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EXHIBIT 10.9
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AMENDED, RESTATED AND REPLACEMENT
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 31, 1999
among
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.,
as the Construction Agent and as the Lessee,
FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not individually, except as expressly
stated herein, but solely as the Owner Trustee
under the RFMD Real Estate Trust 1999-1,
THE VARIOUS BANKS AND OTHER LENDING INSTITUTIONS WHICH ARE PARTIES
HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME, as the Holders,
THE VARIOUS BANKS AND OTHER LENDING INSTITUTIONS WHICH ARE PARTIES
HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME, as the Lenders,
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,
as the Agent for the Lenders
and respecting the Security Documents,
as the Agent for the Lenders and the Holders,
to the extent of their interests
and
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,
as Syndication Agent
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. THE LOANS.........................................................1
SECTION 2. HOLDER ADVANCES...................................................2
SECTION 3. SUMMARY OF TRANSACTIONS...........................................2
3.1. Operative Agreements...........................................2
3.2. Property Purchase..............................................2
3.3. Construction of Improvements; Commencement of Basic Rent.......3
SECTION 4. THE CLOSINGS......................................................3
4.1. Initial Closing Date...........................................3
4.2. Initial Closing Date; Property Closing Dates;
Acquisition Advances; Construction Advances..................3
SECTION 5. FUNDING OF ADVANCES; CONDITIONS PRECEDENT; REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS ON COMPLETION DATE; THE LESSEE'S DELIVERY
OF NOTICES; RESTRICTIONS ON LIENS...............................3
5.1. General........................................................3
5.2. Procedures for Funding.........................................4
5.3. Conditions Precedent for the Lessor, the Agent, the Lenders
and the Holders Relating to the Initial Closing Date and
the Advance of Funds for the Acquisition of a Property.......6
5.4. Conditions Precedent for the Lessor, the Agent, the Lenders
and the Holders Relating to the Advance of Funds after
the Acquisition Advance.....................................12
5.5. Additional Reporting and Delivery Requirements on
Completion Date and on Construction Period Termination
Date........................................................14
5.6. The Construction Agent Delivery of Construction Budget
Modifications...............................................15
5.7. Restrictions on Liens.........................................15
5.8. Payments......................................................15
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES...................................16
6.1. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower................16
6.2. Representations and Warranties of the Construction Agent
and the Lessee..............................................18
6.3. Representations and Warranties of the Lenders and the
Holders.....................................................23
SECTION 7. PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES......................................24
7.1. Transaction Expenses..........................................24
7.2. Brokers' Fees.................................................25
7.3. Certain Fees and Expenses.....................................25
7.4. Unused Fee....................................................25
7.5. Other Fees....................................................26
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SECTION 8. OTHER COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS...................................26
8.1. Cooperation with the Construction Agent or the Lessee........26
8.2. Covenants of the Owner Trustee and the Holders...............26
8.3. The Lessee Covenants, Consent and Acknowledgment.............28
8.3.A Additional Affirmative Covenants of the Lessee...............32
8.3.B Additional Negative Covenants of the Lessee..................35
8.4. Sharing of Certain Payments..................................38
8.5. Grant of Easements, etc. ....................................38
8.6. Appointment by the Agent, the Lenders, the Holders and the
Owner Trustee..............................................38
8.7. Collection and Allocation of Payments and Other Amounts......39
8.8. Release of Properties, etc. .................................42
SECTION 9. CREDIT AGREEMENT AND TRUST AGREEMENT.............................43
9.1. The Construction Agent's and the Lessee's Credit
Agreement Rights...........................................43
9.2. The Construction Agent's and the Lessee's Trust
Agreement Rights...........................................43
SECTION 10. TRANSFER OF INTEREST............................................44
10.1. Restrictions on Transfer.....................................44
10.2. Effect of Transfer...........................................45
SECTION 11. INDEMNIFICATION.................................................45
11.1. General Indemnity............................................45
11.2. General Tax Indemnity........................................48
11.3. Increased Costs, Illegality, etc. ...........................52
11.4. Funding/Contribution Indemnity...............................54
11.5. EXPRESS INDEMNIFICATION FOR ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE, STRICT
LIABILITY, ETC. ...........................................54
11.6. Indemnity Prior to Completion Date/Construction Period
Termination Date...........................................55
SECTION 12. MISCELLANEOUS...................................................55
12.1. Survival of Agreements.......................................55
12.2. Notices......................................................56
12.3. Counterparts.................................................57
12.4. Terminations, Amendments, Waivers, Etc.; Unanimous
Vote Matters...............................................57
12.5. Headings, etc. ..............................................59
12.6. Parties in Interest..........................................59
12.7. GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL; VENUE..........................................59
12.8. Severability.................................................60
12.9. Liability Limited............................................60
12.10. Rights of the Lessee.........................................61
12.11. Further Assurances...........................................62
12.12. Calculations under Operative Agreements......................62
12.13. Confidentiality..............................................62
12.14. Financial Reporting/Tax Characterization.....................64
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12.15. Set-off....................................................64
SCHEDULES
1 - Loan Amortization for Equipment
2 - Equipment
3 - Additional Collateral Liens
EXHIBITS
A - Form of Requisition - Sections 4.2, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4
B - Form of Outside Counsel Opinion for the Lessee - Section 5.3(j)
C - Form of Officer's Certificate - Section 5.3(z)
D - Form of Secretary's Certificate - Section 5.3(aa)
E - Form of Officer's Certificate - Section 5.3(bb)
F - Form of Secretary's Certificate - Section 5.3(cc)
G - Form of Outside Counsel Opinion for the Owner Trustee - Section 5.3(dd)
H - Form of Outside Counsel Opinion for the Lessee - Section 5.3(ee)
I - Form of Officer's Certificate - Section 5.5
J - Description of Material Litigation - Section 6.2(d)
K - Form of Officer's Financial Compliance Certificate
Appendix A - Rules of Usage and Definitions
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AMENDED, RESTATED AND REPLACEMENT
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED, RESTATED AND REPLACEMENT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT dated as
of December 31, 1999 (as amended, modified, extended, supplemented, restated
and/or replaced from time to time, this "Agreement") is by and among RF MICRO
DEVICES, INC., a North Carolina corporation (the "Lessee" or the "Construction
Agent"); FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association, not individually (in its individual capacity, the "Trust Company"),
except as expressly stated herein, but solely as the Owner Trustee under the
RFMD Real Estate Trust 1999-1 (the "Owner Trustee", the "Borrower" or the
"Lessor"); the various banks and other lending institutions which are parties
hereto from time to time as holders of certificates issued with respect to the
RFMD Real Estate Trust 1999-1 (subject to the definition of Holders in Appendix
A hereto, individually, a "Holder" and collectively, the "Holders"); the various
banks and other lending institutions which are parties hereto from time to time
as lenders (subject to the definition of Lenders in Appendix A hereto,
individually, a "Lender" and collectively, the "Lenders"); and FIRST UNION
NATIONAL BANK, a national banking association, as the agent for the Lenders and
respecting the Security Documents, as the agent for the Lenders and the Holders,
to the extent of their interests (in such capacity, the "Agent"). Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings
set forth in Appendix A hereto.
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,
the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. THE LOANS.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other
Operative Agreements and in reliance on the representations and warranties of
each of the parties hereto contained herein or made pursuant hereto, the Lenders
have agreed to make Loans to the Lessor from time to time in an aggregate
principal amount of up to the aggregate amount of the Commitments of the Lenders
in order for the Lessor to acquire the Properties and certain Improvements, to
develop and construct certain Improvements in accordance with the Agency
Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof and for the other purposes
described herein, and in consideration of the receipt of proceeds of the Loans,
the Lessor will issue the Notes. The Loans shall be made and the Notes shall be
issued pursuant to the Credit Agreement. Pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement
and Section 2 of the Credit Agreement, the Loans will be made to the Lessor from
time to time at the request of the Construction Agent in consideration for the
Construction Agent agreeing for the benefit of the Lessor, pursuant to the
Agency Agreement, to acquire the Properties, to acquire the Equipment, to
construct certain Improvements and to cause the Lessee to lease the Properties,
each in accordance with the Agency Agreement and the other Operative Agreements.
The Loans and the obligations of the Lessor under the Credit Agreement shall be
secured by the Collateral.
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SECTION 2. HOLDER ADVANCES.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other
Operative Agreements and in reliance on the representations and warranties of
each of the parties hereto contained herein or made pursuant hereto, on each
date Advances are requested to be made in accordance with Section 5 hereof, each
Holder shall make a Holder Advance on a pro rata basis to the Lessor with
respect to the RFMD Real Estate Trust 1999-1 based on its Holder Commitment in
an amount in immediately available funds such that the aggregate of all Holder
Advances on such date shall be three percent (3%) of the amount of the Requested
Funds on such date; provided, that no Holder shall be obligated for any Holder
Advance in excess of its pro rata share of the Available Holder Commitment. The
aggregate amount of Holder Advances shall be up to the aggregate amount of the
Holder Commitments. No prepayment or any other payment with respect to any
Advance shall be permitted such that the Holder Advance with respect to such
Advance is less than three percent (3%) of the outstanding amount of such
Advance, except in connection with termination or expiration of the Term or in
connection with the exercise of remedies relating to the occurrence of a Lease
Event of Default. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of
the Holders herein and in the other Operative Agreements are several, and not
joint or joint and several.
SECTION 3. SUMMARY OF TRANSACTIONS.
3.1. OPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
On the date hereof, each of the respective parties hereto and thereto
shall execute and deliver this Agreement, the Lease, each applicable Ground
Lease, the Agency Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the Notes, the Trust
Agreement, the Certificates, the Security Agreement, each applicable Mortgage
Instrument and such other documents, instruments, certificates and opinions of
counsel as agreed to by the parties hereto.
3.2. PROPERTY PURCHASE.
On each Property Closing Date and subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement (a) the Holders will each make a Holder Advance in accordance
with Sections 2 and 5 of this Agreement and the terms and provisions of the
Trust Agreement, (b) the Lenders will each make Loans in accordance with
Sections 1 and 5 of this Agreement and the terms and provisions of the Credit
Agreement, (c) the Lessor will purchase and acquire good and marketable title to
or ground lease pursuant to a Ground Lease, the applicable Property, each to be
within an Approved State, identified by the Construction Agent, in each case
pursuant to a Deed, ▇▇▇▇ of Sale or Ground Lease, as the case may be, and grant
the Agent a lien on such Property by execution of the required Security
Documents, (d) the Agent, the Lessee and the Lessor shall execute and deliver a
Lease Supplement relating to such Property and (e) the Term shall commence with
respect to such Property.
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3.3. CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS; COMMENCEMENT OF BASIC RENT.
Construction Advances will be made with respect to particular
Improvements to be constructed and with respect to ongoing Work regarding the
Equipment and construction of particular Improvements, in each case, pursuant to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Agency Agreement. The
Construction Agent will act as a construction agent on behalf of the Lessor
respecting the Work regarding the Equipment, the construction of such
Improvements and the expenditures of the Construction Advances related to the
foregoing. The Construction Agent shall promptly notify the Lessor upon
Completion of the Improvements and the Lessee shall commence to pay Basic Rent
as of the Rent Commencement Date.
3.4. [INTENTIONALLY RESERVED].
SECTION 4. THE CLOSINGS.
4.1. INITIAL CLOSING DATE.
All documents and instruments required to be delivered on the Initial
Closing Date shall be delivered at the offices of ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, PLLC,
Charlotte, North Carolina, or at such other location as may be determined by the
Lessor, the Agent and the Lessee.
4.2. INITIAL CLOSING DATE; PROPERTY CLOSING DATES; ACQUISITION
ADVANCES; CONSTRUCTION ADVANCES.
The Construction Agent shall deliver to the Agent a requisition (a
"Requisition"), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A or in such other form
as is satisfactory to the Agent, in its reasonable discretion, in connection
with (a) the Transaction Expenses and other fees, expenses and disbursements
payable, pursuant to Section 7.1, by the Lessor and (b) each Acquisition Advance
pursuant to Section 5.3 and (c) each Construction Advance pursuant to Section
5.4.
SECTION 5. FUNDING OF ADVANCES; CONDITIONS PRECEDENT;
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON COMPLETION DATE;
THE LESSEE'S DELIVERY OF NOTICES; RESTRICTIONS ON LIENS.
5.1. GENERAL.
(a) To the extent funds have been advanced to the Lessor as
Loans by the Lenders and to the Lessor as Holder Advances by the
Holders, the Lessor will use such funds from time to time in accordance
with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Operative
Agreements (i) at the direction of the Construction Agent to acquire
the Properties in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the
Agency Agreement and the other Operative Agreements, (ii) to make
Advances to the Construction Agent to permit the acquisition, testing,
engineering, installation, development, construction, modification,
design, and renovation, as applicable, of the Properties (or components
thereof) in accordance with the terms of the Agency
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Agreement and the other Operative Agreements, and (iii) to pay
Transaction Expenses, fees, expenses and other disbursements payable by
the Lessor under Sections 7.1(a) and 7.1(b).
(b) In lieu of the payment of interest on the Loans and Holder
Yield on the Holder Advances on any Scheduled Interest Payment Date
with respect to any Property during the period prior to the Rent
Commencement Date with respect to such Property, (i) each Lender's Loan
shall automatically be increased by the amount of interest accrued and
unpaid on such Loan for such period (except to the extent that at any
time such increase would cause such Lender's Loan to exceed such
Lender's Available Commitment, in which case the Lessee shall pay such
excess amount to such Lender in immediately available funds on the date
such Lender's Available Commitment was exceeded), and (ii) each
Holder's Holder Advance shall automatically be increased by the amount
of Holder Yield accrued and unpaid on such Holder Advance for such
period (except to the extent that at any time such increase would cause
the Holder Advance of such Holder to exceed such Holder's Available
Holder Commitment, in which case the Lessee shall pay such excess
amount to such Holder in immediately available funds on the date the
Available Holder Commitment of such Holder was exceeded). Such
increases in a Lender's Loan and a Holder's Holder Advance shall occur
without any disbursement of funds by any Person.
5.2. PROCEDURES FOR FUNDING.
(a) The Construction Agent shall designate the date for
Advances hereunder in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof;
provided, however, it is understood and agreed that no more than two
(2) Advances (excluding any conversion and/or continuation of any Loans
or Holder Advances) may be requested during any calendar month. Not
less than (i) three (3) Business Days prior to the Initial Closing Date
and (ii) three (3) Business Days prior to the date on which any
Acquisition Advance or Construction Advance is to be made, the
Construction Agent shall deliver to the Agent, (A) with respect to the
Initial Closing Date and each Acquisition Advance, a Requisition as
described in Section 4.2 hereof (including without limitation a legal
description of the Land, if any, a schedule of the Improvements, if
any, and a schedule of the Equipment, if any, acquired or to be
acquired on such date, and a schedule of the Work, if any, to be
performed, each of the foregoing in a form reasonably acceptable to the
Agent) and (B) with respect to each Construction Advance, a Requisition
identifying (among other things) the Property to which such
Construction Advance relates.
(b) Each Requisition shall: (i) be irrevocable, (ii) request
funds in an amount that is not in excess of the total aggregate of the
Available Commitments plus the Available Holder Commitments at such
time, and (iii) request that the Holders make Holder Advances and that
the Lenders make Loans to the Lessor for the payment of Transaction
Expenses, Property Acquisition Costs (in the case of an Acquisition
Advance) or other Property Costs (in the case of a Construction
Advance) that have
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previously been incurred or are to be incurred on the date of such
Advance to the extent such were not subject to a prior Requisition, in
each case as specified in the Requisition.
(c) Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent
set forth in Sections 5.3 or 5.4, as applicable, on each Property
Closing Date or the date on which the Construction Advance is to be
made, as applicable, (i) the Lenders shall make Loans based on their
respective Lender Commitments to the Lessor in an aggregate amount
equal to ninety-seven percent (97%) of the Requested Funds specified in
any Requisition (ratably between the Tranche A Lenders and the Tranche
B Lenders with the Tranche A Lenders funding eighty-five percent (85%)
of the Requested Funds and the Tranche B Lenders funding twelve percent
(12%) of the Requested Funds), up to an aggregate principal amount
equal to the aggregate of the Available Commitments, (ii) each Holder
shall make a Holder Advance based on its Holder Commitment in an amount
such that the aggregate of all Holder Advances at such time shall be
three percent (3%) of the balance of the Requested Funds specified in
such Requisition, up to the aggregate advanced amount equal to the
aggregate of the Available Holder Commitments; and (iii) the total
amount of such Loans and Holder Advances made on such date shall (x) be
used by the Lessor to pay Property Costs including Transaction Expenses
within three (3) Business Days of the receipt by the Lessor of such
Advance or (y) be advanced by the Lessor on the date of such Advance to
the Construction Agent or the Lessee to pay Property Costs, as
applicable. Notwithstanding that the Operative Agreements state that
Advances shall be directed to the Lessor, each Advance shall in fact be
directed to the Construction Agent (for the benefit of the Lessor) and
applied by the Construction Agent (for the benefit of the Lessor)
pursuant to the requirements imposed on the Lessor under the Operative
Agreements.
(d) With respect to an Advance obtained by the Lessor to pay
for Property Costs and/or Transaction Expenses or other costs payable
under Section 7.1 hereof and not expended by the Lessor for such
purpose on the date of such Advance, such amounts shall be held by the
Lessor (or the Agent on behalf of the Lessor) until the applicable
closing date or, if such closing date does not occur within three (3)
Business Days of the date of the Lessor's receipt of such Advance,
shall be applied regarding the applicable Advance to repay the Lenders
and the Holders and, subject to the terms hereof, and of the Credit
Agreement and the Trust Agreement, shall remain available for future
Advances. Any such amounts held by the Lessor (or the Agent on behalf
of the Lessor) shall be subject to the lien of the Security Agreement.
(e) All Operative Agreements which are to be delivered to the
Lessor, the Agent, the Lenders or the Holders shall be delivered to the
Agent, on behalf of the Lessor, the Agent, the Lenders or the Holders,
and such items (except for Notes, Certificates, Bills of Sale, the
Ground Leases and chattel paper originals, with respect to which in
each case there shall be only one original) shall be delivered with
originals sufficient for the Lessor, the Agent, each Lender and each
Holder. All other items which are to be delivered to the Lessor, the
Agent, the Lenders or the Holders shall be delivered to the Agent, on
behalf of the Lessor, the Agent, the Lenders or the Holders, and such
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other items shall be held by the Agent. To the extent any such other
items are requested in writing from time to time by the Lessor, any
Lender or any Holder, the Agent shall provide a copy of such item to
the party requesting it.
(f) Notwithstanding the completion of any closing under this
Agreement pursuant to Sections 5.3 or 5.4, each condition precedent in
connection with any such closing may be subsequently enforced by the
Agent (unless such has previously been expressly waived in writing by
the Agent).
5.3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT FOR THE LESSOR, THE AGENT, THE LENDERS
AND THE HOLDERS RELATING TO THE INITIAL CLOSING DATE AND THE
ADVANCE OF FUNDS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF A PROPERTY.
