the Borrower shall immediately deposit into an account established and maintained on the books and records of the Administrative Agent (the “Collateral Account”) an amount in cash equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause (f) of Section 8.01. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. In addition, and without limiting the foregoing or clause (d) of this Section 2.03, (i) if any L/C Obligations remain outstanding after the expiration date specified in said clause (d), the Borrower shall immediately deposit into the Collateral Account an amount in cash equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount and (ii) the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount each Letter of Credit that has an expiration date beyond the Revolving Maturity Date at least thirty (30) days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date.
(p)The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over the Collateral Account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in the Collateral Account. Moneys in the Collateral Account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the L/C Issuer for L/C Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed, together with related fees, costs, and customary processing charges, and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the L/C Obligations at such time or, if the maturity of the Revolving Credit Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Revolving Credit Lenders with L/C Obligations representing 66-2/3% of the total L/C Obligations), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three (3) Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.
(q)Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
(r)Letters of Credit Issued for Loan Parties Other than the Borrower and for Subsidiaries of the Borrower. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Loan Party (other than the Borrower), the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse, indemnify and compensate the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit as if such Letter of Credit had been issued solely for the account of the Borrower. The Borrower irrevocably waives any and all defenses that might otherwise be available to it as a guarantor or surety of any or all of the obligations of such Loan Party or Subsidiary in respect of such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary of the Borrower inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Loan Parties and such Subsidiaries.
2.04Prepayments.
(a)The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (A) three (3) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Term SOFR Rate Loans and (B) on the date of prepayment of Daily SOFR Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Term SOFR Rate Loans or Daily SOFR Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; and (iii) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid and, if Term SOFR Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s ratable portion of such prepayment (based on such Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility). If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with, in the case of any Term SOFR Rate Loans, any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Subject to Section 2.16, each such prepayment shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages in respect of each of the relevant Facilities.
(b)If for any reason the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings at any time exceed the Revolving Credit Facility at such time, then the Borrower shall immediately prepay the Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Borrowings and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (other than the L/C Borrowings) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.04(b) unless after the prepayment in full of the Revolving Credit Loans the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings exceed the Revolving Credit Facility at such time.
2.05 Termination or Reduction of Commitments.
(a)Optional. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Revolving Credit Facility or the Letter of Credit Sublimit, or from time to time permanently reduce the Revolving Credit Facility or the Letter of Credit Sublimit; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. five (5) Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (iii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce (A) the Revolving Credit Facility if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings would exceed the Revolving Credit Facility, or (B) the Letter of Credit Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto, the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations not fully Cash Collateralized hereunder would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit.
(b)Mandatory.
(i)The aggregate 2024 Term Commitments, the 2025 Term Commitments and the 2027 Term Commitments shall be automatically and permanently reduced to zero (0) on the date of borrowing of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(a), Section 2.01(b) and Section 2.01(c) on the Closing Date.
(ii)If, after giving effect to any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility, the Letter of Credit Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.
(c)Application of Commitment Reductions; Payment of Fees. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any termination or reduction of the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Revolving Credit Commitments under this Section 2.05. Upon any reduction of the Revolving Credit Facility, the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be reduced by such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of such reduction amount. All fees in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Revolving Credit Facility shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
2.06Repayment of Loans.
(a)2024 Term Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the 2024 Term Lenders on theeach applicable 2024 Term Loan Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of all 2024 Term Loans outstanding on such date.
(b)2025 Term Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the 2025 Term Lenders on the 2025 Term Loan Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of all 2025 Term Loans outstanding on such date.
(c)2027 Term Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the 2027 Term Lenders on the 2027 Term Loan Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of all 2027 Term Loans outstanding on such date.
(d)Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower shall repay the Revolving Credit Lenders on the Revolving Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on such date.
2.07Interest.
(a)Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Daily SOFR Rate Loan under a Facility shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to Daily Simple SOFR plus the Applicable Margin for SOFR Loans for such Facility; (ii) each Term SOFR Rate Loan under a Facility shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin for SOFR Loans for such Facility; and (ii) each Base Rate Loan under a Facility shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans for such Facility.
(b)(i) If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Laws.
(ii)If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by the Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon the request of the Required Lenders, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Laws.
(iii)Upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Laws.
(iv)Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c)Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
2.08Fees. In addition to certain fees described in subsections (j) and (k) of Section 2.03:
(a)Revolving Unused Fees. The Borrower shall, for each day during the term of this Agreement (i) on which there exist any Revolving Credit Commitments and (ii) that the Applicable Margin is determined pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Applicable Margin, pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender holding a Revolving Credit Commitment (in accordance with such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof), an unused fee (the “Revolving Unused Fee”) equal to the Revolving Unused Rate times the actual daily amount by which the Revolving Credit Facility exceeds the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans as of such date, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.16. The Revolving Unused Fee shall accrue at all times during the term of this Agreement at which there exist any Revolving Credit Commitments, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Section 5 is not met. The Revolving Unused Fee shall be calculated for each calendar quarter in arrears, based on the applicable daily Revolving Unused Rate during each day of such calendar quarter or portion thereof and shall be due and payable on the fifth day of each January, April, July and October (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), commencing on January 5, 2023 (with such initial payment to include such fees commencing from the Closing Date), and on the Revolving Maturity Date.
(b)Facility Fee. The Borrower shall, for each day during the term of this Agreement (i) on which there exist any Revolving Credit Commitments and (ii) that the Applicable Margin is determined pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Applicable Margin, pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender holding a Revolving Credit Commitment (in accordance with such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof), a facility fee equal to the “Facility Fee Rate” as set forth in clause (b) of the definition of Applicable Margin times the actual daily amount of the Revolving Credit Facility (or, if the Revolving Credit Facility terminated, on the actual daily Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations), regardless of usage, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.16. The facility fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period (and thereafter so long as any Revolving Credit Loans or L/C Obligations remain outstanding), including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Section 4 is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the fifth day of each January, April, July and October (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), and on the last day of the Availability Period (and, if applicable, thereafter on demand). The facility fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Margin during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Margin separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Margin was in effect.
(c)Other Fees.
(i)The Borrower shall pay to the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letters. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
(ii)The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, such fees (if any) in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letters. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
2.09Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Margin.
(a)All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Term SOFR Rate) shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.11(a), bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(b)If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of the Borrower or for any other reason, the Borrower or the Lenders determine that (i) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as calculated by the Borrower as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a proper calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for such period, the Borrower shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, promptly on demand by the Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under Sections 2.03(j), 2.03(m) or 2.07(b) or under Section 8. The Borrower’s obligations under this paragraph shall survive until the date that is one (1) year after the date of the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
2.10Evidence of Debt.
(a)The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b)In addition to the accounts and records referr