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$400,000,000
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC.,
as Borrower,
The Several Lenders
from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ BROTHERS INC.
and
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
as Co-Arrangers,
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Co-Syndication Agents,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.
and
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
as Co-Documentation Agents,
and
▇▇▇▇▇▇ COMMERCIAL PAPER INC.,
as Administrative Agent
Dated as of November 15, 2006
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.........................................................................................1
1.1 Defined Terms............................................................................................1
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions...........................................................................29
1.3 BoA Letter of Credit Amounts............................................................................29
SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS....................................................................30
2.1 Revolving Credit Commitments............................................................................30
2.2 Procedure for Revolving Credit Borrowing................................................................30
2.3 Swing Line Commitment...................................................................................30
2.4 Procedure for Swing Line Borrowing; Refunding of Swing Line Loans.......................................31
2.5 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt....................................................................32
2.6 Extension of the Initial Maturity Date..................................................................33
2.7 Commitment Fees, etc....................................................................................34
2.8 Termination or Reduction of Commitments.................................................................34
2.9 Optional Prepayments....................................................................................35
2.10 Mandatory Prepayments and Commitment Reductions.........................................................35
2.11 Conversion and Continuation Options.....................................................................36
2.12 Minimum Amounts and Maximum Number of Eurodollar Tranches...............................................37
2.13 Interest Rates and Payment Dates........................................................................37
2.14 Computation of Interest and Fees........................................................................37
2.15 Inability to Determine Interest Rate....................................................................38
2.16 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments.........................................................................38
2.17 Requirements of Law.....................................................................................40
2.18 Taxes...................................................................................................41
2.19 Indemnity...............................................................................................42
2.20 Illegality..............................................................................................43
2.21 Change of Lending Office................................................................................43
SECTION 3. LASALLE LETTERS OF CREDIT..........................................................................43
3.1 LaSalle L/C Commitment..................................................................................43
3.2 Procedure for Issuance of LaSalle Letter of Credit......................................................44
3.3 Fees and Other Charges..................................................................................45
3.4 Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower................................................................45
3.5 Obligations Absolute....................................................................................45
3.6 LaSalle Letter of Credit Payments.......................................................................46
3.7 LaSalle Letter of Credit Applications...................................................................46
3.8 Replacement of BoA Letters of Credit....................................................................46
SECTION 3A. BANK OF AMERICA LETTERS OF CREDIT..................................................................46
3A.1 BoA L/C Commitment......................................................................................46
3A.2 Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit..............................................48
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3A.3 Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations..................................................49
3A.4 Repayment of Participations.............................................................................51
3A.5 Obligations Absolute....................................................................................51
3A.6 Role of Rank of America.................................................................................52
3A.7 Cash Collateral.........................................................................................52
3A.8 Applicability of ISP and UCP............................................................................53
3A.9 BoA Letter of Credit Fees...............................................................................53
3A.10 Fronting Fee Payable to Bank of America.................................................................53
3A.11 Conflict with Issuer Documents..........................................................................53
3A.12 Replacement of Bank of America as Issuing Lender under Certain Circumstances............................54
3A.13 Replacement of LaSalle Letters of Credit................................................................54
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES...............................................................54
4.1 Financial Condition.....................................................................................54
4.2 No Change...............................................................................................55
4.3 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law................................................................55
4.4 Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations.................................................56
4.5 No Legal Bar............................................................................................56
4.6 No Material Litigation..................................................................................56
4.7 No Default..............................................................................................56
4.8 Ownership of Property; Liens............................................................................56
4.9 Intellectual Property...................................................................................57
4.10 Taxes...................................................................................................57
4.11 Federal Regulations.....................................................................................57
4.12 Labor Matters...........................................................................................57
4.13 ERISA...................................................................................................57
4.14 Investment Company Act; Other Regulations...............................................................58
4.15 Subsidiaries............................................................................................58
4.16 Use of Proceeds.........................................................................................58
4.17 Environmental Matters...................................................................................58
4.18 Accuracy of Information, etc............................................................................59
4.19 Security Documents......................................................................................60
4.20 Solvency................................................................................................60
4.21 Licenses and Certifications.............................................................................60
4.22 Operating Agreements and Management Contracts...........................................................61
4.23 ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ Act.........................................................................................61
4.24 Compliance..............................................................................................61
4.25 Participation in Programs...............................................................................61
4.26 Investigations..........................................................................................62
4.27 Agreements with Residents; Residents' Records...........................................................62
4.28 Affect on Payments or Licenses..........................................................................63
4.29 HIPAA...................................................................................................63
4.30 Submissions.............................................................................................63
4.31 Fraud and Abuse.........................................................................................63
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SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.........................................................................64
5.1 Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit...............................................................64
5.2 Conditions to Each Extension of Credit..................................................................66
SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS........................................................................67
6.1 Financial Statements....................................................................................67
6.2 Certificates; Other Information.........................................................................67
6.3 Payment of Obligations..................................................................................69
6.4 Maintenance of Existence; Compliance with Contractual Obligations.......................................69
6.5 Conduct of Business and Compliance with Law.............................................................69
6.6 Maintenance of Property; Insurance......................................................................70
6.7 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions..................................................70
6.8 Notices.................................................................................................70
6.9 Deficiency Notices......................................................................................72
6.10 Environmental Laws......................................................................................72
6.11 Additional Collateral, etc..............................................................................72
6.12 Further Assurances......................................................................................73
6.13 Resident Agreements.....................................................................................73
6.14 Census Report and Surveys...............................................................................73
SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS...........................................................................74
7.1 Financial Condition Covenants...........................................................................74
7.2 Limitation on Indebtedness..............................................................................75
7.3 Limitation on Liens.....................................................................................78
7.4 Limitation on Fundamental Changes.......................................................................80
7.5 Limitation on Disposition of Property...................................................................80
7.6 Limitation on Restricted Payments.......................................................................80
7.7 Limitation on Investments...............................................................................81
7.8 Limitation on Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation.............................................82
7.9 Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates..............................................................82
7.10 Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks......................................................................82
7.11 Limitation on Changes in Fiscal Periods.................................................................83
7.12 Limitation on Negative Pledge Clauses...................................................................83
7.13 Limitation on Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions..................................................83
7.14 Limitation on Lines of Business.........................................................................83
7.15 Limitation on Hedge Agreements..........................................................................83
7.16 Licenses................................................................................................84
7.17 Limitation on Certain Agreements........................................................................84
7.18 Limitation on Foreign Subsidiaries......................................................................84
7.19 Subsidiary Dividends....................................................................................84
SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT............................................................................84
SECTION 9. THE AGENTS...................................................................................88
9.1 Appointment.............................................................................................88
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9.2 Delegation of Duties....................................................................................88
9.3 Exculpatory Provisions..................................................................................88
9.4 Reliance by Agents......................................................................................89
9.5 Notice of Default.......................................................................................89
9.6 Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders................................................................89
9.7 Indemnification.........................................................................................90
9.8 Agent in Its Individual Capacity........................................................................90
9.9 Successor Administrative Agent..........................................................................90
9.10 Authorization to Release Liens and Guarantees...........................................................91
9.11 The Joint Lead Arrangers; the Co-Arrangers; the Co-Syndication Agents; the Co-Documentation
Agents..................................................................................................91
SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS................................................................................91
10.1 Amendments and Waivers..................................................................................91
10.2 Notices.................................................................................................93
10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies..........................................................................96
10.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties..............................................................96
10.5 Payment of Expenses.....................................................................................96
10.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments..................................................98
10.7 Adjustments; Set-off...................................................................................101
10.8 Counterparts...........................................................................................101
10.9 Severability...........................................................................................102
10.10 Integration............................................................................................102
10.11 GOVERNING LAW..........................................................................................102
10.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers....................................................................102
10.13 Acknowledgments........................................................................................103
10.14 Confidentiality........................................................................................103
10.15 Release of Collateral and Guarantee Obligations........................................................103
10.16 Accounting Changes.....................................................................................104
10.17 Delivery of Lender Addenda.............................................................................104
10.18 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL..................................................................................104
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SCHEDULES:
1.1A Existing Letters of Credit
4.2 Material Events
4.6 Material Litigation
4.8 Real Property
4.10 Unpaid Taxes
4.15 Subsidiaries
4.19 UCC Filing Jurisdictions
7.2(d) Existing Indebtedness and Liens
7.2(j) Letters of Credit to be Replaced
7.7(e) Existing Investments
EXHIBITS:
A Form of Guarantee and Pledge Agreement
B Form of Compliance Certificate
C Form of Closing Certificate
D Form of Assignment and Acceptance
E-1 Form of Legal Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ LLP
E-2 Form of Legal Opinion of T. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, General Counsel of the
Loan Parties
F-1 Form of Revolving Credit Note
F-2 Form of Swing Line Note
G Form of Exemption Certificate
H Form of Lender Addendum
I Form of Borrowing Notice
J-1 Form of LaSalle Letter of Credit Application
J-2 Form of LaSalle Master Letter of Credit Agreement
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of November 15, 2006,
among BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), the
several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time
parties to this Agreement (the "Lenders"), ▇▇▇▇▇▇ BROTHERS INC. and CITIGROUP
GLOBAL MARKETS INC., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (in such
capacity, the "Joint Lead Arrangers"), ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC, as
co-arrangers (in such capacity, the "Co-Arrangers"), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as co-syndication agents (in such capacity,
the "Co-Syndication Agents"), ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. and CITICORP
NORTH AMERICA, INC., as co-documentation agents (in such capacity, the
"Co-Documentation Agents") and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ COMMERCIAL PAPER INC., as administrative
agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 10,
2006 (as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof,
the "Existing Credit Agreement"), among the Borrower, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Commercial Paper
Inc., as administrative agent, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Brothers Inc., as lead arranger, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ Credit Partners L.P., LaSalle Bank National Association and Citigroup
Global Markets Inc., as co-arrangers, LaSalle Bank National Association, as
syndication agent, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sachs Credit Partners L.P. and Citicorp North
America, Inc., as co-documentation agents, the lenders identified therein (the
"Existing Lenders") and LaSalle Bank National Association, as issuing lender (in
such capacity, the "Existing Issuing Lender"), the Existing Lenders and the
Existing Issuing Lender have made available to the Borrower loans and other
extensions of credit;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Existing Lenders and the
Existing Issuing Lender agree to amend and restate the Existing Credit
Agreement, to, among other things, restructure the commitments and extensions of
credit made available thereunder, increase the amount of the Commitments, and
make such other modifications as are set forth below and in the Loan Documents
(as defined below), and the Existing Lenders and the Existing Issuing Lender are
willing to agree to such amendment and restatement, in each case on the terms
and subject to the conditions of this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements
hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree that, on the Closing
Date, the Existing Credit Agreement will be amended and restated as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the terms listed in this
Section 1.1 shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1.1.
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"Acquisition": the acquisition by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of (a) title to or a leasehold estate in any Property located in
the United States, or (b) all the Capital Stock of a Person organized under the
laws of a State of the United States that owns title to or a leasehold interest
in one or more Properties.
"Administrative Agent": as defined in the preamble hereto.
"Affiliate": as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or
indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with,
such Person. For purposes of this definition, "control" of a Person means the
power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 10% or more of the securities
having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or persons
performing similar functions) of such Person or (b) direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or
otherwise.
"Agency": the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Drug
Enforcement Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, any other
local, state or federal licensing or regulatory authority (including any
licensing or regulatory authority responsible for administering or dispensing
Medicaid or Medicare payments or any other third party payor billing or payment
policies, procedures, limitations or restrictions), or any other public or
private agency, including without limitation, any public or private
accreditation agency or organization.
"Agents": the collective reference to the Co-Syndication Agents, the
Administrative Agent and the Co-Documentation Agents.
"Aggregate Exposure": with respect to any Lender at any time, an amount
equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of such Lender's Commitments then
in effect, (b) if the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, the
amount of such Lender's Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding and (c)
if the LaSalle L/C Commitments have been fully drawn or terminated, the amount
of the LaSalle Letters of Credit then outstanding.
"Aggregate Exposure Percentage": with respect to any Lender at any
time, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Lender's Aggregate Exposure
at such time to the sum of the Aggregate Exposures of all Lenders at such time.
"Agreement": this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Applicable Margin": (i) for the LaSalle L/C Facility, a rate per annum
equal to 1.50% and (ii) for the Revolving Credit Facility, a rate per annum
equal to (x) 0.50%, with respect to Base Rate Loans (including Swing Line Loans)
and (y) 1.50%, with respect to Eurodollar Loans.
"Asset Sale": any Disposition of Property or series of related
Dispositions of Property (excluding any such Disposition permitted by clause
(a), (b), (c) or (d) of Section 7.5) which yields gross proceeds to the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries (valued at the initial principal amount thereof in
the case of non-cash proceeds consisting of notes or other debt securities and
valued at fair market value in the case of other non-cash proceeds) in excess of
$250,000.
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"Assignment and Acceptance": as defined in Section 10.6(c).
"Assignee": as defined in Section 10.6(c).
"Assignor": as defined in Section 10.6(c).
"Available LaSalle L/C Commitment": an amount equal to the excess, if
any, of (a) the LaSalle L/C Commitment then in effect over (b) the LaSalle L/C
Obligations then outstanding.
"Available Revolving Credit Commitment": with respect to any Revolving
Credit Lender at any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) such
Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect over (b) such Lender's
Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding; provided that, in calculating
any Lender's Revolving Extensions of Credit for the purpose of determining such
Lender's Available Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to Section 2.7(a), the
aggregate principal amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding shall be deemed
to be zero.
"Bank of America": Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as an Issuing
Lender, and any Replacement Issuing Lender appointed in accordance with Section
3A.12.
"Base Rate": for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in
effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such
day plus 1/2 of 1%. For purposes hereof: "Prime Rate" shall mean the prime
lending rate as set forth on the British Banking Association Telerate Page 5 (or
such other comparable publicly available page as may, in the reasonable opinion
of the Administrative Agent after written notice to the Borrower, replace such
page for the purpose of displaying such rate if such rate no longer appears on
the British Bankers Association Telerate page 5), as in effect from time to
time. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the
lowest or best rate actually available. Any change in the Base Rate due to a
change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective
as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime
Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
"Base Rate Loans": Loans for which the applicable rate of interest is
based upon the Base Rate.
"Benefitted Lender": as defined in Section 10.7.
"BLCI": Brookdale Living Communities, Inc.
"BoA Cash Collateral": any cash deposited as collateral for the BoA
Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 3A.7.
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"BoA Fee Letter": the Fee Letter, dated as of November 15, 2006,
between Bank of America and the Borrower.
"BoA L/C Advance": with respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, such
Lender's funding of its participation in any BoA L/C Borrowing in accordance
with its Revolving Credit Percentage.
"BoA L/C Borrowing": an extension of credit resulting from a drawing
under any BoA Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when
made or refinanced as a Revolving Credit Loan.
"BoA L/C Commitment": as to Bank of America, the obligation of Bank of
America to issue BoA Letters of Credit in an aggregate face amount at any time
outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading "L/C
Commitment" opposite Bank of America's name on Schedule 1 to the Lender Addendum
delivered by Bank of America, as the same may be changed from time to time
pursuant to the terms hereof. The original aggregate amount of the BoA L/C
Commitment is $70,000,000.
"BoA L/C Credit Extension": with respect to any BoA Letter of Credit,
the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of
the amount thereof.
"BoA L/C Facility": as defined in the definition of "Facility" in this
Section 1.1.
"BoA L/C Obligations": as at any date of determination, the aggregate
amount available to be drawn under all outstanding BoA Letters of Credit plus
the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all BoA L/C Borrowings. For
purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any BoA Letter of
Credit, the amount of such BoA Letter of Credit shall be determined in
accordance with Section 1.3. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date
of determination a BoA Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount
may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP
(after giving effect to any related agreement of the parties set forth in such
BoA Letter of Credit), such BoA Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be
"outstanding" in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
"BoA Letter of Credit": as defined in Section ▇▇.▇.
"▇▇▇ Letter of Credit Application": as defined in Section ▇▇.▇.
"▇▇▇ Outstanding Amount": with respect to any BoA L/C Obligations on
any date, the amount of such BoA L/C Obligations on such date after giving
effect to any BoA L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other
changes in the aggregate amount of the BoA L/C Obligations as of such date,
including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of Unreimbursed
Amounts.
"Board": the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the
United States (or any successor).
"Borrower": as defined in the preamble hereto.
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"Borrowing Date": any Business Day specified by the Borrower as a date
on which the Borrower requests the relevant Lenders to make Loans hereunder.
"Borrowing Notice": with respect to any request for borrowing of Loans
hereunder, a notice from the Borrower, substantially in the form of, and
containing the information prescribed by, Exhibit I, delivered to the
Administrative Agent.
"Brookdale Facility Group": the collective reference to Brookdale
Living Communities, Inc., Alterra Healthcare Corporation, Fortress CCRC
Acquisition, LLC and FIT REN LLC.
"Business Day": (a) for all purposes other than as covered by clause
(b) below, a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close and (b) with
respect to all notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of
principal and interest on, Eurodollar Loans, any day which is a Business Day
described in clause (a) and which is also a day for trading by and between banks
in Dollar deposits in the interbank eurodollar market.
"Capital Expenditures": for any period, with respect to any Person, the
aggregate of all expenditures by such Person for the acquisition or leasing
(pursuant to a capital lease) of fixed or capital assets or additions to
equipment or property (including replacements, capitalized repairs and
improvements during such period) which are required to be capitalized under GAAP
on a balance sheet of such Person.
"Capital Expenditure Reserve": as at any date of determination, the
product of (a) $350 per Senior Living Unit per annum, and (b) the number of
Senior Living Units owned by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such
period measured at the end of the most recent calendar quarter ending prior to
such date of determination.
"Capital Lease Obligations": with respect to any Person, the
obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or
other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a
combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP;
and, for the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any
time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in
accordance with GAAP.
"Capital Stock": any and all shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all
equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any
and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
"Capitalized Loan Fees": with respect to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, and with respect to any period, (a) any up-front, closing or
similar fees paid by such Person in connection with the incurrence or
refinancing of Indebtedness during such period and (b) all other costs incurred
in connection with the incurrence or refinancing of Indebtedness during such
period, including, without limitation, appraisal fees paid to lenders, costs and
expenses incurred in connection with Hedge Agreements, engineering reports,
phase I environmental report and other report review fees paid to lenders and
legal fees, in each of the foregoing cases, that are
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capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and
amortized over the term of such Indebtedness.
"Cash Equivalents": (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States government or issued by any
agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in
each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition; (b)
certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or overnight
bank deposits having maturities of six months or less from the date of
acquisition issued by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the
laws of the United States of America or any state thereof having combined
capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000; (c) commercial paper of an
issuer rated at least A-2 by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services ("S&P") or P-2
by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's"), or carrying an equivalent rating
by a nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating
agencies cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally, and
maturing within six months from the date of acquisition; (d) repurchase
obligations of any Lender or of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements
of clause (b) of this definition, having a term of not more than 30 days with
respect to securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States
government; (e) securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of
acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory
of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any
such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the
securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision,
taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least A
by S&P or A by Moody's; (f) securities with maturities of six months or less
from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any
Lender or any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this
definition; and (g) shares of money market mutual or similar funds which invest
in assets substantially all of which satisfy the requirements of clauses (a)
through (f) of this definition.
"Change of Control": the occurrence of any of the following events: (a)
the Permitted Investors shall cease to have the power to vote or direct the
voting of securities having a majority of the ordinary voting power for the
election of directors of the Borrower (determined on a fully diluted basis); (b)
the Permitted Investors shall cease to own of record and beneficially an amount
of common stock of the Borrower equal to at least 40% of the amount of common
stock of the Borrower; (c) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act")), excluding the Permitted Investors, shall become, or obtain
rights (whether by means or warrants, options or otherwise) to become, the
"beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange
Act) directly or indirectly, of more than 33?% of the outstanding common stock
of the Borrower; or (d) the board of directors of the Borrower shall cease to
consist of a majority of Continuing Directors.
"Closing Date": the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in
Section 5.1 shall have been satisfied.
"Co-Arrangers": as defined in the preamble hereto.
"Co-Documentation Agents": as defined in the preamble hereto.
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"Co-Syndication Agents": as defined in the preamble hereto.
"Code": the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
"Collateral": all Property of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter
acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Document.
"Commitment": with respect to any Lender, each of the Revolving Credit
Commitment and the L/C Commitment of such Lender.
"Commonly Controlled Entity": an entity, whether or not incorporated,
that is under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section
4001 of ERISA or is part of a group that includes the Borrower and that is
treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
"Compliance Certificate": a certificate duly executed by a Responsible
Officer, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
"Consolidated Adjusted Debt": at any date, the sum of (a) Funded Debt
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such date, determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP plus (b) the product of Consolidated Lease Expense
for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or
prior to such date multiplied by eight.
"Consolidated Adjusted Leverage Ratio": as at the last day of any
period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower, the ratio of (a)
Consolidated Adjusted Debt on such day to (b) Consolidated EBITDAR of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period provided;
(i) the Consolidated EBITDAR of any Person acquired by the Borrower or
its Subsidiaries during the last quarter of such four quarter period shall
be included on a pro forma basis (assuming the consummation of such
acquisition and the incurrence or assumption of any Indebtedness in
connection therewith occurred on the first day of such quarter) determined
on an annualized basis based on the most recent fiscal quarter of such
Person for which financial statements are available if the consolidated
balance sheet of such acquired Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries as
at the end of the period preceding the acquisition of such Person and the
related consolidated statements of income and stockholders' equity and of
cash flows for the period, in each case, to the extent available, in
respect of which Consolidated EBITDAR is to be calculated (x) have been
previously provided to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (y)
either (1) have been reported on without a qualification arising out of the
scope of the audit by independent certified public accountants of
nationally recognized standing or (2) have been found reasonably acceptable
by the Administrative Agent, provided that, the Consolidated EBITDAR of any
Person acquired by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which is included on a
pro forma basis pursuant to this clause (i) shall be calculated in such a
manner to give effect to operating expense reductions or increases or
similar anticipated benefits or increases relating to employee benefits,
food and related supplies, insurance and general administrative expenses,
in each case, from such acquisition to the extent (A)(1) directly
attributable to such acquisition and (2) reasonably expected by
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the Borrower to have a continuing impact on the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries and (B) that such adjustments and the basis therefor are set
forth in reasonable detail in a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and dated the
relevant date of determination which certifies that the Borrower reasonably
anticipates such expense reductions, increases or other benefits will be
realized, or all necessary steps for the realization thereof taken, within
12 months following such date;
(ii) the Consolidated EBITDAR of any Person acquired during the first,
second or third quarters of such four quarter period shall be deemed to be
equal to Consolidated EBITDAR of such Person for the number of fiscal
quarters elapsed since the date of acquisition (after giving effect to any
pro forma adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) above) multiplied by 4, 2
and 4/3, respectively; and
(iii) the Consolidated EBITDAR of any Person Disposed of by the
Borrower or its Subsidiaries during such four quarter period shall be
excluded for such period (assuming the consummation of such Disposition and
the repayment of any Indebtedness in connection therewith occurred on the
first day of such period).
"Consolidated EBITDA": of any Person for any period, Consolidated Net
Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period plus, without
duplication and to the extent reflected as a charge in the statement of such
Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (a) income tax expense, (b)
interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries, amortization or write-off
of debt discount and debt issuance costs and commissions, discounts and other
fees and charges associated with Indebtedness whether paid, accrued or
capitalized and including, without limitation, the interest component of Capital
Lease Obligations, (c) depreciation and amortization expense, (d) net entrance
fees received, (e) non-cash compensation expense, (f) amortization of
intangibles (including, but not limited to, goodwill) and organization costs,
(g) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring expenses or losses (including,
whether or not otherwise includable as a separate item in the statement of such
Consolidated Net Income for such period, losses on sales of assets outside of
the ordinary course of business) and (h) any other non-cash charges, and minus,
to the extent included in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such
period, the sum of (a) interest income (except to the extent deducted in
determining such Consolidated Net Income), (b) any extraordinary, unusual or
non-recurring income or gains (including, whether or not otherwise includable as
a separate item in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such
period, gains on the sales of assets outside of the ordinary course of
business), (c) any other non-cash income and (d) any cash payments made during
such period in respect of items described in clause (e) above subsequent to the
fiscal quarter in which the relevant non-cash expenses or losses were reflected
as a charge in the statement of Consolidated Net Income, all as determined on a
consolidated basis.
"Consolidated EBITDAR": for any period, Consolidated EBITDA of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period plus Consolidated Lease Expense of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period.
"Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio": for any period, the ratio
of (a) Consolidated EBITDAR of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period
minus the
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Capital Expenditure Reserve as of the last day of such period to (b)
Consolidated Fixed Charges for such period plus Consolidated Lease Expense
for such period provided:
(i) the Consolidated EBITDA of any Person acquired by the
Borrower or its Subsidiaries during the last quarter of such four
quarter period shall be included on a pro forma basis (assuming the
consummation of such acquisition and the incurrence or assumption of
any Indebtedness in connection therewith occurred on the first day of
such quarter) determined on an annualized basis based on the most
recent fiscal quarter of such Person for which financial statements are
available if the consolidated balance sheet of such acquired Person and
its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of the period preceding the
acquisition of such Person and the related consolidated statements of
income and stockholders' equity and of cash flows for the period, in
each case, to the extent available, in respect of which Consolidated
EBITDA is to be calculated (x) have been previously provided to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (y) either (1) have been
reported on without a qualification arising out of the scope of the
audit by independent certified public accountants of nationally
recognized standing or (2) have been found reasonably acceptable by the
Administrative Agent, provided that, the Consolidated EBITDA of any
Person acquired by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which is included
on a pro forma basis pursuant to this clause (i) shall be calculated in
such a manner to give effect to operating expense reductions or
increases or similar anticipated benefits or increases relating to
employee benefits, food and related supplies, insurance and general
administrative expenses, in each case, from such acquisition to the
extent (A)(1) directly attributable to such acquisition and (2)
reasonably expected by the Borrower to have a continuing impact on the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (B) that such adjustments and the
basis therefor are set forth in reasonable detail in a certificate of a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and dated the relevant date of determination which
certifies that the Borrower reasonably anticipates such expense
reductions, increases or other benefits will be realized, or all
necessary steps for the realization thereof taken, within 12 months
following such date;
(ii) the Consolidated EBITDA of any Person acquired during the
first, second or third quarters of such four quarter period shall be
deemed to be equal to Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for the number
of fiscal quarters elapsed since the date of acquisition (after giving
effect to any pro forma adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) above)
multiplied by 4, 2 and 4/3, respectively; and
(iii) the Consolidated EBITDA of any Person Disposed of by the
Borrower or its Subsidiaries during such period shall be excluded for
such four quarter period (assuming the consummation of such Disposition
and the repayment of any Indebtedness in connection therewith occurred
on the first day of such period).