The obligations (i) on the Initial Closing Date of the Lessor, the
Agent, the Lenders and the Holders to enter into the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, including without limitation the obligation to execute and
deliver the applicable Operative Agreements to which each is a party on the
Initial Closing Date, (ii) on the Initial Closing Date of the Holders to make
Holder Advances, and of the Lenders to make Loans in order to pay Transaction
Expenses, fees, expenses and other disbursements payable by the Lessor under
Section 7.1(a) of this Agreement and (iii) on a Property Closing Date for the
purpose of providing funds to the Lessor necessary to pay the Transaction
Expenses, fees, expenses and other disbursements payable by the Lessor under
Section 7.1(b) of this Agreement and to acquire or ground lease a Property (an
"Acquisition Advance"), in each case (with regard to the foregoing Sections
5.3(i), (ii) and (iii)) are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the
following conditions precedent on or prior to the Initial Closing Date or the
applicable Property Closing Date, as the case may be (to the extent such
conditions precedent require the delivery of any agreement, certificate,
instrument, memorandum, legal or other opinion, appraisal, commitment, title
insurance commitment, lien report or any other document of any kind or type,
such shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, in its reasonable
discretion; notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of each party shall
not be subject to any conditions contained in this Section 5.3 which are
required to be performed by such party):
(a) the correctness of the representations and warranties of
the parties to this Agreement contained herein, in each of the other
Operative Agreements and each certificate delivered pursuant to any
Operative Agreement on each such date;
(b) the performance by the parties to this Agreement of their
respective agreements contained herein and in the other Operative
Agreements to be performed by them on or prior to each such date;
(c) the Agent shall have received a fully executed counterpart
copy of the Requisition, appropriately completed (along with the
appropriate schedules which shall be appropriately completed in all
material respects);
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(d) title to each such Property shall conform to the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.2(l) hereof;
(e) the Construction Agent shall have delivered to the Agent a
good standing certificate for the Construction Agent in the state where
each such Property is located, the Deed with respect to the Land and
existing Improvements (if any), a copy of the Ground Lease (if any),
and a copy of the ▇▇▇▇ of Sale with respect to the Equipment (if any),
respecting such of the foregoing as are being acquired or ground leased
on each such date with the proceeds of the Loans and Holder Advances or
which have been previously acquired or ground leased with the proceeds
of the Loans and Holder Advances and such Land, existing Improvements
(if any) and Equipment (if any) shall be located in an Approved State;
(f) there shall not have occurred and be continuing any
Default or Event of Default under any of the Operative Agreements and
no Default or Event of Default under any of the Operative Agreements
will have occurred after giving effect to the Advance requested by each
such Requisition;
(g) the Construction Agent shall have delivered to the Agent
title insurance commitments to issue policies respecting each such
Property, with such endorsements as the Agent deems reasonably
necessary, in favor of the Lessor and the Agent from a title insurance
company acceptable to the Agent, but only with such title exceptions
thereto as are acceptable to the Agent;
(h) the Construction Agent shall have delivered to the Agent
an environmental site assessment respecting each such Property prepared
by an independent recognized professional acceptable to the Agent and
evidencing no pre-existing environmental condition with respect to
which there is more than a remote risk of loss;
(i) the Construction Agent shall have delivered to the Agent a
survey (with a flood hazard certification) respecting each such
Property prepared by (i) an independent recognized professional
acceptable to the Agent and (ii) in a manner and including such
information as is required by the Agent;
(j) unless such an opinion has previously been delivered with
respect to a particular state, the Construction Agent shall have caused
to be delivered to the Agent a legal opinion in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit B or in such other form as is acceptable to the Agent
with respect to local law real property issues respecting the state in
which each such Property is located addressed to the Lessor, the Agent,
the Lenders and the Holders, from counsel located in the state where
each such Property is located, prepared by counsel acceptable to the
Agent;
(k) the Agent shall be satisfied that the acquisition, ground
leasing and/or holding of each such Property and the execution of the
Mortgage Instrument and the other
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Security Documents will not materially and adversely affect the rights
of the Lessor, the Agent, the Holders or the Lenders under or with
respect to the Operative Agreements;
(l) the Construction Agent shall have delivered to the Agent
invoices for, or other reasonably satisfactory evidence of, the various
Transaction Expenses and other fees, expenses and disbursements
referenced in Sections 7.1(a) or 7.1(b) of this Agreement, as
appropriate;
(m) the Construction Agent shall have caused to be delivered
to the Agent a Mortgage Instrument (in such form as is acceptable to
the Agent, with revisions as necessary to conform to applicable state
law), Lessor Financing Statements and Lender Financing Statements
respecting each such Property, all fully executed and in recordable
form;
(n) the Lessee shall have delivered to the Agent with respect
to each such Property a Lease Supplement and a memorandum (or short
form lease) regarding the Lease and such Lease Supplement (such
memorandum or short form lease to be in the form attached to the Lease
as Exhibit B or in such other form as is acceptable to the Agent, with
modifications as necessary to conform to applicable state law, and in
form suitable for recording);
(o) with respect to each Acquisition Advance, the aggregate
Available Commitment for all Lenders plus the Available Holder
Commitment (after deducting the Unfunded Amount, if any, and after
giving effect to the Acquisition Advance for such other Properties) the
amount remaining will be sufficient to pay all amounts payable
therefrom;
(p) if any such Property is subject to a Ground Lease, the
Construction Agent shall have caused a lease memorandum (or short form
lease) to be delivered to the Agent for such Ground Lease and, if
requested by the Agent, a landlord waiver and a mortgagee waiver (in
each case, in such form as is acceptable to the Agent);
(q) counsel (acceptable to the Agent) for the ground lessor of
each such Property subject to a Ground Lease shall have issued to the
Lessor, the Agent, the Lenders and the Holders, its opinion;
(r) the Construction Agent shall have delivered to the Agent a
preliminary Construction Budget for each such Property, if applicable;
(s) the Construction Agent shall have provided evidence to the
Agent of insurance with respect to each such Property as provided in
the Lease;
(t) the Construction Agent shall have caused an Appraisal
regarding each such Property to be provided to the Agent from an
appraiser satisfactory to the Agent;
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(u) the Construction Agent shall cause (i) Uniform Commercial
Code lien searches, tax lien searches and judgment lien searches
regarding the Lessee to be conducted (and copies thereof to be
delivered to the Agent) in such jurisdictions as determined by the
Agent by a nationally recognized search company acceptable to the Agent
and (ii) the liens referenced in such lien searches which are
objectionable to the Agent to be either removed or otherwise handled in
a manner satisfactory to the Agent;
(v) all taxes, fees and other charges in connection with the
execution, delivery, recording, filing and registration of the
Operative Agreements and/or documents related thereto shall have been
paid or provisions for such payment shall have been made to the
satisfaction of the Agent;
(w) in the opinion of the Agent and its respective counsel,
the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements do not and
will not subject the Lessor, the Lenders, the Agent or the Holders to
any adverse regulatory prohibitions, constraints, penalties or fines;
(x) each of the Operative Agreements to be entered into on
such date shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the parties thereto, and shall be in full force and effect, and the
Agent shall have received a fully executed copy of each of the
Operative Agreements;
(y) since the date of the most recent audited financial
statements of the Lessee, there shall not have occurred any event,
condition or state of facts which shall have or could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, other than as specifically
contemplated by the Operative Agreements;
(z) as of the Initial Closing Date only, the Agent shall have
received an Officer's Certificate, dated as of the Initial Closing
Date, of the Lessee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C or in such
other form as is acceptable to the Agent stating that (i) each and
every representation and warranty of the Lessee contained in the
Operative Agreements to which it is a party is true and correct on and
as of the Initial Closing Date; (ii) no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing under any Operative Agreement; (iii) each
Operative Agreement to which the Lessee is a party is in full force and
effect with respect to it; and (iv) the Lessee has duly performed and
complied with all covenants, agreements and conditions contained herein
or in any Operative Agreement required to be performed or complied with
by it on or prior to the Initial Closing Date;
(aa) as of the Initial Closing Date only, the Agent shall have
received (i) a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the Lessee, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit D or in such other form as is acceptable to
the Agent attaching and certifying as to (1) the resolutions of its
Board of Directors duly authorizing the execution, delivery and
performance by the Lessee of each of the Operative Agreements to which
it is or will be a party, (2) its articles of
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incorporation certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State
of its state of incorporation and its by-laws and (3) the incumbency
and signature of persons authorized to execute and deliver on its
behalf the Operative Agreements to which it is or will be a party and
(ii) a good standing certificate (or local equivalent) from the
appropriate office of the respective states where the Lessee is
incorporated and where the principal place of business of the Lessee is
located as to its good standing in each such state. To the extent the
Lessee is a partnership, a limited liability company or is otherwise
organized, such Person shall deliver to the Agent (in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent) as of the Initial Closing Date (A)
a certificate regarding such Person and any corporate general partners
covering the matters described in EXHIBIT D and (B) a good standing
certificate, a certificate of limited partnership or a local equivalent
of either of the foregoing as applicable;
(bb) as of the Initial Closing Date only, the Agent shall have
received an Officer's Certificate of the Lessor dated as of the Initial
Closing Date in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E or in such other
form as is acceptable to the Agent, stating that (i) each and every
representation and warranty of the Lessor contained in the Operative
Agreements to which it is a party is true and correct on and as of the
Initial Closing Date, (ii) each Operative Agreement to which the Lessor
is a party is in full force and effect with respect to it and (iii) the
Lessor has duly performed and complied with all covenants, agreements
and conditions contained herein or in any Operative Agreement required
to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Initial
Closing Date;
(cc) as of the Initial Closing Date only, the Agent shall have
received (i) a certificate of the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary,
Trust Officer or Vice President of the Trust Company in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit F or in such other form as is acceptable to
the Agent, attaching and certifying as to (A) the signing resolutions
duly authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by the Lessor
of each of the Operative Agreements to which it is or will be a party,
(B) its articles of association or other equivalent charter documents
and its by-laws, as the case may be, certified as of a recent date by
an appropriate officer of the Trust Company and (C) the incumbency and
signature of persons authorized to execute and deliver on its behalf
the Operative Agreements to which it is a party and (ii) a good
standing certificate from the Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency;
(dd) as of the Initial Closing Date only, counsel for the
Lessor acceptable to the Agent shall have issued to the Lessee, the
Holders, the Lenders and the Agent its opinion in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit G or in such other form as is reasonably acceptable
to the Agent;
(ee) as of the Initial Closing Date only, the Construction
Agent shall have caused to be delivered to the Agent a legal opinion in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit H or in such other form as is
acceptable to the Agent, addressed to the Lessor, the Agent, the
Lenders and the Holders, from counsel acceptable to the Agent;
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(ff) the Construction Agent shall have granted and shall
maintain a perfected first priority security interest in the Additional
Collateral in accordance with Sections 8.3(r) and 8.3(s) hereof;
(gg) Loans and Holder Advances for the purchase of Equipment
shall only be available for the Equipment described on Schedule 2
hereto (or for items substituted pursuant to Sections 5.3(ii) and
5.4(p); the aggregate amount of Loans and Holder Advances, including
without limitation, Loans and Holder Advances requested in a
Requisition but not yet funded, used to purchase, acquire, install, or
test the Equipment or otherwise related to the Equipment shall not
exceed $43,000,000.00;
(hh) the aggregate amount of Loans and Holder Advances,
including without limitation, Loans and Holder Advances requested in a
Requisition but not yet funded, for Property Costs other than Equipment
shall not exceed $57,000,000.00 and the aggregate amount of Loans and
Holder Advances, including without limitation, Loans and Holder
Advances requested in a Requisition but not yet funded shall not exceed
$100,000,000.00;
(ii) Items of Equipment listed on Schedule 2 to the
Participation Agreement may be substituted for other items of
Equipment, subject to the provisions of the Operative Agreements, prior
to any amounts being expended for such Equipment provided such
substitute item of Equipment has:
(i) the same use and is of substantially similar type to the
substituted item of Equipment;
(ii) the same or greater utility;
(iii) the same or greater useful life;
(iv) the same or greater fair market value as of
the date such substitution will occur; and
(v) the same or greater estimated fair market
value as of the Expiration Date.
In addition to the foregoing conditions being met, the Lessee shall
deliver an appraisal, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
the Agent, for such substitute item of Equipment; and
(jj) Lessee may submit Requisitions requesting funds for
deposits to be made on Equipment provided Lessee delivers a
certificate, regarding the Equipment upon which deposits are being
funded, signed by a Responsible Officer of Lessee and in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent, setting forth (i) the
amount previously funded for deposits on the Equipment, (ii) the amount
currently being requested for funding of such deposits, (iii) the
future amounts necessary to fully fund such Equipment and (iv) upon the
final funding for such Equipment, a statement that such Equipment has
been fully funded. The certificate shall also represent and warrant
that the Lessee has and covenants to maintain Available Commitments and
Available Holder Commitments, at
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all times, sufficient to fund all amounts not yet funded for all
Equipment upon which deposits are being funded with Loans or Holder
Advances.
5.4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT FOR THE LESSOR, THE AGENT, THE LENDERS
AND THE HOLDERS RELATING TO THE ADVANCE OF FUNDS AFTER THE
ACQUISITION ADVANCE.
The obligations of the Holders to make Holder Advances, and the Lenders
to make Loans in connection with all requests for Advances subsequent to the
acquisition of a Property (and to pay the Transaction Expenses, fees, expenses
and other disbursements payable by the Lessor under Section 7.1 of this
Agreement in connection therewith) are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of
the following conditions precedent (to the extent such conditions precedent
require the delivery of any agreement, certificate, instrument, memorandum,
legal or other opinion, appraisal, commitment, title insurance commitment, lien
report or any other document of any kind or type, such shall be in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent, in its reasonable discretion;
notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of each party shall not be
subject to any conditions contained in this Section 5.4 which are required to be
performed by such party):
(a) the correctness on such date of the representations and
warranties of the parties to this Agreement contained herein, in each
of the other Operative Agreements and in each certificate delivered
pursuant to any Operative Agreement;
(b) the performance by the parties to this Agreement of their
respective agreements contained herein and in the other Operative
Agreements to be performed by them on or prior to each such date;
(c) the Agent shall have received a fully executed counterpart
of the Requisition, appropriately completed;
(d) based upon the applicable Construction Budget which shall
satisfy the requirements of this Agreement, the Available Commitments
and the Available Holder Commitment (after deducting the Unfunded
Amount) will be sufficient to complete the Improvements;
(e) there shall not have occurred and be continuing any
Default or Event of Default under any of the Operative Agreements and
no Default or Event of Default under any of the Operative Agreements
will have occurred after giving effect to the Construction Advance
requested by the applicable Requisition;
(f) the title insurance policy delivered in connection with
the requirements of Section 5.3(g) shall provide for (or shall be
endorsed to provide for) insurance in an amount at least equal to the
maximum total Property Cost indicated by the Construction Budget
referred to in subparagraph (d) above and there shall be no title
change or exception objectionable to the Agent;
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(g) the Construction Agent shall have delivered to the Agent
copies of the Plans and Specifications for the applicable Improvements;
(h) the Construction Agent shall have delivered to the Agent
invoices for, or other reasonably satisfactory evidence of, any
Transaction Expenses and other fees, expenses and disbursements
referenced in Section 7.1(b) that are to be paid with the Advance;
(i) the Construction Agent shall have delivered, or caused to
be delivered to the Agent, invoices, Bills of Sale or other documents
acceptable to the Agent, in each case with regard to any Equipment or
other components of such Property then being acquired with the proceeds
of the Loans and Holder Advances and naming the Lessor as purchaser and
transferee;
(j) all taxes, fees and other charges in connection with the
execution, delivery, recording, filing and registration of the
Operative Agreements shall have been paid or provisions for such
payment shall have been made to the satisfaction of the Agent;
(k) since the date of the most recent audited financial
statements of the Lessee, there shall not have occurred any event,
condition or state of facts which shall have or could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, other than as specifically
contemplated by the Operative Agreements;
(l) in the opinion of the Agent and its counsel, the
transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements do not and will
not subject the Lessor, the Lenders, the Agent or the Holders to any
adverse regulatory prohibitions, constraints, penalties or fines;
(m) the Construction Agent shall have granted and shall
maintain a perfected first priority security interest in the Additional
Collateral in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Financing
Parties in accordance with Sections 8.3(r) and 8.3(s) hereof;
(n) the aggregate amount of Loans and Holder Advances,
including without limitation, Loans and Holder Advances requested in a
Requisition but not yet funded, used to purchase, acquire, install, or
test the Equipment or otherwise related to the Equipment shall not
exceed $43,000,000.00;
(o) the aggregate amount of Loans and Holder Advances,
including without limitation, Loans and Holder Advances requested in a
Requisition but not yet funded, for Property Costs other than Equipment
shall not exceed $57,000,000.00 and the aggregate amount of Loans and
Holder Advances, including without limitation, Loans and Holder
Advances requested in a Requisition but not yet funded shall not exceed
$100,000,000.00;
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(p) Items of Equipment listed on Schedule 2 to the
Participation Agreement may be substituted for other items of
Equipment, subject to the provisions of the Operative Agreements, prior
to any amounts being expended for such Equipment provided such
substitute item of Equipment has:
(i) the same use and is of substantially similar
type to the substituted item of Equipment;
(ii) the same or greater utility;
(iii) the same or greater useful life;
(iv) the same or greater fair market value as of
the date such substitution will occur; and
(v) the same or greater estimated fair market
value as of the Expiration Date.
In addition to the foregoing conditions being met, the Lessee shall
deliver an appraisal, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
the Agent, for such substitute item of Equipment; and
(q) Lessee may submit Requisitions requesting funds for
deposits to be made on Equipment provided Lessee delivers a
certificate, regarding the Equipment upon which deposits are being
funded, signed by a Responsible Officer of Lessee and in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent, setting forth the (i) the
amount previously funded for deposits on the Equipment, (ii) the amount
currently being requested for funding of such deposits, (iii) the
future amounts necessary to fully fund such Equipment and (iv) upon the
final funding for such Equipment, a statement that such Equipment has
been fully funded. The certificate shall also represent and warrant
that the Lessee has and covenants to maintain Available Commitments and
Available Holder Commitments, at all times, sufficient to fund all
amounts not yet funded for all Equipment upon which deposits are being
funded with Loans or Holder Advances.
5.5. ADDITIONAL REPORTING AND DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS ON COMPLETION
DATE AND ON CONSTRUCTION PERIOD TERMINATION DATE.
On or prior to the Completion Date for each Property, the Construction
Agent shall deliver to the Agent an Officer's Certificate in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit I or in such other form as is acceptable to the Agent
specifying (a) the address for such Property, (b) the Completion Date for such
Property, (c) the aggregate Property Cost for such Property, (d) detailed,
itemized documentation supporting the asserted Property Cost figures and (e)
that all representations and warranties of the Construction Agent and Lessee in
each of the Operative Agreements and each certificate delivered pursuant thereto
are true and correct as of the Completion Date. The Agent shall have the right
to contest the information contained in such Officer's Certificate. Furthermore,
on or prior to the Completion Date for each Property, the Construction Agent
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent (unless previously delivered
to the Agent) originals of the following, each of which shall be in form and
substance acceptable to the Agent, in its reasonable discretion: (u) a Lease
Supplement and a memorandum (or short form lease) regarding the Lease and such
Lease Supplement (such memorandum or short form lease to be in the form attached
to the Lease as Exhibit B or in such other form as is
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acceptable to the Agent, with modifications as necessary to conform to
applicable state law, and in form suitable for recording), (v) a title insurance
endorsement regarding the title insurance policy delivered in connection with
the requirements of Section 5.3(g), but only to the extent such endorsement is
necessary to provide for insurance in an amount at least equal to the maximum
total Property Cost and, if endorsed, the endorsement shall not include a title
change or exception objectionable to the Agent; (w) an as-built survey for such
Property, (x) insurance certificates respecting such Property as required
hereunder and under the Lease Agreement, (y) if requested by the Agent,
amendments to the Lessor Financing Statements executed by the appropriate
parties and (z) an Appraisal regarding such Property (including without
limitation the Equipment); provided, however, such an Appraisal shall not be
required if, as of such Completion Date, the Agent has previously received
Appraisal(s) pursuant to Section 5.3(t) for Properties that are then subject to
the Lease and that have an aggregate value (as established by such Appraisal(s))
of at least $25,000,000.00. In addition, on the Completion Date for such
Property the Construction Agent covenants and agrees that the recording fees,
documentary stamp taxes or similar amounts required to be paid in connection
with the related Mortgage Instrument shall have been paid in an amount required
by applicable law, subject, however, to the obligations of the Lenders and the
Holders to fund such costs to the extent required pursuant to Section 7.1.
5.6. THE CONSTRUCTION AGENT DELIVERY OF CONSTRUCTION BUDGET
MODIFICATIONS.
The Construction Agent covenants and agrees to deliver to the Agent
each month notification of any modification to any Construction Budget regarding
any Property if such modification increases the cost to construct such Property;
provided no Construction Budget may be increased unless (a) the title insurance
policies referenced in Section 5.3(g) are also modified or endorsed, if
necessary, to provide for insurance in an amount that satisfies the requirements
of Section 5.4(f) of this Agreement and (b) after giving effect to any such
amendment, the Construction Budget remains in compliance with the requirements
of Section 5.4(d) of this Agreement.
5.7. RESTRICTIONS ON LIENS.
On each Property Closing Date, the Construction Agent shall cause each
Property acquired by the Lessor on such date to be free and clear of all Liens
except those referenced in Sections 6.2(r)(i) and 6.2(r)(ii). On each date a
Property is either sold to a third party in accordance with the terms of the
Operative Agreements or, pursuant to Section 22.1(a) of the Lease Agreement,
retained by the Lessor, the Lessee shall cause such Property to be free and
clear of all Liens (other than Lessor Liens and such other Liens that are
expressly set forth as title exceptions on the title commitment issued under
Section 5.3(g) with respect to such Property, to the extent such title
commitment has been approved by the Agent).
5.8. PAYMENTS.
All payments of principal, interest, Holder Advances, Holder Yield and
other amounts to be made by the Construction Agent or the Lessee under this
Agreement or any other Operative
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Agreements (excluding Excepted Payments which shall be paid directly to the
party to whom such payments are owed) shall be made to the Agent at the office
designated by the Agent from time to time in Dollars and in immediately
available funds, without setoff, deduction, or counterclaim. Subject to the
definition of "Interest Period" in Appendix A attached hereto, whenever any
payment under this Agreement or any other Operative Agreements shall be stated
to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment may be made on the
next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time in such case shall be
included in the computation of interest, Holder Yield and fees payable pursuant
to the Operative Agreements, as applicable and as the case may be.
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
6.1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BORROWER.