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"Consolidated Fixed Charges": for any period, the sum (without
duplication) of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such period, (b) cash income taxes actually paid by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such period,
(c) scheduled payments made during such period on account of principal of
Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (d) dividends accrued
(whether or not declared or payable) on the preferred stock of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries during such period and (e) the Borrower's and its Subsidiaries'
pro rata share of all expenses and payments referred to in the preceding clauses
(a) and (b) of any unconsolidated Person in which they have an equity interest.
"Consolidated Interest Expense": of any Person for any period, total
cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations)
of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period with respect to all
outstanding Indebtedness of such Person and its Subsidiaries (including, without
limitation, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed by such
Person with respect to letters of credit and bankers' acceptance financing and
net costs of such Person under Hedge Agreements (but only to the extent included
in interest expense in such Person's financial statement and to the extent
actually paid) in respect of interest rates to the extent such net costs are
allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP).
"Consolidated Lease Expense": for any period, the aggregate amount of
fixed and contingent rentals payable by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for
such period with respect to leases of real and personal property, determined on
a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, provided that payments in respect
of Capital Lease Obligations shall not constitute Consolidated Lease Expense.
"Consolidated Leverage Ratio": as at the last day of any period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total
Debt on such day to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
for such period provided:
(i) the Consolidated EBITDA of any Person acquired by the Borrower
or its Subsidiaries during the last quarter of such four quarter period
shall be included on a pro forma basis (assuming the consummation of
such acquisition and the incurrence or assumption of any Indebtedness
in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such quarter)
determined on an annualized basis based on the most recent fiscal
quarter of such Person for which financial statements are available if
the consolidated balance sheet of such acquired Person and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of the period preceding the
acquisition of such Person and the related consolidated statements of
income and stockholders' equity and of cash flows for the period, in
each case, to the extent available, in respect of which Consolidated
EBITDA is to be calculated (x) have been previously provided to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (y) either (1) have been
reported on without a qualification arising out of the scope of the
audit by independent certified public accountants of nationally
recognized standing or (2) have been found reasonably acceptable by the
Administrative Agent, provided that, the Consolidated EBITDA of any
Person acquired by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which is included
on a pro forma basis pursuant to this clause (i) shall be calculated in
such a manner to give effect
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to operating expense reductions or increases or similar anticipated
benefits or increases relating to employee benefits, food and related
supplies, insurance and general administrative expenses, in each case,
from such acquisition to the extent (A)(1) directly attributable to
such acquisition and (2) reasonably expected by the Borrower to have a
continuing impact on the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (B) that
such adjustments and the basis therefor are set forth in reasonable
detail in a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and dated the
relevant date of determination which certifies that the Borrower
reasonably anticipates such expense reductions, increases or other
benefits will be realized, or all necessary steps for the realization
thereof taken, within 12 months following such date;
(ii) the Consolidated EBITDA of any Person acquired during the
first, second or third quarters of such four quarter period shall be
deemed to be equal to Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for the number
of fiscal quarters elapsed since the date of acquisition (after giving
effect to any pro forma adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) above)
multiplied by 4, 2 and 4/3, respectively; and
(iii) the Consolidated EBITDA of any Person Disposed of by the
Borrower or its Subsidiaries during such four quarter period shall be
excluded for such period (assuming the consummation of such Disposition
and the repayment of any Indebtedness in connection therewith occurred
on the first day of such period).
"Consolidated Net Income": of any Person for any period, the
consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such
period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided,
that in calculating Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries for any period, there shall be excluded (a) the income (or deficit)
of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower
or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
(b) the income (or deficit) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the
Borrower) in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership
interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually received by the
Borrower or such Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions
and (c) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the
extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by
such Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of any Contractual
Obligation (other than under any Loan Document) or Requirement of Law applicable
to such Subsidiary.
"Consolidated Total Debt": at any date, without duplication, the
aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries at such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
"Construction Indebtedness": Indebtedness incurred by any Subsidiary of
the Borrower with respect to the construction of senior living units in
Villages, Florida, Lakeway, Texas, and Belmont, Massachusetts pursuant to
Section 7.2(g); provided that, the loan-to-value ratio for the aggregate amount
of such Indebtedness shall be no greater than 75%.
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"Continuing Directors": the directors of the Borrower on the Closing
Date, and each other director of the Borrower, if, in each case, such other
director's nomination for election to the board of directors of the Borrower is
recommended by at least 66?% of the then Continuing Directors or such other
director receives the vote of the Permitted Investors in his or her election by
the shareholders of the Borrower.
"Contractual Obligation": 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 Investment Affiliate": as to any Person, any other Person that
(a) directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under
common control with, such Person and (b) is organized by such Person primarily
for the purpose of making equity or debt investments in one or more companies.
For purposes of this definition, "control" of a Person means the power, directly
or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies
of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.
"Debtor Relief Laws": 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.
"Default": any of the events specified in Section 8, whether or not any
requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been
satisfied.
"Defaulting Lender": any Revolving Credit Lender that (a) has failed to
fund any portion of the participations in the BoA L/C Obligations or
participations in Swing Line Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within
one Business Day of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has
otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any
other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the
date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (c) has been
deemed insolvent or becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding.
"Deficiency Notices": all notices and other written communications from
any Agency or Governmental Authority which licenses, regulates, certifies,
accredits or evaluates the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, the Living Facilities
or the operation of the Living Facilities by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
alleging that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, any of the Living
Facilities or the operation of the Living Facilities by the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries in whole or in part fails to comply or, if corrective action is
not taken, shall fail to comply with, any or all of the Agency's or Governmental
Authority's requirements for and conditions of licensing, regulation,
certification or accreditation by or participation in programs of the Agency or
Governmental Authority or otherwise relating to the continuous operation of all
or any portion of the Living Facilities or the programs of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries or the eligibility or entitlement of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries to receive reimbursement from any Agency or Governmental Authority.
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"Depreciation and Amortization Expense": for any period, without
duplication, the sum for such period of (i) total depreciation and amortization
expense, whether paid or accrued, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during
such period, plus (ii) the Borrower's and its Subsidiaries' pro rata share of
depreciation and amortization expenses of Unconsolidated Joint Ventures for such
period. For purposes of this definition, the Borrower's and its Subsidiaries'
pro rata share of depreciation and amortization expense of any Unconsolidated
Joint Venture shall be deemed equal to the product of (i) the depreciation and
amortization expense of such Unconsolidated Joint Venture, multiplied by (ii)
the percentage of the total outstanding Capital Stock of such Unconsolidated
Joint Venture held by the Borrower or such Subsidiary, expressed as a decimal.
"Derivatives Counterparty": as defined in Section 7.6.
"Disposition": with respect to any Property, any sale, lease, sale and
leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof; and
the terms "Dispose" and "Disposed of" shall have correlative meanings.
"Disqualified Stock": any capital stock, warrants, options or other
rights to acquire capital stock (but excluding any debt security which is
convertible, or exchangeable, for capital stock), which, by its terms (or by the
terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is
exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily
redeemable prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date, pursuant to a sinking
fund obligation or otherwise, or is or may be redeemable at the option of the
holder thereof, in whole or in part, prior to the Revolving Credit Termination
Date.
"Dollars" and "$": dollars in lawful currency of the United States of
America.
"Domestic Subsidiary": any Subsidiary of the Borrower organized under
the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States of America.
"Environmental Laws": any and all laws, rules, orders, regulations,
statutes, ordinances, guidelines, codes, decrees, agreements or other legally
enforceable requirements (including, without limitation, common law) of any
international authority, foreign government, the United States, or any state,
local, municipal or other governmental authority, regulating, relating to or
imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of the
environment or of human health, or employee health and safety, as has been, is
now, or may at any time hereafter be, in effect.
"Environmental Permits": any and all permits, licenses, approvals,
registrations, notifications, exemptions and other authorizations required under
any Environmental Law.
"ERISA": the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
"Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements": for any day, the aggregate
(without duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of
reserve requirements in effect on such day (including, without limitation,
basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves) under any regulations of
the Board or other Governmental Authority having
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jurisdiction with respect thereto dealing with reserve requirements prescribed
for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency Liabilities" in
Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve
System.
"Eurodollar Base Rate": with respect to each day during each Interest
Period, the rate per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in
Dollars for a period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day
of such Interest Period appearing on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen as of
11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such
Interest Period. In the event that such rate does not appear on Page 3750 of the
Telerate screen (or otherwise on such screen), the "Eurodollar Base Rate" for
purposes of this definition shall be determined by reference to such other
comparable publicly available service for displaying eurodollar rates as may be
reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent.
"Eurodollar Loans": Loans for which the applicable rate of interest is
based upon the Eurodollar Rate.
"Eurodollar Rate": with respect to each day during each Interest
Period, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the
following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%):
Eurodollar Base Rate
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1.00 - Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements
"Eurodollar Tranche": the collective reference to Eurodollar Loans
under a particular Facility the then current Interest Periods with respect to
all of which begin on the same date and end on the same later date (whether or
not such Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).
"Event of Default": any of the events specified in Section 8, provided
that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has
been satisfied.
"Excluded Taxes": as defined in Section 2.18(a).
"Existing Credit Agreement": as defined in the recitals hereto.
"Existing Lenders": as defined in the recitals hereto.
"Existing Issuing Lender": as defined in the recitals hereto.
"Existing Letters of Credit": the letters of credit described in
Schedule 1.1A.
"Existing Revolving Credit Loans": revolving credit loans made by the
Existing Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement.
"Extension of Credit": with respect to any Lender, a Loan made, or
issuance of a Letter of Credit, under the Commitments of such Lender.
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"Facility": each of (a) the Revolving Credit Commitments and the
Revolving Credit Loans made thereunder (the "Revolving Credit Facility"), (b)
the LaSalle L/C Commitment and the LaSalle Letters of Credit issued thereunder
(the "LaSalle L/C Facility") and (c) the BoA L/C Commitment and the BoA Letters
of Credit issued thereunder (the "BoA L/C Facility").
"Federal Funds Effective Rate": for any day, the weighted average of
the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next
succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such
rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent
from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
"Final Maturity Date": as defined in Section 2.6.
"Foreign Subsidiary": any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a
Domestic Subsidiary.
"Fortress CCRC Portfolio": Fortress CCRC Acquisition LLC.
"FQ1", "FQ2", "FQ3", and "FQ4": when used with a numerical year
designation, means the first, second, third or fourth fiscal quarters,
respectively, of such fiscal year of the Borrower (e.g., FQ4 2007 means the
fourth fiscal quarter of the Borrower's 2007 fiscal year, which ends December
31, 2007).
"Funded Debt": with respect to any Person, all Indebtedness of such
Person of the types described in clauses (a) through (e) of the definition of
"Indebtedness" in this Section 1.1.
"Funding Office": the office specified from time to time by the
Administrative Agent as its funding office by written notice to the Borrower and
the Lenders.
"GAAP": generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
of America as in effect from time to time.
"Governmental Authority": any nation or government, any federal, state,
local or other political subdivisions thereof, any agency, authority,
instrumentality, intermediary, regulatory body, court, central bank or other
entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory,
reimbursement or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, any
securities exchange and any self-regulatory organization (including the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners).
"Guarantee and Pledge Agreement": the Amended and Restated Guarantee
and Pledge Agreement to be executed and delivered by the Borrower and each
Subsidiary Guarantor, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, as the same may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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"Guarantee Obligation": as to any Person (the "guaranteeing person"),
any obligation, including a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar
obligation, of the guaranteeing person that guarantees or in effect guarantees,
or which is given to induce the creation of a separate obligation by another
Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) that guarantees or in
effect guarantees any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the
"primary obligations") of any other third Person (the "primary obligor") in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any
obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to
purchase any such primary obligation or any Property constituting direct or
indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase
or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or
equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or
solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase Property, securities or
services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary
obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary
obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such
primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the
term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for
deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any
Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower
of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary
obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the
maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the
terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary
obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be
liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such
Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person's maximum reasonably
anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good
faith.
"Hedge Agreements": all interest rate or currency swaps, caps or collar
agreements, foreign exchange agreements, commodity contracts or similar
arrangements entered into by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries providing for
protection against fluctuations in interest rates, currency exchange rates,
commodity prices or the exchange of nominal interest obligations, either
generally or under specific contingencies.
"HIPAA": the Heath Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Indebtedness": of any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such
Person for the deferred purchase price of Property or services (other than trade
payables incurred in the ordinary course of such Person's business), (c) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other
similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to Property
acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or
lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession
or sale of such Property), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (f)
all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or
applicant under acceptance, letter of credit, surety bond or similar facilities,
(g) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, to purchase,
redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of such Person,
(h) all Guarantee Obligations of
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such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a)
through (g) above, (i) all obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a)
through (h) above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an
existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on Property
(including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such
Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment
of such obligation and (j) for the purposes of Section 8(e) only, all
obligations of such Person in respect of Hedge Agreements. The Indebtedness of
any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any
partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person
is liable therefor as a result of such Person's ownership interest in or other
relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such
Indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefor. For the
avoidance of doubt, "Indebtedness" shall not include any guarantee by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of obligations under, or relating to, any
operating lease.
"Indemnified Liabilities": as defined in Section 10.5.
"Indemnitee": as defined in Section 10.5.
"Initial Maturity Date": as defined in Section 2.6.
"Insolvency": with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition
that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
"Insolvent": pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.
"Intangible Assets": assets that are considered intangible assets under
GAAP, including customer lists, goodwill, computer software, copyrights, trade
names, trademarks, patents and Capitalized Loan Fees.
"Intellectual Property": the collective reference to all rights,
priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising
under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including,
without limitation, copyrights, copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses,
trademarks, trademark licenses, technology, know-how and processes, and all
rights to ▇▇▇ at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment
thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
"Interest Payment Date": (a) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last day of
each March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan is outstanding
and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan having
an Interest Period of three months or shorter, the last day of such Interest
Period, (c) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period longer than
three months, each day that is three months, or a whole multiple thereof, after
the first day of such Interest Period and the last day of such Interest Period
and (d) as to any Loan (other than any Revolving Credit Loan that is a Base Rate
Loan and any Swing Line Loan), the date of any repayment or prepayment made in
respect thereof.
"Interest Period": as to any Eurodollar Loan, (a) initially, the period
commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect
to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as
selected by the Borrower in its notice of
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borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with respect
thereto; and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next
preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one,
two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower by irrevocable
notice to the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time,
on the date that is three Business Days prior to the last day of the then
current Interest Period with respect thereto; provided that, all of the
foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:
(1) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a
Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such
Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest
Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day; and
(2) 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.
"Investments": as defined in Section 7.7.
"ISP": with respect to any BoA Letter of Credit, the "International
Standby Practices 1998" published by the Institute of International Banking Law
& Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of
issuance).
"Issuer Documents": with respect to any BoA Letter of Credit, the BoA
Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument
entered into by Bank of America and the Borrower or in favor of Bank of America
and relating to such BoA Letter of Credit.
"Issuing Lenders": LaSalle and Bank of America.
"Joint Lead Arrangers": as defined in the preamble hereto.
"Joint Venture": a joint venture, partnership, limited liability
company, business trust or similar arrangement, whether in corporate,
partnership, limited liability company or other legal form, in each case, which
is not directly or indirectly wholly-owned by the Borrower.
"L/C Commitment": the collective reference to the LaSalle L/C
Commitment and the BoA L/C Commitment.
"L/C Facilities": the collective reference to the LaSalle L/C Facility
and the BoA L/C Facility.
"L/C Fee Payment Date": (x) with respect to the LaSalle L/C Facility,
(i) the last day of each March, June, September and December during the LaSalle
L/C Commitment Period and the last day of the LaSalle L/C Commitment Period and
(ii) if any LaSalle Letter of Credit has been cash collateralized in accordance
with Section 3.1, each date after the last day of the
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LaSalle L/C Commitment Period specified by LaSalle to the Borrower, and (y) with
respect to the BoA L/C Facility, (i) the last day of each March, June, September
and December during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period and the last day of
the Revolving Credit Commitment Period and (ii) if any BoA Letter of Credit has
been cash collateralized in accordance with Section 3A.1(b)(iii), each date
after the last day of the Revolving Credit Commitment Period specified by Bank
of America to the Borrower.
"L/C Obligations": the collective reference to the LaSalle L/C
Obligations and the BoA L/C Obligations.
"LaSalle": LaSalle Bank National Association, in its capacity as an
Issuing Lender.
"LaSalle L/C Collateral Account": as defined in Section 3.1.
"LaSalle L/C Commitment": as to LaSalle, the obligation of LaSalle to
issue LaSalle Letters of Credit in an aggregate face amount at any time
outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading "L/C
Commitment" opposite LaSalle's name on Schedule 1 to the Lender Addendum
delivered by LaSalle, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to
the terms hereof. The original aggregate amount of the LaSalle L/C Commitment is
$80,000,000.
"LaSalle L/C Commitment Period": the period from and including the
Closing Date to the LaSalle L/C Termination Date.
"LaSalle L/C Facility": as defined in the definition of "Facility" in
this Section 1.1.
"LaSalle L/C Obligations": at any time, an amount equal to the sum of
(a) the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding
LaSalle Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under LaSalle
Letters of Credit that have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.4.
"LaSalle L/C Termination Date": November 15, 2008, or if such date is
extended pursuant to Section 2.6, May 15, 2009.
"LaSalle Letter of Credit Application": an application requesting
LaSalle to issue a Letter of Credit (including LaSalle's form of Master Letter
of Credit Agreement), each substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1 and J-2,
respectively.
"LaSalle Letters of Credit": as defined in Section 3.1.
"▇▇▇▇▇▇ Entity": any of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Commercial Paper Inc. or any of its
affiliates.
"Lender Addendum": with respect to any initial Lender, a Lender
Addendum, substantially in the form of Exhibit H, to be executed and delivered
by such Lender on the Closing Date as provided in Section 10.17.
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"Lenders": as defined in the preamble hereto and includes, as
applicable to the context, the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and
the Swing Line Lender.
"Letters of Credit": the collective reference to the LaSalle Letters of
Credit and the BoA Letters of Credit.
"Licenses": any and all certificates of need, licenses, operating
permits, provider agreements, franchises, and other licenses, authorizations,
certifications, permits, or approvals, other than construction permits, issued
or required by, or on behalf of, any Governmental Authority now existing or at
any time hereafter issued, with respect to the establishment, acquisition,
construction, renovation, expansion, leasing, ownership, use, occupancy and/or
operation of the Living Facilities, accreditation of the Living Facilities, any
and all operating licenses issued by any Governmental Authority, any and all
pharmaceutical licenses and other licenses related to the purchase, dispensing,
storage, prescription or use of drugs, medications, and other "controlled
substances," and any and all licenses relating to the operation of food or
beverage facilities or amenities, if any.
"Lien": any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security
interest or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential
arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
"Living Facilities": collectively, the assisted living facilities,
independent living facilities, skilled nursing facilities and continuing care
retirement communities owned, leased or operated by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries.
"Loan": any Revolving Credit Loan or Swing Line Loan made by any Lender
pursuant to this Agreement.
"Loan Documents": this Agreement, the Security Documents, the LaSalle
Letter of Credit Applications, the BoA Letter of Credit Applications and the
Notes.
"Loan Parties": the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
"Majority Revolving Credit Lenders": the holders of more than 50% of
the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Total Revolving Extensions of
Credit (or, prior to any termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the
holders of more than 50% of the Total Revolving Credit Commitments), provided
that, solely for the purposes of Section 3A, the term "Majority Revolving Credit
Lenders" shall exclude the amount held (or deemed held) by any Defaulting
Lender.
"Managed Care Plans": any health maintenance organization, preferred
provider organization, individual practice association, competitive medical
plan, referral service or similar arrangement, entity, organization, or Person.
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"Management Agreement": any management agreement effective as of the
date hereof or hereafter entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
concerning the management and operation of any Living Facility.
"Material Adverse Effect": a material adverse effect on (a) the
business, assets, property, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the
rights or remedies of the Agents or the Lenders hereunder or thereunder.
"Material Environmental Amount": an amount or amounts payable by the
Borrower and/or any of its Subsidiaries, in the aggregate in excess of
$1,000,000, for: costs to comply with any Environmental Law; costs of any
investigation, and any remediation, of any Material of Environmental Concern;
and compensatory damages (including, without limitation damages to natural
resources), punitive damages, fines, and penalties pursuant to any Environmental
Law.
"Materials of Environmental Concern": any gasoline or petroleum
(including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products (virgin or
unused), polychlorinated biphenyls, urea-formaldehyde insulation, asbestos,
pollutants, contaminants, radioactivity, and any other materials, substances or
forces of any kind, whether or not any such material, substance or force is
defined as hazardous or toxic under any Environmental Law, that is regulated
pursuant to or could reasonably be expected to give rise to liability under any
Environmental Law.
"Medicaid": Title XIX of the Social Security Act, which was enacted in
1965 to provide a cooperative federal-state program for low income and medically
indigent persons, which is partially funded by the federal government and
administered by the states.
"Medicare": Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, which was enacted
in 1965 to provide a federally funded and administered health program for the
aged and certain disabled persons.
"Minority Interests": that portion of "minority interests" as set forth
in the Borrower's financial statements which is attributable to the ownership
interest in the Borrower of Persons other than the Permitted Investors.
"Multiemployer Plan": a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
"Net Cash Proceeds": (a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any
Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents
(including any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal
pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment
receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received) of such Asset Sale or
Recovery Event, net of attorneys' fees, accountants' fees, investment banking
fees, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by
a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset which is the subject of such
Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien pursuant to a Security
Document) and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection
therewith and net of taxes paid or reasonably estimated
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to be payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax
credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), (b) in connection with
any issuance or sale of equity securities or debt securities or instruments or
the incurrence of loans, the cash proceeds received from such issuance or
incurrence, net of attorneys' fees, investment banking fees, accountants' fees,
underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees and expenses
actually incurred in connection therewith and (c) in connection with any
Purchase Price Refund, the cash amount thereof, net of any expenses incurred in
the collection thereof.
"Non-Excluded Taxes": as defined in Section 2.18(a).
"Non-Recourse Subsidiary Borrower": any Subsidiary of the Borrower
which is the borrower of any Indebtedness permitted by Sections 7.2(f), (g), (h)
and (i); provided that, such borrower shall be a special purpose entity whose
only assets are the assets securing such Indebtedness.
"Non-U.S. Lender": as defined in Section 2.18(d).
"Note": any promissory note evidencing any Loan.
"Obligations": the unpaid principal of and interest on (including,
without limitation, interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and
Reimbursement Obligations and interest accruing after the filing of any petition
in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like
proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or
post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Loans, the
Reimbursement Obligations and all other obligations and liabilities of the
Borrower to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender or any Qualified
Counterparty, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to
become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out
of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Letters
of Credit, any Specified Hedge Agreement or any other document made, delivered
or given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of principal,
interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses
(including, without limitation, all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel
to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender that are required to be paid by the
Borrower pursuant hereto) or otherwise; provided, that (i) obligations of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary under any Specified Hedge Agreement shall be secured
and guaranteed pursuant to the Security Documents only to the extent that, and
for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed and (ii) any
release of Collateral or Subsidiary Guarantors effected in the manner permitted
by this Agreement shall not require the consent of holders of obligations under
Specified Hedge Agreements.
"Operating Agreements and Management Contracts": any and all contracts
and agreements in effect as of the date hereof or at any time hereafter entered
into by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with respect to the establishment,
acquisition, construction, renovation, expansion, ownership, operation,
maintenance, use or management of the Living Facilities or otherwise concerning
the operations and business of the Living Facilities, including, without
limitation, any Management Agreement, any and all provider agreements, service
and maintenance contracts, any employment contracts, any and all management and
operating agreements, any and all consulting agreements, laboratory servicing
agreements, pharmaceutical
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contracts, physician, other clinician or other professional services or provider
contracts, therapy service contracts, food and beverage service contracts, and
other contracts for the operation and maintenance of, or provision of services
to or by, the Living Facilities.
"Other Taxes": any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes
or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from
any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or
otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document (excluding,
in each case, amounts imposed on an assignment, a grant of a participation or
other transfer of an interest in any Loan or Loan Document), except pursuant to
Section 2.21.
"Participant": as defined in Section 10.6(b).
"Payment Office": the office specified from time to time by the
Administrative Agent as its payment office by written notice to the Borrower and
the Lenders.
"PBGC": the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant
to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).
"Permitted Investors": the collective reference to Fortress Investment
Holdings LLC and its Control Investment Affiliates, provided that, the
definition of "Permitted Investors" shall not include any Control Investment
Affiliate whose primary purpose is the operation of an on-going business
(excluding any business whose primary purpose is the investment of capital or
assets).
"Person": an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
"Plan": at a particular time, any employee benefit plan that is covered
by ERISA and in respect of which the Borrower or a Commonly Controlled Entity is
(or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of
ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
"Pledged Stock": as defined in the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement.
"Prime Rate": as defined in the definition of "Base Rate" in this
Section 1.1.
"Pro Forma Balance Sheet": as defined in Section 4.1(a).
"Pro Forma Compliance": on any date of determination, with respect to
any event, compliance by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with the financial
covenants set forth in Section 7.1 assuming that such event had occurred on the
first day of the four consecutive quarter period for which financial statements
are available, provided that, in the case of any event occurring before March
31, 2006, such Pro Forma Compliance shall be determined based on the most
recently completed four consecutive quarter period of the Borrower for which
financial statements are available assuming that the financial covenants set
forth in Section 7.1 were in effect on December 31, 2005.
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"Projections": as defined in Section 6.2(c).
"Property": any right or interest in or to property of any kind
whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible,
including, without limitation, Capital Stock.
"Prudential Portfolio": FIT REN LLC.
"Purchase Price Refund": any amount received by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary as a result of a purchase price adjustment or similar event in
connection with any acquisition of Property by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
"Qualified Counterparty": with respect to any Specified Hedge
Agreement, any counterparty thereto that, at the time such Specified Hedge
Agreement was entered into, was a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender.
"Recourse Indebtedness": any Indebtedness, to the extent that recourse
of the applicable lender for non-payment is not limited to such lender's Liens
on a particular asset or group of assets (except to the extent the Property on
which such lender has a Lien and to which its recourse for non-payment is
limited constitutes cash or Cash Equivalents, to which extent such Indebtedness
shall be deemed to be Recourse Indebtedness); provided that, personal recourse
of any Person for any such Indebtedness for fraud, misrepresentation,
misapplication of cash, waste, environmental claims and liabilities, prohibited
transfers, violation of single purpose entity covenants, 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 estate shall not, by itself, cause such Indebtedness to be
characterized as Recourse Indebtedness.
"Recovery Event": the receipt of any settlement of or payment in
respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation
proceeding relating to any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
"Register": as defined in Section 10.6(d).
"Regulation U": Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to
time.
"Reimbursement Obligation": collectively, (i) the obligation of the
Borrower to reimburse LaSalle pursuant to Section 3.4 for amounts drawn under
LaSalle Letters of Credit issued by LaSalle and (ii) the Unreimbursed Amount.
"Reinvestment Deferred Amount": with respect to any Reinvestment Event,
the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries in connection therewith that are not applied on the date of receipt
thereof to prepay the Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 2.10(b) as a
result of the delivery of a Reinvestment Notice.
"Reinvestment Event": any Asset Sale, Purchase Price Refund or Recovery
Event in respect of which the Borrower has delivered a Reinvestment Notice.
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"Reinvestment Notice": a written notice executed by a Responsible
Officer stating that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and that the Borrower (directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary)
intends and expects to use all or a specified portion of the Net Cash Proceeds
of an Asset Sale, Purchase Price Refund or Recovery Event to acquire or repair
assets useful in its business.
"Reinvestment Prepayment Amount": with respect to any Reinvestment
Event, the Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating thereto less any amount
expended prior to the relevant Reinvestment Prepayment Date to acquire or repair
assets useful in the Borrower's business.
"Reinvestment Prepayment Date": with respect to any Reinvestment Event,
the earliest of (a) the date occurring six months after such Reinvestment Event,
provided that, such date shall be extended, if (x) following any Asset Sale or
Purchase Price Refund, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall have
entered into a definitive agreement to acquire assets useful in the Borrower's
or its Subsidiaries' business prior to, or within six months after, such Asset
Sale or Purchase Price Refund, to the date which is nine months after such
Reinvestment Event or (y) in the case of a Recovery Event, to the date which is
nine months after such Recovery Event, so long as the Administrative Agent is
reasonably satisfied that the Borrower is diligently pursuing such repair and
(b) the date on which the Borrower shall have determined not to, or shall have
otherwise ceased to, acquire or repair assets useful in the Borrower's business
with all or any portion of the relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount.
"Related Fund": with respect to any Lender, any fund that (x) invests
in commercial loans and (y) is managed or advised by the same investment advisor
as such Lender, by such Lender or an affiliate of such Lender.
"Reorganization": with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition
that such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.
"Replacement Issuing Lender": as defined in Section 3A.12.
"Reportable Event": any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is
waived under subsections .27, .28, .29, .30, .31, .32, .34 or .35 of PBGC Reg.
ss. 4043.
"Required Lenders": at any time, the holders of more than 50% of (a)
until any of the Revolving Credit Commitments or the LaSalle L/C Commitment have
been terminated, the sum of (x) the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect
and (y) the LaSalle L/C Commitment then in effect, and (b) thereafter, the sum
of (i) the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect (or, if the Revolving
Credit Commitments have been terminated, the aggregate principal amount of all
Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding), and (ii) the LaSalle L/C Commitment
then in effect (or, if the LaSalle L/C Commitment has been terminated, the
aggregate amount of the LaSalle L/C Obligations at such time).
"Requirements of Law": (a) as to any Person, the Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such
Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an
arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in
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each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its Property or to
which such Person or any of its Property is subject and (b) as to any Living
Facility, all federal, state, county, municipal and other governmental statutes,
laws, rules, orders, regulations, ordinances, judgments, decrees and injunctions
or agreements, in each case, pertaining to or concerned with the establishment,
construction, ownership, operation, use or occupancy of such Living Facility or
any part thereof as a skilled nursing facility, assisted living facility,
independent living facility, continuing care retirement community or other
health care facility and all permits, licenses and authorizations and
regulations relating thereto, including all rules, orders, regulations and
decrees of and agreements with each Governmental Authority as pertaining to such
Living Facility.
"Resident Agreements": any and all contracts and agreements executed
by, or on behalf of, any resident or other Person seeking residency or occupancy
in a Living Facility and related services from the Living Facility, and/or
Borrower and/or any of Borrower's Subsidiaries.
"Responsible Officer": the chief executive officer, president or chief
financial officer of the Borrower, but in any event, with respect to financial
matters, the chief financial officer of the Borrower, provided that, solely for
the purpose of requesting a BoA Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 3A.2,
"Responsible Officer" shall also include any other officer of the Borrower so
designated by any of the foregoing officers in a written notice by the Borrower
to Bank of America.
"Restricted Payments": as defined in Section 7.6.
"Revolving Credit Commitment": as to any Lender, the obligation of such
Lender, if any, to make Revolving Credit Loans and participate in Swing Line
Loans and BoA Letters of Credit, in an aggregate principal amount at any time
outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading "Revolving
Credit Commitment" opposite such Lender's name on Schedule 1 to the Lender
Addendum delivered by such Lender, or, as the case may be, in the Assignment and
Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may
be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The original
aggregate amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitments is $320,000,000.
"Revolving Credit Commitment Period": the period from and including the
Closing Date to the Revolving Credit Termination Date.
"Revolving Credit Facility": as defined in the definition of "Facility"
in this Section 1.1.
"Revolving Credit Lender": each Lender that has a Revolving Credit
Commitment or that is the holder of Revolving Credit Loans.
"Revolving Credit Loans": as defined in Section 2.1.
"Revolving Credit Note": as defined in Section 2.5.
"Revolving Credit Percentage": as to any Revolving Credit Lender at any
time, the percentage which such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment then
constitutes of the Total
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Revolving Credit Commitments (or, at any time after the Revolving Credit
Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate
amount of such Lender's then outstanding Revolving Extensions of Credit
constitutes of the aggregate amount of the then outstanding Total Revolving
Extensions of Credit).
"Revolving Credit Termination Date": November 15, 2008, or if such date
is extended pursuant to Section 2.6, May 15, 2009.
"Revolving Extensions of Credit": as to any Revolving Credit Lender at
any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of
all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender then outstanding, (b) such
Lender's Revolving Credit Percentage of the BoA L/C Obligations then outstanding
and (c) such Lender's Revolving Credit Percentage of the aggregate principal
amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding.
"Revolving Loan Commitment Fee Rate": 0.25% per annum.
"SEC": the Securities and Exchange Commission (or successors thereto or
an analogous Governmental Authority).
"Secured Parties": as defined in the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement.
"Security Documents": the collective reference to the Guarantee and
Pledge Agreement and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the
Administrative Agent granting a Lien on any Property of any Person to secure the
obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party under any Loan Document.
"Senior Living Unit": any senior living unit which is available for
immediate occupancy or is occupied and which is part of a Living Facility.
"Single Employer Plan": any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA,
but which is not a Multiemployer Plan.
"Solvent": with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination,
(a) the amount of the "present fair saleable value" of the assets of such Person
will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all "liabilities of such Person,
contingent or otherwise", as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined
in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of
the insolvency of debtors, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of
such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be
required to pay the liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become
absolute and matured, and (c) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they
mature. For purposes of this definition, (i) "debt" means liability on a
"claim", and (ii) "claim" means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a
right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent,
matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured
or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach
gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable
remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured,
disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured.
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"Specified Hedge Agreement": any Hedge Agreement entered into by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor and any Qualified Counterparty.
"Stockholders' Equity": as of any date of determination, the
consolidated Stockholders' Equity of the Borrower as at such date determined in
accordance with GAAP and shown in the financial consolidated statements of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, provided that, there shall be excluded from
Stockholders' Equity any amount attributable to Disqualified Stock.
"Subsidiary": as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership
interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership
interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to
elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such
corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the
management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one
or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all
references to a "Subsidiary" or to "Subsidiaries" in this Agreement shall refer
to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
"Subsidiary Guarantor": each of Brookdale Living Communities, Inc.,
Alterra Healthcare Corporation, American Retirement Corporation, FEBC-ALT
Holdings Inc., FEBC-ALT Investors LLC, and any other Subsidiary of the Borrower
required to become party to the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement pursuant to
Section 6.11.
"Swing Line Commitment": the obligation of the Swing Line Lender to
make Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.3 in an aggregate principal amount
at any one time outstanding not to exceed $20,000,000.
"Swing Line Lender": ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Commercial Paper Inc., in its capacity as
the lender of Swing Line Loans.
"Swing Line Loans": as defined in Section 2.3.
"Swing Line Note": as defined in Section 2.5(e).
"Swing Line Participation Amount": as defined in Section 2.4(c).
"Tangible Net Worth": at any date, (i) Stockholders' Equity plus (ii)
Minority Interests plus (iii) cumulative net additions of Depreciation and
Amortization Expense deducted in determining income for all fiscal quarters
ending after the date of Borrower's formation plus (iv) non-cash deferred gains
from sale-leaseback transactions and deferred entrance fee revenue, minus (v)
Intangible Assets, in each case, for the most recent fiscal quarter ending prior
to such date for which financial statements are available.
"Total Revolving Credit Commitments": at any time, the aggregate amount
of the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect.
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"Total Revolving Extensions of Credit": at any time, the aggregate
amount of the Revolving Extensions of Credit of the Revolving Credit Lenders
outstanding at such time.
"Transferee": as defined in Section 10.14.
"Type": as to any Loan, its nature as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar
Loan.
"Unconsolidated Joint Venture": any Joint Venture of the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries in which the Borrower or such Subsidiary holds any
Capital Stock but which would not be combined with the Borrower in the
consolidated financial statements of the Borrower in accordance with GAAP.
"Unreimbursed Amount": as defined in Section 3A.3(a).
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Unless otherwise specified
therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings
when used in the other Loan Documents or any certificate or other document made
or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.
(b) As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate
or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms
relating to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not defined in Section 1.1 and
accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall
have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP.
(c) The words "hereof", "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar
import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and
Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
All calculations of financial ratios set forth in Section 7.1 shall be
calculated to the same number of decimal places as the relevant ratios are
expressed in and shall be rounded upward if the number in the decimal place
immediately following the last calculated decimal place is five or greater. For
example, if the relevant ratio is to be calculated to the hundredth decimal
place and the calculation of the ratio is 5.126, the ratio will be rounded up to
5.13.
1.3 BoA Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein,
the amount of a BoA Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the
stated amount of such BoA Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided,
however, that with respect to any BoA 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 BoA Letter of Credit
shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such BoA Letter of Credit
after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated
amount is in effect at such time.
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SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
2.1 Revolving Credit Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to make
revolving credit loans ("Revolving Credit Loans") to the Borrower from time to
time during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period in an aggregate principal
amount at any one time outstanding for each Revolving Credit Lender which, when
added to such Lender's Revolving Credit Percentage of the sum of (i) the BoA L/C
Obligations then outstanding and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the
Swing Line Loans then outstanding, does not exceed the amount of such Lender's
Revolving Credit Commitment. During the Revolving Credit Commitment Period the
Borrower may use the Revolving Credit Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the
Revolving Credit Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance
with the terms and conditions hereof. The Revolving Credit Loans may from time
to time be Eurodollar Loans or Base Rate Loans, as determined by the Borrower
and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.2 and
2.11, provided that, (i) no Revolving Credit Loan shall be made as a Eurodollar
Loan after the day that is one month prior to the Initial Maturity Date unless
the Borrower has elected to extend the Initial Maturity Date pursuant to Section
2.6 and (ii) if the Initial Maturity Date has been extended in accordance with
Section 2.6 hereof, no Revolving Credit Loan shall be made as a Eurodollar Loan
after the date that is one month prior to the Final Maturity Date.
(b) The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans on
the Revolving Credit Termination Date.
2.2 Procedure for Revolving Credit Borrowing. The Borrower may borrow
under the Revolving Credit Commitments on any Business Day during the Revolving
Credit Commitment Period, provided that the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent a Borrowing Notice (which Borrowing Notice must be received
by the Administrative Agent prior to (a) 1:00 p.m., New York City time, three
Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurodollar
Loans, or (b) 11:00 a.m., on the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Base
Rate Loans). Any Revolving Credit Loans made on the Closing Date shall initially
be Base Rate Loans. Each borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans under the Revolving
Credit Commitments shall be in an amount equal to (x) in the case of Base Rate
Loans, $1,000,000 or a whole multiple in excess thereof (or, if the then
aggregate Available Revolving Credit Commitments are less than $1,000,000, such
lesser amount) and (y) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, $1,000,000 or a whole
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; provided, that the Swing Line Lender
may request, on behalf of the Borrower, borrowings of Base Rate Loans under the
Revolving Credit Commitments in other amounts pursuant to Section 2.4. Upon
receipt of any such Borrowing Notice from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender thereof. Each Revolving
Credit Lender will make its Revolving Credit Percentage of the amount of each
borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans available to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the Borrower at the Funding Office prior to 12:00 Noon, New York
City time, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Borrower in funds immediately
available to the Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will then be made
available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent in like funds as received
by the Administrative Agent.
2.3 Swing Line Commitment. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, the Swing Line Lender agrees that, during the Revolving Credit
Commitment Period, it will
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make available to the Borrower in the form of swing line loans ("Swing Line
Loans") a portion of the credit otherwise available to the Borrower under the
Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount
of Swing Line Loans outstanding at any time shall not exceed the Swing Line
Commitment then in effect (notwithstanding that the Swing Line Loans outstanding
at any time, when aggregated with the Swing Line Lender's other outstanding
Revolving Credit Loans hereunder, may exceed the Swing Line Commitment then in
effect or such Swing Line Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect)
and (ii) the Borrower shall not request, and the Swing Line Lender shall not
make, any Swing Line Loan if, after giving effect to the making of such Swing
Line Loan, the aggregate amount of the Available Revolving Credit Commitments
would be less than zero. During the Revolving Credit Commitment Period, the
Borrower may use the Swing Line Commitment by borrowing, repaying and
reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. Swing Line
Loans shall be Base Rate Loans only.
(b) The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Swing Line Loans on the
earlier of the Revolving Credit Termination Date and, with respect to any Swing
Line Loan, the date that is the seventh Business Day after the date on which
such Swing Line Loan is made, provided that, if the Borrower fails to repay a
Swing Line Loan on such date, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a
Revolving Credit Loan pursuant to Section 2.4(b), in the amount due with respect
to such Swing Line Loan without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in
Section 2.2 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the
Available Revolving Credit Commitment and conditions set forth in Section 5.2
(other than the delivery of a Borrowing Notice).
2.4 Procedure for Swing Line Borrowing; Refunding of Swing Line Loans.
(a) The Borrower may borrow under the Swing Line Commitment on any Business Day
during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period, provided, the Borrower shall give
the Swing Line Lender irrevocable written notice (which written notice must be
received by the Swing Line Lender not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time,
on the proposed Borrowing Date), specifying (i) the amount to be borrowed and
(ii) the requested Borrowing Date. Each borrowing under the Swing Line
Commitment shall be in an amount equal to $500,000 or a whole multiple of
$100,000 in excess thereof. Not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Borrowing Date specified in the borrowing notice in respect of any Swing Line
Loan, the Swing Line Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent at
the Funding Office an amount in immediately available funds equal to the amount
of such Swing Line Loan. The Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of
such Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower on such Borrowing Date in like
funds as received by the Administrative Agent.
(b) The Swing Line Lender, at any time and from time to time in its
sole and absolute discretion may, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby
irrevocably directs the Swing Line Lender to act on its behalf), on one Business
Day's notice given by the Swing Line Lender no later than 12:00 Noon, New York
City time, request each Revolving Credit Lender to make, and each Revolving
Credit Lender hereby agrees to make, a Revolving Credit Loan (which shall
initially be a Base Rate Loan), in an amount equal to such Revolving Credit
Lender's Revolving Credit Percentage of the aggregate amount of the Swing Line
Loans (the "Refunded Swing Line Loans") outstanding on the date of such notice,
to repay the Swing Line Lender. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make the
amount of such Revolving Credit Loan available to the
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Administrative Agent at the Funding Office in immediately available funds, not
later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day after the date of
such notice. The proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans shall be made
immediately available by the Administrative Agent to the Swing Line Lender for
application by the Swing Line Lender to the repayment of the Refunded Swing Line
Loans.
(c) If prior to the time a Revolving Credit Loan would have otherwise
been made pursuant to Section 2.4(b), one of the events described in Section
8(f) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Borrower, or if
for any other reason, as determined by the Swing Line Lender in its sole
discretion, Revolving Credit Loans may not be made as contemplated by Section
2.4(b), each Revolving Credit Lender shall, on the date such Revolving Credit
Loan was to have been made pursuant to the notice referred to in Section 2.4(b)
(the "Refunding Date"), purchase for cash an undivided participating interest in
the then outstanding Swing Line Loans by paying to the Swing Line Lender an
amount (the "Swing Line Participation Amount") equal to (i) such Revolving
Credit Lender's Revolving Credit Percentage times (ii) the sum of the aggregate
principal amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding which were to have been
repaid with such Revolving Credit Loans.
(d) Whenever, at any time after the Swing Line Lender has received from
any Revolving Credit Lender such Lender's Swing Line Participation Amount, the
Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of the Swing Line Loans, the
Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Swing Line Participation
Amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the
period of time during which such Lender's participating interest was outstanding
and funded and, in the case of principal and interest payments, to reflect such
Lender's pro rata portion of such payment if such payment is not sufficient to
pay the principal of and interest on all Swing Line Loans then due); provided,
however, that in the event that such payment received by the Swing Line Lender
is required to be returned, such Revolving Credit Lender will return to the
Swing Line Lender any portion thereof previously distributed to it by the Swing
Line Lender.
(e) Each Revolving Credit Lender's obligation to make the Loans
referred to in Section 2.4(b) and to purchase participating interests pursuant
to Section 2.4(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected
by any circumstance, including, without limitation, (i) any setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Credit
Lender or the Borrower may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or
any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance
of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other
conditions specified in Section 4; (iii) any adverse change in the condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Borrower; (iv) any breach of this Agreement or
any other Loan Document by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other
Revolving Credit Lender; or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event
whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
2.5 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The Borrower hereby
unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the appropriate Revolving Credit Lender, or the Swing Line Lender, as
applicable, (i) the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan
of such Revolving Credit Lender on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (or on
such earlier date on which the Loans become due and payable
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pursuant to Section 8) and (ii) the then unpaid principal amount of each Swing
Line Loan of such Swing Line Lender on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (or
on such earlier date on which the Loans become due and payable pursuant to
Section 8). The Borrower hereby further agrees to pay interest on the unpaid
principal amount of the Loans from time to time outstanding from the date hereof
until payment in full thereof at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set
forth in Section 2.13.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an
account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender
resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts
of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time
under this Agreement.
(c) The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Borrower, shall maintain
the Register pursuant to Section 10.6(d), and a subaccount therein for each
Lender, in which shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder
and any Note evidencing such Loan, the Type of such Loan and each Interest
Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and
payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder
and (iii) both the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent
hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender's share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender
maintained pursuant to Section 2.5(b) shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable law and absent manifest error, be prima facie evidence of the
existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded;
provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to
maintain the Register or any such account, or any error therein, shall not in
any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay (with applicable
interest) the Loans made to the Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, except that an Assignment and Acceptance shall be
effective only as a grant of a participation until properly recorded in the
Register as an Assignment and Acceptance.
(e) The Borrower agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative
Agent by any Lender, the Borrower will promptly execute and deliver to such
Lender a promissory note of the Borrower evidencing any Revolving Credit Loans
or Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, of such Lender, substantially in the
forms of Exhibit F-1 or F-2, respectively (a "Revolving Credit Note" or a "Swing
Line Note") respectively), with appropriate insertions as to date and principal
amount; provided, that delivery of Notes shall not be a condition precedent to
the occurrence of the Closing Date or the making of the Loans or issuance of
Letters of Credit.
2.6 Extension of the Initial Maturity Date. (a) During the period
commencing not more than 90 days prior to, and ending not less than 30 days
prior to, the second anniversary of the Closing Date (the "Initial Maturity
Date"), the Borrower may request that the Revolving Credit Termination Date
and/or the LaSalle L/C Termination Date be extended to the date (the "Final
Maturity Date") that is six months after the Initial Maturity Date by delivering
written notice of such request to the Administrative Agent, which the
Administrative Agent shall distribute promptly to the applicable Lenders.
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(b) The extension of each of the Revolving Credit Termination Date and
the LaSalle L/C Termination Date shall become automatically effective on the
second anniversary of the Closing Date subject to the satisfaction of the
following conditions precedent:
(i) with respect to the extension of the Revolving Credit
Termination Date, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent,
for distribution to each Revolving Credit Lender which holds a
Revolving Credit Commitment on the Initial Maturity Date, a one-time
fee in an amount equal to 0.375% of the Revolving Credit Commitment of
such Lender on such date (or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments have
been terminated, the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit
Loans then outstanding);
(ii) with respect to the extension of the LaSalle L/C
Termination Date, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent,
for distribution to LaSalle, a one-time fee in an amount equal to
0.375% of the LaSalle L/C Commitment on such date (or, if the LaSalle
L/C Commitment has been terminated, the aggregate amount of LaSalle L/C
Obligations on such date); and
(iii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing either on the date that the Borrower has delivered to the
Administrative Agent the request to extend the Revolving Credit
Termination Date and/or the LaSalle L/C Termination Date, or on the
Initial Maturity Date.
2.7 Commitment Fees, etc. The Borrower agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender a
commitment fee for the period from and including the Closing Date to the last
day of the Revolving Credit Commitment Period, computed at the Revolving Loan
Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily amount of the Available Revolving
Credit Commitment of such Lender during the period for which payment is made,
payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and
December and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date, commencing on the first
of such dates to occur after the date hereof.
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to LaSalle a commitment fee for the
period from and including the Closing Date to the last day of the LaSalle L/C
Commitment Period, computed at 0.25% per annum on the average daily amount of
the Available LaSalle L/C Commitment during the period for which payment is
made, payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June,
September and December and on the LaSalle L/C Termination Date, commencing on
the first of such dates to occur after the date hereof.
(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees in
the amounts and on the dates from time to time agreed to in writing by the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
2.8 Termination or Reduction of Commitments. The Borrower shall have
the right, upon not less than three Business Days' notice to the Administrative
Agent, to (i) terminate the Revolving Credit Commitments or, from time to time,
to reduce the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments, provided
that, no such termination or reduction of Revolving
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Credit Commitments shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any
prepayments of the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans made on the
effective date thereof, the aggregate principal amount of the Total Revolving
Extensions of Credit would exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitments or (ii)
terminate the LaSalle L/C Commitment or, from time to time, to reduce the amount
of the LaSalle L/C Commitment, provided that, no such termination or reduction
of the LaSalle L/C Commitment shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto
and to any cancellation of LaSalle Letters of Credit made on the effective date
thereof, the aggregate amount of the LaSalle L/C Obligations then outstanding
would exceed the LaSalle L/C Commitment. Any such reduction shall be in an
amount equal to $1,000,000, or a whole multiple thereof, and shall reduce
permanently the Revolving Credit Commitments or the LaSalle L/C Commitment, as
the case may be, then in effect. Any such termination shall permanently
terminate the Revolving Credit Commitments or the LaSalle L/C Commitment, as the
case may be, then in effect.
2.9 Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may at any time and from time to
time prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (except
as otherwise provided in this Section 2.9), upon irrevocable notice delivered to
the Administrative Agent no later than (a) 1:00 p.m., New York City time, three
Business Days prior thereto in the case of Eurodollar Loans, and (b) 11:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on the date of such prepayment in the case of Base Rate
Loans, which notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and
whether such prepayment is of Eurodollar Loans, Base Rate Loans or Swing Line
Loans; provided, that if a Eurodollar Loan is prepaid on any day other than the
last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay
any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.19. Upon receipt of any such notice the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any
such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and
payable on the date specified therein, together with (except in the case of
Revolving Credit Loans that are Base Rate Loans and Swing Line Loans) accrued
interest to such date on the amount prepaid. Partial prepayments of Revolving
Credit Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole
multiple thereof. Partial prepayments of Swing Line Loans shall be in an
aggregate principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple thereof.
2.10 Mandatory Prepayments and Commitment Reductions. (a) Unless the
Required Lenders shall otherwise agree, if any Capital Stock shall be issued, or
Indebtedness incurred, by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (excluding any
Indebtedness permitted to be incurred after the Closing Date in accordance with
Section 7.2 as set forth in this Agreement on the Closing Date (other than
Section 7.2(f))), then on the date of such issuance or incurrence the Revolving
Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans shall be prepaid, by an aggregate amount equal
to the amount of the Net Cash Proceeds of such issuance or incurrence, as set
forth in Section 2.10(c). The provisions of this Section do not constitute a
consent to the issuance of any equity securities by any entity whose equity
securities are pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, or a
consent to the incurrence of any Indebtedness by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(b) Unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree, if on any date
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall receive Net Cash Proceeds from any
Asset Sale, Purchase Price Refund or Recovery Event then, unless a Reinvestment
Notice shall be delivered
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in respect thereof and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, on the date of receipt by the Borrower or such Subsidiary of such
Net Cash Proceeds, the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans shall be
prepaid, by an aggregate amount equal to the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds,
as set forth in Section 2.10(c); provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing,
(i) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds of Asset Sales, Purchase Price Refunds and
Recovery Events that may be excluded from the foregoing requirement pursuant to
Reinvestment Notices shall not exceed $25,000,000 in any fiscal year of the
Borrower and (ii) on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date the Revolving Credit
Loans and Swing Line Loans shall be prepaid by an amount equal to the
Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event,
as set forth in Section 2.10(c). The provisions of this Section do not
constitute a consent to the consummation of any Disposition not permitted by
Section 7.5.
(c) Amounts to be applied in connection with prepayments made pursuant
to this Section shall be applied to the prepayment of the Revolving Credit Loans
and/or Swing Line Loans (without a corresponding reduction of the Revolving
Credit Commitments).
2.11 Conversion and Continuation Options. (a) The Borrower may elect
from time to time to convert Eurodollar Loans to Base Rate Loans by giving the
Administrative Agent at least two Business Days' prior irrevocable notice of
such election, provided that any such conversion of Eurodollar Loans may be made
only on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. The Borrower
may elect from time to time to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Loans by
giving the Administrative Agent at least three Business Days' prior irrevocable
notice of such election (which notice shall specify the length of the initial
Interest Period therefor), provided that no Base Rate Loan under a particular
Facility may be converted into a Eurodollar Loan (i) when any Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has, or the Required
Lenders have, determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such
conversions or (ii) after the date that is one month prior to the Initial
Maturity Date unless the Borrower has elected to extend the Initial Maturity
Date pursuant to Section 2.6 and, if the Initial Maturity Date has been extended
in accordance with Section 2.6 hereof, no Revolving Credit Loan shall be made as
a Eurodollar Loan after the date that is one month prior to the Final Maturity
Date. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each relevant Lender thereof.