Effective as of the Initial Closing Date and the date of each Advance,
the Trust Company in its individual capacity and as the Borrower, as indicated,
represents and warrants to each of the other parties hereto as follows,
provided, that the representations in the following paragraphs (h), (j) and (k)
are made solely in its capacity as the Borrower:
(a) It is a national banking association and is duly organized
and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United
States of America and has the power and authority to enter into and
perform its obligations under the Trust Agreement and (assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery of the Trust Agreement by the
Holders) has the corporate and trust power and authority to act as the
Owner Trustee and to enter into and perform the obligations under each
of the other Operative Agreements to which the Trust Company or the
Owner Trustee, as the case may be, is or will be a party and each other
agreement, instrument and document to be executed and delivered by it
on or before such Closing Date in connection with or as contemplated by
each such Operative Agreement to which the Trust Company or the Owner
Trustee, as the case may be, is or will be a party;
(b) The execution, delivery and performance of each Operative
Agreement to which it is or will be a party, either in its individual
capacity or (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of the
Trust Agreement by the Holders) as the Owner Trustee, as the case may
be, has been duly authorized by all necessary action on its part and
neither the execution and delivery thereof, nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby, nor compliance by it with any of the
terms and provisions thereof (i) does or will require any approval or
consent of any trustee or holders of any of its indebtedness or
obligations, (ii) does or will contravene any Legal Requirement
relating to its banking or trust powers, (iii) does or will contravene
or result in any breach of or constitute any default under, or result
in the creation of any Lien upon any of its property under, (A) its
charter or by-laws, or (B) any indenture, mortgage, chattel mortgage,
deed of trust, conditional sales contract, bank loan or credit
agreement or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by
which it or its properties may be bound or affected, which
contravention, breach, default or Lien under clause (B)
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would materially and adversely affect its ability, in its individual
capacity or as the Owner Trustee, to perform its obligations under the
Operative Agreements to which it is a party or (iv) does or will
require any Governmental Action by any Governmental Authority
regulating its banking or trust powers;
(c) The Trust Agreement and, assuming the Trust Agreement is
the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Holders, each other
Operative Agreement to which the Trust Company or the Owner Trustee, as
the case may be, is or will be a party have been, or on or before such
Closing Date will be, duly executed and delivered by the Trust Company
or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, and the Trust Agreement and
each such other Operative Agreement to which the Trust Company or the
Owner Trustee, as the case may be, is a party constitutes, or upon
execution and delivery will constitute, a legal, valid and binding
obligation enforceable against the Trust Company or the Owner Trustee,
as the case may be, in accordance with the terms thereof;
(d) There is no action or proceeding pending or, to its
knowledge, threatened to which it is or will be a party, either in its
individual capacity or as the Owner Trustee, before any Governmental
Authority that, if adversely determined, would materially and adversely
affect its ability, in its individual capacity or as the Owner Trustee,
to perform its obligations under the Operative Agreements to which it
is a party or would question the validity or enforceability of any of
the Operative Agreements to which it is or will become a party;
(e) It, either in its individual capacity or as the Owner
Trustee, has not assigned or transferred any of its right, title or
interest in or under the Lease, the Agency Agreement or its interest in
any Property or any portion thereof, except in accordance with the
Operative Agreements;
(f) No Default or Event of Default under the Operative
Agreements attributable to it has occurred and is continuing;
(g) Except as otherwise contemplated in the Operative
Agreements, the proceeds of the Loans and Holder Advances shall not be
applied by the Owner Trustee, either in its individual capacity or as
the Owner Trustee, for any purpose other than the purchase and/or lease
of the Properties, the acquisition, installation and testing of the
Equipment, the construction of Improvements and the payment of
Transaction Expenses and the fees, expenses and other disbursements
referenced in Sections 7.1(a) and 7.1(b) of this Agreement, in each
case which accrue prior to the Rent Commencement Date with respect to a
particular Property;
(h) Neither the Owner Trustee nor any Person authorized by the
Owner Trustee to act on its behalf has offered or sold any interest in
the Trust Estate or the Notes, or in any similar security relating to a
Property, or in any security the offering of which for the purposes of
the Securities Act would be deemed to be part of the same offering as
the offering of the aforementioned securities to, or solicited any
offer to
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acquire any of the same from, any Person other than, in the case of the
Notes, the Agent, and neither the Owner Trustee nor any Person
authorized by the Owner Trustee to act on its behalf will take any
action which would subject, as a direct result of such action alone,
the issuance or sale of any interest in the Trust Estate or the Notes
to the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act or require the
qualification of any Operative Agreement under the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as amended;
(i) The Owner Trustee's principal place of business, chief
executive office and office where the documents, accounts and records
relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each
other Operative Agreement are kept are located at ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇;
(j) The Owner Trustee is not engaged principally in, and does
not have as one (1) of its important activities, the business of
extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin
stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System of the United States), and no part of the
proceeds of the Loans or the Holder Advances will be used by it to
purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for
the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock or for any
purpose that violates, or is inconsistent with, the provisions of
Regulations T, U, or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System of the United States;
(k) The Owner Trustee is not an "investment company" or a
company controlled by an "investment company" within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act;
(l) Each Property is free and clear of all Lessor Liens
attributable to the Owner Trustee, either in its individual capacity or
as the Owner Trustee; and
(m) The Owner Trustee, in its trust capacity, is not a party
to any documents, instruments or agreements other than the Operative
Agreements executed by the Owner Trustee, in its trust capacity.
6.2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CONSTRUCTION AGENT AND
THE LESSEE.
Effective as of the Initial Closing Date, the date of each Advance and
the Rent Commencement Date, the Construction Agent and the Lessee represent and
warrant to each of the other parties hereto that:
(a) [Intentionally Reserved];
(b) The execution and delivery by each of the Construction
Agent and the Lessee of this Agreement and the other applicable
Operative Agreements as of such date and the performance by each of the
Construction Agent and the Lessee of its respective obligations under
this Agreement and the other applicable Operative Agreements are
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within the corporate, partnership or limited liability company (as the
case may be) powers of each of the Construction Agent and the Lessee,
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or
limited liability company (as the case may be) action on the part of
each of the Construction Agent and the Lessee (including without
limitation any necessary shareholder action), have been duly executed
and delivered, have received all necessary governmental approval, and
do not and will not (i) violate any Legal Requirement which is binding
on the Construction Agent, the Lessee or any of their Subsidiaries,
(ii) contravene or conflict with, or result in a breach of, any
provision of the Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws or other
organizational documents of any of the Construction Agent, the Lessee
or any of their Subsidiaries or of any agreement, indenture, instrument
or other document which is binding on any of the Construction Agent,
the Lessee or any of their Subsidiaries or (iii) result in, or require,
the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than pursuant to the
terms of the Operative Agreements) on any asset of any of the
Construction Agent, the Lessee or any of their Subsidiaries;
(c) This Agreement and the other applicable Operative
Agreements to which the Construction Agent or the Lessee are parties,
executed prior to and as of such date, constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Construction Agent or the Lessee, as
applicable, enforceable against the Construction Agent or the Lessee,
as applicable, in accordance with their terms. The Construction Agent
and the Lessee have each executed the various Operative Agreements
required to be executed as of such date;
(d) There are no material actions, suits or proceedings
pending or, to our knowledge, threatened against either the
Construction Agent or the Lessee in any court or before any
Governmental Authority (nor shall any order, judgment or decree have
been issued or proposed to be issued by any Governmental Authority to
set aside, restrain, enjoin or prevent the full performance of any
Operative Agreement or any transaction contemplated thereby) that (i)
concern any Property or the Lessee's interest therein, (ii) question
the validity or enforceability of any Operative Agreement or any
transaction described in the Operative Agreements or (iii) shall have
or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
provided, for purposes of disclosure, the Construction Agent and the
Lessee have described the litigation set forth on Exhibit J;
(e) No Governmental Action by any Governmental Authority or
other authorization, registration, consent, approval, waiver, notice or
other action by, to or of any other Person pursuant to any Legal
Requirement, contract, indenture, instrument or agreement or for any
other reason is required to authorize or is required in connection with
(i) the execution, delivery or performance of any Operative Agreement,
(ii) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any
Operative Agreement, (iii) the acquisition, ownership, construction,
completion, occupancy, operation, leasing or subleasing of any Property
or (iv) any Advance, in each case, except those which have been
obtained and are in full force and effect or will be obtained prior to
the time required to be in place;
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(f) Upon the execution and delivery of each Lease Supplement
to the Lease, (i) the Lessee will have unconditionally accepted the
Property subject to the Lease Supplement and will have a valid and
subsisting leasehold interest in such Property, subject only to the
Permitted Liens, and (ii) no offset will exist with respect to any Rent
or other sums payable under the Lease;
(g) Except as otherwise contemplated by the Operative
Agreements, the Construction Agent shall not use the proceeds of any
Holder Advance or Loan for any purpose other than the purchase and/or
lease of the Properties, the acquisition, installation and testing of
the Equipment, the construction of Improvements and the payment of
Transaction Expenses and the fees, expenses and other disbursements
referenced in Sections 7.1(a) and 7.1(b) of this Agreement, in each
case which accrue prior to the Rent Commencement Date with respect to a
particular Property;
(h) All information heretofore or contemporaneously herewith
furnished by either the Construction Agent or the Lessee or any of
their Subsidiaries to the Agent, the Owner Trustee, any Lender or any
Holder for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby is, and all information hereafter
furnished by or on behalf of the Construction Agent, the Lessee or any
of their Subsidiaries to the Agent, the Owner Trustee, any Lender or
any Holder pursuant hereto or in connection herewith will be, true and
accurate in every material respect on the date as of which such
information is dated or certified, and such information, taken as a
whole, does not and will not omit to state any material fact necessary
to make such information, taken as a whole, not misleading;
(i) The principal place of business, chief executive office
and office of the Construction Agent and the Lessee where the
documents, accounts and records relating to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and each other Operative Agreement are
kept are located at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇;
(j) The representations and warranties of the Construction
Agent and the Lessee set forth in any of the Operative Agreements are
true and correct in all material respects on and as of each such date
as if made on and as of such date. The Construction Agent and the
Lessee are in all material respects in compliance with their respective
obligations under the Operative Agreements and there exists no Default
or Event of Default under any of the Operative Agreements which is
continuing and which has not been cured within any cure period
expressly granted under the terms of the applicable Operative Agreement
or otherwise waived in accordance with the applicable Operative
Agreement. No Default or Event of Default will occur under any of the
Operative Agreements as a result of, or after giving effect to, the
Advance requested by the Requisition on the date of each Advance;
(k) As of each Property Closing Date, the date of each
subsequent Advance and the Rent Commencement Date only, each Property
then being financed consists of (i) unimproved Land or (ii) Land and
existing Improvements thereon which Improvements
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are either suitable for occupancy at the time of acquisition or ground
leasing or will be renovated and/or modified in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement. Each Property then being financed is located
at the location set forth on the applicable Requisition, each of which
is in one (1) of the Approved States;
(l) As of each Property Closing Date, the date of each
subsequent Advance and the Rent Commencement Date only, the Lessor has
good and marketable fee simple title to each Property, or, if any
Property is the subject of a Ground Lease, the Lessor will have a valid
ground leasehold interest enforceable against the ground lessor of such
Property in accordance with the terms of such Ground Lease, subject
only to (i) such Liens referenced in Sections 6.2(r)(i) and 6.2(r)(ii)
on the applicable Property Closing Date and (ii) subject to Section
5.7, Permitted Liens after the applicable Property Closing Date;
(m) As of each Property Closing Date, the date of each
subsequent Advance and the Rent Commencement Date only, no portion of
any Property is located in an area identified as a special flood hazard
area by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or other applicable
agency, or if any such Property is located in an area identified as a
special flood hazard area by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or
other applicable agency, then flood insurance has been obtained for
such Property in accordance with Section 14.2(b) of the Lease and in
accordance with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended;
(n) As of each Property Closing Date, the date of each
subsequent Advance and the Rent Commencement Date only, each Property
complies with all Insurance Requirements and all standards of Lessee
with respect to similar properties owned by Lessee;
(o) As of each Property Closing Date, the date of each
subsequent Advance and the Rent Commencement Date only, each Property
complies with all Legal Requirements as of such date (including without
limitation all zoning and land use laws and Environmental Laws), except
to the extent that failure to comply therewith, individually or in the
aggregate, shall not have and could not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect;
(p) As of each Property Closing Date, the date of each
subsequent Advance and the Rent Commencement Date only, all utility
services and facilities necessary for the construction and operation of
the Improvements and the installation and operation of the Equipment
regarding each Property (including without limitation gas, electrical,
water and sewage services and facilities) are available at the
applicable Land and will be constructed prior to the Completion Date
for such Property;
(q) As of each Property Closing Date, the date of each
subsequent Advance and the Rent Commencement Date only, acquisition,
installation and testing of the Equipment (if any) and construction of
the Improvements (if any) to such date shall have
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been performed in a good and workmanlike manner, substantially in
accordance with the applicable Plans and Specifications;
(r) (i) The Security Documents create, as security for
the Obligations (as such term is defined in the Security
Agreement), valid and enforceable security interests in, and
Liens on, all of the Collateral (including without limitation,
the Additional Collateral), in favor of the Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Holders, as their
respective interests appear in the Operative Agreements, and
such security interests and Liens are subject to no other
Liens other than Liens that are expressly set forth as title
exceptions on the title commitment issued under Section 5.3(g)
with respect to the applicable Property, to the extent such
title commitment has been approved by the Agent. Upon
recordation of the Mortgage Instrument in the real estate
recording office in the applicable Approved State identified
by the Construction Agent or the Lessee, the Lien created by
the Mortgage Instrument in the real property described therein
shall be a perfected first priority mortgage Lien on such real
property (or, in the case of a Ground Lease, the leasehold
estate under such Ground Lease) in favor of the Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Holders, as their
respective interests appear in the Operative Agreements. To
the extent that the security interests in the portion of the
Collateral comprised of personal property can be perfected by
filing in the filing offices in the applicable Approved States
or elsewhere identified by the Construction Agent or the
Lessee, upon filing of the Lender Financing Statements in such
filing offices, the security interests created by the Security
Agreement shall be perfected first priority security interests
in such personal property in favor of the Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Holders, as their
respective interests appear in the Operative Agreements;
(ii) The Lease Agreement creates, as security for the
obligations of the Lessee under the Lease Agreement, valid and
enforceable security interests in, and Liens on, each Property
leased thereunder, in favor of the Lessor, and such security
interests and Liens are subject to no other Liens other than
Liens that are expressly set forth as title exceptions on the
title commitment issued under Section 5.3(g) with respect to
the applicable Property, to the extent such title commitment
has been approved by the Agent. Upon recordation of the
memorandum of the Lease Agreement and the memorandum of a
Ground Lease (or, in either case, a short form lease) in the
real estate recording office in the applicable Approved State
identified by the Construction Agent or the Lessee, the Lien
created by the Lease Agreement in the real property described
therein shall be a perfected first priority mortgage Lien on
such real property (or, in the case of a Ground Lease, on the
leasehold estate under such Ground Lease) in favor of the
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Holders,
as their respective interests appear in the Operative
Agreements. To the extent that the security interests in the
portion of any Property comprised of personal property can be
perfected by the filing in the filing offices in the
applicable Approved State or elsewhere identified by the
Construction Agent or the Lessee upon filing of the
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Lessor Financing Statements in such filing offices, a security
interest created by the Lease Agreement shall be perfected
first priority security interests in such personal property in
favor of the Lessor, which rights pursuant to the Lessor
Financing Statements are assigned to the Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Holders, as their
respective interests appear in the Operative Agreements;
(s) The Plans and Specifications for each Property will be
prepared prior to the commencement of construction in accordance with
all applicable Legal Requirements (including without limitation all
applicable Environmental Laws and building, planning, zoning and fire
codes), except to the extent the failure to comply therewith,
individually or in the aggregate, shall not have and could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Upon
completion of the Improvements for each Property in accordance with the
applicable Plans and Specifications, such Improvements will be within
any building restriction lines and will not encroach in any manner onto
any adjoining land (except as permitted by express written easements,
which have been approved by the Agent);
(t) As of the Rent Commencement Date only, each Property shall
be improved in accordance with the applicable Plans and Specifications
in a good and workmanlike manner and shall be operational; and
(u) [Intentionally Reserved]
6.3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE LENDERS AND THE HOLDERS.
Each of the Lenders, with respect to the Notes, and each of the
Holders, with respect to the Certificates, represents and warrants that such
party (a) understands that the offer and sale of the Notes and the Certificates
has not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), or under any state securities laws, and that the
Notes and the Certificates, to the extent they may be deemed to be "securities,"
are being offered and sold in reliance upon federal and state exemptions for
transactions not involving any public offering; (b) is an "accredited investor"
as defined in Rule 501(a) promulgated under the Securities Act; (c) is acquiring
the Notes or Certificates, as the case may be, solely for its own account for
investment purposes and not with a view to the distribution of such Notes or
Certificates, and will not transfer such Notes or Certificates without
compliance with all applicable securities laws; (d) is a sophisticated investor
with sufficient knowledge and experience in financial, investment and business
affairs to permit it to evaluate the merits and risks involved in purchasing
such Notes or Certificates and is able to bear the economic risk and lack of
liquidity inherent in holding such Notes or Certificates for an indefinite
period of time; and (e) has received information concerning the issuer of such
Notes or Certificates and has had the opportunity to ask questions of, and
receive answers from, such issuer and its representatives concerning the
business of such issuer and the terms of such Notes or Certificates and to
obtain additional information as desired in order to evaluate the merits and
risks inherent in acquiring and holding such Notes or Certificates.
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SECTION 7. PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES.
7.1. TRANSACTION EXPENSES.
(a) The Lessor agrees on the Initial Closing Date, to pay, or
cause to be paid, all Transaction Expenses arising from the Initial
Closing Date, including without limitation all reasonable fees,
expenses and disbursements of the various legal counsels for the Lessor
and the Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Operative Agreements and incurred in connection with such Initial
Closing Date, the initial fees and expenses of the Owner Trustee due
and payable on such Initial Closing Date, all fees, taxes and expenses
for the recording, registration and filing of documents and all other
reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements incurred in connection with
such Initial Closing Date; provided, however, the Lessor shall pay such
amounts described in this Section 7.1(a) only if (i) such amounts are
properly described in a Requisition delivered on or before the Initial
Closing Date, and (ii) funds are made available by the Lenders and the
Holders in connection with such Requisition in an amount sufficient to
allow such payment. On the Initial Closing Date after delivery and
receipt of the Requisition referenced in Section 4.2(a) hereof and
satisfaction of the other conditions precedent for such date, the
Holders shall make Holder Advances and the Lenders shall make Loans to
the Lessor to pay for the Transaction Expenses, fees, expenses and
other disbursements referenced in this Section 7.1(a). The Lessee
agrees to timely pay all amounts referred to in this Section 7.1(a) to
the extent not paid by the Lessor.
(b) Assuming no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing and only for the period prior to the Rent
Commencement Date, the Lessor agrees on each Property Closing Date, on
the date of any Construction Advance and on the Completion Date to pay,
or cause to be paid, all Transaction Expenses including without
limitation all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of the
various legal counsels for the Lessor and the Agent in connection with
the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements and billed in
connection with such Advance or such Completion Date, all amounts
described in Section 7.1(a) of this Agreement which have not been
previously paid, the annual fees and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
of the Owner Trustee, all fees, expenses and disbursements incurred
with respect to the various items referenced in Sections 5.3, 5.4
and/or 5.5 (including without limitation any premiums for title
insurance policies and charges for any updates to such policies) and
all other reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements in connection
with such Advance or such Completion Date including without limitation
all expenses relating to and all fees, taxes and expenses for the
recording, registration and filing of documents and during the
Commitment Period, all fees, expenses and costs referenced in Sections
7.3(a), 7.3(b), 7.3(d) and 7.4; provided, however, the Lessor shall pay
such amounts described in this Section 7.1(b) only if (i) such amounts
are properly described in a Requisition delivered on the applicable
date and (ii) funds are made available by the Lenders and the Holders
in connection with such Requisition in an amount sufficient to allow
such payment. On
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each Property Closing Date, on the date of any Construction Advance or
any Completion Date, after delivery of the applicable Requisition and
satisfaction of the other conditions precedent for such date, the
Holders shall make a Holder Advance and the Lenders shall make Loans to
the Lessor to pay for the Transaction Expenses, fees, expenses and
other disbursements referenced in this Section 7.1(b). The Lessee
agrees to timely pay all amounts referred to in this Section 7.1(b) to
the extent not paid by the Lessor.
(c) All fees payable pursuant to the Operative Agreements
shall be calculated on the basis of a year of three hundred sixty (360)
days for the actual days elapsed.
7.2. BROKERS' FEES.
The Lessee agrees to pay or cause to be paid any and all brokers' fees,
if any, including without limitation any interest and penalties thereon, which
are payable in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the other Operative Agreements.
7.3. CERTAIN FEES AND EXPENSES.
The Lessee agrees to pay or cause to be paid (a) the initial and annual
Owner Trustee's fee and all reasonable expenses of the Owner Trustee and any
co-trustees (including without limitation reasonable counsel fees and expenses)
or any successor owner trustee and/or co-trustee, for acting as the owner
trustee under the Trust Agreement, (b) all reasonable costs and expenses
incurred by the Construction Agent, the Lessee, the Agent, the Lenders, the
Holders or the Lessor in entering into any Lease Supplement and any future
amendments, modifications, supplements, restatements and/or replacements with
respect to any of the Operative Agreements, whether or not such Lease
Supplement, amendments, modifications, supplements, restatements and/or
replacements are ultimately entered into, or giving or withholding of waivers of
consents hereto or thereto, which have been requested by the Construction Agent,
the Lessee, the Agent, the Lenders, the Holders or the Lessor, (c) all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Construction Agent, the Lessee,
the Agent, the Lenders, the Holders or the Lessor in connection with any
exercise of remedies under any Operative Agreement or any purchase of any
Property by the Construction Agent, the Lessee or any third party and (d) all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Construction Agent, the Lessee,
the Agent, the Lenders, the Holders or the Lessor in connection with any
transfer or conveyance of any Property, whether or not such transfer or
conveyance is ultimately accomplished.
7.4. UNUSED FEE.
During the Commitment Period, the Lessee agrees to pay or to cause to
be paid to the Agent for the account of (a) the Lenders, respectively, an unused
fee (the "Lender Unused Fee") equal to the product of the average daily
Available Commitment of each Lender during the Commitment Period multiplied by
the rate per annum set forth as the Unused Fee in the definition of Applicable
Percentage and (b) the Holders, respectively, an unused fee (the "Holder Unused
Fee") equal to the product of the average daily Available Holder Commitment of
each Holder during the Commitment Period multiplied by the rate per annum set
forth as the Unused
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Fee in the definition of Applicable Percentage. Such Unused Fees shall be
payable quarterly in arrears on each Unused Fee Payment Date. If all or a
portion of any such Unused Fee shall not be paid when due, such overdue amount
shall bear interest, payable by the Lessee on demand, at a rate per annum equal
to the ABR plus the Applicable Percentage (or in the case of Holder Yield, the
ABR plus the Applicable Percentage for ABR Holder Advances) plus two percent
(2%) from the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in full (as
well as before judgment).
7.5. OTHER FEES.
The Lessee shall pay or cause to paid such other fees as set forth and
on the terms and conditions provided in the engagement letter dated July 22,
1999 addressed to ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Chief Financial Officer & Vice President of
Administration at RF Micro Devices, Inc. ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ from ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, Director, Corporate Real Estate & Asset Finance.
SECTION 8. OTHER COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS.
8.1. COOPERATION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AGENT OR THE LESSEE.
The Holders, the Lenders, the Lessor (at the direction of the Majority
Secured Parties) and the Agent shall, at the expense of and to the extent
reasonably requested by the Construction Agent or the Lessee (but without
assuming additional liabilities on account thereof and only to the extent such
is acceptable to the Holders, the Lenders, the Lessor (at the direction of the
Majority Secured Parties) and the Agent in their reasonable discretion),
cooperate with the Construction Agent or the Lessee in connection with the
Construction Agent or the Lessee satisfying its covenant obligations contained
in the Operative Agreements including without limitation at any time and from
time to time, promptly and duly executing and delivering any and all such
further instruments, documents and financing statements (and continuation
statements related thereto).
8.2. COVENANTS OF THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND THE HOLDERS.
Each of the Owner Trustee and the Holders hereby agrees that so long as
this Agreement is in effect:
(a) Neither the Owner Trustee (in its trust capacity or in its
individual capacity) nor any Holder will create or permit to exist at
any time, and each of them will, at its own cost and expense, promptly
take such action as may be necessary duly to discharge, or to cause to
be discharged, all Lessor Liens on the Properties attributable to it;
provided, however, that the Owner Trustee and the Holders shall not be
required to so discharge any such Lessor Lien while the same is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently
prosecuted so long as such proceedings shall not materially and
adversely affect the rights of the Lessee under the Lease and the other
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Operative Agreements or involve any material danger of impairment of
the Liens of the Security Documents or of the sale, forfeiture or loss
of, and shall not interfere with the use or disposition of, any
Property or title thereto or any interest therein or the payment of
Rent;
(b) Without prejudice to any right under the Trust Agreement
of the Owner Trustee to resign (subject to requirement set forth in the
Trust Agreement that such resignation shall not be effective until a
successor shall have agreed to accept such appointment), or the
Holders' rights under the Trust Agreement to remove the institution
acting as the Owner Trustee (after consent to such removal by the Agent
as provided in the Trust Agreement), each of the Owner Trustee and the
Holders hereby agrees with the Lessee and the Agent (i) not to
terminate or revoke the trust created by the Trust Agreement except as
permitted by Article VIII of the Trust Agreement, (ii) not to amend,
supplement, terminate or revoke or otherwise modify any provision of
the Trust Agreement in such a manner as to adversely affect the rights
of any such party without the prior written consent of such party and
(iii) to comply with all of the terms of the Trust Agreement, the
nonperformance of which would adversely affect such party;
(c) The Owner Trustee or any successor may resign or be
removed by the Holders as the Owner Trustee, a successor Owner Trustee
may be appointed and a corporation may become the Owner Trustee under
the Trust Agreement, only in accordance with the provisions of Article
IX of the Trust Agreement and, with respect to such appointment, with
the consent of the Lessee (so long as there shall be no Lease Event of
Default that shall have occurred and be continuing), which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed;
(d) The Owner Trustee, in its capacity as the Owner Trustee
under the Trust Agreement, and not in its individual capacity, shall
not contract for, create, incur or assume any Indebtedness, or enter
into any business or other activity or enter into any contracts or
agreements, other than pursuant to or under the Operative Agreements;
(e) The Holders will not instruct the Owner Trustee to take
any action in violation of the terms of any Operative Agreement;
(f) Neither any Holder nor the Owner Trustee shall (i)
commence any case, proceeding or other action with respect to the Owner
Trustee under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic
or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
arrangement, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other
relief with respect to it or its debts, or (ii) seek appointment of a
receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official with respect to
the Owner Trustee or for all or any substantial benefit of the
creditors of the Owner Trustee; and neither any Holder nor the Owner
Trustee shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its
consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth
in this paragraph;
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(g) The Owner Trustee shall give prompt notice to the Lessee,
the Holders and the Agent if the Owner Trustee's principal place of
business or chief executive office, or the office where the records
concerning the accounts or contract rights relating to any Property are
kept, shall cease to be located at ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, or if it shall change its name; and
(h) The Owner Trustee shall take or refrain from taking such
actions and grant or refrain from granting such approvals with respect
to the Operative Agreements and/or relating to any Property in each
case as directed in writing by the Agent (until such time as the Loans
are paid in full, and then by the Majority Holders) or, in connection
with Sections 8.5 and 9.2 hereof, the Lessee; provided, however, that
notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subparagraph (h) the
Owner Trustee, the Agent, the Lenders and the Holders each acknowledge,
covenant and agree that neither the Owner Trustee nor the Agent shall
act or refrain from acting, regarding each Unanimous Vote Matter, until
such party has received the approval of each Lender and each Holder
affected by such matter.
8.3. THE LESSEE COVENANTS, CONSENT AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
(a) The Lessee acknowledges and agrees that the Owner Trustee,
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Security Agreement and the
Mortgage Instruments, shall create Liens respecting the various
personal property, fixtures and real property described therein in
favor of the Agent. The Lessee hereby irrevocably consents to the
creation, perfection and maintenance of such Liens. Each of the
Construction Agent and the Lessee shall, to the extent reasonably
requested by any of the other parties hereto, cooperate with the other
parties in connection with their covenants herein or in the other
Operative Agreements and shall from time to time duly execute and
deliver any and all such future instruments, documents and financing
statements (and continuation statements related thereto) as any other
party hereto may reasonably request.
(b) The Lessor hereby instructs the Lessee, and the Lessee
hereby acknowledges and agrees, that until such time as the Loans and
the Holder Advances are paid in full and the Liens evidenced by the
Security Agreement and the Mortgage Instruments have been released (i)
any and all Rent (excluding Excepted Payments which shall be payable to
each Holder or other Person as appropriate) and any and all other
amounts of any kind or type under any of the Operative Agreements due
and owing or payable to any Person shall instead be paid directly to
the Agent (excluding Excepted Payments which shall be payable to each
Holder or other Person as appropriate) or as the Agent may direct from
time to time for allocation and distribution in accordance with the
procedures set forth in Section 8.7 hereof, (ii) all rights of the
Lessor under the Lease shall be exercised by the Agent and (iii) the
Lessee shall cause all notices, certificates, financial statements,
communications and other information which are delivered, or are
required to be delivered, to the Lessor, to also be delivered at the
same time to the Agent.
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(c) The Lessee shall not consent to or permit any amendment,
supplement or other modification of the terms or provisions of any
Operative Agreement except in accordance with Section 12.4 of this
Agreement.
(d) The Lessee hereby covenants and agrees to cause an
Appraisal or reappraisal (in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent and from an appraiser selected by the Agent) to be issued
respecting any Property as requested by the Agent from time to time (i)
at each and every time as such shall be required to satisfy any
regulatory requirements imposed on the Agent, the Lessor, the Trust
Company, any Lender and/or any Holder and (ii) after the occurrence of
an Event of Default.
(e) The Lessee hereby covenants and agrees that, except for
amounts payable as Basic Rent, any and all payment obligations owing
from time to time under the Operative Agreements by any Person to the
Agent, any Lender, any Holder or any other Person shall (without
further action) be deemed to be Supplemental Rent obligations payable
by the Lessee. Without limitation, such obligations of the Lessee shall
include, without duplication, the Supplemental Rent obligations
pursuant to this Section 8.3(e), Section 3.3 of the Lease, arrangement
fees, administrative fees, participation fees, commitment fees, unused
fees, prepayment penalties, breakage costs, indemnities, trustee fees
and transaction expenses incurred by the parties hereto in connection
with the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements.
(f) At any time the Lessor or the Agent is entitled under the
Operative Agreements to possession of a Property or any component
thereof, each of the Construction Agent and the Lessee hereby covenants
and agrees, at its own cost and expense, to assemble and make the same
available to the Agent (on behalf of the Lessor).
(g) [INTENTIONALLY RESERVED]
(h) [INTENTIONALLY RESERVED]
(i) The Lessee hereby covenants and agrees that it shall give
prompt notice, but in any event within five (5) Business Days, to the
Agent if the Lessee's principal place of business or chief executive
office, or the office where the records concerning the accounts or
contract rights relating to any Property are kept, shall cease to be
located at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ or if it
shall change its name.
(j) [INTENTIONALLY RESERVED]
(k) [INTENTIONALLY RESERVED]
(l) The Lessee hereby covenants and agrees that the rights of
the Lessee under this Agreement and the Lease shall not impair or in
any way diminish the obligations of the Construction Agent and/or the
rights of the Lessor under the Agency Agreement.
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(m) The Lessee shall promptly notify the Agent, or cause the
Agent to be promptly notified, upon the Lessee gaining knowledge of the
occurrence of (i) any Default or Event of Default which is continuing
at such time or (ii) any litigation, government or environmental
proceeding which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect upon the Lessee. In any event, such notice shall be
provided to the Agent within ten (10) days of when the Lessee gains
such knowledge.
(n) Until all of the obligations under the Operative
Agreements have been finally and indefeasibly paid and satisfied in
full and the Commitments and the Holder Commitments terminated unless
consent has been obtained from the Majority Secured Parties, the Lessee
will:
(i) except as permitted by the express provisions of
the Operative Agreements, preserve and maintain its separate
legal existence and all rights, franchises, licenses and
privileges necessary to the conduct of its business, and
qualify and remain qualified as a foreign corporation (or
partnership, limited liability company or other such similar
entity, as the case may be) and authorized to do business in
each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify would
have a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) pay and perform all obligations of the Lessee
under the Operative Agreements and all other material
contractual obligations and pay and perform (A) all taxes,
assessments and other governmental charges that may be levied
or assessed upon it or any of its property, and (B) all other
indebtedness, obligations and liabilities in accordance with
customary trade practices, which if not paid would have a
Material Adverse Effect; provided that the Lessee may contest
any item described in this Section 8.3(n)(ii) in good faith so
long as adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto
in accordance with GAAP;
(iii) to the extent failure to do so would have a
Material Adverse Effect, observe and remain in compliance with
all applicable Laws (including specifically without limitation
all applicable Environmental Laws and ERISA) and maintain in
full force and effect all Governmental Actions, in each case
applicable to the conduct of its business; keep in full force
and effect all licenses, certifications or accreditations
necessary for any Facility to carry on its business; and not
permit the termination of any insurance reimbursement program
available to any Facility; and
(iv) provided that the Agent, the Lenders and the
Holders use reasonable efforts to minimize disruption to the
business of the Lessee, permit representatives of the Agent or
any Lender or Holder, from time to time, to visit and inspect
its properties; inspect, audit and make extracts from its
books, records and files, including without limitation
management letters prepared by independent accountants; and
discuss with its principal officers, and its
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independent accountants, its business, assets, liabilities, financial
condition, results of operations and business prospects.
(o) Any reprogramming required to permit the proper
functioning, before, on and after January 1, 2000, of (i) Lessee's
computer-based systems and (ii) equipment containing embedded
microchips (including systems and equipment supplied by others or with
which Lessee's systems interface), and the testing of all such systems
and equipment, as so reprogrammed, will be completed by December 31,
1999. The cost to Lessee of such reprogramming and testing and of the
reasonably foreseeable consequences of the year 2000 to Lessee
(including, without limitation, reprogramming errors and the failure of
others' systems or equipment) will not result in a Default, Event of
Default or Material Adverse Effect. Except for such of the
reprogramming referred to in the preceding sentence as may be
necessary, the computer and management information systems of Lessee
are and, with ordinary course upgrading and maintenance will continue
for the term of this Agreement to be, sufficient to permit Lessee to
conduct their respective businesses without a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) Lessee shall perform any and all obligations of Lessor
under, and cause Lessor to otherwise remain in full compliance with,
the terms and provisions of each Ground Lease, if any.
(q) Promptly after obtaining any required architectural
approvals by any business park or any other applicable entity with
oversight responsibility for the applicable Improvements, the
Construction Agent shall deliver to the Agent copies of the same.
(r) Lessee shall maintain a first priority perfected security
interest on the Additional Collateral in favor of the Agent (for the
benefit of the Financing Parties), until such time as the Lessee shall
have satisfied each of the following conditions (as established by
financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 8.3.A(a)-(c)
hereof):
(i) the sum of consolidated EBITDA for the four
immediately preceding fiscal quarters is greater
than or equal to $150,000,000.00;
(ii) the ratio of Consolidated Total Funded Debt
(including all Loans and Holder Advances), as of the
date of determination, to EBITDA for the four
immediately preceding fiscal quarters period is less
than or equal to 2.00:1.00;
(iii) the ratio of Consolidated Funded Senior Debt, as of
the date of determination, to EBITDA for the four
immediately preceding fiscal quarters is less than or
equal to 1.00:1.00;
(iv) Consolidated Total Funded Debt, as of the date of
determination, is less than or equal to forty percent
(40%) of Book Capitalization, as of the date of
determination;
(v) the Completion Date for all Properties (including
without limitation the installation and delivery of
the Equipment) has occurred, Rent payments
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have commenced for each Property and Lessee shall
have caused title to all of the Equipment to be
vested in the Lessor; and
(vi) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
(s) The Lessee will cause all of the owned personal property
of each member of the Consolidated Group to be subject at all times to
a first priority, perfected Lien in favor of the Agent to secure the
Obligations pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Operative
Agreements or, with respect to any such property acquired subsequent to
the Initial Closing Date, such other additional security documents as
the Agent shall reasonably request, subject in any case to Liens that
are described in Schedule 3 hereto as of the Initial Closing Date or
with respect to any such property acquired subsequent to the Initial
Closing Date Liens permitted pursuant to 8.3B(a)(iii) hereof.
If, subsequent to the Initial Closing Date, any member of the
Consolidated Group shall acquire any asset required to be pledged to the Agent
as Collateral by this Section 8.3(s), the Lessee shall promptly notify the Agent
of same and shall take such action at its own expense as requested by the Agent
to ensure that the Agent has a first priority perfected Lien in such assets to
secure the Obligations.
8.3.A ADDITIONAL AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE LESSEE.
Lessee hereby covenants and agrees that, so long as any Operative
Agreement is in effect or any amounts payable under any Operative Agreement
shall remain outstanding, and until all of the Commitments and Holder
Commitments shall have terminated, Lessee will furnish, or cause to be
furnished, to the Agent, the Lenders and the Holders the following information
and will comply with each of the covenants set forth below:
(a) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available, and in any event
within 90 days after the close of each fiscal year of the Lessee, a consolidated
balance sheet and income statement of the Lessee as of the end of such fiscal
year, together with related consolidated statements of operations and retained
earnings and of cash flows for such fiscal year, in each case setting forth in
comparative form consolidated figures for the preceding fiscal year, all such
financial information described above to be in reasonable form and detail and
audited by independent certified public accountants of recognized national
standing reasonably acceptable to the Agent, and whose opinion shall be to the
effect that such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
(except for changes with which such accountants concur) and shall not be limited
as to the scope of the audit or qualified as to the status of the Lessee as a
going concern or any other material qualifications or exceptions.
(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available, and in any
event within 45 days after the close of each fiscal quarter of the Lessee (other
than the fourth fiscal quarter, in which case 90 days after the end thereof) a
consolidated balance sheet and income statement of the Lessee as of the end of
such fiscal quarter, together with related consolidated statements of operations
and
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retained earnings and of cash flows for such fiscal quarter, in each case
setting forth in comparative form consolidated figures for the corresponding
period of the preceding fiscal year, all such financial information described
above to be in reasonable form and detail and reasonably acceptable to the
Agent, and accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Lessee to
the effect that such quarterly financial statements fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition of the Lessee and have been prepared
in accordance with GAAP, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal
year-end audit adjustments.
(c) Officer's Financial Compliance Certificate. At the time of delivery
of the financial statements provided for in Sections 8.3.A(a) and (b) Financial
Compliance above setting forth the calculations described in Sections 8.3(r) and
8.3.A(i)-(m) hereof, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Lessee
substantially in the form of Exhibit K, stating that no Default or Event of
Default exists, or if any Default or Event of Default does exist, specifying the
nature and extent thereof and what action Lessee proposes to take with respect
thereto.
(d) Annual Business Plan and Budgets. At least 30 days prior to the end
of each fiscal year of the Lessee, an annual business plan and budget of the
Lessee containing, among other things, pro forma financial statements for the
next fiscal year.
(e) Accountant's Certificate. Within the period for delivery of the
annual financial statements provided in Section 8.3.A(a), a certificate of the
accountants conducting the annual audit stating that they have reviewed the
Operative Agreements and stating further whether, in the course of their audit,
they have become aware of any Default or Event of Default and, if any such
Default or Event of Default exists, specifying the nature and extent thereof.
(f) Auditor's Reports. Promptly upon receipt thereof, a copy of any
other report or "management letter" submitted by independent accountants to any
member of the Lessee in connection with any annual, interim or special audit of
the books of such Person.
(g) Reports. Promptly upon transmission or receipt thereof, copies of
any filings and registrations with, and reports to or from, the Securities and
Exchange Commission, or any successor agency, and copies of all financial
statements, proxy statements, notices and reports as Lessee shall send to its
shareholders or to a holder of any Indebtedness owed by Lessee in its capacity
as such a holder.
(h) Books and Records. The Lessee and each of its Subsidiaries will
keep complete and accurate books and records of its transactions in accordance
with good accounting practices on the basis of GAAP (including the establishment
and maintenance of appropriate reserves).
(i) Other Information. With reasonable promptness upon any such
request, such other information regarding the business, properties or financial
condition of any member of the Lessee as the Agent may reasonably request.
(j) Quick Ratio. For each fiscal quarter the ratio of (a) the sum
(without duplication) of Lessee's (i) unencumbered cash, (ii) unencumbered short
term cash investments, (iii) other
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unencumbered marketable securities which are classified as short term
investments and (iv) unencumbered accounts receivable, computed net of reserves
for uncollectible amounts, each as classified in accordance with GAAP, to (b)
Lessee's current liabilities determined in accordance with GAAP (which shall
include, without limitation, that portion of the principal amount of Total
Funded Debt which is due on demand or will become due within one year after the
date on which the applicable determination of the quick ratio is required
hereunder), shall equal or exceed 1.25:1.00.
(k) Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. At all times, the
Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio shall not be less than 5.0:1.0.
(l) Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio. At all times, the Consolidated
Total Leverage Ratio shall be not greater than 2.75:1.00.
(m) Consolidated Net Worth. As of the end of each fiscal quarter, the
Consolidated Net Worth shall be not less than the sum of (i) $229,048,000.00
plus (ii) as of the end of each fiscal quarter to occur after September 26,
1999, an amount equal to seventy-five (75%) of Consolidated Net Income (but not
less than zero) for such fiscal quarter, such increases to be cumulative, plus
(iii) an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of net proceeds from Equity
Issuances occurring after September 26, 1999.
(n) Capital Expenditures. Lessee will not make, or permit any
Subsidiary of the Lessee to make, Consolidated Capital Expenditures in any
fiscal year set forth in the table below that exceed, in the aggregate, the
amount set forth opposite such fiscal year in such table:
Fiscal Year Ending (on or about) Amount
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March 31, 2000 $100,000,000.00
March 31, 2001 $125,000,000.00
March 31, 2002 $125,000,000.00
March 31, 2003 $175,000,000.00
March 31, 2004 $175,000,000.00
March 31, 2005 $175,000,000.00
provided, however, that, if during any fiscal year the amount of
Consolidated Capital Expenditures permitted for that fiscal year in the table
above is not so utilized, such unutilized amount may be utilized in the next
succeeding fiscal year but not in any subsequent fiscal year.
(o) Domestic Subsidiaries. As soon as practicable and in any event
within 30 days after any Person becomes a direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary
of the Lessee, the Lessee shall (i) provide the Agent with written notice
thereof setting forth information in reasonable detail describing all of the
assets of such Person, (ii) cause such Person to provide a guaranty of the
Obligations pursuant to a guaranty agreement in form and substance satisfactory
to the Agent, (iii) cause such Person to grant a security interest to the Agent
in all of its personal property pursuant to the terms of a security agreement in
substantially the form of the Lessee's Security
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Agreement and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, (iv)
cause 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock and other equity
interests of such Person to be pledged to the Agent pursuant to a pledge
agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and cause the
certificates (or other agreements or instruments), if any, representing such
capital stock or other equity interests to be delivered to the Agent (together
with undated stock powers signed in blank), and (v) deliver such other
documentation as the Agent may reasonably request in connection with the
foregoing, including, without limitation, appropriate UCC-1 financing
statements, landlord's waivers, certified resolutions and other organizational
and authorizing documents of such Person, favorable opinions of counsel to such
Person (which shall cover, among other things, the legality, validity, binding
effect and enforceability of the documentation referred to above and the
perfection of the Agent's liens thereunder), all in form, content and scope
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
(p) Foreign Subsidiaries. As soon as practicable and in any event
within 30 days after any Person becomes a direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiary
of the Lessee, the Lessee shall (i) provide the Agent with written notice
thereof setting forth information in reasonable detail describing all of the
assets of such Person.
8.3.B ADDITIONAL NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF THE LESSEE.
Lessee hereby covenants and agrees that, so long as any Operative
Agreement is in effect or any amounts payable under any Operative Agreement
shall remain outstanding, and until all of the Commitments and Holder
Commitments shall have terminated:
(a) Indebtedness.