The Borrower may elect to continue any Eurodollar Loan as such upon the
expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by giving
irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the term "Interest Period" set forth in Section 1.1, of
the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loan, provided
that no Eurodollar Loan under a particular Facility may be continued as such (i)
when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative
Agent has, or the Required Lenders have, determined in its or their sole
discretion not to permit such continuations or (ii) after the date that is one
month prior to the final scheduled termination or maturity date of such
Facility, and provided, further, that if the Borrower shall fail to give any
required notice as described above in this paragraph or if such continuation is
not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso, such Loans shall be converted
automatically to Base Rate Loans on the last day of such then expiring Interest
Period. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each relevant Lender thereof.
2.12 Minimum Amounts and Maximum Number of Eurodollar Tranches.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings,
conversions, continuations and optional prepayments of Eurodollar Loans and all
selections of Interest Periods shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to
such elections so that, (a) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal
amount of the Eurodollar Loans comprising each Eurodollar Tranche shall be equal
to $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (b) no
more than ten Eurodollar Tranches shall be outstanding at any one time.
2.13 Interest Rates and Payment Dates. Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear
interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate
per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate determined for such day plus the
Applicable Margin in effect for such day.
(b) Each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest for each day on which it is
outstanding at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate in effect for such day
plus the Applicable Margin in effect for such day.
(c) (i) If all or a portion of the principal amount of any Loan or
Reimbursement Obligation shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), all outstanding Loans and Reimbursement
Obligations (whether or not overdue) (to the extent legally permitted) shall
bear interest at a rate per annum that is equal to (x) in the case of the Loans,
the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this Section plus 2% or (y) in the case of Reimbursement
Obligations, the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans plus 2%, and (ii) if all or
a portion of any interest payable on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or any
commitment fee or other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due
(whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue
amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate then applicable
to Base Rate Loans plus 2%, in each case, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii)
above, from the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in full
(after as well as before judgment).
(d) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date,
provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall
be payable from time to time on demand.
2.14 Computation of Interest and Fees. (a) Interest payable pursuant
hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days
elapsed, except that, with respect to Base Rate Loans on which interest is
calculated on the basis of the Prime Rate, the interest thereon shall be
calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the
actual days elapsed. Fees and commissions payable pursuant hereto shall be
calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the
actual days elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable
notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of each determination of a
Eurodollar Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a
change in the Base Rate or the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become
effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes
effective. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the
Borrower and the relevant Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each
such change in interest rate.
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(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on
the Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The
Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower, deliver to the
Borrower a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in
determining any interest rate pursuant to Section 2.13(a).
2.15 Inability to Determine Interest Rate. If prior to the first day of
any Interest Period:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have determined in good faith (which
determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower) that, by
reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and
reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for such
Interest Period, or
(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the
Required Lenders that the Eurodollar Rate determined or to be determined
for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to
such Lenders (as conclusively certified by such Lenders) of making or
maintaining their affected Loans during such Interest Period,
the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the
Borrower and the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. If such notice is
given (x) any Eurodollar Loans requested to be made on the first day of such
Interest Period shall be made as Base Rate Loans, (y) any Revolving Credit Loans
that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to
Eurodollar Loans shall be continued as Base Rate Loans and (z) any outstanding
Eurodollar Loans under the relevant Facility shall be converted, on the last day
of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, to Base Rate Loans.
Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further
Eurodollar Loans shall be made or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower have
the right to convert Revolving Credit Loans to Eurodollar Loans.
2.16 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments. (a) Each borrowing by the
Borrower from the Lenders hereunder, each payment by the Borrower on account of
any commitment fee or BoA Letter of Credit fee, and any reduction of the
Commitments of the Lenders, shall be made pro rata according to the respective
Revolving Credit Percentages of the relevant Lenders. Each payment of interest
in respect of the Loans and each payment in respect of fees payable hereunder
shall be applied to the amounts of such obligations owing to the Lenders pro
rata according to the respective amounts then due and owing to the Lenders. Each
payment by the Borrower on account of any LaSalle Letter of Credit fee shall be
made to LaSalle.
(b) Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account
of principal of the Revolving Credit Loans shall be made pro rata according to
the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Credit Loans then
held by the Revolving Credit Lenders. Each payment in respect of Reimbursement
Obligations in respect of any Letter of Credit shall be made to the Issuing
Lender that issued such Letter of Credit.
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(c) The application of any payment of Loans (including optional and
mandatory prepayments) shall be made, first, to Base Rate Loans and, second, to
Eurodollar Loans. Each payment of the Loans (except in the case of Swing Line
Loans and Revolving Credit Loans that are Base Rate Loans) shall be accompanied
by accrued interest to the date of such payment on the amount paid.
(d) All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower
hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall
be made without setoff or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 12:00 Noon,
New York City time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the
account of the relevant Lenders, at the Payment Office, in Dollars and in
immediately available funds. Any payment made by the Borrower after 12:00 Noon,
New York City time, on any Business Day shall be deemed to have been on the next
following Business Day. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the
Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day,
such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. If any
payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a
Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment
into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any extension of any payment
of principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences, interest thereon shall be
payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.
(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing
by any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount
that would constitute its share of such borrowing available to the
Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender is
making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative
Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a
corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative
Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay
to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with interest thereon at a
rate equal to the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) a
rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry
rules on interbank compensation, for the period until such Lender makes such
amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of the
Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing
under this paragraph shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If
such Lender's share of such borrowing is not made available to the
Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days after such
Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such
amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to Base Rate Loans
under the relevant Facility, on demand, from the Borrower.
(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing
by any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount
that would constitute its share of such borrowing available to the
Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender is
making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative
Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a
corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative
Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay
to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with interest thereon at a
rate equal to the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) a
rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry
rules on interbank compensation, for the period until such Lender makes such
amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of the
Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing
under this paragraph shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If
such Lender's share of such borrowing is not made available to the
Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days after such
Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such
amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to Base Rate Loans
under the relevant Facility, on demand, from the Borrower.
(f) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing
by the Borrower prior to the date of any payment due to be made by the Borrower
hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment to the Administrative
Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower is making such
payment, and the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Lenders their respective
pro rata shares of a corresponding amount. If such payment is not made to the
Administrative Agent by the Borrower within three Business Days after such due
date, the
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Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover, on demand, from each Lender
to which any amount which was made available pursuant to the preceding sentence,
such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum equal to the daily
average Federal Funds Effective Rate. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit
the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower.
(g) Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of payments on behalf of
Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute such payments to the
Lender or Lenders entitled thereto, in like funds as received by the
Administrative Agent.
2.17 Requirements of Law. (a) If the adoption of or any change in any
Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance
by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of
law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority made subsequent to
the date hereof:
(i) shall subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with
respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any Application or any
Eurodollar Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to
such Lender in respect thereof (except for Excluded Taxes and Non-Excluded
Taxes covered by Section 2.18);
(ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special
deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by,
deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans or
other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any
office of such Lender that is not otherwise included in the determination
of the Eurodollar Rate hereunder; or
(iii) shall impose on such Lender any other condition;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender,
by an amount which such Lender deems to be material, of making, converting into,
continuing or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or issuing or participating in
Letters of Credit, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect
thereof, then, in any such case, the Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender,
upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for
such increased cost or reduced amount receivable. If any Lender becomes entitled
to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall promptly
notify the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of the event by
reason of which it has become so entitled.
(b) If any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any
change in any Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or in the
interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such Lender or any
corporation controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding
capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental
Authority made subsequent to the date hereof shall have the effect of reducing
the rate of return on such Lender's or such corporation's capital as a
consequence of its obligations hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of
Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation could have
achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration
such Lender's or such corporation's policies with respect to capital adequacy)
by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time, after
submission by
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such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of a
written request therefor, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional
amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such corporation for such
reduction.
(c) A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this
Section submitted by any Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. The
obligations of the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts
payable hereunder.
2.18 Taxes. (a) Except as required by applicable law, all payments made
by the Borrower under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and
without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future
income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions
or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or
assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding net income taxes or net
profit, franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) and branch taxes
imposed on any Agent or any Lender as a result of a present or former connection
between such Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental
Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from such
Agent's or such Lender's having executed, delivered or performed its obligations
or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document). If any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges,
fees, deductions or withholdings ("Non-Excluded Taxes") or any Other Taxes are
required to be withheld from any amounts payable to any Agent or any Lender
hereunder, the amounts so payable to such Agent or such Lender shall be
increased to the extent necessary to yield to such Agent or such Lender (after
payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) interest or any such other
amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this
Agreement; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to
increase any such amounts payable to any Lender with respect to any Non-Excluded
Taxes that are (i) attributable to such Lender's or any Agent's failure to
comply with the requirements of paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section, (ii)
United States withholding taxes imposed on amounts payable to such Lender at the
time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, except to the extent that
such Lender's assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of assignment, to
receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such Non-Excluded
Taxes pursuant to this paragraph (a) or (iii) backup withholding taxes, imposed
under Section 3406 of the Code (collectively, and together with the taxes
excluded by the first sentence of this Section 2.18(a), "Excluded Taxes").
(b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by the
Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter the Borrower shall send to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant Agent or Lender, as the
case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt received by the
Borrower showing payment thereof. If the Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded
Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to
remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other required
documentary evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify the Agents and the Lenders
for any
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incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by any Agent or
any Lender as a result of any such failure. The agreements in this Section shall
survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all
other amounts payable hereunder.
(d) or (e) of this Section, (ii) United States withholding taxes
imposed on amounts payable to such Lender at the time such Lender becomes a
party to this Agreement, except to the extent that such Lender's assignor (if
any) was entitled, at the time of assignment, to receive additional amounts from
the Borrower with respect to such Non-Excluded Taxes pursuant to this paragraph
(a) or (iii) backup withholding taxes, imposed under Section 3406 of the Code
(collectively, and together with the taxes excluded by the first sentence of
this Section 2.18(a), "Excluded Taxes"). (b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay
any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with
applicable law. (c) Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable
by the Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter the Borrower shall send to
the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant Agent or Lender, as the
case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt received by the
Borrower showing payment thereof. If the Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded
Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to
remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other required
documentary evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify the Agents and the Lenders
for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by any
Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure. The agreements in this
Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the
Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. (d) Each Agent and each Lender
(or Transferee) that is not a "U. S. Person" as defined in Section 7701(a)(30)
of the Code (a "Non-U.S. Lender") shall deliver to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent (and, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from
which the related participation shall have been purchased) two copies of either
U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, Form W-8ECI and/or Form W-8 IMY, or,
in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal
withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to
payments of "portfolio interest" a statement substantially in the form of
Exhibit G and a Form W-8BEN, and/or any subsequent versions thereof or
successors thereto properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender
claiming complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, U.S. federal withholding
tax on all payments by the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. Such forms shall be delivered by each Non-U.S. Lender on or before
the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any
Participant, on or before the date such Participant purchases the related
participation). In addition, each Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver such forms
promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by
such Non-U.S. Lender. Each Non-U.S. Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower at
any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any
previously delivered certificate to the Borrower (or any other form of
certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose). Each
Lender and Agent that is a "United States person" as defined in Section
7701(a)(30) shall deliver a properly completed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9
to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (and grantor of a participation, as
applicable) at the time(s) and in the manner(s) described above with respect to
the other forms referenced in this clause (d) above certifying that such person
is exempt from United States backup withholding tax on payments made hereunder
under the Loan Documents; provided, however, that a Lender or Agent that is an
"exempt recipient" within the meaning of Treasury Regulations section
1.6049-4(c) shall not be required to provide a Form W-9 except to the extent
required under Treasury Regulations section 1.1441-1. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this paragraph, no Lender or Agent shall be required to deliver any
form pursuant to this paragraph that it is not legally able to deliver.
(e) A Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of
non-U.S. withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower
is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to
payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law or
reasonably requested by the Borrower, such properly completed and executed
documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be
made without withholding or at a reduced rate, provided that such Lender is
legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in such
Lender's reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would not
materially prejudice the legal position of such Lender.
2.19 Indemnity. The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender for, and
to hold each Lender harmless from, any loss or expense that such Lender may
sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by the Borrower in making a
borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Eurodollar Loans after the
Borrower has given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement, (b) default by the Borrower in making any
prepayment after the Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement or (c) the making of a prepayment or conversion of
Eurodollar Loans on a day that is not the last day of an Interest Period with
respect thereto. Such indemnification may include an amount equal to the excess,
if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the amount so
prepaid, or not so borrowed, converted or continued, for the period from the
date of such prepayment or of such failure to borrow, convert or continue to the
last day of such Interest Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow,
convert or continue, the Interest Period that would have commenced on the date
of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate of interest for such Loans
provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable Margin included therein,
if any) over (ii) the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by such
Lender) that would have accrued to such Lender on such amount by placing such
amount on deposit for a comparable period with leading banks in the interbank
Eurodollar market. A certificate as to any amounts payable pursuant to this
Section submitted to the Borrower by any Lender shall be conclusive in the
absence of manifest error. This covenant shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
2.20 Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if the
adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or
application thereof shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain
Eurodollar Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, (a) the commitment of such
Lender hereunder to make Eurodollar Loans, continue Eurodollar Loans as such and
convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Loans shall forthwith be canceled and (b)
such Lender's Loans then outstanding as Eurodollar Loans, if any, shall be
converted automatically to Base Rate Loans on the respective last days of the
then current Interest Periods with respect to such Loans or within such earlier
period as required by law. If any such conversion of a Eurodollar Loan occurs on
a day which is not the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect
thereto, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such amounts, if any, as may be
required pursuant to Section 2.19.
2.21 Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the
occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.17, 2.18(a) or
2.20 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use
reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to
designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such event with the
object of avoiding the consequences of such event; provided, that such
designation is made on terms that, in the sole judgment of such Lender, cause
such Lender and its lending office(s) to suffer no economic, legal or regulatory
disadvantage, and provided, further, that nothing in this Section shall affect
or postpone any of the obligations of any Borrower or the rights of any Lender
pursuant to Section 2.17, 2.18(a) or 2.20.
SECTION 3. LASALLE LETTERS OF CREDIT
3.1 LaSalle L/C Commitment. Prior to the Closing Date, the Existing
Issuing Lender has issued the Existing Letters of Credit which, from and after
the Closing Date, shall constitute LaSalle Letters of Credit hereunder, and each
application and Master Letter of Credit Agreement executed in connection with
the Existing Letters of Credit shall constitute an
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Application hereunder. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, LaSalle
agrees to issue letters of credit (the letters of credit issued on and after the
Closing Date pursuant to this Section 3, together with the Existing Letters of
Credit, collectively, the "LaSalle Letters of Credit") for the account of the
Borrower on any Business Day during the LaSalle L/C Commitment Period, for the
purpose of securing the payment obligations of the Borrower which could properly
be paid from the proceeds of Loans under the terms of Section 4.16, in such form
as may be approved from time to time by the Borrower and shall be reasonably
acceptable to LaSalle; provided that, LaSalle shall have no obligation to issue
any LaSalle Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, the
LaSalle L/C Obligations would exceed the LaSalle L/C Commitment. Each LaSalle
Letter of Credit shall (i) be denominated in Dollars and (ii) expire no later
than the earlier of (x) the first anniversary of its date of issuance and (y)
the LaSalle L/C Termination Date; provided that, (A) any LaSalle Letter of
Credit with a one-year term may provide for the renewal thereof for additional
one-year periods (which shall in no event extend beyond the outside expiration
date contemplated by this Section 3.1) and (B) the Borrower may request that
(and LaSalle shall be required to so permit) any LaSalle Letter of Credit remain
outstanding for up to one year after the LaSalle L/C Termination Date so long
as, on or before the LaSalle L/C Termination Date, the Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of LaSalle, in same day funds at the
Administrative Agent's office designated in such demand, for deposit in a
special interest bearing cash collateral account (the "LaSalle L/C Collateral
Account") to be maintained in the name of the Administrative Agent (on behalf of
LaSalle) and under its sole dominion and control at such place as shall be
designated by the Administrative Agent, an amount equal to the amount of all
outstanding obligations with respect to any such LaSalle Letters of Credit which
will remain outstanding. Interest shall accrue on amounts in any LaSalle L/C
Collateral Account at a rate equal to the Prime Rate. If a LaSalle Letter of
Credit is used by the Borrower or a Subsidiary as a security deposit under a
lease, and if the Borrower or such Subsidiary at any time assigns its interest
under such lease to any Person other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary, the
Borrower or such Subsidiary shall, at the time of such assignment, cause such
LaSalle Letter of Credit to be returned to LaSalle for cancellation.
3.2 Procedure for Issuance of LaSalle Letter of Credit. The Borrower
may from time to time request that LaSalle issue a LaSalle Letter of Credit by
delivering to LaSalle at its address for notices specified herein a completed
LaSalle Letter of Credit Application therefore and any other certificates,
documents and other papers and information required pursuant to the LaSalle
Letter of Credit Application. Each such notice may be revoked telephonically by
the Borrower to LaSalle and the Administrative Agent any time prior to the
issuance of the LaSalle Letter of Credit, provided that such revocation is
confirmed in writing by the Borrower to LaSalle and the Administrative Agent
within one Business Day by facsimile. Concurrently with the delivery of a
LaSalle Letter of Credit Application to LaSalle, the Borrower shall deliver a
copy thereof to the Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of any LaSalle Letter of
Credit Application, LaSalle will process such LaSalle Letter of Credit
Application and the certificates, documents and other papers and information
delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary
procedures and shall promptly issue the LaSalle Letter of Credit requested
thereby by issuing the original of such LaSalle Letter of Credit to the
beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed to by LaSalle and the Borrower
(but in no event shall LaSalle fail to issue any LaSalle Letter of Credit within
three Business Days after its receipt of the LaSalle Letter of Credit
Application therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other papers
and information relating thereto). Promptly after issuance by LaSalle of a
LaSalle Letter of Credit, LaSalle shall furnish a copy of such LaSalle Letter of
Credit to the Borrower. LaSalle shall promptly give notice to the Administrative
Agent of the issuance of each LaSalle Letter of Credit issued by LaSalle
(including the face amount thereof), and shall provide a copy of such LaSalle
Letter of Credit to the Administrative Agent as soon as possible after the date
of issuance.
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3.3 Fees and Other Charges. The Borrower will pay, to LaSalle for its
own account, a fee on the aggregate drawable amount of all outstanding LaSalle
Letters of Credit issued by LaSalle at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable
Margin then in effect with respect to the LaSalle L/C Facility and payable
quarterly in arrears on each L/C Fee Payment Date after the issuance date.
3.4 Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower. The Borrower agrees to
reimburse LaSalle, on each date on which LaSalle notifies the Borrower of the
date and amount of a draft presented under any LaSalle Letter of Credit and paid
by LaSalle, for the amount of (a) such draft so paid and (b) any taxes, fees,
charges or other costs or expenses incurred by LaSalle in connection with such
payment (the amounts described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) in respect
of any drawing, collectively, the "Payment Amount"). Each such payment shall be
made to LaSalle at its address for notices specified herein in lawful money of
the United States of America and in immediately available funds. Interest shall
be payable on each Payment Amount from the date of the applicable drawing until
payment in full at the rate set forth in (i) until the second Business Day
following the date of the applicable drawing, Section 2.13(b) and (ii)
thereafter, Section 2.13(c).
3.5 Obligations Absolute. The Borrower's obligations under this Section
3 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and
irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower
may have or have had against LaSalle, any beneficiary of a LaSalle Letter of
Credit or any other Person. The Borrower also agrees with LaSalle that LaSalle
shall not be responsible for, and the Borrower's Reimbursement Obligations under
Section 3.4 shall not be affected by, among other things, the validity or
genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such
documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any
dispute between or among the Borrower and any beneficiary of any LaSalle Letter
of Credit or any other party to which such LaSalle Letter of Credit may be
transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Borrower against any beneficiary of
such LaSalle Letter of Credit or any such transferee, except for errors or
omissions found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent
jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
LaSalle. LaSalle shall not be liable for any error, omission, interruption or
delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however
transmitted, in connection with any LaSalle Letter of Credit, except for errors
or omissions found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent
jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
LaSalle. The Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by LaSalle under
or in connection with any LaSalle Letter of Credit issued by it or the related
drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence or willful
misconduct and in accordance with the standards of care specified in the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of New York, shall be binding on the Borrower and
shall not result in any liability of LaSalle to the Borrower.
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3.6 LaSalle Letter of Credit Payments. If any draft shall be presented
for payment under any LaSalle Letter of Credit, LaSalle shall promptly notify
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of the date and amount thereof. The
responsibility of LaSalle to the Borrower in connection with any draft presented
for payment under any LaSalle Letter of Credit, in addition to any payment
obligation expressly provided for in such LaSalle Letter of Credit issued by
LaSalle, shall be limited to determining that the documents (including each
draft) delivered under such LaSalle Letter of Credit in connection with such
presentment appear on their face to be in conformity with such LaSalle Letter of
Credit.
3.7 LaSalle Letter of Credit Applications. To the extent that any
provision of any LaSalle Letter of Credit Application related to any LaSalle
Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 3, the
provisions of this Section 3 shall apply.
3.8 Replacement of BoA Letters of Credit. The Borrower shall not
directly or indirectly cause a BoA Letter of Credit to be replaced by a LaSalle
Letter of Credit without the prior written consent of Bank of America, which
consent may be given or withheld in the sole and absolute discretion of Bank of
America, and no LaSalle Letter of Credit shall be issued in contravention of the
foregoing, unless the Borrower has delivered satisfactory evidence to the
Issuing Lenders that either (x) the applicable beneficiary will not accept a
letter of credit issued by Bank of America or (y) the Borrower is causing
certain Letters of Credit issued to a common beneficiary to be from LaSalle.
SECTION 3A. BANK OF AMERICA LETTERS OF CREDIT
3A.1 BoA L/C Commitment. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, Bank of America agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the
Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 3A, (i) from time to time on
any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Revolving
Credit Termination Date, to issue letters of credit (the "BoA Letters of
Credit") for the account of the Borrower, and to amend or extend BoA Letters of
Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 3A.2 and (ii) to
honor drawings under the BoA Letters of Credit and the Revolving Credit Lenders
severally agree to participate in the BoA Letters of Credit and any drawings
made thereunder; provided that, after giving effect to any BoA L/C Credit
Extension with respect to any BoA Letter of Credit, (x) the BoA L/C Obligations
shall not exceed the BoA L/C Commitment and (y) the Available Revolving Credit
Commitments shall not be less than zero. Each request by the Borrower for the
issuance or amendment of a BoA Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a
representation by the Borrower that the BoA L/C Credit Extension so requested
complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence.
Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
Borrower's ability to obtain BoA Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and
accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain BoA Letters of
Credit to replace BoA Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been
drawn upon and reimbursed.
(b) The Borrower shall not request that Bank of America issue any BoA
Letter of Credit without the prior written consent of each of Bank of America
and LaSalle if, at the time of issuance, after giving effect to any LaSalle
Letters of Credit to be issued on or prior to such time, the Available LaSalle
L/C Commitment is greater than or equal to the face amount of the BoA Letter of
Credit requested to be issued unless (i) the requested BoA Letter of Credit is
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being issued in replacement of any Bank of America letter of credit set forth on
Schedule 7.2(j); or (ii) the Borrower has delivered to the Issuing Lenders
satisfactory evidence that (A) the applicable beneficiary will not accept a
letter of credit issued by LaSalle or (B) the Borrower is causing certain
Letters of Credit issued to a common beneficiary to be from Bank of America, and
in either such case, Bank of America shall issue the requested BoA Letter of
Credit, subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
(c) Bank of America shall not have any obligation to issue any BoA
Letter of Credit if the expiry date of such requested BoA Letter of Credit would
occur after the Revolving Credit Termination Date; provided that, the Borrower
may request that (and Bank of America shall be required to so permit) any BoA
Letter of Credit to remain outstanding for up to one year after the Revolving
Credit Termination Date so long as, on or before the Revolving Credit
Termination Date, the Borrower shall cash collateralize such BoA Letters of
Credit in accordance with Section 3A.7.
(d) Bank of America shall not be under any obligation to issue any BoA
Letter of Credit if:
(i) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority
or arbitrator shall by its terms enjoin or restrain Bank of America
from issuing such BoA Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to Bank
of America or any directive (whether or not having the force of law)
from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over Bank of America
shall prohibit Bank of America from the issuance of letters of credit
generally or such BoA Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose
upon Bank of America with respect to such BoA Letter of Credit any
restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which Bank of America
is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing
Date, or shall impose upon Bank of America any unreimbursed loss, cost
or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which Bank
of America reasonably and in good ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ material to it;
(ii) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and
Bank of America, such BoA Letter of Credit is in an initial stated
amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial BoA Letter of
Credit, or $500,000, in the case of a standby BoA Letter of Credit;
(iii) such BoA Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a
currency other than Dollars;
(iv) such BoA Letter of Credit contains any provisions for
automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing
thereunder; or
(v) a default of any Revolving Credit Lender's obligations to
fund under Section 3A.3(c) exists or any Revolving Credit Lender is at
such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless Bank of America has
entered into satisfactory arrangements with the Borrower or such
Lender to eliminate Bank of America's risk with respect to such
Lender.
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(e) Bank of America shall be under no obligation to amend any BoA
Letter of Credit if (i) Bank of America would not be permitted at such time to
issue such BoA Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or
(ii) the beneficiary of such BoA Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed
amendment to such BoA Letter of Credit.
(f) Bank of America shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders
with respect to any BoA Letters of Credit and the documents associated
therewith, and Bank of America shall have all of the benefits and immunities (i)
provided to the Administrative Agent in Section 9 with respect to any acts taken
or omissions suffered by Bank of America in connection with BoA Letters of
Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents
pertaining to such BoA Letters of Credit as fully as if the term "Administrative
Agent" as used in Section 9 included Bank of America with respect to such acts
or omissions, and (ii) as additionally provided in this Section 3A with respect
to Bank of America. (g) If a BoA Letter of Credit is used by the Borrower or a
Subsidiary as a security deposit under a lease, and if the Borrower or such
Subsidiary at any time assigns its interest under such lease to any Person other
than the Borrower or a Subsidiary, the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall, at the
time of such assignment, cause such BoA Letter of Credit to be returned to Bank
of America for cancellation.