Lessee will not permit any member of the Consolidated Group to
contract, create, incur, assume, guaranty or permit to exist any Indebtedness,
and Lessee will not except: contract, create, incur, assume, guaranty or permit
to exist any Indebtedness except:
(i) Indebtedness existing or arising under the Operative
Agreements;
(ii) Indebtedness consisting of unsecured Subordinated Debt
maturing after the Expiration Date not to exceed, in the aggregate, an
outstanding amount of $250,000,000.00 at any time, provided further no
cash amortization shall occur until after the Expiration Date;
(iii) Indebtedness consisting of unsecured senior Funded Debt
maturing after the Expiration Date not to exceed, in the aggregate, an
outstanding amount of $50,000,000.00 at anytime, provided further, no
amortization shall occur until after the Expiration Date;
(iv) purchase money Indebtedness (including obligations in
respect of Capitalized Leases) hereafter incurred by the Lessee to
finance the purchase price of any cost of construction of fixed assets
provided that (i) the total of all such Indebtedness for
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the Lessee taken together shall not exceed an aggregate principal
amount of $100,000,000.00 at any one time outstanding; (ii) such
Indebtedness when incurred shall not exceed the purchase price of the
asset(s) financed; and (iii) no such Indebtedness shall be refinanced
for a principal amount in excess of the principal balance outstanding
thereon at the time of such refinancing; provided, however, that such
$100,000,000.00 amount shall not include up to $17,000,000.00 to
finance the headquarters building of the Lessee which is located at
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(v) Indebtedness and other obligations owing under interest
rate, commodities and foreign currency exchange protection agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business to manage existing or
anticipated risks and not for speculative purposes;
(vi) guaranty obligations with respect to Indebtedness of
Lessee that are permitted under this Section 8.3.B.
(b) Liens.
Lessee will not permit any member of the Consolidated Group to
contract, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien with respect to any
of its property (including without limitation the Property, Equipment,
Additional Collateral, whether now owned or after acquired), except for
Permitted Liens.
(c) Nature of Business.
Lessee will not permit any member of the Consolidated Group to
substantively alter the character or conduct of the business conducted by such
Person as of the Initial Closing Date.
(d) Merger and Consolidation; Dissolution.
Lessee will not permit any member of the Consolidated Group to merge
with or into or consolidate or combine with any other Person or sell, lease,
transfer or assign to any other Person or otherwise dispose of (whether in one
transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all its assets
(whether now owned or hereafter acquired); provided, however, that (a) any
Subsidiary (direct or indirect) of Lessee may merge with or into or consolidate
or combine with or dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to Lessee
or any other Subsidiary (direct or indirect) of Lessee, (b) any Subsidiary
(direct or indirect) of Lessee may merge, consolidate or combine with another
corporation if the surviving corporation in such transaction shall be a
wholly-owned Subsidiary (direct or indirect) of Lessee and (c) if no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred at the time of or immediately after giving
effect to such transaction, Lessee may merge, consolidate or combine with
another corporation, if the surviving corporation shall be Lessee.
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(e) Asset Dispositions.
Lessee will not permit any member of the Consolidated Group to make any
Asset Disposition (including, without limitation, any sale/leaseback
transaction) other than (i) the sale/leaseback transaction to finance the
headquarters building of the Lessee which is located at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇,
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Dispositions where the assets being disposed of are replaced, within ten (10)
days, with assets of equal or greater value and (iii) other Asset Dispositions
which in the aggregate constitute less than (A) 10% of the tangible net assets
of the Lessee (measured as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for
which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 8.3A hereof)
and (B) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA.
(f) Investments.
Lessee will not permit any member of the Consolidated Group to make or
permit to exist Investments in or to any Person, except for Eligible
Investments.
(g) Restricted Payments.
Lessee will not permit any member of the Consolidated Group to make any
cash Restricted Payment.
(h) [Intentionally Omitted]
[(i) Transactions with Affiliates.
Lessee will not permit any member of the Consolidated Group to enter
into or permit to exist any transaction or series of transactions with any
officer, director, shareholder, Subsidiary or Affiliate of such Person other
than (a) advances of working capital to Lessee, (b) transfers of cash and assets
to Lessee, (c) transactions permitted by Sections 8.3.B(a), (d), (e), (f) and
(g) normal compensation and reimbursement of expenses of officers and directors
and (d) except as otherwise specifically limited in the Operative Agreements,
other transactions which are entered into in the ordinary course of such
Person's business on terms and conditions substantially as favorable to such
Person as would be obtainable by it in a comparable arms-length transaction with
a Person other than an officer, director, shareholder, Subsidiary or Affiliate.
(j) [Intentionally Omitted]
(k) Limitation on Restricted Actions.
Lessee will not permit any member of the Consolidated Group to,
directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become
effective any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any such Person to
(a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its capital stock or with
respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits,
(b) pay any Indebtedness or other obligation, (c) make loans or advances, (d)
sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets, or (e) act as a
guarantor or pledge its assets, except for such encumbrances
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or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) the Operative Agreements or
(ii) pursuant to the terms of any purchase money or sale/leaseback Indebtedness
(including Capitalized Leases) to the extent permitted under Section 8.3B(a)(iv)
to the extent such limitations relate only to the property which is the subject
of such financing.
(l) Ownership of Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary,
Lessee shall not create or have any Subsidiaries except wholly owned
Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Operative Agreements.
8.4. SHARING OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS.
Except for Excepted Payments, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree
that all payments due and owing by the Lessee to the Lessor under the Lease or
any of the other Operative Agreements shall be made by the Lessee directly to
the Agent as more particularly provided in Section 8.3 hereof. The Lessor, the
Holders, the Agent, the Lenders and the Lessee acknowledge the terms of Section
8.7 of this Agreement regarding the allocation of payments and other amounts
made or received from time to time under the Operative Agreements and agree,
that all such payments and amounts are to be allocated as provided in Section
8.7 of this Agreement.
8.5. GRANT OF EASEMENTS, ETC.
The Agent, the Lenders and the Holders hereby agree that, so long as no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Owner Trustee shall,
from time to time at the request of the Lessee (and with the prior consent of
the Agent), in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Agency
Agreement, the Lease or the other Operative Agreements, (i) grant easements and
other rights in the nature of easements with respect to any Property, (ii)
release existing easements or other rights in the nature of easements which are
for the benefit of any Property, (iii) execute and deliver to any Person any
instrument appropriate to confirm or effect such grants or releases, and (iv)
execute and deliver to any Person such other documents or materials in
connection with the acquisition, development, construction, testing or operation
of any Property, including without limitation reciprocal easement agreements,
construction contracts, operating agreements, development agreements, plats,
replats or subdivision documents; provided, that each of the agreements referred
to in this Section 8.5 shall be of the type normally executed by the Lessee in
the ordinary course of the Lessee's business and shall be on commercially
reasonable terms so as not to diminish the value of any Property in any material
respect.
8.6. APPOINTMENT BY THE AGENT, THE LENDERS, THE HOLDERS AND THE
OWNER TRUSTEE.
The Holders hereby appoint the Agent to act as collateral agent for the
Holders in connection with the Lien granted by the Security Documents to secure
the Holder Amount. The Lenders and the Holders acknowledge and agree and direct
that the rights and remedies of the
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beneficiaries of the Lien of the Security Documents shall be exercised by the
Agent on behalf of the Lenders and the Holders as directed from time to time by
the Majority Secured Parties or, pursuant to Sections 8.2(h) and 12.4, all of
the Lenders and the Holders, as the case may be; provided, in all cases, the
Agent shall allocate payments and other amounts received in accordance with
Section 8.7. The Agent is further appointed to provide notices under the
Operative Agreements on behalf of the Owner Trustee (as determined by the Agent,
in its reasonable discretion), to receive notices under the Operative Agreements
on behalf of the Owner Trustee and (subject to Sections 8.5 and 9.2) to take
such other action under the Operative Agreements on behalf of the Owner Trustee
as the Agent shall determine in its reasonable discretion from time to time. The
Agent hereby accepts such appointments. For purposes hereof, the provisions of
Section 7 of the Credit Agreement, together with such other terms and provisions
of the Credit Agreement and the other Operative Agreements as required for the
full interpretation and operation of Section 7 of the Credit Agreement are
hereby incorporated by reference as if restated herein for the mutual benefit of
the Agent and each Holder as if each Holder were a Lender thereunder.
Outstanding Holder Advances and outstanding Loans shall each be taken into
account for purposes of determining Majority Secured Parties. Further, the Agent
shall be entitled to take such action on behalf of the Owner Trustee as is
delegated to the Agent under any Operative Agreement (whether express or
implied) as may be reasonably incidental thereto. The parties hereto hereby
agree to the provisions contained in this Section 8.6. Any appointment of a
successor agent under Section 7.9 of the Credit Agreement shall also be
effective as an appointment of a successor agent for purposes of this Section
8.6.
8.7. COLLECTION AND ALLOCATION OF PAYMENTS AND OTHER AMOUNTS.
(a) The Lessee and the Construction Agent have agreed pursuant
to Section 5.8 and otherwise in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement to pay to (i) the Agent any and all Rent (excluding Excepted
Payments) and any and all other amounts of any kind or type under any
of the Operative Agreements due and owing or payable to any Person and
(ii) each Person as appropriate the Excepted Payments. Promptly after
receipt, the Agent shall apply and allocate, in accordance with the
terms of this Section 8.7, such amounts received from the Lessee or the
Construction Agent and all other payments, receipts and other
consideration of any kind whatsoever received by the Agent pursuant to
the Security Agreement or otherwise received by the Agent, the Holders
or any of the Lenders in connection with the Collateral, the Security
Documents or any of the other Operative Agreements. Ratable
distributions among the Lenders and the Holders under this Section 8.7
shall be made based on (in the case of the Lenders) the ratio of the
outstanding Loans to the aggregate Property Cost and (in the case of
the Holders) the ratio of the outstanding Holder Advances to the
aggregate Property Cost. Ratable distributions among the Tranche A
Lenders under this Section 8.7 shall be made based on the ratio of the
individual Tranche A Lender's Commitment for Tranche A Loans to the
aggregate of all the Tranche A Lenders' Commitments for Tranche A
Loans. Ratable distributions among the Tranche B Lenders under this
Section 8.7 shall be made based on the ratio of the individual Tranche
B Lender's Commitment for Tranche B Loans to the aggregate of all the
Tranche B Lenders' Commitments for Tranche B Loans. Ratable
distributions among the Lenders (in situations where the Tranche A
Lenders are
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not differentiated from the Tranche B Lenders) shall be made based on
the ratio of the individual Lender's Commitment to the aggregate of all
the Lenders' Commitments. Ratable distributions among the Holders under
this Section 8.7 shall be based on the ratio of the individual Holder's
Holder Commitment to the aggregate of all the Holders' Holder
Commitments.
(b) Payments and other amounts received by the Agent from time
to time in accordance with the terms of subparagraph (a) shall be
applied and allocated as follows (subject in all cases to Section
8.7(c)):
(i) Any such payment or amount identified as or
deemed to be Basic Rent shall be applied and allocated by the
Agent first, ratably to the Lenders and the Holders for
application and allocation to the payment of interest on the
Loans and thereafter the principal of the Loans which is due
and payable on such date and to the payment of accrued Holder
Yield with respect to the Holder Advances and thereafter the
portion of the Holder Advances which is due on such date; and
second, if no Default or Event of Default is in effect, any
excess shall be paid to such Person or Persons as the Lessee
may designate; provided, that if a Default or Event of Default
is in effect, such excess (if any) shall instead be held by
the Agent until the earlier of (I) the first date thereafter
on which no Default or Event of Default shall be in effect (in
which case such payments or returns shall then be made to such
other Person or Persons as the Lessee may designate) and (II)
the Maturity Date or the Expiration Date, as the case may be
(or, if earlier, the date of any Acceleration), in which case
such amounts shall be applied and allocated in the manner
contemplated by Section 8.7(b)(iv).
(ii) If on any date the Agent or the Lessor shall
receive any amount in respect of (A) any Casualty or
Condemnation pursuant to Sections 15.1(a) or 15.1(g) of the
Lease (excluding any payments in respect thereof which are
payable to the Lessee in accordance with the Lease), or (B)
the Termination Value in connection with the delivery of a
Termination Notice pursuant to Article XVI of the Lease, or
(C) the Termination Value in connection with the exercise of
the Purchase Option under Section 20.1 of the Lease or the
exercise of the option of the Lessor to transfer the
Properties to the Lessee pursuant to Section 20.3 of the
Lease, or (D) any payment required to be made or elected to be
made by the Construction Agent to the Lessor pursuant to the
terms of the Agency Agreement, then in each case, the Lessor
shall be required to pay such amount received (1) if no
Acceleration has occurred, to prepay the principal balance of
the Loans and the Holder Advances, on a pro rata basis, a
portion of such amount to be distributed to the Lenders and
the Holders or (2) if an Acceleration has occurred, to apply
and allocate the proceeds respecting Sections 8.7(b)(ii)(A)
through 8.7(b)(ii)(D) in accordance with Section 8.7(b)(iii)
hereof.
(iii) An amount equal to any payment identified as
proceeds of the sale or other disposition (or lease upon the
exercise of remedies) of the Properties or
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any portion thereof, whether pursuant to Article XXII of the
Lease or the exercise of remedies under the Security Documents
or otherwise, the execution of remedies set forth in the Lease
and any payment in respect of excess wear and tear pursuant to
Section 22.3 of the Lease (whether such payment relates to a
period before or after the Construction Period Termination
Date) shall be applied and allocated by the Agent first,
ratably to the payment of the principal and interest of the
Tranche B Loans then outstanding, second, ratably to the
payment to the Holders of the outstanding principal balance of
all Holder Advances plus all outstanding Holder Yield with
respect to such outstanding Holder Advances, third, to the
extent such amount exceeds the maximum amount to be returned
pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph (iii),
ratably to the payment of the principal and interest of the
Tranche A Loans then outstanding, fourth, to any and all other
amounts owing under the Operative Agreements to the Lenders
under the Tranche B Loans, fifth, to any and all other amounts
owing under the Operative Agreements to the Holders, sixth, to
any and all other amounts owing under the Operative Agreements
to the Lenders under the Tranche A Loans, and seventh, to the
extent moneys remain after application and allocation pursuant
to clauses first through sixth above, to the Owner Trustee for
application and allocation to any and all other amounts owing
to the Holders or the Owner Trustee and as the Holders shall
determine; provided, where no Event of Default shall exist and
be continuing and a prepayment is made for any reason with
respect to less than the full amount of the outstanding
principal amount of the Loans and the outstanding Holder
Advances, the proceeds shall be applied and allocated ratably
to the Lenders and to the Holders.
(iv) An amount equal to (A) any such payment
identified as a payment pursuant to Section 22.1(b) of the
Lease (or otherwise) of the Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount
(and any such lesser amount as may be required by Section
22.1(b) of the Lease) in respect of the Properties and any
such payment which derives from the Additional Collateral and
(B) any other amount payable upon any exercise of remedies
after the occurrence of an Event of Default not covered by
Sections 8.7(b)(i) or 8.7(b)(iii) above (including without
limitation any amount received in connection with an
Acceleration which does not represent proceeds from the sale
or liquidation of the Properties), shall be applied and
allocated by the Agent first, ratably, to the payment of the
principal and interest balance of Tranche A Loans then
outstanding, second, ratably to the payment of the principal
and interest balance of the Tranche B Loans then outstanding,
third, ratably to the payment of the principal balance of all
Holder Advances plus all outstanding Holder Yield with respect
to such outstanding Holder Advances, fourth, to the payment of
any other amounts owing to the Lenders hereunder or under any
of the other Operative Agreement, and fifth, to the extent
moneys remain after application and allocation pursuant to
clauses first through fourth above, to the Owner Trustee for
application and allocation to Holder Advances and Holder Yield
and any other amounts owing to the Holders or the Owner
Trustee as the Holders shall determine.
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(v) An amount equal to any such payment identified as
Supplemental Rent shall be applied and allocated by the Agent
to the payment of any amounts then owing to the Agent, the
Lenders, the Holders and the other parties to the Operative
Agreements (or any of them) (other than any such amounts
payable pursuant to the preceding provisions of this Section
8.7(b)) as shall be determined by the Agent in its reasonable
discretion; provided, however, that Supplemental Rent received
upon the exercise of remedies after the occurrence and
continuance of an Event of Default in lieu of or in
substitution of the Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount or as a
partial payment thereon shall be applied and allocated as set
forth in Section 8.7(b)(iv).
(vi) The Agent in its reasonable judgment shall
identify the nature of each payment or amount received by the
Agent and apply and allocate each such amount in the manner
specified above.
(c) Upon the payment in full of the Loans, the Holder Advances
and all other amounts then due and owing by the Owner Trustee hereunder
or under any Credit Document and the payment in full of all other
amounts then due and owing to the Lenders, the Holders, the Agent, the
Owner Trustee and the other Financing Parties pursuant to the Operative
Agreements, any moneys remaining with the Agent shall be returned to
the Lessee. In the event of an Acceleration it is agreed that, prior to
the application and allocation of amounts received by the Agent in the
order described in Section 8.7(b) above or any distribution of money to
the Lessee, any such amounts shall first be applied and allocated to
the payment of (i) any and all sums advanced by the Agent in order to
preserve the Collateral or to preserve its Lien thereon, (ii) the
expenses of retaking, holding, preparing for sale or lease, selling or
otherwise disposing or realizing on the Collateral, or of any exercise
by the Agent of its rights under the Security Documents, together with
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses and court costs and (iii) any
and all other amounts reasonably owed to the Agent under or in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Operative
Agreements (including without limitation any accrued and unpaid
administration fees).
8.8. RELEASE OF PROPERTIES, ETC.
If the Lessee shall at any time purchase any Property pursuant to the
Lease, or the Construction Agent shall purchase any Property pursuant to the
Agency Agreement, or if any Property shall be sold in accordance with Article
XXII of the Lease, then, upon satisfaction by the Owner Trustee of its
obligation to prepay the Loans, Holder Advances and all other amounts owing to
the Lenders and the Holders under the Operative Agreements, the Agent is hereby
authorized and directed to release such Properties from the Liens created by the
Security Documents to the extent of its interest therein. In addition, upon the
termination of the Commitments and the Holder Commitments and the payment in
full of the Loans, the Holder Advances and all other amounts owing by the Owner
Trustee and the Lessee hereunder or under any other Operative Agreement the
Agent is hereby authorized and directed to release all of the
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Properties from the Liens created by the Security Documents to the extent of its
interest therein. Upon request of the Owner Trustee following any such release,
the Agent shall, at the sole cost and expense of the Lessee, execute and deliver
to the Owner Trustee and the Lessee such documents as the Owner Trustee or the
Lessee shall reasonably request to evidence such release.
SECTION 9. CREDIT AGREEMENT AND TRUST AGREEMENT.
9.1. THE CONSTRUCTION AGENT'S AND THE LESSEE'S CREDIT AGREEMENT
RIGHTS.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Credit
Agreement, the Agent, the Lenders, the Holders, the Construction Agent, the
Lessee and the Owner Trustee hereby agree that, prior to the occurrence and
continuation of any Default or Event of Default, the Construction Agent or the
Lessee, as the case may be, shall have the following rights:
(a) the right to designate an account to which amounts funded
under the Operative Agreements shall be credited pursuant to Section
2.3(a) of the Credit Agreement;
(b) the right to terminate or reduce the Commitments pursuant
to Section 2.5(a) of the Credit Agreement;
(c) the right to exercise the conversion and continuation
options pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Credit Agreement;
(d) the right to receive any notice and any certificate, in
each case issued pursuant to Section 2.11(a) of the Credit Agreement;
(e) the right to replace any Lender pursuant to Section
2.11(b) of the Credit Agreement;
(f) the right to approve any successor agent pursuant to
Section 7.9 of the Credit Agreement; and
(g) the right to consent to any assignment by a Lender to
which the Lessor has the right to consent pursuant to Section 9.8 of
the Credit Agreement.
9.2. THE CONSTRUCTION AGENT'S AND THE LESSEE'S TRUST AGREEMENT
RIGHTS.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Trust
Agreement, the Construction Agent, the Lessee, the Owner Trustee and the Holders
hereby agree that, prior to the occurrence and continuation of any Default or
Event of Default, the Construction Agent or the Lessee, as the case may be,
shall have the following rights:
(a) the right to exercise the conversion and continuation
options pursuant to Section 3.8 of the Trust Agreement;
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(b) the right to receive any notice and any certificate, in
each case issued pursuant to Section 3.9(a) of the Trust Agreement;
(c) the right to replace any Holder pursuant to Section 3.9(b)
of the Trust Agreement;
(d) the right to exercise the removal options contained in
Section 9.1 of the Trust Agreement; provided, however, that no removal
of the Owner Trustee and appointment of a successor Owner Trustee by
the Holders pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Trust Agreement shall be
made without the prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed) of the Lessee.
SECTION 10. TRANSFER OF INTEREST.
10.1. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER.
Each Lender may participate, assign or transfer all or a portion of its
interest hereunder and under the other Operative Agreements in accordance with
Sections 9.7 and 9.8 of the Credit Agreement; provided, that each Lender that
participates, assigns or transfers all or a portion of its interest hereunder
and under the other Operative Agreements shall deliver to the Agent a copy of
each Assignment and Acceptance (as referenced in Section 9.8 of the Credit
Agreement) for purposes of maintaining the Register. The Holders may, directly
or indirectly, assign, convey or otherwise transfer any of their right, title or
interest in or to the Trust Estate or the Trust Agreement with the prior written
consent of the Agent and the Lessee (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) and in accordance with the terms of Section 11.8(b) of the
Trust Agreement. The Owner Trustee may, subject to the rights of the Lessee
under the Lease and the other Operative Agreements and to the Lien of the
applicable Security Documents but only with the prior written consent of the
Agent (which consent may be withheld by the Agent in its sole discretion) and
(provided, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) with
the consent of the Lessee, directly or indirectly, assign, convey, appoint an
agent with respect to enforcement of, or otherwise transfer any of its right,
title or interest in or to any Property, the Lease, the Trust Agreement and the
other Operative Agreements (including without limitation any right to
indemnification thereunder), or any other document relating to a Property or any
interest in a Property as provided in the Trust Agreement and the Lease. The
provisions of the immediately preceding sentence shall not apply to the
obligations of the Owner Trustee to transfer Property to the Lessee or a third
party purchaser pursuant to Article XXII of the Lease upon payment for such
Property in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Lease. Neither the
Lessee nor the Construction Agent may assign any of the Operative Agreements or
any of their respective rights or obligations thereunder or with respect to any
Property in whole or in part to any Person without the prior written consent of
the Agent, the Lenders, the Holders and the Lessor.