3A.2 Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit. (a)
Each BoA Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon
the request of the Borrower delivered to Bank of America (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) in the form of a letter of credit application in a form
satisfactory to Bank of America and the Borrower (the "BoA Letter of Credit
Application"), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of
the Borrower. Such BoA Letter of Credit Application must be received by Bank of
America and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City
time) at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the
Administrative Agent and Bank of America may agree in a particular instance in
their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment,
as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a BoA
Letter of Credit, such BoA Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form
and detail satisfactory to Bank of America: (i) the proposed issuance date of
the requested BoA Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (ii) the
amount thereof; (iii) the expiry date thereof; (iv) the name and address of the
beneficiary thereof; (v) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in
case of any drawing thereunder; (vi) the full text of any certificate to be
presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (vii) such
other matters as Bank of America may reasonably require. In the case of a
request for an amendment of any outstanding BoA Letter of Credit, such BoA
Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to
Bank of America (A) the BoA Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed
date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the
proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as Bank of America may reasonably
require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to Bank of America and the
Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such
requested BoA Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer
Documents, as Bank of America or the Administrative Agent may reasonably
require.
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(b) Promptly after receipt of any BoA Letter of Credit Application,
Bank of America will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in
writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such BoA Letter of
Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, Bank of America will provide
the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless Bank of America has
received written notice from any Revolving Credit Lender, the Administrative
Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date
of issuance or amendment of the applicable BoA Letter of Credit, that one or
more applicable conditions contained in Section 5.2 shall not then be satisfied,
then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Bank of America shall, on the
requested issuance date, issue a BoA Letter of Credit for the account of the
Borrower or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be. Immediately
upon the issuance of each BoA Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender
shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to,
purchase from Bank of America a risk participation in such BoA Letter of Credit
in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Credit Lender's Revolving
Credit Percentage times the amount of such BoA Letter of Credit.
(c) Promptly after its delivery of any BoA Letter of Credit or any
amendment to a BoA Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or
to the beneficiary thereof, Bank of America will also deliver to the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such BoA Letter of
Credit or amendment.
3A.3 Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations. Upon
receipt from the beneficiary of any BoA Letter of Credit of any notice of a
drawing under such BoA Letter of Credit, Bank of America shall notify the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. On the date of any payment by
Bank of America under a BoA Letter of Credit (each such date, an "Honor Date"),
the Borrower shall reimburse Bank of America through the Administrative Agent in
an amount equal to the amount of such drawing. If the Borrower fails to so
reimburse Bank of America by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each Revolving Credit Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the
unreimbursed drawing (the "Unreimbursed Amount"), and the amount of such
Revolving Credit Lender's Revolving Credit Percentage thereof. In such event,
the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a borrowing pursuant to Section
2.1 of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to
the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified
in Section 2.2 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the
Available Revolving Credit Commitment and the conditions set forth in Section
5.2 (other than the delivery of a Borrowing Notice). Any notice given by Bank of
America or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 3A.3 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.
(b) Each Revolving Credit Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to
Section 3A.3(a) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account
of Bank of America at the Payment Office in an amount equal to its Revolving
Credit Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York
City time) on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative
Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 3A.3(c), each Revolving
Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to
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have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative
Agent shall remit the funds so received to Bank of America.
(c) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully
refinanced by a borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in
Section 5.2 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be
deemed to have incurred from Bank of America a BoA L/C Borrowing in the amount
of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which BoA L/C Borrowing
shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear
interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Credit Lender's
payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of Bank of America pursuant
to Section 3A.3(b) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in
such BoA L/C Borrowing and shall constitute a BoA L/C Advance from such Lender
in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 3A.3.
(d) Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan
or BoA L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 3A.3 to reimburse Bank of America
for any amount drawn under any BoA Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such
Lender's Revolving Credit Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the
account of Bank of America.
(e) Each Revolving Credit Lender's obligation to make Revolving Credit
Loans or BoA L/C Advances to reimburse Bank of America for amounts drawn under
BoA Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 3A.3, shall be absolute
and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A)
any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender
may have against Bank of America, the Borrower or any other Person for any
reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any
other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Credit Lender's obligation to
make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 3A.3 is subject to the
conditions set forth in Section 5.2 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a
Borrowing Notice). No such making of a BoA L/C Advance shall relieve or
otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse Bank of America for
the amount of any payment made by Bank of America under any BoA Letter of
Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(f) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of Bank of America any amount required to
be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3A.3
by the time specified in Section 3A.3(b), Bank of America shall be entitled to
recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand,
such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is
required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to Bank of
America at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Effective
Rate and a rate determined by Bank of America in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or
similar fees customarily charged by Bank of America in connection with the
foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as
aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender's Revolving Credit
Loan included in the relevant borrowing or BoA L/C Advance in respect of the
relevant BoA L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of Bank of America
submitted to any Revolving
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Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with
respect to any amounts owing under this Section 3A.3(f) shall be conclusive
absent manifest error.
3A.4 Repayment of Participations. At any time after Bank of America has
made a payment under any BoA Letter of Credit and has received from any
Revolving Credit Lender such Lender's BoA L/C Advance in respect of such payment
in accordance with Section 3A.3, if the Administrative Agent receives for the
account of Bank of America any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed
Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise,
including proceeds of BoA Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative
Agent pursuant to Section 3A.7), the Administrative Agent will distribute to
such Lender its Revolving Credit Percentage thereof in the same funds as those
received by the Administrative Agent.
3A.5 Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse
Bank of America for each drawing under each BoA Letter of Credit and to repay
each BoA L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and
shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all
circumstances, including the following:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of such BoA Letter of
Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document; (
b) 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 BoA Letter of Credit (or any Person
for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), Bank
of America or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement,
the transactions contemplated hereby or by such BoA Letter of Credit or any
agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(c) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under
such BoA Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or
insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or
inaccurate in any respect;
(d) any payment by Bank of America under such BoA Letter of Credit
against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly
comply with the terms of such BoA Letter of Credit; or any payment made by
Bank of America under such BoA 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 BoA Letter of Credit,
including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor
Relief Law; or
(e) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that
might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each BoA Letter of Credit
and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any
claim of noncompliance with the Borrower's instructions or other irregularity,
the Borrower will immediately notify Bank
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of America. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such
claim against Bank of America and its correspondents unless such notice is given
as aforesaid.
None of Bank of America, the Administrative Agent, any of their
respective affiliates nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of Bank of
America shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in
clauses (a) through (e) of Section 3A.5; provided, however, that anything in
such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim
against Bank of America, and Bank of America may be liable to the Borrower, to
the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential
or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were
caused by Bank of America's willful misconduct or gross negligence or Bank of
America's willful failure to pay under any BoA Letter of Credit after the
presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s)
strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a BoA Letter of Credit. In
furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, Bank of America may accept
documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for
further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary,
and Bank of America shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of
any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a
BoA Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof,
in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any
reason.
3A.6 Role of Bank of America. Each Revolving Credit Lender and the
Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a BoA Letter of Credit, Bank of
America shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any
sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the BoA Letter of
Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such
document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such
document. None of Bank of America, the Administrative Agent, any of their
respective affiliates nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of Bank of
America shall be liable to any Revolving Credit Lender for (i) any action taken
or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the
Revolving Credit Lenders or the Majority Revolving Credit Lenders, as
applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence
or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or
enforceability of any document or instrument related to any BoA Letter of Credit
or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or
omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any BoA
Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to,
and shall not, preclude the Borrower's pursuing such rights and remedies as it
may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other
agreement.
3A.7 Cash Collateral. Upon the request of Bank of America, if, as of
the Revolving Credit Termination Date, any BoA L/C Obligation for any reason
remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash
Collateralize the then BoA Outstanding Amount of all BoA L/C Obligations. Upon
such Cash Collateralization, the obligations of each Revolving Credit Lender
under this Section 3A shall automatically terminate. For purposes of this
Section 3A.7, "Cash Collateralize" means to pledge and deposit with or deliver
to Bank of America, as collateral for the BoA L/C Obligations, cash or deposit
account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Bank of America. Derivatives of such term have corresponding
meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to Bank of America a security interest in
all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein
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and all proceeds of the foregoing. BoA Cash Collateral shall be maintained in
blocked, interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America. If at any time
Bank of America determines that any funds held as BoA Cash Collateral are
subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Bank of America or
that the total amount of such funds is less than the aggregate BoA Outstanding
Amount of all BoA L/C Obligations, the Borrower will, forthwith upon demand by
Bank of America, pay to Bank of America, as additional funds to be deposited as
BoA Cash Collateral, an amount equal to the excess of (x) such aggregate BoA
Outstanding Amount over (y) the total amount of funds, if any, then held as BoA
Cash Collateral that Bank of America reasonably determines to be free and clear
of any such right and claim. Upon the drawing of any BoA Letter of Credit for
which funds are on deposit as BoA Cash Collateral, such funds shall be applied,
to the extent permitted under applicable Laws, to reimburse Bank of America.
3A.8 Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise provided herein or
expressly agreed by Bank of America and the Borrower when a BoA Letter of Credit
is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby BoA Letter of
Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary
Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at
the time of issuance shall apply to each commercial BoA Letter of Credit.
3A.9 BoA Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in
accordance with its Revolving Credit Percentage a BoA Letter of Credit fee (the
"BoA Letter of Credit Fee") for each BoA Letter of Credit equal to the
Applicable Margin times the daily amount available to be drawn under such BoA
Letter of Credit, provided that, in the event that any BoA Letter of Credit
remains outstanding after the Revolving Credit Termination Date and are cash
collateralized in accordance with Section 3A.1(b)(iii), the Borrower shall pay
the BoA Letter of Credit Fee directly to Bank of America solely for its account.
For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any BoA
Letter of Credit, the amount of such BoA Letter of Credit shall be determined in
accordance with Section 1.3. BoA Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) due and
payable on each L/C Fee Payment Date 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 BoA 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 Majority
Revolving Credit Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all BoA Letter of
Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.
3A.10 Fronting Fee Payable to Bank of America. The Borrower shall pay
directly to Bank of America for its own account a fronting fee with respect to
each BoA Letter of Credit, at the rate per annum and on such dates specified in
the BoA Fee Letter.
3A.11 Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event that the Borrower is
required to provide cash security as a result of the occurrence of any deposit
event specified in a BoA Letter of Credit Application, so long as the Borrower
shall have provided such cash security in accordance with the terms of such BoA
Letter of Credit Application, the related deposit event shall not constitute an
on-going default under such BoA Letter of Credit Application or any related
Issuer Document. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the
terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
3A.12 Replacement of Bank of America as Issuing Lender under Certain
Circumstances. The Borrower shall be permitted to replace Bank of America in its
capacity as Issuing Lender in the event that Bank of America is unable to issue
a BoA Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 3A.1(c)(i) with a replacement
financial institution (the "Replacement Issuing Lender"); provided that, (i) no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such
replacement, (ii) prior to any such replacement, Bank of America has not
eliminated the restrictions referred to in Section 3A.1(c)(i), (iii) the
Borrower and the Revolving Credit Lenders shall continue to be obligated to Bank
of America under Section 3A to the extent any BoA Letters of Credit remaining
outstanding ("Outstanding BoA Letters of Credit") after the effective date (the
"Replacement Effective Date") of Bank of America's replacement, (iv) the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall have given their written
approval of the Replacement Issuing Lender, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, (v) the Replacement Issuing
Lender shall assume the entire BoA L/C Commitment (subject to the undrawn amount
of any outstanding BoA Letters of Credit), (vi) the Replacement Issuing Lender
shall assume the obligations of Bank of America (other than with respect to any
Outstanding BoA Letters of Credit) pursuant to an assignment and assumption
agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit D, and (vii) from and after the
Replacement Effective Date, all references to "Bank of America" in its capacity
as Issuing Lender (other than with respect to any Outstanding BoA Letters of
Credit) shall be deemed to refer to the Replacement Issuing Lender.
3A.13 Replacement of LaSalle Letters of Credit. The Borrower shall not
directly or indirectly cause a LaSalle Letter of Credit to be replaced by a BoA
Letter of Credit without the prior written consent of LaSalle, which consent may
be given or withheld in the sole and absolute discretion of LaSalle, and no BoA
Letter of Credit shall be issued in contravention of the foregoing, unless the
Borrower has delivered satisfactory evidence to the Issuing Lenders that either
(x) the applicable beneficiary will not accept a letter of credit issued by
LaSalle or (y) the Borrower is causing certain Letters of Credit issued to a
common beneficiary to be from Bank of America.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Agents and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and
to make the Loans and issue the Letters of Credit, the Borrower hereby
represents and warrants to each Agent and each Lender, that:
4.1 Financial Condition. The unaudited pro forma consolidated balance
sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at June 30, 2006
(including the notes thereto) (the "Pro Forma Balance Sheet"), a copy of which
has heretofore been furnished to the Administrative Agent for delivery to each
Lender, has been prepared giving effect (as if such events had occurred on such
date) to (i) the Loans actually funded on the Closing Date and the use of
proceeds thereof and (ii) the payment of fees and expenses in connection with
the foregoing. The Pro Forma Balance Sheet has been prepared based on the
information available to the Borrower as of the date of delivery thereof, and
presents fairly in all material respects on a
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pro forma basis the estimated financial position of the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at June 30, 2006, assuming that the events
specified in the preceding sentence had actually occurred at such date.
(b) The audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as at July
1, 2005, reported on by and accompanied by an unqualified report from Ernst &
Young LLP, a copy of which has heretofore been furnished to the Administrative
Agent for distribution to each Lender, present fairly in all material respects
the consolidated financial condition of Borrower as at such date. The unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as at September 30, 2005, a copy of
which has heretofore been furnished to the Administrative Agent for distribution
to each Lender, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated
financial condition of the Borrower as at such date. All such financial
statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods
involved (except as approved by the aforementioned firm of accountants and
disclosed therein). The Borrower and its Subsidiaries do not have any material
Guarantee Obligations, contingent liabilities and liabilities for taxes, or any
long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term commitments, including, without
limitation, any interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange transaction
or other obligation in respect of derivatives, that are not reflected or
disclosed in the most recent financial statements referred to in this paragraph.
During the period from July 1, 2005 to and including the date hereof there has
been no Disposition by the Borrower of any material part of its business or
Property.
(c) The audited combined balance sheets of the Brookdale Facility Group
as at December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004, and the related combined
statements of operations, owners' equity and cash flows for the fiscal years
ended on December 31, 2003, December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2005, reported on
by and accompanied by an unqualified report from Ernst & Young LLP, a copy of
which has heretofore been furnished to the Administrative Agent for distribution
to each Lender, present fairly in all material respects the combined financial
condition of the Brookdale Facility Group as at such date, and the combined
results of its operations and combined cash flows for the respective fiscal
years then ended. All such financial statements, including the related schedules
and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied
consistently throughout the periods involved (except as approved by the
aforementioned firm of accountants and disclosed therein).
4.2 No Change. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.2, since December 31,
2005 there has been no development or event that has had or could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.3 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
(or the equivalent) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b)
has the power and authority to own and operate its Property, to lease the
Property it leases as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is
currently engaged, (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other
organization and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its
ownership, lease or operation of Property or the conduct of its business
requires such qualification and (d) subject to Section 4.24, is in compliance
with all Requirements of Law, except, in the case of clauses (c) and (d) above,
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to the extent that the failure to comply therewith or so qualify could not, in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.4 Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. Each Loan
Party has the requisite power and authority to make, deliver and perform the
Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to
borrow hereunder. Each Loan Party has taken all necessary action to authorize
the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a
party and, in the case of the Borrower, to authorize the borrowings on the terms
and conditions of this Agreement. No material consent or authorization of,
filing with, notice to or other material act by or in respect of, any
Governmental Authority or any other Person is required in connection with the
borrowings hereunder or the execution, delivery, performance, validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. Each Loan
Document has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party that
is a party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document
upon execution will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each
Loan Party that is a party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general equitable principles
(whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).
4.5 No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the issuance of Letters of Credit, the
borrowings hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof will not violate any
material Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation of the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries and will not result in, or require, the creation or
imposition of any Lien on any of their respective properties or revenues
pursuant to any material Requirement of Law or any such Contractual Obligation
(other than the Liens created by the Security Documents). No Requirement of Law
or Contractual Obligation applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.6 No Material Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.6, no
litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or
Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
threatened by or against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or against any
of their respective properties, operations or revenues (a) with respect to any
of the Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby,
or (b) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.7 No Default. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
default under or with respect to any of its Contractual Obligations in any
respect that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
4.8 Ownership of Property; Liens. Each of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries has title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all
its real property, and good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its
other Property, and none of such Property is subject to any Lien except as
permitted by Section 7.3. Schedule 4.8 lists, as of the Closing Date, (i) each
parcel of owned real property and each leasehold interest in real property owned
in the United
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States and held by the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) for each
Living Facility owned or operated by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (w) the
street address for such Living Facility, (x) the type of such facility, (y)
whether such Living Facility is subject to any operating or management agreement
and (z) the owner/operator of such Living Facility.
4.9 Intellectual Property. The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries
owns, or is licensed to use, all material Intellectual Property necessary for
the conduct of its business as currently conducted. No material claim has been
asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any
Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of any Intellectual
Property, nor does the Borrower know of any valid basis for any such claim. The
use of Intellectual Property by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not
infringe on the rights of any Person in any material respect.
4.10 Taxes. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10 attached hereto, each
of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed all
Federal, state and other material tax returns that are required to be filed and
has paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns or on any
assessments made against it or any of its Property and all other material taxes,
fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its Property by any Governmental
Authority (other than any the amount or validity of which are currently being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which
reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the Borrower
or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be); and no tax Lien has been filed, except
as permitted by Section 7.3, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, no claim has
been asserted, with respect to any such tax, fee or other charge.
4.11 Federal Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no
other Extensions of Credit hereunder, will be used for "purchasing" or
"carrying" any "margin stock" within the respective meanings of each of the
quoted terms under Regulation U as now and from time to time hereafter in effect
or for any purpose that violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board.
If requested by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will
furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing
effect in conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1
referred to in Regulation U.
4.12 Labor Matters. There are no strikes or other labor disputes
against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of
the Borrower, threatened that (individually or in the aggregate) could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All payments due from
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries on account of employee health and
welfare insurance that (individually or in the aggregate) could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect if not paid have been paid or accrued
as a liability on the books of the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary.
4.13 ERISA. Neither a Reportable Event nor an "accumulated funding
deficiency" (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of
ERISA) has occurred during the five-year period prior to the date on which this
representation is made or deemed made with respect to any Plan, and each Plan is
in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA
and the Code. No termination of a Single Employer Plan has occurred, and no Lien
in favor of the PBGC or a Plan has arisen, during such five-year period. The
present value of all accrued benefits under each Single Employer Plan (based on
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those assumptions used to fund such Plans) did not, as of the last annual
valuation date prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed
made, exceed the value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such accrued
benefits by a material amount. Neither the Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled
Entity has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan that
has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability
under ERISA, and neither the Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled Entity would
become subject to any material liability under ERISA if the Borrower or any such
Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer
Plans as of the valuation date most closely preceding the date on which this
representation is made or deemed made. No such Multiemployer Plan is in
Reorganization or, to the Borrower's knowledge, Insolvent.
4.14 Investment Company Act; Other Regulations. No Loan Party is an
"investment company", or a company "controlled" by an "investment company",
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. No Loan
Party is subject to regulation under any Requirement of Law (other than
Regulation X of the Board) that limits its ability to borrow money.
4.15 Subsidiaries. (a) The Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 4.15-1
constitute all the Subsidiaries of the Borrower at the date hereof. Schedule
4.15-1 sets forth as of the Closing Date the name and jurisdiction of
incorporation of each Subsidiary and, as to each Subsidiary, the percentage of
each class of Capital Stock owned by each Loan Party or any other Subsidiary, as
applicable.
(b) Schedule 4.15-2 attached hereto is a true, correct and complete
corporate structure chart setting forth the Borrower and each of its direct and
indirect Subsidiaries described in Schedule 4.15-1 as of the Closing Date.
(c) There are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls,
rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock options granted to
employees or directors and directors' qualifying shares) of any nature relating
to any Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
4.16 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans shall be used (i) to
repay amounts outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, (ii) to finance a
portion of acquisitions of fee-simple and leasehold ownership interests in
senior housing real estate and to pay related fees and expenses and (iii) for
general corporate purposes. Letters of Credit shall be issued to secure the
payment of obligations, the payment of which proceeds of the Loans could be used
under clauses (ii) and (iii) of the immediately preceding sentence.
4.17 Environmental Matters. Other than exceptions to any of the
following that could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries: (i) are, and within the period
of all applicable statutes of limitation have been, in compliance with all
applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) hold all Environmental Permits (each of
which is in full force and effect) required for any of their current or
intended operations or for any property
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owned, leased, or otherwise operated by any of them; (iii) are, and within
the period of all applicable statutes of limitation have been, in
compliance with all of their Environmental Permits; and (iv) to the extent
within the Borrower's and its Subsidiaries' control or ability: each of
their Environmental Permits will be timely renewed and complied with,
without material expense; any additional Environmental Permits that may be
required of any of them will be timely obtained and complied with, without
material expense; and compliance with any Environmental Law that is or is
expected to become applicable to any of them will be timely attained and
maintained, without material expense.
(b) Materials of Environmental Concern are not present at, on, under,
in, or about any real property now or formerly owned, leased or operated by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or at any other location
(including, without limitation, any location to which Materials of
Environmental Concern have been sent for re-use or recycling or for
treatment, storage, or disposal) which could reasonably be expected to (i)
give rise to liability of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any
applicable Environmental Law or otherwise result in costs to the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) interfere with the Borrower's or any of
its Subsidiaries' continued operations, or (iii) impair the fair saleable
value of any real property owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(c) There is no judicial, administrative, or arbitral proceeding
(including any notice of violation or alleged violation) under or relating
to any Environmental Law to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
is, or to the knowledge of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries will be,
named as a party that is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries, threatened.
(d) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any
written request for information, or been notified that it is a potentially
responsible party under or relating to the federal Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act or any similar
Environmental Law, or with respect to any Materials of Environmental
Concern. (
e) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into or
agreed to any consent decree, order, or settlement or other agreement, or
is subject to any judgment, decree, or order or other agreement, in any
judicial, administrative, arbitral, or other forum for dispute resolution,
relating to compliance with or liability under any Environmental Law.
(f) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has assumed or
retained, by contract or operation of law, any liabilities of any kind,
fixed or contingent, known or unknown, under any Environmental Law or with
respect to any Materials of Environmental Concern.
4.18 Accuracy of Information, etc. No statement or information
contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other document,
certificate or statement furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders or
any of them, by or on behalf of any Loan Party for use in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
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other Loan Documents, contained as of the date such statement, information,
document or certificate was so furnished, any untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
contained herein or therein not misleading. The projections and pro forma
financial information contained in the materials referenced above are based upon
good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to
be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such
financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact
and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial
information may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a
material amount. There is no fact known to any Loan Party that could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been disclosed
herein, in the other Loan Documents or in any other documents, certificates and
statements furnished to the Administrative Agent, for distribution to the
Lenders, for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and by
the other Loan Documents.
4.19 Security Documents. The Guarantee and Pledge Agreement is
effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the
Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. In the case of the Pledged
Stock described in the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, (i) with respect to any
Pledged Stock which are in certificated form, when any stock certificates
representing such Pledged Stock are delivered to the Administrative Agent, and
(ii) in the case of any other Pledged Stock, when financing statements in
appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 4.19 (which
financing statements have been duly completed and delivered to the
Administrative Agent), the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement shall constitute a
fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest
of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for
the Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement), in each case
prior and superior in right to any other Person.
4.20 Solvency. Each Loan Party is, and after giving effect to the
incurrence of all Indebtedness and obligations being incurred pursuant to the
Loan Documents will be and will continue to be, Solvent.
4.21 Licenses and Certifications. Without implying any limitation to
the other representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any of
the other Loan Documents, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have obtained all
Licenses necessary or desirable under all Requirements of Law for the operation
of the Living Facilities as they are currently being operated, except to the
extent such failure to obtain such Licenses could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. With respect to each License the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries possess, (i) no default has occurred or is continuing under the
terms thereof, and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice or the
lapse of time, or both, would constitute a breach of any condition to the
issuance, maintenance, renewal and/or continuance thereof, (ii) the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries have paid all fees, charges and other expenses to the extent
due and payable with respect to, and have provided all information and otherwise
complied with all material conditions precedent to, the issuance, maintenance,
renewal, and continuance of such License, (iii) none of such Licenses are
conditional, provisional, probationary or restricted in any way, (iv) the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not received any notice from any Governmental
Authority relating to any actual or pending suspension, revocation, restriction,
or imposition of any probationary use of such License, nor has any such License
been materially amended,
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supplemented, rescinded, terminated, or otherwise
modified except as otherwise disclosed in writing to, and approved by, the
Administrative Agent, (v) each License has been issued for a period of at least
12 months from the date of issuance or for such lesser time to the extent the
issuance for less than 12 months is not the consequence of any sanctions imposed
by any Governmental Authority and (vi) each License is and will continue to be
held free from restrictions or known conflicts that would materially impair the
use or operation of the applicable Living Facility as intended, except, in each
case, to the extent the failure to comply with any of the above could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
4.22 Operating Agreements and Management Contracts. The Borrower has
delivered to the Administrative Agent a true and correct copy of all material
Operating Agreements and Management Contracts, and all amendments, supplements
and modifications thereto. With respect to each such material Operating
Agreement and Management Contract, none of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is,
nor to the knowledge of the Borrower is any other party to any such agreement,
in default thereunder, which default or defaults could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.23 ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ Act. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not, nor
to the Borrower's knowledge, has any prior owner of any Living Facility during
the 20-year period immediately preceding the date hereof, received any funds to
finance the construction and/or acquisition of any Living Facility pursuant to
Title VI of the Public Health Service Act (commonly referred to as the
▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ Act) or Title XVI of the Public Health Service Act.
4.24 Compliance. The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries (and the
operation of each Living Facility participating in the Medicare and/or Medicaid
programs or in any program of any Governmental Authority or Agency) are in
compliance with all Requirements of Law relating to the ownership, use,
occupancy or operation of the Living Facilities, including, without limitation,
(i) staffing requirements, (ii) health and fire safety codes including quality
and safety standards, (iii) accepted professional standards and principles that
apply to the provision of services at each Living Facility, (iv) federal, state
or local laws, rules, regulations or published interpretations or policies
relating to the prevention of fraud and abuse, (v) insurance, reimbursement and
cost reporting requirements, government payment program requirements and
disclosure of ownership and related information requirements, (vi) requirements
of applicable Governmental Authorities or Agencies, including those relating to
each Living Facility's physical structure and environment, licensing, quality
and adequacy of nursing facility care, distributions of pharmaceuticals, rate
setting, equipment, personnel, operating policies, and additions of Living
Facilities and services, and (vii) any other applicable laws, regulations or
agreements for reimbursement for the type of care or services provided by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to each Living Facility,
except, in each case, to the extent such noncompliance could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.25 Participation in Programs. The Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries (and the operation of each Living Facility participating in the
Medicare and/or Medicaid programs) is in compliance with the requirements for
participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs or Medicaid waiver program,
as applicable, with respect to each Living Facility that currently participates
in such programs and has a current provider agreement under Title XVIII and/or
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XIX of the Social Security Act which is in full force and effect to the extent
applicable, except in each case to the extent that such failure could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. None of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or any Living
Facility participating in the Medicare and/or Medicaid programs) has had any
deficiencies on its most recent survey (standard or complaint) to the Borrower's
knowledge that would result in a denial of payment for new admissions with no
opportunity to correct prior to termination, except to the extent the same could
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. None of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or any Living
Facility participating in the Medicare and/or Medicaid programs) has had any
deficiencies at "level G" or above on its most recent survey (standard or
complaint), nor has the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or any Living
Facility participating in the Medicare and/or Medicaid programs) been cited with
any substandard quality of care deficiencies (as that term is defined in Part
488 of 42 C.F.R.) for the past two consecutive surveys, except to the extent the
same could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect. No Living Facility has been the subject of a "double
G" determination, except to the extent the same could not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No
Living Facility has been designated as a Special Focus Facility (as such term is
defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Special Focus Facility
Program), except to the extent the same could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.26 Investigations. None of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
(or any Living Facility participating in the Medicare and/or Medicaid programs)
is a target of, participant in, or subject to any action, proceeding, suit,
audit, investigation or sanction by any Governmental Authority, Agency or any
other administrative or investigative body or entity or any other third party
payor or any patient or resident (including, without limitation, whistleblower
suits, or suits brought pursuant to federal or state False Claims Acts, and
Medicaid, Medicare, or state fraud or abuse laws, but excluding medical
malpractice claims and other civil liability lawsuits for which the Facility is
maintaining insurance coverage in the ordinary course of business) which could
reasonably be expected to result, directly or indirectly or with the passage of
time, in the imposition of a fine, penalty, alternative, interim or final
sanction, a lower rate certification, recoupment, recovery, suspension or
discontinuance of all or part of reimbursement from any Governmental Authority
or Agency, third-party payor, insurance carrier or private payor, a lower
reimbursement rate for services rendered to eligible patients, or any other
civil or criminal remedy, or which could reasonably be expected to result in the
appointment of a receiver or manager, or to result in the modification,
limitation, annulment, revocation, transfer, surrender, suspension or other
impairment of a License, or affect the participation of the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries (or any Living Facility participating in the Medicare and/or
Medicaid programs) in the Medicare, Medicaid, or third-party payor program, as
applicable, or any successor program thereto, at current rate certification,
except to the extent the same could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, nor has any such
action, proceeding, suit, investigation or audit which could, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect been
threatened.
4.27 Agreements with Residents; Residents' Records. There are no
material agreements with residents of any Living Facility that conflict in any
material adverse respect
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with any statutory or regulatory requirements. To the Borrower's knowledge, all
resident records at each Living Facility, including patient and/or resident
accounts records, are true, complete, and correct in all material respects.
4.28 Affect on Payments or Licenses. Neither the execution and delivery
of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or the Borrower's performance
thereunder, will (i) adversely affect the Borrower's right to receive Medicaid,
Medicare, insurance company, managed care company, or other third-party
insurance payments or reimbursements or to receive private payor payments or
reimbursements, (ii) materially reduce the Medicaid, Medicare, insurance
company, managed care company, or other third-party insurance payments or
reimbursements or materially reduce private payor payments or reimbursements
which the Borrower is receiving as of the date hereof, or (iii) adversely affect
the Licenses. As used in this Section 4.28, "materially reduce" means any
change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence or state of facts that is
adverse to the financial condition or results of operations of any Living
Facility.
4.29 HIPAA. The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries (and the
operation of each Living Facility participating in the Medicare and/or Medicaid
programs) is in compliance with HIPAA, except to the extent such noncompliance
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.30 Submissions. All Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance cost
reports and financial reports submitted to any Agency or Governmental Authority
by or on behalf of each Living Facility are and will continue to be true and
accurate in all material respects and have not been and will not be misleading
in any material respect. There are (i) no current, pending or outstanding
Medicare, Medicaid or third-party payor programs reimbursement audits or appeals
pending at any of the Living Facilities, (ii) no cost report years that are
subject to audits, no cost reports remain "open" or unsettled, and (iii) no
current or pending Medicare, Medicaid or third-party payor programs recoupment
efforts at any Living Facility, in each case, except to the extent the same
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 4.31 Fraud
and Abuse. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, its respective directors,
officers and employees and other Persons providing services on behalf of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not engaged in any activities which are in
violation of Section 1128A, 1128C or 1877 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
Sections 1320a-7a, 1320a-7c and 1395), the False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. Section
3729 et seq.), the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 (31 U.S.C. Section
3801 et seq.) or other federal or state laws and regulations, including, but not
limited to, the following:
(a) knowingly and willfully making or causing to be made a false
statement or representation of a material fact in any application for any
benefit or payment;
(b) knowingly and willfully making or causing to be made a false
statement or representation of a material fact for use in determining
rights to any benefit or payment;
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(c) failing to disclose knowledge of the occurrence of any event
affecting the initial or continued right to any benefit or payment on its
own behalf or on behalf of another, with intent to fraudulently secure such
benefit or payment;
(d) knowingly and willfully offering, paying, soliciting, or receiving
any remuneration (including any kickback, bribe or rebate), directly or
indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind (i) in return for
referring an individual to a Person for the furnishing or arranging for the
furnishing of any item or service or (ii) in return for purchasing, leasing
or ordering, or arranging for or recommending, purchasing, leasing or
ordering any good, facility, service or item; or
(e) billing a patient, resident or payor for health services specified
in 42 U.S.C. Section 1395 or any other similar or comparable federal or
state laws, or providing such health services to a patient or resident,
upon a referral from a physician where such physician has a financial
relationship with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to which no
exception applies under each of the applicable laws;
in each case, except to the extent such violations could not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
5.1 Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit. The agreement of each
Lender to make the initial Extension of Credit requested to be made by it
hereunder is subject to the satisfaction, prior to or concurrently with the
making of such Extension of Credit on the Closing Date, of the following
conditions precedent:
(a) Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i)
this Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the
Borrower, (ii) the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, executed and delivered
by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor
and (iii) a Lender Addendum executed and delivered by each Lender and
accepted by the Borrower.
(b) Pro Forma Balance Sheet; Financial Statements. The Lenders shall
have received (i) the Pro Forma Balance Sheet, (ii) the audited
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as at July 1, 2005, (iii) the
unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as at June 30, 2006,
(iv) the audited combined financial statements of the Brookdale Facility
Group as at December 31, 2003, December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2005, (v)
the audited combined financial statements of the properties comprising the
Fortress CCRC Portfolio as at December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004, and
(vi) the audited combined financial statements of the properties comprising
the Prudential Portfolio as at December 31, 2003, December 31, 2004 and
December 31, 2005.
(c) Approvals. All material governmental and third party approvals
(including landlords' and other consents) necessary in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained and be in full
force and effect.
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(d) Refinancing of Existing Revolving Credit Loans. The Administrative
Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that the Existing Revolving
Credit Loans owing to any Existing Lender that is not a Revolving Credit
Lender hereunder have been paid in full (or will be paid in full with the
proceeds of the initial Revolving Credit Loans).
(e) Fees. The Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received
all fees required to be paid by the Borrower hereunder, and all expenses
required to be paid by the Borrower hereunder for which invoices have been
presented (including reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of
counsel to the Agents), on or before the Closing Date. All such amounts
will be paid with proceeds of Loans made on the Closing Date to the extent
that invoices in reasonable detail have been presented in sufficient time
for the Borrower to process the same prior to the Closing Date and will be
reflected in the funding instructions given by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent on or before the Closing Date.
(f) Business Plan. The Lenders shall have received a satisfactory
business plan for fiscal years 2007 through 2009.
(g) Solvency Certificate. The Borrower shall have executed a solvency
certificate in form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
(h) Lien Searches. The Administrative Agent shall have received the
results of a recent lien search in each of the jurisdictions in which
Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or other filings or
recordations should be made to evidence or perfect security interests in
the Collateral, and such search shall reveal no liens on any of the
Collateral, except for Liens permitted by Section 7.3.
(i) Closing Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a
certificate of each Loan Party, dated the Closing Date, substantially in
the form of Exhibit C, with appropriate insertions and attachments.
(j) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received the
following executed legal opinions:
(i) the legal opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇
LLP, counsel to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, substantially in
the form of Exhibit E-1; and
(ii) the legal opinion of T. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, general counsel of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, substantially in the form of Exhibit
E-2.
Each such legal opinion shall cover such other matters incident to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably require and shall be addressed to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders.
(k) Pledged Stock; Stock Powers; Acknowledgment and Consent; Pledged
Notes. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) the certificates
representing the
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shares of Capital Stock pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Pledge
Agreement, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate
executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof, and
(ii) an Acknowledgment and Consent, substantially in the form of Annex II
to the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, duly executed by any issuer of
Capital Stock pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement that
is not itself a party to the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement.
(l) Filings, Registrations and Recordings. Each document (including,
without limitation, any Uniform Commercial Code financing statement)
required by the Security Documents, by applicable law or as reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded
in order to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties, a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein,
prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than with respect to
Liens expressly permitted by Section 7.3), shall have been filed,
registered or recorded or shall have been delivered to the Administrative
Agent in proper form for filing, registration or recordation.
(m) PATRIOT Act. The Lenders shall have received, sufficiently in
advance of the Closing Date, all documentation and other information
required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable "know your
customer" and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including
without limitation the United States PATRIOT Act.
(n) No Change. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.2, since December 31,
2005 there shall have been no development or event that has had or could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.2 Conditions to Each Extension of Credit. The agreement of each
Lender to make any Extension of Credit requested to be made by it hereunder on
any date (including, without limitation, its initial Extension of Credit) is
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and
warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be
true and correct on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date,
except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made with
respect to a specified date.
(b) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the Extensions of Credit
requested to be made on such date.
Each borrowing by and issuance of a Letter of Credit on behalf of the
Borrower hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the
Borrower as of the date of such Extension of Credit that the conditions
contained in this Section 5.2 have been satisfied.
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SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in
effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding (except to the extent such
Letters of Credit are fully cash collateralized in accordance with this
Agreement) or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or any Agent
hereunder, the Borrower shall and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to:
6.1 Financial Statements. Furnish to the Administrative Agent for
distribution to each Lender:
(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the audited consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the
end of such year and the related audited consolidated statements of income
and of cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative
form the figures as of the end of and for the previous year, reported on
without a "going concern" or like qualification or exception, or
qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by Ernst & Young LLP
or other independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized
standing; and
(b) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 45 days
after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal
year of the Borrower, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter
and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and of cash
flows for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the end
of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures
as of the end of and for the corresponding period in the previous year,
certified by a Responsible Officer as being fairly stated in all material
respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments);
all such financial statements to be complete and correct in all material
respects and to be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP
applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior
periods (except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be,
and disclosed therein).
6.2 Certificates; Other Information. Furnish to the Administrative
Agent for distribution to each Lender, or, in the case of clause (g), to the
relevant Lender:
(a) commencing with consolidated financial statements dated as of and
for the year ended December 31, 2006, concurrently with the delivery of the
financial statements referred to in Section 6.1(a), a certificate of the
independent certified public accountants reporting on such financial
statements stating that in making the examination necessary therefor no
knowledge was obtained of any Default or Event of Default, except as
specified in such certificate (it being understood that such certificate
shall be limited to the items that independent certified public accountants
are permitted to cover in such certificates pursuant to their professional
standards and customs of the profession);
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(b) concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements
pursuant to Section 6.1, (i) a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating
that, to the best of such Responsible Officer's knowledge, each Loan Party
during such period has observed or performed all of its covenants and other
agreements, and satisfied every condition, contained in this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents to which it is a party to be observed, performed
or satisfied by it, and that such Responsible Officer has obtained no
knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except as specified in such
certificate and (ii) in the case of quarterly or annual financial
statements, (x) a Compliance Certificate containing all information and
calculations necessary for determining compliance by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries with the provisions of this Agreement referred to therein as
of the last day of the fiscal quarter or fiscal year of the Borrower, as
the case may be and (y) any UCC financing statements or other filings
specified in such Compliance Certificate as being required to be delivered
therewith;
(c) as soon as available, and in any event no later than 45 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a detailed consolidated budget
for the following fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance
sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the following
fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of projected cash
flow, projected changes in financial position and projected income and a
description of the underlying assumptions applicable thereto), and, as soon
as available, significant revisions, if any, of such budget and projections
with respect to such fiscal year (collectively, the "Projections"), which
Projections shall in each case be accompanied by a certificate of a
Responsible Officer stating that such Projections are good faith estimates
and assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to be reasonable at
the time made and that such Responsible Officer has no reason to believe
that such Projections are incorrect or misleading in any material respect;
(d) within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the
Borrower, a narrative discussion and analysis of the financial condition
and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
fiscal quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current
fiscal year to the end of such fiscal quarter, as compared to the portion
of the Projections covering such periods and to the comparable periods of
the previous year, provided that, it is understood and agreed that
information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 6.2(d) shall
be satisfied by the filing of the Borrower's quarterly report on form 10-Q
with the SEC on or prior to such date;
(e) within five days after the same are sent, copies of all financial
statements and reports that the Borrower sends to the holders of any class
of its debt securities or public equity securities to the extent not
otherwise filed with the SEC;
(f) within five days after the same are sent, with respect to any
Construction Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.2(g), copies of
all statements, certificates and reports demonstrating compliance with the
financial covenants thereunder which the Borrower or such Subsidiary
delivers to the lenders or agents party to such Construction Indebtedness,
and to the extent available, any other information reasonably requested by
the Administrative Agent; and
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(g) promptly, such additional financial and other information as any
Lender may from time to time reasonably request.
6.3 Payment of Obligations. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or
before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all its
material obligations of whatever nature, except where the amount or validity
thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on
the books of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be.
6.4 Maintenance of Existence; Compliance with Contractual Obligations.
(a)(i) Preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its organizational
existence and (ii) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges
and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business,
except, in each case, as otherwise permitted by Section 7.4 and except, in the
case of clause (ii) above, to the extent that failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (b) comply with
all Contractual Obligations, except to the extent that failure to comply
therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
6.5 Conduct of Business and Compliance with Law. (a) Comply with all
material Requirements of Law, including, without limitation, the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970, regulations issued under the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1987, any Governmental Requirement relating to "informed
consents" and rights of residents, qualifications of staff, staffing
requirements and delivery of services in a manner sufficient to protect the
health and safety of residents, (b) maintain in full force and effect all
material Licenses necessary to the ownership and/or operation of the Living
Facilities, (c) maintain or cause to be maintained in all material respects a
standard of care with respect to the Living Facilities at a level consistent
with industry standard, (d) maintain or cause to be maintained in all material
respects a standard of care in the storage, use, transportation and disposal of
all medical equipment, medical supplies, medical products and medical waste, of
any kind and in any form, that is in accordance with, at least, a level
consistent with industry standard and in conformity with all Requirements of
Law, (e) operate, or cause to be operated, each Living Facility at a level
consistent with industry standard and in compliance with all material
Requirements of Law relating thereto and cause all material Licenses, permits,
and any other agreements necessary for the use and operation of each Living
Facility to remain in effect, (f) correct or cause to be corrected any material
deficiency set forth in any Agency statement of deficiencies, the curing of
which is a condition of continued licensure or for accreditation of the Living
Facilities, (g) maintain or cause to be maintained in all material respects
sufficient inventory and equipment of types and quantities at each Living
Facility to enable the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to operate each Living
Facility adequately and in a manner which will enable the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries to comply with the provisions of the Loan Documents, and (h)
maintain or cause to be maintained all deposits, including, without limitation,
deposits relating to residents or Resident Agreements in accordance with all
material Requirements of Law, except, in each case, to the extent the same could
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Affect; provided that, with respect to item (f) above, the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries may in good faith, by appropriate proceedings, contest the
validity or applicability of any deficiency set forth in any Agency statement of
deficiencies and pending such contest the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall
not be deemed in default
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hereunder if (1) such contest does not endanger the validity of any
material License in any manner that reasonably may inhibit the use of the
applicable Living Facility in its current use, (2) such contest does not
result in potential life safety issues for the residents of the applicable
Living Facility (in the Administrative Agent's reasonable discretion), and
(3) the Borrower keeps the Administrative Agent reasonably informed as to
the status of such contest.
6.6 Maintenance of Property; Insurance. (a) Maintain, preserve,
protect, and keep, or cause to be kept, in all material respects all the Living
Facilities in good condition and working order, ordinary wear and tear excepted,
and in compliance with all applicable material Requirements of Law, and (b)
maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on
all its Property in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (but
including in any event public liability, professional liability and business
interruption) as are customarily insured against in the same general area by
companies engaged in the same or a similar business.
6.7 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions. (a) Keep
proper books of records and account in which full, true and correct entries in
conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings
and transactions in relation to its business and activities and (b) permit
representatives of any Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties
(including, without limitation, any Living Facility) and examine and make
abstracts from any of its books and records upon reasonable notice at any
reasonable time and as often as may reasonably be desired and to discuss the
business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries with officers and employees of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries and with its independent certified public accountants. Any such
inspection shall be at the Lender's sole cost and expense unless an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such inspection, in which
event the Borrower shall reimburse such Lender for its reasonable, actual
out-of-pocket costs and expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary shall be required to make available any information,
the disclosure of which could result in a violation of, or expose the Borrower
or any Subsidiary, to any material liability under any applicable law
(including, without limitation, pursuant to HIPAA) or any agreement with any
unaffiliated third party which is binding on the Borrower and/or any Subsidiary.
6.8 Notices. Promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent for
distribution to each Lender of:
(a) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
(b) the following events: any (i) default or event of default under
any Contractual Obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or
(ii) litigation, investigation or proceeding which may exist at any time
between the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and any Governmental
Authority, that in either case, if not cured or if adversely determined, as
the case may be, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(c) any litigation or proceeding affecting the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries (i) in which injunctive or similar relief is sought with
respect to any material
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operation of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, (ii) which relates to any
Loan Document or (iii) in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party
if an adverse decision therein is reasonably likely which would require the
Borrower or any Subsidiary to pay more than $1,000,000 with respect to any
single claim (or deliver assets the value of which exceeds such sum
(whether or not the claim is considered to be covered by insurance)) or
$10,000,000 in the aggregate;
(d) the following events, as soon as possible and in any event within
30 days after the Borrower knows or reasonably should have notice of same:
(i) the occurrence of any Reportable Event with respect to any Plan, a
failure to make any required contribution to a Plan, the creation of any
Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan or any withdrawal from, or the
termination, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Multiemployer Plan or
(ii) the institution of proceedings or the taking of any other action by
the PBGC or the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity or any
Multiemployer Plan with respect to the withdrawal from, or the termination,
Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Plan;
(e) as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days of obtaining
knowledge thereof: (i) any development, event, or condition that,
individually or in the aggregate with other developments, events or
conditions, could reasonably be expected to result in the payment by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in the aggregate, of a Material
Environmental Amount; and (ii) any written notice that any governmental
authority may deny any application for an Environmental Permit sought by,
or revoke or refuse to renew any Environmental Permit held by, the
Borrower;
(f) the actual, pending or, to the extent the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries has actual knowledge, threatened (i) revocation, suspension,
probation, restriction, limitation, forfeiture or refusal to renew of any
material License, or (ii) the issuance or pending issuance of any material
License for a period of less than 12 months, as a consequence of sanctions
imposed by any Governmental Authority, or (iii) the assessment or
threatened or pending assessment, of any civil or criminal penalties by any
Governmental Authority or agent, or any accreditation organization in an
aggregate amount exceeding $1,000,000;
(g) any action, including, but not limited to the amendment of any
material License, or the issuance of any new material License or
certification for a Living Facility, under which the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries propose to (i) change any existing facility or service, to the
extent such change could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) eliminate any existing
or proposed service, which action requires the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to seek either a certificate of need approval or exemption
from certificate of need review or which requires amendment of any material
License or the issuance of any new material License or certificate for a
Living Facility, to the extent such elimination could, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(h) the receipt by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any
notice, claim or demand from any Governmental Authority which alleges that
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any of the terms
of, or has failed to comply with any
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Requirement of Law regulating their respective operations and business,
including, but not limited to, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services or any division thereof, to the extent the same could,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; and
(i) any development or event that has had or could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a
statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth details of the occurrence
referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower or the relevant
Subsidiary proposes to take with respect thereto.
6.9 Deficiency Notices. Without implying any limitation on any other
provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, furnish or
cause to be furnished to the Administrative Agent immediately after receipt
thereof copies of all (i) material Deficiency Notices, (ii) material Agency
inspection reports, audits, surveys, investigations, reviews or evaluations,
(iii) notices and written communications from any state or any Agency relating
to material adjustments in reimbursement amounts or to rate reviews,
modifications of rates, inflation adjustments, rate agreements or the like, and
(iv) responses by, or on behalf of, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with
respect to any of the foregoing. The Borrower shall or shall cause the relevant
Subsidiaries to commence promptly and diligently pursue the correction of the
subject of each such material Deficiency Notice, and shall correct the subject
of such Deficiency Notice promptly, but in any event on or prior to the date of
expiration of any period allowed by the Agency for correction. The Borrower
shall, at the Administrative Agent's reasonable request, promptly provide from
time to time such cost estimates, reports and other information regarding any
such correction by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
6.10 Environmental Laws. (a) Comply in all material respects with, and
ensure compliance in all material respects by all tenants and subtenants, if
any, with, all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply and maintain
in all material respects with, and ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain
and comply and maintain in all material respects with, any and all licenses,
approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable
Environmental Laws.
(b) Conduct and complete in all material respects all investigations,
studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions
required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply in all material respects
with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding
Environmental Laws.
6.11 Additional Collateral, etc. With respect to any new Subsidiary
(other than a Foreign Subsidiary) created or acquired in connection with an
Acquisition after the Closing Date (for purposes of this paragraph, any existing
Subsidiary that ceases to be a Foreign Subsidiary shall thereupon be deemed to
have been created or acquired) by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
promptly following the consummation of any such Acquisition (i) execute and
deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Pledge
Agreement as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to
the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected
first priority security
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interest in all of the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary that is owned by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, to the extent not otherwise prohibited
pursuant to any Contractual Obligation existing as of the date of this
Agreement, or under any Contractual Obligation assumed or entered into after the
date of this Agreement as permitted by Section 7.12 hereof, (ii) deliver to the
Administrative Agent the certificates representing such Capital Stock, if any,
together with, if applicable, undated stock powers, in blank, executed and
delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as
the case may be, and (iii) cause such new Subsidiary to the extent not otherwise
prohibited pursuant to any Contractual Obligation existing as of the date of
this Agreement, or under any Contractual Obligation assumed or entered into
after the date of this Agreement as permitted by Section 7.12 hereof, (A) to
become guarantor under the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement and (B) to take such
actions reasonably necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent
for the benefit of the Secured Parties a perfected first priority security
interest in the Collateral described in the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement with
respect to such new Subsidiary, including, without limitation, the filing of
Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be
required by the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement or by applicable law or as may be
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent; provided that, the provisions
of this Section 6.11 shall apply only with respect to a newly acquired or
created Subsidiary in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (for the
avoidance of doubt, such term in this instance shall refer solely to those
Subsidiaries directly or indirectly owned by the Borrower prior to the time of
such Acquisition) has a direct ownership interest.
6.12 Further Assurances. From time to time execute and deliver, or
cause to be executed and delivered, such additional instruments, certificates or
documents, and take such actions, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request for the purposes of implementing or effectuating the provisions of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or of more fully perfecting or renewing
the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the
Collateral (or with respect to any additions thereto or replacements or proceeds
thereof or with respect to any other property or assets hereafter acquired by
the Borrower or any Subsidiary which may be deemed to be part of the Collateral)
pursuant hereto or thereto. Upon the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender of any power, right, privilege or remedy pursuant to this Agreement or
the other Loan Documents which requires any consent, approval, recording,
qualification or authorization of any Governmental Authority, the Borrower will
execute and deliver, or will cause the execution and delivery of, all
applications, certifications, instruments and other documents and papers that
the Administrative Agent or such Lender may be reasonably required to obtain
from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for such governmental consent,
approval, recording, qualification or authorization.
6.13 Resident Agreements. Deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the
Administrative Agent when reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, all
information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent with respect to all
Resident Agreements, excluding, however any medical or other private resident
information.
6.14 Census Report and Surveys. Deliver to the Administrative Agent,
promptly following the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, reports
prepared on a consolidated basis of the periodic resident census of the Living
Facilities, including summaries of (i) the source of payment, (ii) licensure
survey results and (iii) accreditation survey results and
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such other information relating to the operation of each Living Facility as may
reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent from time to time, in each
case, on a consolidated basis.
SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in
effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding (except to the extent such
Letters of Credit are fully cash collateralized in accordance with this
Agreement) or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or any Agent
hereunder, the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, directly or indirectly:
7.1 Financial Condition Covenants.
(a) Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio
as at the last day of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the
Borrower ending with any fiscal quarter set forth below to exceed the ratio set
forth below opposite such fiscal quarter:
Consolidated
Fiscal Quarter Leverage Ratio
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FQ4 2006 through FQ2 2007 7.25 to 1.00
FQ3 2007 through FQ4 2007 6.75 to 1.00
FQ1 2008 through FQ2 2008 6.00 to 1.00
FQ3 2008 and each fiscal quarter thereafter 5.75 to 1.00
; provided, that for the purposes of determining the ratio described above for
the fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending December 31, 2006, Consolidated
EBITDA for the relevant period shall be deemed to equal Consolidated EBITDA for
each previous fiscal quarter commencing after the Closing Date multiplied by
4/3.
(b) Consolidated Adjusted Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated
Adjusted Leverage Ratio as at the last day of any period of four consecutive
fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending with any fiscal quarter set forth below
to exceed the ratio set forth below opposite such fiscal quarter:
Consolidated
Adjusted Leverage
Fiscal Quarter Ratio
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FQ4 2006 through FQ2 2007 8.75 to 1.00
FQ3 2007 through FQ4 2007 8.25 to 1.00
FQ1 2008 through FQ2 2008 8.00 to 1.00
FQ3 2008 through FQ4 2008 7.75 to 1.00
FQ1 2009 and each fiscal quarter thereafter 7.50 to 1.00
; provided, that for the purposes of determining the ratio described above for
the fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending December 31, 2006, Consolidated
EBITDAR for the relevant period
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shall be deemed to equal Consolidated EBITDAR for each previous fiscal quarter
after the Closing Date multiplied by 4/3.