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10.2. EFFECT OF TRANSFER.
From and after any transfer effected in accordance with this Section
10, the transferor shall be released, to the extent of such transfer, from its
liability hereunder and under the other documents to which it is a party in
respect of obligations to be performed on or after the date of such transfer;
provided, however, that any transferor shall remain liable hereunder and under
such other documents to the extent that the transferee shall not have assumed
the obligations of the transferor thereunder. Upon any transfer by the Owner
Trustee, a Holder or a Lender as above provided, any such transferee shall
assume the obligations of the Owner Trustee, the Holder or the Lender, as the
case may be, and shall be deemed an "Owner Trustee", "Holder", or "Lender", as
the case may be, for all purposes of such documents and each reference herein to
the transferor shall thereafter be deemed a reference to such transferee for all
purposes, except as provided in the preceding sentence. Notwithstanding any
transfer of all or a portion of the transferor's interest as provided in this
Section 10, the transferor shall be entitled to all benefits accrued and all
rights vested prior to such transfer including without limitation rights to
indemnification under any such document.
SECTION 11. INDEMNIFICATION.
11.1. GENERAL INDEMNITY.
Whether or not any of the transactions contemplated hereby shall be
consummated, the Indemnity Provider hereby assumes liability for and agrees to
defend, indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person on an After Tax
Basis from and against any Claims, which may be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against an Indemnified Person by any third party, including without
limitation Claims arising from the negligence of an Indemnified Person (but not
to the extent such Claims arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of such Indemnified Person itself, as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction, as opposed to gross negligence or willful misconduct imputed to
such Indemnified Person) in any way relating to or arising or alleged to arise
out of the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of this Agreement,
the Lease or any other Operative Agreement or on or with respect to any Property
or any component thereof, including without limitation Claims in any way
relating to or arising or alleged to arise out of (a) the financing,
refinancing, purchase, acceptance, rejection, ownership, design, construction,
refurbishment, development, delivery, acceptance, nondelivery, leasing,
subleasing, possession, use, occupancy, operation, maintenance repair,
modification, transportation, condition, sale, return, repossession (whether by
summary proceedings or otherwise), or any other disposition of any Property or
any part thereof, including without limitation the acquisition, holding or
disposition of any interest in the Property, lease or agreement comprising a
portion of any thereof; (b) any latent or other defects in any Property or any
portion thereof whether or not discoverable by an Indemnified Person or the
Indemnity Provider; (c) a violation of Environmental Laws, Environmental Claims
or other loss of or damage to any property or the environment relating to the
Property, the Lease, the Agency Agreement or the Indemnity Provider; (d) the
Operative Agreements, or any transaction contemplated thereby; (e) any breach by
the Indemnity Provider of any of its representations or warranties under the
Operative Agreements to which the Indemnity Provider is a party or failure
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by the Indemnity Provider to perform or observe any covenant or agreement to be
performed by it under any of the Operative Agreements; (f) the transactions
contemplated hereby or by any other Operative Agreement, in respect of the
application of Parts 4 and 5 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA; (g) personal
injury, death or property damage, including without limitation Claims based on
strict or absolute liability in tort; and (h) any fees, expenses and/or other
assessments by any business park or any other applicable entity with oversight
responsibility for the applicable Property.
If a written Claim is made against any Indemnified Person or if any
proceeding shall be commenced against such Indemnified Person (including without
limitation a written notice of such proceeding), for any Claim, such Indemnified
Person shall promptly notify the Indemnity Provider in writing and shall not
take action with respect to such Claim without the consent of the Indemnity
Provider for thirty (30) days after the receipt of such notice by the Indemnity
Provider; provided, however, that in the case of any such Claim, if action shall
be required by law or regulation to be taken prior to the end of such period of
thirty (30) days, such Indemnified Person shall endeavor to, in such notice to
the Indemnity Provider, inform the Indemnity Provider of such shorter period,
and no action shall be taken with respect to such Claim without the consent of
the Indemnity Provider before seven (7) days before the end of such shorter
period; provided, further, that the failure of such Indemnified Person to give
the notices referred to in this sentence shall not diminish the Indemnity
Provider's obligation hereunder except to the extent such failure precludes in
all respects the Indemnity Provider from contesting such Claim.
If, within thirty (30) days of receipt of such notice from the
Indemnified Person (or such shorter period as the Indemnified Person has
notified the Indemnity Provider is required by law or regulation for the
Indemnified Person to respond to such Claim), the Indemnity Provider shall
request in writing that such Indemnified Person respond to such Claim, the
Indemnified Person shall, at the expense of the Indemnity Provider, in good
faith conduct and control such action (including without limitation by pursuit
of appeals) (provided, however, that (A) if such Claim, in the Indemnity
Provider's reasonable discretion, can be pursued by the Indemnity Provider on
behalf of or in the name of such Indemnified Person, the Indemnified Person, at
the Indemnity Provider's request, shall allow the Indemnity Provider to conduct
and control the response to such Claim and (B) in the case of any Claim (and
notwithstanding the provisions of the foregoing subsection (A)), the Indemnified
Person may request the Indemnity Provider to conduct and control the response to
such Claim (with counsel to be selected by the Indemnity Provider and consented
to by such Indemnified Person, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld;
provided, however, that any Indemnified Person may retain separate counsel at
the expense of the Indemnity Provider in the event of a conflict of interest
between such Indemnified Person and the Indemnity Provider)) by, in the sole
discretion of the Person conducting and controlling the response to such Claim
(1) resisting payment thereof, (2) not paying the same except under protest, if
protest is necessary and proper, (3) if the payment be made, using reasonable
efforts to obtain a refund thereof in appropriate administrative and judicial
proceedings, or (4) taking such other action as is reasonably requested by the
Indemnity Provider from time to time.
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The party controlling the response to any Claim shall consult in good
faith with the non-controlling party and shall keep the non-controlling party
reasonably informed as to the conduct of the response to such Claim; provided,
that all decisions ultimately shall be made in the discretion of the controlling
party. The parties agree that an Indemnified Person may at any time decline to
take further action with respect to the response to such Claim and may settle
such Claim if such Indemnified Person shall waive its rights to any indemnity
from the Indemnity Provider that otherwise would be payable in respect of such
Claim (and any future Claim, the pursuit of which is precluded by reason of such
resolution of such Claim) and shall pay to the Indemnity Provider any amount
previously paid or advanced by the Indemnity Provider pursuant to this Section
11.1 by way of indemnification or advance for the payment of an amount regarding
such Claim.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.1, an
Indemnified Person shall not be required to take any action and the Indemnity
Provider shall not be permitted to respond to any Claim in its own name or that
of the Indemnified Person unless (A) the Indemnity Provider shall have agreed to
pay and shall pay to such Indemnified Person on demand and on an After Tax Basis
all reasonable costs, losses and expenses that such Indemnified Person actually
incurs in connection with such Claim, including without limitation all
reasonable legal, accounting and investigatory fees and disbursements and, if
the Indemnified Person has informed the Indemnity Provider that it intends to
contest such Claim (whether or not the control of the contest is then assumed by
the Indemnity Provider), the Indemnity Provider shall have agreed that the Claim
is an indemnifiable Claim hereunder, (B) in the case of a Claim that must be
pursued in the name of an Indemnified Person (or an Affiliate thereof), the
amount of the potential indemnity (taking into account all similar or logically
related Claims that have been or could be raised for which the Indemnity
Provider may be liable to pay an indemnity under this Section 11.1) exceeds
$15,000.00 (or such lesser amount as may be subsequently agreed between the
Indemnity Provider and the Indemnified Person), (C) the Indemnified Person shall
have reasonably determined that the action to be taken will not result in any
material danger of sale, forfeiture or loss of the Property, or any part thereof
or interest therein, will not interfere with the payment of Rent, and will not
result in risk of criminal liability, (D) if such Claim shall involve the
payment of any amount prior to the resolution of such Claim, the Indemnity
Provider shall provide to the Indemnified Person an interest-free advance in an
amount equal to the amount that the Indemnified Person is required to pay (with
no additional net after-tax cost to such Indemnified Person) prior to the date
such payment is due, (E) in the case of a Claim that must be pursued in the name
of an Indemnified Person (or an Affiliate thereof), the Indemnity Provider shall
have provided to such Indemnified Person an opinion of independent counsel
selected by the Indemnity Provider and reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnified Person stating that a reasonable basis exists to contest such Claim
(or, in the case of an appeal of an adverse determination, an opinion of such
counsel to the effect that the position asserted in such appeal will more likely
than not prevail) and (F) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing. In no event shall an Indemnified Person be required to appeal an
adverse judicial determination to the United States Supreme Court. In addition,
an Indemnified Person shall not be required to contest any Claim in its name (or
that of an Affiliate) if the subject matter thereof shall be of a continuing
nature and shall have previously been decided adversely by a court of competent
jurisdiction pursuant to the contest provisions of this Section 11.1, unless
there shall
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have been a change in law (or interpretation thereof) and the Indemnified Person
shall have received, at the Indemnity Provider's expense, an opinion of
independent counsel selected by the Indemnity Provider and reasonably acceptable
to the Indemnified Person stating that as a result of such change in law (or
interpretation thereof), it is more likely than not that the Indemnified Person
will prevail in such contest. In no event shall the Indemnity Provider be
permitted to adjust or settle any Claim without the consent of the Indemnified
Person to the extent any such adjustment or settlement involves, or is
reasonably likely to involve, any performance by or adverse admission by or with
respect to the Indemnified Person.
11.2. GENERAL TAX INDEMNITY.
(a) The Indemnity Provider shall pay and assume liability for,
and does hereby agree to indemnify, protect and defend each Property
and all Indemnified Persons, and hold them harmless against, all
Impositions on an After Tax Basis, and all payments pursuant to the
Operative Agreements shall be made free and clear of and without
deduction for any and all present and future Impositions.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section
11.2(a) hereof, the following shall be excluded from the indemnity
required by Section 11.2(a):
(i) Taxes (other than Taxes that are, or are in the
nature of, sales, use, rental, value added, transfer or
property taxes) that are imposed on a Indemnified Person
(other than the Lessor, the Owner Trustee and the Trust) by
the United States federal government that are based on or
measured by the net income (including without limitation taxes
based on capital gains and minimum taxes) of such Person;
provided, that this clause (i) shall not be interpreted to
prevent a payment from being made on an After Tax Basis if
such payment is otherwise required to be so made;
(ii) Taxes (other than Taxes that are, or are in the
nature of, sales, use, rental, value added, transfer or
property taxes) that are imposed on any Indemnified Person
(other than the Lessor, the Owner Trustee and the Trust) by
any state or local jurisdiction or taxing authority within any
state or local jurisdiction and that are based upon or
measured by the net income (including without limitation taxes
based on capital gains and minimum taxes) of such Person;
provided, further, that this clause (ii) shall not be
interpreted to prevent a payment from being made on an After
Tax Basis if such payment is otherwise required to be so made;
(iii) any Tax to the extent it relates to any act,
event or omission that occurs after the termination of the
Lease and redelivery or sale of the Property in accordance
with the terms of the Lease (but not any Tax that relates to
such termination, redelivery or sale and/or to any period
prior to such termination, redelivery or sale); and
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(iv) any Taxes which are imposed on an Indemnified
Person as a result of the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such Indemnified Person itself, as determined by
a court of competent jurisdiction (as opposed to gross
negligence or willful misconduct imputed to such Indemnified
Person), but not Taxes imposed as a result of ordinary
negligence of such Indemnified Person.
(c) (i) Subject to the terms of Section 11.2(f), the
Indemnity Provider shall pay or cause to be paid all
Impositions directly to the taxing authorities where feasible
and otherwise to the Indemnified Person, as appropriate, and
the Indemnity Provider shall at its own expense, upon such
Indemnified Person's reasonable request, furnish to such
Indemnified Person copies of official receipts or other
satisfactory proof evidencing such payment.
(ii) In the case of Impositions for which no contest
is conducted pursuant to Section 11.2(f) and which the
Indemnity Provider pays directly to the taxing authorities,
the Indemnity Provider shall pay such Impositions prior to the
latest time permitted by the relevant taxing authority for
timely payment. In the case of Impositions for which the
Indemnity Provider reimburses an Indemnified Person, the
Indemnity Provider shall do so within thirty (30) days after
receipt by the Indemnity Provider of demand by such
Indemnified Person describing in reasonable detail the nature
of the Imposition and the basis for the demand (including
without limitation the computation of the amount payable),
accompanied by receipts or other reasonable evidence of such
demand. In the case of Impositions for which a contest is
conducted pursuant to Section 11.2(f), the Indemnity Provider
shall pay such Impositions or reimburse such Indemnified
Person for such Impositions, to the extent not previously paid
or reimbursed pursuant to subsection (a), prior to the latest
time permitted by the relevant taxing authority for timely
payment after conclusion of all contests under Section
11.2(f).
(iii) At the Indemnity Provider's request, the amount
of any indemnification payment by the Indemnity Provider
pursuant to subsection (a) shall be verified and certified by
an independent public accounting firm mutually acceptable to
the Indemnity Provider and the Indemnified Person. The fees
and expenses of such independent public accounting firm shall
be paid by the Indemnity Provider unless such verification
shall result in an adjustment in the Indemnity Provider's
favor of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the payment as
computed by the Indemnified Person, in which case such fee
shall be paid by the Indemnified Person.
(d) The Indemnity Provider shall be responsible for preparing
and filing any real and personal property or ad valorem tax returns in
respect of each Property and any other tax returns required for the
Owner Trustee respecting the transactions described in the Operative
Agreements. In case any other report or tax return shall be required to
be made with respect to any obligations of the Indemnity Provider under
or arising out of subsection (a) and of which the Indemnity Provider
has knowledge or should have
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knowledge, the Indemnity Provider, at its sole cost and expense, shall
notify the relevant Indemnified Person of such requirement and (except
if such Indemnified Person notifies the Indemnity Provider that such
Indemnified Person intends to prepare and file such report or return)
(A) to the extent required or permitted by and consistent with Legal
Requirements, make and file in the Indemnity Provider's name such
return, statement or report; and (B) in the case of any other such
return, statement or report required to be made in the name of such
Indemnified Person, advise such Indemnified Person of such fact and
prepare such return, statement or report for filing by such Indemnified
Person or, where such return, statement or report shall be required to
reflect items in addition to any obligations of the Indemnity Provider
under or arising out of subsection (a), provide such Indemnified Person
at the Indemnity Provider's expense with information sufficient to
permit such return, statement or report to be properly made with
respect to any obligations of the Indemnity Provider under or arising
out of subsection (a). Such Indemnified Person shall, upon the
Indemnity Provider's request and at the Indemnity Provider's expense,
provide any data maintained by such Indemnified Person (and not
otherwise available to or within the control of the Indemnity Provider)
with respect to each Property which the Indemnity Provider may
reasonably require to prepare any required tax returns or reports.
(e) As between the Indemnity Provider on one hand, and each
Financing Party on the other hand, the Indemnity Provider shall be
responsible for, and the Indemnity Provider shall indemnify and hold
harmless each Financing Party (without duplication of any
indemnification required by subsection (a)) on an After Tax Basis
against, any obligation for United States or foreign withholding taxes
or similar levies, imposts, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings
(collectively, "Withholdings") imposed in respect of the interest
payable on the Notes, Holder Yield payable on the Certificates or with
respect to any other payments under the Operative Agreement (all such
payments being referred to herein as "Exempt Payments" to be made
without deduction, withholding or set off) (and, if any Financing Party
receives a demand for such payment from any taxing authority or a
Withholding is otherwise required with respect to any Exempt Payment,
the Indemnity Provider shall discharge such demand on behalf of such
Financing Party); provided, however, that the obligation of the
Indemnity Provider under this Section 11.2(e) shall not apply to:
(i) Withholdings on any Exempt Payment to any
Financing Party which is a non-U.S. Person unless such
Financing Party is, on the date hereof (or on the date it
becomes a Financing Party hereunder) and on the date of any
change in the principal place of business or the lending
office of such Financing Party, entitled to submit a Form 1001
(relating to such Financing Party and entitling it to a
complete exemption from Withholding on such Exempt Payment) or
Form 4224 or is otherwise subject to exemption from
Withholding with respect to such Exempt Payment (except where
the failure of the exemption results from a change in the
principal place of business of the Lessee; provided if a
failure of exemption for any Financing Party results from a
change in the principal place of business or
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lending office of any other Financing Party, then such other
Financing Party shall be liable for any Withholding or
indemnity with respect thereto), or
(ii) Any U.S. Taxes imposed solely by reason of the
failure by a non-U.S. Person to comply with applicable
certification, information, documentation or other reporting
requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity
or connections with the United States of America of such
non-U.S. Person if such compliance is required by statute or
regulation of the United States of America as a precondition
to relief or exemption from such U.S. Taxes.
For the purposes of this Section 11.2(e), (A) "U.S. Person" shall mean
a citizen, national or resident of the United States of America, a
corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or
under any laws of the United States of America or any State thereof, or
any estate or trust that is subject to Federal income taxation
regardless of the source of its income, (B) "U.S. Taxes" shall mean any
present or future tax, assessment or other charge or levy imposed by or
on behalf of the United States of America or any taxing authority
thereof or therein, (C) "Form 1001" shall mean Form 1001 (Ownership,
Exemption, or Reduced Rate Certificate) of the Department of the
Treasury of the United States of America and (D) "Form 4224" shall mean
Form 4224 (Exemption from Withholding of Tax on Income Effectively
Connected with the Conduct of a Trade or Business in the United States)
of the Department of Treasury of the United States of America (or in
relation to either such Form such successor and related forms as may
from time to time be adopted by the relevant taxing authorities of the
United States of America to document a claim to which such Form
relates). Each of the Forms referred to in the foregoing clauses (C)
and (D) shall include such successor and related forms as may from time
to time be adopted by the relevant taxing authorities of the United
States of America to document a claim to which such Form relates.
If a Financing Party or an Affiliate with whom such Financing
Party files a consolidated tax return (or equivalent) subsequently
receives the benefit in any country of a tax credit or an allowance
resulting from U.S. Taxes with respect to which it has received a
payment of an additional amount under this Section 11.2(e), such
Financing Party will pay to the Indemnity Provider such part of that
benefit as in the opinion of such Financing Party will leave it (after
such payment) in a position no more and no less favorable than it would
have been in if no additional payment had been required to be paid,
provided always that (i) such Financing Party will be the sole judge of
the amount of any such benefit and of the date on which it is received,
(ii) such Financing Party will have the absolute discretion as to the
order and manner in which it employs or claims tax credits and
allowances available to it and (iii) such Financing Party will not be
obliged to disclose to the Borrower any information regarding its tax
affairs or tax computations.
Each non-U.S. Person that shall become a Financing Party after
the date hereof shall, upon the effectiveness of the related transfer
or otherwise upon becoming a Financing Party hereunder, be required to
provide all of the forms and statements referenced above or other
evidences of exemption from Withholdings.
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(f) If a written Claim is made against any Indemnified Person
or if any proceeding shall be commenced against such Indemnified Person
(including without limitation a written notice of such proceeding), for
any Impositions, the provisions in Section 11.1 relating to
notification and rights to contest shall apply; provided, however, that
the Indemnity Provider shall have the right to conduct and control such
contest only if such contest involves a Tax other than a Tax on net
income of the Indemnified Person and can be pursued independently from
any other proceeding involving a Tax liability of such Indemnified
Person.
11.3. INCREASED COSTS, ILLEGALITY, ETC.
(a) If, due to either (i) the introduction of or any change in
or in the interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii) the
compliance with any guideline or request hereafter adopted, promulgated
or made by any central bank or other governmental authority (whether or
not having the force of law), there shall be any increase in the cost
to any Financing Party of agreeing to make or making, funding or
maintaining Advances, then the Lessee shall from time to time, upon
demand by such Financing Party (with a copy of such demand to the Agent
but subject to the terms of Section 2.11 of the Credit Agreement and
3.9 of the Trust Agreement, as the case may be), pay to the Agent for
the account of such Financing Party additional amounts sufficient to
compensate such Financing Party for such increased cost. A certificate
as to the amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Lessee and
the Agent by such Financing Party, shall be conclusive and binding for
all purposes, absent manifest error.
(b) If any Financing Party determines that compliance with any
law or regulation or any guideline or request from any central bank or
other governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law,
but in each case promulgated or made after the date hereof) affects or
would affect the amount of capital required or expected to be
maintained by such Financing Party or any corporation controlling such
Financing Party and that the amount of such capital is increased by or
based upon the existence of such Financing Party's commitment to make
Advances and other commitments of this type or upon the Advances, then,
upon demand by such Financing Party (with a copy of such demand to the
Agent but subject to the terms of Section 2.11 of the Credit Agreement
and 3.9 of the Trust Agreement), the Lessee shall pay to the Agent for
the account of such Financing Party, from time to time as specified by
such Financing Party, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such
Financing Party or such corporation in the light of such circumstances,
to the extent that such Financing Party reasonably determines such
increase in capital to be allocable to the existence of such Financing
Party's commitment to make such Advances. A certificate as to such
amounts submitted to the Lessee and the Agent by such Financing Party
shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error.