(c) Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters
of the Borrower ending with any fiscal quarter set forth below to be less than
the ratio set forth below opposite such fiscal quarter:
Consolidated
Fixed Charge
Fiscal Quarter Coverage Ratio
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FQ4 2006 through FQ2 2007 1.20 to 1.00
FQ3 2007 through FQ4 2007 1.25 to 1.00
FQ1 2008 through FQ2 2008 1.30 to 1.00
FQ3 2008 and each fiscal quarter thereafter 1.35 to 1.00
; provided, that for the purposes of determining the ratio described above for
the fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending December 31, 2006, Consolidated
EBITDAR for the relevant period shall be deemed to equal Consolidated EBITDAR
for each previous fiscal quarter commencing after the Closing Date multiplied by
4/3.
(d) Maintenance of Tangible Net Worth. Permit Tangible Net Worth at any
time after the Closing Date to be less than $800,000,000.
7.2 Limitation on Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Indebtedness of (i) the Borrower to any Subsidiary, (ii) any
Subsidiary Guarantor to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, (iii) to the
extent the same does not exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time
outstanding, any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor and (iv)
any Subsidiary (other than a Subsidiary Guarantor) to any other Subsidiary;
(c) Capital Lease Obligations (i) assumed by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in connection with any Acquisition; provided that, at the time of
the assumption of such Capital Lease Obligations, a certificate of a Responsible
Officer shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent, which shall
include a computation demonstrating Pro Forma Compliance with the financial
covenants contained in Section 7.1 after giving effect to such Capital Lease
Obligations; provided further that, such Capital Lease Obligations existed at
the time of such Acquisition and were not created in connection therewith or in
contemplation thereof, or (ii) to the extent not otherwise permitted by clause
(i) of this Section 7.2(c) or 7.2(d), incurred by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not exceeding $5,000,000 at any one time
outstanding;
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(d) Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof (or contemplated by the
existing documentation evidencing such Indebtedness) and listed on Schedule
7.2(d) and any refinancings, refundings, consolidations, renewals or extensions
thereof (without any increase in the principal amount thereof or any shortening
of the maturity of any principal amount thereof);
(e) Guarantee Obligations made in the ordinary course of business by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of (i) obligations of the Borrower or
any Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) obligations under any operating lease, (iii)
Capital Lease Obligations permitted or assumed pursuant to Section 7.2(c) or
(d), (iv) Construction Indebtedness, in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$300,000,000 at any one time outstanding, (v) obligations of other Non-Recourse
Subsidiary Borrowers in the same pool financing and (vi) obligations of any
Subsidiary in an aggregate amount not exceeding $75,000,000 at any one time
outstanding to the extent not otherwise permitted by Section 7.2(d) or clauses
(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of this Section 7.2(e);
(f) Indebtedness in respect of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower secured
by fee-owned or leasehold real property of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower and
any related Property permitted by Section 7.3(h); provided that, with respect to
any such Indebtedness (w) such Indebtedness may be recourse against the
Non-Recourse Subsidiary Borrower that is the borrower under such Indebtedness,
(x) such Indebtedness shall not mature prior to November 15, 2009, (y) neither
the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Non-Recourse Subsidiary
Borrower thereunder or other Non-Recourse Subsidiary Borrowers that are party to
such Indebtedness in the case of a pool financing) provides credit support of
any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would
constitute Indebtedness) or is directly or indirectly liable (as guarantor or
otherwise), other than as guarantor for fraud, misrepresentation, misapplication
of cash, waste, environmental claims and liabilities, prohibited transfers,
violations of single purpose entity covenants, 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 estate and any other Guarantee Obligations permitted by
Section 7.2(e), and (z) as to which the lenders thereunder will not have any
recourse to the Capital Stock or assets of the Borrower and any of its
Subsidiaries (other than the Non-Recourse Subsidiary Borrower or other
Non-Recourse Subsidiary Borrowers that are party to such Indebtedness in the
case of a pool financing) other than the assets securing such Indebtedness,
additions, accessions and improvements thereto and proceeds thereof, the Capital
Stock of the related Non-Recourse Subsidiary Borrower or other Non-Recourse
Subsidiary Borrowers that are party to such Indebtedness in the case of a pool
financing and, in the case of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, recourse against
such party for any such Indebtedness for fraud, misrepresentation,
misapplication of cash, waste, environmental claims and liabilities, prohibited
transfers, violation of single purpose entity covenants, 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 estate and any other Guarantee Obligations permitted by
Section 7.2(e); provided further that, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent a pro forma Compliance Certificate (i) certifying that,
after giving effect to such
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additional Indebtedness, no Event of Default shall exist and (ii) containing all
information and calculations necessary, and taking into consideration such
additional Indebtedness, for determining Pro Forma Compliance with the
provisions of Section 7.1 hereof. For the purposes of this Section 7.2, pledges
of Hedge Agreements and posting of letters of credit in lieu of reserves shall
not constitute credit support;
(g) Construction Indebtedness in respect of the Subsidiaries of the
Borrower secured by fee-owned or leasehold real property of the Subsidiaries of
the Borrower and any related Property permitted by Section 7.3(h); provided
that, with respect to any such Indebtedness (w) such Construction Indebtedness
may be recourse against the Non-Recourse Subsidiary Borrower that is the
borrower under such Indebtedness, (x) such Indebtedness shall not mature prior
to November 15, 2009, (y) neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries
(other than the Non-Recourse Subsidiary Borrower thereunder) provides credit
support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that
would constitute Indebtedness) or is directly or indirectly liable (as guarantor
or otherwise), other than as guarantor for fraud, misrepresentation,
misapplication of cash, waste, environmental claims and liabilities, prohibited
transfers, violations of single purpose entity covenants, 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 estate and any other Guarantee Obligations
permitted by Section 7.2(e), and (z) as to which the lenders thereunder will not
have any recourse to the Capital Stock or assets of the Borrower and any of its
Subsidiaries other than the assets securing such Indebtedness, additions,
accessions and improvements thereto and proceeds thereof, the Capital Stock of
any Non-Recourse Subsidiary Borrower and, in the case of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, recourse against the assets of such party for any such Indebtedness
for fraud, misrepresentation, misapplication of cash, waste, environmental
claims and liabilities, prohibited transfers, violation of single purpose entity
covenants, 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 estate and any
other Guarantee Obligations permitted by Section 7.2(e); provided further that,
the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a pro forma Compliance
Certificate (i) certifying that, after giving effect to such additional
Indebtedness, no Event of Default shall exist and (ii) containing all
information and calculations necessary, and taking into consideration such
additional Indebtedness, for determining Pro Forma Compliance with the
provisions of Section 7.1 hereof. For the purposes of this Section 7.2, pledges
of Hedge Agreements, posting of letters of credit in lieu of reserves and
completion guarantees by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall not
constitute credit support;
(h) Indebtedness (excluding any Recourse Indebtedness except to the
extent such Recourse Indebtedness does not exceed $75,000,000 in the aggregate
outstanding at any one time) assumed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in
connection with any Acquisition; provided that, such Indebtedness existed at the
time of such Acquisition and was not created in connection therewith or in
contemplation thereof; and provided, further, that the Borrower shall deliver to
the Administrative Agent a pro forma Compliance Certificate (i) certifying that,
after giving effect to such additional
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Indebtedness, no Event of Default shall exist and (ii) containing all
information and calculations necessary, and taking into consideration such
additional Indebtedness, for determining Pro Forma Compliance with the
provisions of Section 7.1 hereof;
(i) Indebtedness of a Non-Recourse Subsidiary Borrower secured solely
by the Capital Stock of the Non-Recourse Subsidiary Borrower or any other
Non-Recourse Subsidiary Borrower; provided that, the Borrower shall deliver to
the Administrative Agent a pro forma Compliance Certificate (i) certifying that,
after giving effect to such additional Indebtedness, no Event of Default shall
exist and (ii) containing all information and calculations necessary, and taking
into consideration such additional Indebtedness, for determining Pro Forma
Compliance with the provisions of Section 7.1 hereof;
(j) letters of credit set forth on Schedule 7.2(j) which will be
outstanding on the Closing Date, provided that, such letters of credit have been
terminated on or prior to December 15, 2007; and
(k) additional unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount (for the Borrower and all
Subsidiaries) not to exceed $30,000,000 at any one time outstanding.
7.3 Limitation on Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
Lien upon any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except
for:
(a) Liens for taxes not yet delinquent or that are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that adequate reserves with
respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in conformity with GAAP;
(b) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's, repairmen's
or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business that are not
overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(c) pledges or deposits in connection with workers' compensation,
unemployment insurance and other social security legislation;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other
than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal
bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in
the ordinary course of business;
(e) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar
encumbrances that, in the aggregate, do not in any case materially detract
from the value of the Property subject thereto or materially interfere with
the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(f) Liens in existence on the date hereof listed on Schedule 7.2(d),
securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(d); provided, that no such
Lien is spread to cover
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any additional Property after the Closing Date and that the amount of
Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased other than, in each case, in
connection with any consolidation of such Indebtedness;
(g) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other
Subsidiary incurred pursuant to Section 7.2(c) to finance the acquisition
of fixed or capital assets, provided that (i) such Liens shall be created
substantially simultaneously with the acquisition of such fixed or capital
assets, (ii) such Liens do not at any time encumber any Property other than
the Property financed by such Indebtedness, (iii) the amount of
Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased, other than to make
improvements to the original Property financed by such Indebtedness, and
(iv) the amount of Indebtedness initially secured thereby is not more than
100% of the purchase price of such fixed or capital asset;
(h) Liens on fee-owned property or real property leases of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries and any related Property (other than the
Capital Stock of the Borrower and any Subsidiary that is not a Non-Recourse
Subsidiary Borrower) customarily granted or pledged by a borrower to its
lender in connection with non-recourse financing including, without
limitation, any personal property located on or related to such Property,
any contracts, receivables and general intangibles related to such real
property and any Hedge Agreements relating to the Indebtedness (and any
proceeds from any of the foregoing) which Liens secure Indebtedness
permitted by Sections 7.2(f) and (g); provided that, in each case, (i) such
Liens shall be created substantially simultaneously with the incurrence of
such Indebtedness and (ii) such Liens do not at any time encumber any
Property other than the Property financed by such Indebtedness, other than,
in each case, in connection with any consolidations of such Indebtedness;
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(h); provided
that, (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any Property other than
the Property acquired with such Indebtedness, other than, in each case, in
connection with any consolidations of such Indebtedness and (ii) the amount
of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased, other than to make
improvements to the original Property financed by such Indebtedness;
(j) Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents;
(k) any Lien in favor of, or interest or title of a lessor under any
lease entered into by the Borrower or any other Subsidiary in the ordinary
course of its business and covering only the assets so leased and/or
Property of the lessee under such lease located at or used in connection
with the real property that is the subject of such lease;
(l) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting
an Event of Default under Section 8(h); and
(m) Liens on the Capital Stock of a Non-Recourse Subsidiary Borrower
securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(i); provided that, in each
case, (i) any such Lien shall be created substantially simultaneously with
the incurrence of such Indebtedness and (ii) any such Lien does not at any
time encumber any Property
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other than the Property financed by such Indebtedness, other than, in each
case, in connection with any consolidations of such Indebtedness.
7.4 Limitation on Fundamental Changes. Enter into any merger,
consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or
suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all
of its Property or business, except that:
(a) any Person (including, without limitation, any Subsidiary) may be
merged or consolidated (i) with or into the Borrower (provided that the
Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation), (ii) with or
into any Subsidiary Guarantor (provided that (x) the Subsidiary Guarantor
shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (y) simultaneously
with, or promptly after the consummation of, such transaction, the
continuing or surviving corporation shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor and
the Borrower shall comply with Section 6.11 in connection therewith) or
(iii) with or into any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a Subsidiary
Guarantor) (provided that, after giving effect to such transaction, the
continuing or surviving entity shall be a Subsidiary of the Borrower); and
(b) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may Dispose of any or all of its
assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or any
other Subsidiary (provided that a Subsidiary Guarantor may not Dispose of
all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or
otherwise) except to the Borrower or another Subsidiary Guarantor.
7.5 Limitation on Disposition of Property. Dispose of any of its
Property (including, without limitation, receivables and leasehold interests),
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any Subsidiary,
issue or sell any shares of such Subsidiary's Capital Stock to any Person,
except:
(a) the Disposition of obsolete or worn out property in the ordinary
course of business;
(b) the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.4(b);
(d) the sale or issuance of (i) any Subsidiary's Capital Stock to the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or (ii) any Subsidiary's Capital Stock
(other than the Capital Stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor) to the Borrower or
any other Subsidiary;
(e) the Disposition of other assets the net proceeds of which shall
not exceed $100,000,000 in the aggregate for any fiscal year of the
Borrower; and
(f) any Recovery Event, provided, that the requirements of Section
2.10(b) are complied with in connection therewith.
7.6 Limitation on Restricted Payments. Declare or pay any dividend on,
or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other
analogous fund for,
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the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any
Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, whether now or hereafter
outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly
or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of the Borrower or
any Subsidiary, or enter into any derivatives or other transaction with any
financial institution, commodities or stock exchange or clearinghouse (a
"Derivatives Counterparty") obligating the Borrower or any Subsidiary to make
payments to such Derivatives Counterparty as a result of any change in market
value of any such Capital Stock (collectively, "Restricted Payments"), except
that:
(a) subject to Section 7.19, (i) any Subsidiary Guarantor may make
Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor and (ii)
any Subsidiary (other than a Subsidiary Guarantor) may make Restricted
Payments to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary;
(b) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments in the form of common
stock of the Borrower;
(c) the Borrower may pay dividends to the holders of its Capital
Stock, provided that, at the time of such Restricted Payment, a certificate
of a Responsible Officer shall have been delivered to the Administrative
Agent, which shall include (i) a computation demonstrating Pro Forma
Compliance with the financial covenants contained in Section 7.1 after
giving effect to such Restricted Payment and (ii) a certification that no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at such
time or after giving effect to such Restricted Payment; and
(d) the Borrower may purchase the Borrower's common stock or common
stock options from present or former officers or employers of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary upon the death, disability or termination of employment
of such officer or employee, provided, that the aggregate amount of
payments under this paragraph subsequent to the date hereof (net of any
proceeds received by the Borrower subsequent to the date hereof in
connection with resales of any common stock or common stock options so
purchased) shall not exceed $5,000,000.
7.7 Limitation on Investments. Make any advance, loan, extension of
credit (by way of guaranty or otherwise) or capital contribution to, or purchase
any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities of, or any
assets constituting an ongoing business from, or make any other investment in,
any other Person (all of the foregoing, "Investments"), except:
(a) extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Investments in Cash Equivalents;
(c) Investments arising in connection with the incurrence of
Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(b) and (e);
(d) loans and advances to employees of the Borrower or any
Subsidiaries of the Borrower in the ordinary course of business (including,
without limitation, for travel,
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entertainment and relocation expenses) in an aggregate amount for the
Borrower and Subsidiaries of the Borrower not to exceed $100,000 at any one
time outstanding;
(e) Investments outstanding on the date hereof and described on
Schedule 7.7(e);
(f) Acquisitions that are consistent with, and otherwise in connection
with, those businesses in which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are
engaged on the date hereof and/or that are reasonably related thereto,
including, without limitation, any advance, any loan or extension of credit
made by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to the seller on an interim basis
in connection with any such Acquisition on account or in lieu of the
consideration for such Acquisition pursuant to the terms of an acquisition
agreement among the Borrower and/or the relevant Subsidiary and the seller;
provided that, at the time of such Investment, a certificate of a
Responsible Officer shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent,
which shall include (A) a computation demonstrating Pro Forma Compliance
with the financial covenants contained in Section 7.1 after giving effect
to such Investment and (B) a certification that no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing at such time or after giving
effect to such Investment;
(g) Investments (other than those relating to the incurrence of
Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.7(c)) by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries in the Borrower or any Person that, prior to such Investment,
is a Subsidiary Guarantor; and
(h) Investments by a Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a
Subsidiary Guarantor) in another Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a
Subsidiary Guarantor).
7.8 Limitation on Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation. Amend
its certificate of incorporation in any manner determined by the Administrative
Agent to be adverse to the Lenders.
7.9 Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any
transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or
exchange of Property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any
management, advisory or similar fees, with any Affiliate (other than the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor) unless such transaction is (a) otherwise
permitted under this Agreement, (b) in the ordinary course of business of the
Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and (c) upon fair and
reasonable terms no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the
case may be, than it would obtain in a comparable arm's length transaction with
a Person that is not an Affiliate.
7.10 Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks. Enter into any arrangement
with any Person providing for the leasing by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of
real or personal property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the
Borrower or such Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds
have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property
or rental obligations of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, unless such Net Cash
Proceeds of such arrangement are applied in accordance with Section 2.10.
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7.11 Limitation on Changes in Fiscal Periods. Permit the fiscal year of
the Borrower to end on a day other than December 31 or change the Borrower's
method of determining fiscal quarters.
7.12 Limitation on Negative Pledge Clauses. Enter into or suffer to
exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any Lien upon any of the Collateral or revenues, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, to secure the Obligations or, in the case of any guarantor,
its obligations under the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, other than this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and other than (i) any such agreement
which exists as of the date hereof, or (ii) any such agreement assumed or
created after the date hereof which (A) is assumed by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries in connection with any Acquisition permitted by Section 7.7(f), (B)
is an agreement governing Indebtedness permitted by Sections 7.2(c), (d), (f),
(g), (h) or (i), or (C) is a customary provision in leases, subleases, licenses,
contracts for management or development of Property and other contracts
restricting the same; provided that, any such prohibition or limitation referred
to above in this Section created after the date hereof shall only be effective
against the Property or Person acquired in such Acquisition, financed by or
party to such Indebtedness or that is the subject of or party to such other
leases, subleases, license or contracts.
7.13 Limitation on Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions. Enter into
or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction
on the ability of any Subsidiary to (a) make Restricted Payments in respect of
any Capital Stock of such Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to,
the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, (b) make Investments in the Borrower or
any other Subsidiary or (c) transfer any of its assets to the Borrower or any
other Subsidiary, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or
by reason of (i) any restrictions existing under the Loan Documents, (ii) any
restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement that
has been entered into in connection with the Disposition of all or substantially
all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary, (iii) any encumbrance or
restriction contained in any agreement governing Indebtedness permitted by
Sections 7.2(c), (d), (f), (g), (h) or (i) or any other agreement existing on
the date hereof or assumed in connection with any Acquisition permitted by
Section 7.7(f), (iv) any customary provisions in leases, subleases, licenses,
contracts for management or development of Property and other contracts
restricting the same and (v) any restriction existing by reason of applicable
law; provided that, any such encumbrance or restriction referred to above in
this Section created by agreement after the date hereof shall only be effective
against, and as to distributions made by, the Person acquired in such
Acquisition, financed by or party to such Indebtedness or that is the subject of
or party to such other leases, subleases, license or contracts.
7.14 Limitation on Lines of Business. Enter into any business, either
directly or through any Subsidiary, except for those businesses in which the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of this Agreement or that
are reasonably related thereto.
7.15 Limitation on Hedge Agreements. Enter into any Hedge Agreement
other than Hedge Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, and
not for speculative purposes, to protect against changes in interest rates or
foreign exchange rates.
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7.16 Licenses. Permit any breach, withdrawal, rating reduction,
restriction, suspension, probation, failure to renew, cancellation, rescission,
termination, lapse or forfeiture of any License, permit, right, franchise or
privilege necessary for the ownership or operation of any Living Facility for
the purposes for which such Living Facility is currently being operated except,
in each case, to the extent the same could, individually or in the aggregate,
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.17 Limitation on Certain Agreements. Permit any breach, withdrawal,
restriction, suspension, probation, failure to renew, cancellation, rescission,
termination, lapse, alteration, forfeiture or modification of any Operating
Agreement and Management Contract except, in each case, to the extent the same
could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
7.18 Limitation on Foreign Subsidiaries. Create or acquire (i) any
Foreign Subsidiary, or (ii) any Subsidiary whose only assets are entities not
organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States of
America.
7.19 Subsidiary Dividends. Notwithstanding the terms of Section 7.6
hereof, fail to cause each indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower to pay dividends
or make distributions or to transfer to its parent, or fail to cause each direct
Subsidiary of the Borrower to pay dividends or make distributions or to transfer
to the Borrower, an amount not less than such Subsidiary's excess cash flow in
the ordinary course of business but in any event not less than once each
quarter, except to the extent prohibited by (i) any encumbrance or restriction
contained in any agreement governing Indebtedness permitted by Sections 7.2(c),
(d), (f), (g), (h) or (i) or any other agreement existing on the date hereof or
assumed in connection with any Acquisition permitted by Section 7.7(f), (ii) any
customary provisions in leases, subleases, licenses, contracts for management or
development of Property and other contracts restricting the same, and (iii) any
restriction existing by reason of applicable law; provided that, any such
encumbrance or restriction referred to above in this Section created by
agreement after the date hereof shall only be effective against, and as to
distributions by, the Person acquired in such Acquisition, financed by or party
to such Indebtedness or that is the subject of or party to such other leases,
subleases, license or contracts.
SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing:
(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or
Reimbursement Obligation when due in accordance with the terms hereof; or
the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or Reimbursement
Obligation, or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan
Document, within five days after any such interest or other amount becomes
due in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof; or
(b) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan
Party herein or in any other Loan Document or that is contained in any
certificate, document or financial or other statement furnished by it at
any time under or in connection with this
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Agreement or any such other Loan Document shall prove to have been
inaccurate in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made
or furnished; or
(c) any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of
any agreement contained in clause (i) or (ii) of Section 6.4(a) (with
respect to the Borrower only), Section 6.8(a) or Section 7, or in Section 5
of the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement; or
(d) any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of
any other agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document
(other than as provided in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section), and
such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the
earlier of (i) the date on which a Responsible Officer should have known or
has reason to know of such default and (ii) the date on which the Borrower
has received written notice of such failure from the Administrative Agent,
or if such default is of a nature that it cannot with reasonable effort be
completely remedied within said period of 30 days such additional period of
time as may be reasonably necessary to cure same, provided the applicable
Loan Party commences such cure with such 30 day period and diligently
prosecutes same, until completion, but in no event shall such extended
period exceed 60 days; or
(e) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) default in
making any payment of any principal of any Indebtedness (including, without
limitation, any Guarantee Obligation, but excluding the Loans and
Reimbursement Obligations) on the scheduled or original due date with
respect thereto; or (ii) default in making any payment of any interest on
any such Indebtedness beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the
instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created; or (iii)
default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or
condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument
or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event
shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event
or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or beneficiary of such
Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or
beneficiary) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such
Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity or to become
subject to a mandatory offer to purchase by the obligor thereunder or (in
the case of any such Indebtedness constituting a Guarantee Obligation) to
become payable; provided, that a default, event or condition described in
clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph (e) shall not at any time
constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one or more defaults,
events or conditions of the type described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)
of this paragraph (e) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to
Indebtedness the outstanding principal amount of which exceeds in the
aggregate $10,000,000; or
(f) (i) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall commence any
case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of
any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief
entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or
insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up,
liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or
its debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian,
conservator or other
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similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets,
or the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall make a general assignment
for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries any case, proceeding or other
action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above that (A) results in the
entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B)
remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 60 days; or
(iii) there shall be commenced against the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a
warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all
or any substantial part of its assets that results in the entry of an order
for any such relief that shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed
or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv) the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action in furtherance
of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of
the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or
shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due;
or
(g) (i) any Person shall engage in any "prohibited transaction" (as
defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any
Plan, (ii) any "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 302
of ERISA), whether or not waived, shall exist with respect to any Plan, or
any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan shall arise on the assets of the
Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity, (iii) a Reportable Event shall
occur with respect to, or proceedings shall commence to have a trustee
appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to administer or to terminate,
any Single Employer Plan, which Reportable Event or commencement of
proceedings or appointment of a trustee is, in the reasonable opinion of
the Required Lenders, likely to result in the termination of such Plan for
purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (iv) any Single Employer Plan shall
terminate for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (v) the Borrower or any
Commonly Controlled Entity shall incur any liability in connection with a
withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or Reorganization of, a Multiemployer
Plan or (vi) any other event or condition shall occur or exist with respect
to a Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (vi) above, such event
or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any,
could, in the sole judgment of the Required Lenders, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(h) one or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by a court of competent jurisdiction,
or the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries enters into a settlement
agreement with any Governmental Authority or Agency, in each case,
involving for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole a
liability (not paid or fully covered by insurance as to which the relevant
insurance company has acknowledged coverage) of $10,000,000 or more, and
all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged,
stayed or bonded pending appeal within 30 days from the entry thereof; or
(i) any of the Security Documents shall cease, for any reason (other
than by reason of the express release thereof pursuant to Section 10.15),
to be in full force and effect, or any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any
Loan Party shall so assert, or any Lien
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created by any of the Security Documents shall cease to be enforceable and
of the same effect and priority purported to be created thereby; or
(j) the guarantee contained in Section 2 of the Guarantee and Pledge
Agreement shall cease, for any reason (other than by reason of the express
release thereof pursuant to Section 10.15), to be in full force and effect
or any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall so assert; or
(k) any Change of Control shall occur; or
(l) if the United States Department of Health and Human Services,
Office of the Inspector General, or any federal, state or local Agency
brings a claim, demand or cause of action against the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries or any shareholders, partners, members, directors,
officers, employees or agents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
for violation of Section 1128A, 1128C or 1877 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. Sections 1320a-7a, 1320a-7c and 1395nn), the False Claims Act
(31 U.S.C. Section 3729 et seq.), the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of
1986 (31 U.S.C. Section 3801 et seq.) or other similar Requirements of Law,
which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect;
then, and in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified
in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) above with respect to the Borrower,
automatically the Commitments shall immediately terminate and the Loans
hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all
amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then
outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents required
thereunder) shall immediately become due and payable, and (B) if such event is
any other Event of Default, either or both of the following actions may be
taken: (i) with the consent of the Majority Revolving Credit Lenders, the
Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Majority Revolving Credit
Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower declare the
Revolving Credit Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Revolving
Credit Commitments shall immediately terminate; (ii) LaSalle may, by notice to
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, declare the LaSalle L/C Commitment to
be terminated forthwith, whereupon the LaSalle L/C Commitment shall immediately
terminate; and (iii) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the
Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the
Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Loans
hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all
amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then
outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents required
thereunder) to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall
immediately become due and payable. In the case of all Letters of Credit with
respect to which presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of an
acceleration pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall at such time deposit
in a L/C Collateral Account opened by the Administrative Agent an amount equal
to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired face amount of such Letters of
Credit. Amounts held in such cash collateral account shall be applied by the
Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of
Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall
have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall
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be applied to repay other obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents. After all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or
been fully drawn upon, all Reimbursement Obligations shall have been satisfied
and all other obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents shall have been paid in full, the balance, if any, in such cash
collateral account shall be returned to the Borrower (or such other Person as
may be lawfully entitled thereto).