(c) Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, the Lessee
shall pay to each Financing Party on the last day of the Interest
Period therefor so long as such Financing
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Party is maintaining reserves against "Eurocurrency liabilities" under
Regulation D an additional amount (determined by such Financing Party
and notified to the Lessee through the Agent) equal to the product of
the following for each Eurodollar Loan or Eurodollar Holder Advance, as
the case may be, for each day during such Interest Period:
(i) the principal amount of such Eurodollar Loan or
Eurodollar Holder Advance, as the case may be, outstanding on
such day; and
(ii) the remainder of (x) a fraction the numerator of
which is the rate (expressed as a decimal) at which interest
accrues on such Eurodollar Loan or Eurodollar Holder Advance,
as the case may be, for such Interest Period as provided in
the Credit Agreement or the Trust Agreement, as the case may
be (less the Applicable Percentage), and the denominator of
which is one (1) minus the effective rate (expressed as a
decimal) at which such reserve requirements are imposed on
such Financing Party on such day minus (y) such numerator; and
(iii) 1/360.
(d) Without affecting its rights under Sections 11.3(a),
11.3(b) or 11.3(c) or any other provision of any Operative Agreement,
each Financing Party agrees that if there is any increase in any cost
to or reduction in any amount receivable by such Financing Party with
respect to which the Lessee would be obligated to compensate such
Financing Party pursuant to Sections 11.3(a) or 11.3(b), such Financing
Party shall use reasonable efforts to select an alternative office for
Advances which would not result in any such increase in any cost to or
reduction in any amount receivable by such Financing Party; provided,
however, that no Financing Party shall be obligated to select an
alternative office for Advances if such Financing Party determines that
(i) as a result of such selection such Financing Party would be in
violation of any applicable law, regulation, treaty, or guideline, or
would incur additional costs or expenses or (ii) such selection would
be inadvisable for regulatory reasons or materially inconsistent with
the interests of such Financing Party.
(e) With reference to the obligations of the Lessee set forth
in Sections 11.3(a) through 11.3(d), the Lessee shall not have any
obligation to pay to any Financing Party amounts owing under such
Sections for any period which is more than one hundred eighty (180)
days prior to the date upon which the request for payment therefor is
delivered to the Lessee.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if
any Financing Party shall notify the Agent that the introduction of or
any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation makes
it unlawful, or any central bank or other governmental authority
asserts that it is unlawful, for any Financing Party to perform its
obligations hereunder to make or maintain Eurodollar Loans or
Eurodollar Holder Advances, as the case may be, then (i) each
Eurodollar Loan or Eurodollar Holder Advance, as the case may be, will
automatically, at the earlier of the end of the Interest
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Period for such Eurodollar Loan or Eurodollar Holder Advance, as the
case may be, or the date required by law, convert into an ABR Loan or
an ABR Holder Advance, as the case may be, and (iii) the obligation of
the Financing Parties to make, convert or continue Eurodollar Loans or
Eurodollar Holder Advances, as the case may be, shall be suspended
until the Agent shall notify the Lessee that such Financing Party has
determined that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer
exist.
11.4. FUNDING/CONTRIBUTION INDEMNITY.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.11(a) of the Credit Agreement
and 3.9(a) of the Trust Agreement, as the case may be, the Lessee agrees to
indemnify each Financing Party and to hold each Financing Party harmless from
any loss or reasonable expense which such Financing Party may sustain or incur
as a consequence of (a) any default in connection with the drawing of funds for
any Advance, (b) any default in making any prepayment after a notice thereof has
been given in accordance with the provisions of the Operative Agreements or (c)
the making of a voluntary or involuntary payment of Eurodollar Loans or
Eurodollar Holder Advances, as the case may be, on a day which is not the last
day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. Such indemnification shall be in
an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (x) the amount of interest or Holder
Yield, as the case may be, which would have accrued on the amount so paid, or
not so borrowed, accepted, converted or continued for the period from the date
of such payment or of such failure to borrow, accept, convert or continue to the
last day of such Interest Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow,
accept, convert or continue, the Interest Period that would have commenced on
the date of such failure) in each case at the applicable Eurodollar Rate plus
the Applicable Percentage for such Loan or Holder Advance, as the case may be,
for such Interest Period over (y) the amount of interest (as determined by such
Financing Party in its reasonable discretion) which would have accrued to such
Financing Party on such amount by (i) (in the case of the Lenders) reemploying
such funds in loans of the same type and amount during the period from the date
of payment or failure to borrow to the last day of the then applicable Interest
Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, the Interest Period that would
have commenced on the date of such failure) and (ii) (in the case of the
Holders) placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period with leading
banks in the relevant interest rate market. This covenant shall survive the
termination of the Operative Agreements and the payment of all other amounts
payable hereunder.
11.5. EXPRESS INDEMNIFICATION FOR ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE, STRICT
LIABILITY, ETC.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS OF
ANY AND ALL OF THE OPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, EACH PERSON PROVIDING INDEMNIFICATION
OF ANOTHER PERSON UNDER ANY OPERATIVE AGREEMENT HEREBY FURTHER EXPRESSLY
RELEASES EACH BENEFICIARY OF ANY SUCH INDEMNIFICATION FROM ALL CLAIMS FOR LOSS
OR DAMAGE, DESCRIBED IN ANY OPERATIVE AGREEMENT, CAUSED BY ANY ACT OR OMISSION
ON THE PART OF ANY SUCH BENEFICIARY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE
(WHETHER SOLE OR CONTRIBUTORY) OR
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STRICT LIABILITY OF ANY SUCH BENEFICIARY, AND INDEMNIFIES, EXONERATES AND HOLDS
EACH SUCH BENEFICIARY FREE AND HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL ACTIONS,
CAUSES OF ACTION, SUITS, CLAIMS, LOSSES, COSTS, LIABILITIES, DAMAGES AND
EXPENSES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ATTORNEY'S FEES AND EXPENSES), DESCRIBED
ABOVE, INCURRED BY ANY SUCH BENEFICIARY (IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER ANY SUCH
BENEFICIARY IS A PARTY TO THE ACTION FOR WHICH INDEMNIFICATION UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER OPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS SOUGHT) ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE
ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE (WHETHER SOLE OR CONTRIBUTORY) OR STRICT LIABILITY OF ANY
SUCH BENEFICIARY.
11.6. INDEMNITY PRIOR TO COMPLETION DATE / CONSTRUCTION PERIOD
TERMINATION DATE.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4 and
11.5, the Owner Trustee shall be the only beneficiary of the provisions set
forth in Sections 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4 and 11.5 with respect to any Claim
arising thereunder for the period prior to the earlier to occur of the
applicable Completion Date and the Construction Period Termination Date related
to the applicable Property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that
the Owner Trustee becomes obligated to any Indemnified Person pursuant to the
next succeeding paragraph of Section 11.6, the Owner Trustee shall be entitled
to further indemnity from the Indemnity Provider under Sections 11.1, 11.2,
11.3, 11.4 and 11.5, as applicable, with respect to all amounts owing or paid by
it under this Section 11.6.
To the extent the Indemnity Provider is not obligated to indemnify any
Indemnified Person with respect to Claims arising under Sections 11.1, 11.2,
11.3, 11.4 or 11.5, prior to the earlier to occur of the applicable Completion
Date or Construction Period Termination Date, the Owner Trustee shall provide
such indemnities in favor of such Indemnified Person in accordance with the
relevant provisions of Sections 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4 or 11.5 as the case may
be. It is acknowledged and agreed that any amount for which the Owner Trustee
becomes obligated to any Indemnified Person pursuant hereto shall become a Claim
for which the Owner Trustee is entitled to indemnity from the Indemnity
Provider.
THE INDEMNITY OBLIGATIONS UNDERTAKEN BY THE OWNER TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
THIS SECTION 11.6 ARE IN ALL RESPECTS SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY
REFERENCED IN SECTION 12.9.
SECTION 12. MISCELLANEOUS.
12.1. SURVIVAL OF AGREEMENTS.
The representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements
of the parties provided for in the Operative Agreements, and the parties'
obligations under any and all thereof,
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shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the transfer of any
Property to the Owner Trustee, the acquisition of any Property (or any of its
components), the construction of any Improvements, the Completion of any
Property, any disposition of any interest of the Owner Trustee in any Property
or any interest of the Holders in the Trust Estate, the payment of the Notes and
any disposition thereof and shall be and continue in effect notwithstanding any
investigation made by any party and the fact that any party may waive compliance
with any of the other terms, provisions or conditions of any of the Operative
Agreements. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein or in other Operative
Agreements, the indemnities of the parties provided for in the Operative
Agreements shall survive the expiration or termination of any thereof.
12.2. NOTICES.
All notices required or permitted to be given under any Operative
Agreement shall be in writing. Notices may be served by certified or registered
mail, postage paid with return receipt requested; by private courier, prepaid;
by telex, facsimile, or other telecommunication device capable of transmitting
or creating a written record; or personally. Mailed notices shall be deemed
delivered five (5) days after mailing, properly addressed. Couriered notices
shall be deemed delivered when delivered as addressed, or if the addressee
refuses delivery, when presented for delivery notwithstanding such refusal.
Telex or telecommunicated notices shall be deemed delivered when receipt is
either confirmed by confirming transmission equipment or acknowledged by the
addressee or its office. Personal delivery shall be effective when accomplished
or if the addressee refuses delivery, when presented for delivery
notwithstanding such refusal. Unless a party changes its address by giving
notice to the other party as provided herein, notices shall be delivered to the
parties at the following addresses:
If to the Construction Agent or the Lessee, to such entity at
the following address:
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If to the Owner Trustee, to it at the following address:
First Security Bank, National Association
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Vice President
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If to any Holder, to each such Holder at the address set forth
for such Holder on Schedule I of the Trust Agreement.
If to the Agent, to it at the following address:
First Union National Bank
c/o First Union Securities, Inc.
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Capital Markets Services
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
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If to any Lender, to each such Lender at the address set forth
for such Lender in Schedule 2.1 of the Credit Agreement.
From time to time any party may designate additional parties
and/or another address for notice purposes by notice to each of the
other parties hereto.
12.3. COUNTERPARTS.
This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original,
but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one (1) and the same
instrument.
12.4. TERMINATIONS, AMENDMENTS, WAIVERS, ETC.; UNANIMOUS VOTE
MATTERS.
Each Basic Document may be terminated, amended, supplemented, waived or
modified only by an instrument in writing signed by, subject to Article VIII of
the Trust Agreement regarding termination of the Trust Agreement, the Majority
Secured Parties and the Lessee and/or the Construction Agent (to the extent the
Lessee and/or the Construction Agent is a party to such Basic Document);
provided, to the extent no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, the Majority Secured Parties shall not amend, supplement, waive
or modify any provision of any Basic Document in such a manner as to adversely
affect the rights of the Lessee and/or the Construction Agent without the prior
written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of the Lessee
and/or the Construction Agent. Each Operative Agreement which is not a Basic
Document may be terminated, amended, supplemented, waived or modified only by an
instrument in writing signed by the parties thereto and (without the consent of
any other Financing Party) the Agent. In addition, the Unanimous Vote Matters
shall require the consent of each Lender and each Holder affected by such
matter.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such termination, amendment,
supplement, waiver or modification shall, without the consent of the Agent and,
to the extent affected thereby, each
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Lender and each Holder (collectively, the "Unanimous Vote Matters") (i) reduce
the Lender Commitments and/or the Holder Commitments except as otherwise
provided in Section 2.5 of the Credit Agreement and Section 3.1(e) of the Trust
Agreement, extend the scheduled date of maturity of any Note, extend the
scheduled Expiration Date, extend any payment date of any Note or Certificate,
reduce the stated rate of interest payable on any Note, reduce the stated Holder
Yield payable on any Certificate (other than as a result of waiving the
applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates or Holder Yields),
modify the priority of any Lien in favor of the Agent under any Security
Document, subordinate any obligation owed to such Lender or Holder, reduce any
Lender Unused Fees or any Holder Unused Fees payable to such Lender or Holder
(as the case may be) under the Participation Agreement, extend the scheduled
date of payment of any Lender Unused Fees or any Holder Unused Fees payable to
such Lender or Holder (as the case may be) or extend the expiration date of such
Lender's Commitment or the Holder Commitment of such Holder, or (ii) terminate,
amend, supplement, waive or modify any provision of this Section 12.4 or reduce
the percentages specified in the definitions of Majority Lenders, Majority
Holders or Majority Secured Parties, or consent to the assignment or transfer by
the Owner Trustee of any of its rights and obligations under any Credit Document
or release a material portion of the Collateral (except in accordance with
Section 8.8) or release the Lessee from its obligations under any Operative
Agreement or otherwise alter any payment obligations of the Lessee to the Lessor
or any Financing Party under the Operative Agreements, or (iii) terminate,
amend, supplement, waive or modify any provision of Section 7 of the Credit
Agreement, or (iv) permit Advances for Work in excess of the Construction
Budget, or (v) eliminate the automatic option under Section 5.3(b) of the Agency
Agreement requiring that the Construction Agent pay certain liquidated damages
in exchange for the conveyance of a Property to the Construction Agent. Any such
termination, amendment, supplement, waiver or modification shall apply equally
to each of the Lenders and the Holders and shall be binding upon all the parties
to this Agreement. In the case of any waiver, each party to this Agreement shall
be restored to its former position and rights under the Operative Agreements,
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. The parties to this
Agreement agree that any increase in the Lender Commitment of any Lender and/or
any increase in the Holder Commitment of any Holder shall be a matter decided by
the Lenders and/or Holders providing such increase together with the Majority
Secured Parties and not as a Unanimous Vote Matter.
If at a time when the conditions precedent set forth in the Operative
Agreements to any Loan are, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, satisfied,
any Lender shall fail to fulfill its obligations to make such Loan (any such
Lender, a "Defaulting Lender") then, for so long as such failure shall continue,
the Defaulting Lender shall (unless the Lessee and the Majority Lenders,
determined as if the Defaulting Lender were not a "Lender", shall otherwise
consent in writing) be deemed for all purposes relating to terminations,
amendments, supplements, waivers or modifications under the Operative Agreements
to have no Loans, shall not be treated as a "Lender" when performing the
computation of Majority Lenders or Majority Secured Parties, and shall have no
rights under this Section 12.4; provided that any action taken pursuant to the
second paragraph of this Section 12.4 shall not be effective as against the
Defaulting Lender.
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If at a time when the conditions precedent set forth in the Operative
Agreements to any Holder Advance are, in the opinion of the Majority Holders,
satisfied, any Holder shall fail to fulfill its obligations to make such Holder
Advance (any such Holder, a "Defaulting Holder") then, for so long as such
failure shall continue, the Defaulting Holder shall (unless the Lessee and the
Majority Holders, determined as if the Defaulting Holder were not a "Holder",
shall otherwise consent in writing) be deemed for all purposes relating to
terminations, amendments, supplements, waivers or modifications under the
Operative Agreements to have no Holder Advances, shall not be treated as a
"Holder" when performing the computation of Majority Holders or Majority Secured
Parties, and shall have no rights under this Section 12.4; provided that any
action taken pursuant to the second paragraph of this Section 12.4 shall not be
effective as against the Defaulting Holder.
12.5. HEADINGS, ETC.
The Table of Contents and headings of the various Articles and Sections
of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not modify,
define, expand or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.
12.6. PARTIES IN INTEREST.
Except as expressly provided herein, none of the provisions of this
Agreement are intended for the benefit of any Person except the parties hereto.
12.7. GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL; VENUE.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED, INTERPRETED AND
ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any
other Operative Agreement may be brought in the courts of the State of
North Carolina in Mecklenburg County or of the United States for the
Western District of North Carolina, and, by execution and delivery of
this Agreement, each of the parties to this Agreement hereby
irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its property,
generally and unconditionally, the nonexclusive jurisdiction of such
courts. Each of the parties to this Agreement further irrevocably
consents to the service of process out of any of the aforementioned
courts in any such action or proceeding by the mailing of copies
thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to it at the
address set out for notices pursuant to Section 12.2, such service to
become effective three (3) days after such mailing. Nothing herein
shall affect the right of any party to serve process in any other
manner permitted by Law or to commence legal proceedings or to
otherwise proceed against any party in any other jurisdiction.
(b) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE
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LAW, WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO
ANY DISPUTE OR THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER OPERATIVE AGREEMENT AND FOR
ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
(c) Each of the parties to this Agreement hereby irrevocably
waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying
of venue of any of the aforesaid actions or proceedings arising out of
or in connection with this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement
brought in the courts referred to in subsection (a) above and hereby
further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such
court that any such action or proceeding brought in any such court has
been brought in an inconvenient forum.
Each party to this Agreement agrees that it shall not have a remedy of
punitive or exemplary damages against any other party in any Dispute and hereby
waive any right or claim to punitive or exemplary damages they have now or which
may arise in the future in connection with any Dispute, whether the Dispute is
resolved by arbitration or judicially.
12.8. 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.
12.9. LIABILITY LIMITED.
(a) The Lenders, the Agent, the Lessee, the Owner Trustee and
the Holders each acknowledge and agree that the Owner Trustee is
(except as otherwise expressly provided herein or therein) entering
into this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements to which it is a
party (other than the Trust Agreement and to the extent otherwise
provided in Section 6.1 of this Agreement), solely in its capacity as
trustee under the Trust Agreement and not in its individual capacity
and that the Trust Company shall not be liable or accountable under any
circumstances whatsoever in its individual capacity for or on account
of any statements, representations, warranties, covenants or
obligations stated to be those of the Owner Trustee, except for its own
gross negligence or willful misconduct and as otherwise expressly
provided herein or in the other Operative Agreements.
(b) Anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the
Credit Agreement, the Notes or in any other Operative Agreement
notwithstanding, no Exculpated Person shall be personally liable in any
respect for any liability or obligation arising hereunder or in any
other Operative Agreement including without limitation the payment of
the principal of, or interest on, the Notes, or for monetary damages
for the breach of performance of any of the covenants contained in the
Credit Agreement, the
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Notes, this Agreement, the Security Agreement or any of the other
Operative Agreements. The Lenders, the Holders and the Agent agree
that, in the event any remedies under any Operative Agreement are
pursued, neither the Lenders, the Holders nor the Agent shall have any
recourse against any Exculpated Person, for any deficiency, loss or
Claim for monetary damages or otherwise resulting therefrom and
recourse shall be had solely and exclusively against the Trust Estate
(excluding Excepted Payments) and the Lessee (with respect to the
Lessee's obligations under the Operative Agreements); but nothing
contained herein shall be taken to prevent recourse against or the
enforcement of remedies against the Trust Estate (excluding Excepted
Payments) in respect of any and all liabilities, obligations and
undertakings contained herein and/or in any other Operative Agreement.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, nothing in any
Operative Agreement shall: (i) constitute a waiver, release or
discharge of any indebtedness or obligation evidenced by the Notes
and/or the Certificates arising under any Operative Agreement or
secured by any Operative Agreement, but the same shall continue until
paid or discharged; (ii) relieve any Exculpated Person from liability
and responsibility for (but only to the extent of the damages arising
by reason of): active waste knowingly committed by any Exculpated
Person with respect to any Property, any fraud, gross negligence or
willful misconduct on the part of any Exculpated Person; (iii) relieve
any Exculpated Person from liability and responsibility for (but only
to the extent of the moneys misappropriated, misapplied or not turned
over) (A) except for Excepted Payments, misappropriation or
misapplication by the Lessor (i.e., application in a manner contrary to
any of the Operative Agreements) of any insurance proceeds or
condemnation award paid or delivered to the Lessor by any Person other
than the Agent, (B) except for Excepted Payments, any deposits or any
escrows or amounts owed by the Construction Agent under the Agency
Agreement held by the Lessor or (C) except for Excepted Payments, any
rent or other income received by the Lessor from the Lessee that is not
turned over to the Agent; or (iv) affect or in any way limit the
Agent's rights and remedies under any Operative Agreement with respect
to the Rents and rights and powers of the Agent under the Operative
Agreements or to obtain a judgment against the Lessee's interest in the
Properties or the Agent's rights and powers to obtain a judgment
against the Lessor (provided, that no deficiency judgment or other
money judgment shall be enforced against any Exculpated Person except
to the extent of the Lessor's interest in the Trust Estate (excluding
Excepted Payments) or to the extent the Lessor may be liable as
otherwise contemplated in clauses (ii) and (iii) of this Section
12.9(b)).
12.10. RIGHTS OF THE LESSEE.
If at any time all obligations (i) of the Owner Trustee under the
Credit Agreement, the Security Documents and the other Operative Agreements and
(ii) of the Lessee under the Operative Agreements have in each case been
satisfied or discharged in full, then the Lessee shall be entitled to (a)
terminate the Lease and (b) receive all amounts then held under the Operative
Agreements and all proceeds with respect to any of the Properties. Upon the
termination of the Lease pursuant to the foregoing clause (a), the Lessor shall
transfer to the Lessee all of its right, title and interest free and clear of
the Lien of the Lease, the Lien of the
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Security Documents and all Lessor Liens in and to any Properties then subject to
the Lease and any amounts or proceeds referred to in the foregoing clause (b)
shall be paid over to the Lessee.
12.11. FURTHER ASSURANCES.
The parties hereto shall promptly cause to be taken, executed,
acknowledged or delivered, at the sole expense of the Lessee, all such further
acts, conveyances, documents and assurances as the other parties may from time
to time reasonably request in order to carry out and effectuate the intent and
purposes of this Participation Agreement, the other Operative Agreements and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including without limitation the
preparation, execution and filing of any and all Uniform Commercial Code
financing statements, filings of Mortgage Instruments and other filings or
registrations which the parties hereto may from time to time request to be filed
or effected). The Lessee, at its own expense and without need of any prior
request from any other party, shall take such action as may be necessary
(including without limitation any action specified in the preceding sentence),
or (if the Owner Trustee shall so request) as so requested, in order to maintain
and protect all security interests provided for hereunder or under any other
Operative Agreement. In addition, in connection with the sale or other
disposition of any Property or any portion thereof, the Lessee agrees to execute
such instruments of conveyance as may be reasonably required in connection
therewith.