SECTION 9. THE AGENTS
9.1 Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints
the Agents as the agents of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, and each Lender irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity,
to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are
expressly delegated to such Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this
Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those
expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and
no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or
liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or
otherwise exist against any Agent.
9.2 Delegation of Duties. Each Agent may execute any of its duties
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or
attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all
matters pertaining to such duties; provided, that, any person receiving and
paying amounts from the Borrower to the Lenders must be a "U.S. person" and a
"financial institution," as such terms are defined in Treasury Regulations
section 1.1441-1. No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct
of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.
9.3 Exculpatory Provisions. Neither any Agent nor any of its officers,
directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be (i)
liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person
under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except to
the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final and nonappealable
decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or such
Person's own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any
manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or
warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or
other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agents under
or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the
value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Loan Party
to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Agents shall not be
under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the
observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions
of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties,
books or records of any Loan Party.
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9.4 Reliance by Agents. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall
be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution, notice,
consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message,
statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine
and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or
Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without
limitation, counsel to the Loan Parties), independent accountants and other
experts selected by such Agent. The Agents shall deem and treat the payee of any
Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless such Note shall have been
transferred in accordance with Section 10.6 and all actions required by such
Section in connection with such transfer shall have been taken. Each Agent shall
be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice
or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement,
all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified by this
Agreement) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its
satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may
be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.
Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining
from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance
with a request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement,
all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified by this
Agreement), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant
thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the
Loans.
9.5 Notice of Default. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or
notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless
such Agent shall have received notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to
this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that
such notice is a "notice of default". In the event that the Administrative Agent
shall receive such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof
to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to
such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required
Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or any other
instructing group of Lenders specified by this Agreement); provided that unless
and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the
Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or
refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of
Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.
9.6 Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly
acknowledges that neither any of the Agents nor any of their respective
officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have
made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent
hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any
affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or
warranty by any Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Agents that
it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender,
and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made
its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property,
financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their
affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into
this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and
without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents
and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its
own
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credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as
it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property,
financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their
affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required
to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, no Agent
shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or
other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition
(financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any
affiliate of a Loan Party that may come into the possession of such Agent or any
of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.
9.7 Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent in its
capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without
limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their
respective Aggregate Exposure Percentages in effect on the date on which
indemnification is sought under this Section (or, if indemnification is sought
after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans
shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with such Aggregate Exposure
Percentages immediately prior to such date), for, and to save each Agent
harmless from and against, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (including, without limitation, at
any time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against such Agent in any way relating to or arising out of, the
Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents
contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent
under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall
be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of
competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent's gross negligence or
willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of
the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
9.8 Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each Agent and its affiliates may
make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business
with any Loan Party as though such Agent were not an Agent. With respect to its
Loans made or renewed by it and with respect to any Letter of Credit issued or
participated in by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the
same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms "Lender" and "Lenders" shall
include each Agent in its individual capacity.
9.9 Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign
as Administrative Agent upon 10 days' notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. If
the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint
from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent
shall (unless an Event of Default under Section 8(a) or Section 8(f) with
respect to the Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to
approval by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and
duties of the
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Administrative Agent, and the term "Administrative Agent" shall mean such
successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former
Administrative Agent's rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall
be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such
former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any
holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as
Administrative Agent by the date that is 10 days following a retiring
Administrative Agent's notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative
Agent's resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective, and the
Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent
hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor
agent as provided for above. A Co-Syndication Agent may, at any time, by notice
to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, resign as Co-Syndication Agent
hereunder, whereupon the duties, rights, obligations and responsibilities of a
Co-Syndication Agent hereunder shall automatically be assumed by, and inure to
the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, without any further act by the
Co-Syndication Agent, the Administrative Agent or any Lender. After any retiring
Agent's resignation as Agent, the provisions of this Section 9 shall inure to
its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was
Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
9.10 Authorization to Release Liens and Guarantees. The Administrative
Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each of the Lenders to effect any
release of Liens or guarantee obligations contemplated by Section 10.15.
9.11 The Joint Lead Arrangers; the Co-Arrangers; the Co-Syndication
Agents; the Co-Documentation Agents. Neither the Joint Lead Arrangers, the
Co-Arrangers, the Co-Syndication Agents nor the Co-Documentation Agents, in
their respective capacities as such, shall have any duties or responsibilities,
nor shall any such Person incur any liability, under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents.
SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or
modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.1. The
Required Lenders, the Borrower and each other Loan Party party to the relevant
Loan Document may, or (with the written consent of the Required Lenders) the
Administrative Agent, the Borrower and each other Loan Party party to the
relevant Loan Document may, from time to time, (a) enter into written
amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents
(including amendments and restatements hereof or thereof) for the purpose of
adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing
in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of the Loan Parties hereunder or
thereunder or (b) waive, on such terms and conditions as may be specified in the
instrument of waiver, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences;
provided, however, that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or
modification shall:
(i) forgive the principal amount or extend the final scheduled date of
maturity of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation, reduce the stated rate of
any interest or fee payable under this Agreement (except (x) in connection
with the waiver of applicability
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of any post-default increase in interest rates (which waiver shall be
effective with the consent of the Required Lenders, or in the case of each
L/C Facility, the applicable Issuing Lender) and (y) that any amendment or
modification of defined terms used in the financial covenants in this
Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees
for purposes of this clause (i)) or extend the scheduled date of any
payment thereof, or increase the amount or extend the expiration date of
any Commitment of any Lender, in each case without the consent of each
Lender directly affected thereby;
(ii) amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section or reduce any
percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders, consent to the
assignment or transfer by the Borrower of any of its rights and obligations
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, release all or
substantially all of the Collateral or release all or substantially all of
the Subsidiary Guarantors from their guarantee obligations under the
Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, in each case without the consent of all the
Lenders;
(iii) amend, modify or waive any condition precedent to any Extension
of Credit under the Revolving Credit Facility set forth in Section 5.2
(including, without limitation, the waiver of an existing Default or Event
of Default required to be waived in order for such Extension of Credit to
be made) without the consent of the Majority Revolving Credit Lenders;
(iv) amend, modify or waive any condition precedent to any Extension of
Credit under any L/C Facility set forth in Section 5.2 (including, without
limitation, the waiver of an existing Default or Event of Default required
to be waived in order for such Extension of Credit to be made) without the
consent of the applicable Issuing Lender;
(v) reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Required
Lenders without the consent of all of the Lenders under such Facility;
(vi) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 9, or any other
provision affecting the rights, duties or obligations of any Agent, without
the consent of any Agent directly affected thereby;
(vii) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.3 or 2.4
without the consent of the Swing Line Lender;
(viii) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.16 without the
consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(ix) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 3 without the
consent of LaSalle;
(x) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 3A without the
consent of Bank of America; or
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(xi) impose restrictions on assignments and participations that are
more restrictive than, or additional to, those set forth in Section 10.6
without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby.
Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply
equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Loan Parties, the
Lenders, the Agents and all future holders of the Loans. In the case of any
waiver, the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Agents shall be restored to their
former position and rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any
Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not
continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default
or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon. Any such waiver,
amendment, supplement or modification shall be effected by a written instrument
signed by the parties required to sign pursuant to the foregoing provisions of
this Section; provided, that delivery of an executed signature page of any such
instrument by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart thereof.
For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement and any other Loan Document
may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the
Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and each other Loan
Party to each relevant Loan Document (x) to add one or more additional credit
facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to
time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof
(collectively, the "Additional Extensions of Credit") to share ratably in the
benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Revolving
Credit Loans and the Letters of Credit and the accrued interest and fees in
respect thereof and (y) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit
facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders; provided, however, that
no such amendment shall permit the Additional Extensions of Credit to share
ratably with or with preference to the Loans in the application of mandatory
prepayments without the consent of the Required Lenders.
10.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the
respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by
telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to
have been duly given or made when delivered, or three Business Days after being
deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when
received, addressed (a) in the case of the Borrower and the Agents, as follows
and (b) in the case of the Lenders, as set forth in an administrative
questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent or on Schedule I to the
Lender Addendum to which such Lender is a party, or, in the case of a Lender
which becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to an Assignment and
Acceptance, in such Assignment and Acceptance or (c) in the case of any party,
to such other address as such party may hereafter notify to the other parties
hereto:
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The Borrower:
Brookdale Senior Living Inc.
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with a copy to:
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▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq.
Telecopy: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
The Co-Syndication Agents:
LaSalle Bank National Association
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Telecopy: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
and
Bank of America, N.A.
CA4-702-02-05
Building B
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Telecopy: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
with a copy to:
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NC1-007-17-11
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Telecopy: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
The Co-Documentation Agents:
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sachs Credit Partners L.P.
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Telecopy: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
and
Citicorp North America, Inc.
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▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Emegene ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Telecopy: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
with a copy to:
Attention: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Telecopy: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
The Administrative Agent:
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Commercial Paper Inc.
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Pi-▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Telecopy: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
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with a copy to:
Trimont Real Estate Advisors
Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Telecopy: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Issuing Lenders:
As notified by each Issuing Lender to the Administrative Agent
and the Borrower
provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon any Agent, the Issuing
Lenders or any Lender shall not be effective until received.
Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be
delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures
approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not
apply to notices pursuant to Section 2 unless otherwise agreed by the
Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the
Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be
limited to particular notices or communications.
10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no
delay in exercising, on the part of any Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy,
power or privilege hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall operate as
a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy,
power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or
the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights,
remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive
of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
10.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations
and warranties made herein, in the other Loan Documents and in any document,
certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith
shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the
Loans and other Extensions of Credit hereunder.
10.5 Payment of Expenses. The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse
the Agents for all their reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the syndication of the Facilities (other than fees payable to
syndicate members) and the development, preparation and execution of, and any
amendment, supplement or modification to, this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith,
and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and
disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Administrative Agent and the
charges of Intralinks, (b) to pay or reimburse each Lender and the Agents for
all their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or
preservation of any rights under this Agreement,
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the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith
or therewith, including, without limitation, the fees and disbursements of
counsel (including the allocated fees and disbursements and other charges of
in-house counsel) to each Lender and of counsel to the Agents, (c) to pay,
indemnify, or reimburse each Lender and the Agents for, and hold each Lender and
the Agents harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees and any and all
liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, stamp,
excise and other taxes, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable
in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation or
administration of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment,
supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of,
this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, and (d)
to pay, indemnify or reimburse each Lender, each Agent, their respective
affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, trustees, employees,
advisors, agents and controlling persons (each, an "Indemnitee") for, and hold
each Indemnitee harmless from and against any and all other liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by an
Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the
Borrower or any other Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a
result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the
performance by the parties hereto or thereto of their respective obligations
hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use
of the proceeds thereof (including any refusal by an Issuing Lender to honor a
demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in
connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter
of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Materials of
Environmental Concern on or from any property owned, occupied or operated by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any environmental liability related in
any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any or their respective
properties, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation
or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort
or any other theory, whether brought by any third party or by the Borrower or
any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party
thereto (all the foregoing in this clause (d), collectively, the "Indemnified
Liabilities"), but excluding, in each case, taxes which shall be governed solely
by Sections 2.17 and 2.18, provided, that the Borrower shall have no obligation
hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the
extent such Indemnified Liabilities are found by a final and nonappealable
decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. No Indemnitee shall be
liable for any damages arising from the use by unauthorized persons of
information or other materials sent through electronic, telecommunications or
other information transmission systems that are intercepted by such persons or
for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages in connection with
the Facilities. Without limiting the foregoing, and to the extent permitted by
applicable law, the Borrower agrees not to assert and to cause its Subsidiaries
not to assert, and hereby waives and agrees to cause its Subsidiaries so to
waive, all rights for contribution or any other rights of recovery with respect
to all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages,
costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature, under or related to Environmental
Laws, that any of them might have by statute or otherwise against any
Indemnitee. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than
30 days after written demand therefor. Statements payable by the Borrower
pursuant to this Section shall be
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submitted to T. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, General Counsel (Telephone No. (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇)
(Fax No. (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇), at the address of the Borrower set forth in Section
10.2, or to such other Person or address as may be hereafter designated by the
Borrower in a written notice to the Administrative Agent. The agreements in this
Section shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable
hereunder.
10.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments. (a) This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the
Lenders, the Agents, all future holders of the Loans and their respective
successors and assigns, except that the Borrower may not assign or transfer any
of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written
consent of the Agents and each Lender.
(b) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, in accordance
with applicable law, at any time sell to one or more banks, financial
institutions or other entities (each, a "Participant") participating interests
in any Loan owing to such Lender, any Commitment of such Lender or any other
interest of such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. In the
event of any such sale by a Lender of a participating interest to a Participant,
such Lender's obligations under this Agreement to the other parties to this
Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible
for the performance thereof, such Lender shall remain the holder of any such
Loan for all purposes under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the
Borrower and the Agents shall continue to deal solely and directly with such
Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents. In no event shall any Participant under
any such participation have any right to approve any amendment or waiver of any
provision of any Loan Document, or any consent to any departure by any Loan
Party therefrom, except to the extent that such amendment, waiver or consent
would require the consent of all Lenders pursuant to Section 10.1. The Borrower
agrees that if amounts outstanding under this Agreement and the Loans are due or
unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall, to the maximum
extent permitted by applicable law, be deemed to have the right of setoff in
respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement to
the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing
directly to it as a Lender under this Agreement, provided that, in purchasing
such participating interest, such Participant shall be deemed to have agreed to
share with the Lenders the proceeds thereof as provided in Section 10.7(a) as
fully as if such Participant were a Lender hereunder. The Borrower also agrees
that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.17, 2.18
or 2.19 with respect to its participation in the Commitments and the Loans
outstanding from time to time as if such Participant were a Lender; provided
that, in the case of Section 2.18, such Participant shall have complied with the
requirements of said Section, and provided, further, that no Participant shall
be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to any such Section than the
transferor Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the amount
of the participation transferred by such transferor Lender to such Participant
had no such transfer occurred.
(c) Any Lender (an "Assignor") may, in accordance with applicable law
and upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time and from time
to time assign to any Lender or any affiliate, Related Fund or Control
Investment Affiliate thereof or, with the written consent of the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any assignment of
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Revolving Credit Commitments, the written consent of the Swing Line Lender and
Bank of America (which, in each case, shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed) (provided that no such consent need be obtained by any Agent), to an
additional bank, financial institution or other entity (an "Assignee") all or
any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement pursuant to an
Assignment and Acceptance, substantially in the form of Exhibit D (an
"Assignment and Acceptance"), executed by such Assignee and such Assignor (and,
where the consent of the Borrower, Swing Line Lender or the Administrative Agent
is required pursuant to the foregoing provisions, by the Borrower and such other
Persons) and delivered to the Administrative Agent for its acceptance and
recording in the Register; provided that no such assignment to an Assignee
(other than any Lender or any affiliate thereof) shall be in an aggregate
principal amount of less than $3,000,000 (other than, in each case, in the case
of an assignment of all of a Lender's interests under this Agreement) and, after
giving effect thereto, the assigning Lender (if it shall retain any Commitments
or Loans) shall have Commitments and Loans aggregating at least $3,000,000, in
each case, unless otherwise agreed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Any such assignment need not be ratable as among the Facilities. Upon such
execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date
determined pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, (x) the Assignee
thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent provided in such
Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder
with Commitments and/or Loans as set forth therein, and (y) the Assignor
thereunder shall, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, be
released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an
Assignment and Acceptance covering all of an Assignor's rights and obligations
under this Agreement, such Assignor shall cease to be a party hereto, except as
to Section 2.17, 2.18 and 10.5 in respect of the period prior to such effective
date). Notwithstanding any provision of this Section, the consent of the
Borrower shall not be required for any assignment that occurs at any time when
any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. For purposes of the
minimum assignment amounts set forth in this paragraph, multiple assignments by
two or more Related Funds shall be aggregated.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall, on behalf of the Borrower, maintain
at its address referred to in Section 10.2 a copy of each Assignment and
Acceptance delivered to it and a register (the "Register") for the recordation
of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment of, and principal
amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender from time to time. The entries in the
Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and the
Borrower, each Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is
recorded in the Register as the owner of the Loans and any Notes evidencing such
Loans recorded therein for all purposes of this Agreement. Any assignment of any
Loan, whether or not evidenced by a Note, shall be effective only upon
appropriate entries with respect thereto being made in the Register (and each
Note shall expressly so provide). Any assignment or transfer of all or part of a
Loan evidenced by a Note shall be registered on the Register only upon surrender
for registration of assignment or transfer of the Note evidencing such Loan,
accompanied by a duly executed Assignment and Acceptance; thereupon one or more
new Notes in the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the
designated Assignee, and the old Notes shall be returned by the Administrative
Agent to the Borrower marked "canceled". The Register shall be available for
inspection by the Borrower or any Lender (with respect to any entry relating to
such Lender's Loans) at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice.
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(e) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an
Assignor and an Assignee (and, in any case where the consent of any other Person
is required by clause (c), by each such other Person) together with payment to
the Administrative Agent of a registration and processing fee of $3,500
(treating multiple, simultaneous assignments by or to two or more Related Funds
as a single assignment) (except that no such registration and processing fee
shall be payable, (y) in connection with an assignment by or to a ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Entity
or (z) in the case of an Assignee which is already a Lender or an affiliate or
Related Fund of a Lender or a Person under common management with a Lender), the
Administrative Agent shall (i) promptly accept such Assignment and Acceptance
and (ii) on the effective date determined pursuant thereto record the
information contained therein in the Register and give notice of such acceptance
and recordation to the Borrower. On or prior to such effective date, the
Borrower, at its own expense, upon request, shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent (in exchange for the Revolving Credit Note and/or Swing
Line Note, as the case may be, of the assigning Lender) a new Revolving Credit
Note and/or Swing Line Note, as the case may be, to the order of such Assignee
in an amount equal to the Revolving Credit Commitment assumed or acquired by it
pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance and, if the Assignor has retained a
Revolving Credit Commitment upon request, a new Revolving Credit Note and/or
Swing Line Note, as the case may be, to the order of the Assignor in an amount
equal to the Revolving Credit Commitment retained by it hereunder. Such new Note
or Notes shall be dated the Closing Date and shall otherwise be in the form of
the Note or Notes replaced thereby.
(f) For avoidance of doubt, the parties to this Agreement acknowledge
that the provisions of this Section concerning assignments of Loans and Notes
relate only to absolute assignments and participations, and that such provisions
do not prohibit assignments creating only security interests in Loans and Notes,
including, without limitation, any pledge or assignment by a Lender of any Loan
or Note to any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with applicable law.
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any
Lender (a "Granting Lender") may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an
"SPC"), identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender
to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the option to provide to the
Borrower all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise
be obligated to make to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement; provided that
(i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to make any Loan and
(ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide
all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make
such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof. The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder
shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as
if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Each party hereto hereby agrees
that no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation
under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with the Granting
Lender). In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which
agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the
date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding
commercial paper or other indebtedness of any SPC, it will not institute
against, or join any other person in instituting against, such SPC any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings
under the laws of the United States or any state thereof. In addition,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.6(g), any SPC may
(A) with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the
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Borrower and the Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee
therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Loans to the Granting
Lender, or with the prior written consent of the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) to any financial
institutions providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of
such SPC to support the funding or maintenance of Loans, and (B) disclose on a
confidential basis any non-public information relating to its Loans to any
rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or
credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC; provided that non-public
information with respect to the Borrower may be disclosed only with the
Borrower's consent which will not be unreasonably withheld. This paragraph (g)
may not be amended without the written consent of any SPC with Loans outstanding
at the time of such proposed amendment.
10.7 Adjustments; Set-off. Except to the extent that this Agreement
provides for payments to be allocated to a particular Lender or to the Lenders
under a particular Facility, if any Lender (a "Benefitted Lender") shall at any
time receive any payment of all or part of the Obligations owing to it, or
receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily,
by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in
Section 8(f), or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or
collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other
Lender's Obligations, such Benefitted Lender shall purchase for cash from the
other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such other
Lender's Obligations, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of
any such collateral, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefitted Lender to
share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral ratably with each of the
Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or
benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefitted Lender, such purchase
shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent
of such recovery, but without interest.
(b) In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by
applicable law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the
Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower to the extent
permitted by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the
Borrower hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise), to set off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all
deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any
currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in
each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or
unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any affiliate, branch or
agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower. Each Lender
agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any
such setoff and application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to
give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
10.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the
parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of
said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by
facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart hereof. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the
parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
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10.9 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
10.10 Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents
represent the entire agreement of the Borrower, the Agents, each Joint Lead
Arranger, each Co-Arranger and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter
hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or
warranties by each Joint Lead Arranger, each Co-Arranger, any Agent or any
Lender relative to subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to
herein or in the other Loan Documents.
10.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF
THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
10.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. The Borrower hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its Property in any legal action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which
it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in
respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of
the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the
Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such
courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the
venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such
action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to
plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding
may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail
(or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the
Borrower at its address set forth in Section 10.2 or at such other address
of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant
thereto;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect
service of process in any other manner permitted by applicable law or shall
limit the right to ▇▇▇ in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it
may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to
in this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
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10.13 Acknowledgments. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(b) neither any Joint Lead Arranger, any Co-Arranger, any Agent nor
any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to the Borrower
arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Joint Lead Arrangers, the
Co-Arrangers, the Agents and the Lenders, on one hand, and the Borrower, on
the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of
debtor and creditor; and
(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents
or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among
the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Co-Arrangers, the Agents and the Lenders or
among, the Borrower and the Lenders.
10.14 Confidentiality. Each of the Agents and the Lenders agrees to
keep confidential all non-public information provided to it by any Loan Party
pursuant to this Agreement that is designated by such Loan Party as
confidential; provided that nothing herein shall prevent any Agent or any Lender
from disclosing any such information (a) to any Joint Lead Arranger, any
Co-Arranger, any Agent, any other Lender or any affiliate of any thereof, (b) to
any Participant or Assignee (each, a "Transferee") or prospective Transferee
(including any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any
related swap or derivative transaction) that agrees to comply with the
provisions of this Section or substantially equivalent provisions, (c) to any of
its, or any of its affiliates', employees, officers, directors, agents,
attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors, (d) to any financial
institution that is a direct or indirect contractual counterparty in swap
agreements or such contractual counterparty's professional advisor (so long as
such contractual counterparty or professional advisor to such contractual
counterparty agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section), (e) upon the
request or demand of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it, (f)
to the extent required in response to any order of any court or other
Governmental Authority or to the extent otherwise required pursuant to any
Requirement of Law, (g) in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding,
(h) that has been publicly disclosed other than in breach of this Section or
becomes available on a non-confidential basis from a source other than a Loan
Party, (i) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar
organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to
information about a Lender's investment portfolio in connection with ratings
issued with respect to such Lender, (j) with consent of the Borrower, or (k) in
connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan
Document; provided that, in the event a Lender receives a summons or subpoena to
disclose confidential information to any party, such Lender shall, if legally
permitted, endeavor to notify the Borrower thereof as soon as possible after
receipt of such request, summons or subpoena and to afford the Loan Parties an
opportunity to seek protective orders, or such other confidential treatment of
such disclosed information, as the Loan Parties may deem reasonable.
10.15 Release of Collateral and Guarantee Obligations. (a)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan
Document, upon request of the
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Borrower in connection with any Disposition of Property permitted by the Loan
Documents, the Administrative Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent
of, any Lender, or any affiliate of any Lender that is a party to any Specified
Hedge Agreement) take such actions as shall be required to release its security
interest in any Collateral being Disposed of in such Disposition, and to release
any guarantee obligations under any Loan Document of any Person being Disposed
of in such Disposition, to the extent necessary to permit consummation of such
Disposition in accordance with the Loan Documents.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or any
other Loan Document, when all Obligations (other than obligations in respect of
any Specified Hedge Agreement) have been paid in full, all Commitments have
terminated or expired and no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding (except to
the extent such Letters of Credit are fully cash collateralized in accordance
with this Agreement), upon request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent
shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Lender, or any affiliate of
any Lender that is a party to any Specified Hedge Agreement) take such actions
as shall be required to release its security interest in all Collateral, and to
release all guarantee obligations under any Loan Document, whether or not on the
date of such release there may be outstanding Obligations in respect of
Specified Hedge Agreements. Any such release of guarantee obligations shall be
deemed subject to the provision that such guarantee obligations shall be
reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the
Obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored
or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or
reorganization of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or upon or as a
result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or
trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any
substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had
not been made.
10.16 Accounting Changes. In the event that any "Accounting Change" (as
defined below) shall occur and such change results in a change in the method of
calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree to enter into negotiations in
order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to equitably reflect such
Accounting Change with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the
Borrower's financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Change as
if such Accounting Change had not been made. Until such time as such an
amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, all financial covenants,
standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or
construed as if such Accounting Change had not occurred. "Accounting Change"
refers to any change in accounting principles required by the promulgation of
any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, any
other generally accepted accounting authority which provides regulation
standards or, if applicable, the SEC.
10.17 Delivery of Lender Addenda. Each initial Lender shall become a
party to this Agreement by delivering to the Administrative Agent a Lender
Addendum duly executed by such Lender, the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent.
10.18 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. THE BORROWER, THE AGENTS AND THE LENDERS
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL
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BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION
OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY
COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of
the day and year first above written.
BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC.
By: /s/ R. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name:R. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title:Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
▇▇▇▇▇▇ BROTHERS INC., as Joint Lead
Arranger
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title:Authorized Signatory
▇▇▇▇▇▇ COMMERCIAL PAPER INC., as Administrative
Agent
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title:Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Co-Arranger
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title:Senior Vice President
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Co-Syndication Agent
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title:Senior Vice President
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ CREDIT PARTNERS
L.P., as Co-Arranger
By: /s/ Illegible
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Name: Illegible
Title:Authorized Signatory
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., as
Co-Documentation Agent
By: /s/ Illegible
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Name: Illegible
Title:Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
as Joint Lead Arranger
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title:Vice President
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
as Co-Documentation Agent
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title:Vice President
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Co-Syndication Agent
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title:Vice President
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC, as Co-Arranger
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title:Principal
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