12.12. CALCULATIONS UNDER OPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
The parties hereto agree that all calculations and numerical
determinations to be made under the Operative Agreements by the Owner Trustee
shall be made by the Agent and that such calculations and determinations shall
be conclusive and binding on the parties hereto in the absence of manifest
error.
12.13. CONFIDENTIALITY.
Each Financing Party severally agrees to use reasonable efforts to keep
confidential all non-public information pertaining to the Lessee or any of its
Subsidiaries which is provided to it by the Lessee or any of its Subsidiaries
and which an officer of the Lessee or any of its Subsidiaries has requested in
writing be kept confidential, and shall not intentionally disclose such
information to any Person except:
(a) to the extent such information is public when received by
such Person or becomes public thereafter due to the act or omission of
any party other than such Person;
(b) to the extent such information is independently obtained
from a source other than the Lessee or any of its Subsidiaries and such
information from such source is not, to such Person's knowledge,
subject to an obligation of confidentiality or, if such information is
subject to an obligation of confidentiality, that disclosure of such
information is permitted;
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(c) to counsel, auditors or accountants retained by any such
Person or any Affiliates of any such Person (if such Affiliates are
permitted to receive such information pursuant to clause (f) or (g)
below), provided they agree to keep such information confidential as if
such Person or Affiliate were party to this Agreement and to financial
institution regulators, including examiners of any Financing Party or
any Affiliate thereof in the course of examinations of such Persons;
(d) in connection with any litigation or the enforcement or
preservation of the rights of any Financing Party under the Operative
Agreements;
(e) to the extent required by any applicable statute, rule or
regulation or court order (including without limitation, by way of
subpoena) or pursuant to the request of any regulatory or Governmental
Authority having jurisdiction over any such Person; provided, however,
that such Person shall endeavor (if not otherwise prohibited by Law) to
notify the Lessee prior to any disclosure made pursuant to this clause
(e), except that no such Person shall be subject to any liability
whatsoever for any failure to so notify the Lessee;
(f) any Financing Party may disclose such information to
another Financing Party or to any Affiliate of a Financing Party that
is a direct or indirect owner of any Financing Party;
(g) any Financing Party may disclose such information to an
Affiliate of any Financing Party to the extent required in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby or to the extent such
Affiliate is involved in, or provides advice or assistance to such
Person with respect to, such transactions (provided, in each case that
such Affiliate has agreed in writing to maintain confidentiality as if
it were such Financing Party (as the case may be)); or
(h) to the extent disclosure to any other financial
institution or other Person is appropriate in connection with any
proposed or actual (i) assignment or grant of a participation by any of
the Lenders of interests in the Credit Agreement or any Note to such
other financial institution (who will in turn be required by the Agent
to agree in writing to maintain confidentiality as if it were a Lender
originally party to this Agreement) or (ii) assignment by any Holder of
interests in the Trust Agreement to another Person (who will in turn be
required by the transferring Holder to agree in writing to maintain
confidentiality as if it were a Holder originally party to this
Agreement).
Subject to the foregoing terms of Sections 12.13(a)-12.13(h), under the
terms of any one or more of which circumstances disclosure shall be permitted,
each Financing Party severally agrees to use reasonable efforts to keep
confidential all non-public information pertaining to the financing structure
described in the unrecorded Operative Agreements.
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12.14. FINANCIAL REPORTING/TAX CHARACTERIZATION.
Lessee agrees to obtain advice from its own accountants and tax counsel
regarding the financial reporting treatment and the tax characterization of the
transactions described in the Operative Agreements. Lessee further agrees that
Lessee shall not rely upon any statement of any Financing Party or any of their
respective Affiliates and/or Subsidiaries regarding any such financial reporting
treatment and/or tax characterization.
12.15. SET-OFF.
In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable Law
and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon and after the occurrence
of any Event of Default and during the continuance thereof, the Lenders, the
Holders, their respective Affiliates and any assignee or participant of a Lender
or a Holder in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Operative
Agreements are hereby authorized by the Lessee at any time or from time to time,
without notice to the Lessee or to any other Person, any such notice being
hereby expressly waived, to set-off and to appropriate and to apply any and all
deposits (general or special, time or demand, including without limitation
indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured)
and any other indebtedness at any time held or owing by the Lenders, the
Holders, their respective Affiliates or any assignee or participant of a Lender
or a Holder in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Operative
Agreements to or for the credit or the account of the Lessee against and on
account of the obligations of the Lessee under the Operative Agreements
irrespective of whether or not (a) the Lenders or the Holders shall have made
any demand under any Operative Agreement or (b) the Agent shall have declared
any or all of the obligations of the Lessee under the Operative Agreements to be
due and payable and although such obligations shall be contingent or unmatured.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Agent nor any other Financing Party
shall exercise, or attempt to exercise, any right of setoff, banker's lien, or
the like, against any deposit account or property of the Lessee held by the
Agent or any other Financing Party, without the prior written consent of the
Majority Secured Parties, and any Financing Party violating this provision shall
indemnify the Agent and the other Financing Parties from any and all costs,
expenses, liabilities and damages resulting therefrom. The contractual
restriction on the exercise of setoff rights provided in the foregoing sentence
is solely for the benefit of the Agent and the Financing Parties and may not be
enforced by the Lessee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the
day and year first above written.
CONSTRUCTION AGENT
AND LESSEE: RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.,
as the Construction Agent and as the Lessee
By: _______________________________________
Name: _____________________________________
Title: ____________________________________
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OWNER TRUSTEE
AND LESSOR: FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not individually, except as expressly
stated herein, but solely as the Owner
Trustee under the RFMD Real Estate Trust
1999-1
By: _______________________________________
Name: _____________________________________
Title: ____________________________________
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AGENT AND LENDERS: FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK, as a Lender and
as the Agent
By: _______________________________________
Name: _____________________________________
Title: ____________________________________
[signature pages continue]
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CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,
as a Lender
By: _______________________________________
Name: _____________________________________
Title: ____________________________________
[signature pages continue]
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COMERICA BANK, as a Lender
By: _______________________________________
Name: _____________________________________
Title: ____________________________________
[signature pages continue]
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SUNTRUST BANK, ATLANTA, as a Lender
By: _______________________________________
Name: _____________________________________
Title: ____________________________________
[signature pages continue]
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CITICORP USA, Inc., as a Lender
By: _______________________________________
Name: _____________________________________
Title: ____________________________________
[signature pages continue]
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FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as a Lender
By: _______________________________________
Name: _____________________________________
Title: ____________________________________
[signature pages continue]
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HOLDERS: FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK, as a Holder
By: _______________________________________
Name: _____________________________________
Title: ____________________________________
[signature pages continue]
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CREDIT SUISSE LEASING 92A, LP, as a Holder
By: _______________________________________
Name: _____________________________________
Title: ____________________________________
[signature pages continue]
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FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as a Holder
By: _______________________________________
Name: _____________________________________
Title: ____________________________________
[signature pages end]
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Schedule 1
Amortization
PAYMENT DATE PERCENTAGE
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3/13/01 1.7111%
4/13/01 1.7111%
5/13/01 1.7111%
6/13/01 1.7111%
7/13/01 1.7111%
8/13/01 1.7111%
9/13/01 1.7111%
10/13/01 1.7111%
11/13/01 1.7111%
12/13/01 1.7111%
1/13/02 1.7111%
2/13/02 1.7111%
3/13/02 1.7111%
4/13/02 1.7111%
5/13/02 1.7111%
6/13/02 1.7111%
7/13/02 1.7111%
8/13/02 1.7111%
9/13/02 1.7111%
10/13/02 1.7111%
11/13/02 1.7111%
12/13/02 1.7111%
1/13/03 1.7111%
2/13/03 1.7111%
3/13/03 1.7111%
4/13/03 1.7111%
5/13/03 1.7111%
6/13/03 1.7111%
7/13/03 1.7111%
8/13/03 1.7111%
9/13/03 1.7111%
10/13/03 1.7111%
11/13/03 1.7111%
12/13/03 1.7111%
1/13/04 1.7111%
2/13/04 1.7111%
3/13/04 1.7111%
4/13/04 1.7111%
5/13/04 1.7111%
6/13/04 1.7111%
7/13/04 1.7111%
8/13/04 1.7111%
9/13/04 1.7111%
10/13/04 1.7111%
11/13/04 1.7111%
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Schedule 2
Equipment
See Attached
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Schedule 3
Additional Collateral Liens
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EXHIBIT A
REQUISITION FORM
(Pursuant to Sections 4.2, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 of the Participation Agreement)
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC., a [__________] corporation (the "Company")
hereby certifies as true and correct and delivers the following Requisition to
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK, as the agent for the Lenders (hereinafter defined)
and respecting the Security Documents, as the agent for the Lenders and the
Holders (hereinafter defined), to the extent of their interests (the "Agent"):
Reference is made herein to that certain Participation Agreement dated
as of [__________, 199__] (as amended, modified, extended, supplemented,
restated and/or replaced from time to time, the "Participation Agreement") among
the Company, in its capacity as the Lessee and as the Construction Agent, First
Security Bank, National Association, as the Owner Trustee, the various banks and
other lending institutions which are parties thereto from time to time, as
holders (the "Holders"), the various banks and other lending institutions which
are parties thereto from time to time, as lenders (the "Lenders"), and the
Agent. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings set forth therefor in the Participation Agreement.
Check one:
____ INITIAL CLOSING DATE: _________________
(three (3) Business Days prior notice required for Advance)
____ PROPERTY CLOSING DATE:_________________
(three (3) Business Days prior notice required for Advance)
____ CONSTRUCTION ADVANCE DATE:_____________
(three (3) Business Days prior notice required for Advance)
1. Transaction Expenses and other fees, expenses and disbursements under
Sections 7.1(a) or 7.1(b) of the Participation Agreement and any and
all other amounts contemplated to be financed under the Participation
Agreement including without limitation any Work, broker's fees, taxes,
recording fees and the like (with supporting invoices or closing
statement attached):
Party to Whom Amount Owed
Amount is Owed (in U.S. Dollars)
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______________ _________________
______________ _________________
______________ _________________
______________ _________________
______________ _________________
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2. Description of Land (which shall be a legal description of the Land in
connection with an Advance to pay Property Acquisition Costs): See
attached Schedule 1
3. Description of Improvements: See attached Schedule 2
4. Description of Equipment: See attached Schedule 3
5. Description of Work: See attached Schedule 4
6. Aggregate Loans and Holder Advances requested since the Initial Closing
Date with respect to each Property for which Advances are requested
under this Requisition (listed on a Property by Property basis),
including without limitation all amounts requested under this
Requisition: [IDENTIFY ON A PROPERTY BY PROPERTY BASIS]
$______________ [Property]
In connection with this Requisition, the Company hereby requests that
the Lenders make Loans to the Lessor in the amount of $______________ and that
the Holders make Holder Advances to the Lessor in the amount of
$________________. The Company hereby certifies (i) that the foregoing amounts
requested do not exceed the total aggregate of the Available Commitments plus
the Available Holder Commitments and (ii) each of the provisions of the
Participation Agreement applicable to the Loans and Holder Advances requested
hereunder have been complied with as of the date of this Requisition.
The Company shall use the amounts requested as follows:
$______________ Expenditures for Equipment
$______________ Expenditures for Property Cost
other than Equipment
The Company requests the Loans be allocated as follows:
$______________ ABR Loans
$______________ Eurodollar Loans
The Company requests the Holder Advances be allocated as follows:
$______________ ABR Holder Advances
$______________ Eurodollar Holder Advances
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The Company has caused this Requisition to the executed by its duly
authorized officer as of this _____ day of __________, ______.
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.
By: ___________________________________
Name: _________________________________
Title: ________________________________
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Schedule 1
Description of Land
(Legal Description and Street Address)
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Schedule 2
Description of Improvements
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Schedule 3
Description of Equipment
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General Make Model Serial Cost Equipment
Description Number Schedule
(if determined) Reference
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Schedule 4
Work
Work Performed for which the Advance is requested:
_________________________________________________________
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EXHIBIT B
[Outside Counsel Opinion for the Lessee]
(Pursuant to Section 5.3(j) of the
Participation Agreement)
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TO THOSE ON THE ATTACHED DISTRIBUTION LIST
Re: Synthetic Lease Financing Provided in favor of RF Micro Devices, Inc.
Dear Sirs:
We have acted as special counsel to [IF CREDIT SUPPORT FROM A PARTY OTHER THAN
THE LESSEE IS PART OF THE TRANSACTION, THIS OPINION MUST BE MODIFIED TO
REFERENCE SUCH PARTY AND THE DOCUMENTS TO WHICH IT IS A PARTY], RF Micro
Devices, Inc., a RF Micro Devices, Inc. (the "Lessee") in connection with
certain transactions contemplated by the Participation Agreement dated as of
[__________, 199__] (the "Participation Agreement"), among the Lessee, First
Security Bank, National Association, as the Owner Trustee (the "Owner Trustee"),
the various banks and other lending institutions which are parties thereto from
time to time, as holders (the "Holders"), the various banks and other lending
institutions which are parties thereto from time to time, as lenders (the
"Lenders") and First Union National Bank, as the agent for the Lenders and
respecting the Security Documents, as the agent for the Lenders and the Holders,
to the extent of their interests (the "Agent"). This opinion is delivered
pursuant to Section 5.3(j) of the Participation Agreement. All capitalized terms
used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings assigned
thereto in Appendix A to the Participation Agreement.
In connection with the foregoing, we have examined originals, or copies
certified to our satisfaction, of [IDENTIFY THE APPLICABLE OPERATIVE AGREEMENTS,
INCLUDING EACH MORTGAGE INSTRUMENT, RELATED UCC FIXTURE FILINGS, ADDITIONAL UCCS
(HEREINAFTER DEFINED), DEEDS AND MEMORANDA OF LEASE] and such other corporate
documents and records of the Lessee, certificates of public officials and
representatives of the Lessee as to certain factual matters, and such other
instruments and documents which we have deemed necessary or advisable to examine
for the purpose of this opinion. With respect to such examination, we have
assumed (i) the statements of fact made in all such certificates, documents and
instruments are true, accurate and complete; (ii) the due authorization,
execution and delivery of the Operative Agreements by the parties thereto; (iii)
the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity and completeness of all
documents, certificates, instruments, records and corporate records submitted to
us as originals and the conformity to the original instruments of all documents
submitted to us as copies, and the authenticity and completeness of the
originals of such copies; (iv) that all parties have all
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requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform the
Operative Agreements; and (v) except as to the Lessee, the enforceability of the
Mortgage Instrument, the Memorandum of Lease and the UCC financing statements
against all parties thereto.
Based on the foregoing, and having due regard for such legal considerations as
we deem relevant, and subject to the limitations and assumptions set forth
herein, including without limitation the matters set forth in the last two (2)
paragraphs hereof, we are of the opinion that:
(a) The Mortgage Instrument and Memorandum of Lease are enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms, except as limited by laws generally
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights, which laws will not materially
prevent the realization of the benefits intended by such documents.
(b) Each form of Mortgage Instrument and UCC fixture filing relating
thereto, attached hereto as Schedules 1 and 2, respectively, is in proper form
for filing and recording with the offices of [IDENTIFY THE RECORDING OFFICES OF
THE RESPECTIVE COUNTY CLERKS WHERE THE PROPERTIES ARE TO BE LOCATED]. Upon
filing of each Mortgage Instrument and UCC fixture filing in [IDENTIFY THE
RECORDING OFFICES OF THE RESPECTIVE COUNTY CLERKS WHERE THE PROPERTIES ARE TO BE
LOCATED], the Agent will have a valid, perfected lien and security interest in
that portion of the Collateral described in such Mortgage Instrument or UCC
fixture filing to the extent such Collateral is comprised of real property
and/or fixtures.
(c) The forms of UCC financing statements relating to the Security
Documents, attached hereto as Schedule 3 (the "Additional UCCs"), are in proper
form for filing and recording with the offices of [IDENTIFY (i) THE RECORDING
OFFICES OF THE RESPECTIVE COUNTY CLERKS WHERE THE PROPERTIES ARE TO BE LOCATED
AND (ii) THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHERE THE PROPERTIES ARE TO BE LOCATED]. Upon
filing of the Additional UCCs in [IDENTIFY (i) THE RECORDING OFFICES OF THE
RESPECTIVE COUNTY CLERKS WHERE THE PROPERTIES ARE TO BE LOCATED AND (ii) THE
SECRETARY OF STATE WHERE THE PROPERTIES ARE TO BE LOCATED], the Agent will have
a valid, perfected lien and security interest in that portion of the Collateral
which can be perfected by filing UCC-1 financing statements under Article 9 of
the UCC.
(d) Each form of Deed and Memorandum of Lease is in appropriate form
for filing and recording with the [IDENTIFY THE RECORDING OFFICES OF THE
RESPECTIVE COUNTY CLERKS FOR THE COUNTIES WHERE THE PROPERTIES ARE TO BE
LOCATED].
(e) Each Memorandum of Lease, when filed and recorded with the
[IDENTIFY THE RECORDING OFFICES OF THE RESPECTIVE COUNTY CLERKS FOR THE COUNTIES
WHERE THE PROPERTIES ARE TO BE LOCATED], will have been filed and recorded in
all public offices in the State of [__________] in which filing or recording is
necessary to provide constructive notice of the Lease to third Persons and to
establish of record the interest of the Lessor thereunder as to the Properties
described in each such Memorandum of Lease.
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(f) Title to the Properties located in the State of [___________] may
be held in the name of the Owner Trustee as follows: First Security Bank,
National Association, not individually, but solely as the Owner Trustee under
the RFMD Real Estate Trust 1999-1.
(g) The execution and delivery by First Security Bank, National
Association, individually or as the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, of the
Operative Agreements to which it is a party and compliance by First Security
Bank, National Association, individually or as the Owner Trustee, with all of
the provisions thereof do not and will not contravene any law, rule or
regulation of [IDENTIFY THE STATE].
(h) By reason of their participation in the transaction contemplated
under the Operative Agreements, none of the Agent, the Lenders, the Holders or
the Owner Trustee has to (a) qualify as a foreign corporation in [IDENTIFY THE
STATE], (b) file any application or any designation for service of process in
[IDENTIFY THE STATE] or (c) pay any franchise, income, sales, excise, stamp or
other taxes of any kind to [IDENTIFY THE STATE].
(i) The provisions in the Operative Agreements concerning Rent,
interest, fees, prepayment premiums and other similar charges do not violate the
usury laws or other similar laws regulating the use or forbearance of money of
[IDENTIFY THE STATE].
(j) If the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements are
characterized as a lease transaction by a court of competent jurisdiction, the
Lease and the applicable Lease Supplement shall demise to the Lessee a valid
leasehold interest in the Properties described in such Lease Supplement.
(k) If the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements are
characterized as a loan transaction by a court of competent jurisdiction, the
combination of the Mortgage Instruments, the Deeds, the Lease and the applicable
Lease Supplements (and the other Operative Agreements incorporated therein by
reference) are sufficient to create a valid, perfected lien or security interest
in the Properties therein described, enforceable as a mortgage in [IDENTIFY THE
STATE].
This opinion is limited to the matters stated herein and no opinion is implied
or may be inferred beyond the matters stated herein. This opinion is based on
and is limited to the laws of the State of [___________] and the federal laws of
the United States of America. Insofar as the foregoing opinion relates to
matters of law other than the foregoing, no opinion is hereby given.
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This opinion is for the sole benefit of the Lessee, the Construction Agent, the
Owner Trustee, the Holders, the Lenders, the Agent and their respective
successors and assigns and may not be relied upon by any other person other than
such parties and their respective successors and assigns without the express
written consent of the undersigned. The opinions expressed herein are as of the
date hereof and we make no undertaking to amend or supplement such opinions if
facts come to our attention or changes in the current law of the jurisdictions
mentioned herein occur which could affect such opinions.
Very truly yours,
[LESSEE'S OUTSIDE COUNSEL]
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Distribution List
First Union National Bank, as the Agent, a Holder and a Lender
The various banks and other lending institutions which are parties to the
Participation Agreement from time to time, as additional Holders
The various banks and other lending institutions which are parties to the
Participation Agreement from time to time, as additional Lenders
[_____________], as the Construction Agent and the Lessee
First Security Bank, National Association, not individually, but solely as the
Owner Trustee under the RFMD Real Estate Trust 1999-1
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Schedule 1
Form of Mortgage Instrument
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Schedule 2
Forms of UCC Fixture Filings
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Schedule 3
Forms of UCC Financing Statements
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EXHIBIT C
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.
OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE
(Pursuant to Section 5.3(z) of the Participation Agreement)
RF Micro Devices, Inc., a [__________] corporation (the "Company"),
DOES HEREBY CERTIFY as follows:
1. Each and every representation and warranty of the Company
contained in the Operative Agreements to which it is a party
is true and correct on and as of the date hereof.
2. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
under any Operative Agreement.
3. Each Operative Agreement to which the Company is a party is in
full force and effect with respect to it.
4. The Company has duly performed and complied with all
covenants, agreements and conditions contained in the
Participation Agreement (hereinafter defined) or in any
Operative Agreement required to be performed or complied with
by it on or prior to the date hereof.
Capitalized terms used in this Officer's Certificate and not otherwise defined
herein have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Participation
Agreement dated as of [__________, 199__] among the Company, as the Lessee and
as the Construction Agent, First Security Bank, National Association, as the
Owner Trustee, the various banks and other lending institutions which are
parties thereto from time to time, as holders (the "Holders"), the various banks
and other lending institutions which are parties thereto from time to time, as
lenders (the "Lenders") and First Union National Bank, as the agent for the
Lenders and respecting the Security Documents, as the agent for the Lenders and
the Holders, to the extent of their interests (the "Agent").
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Officer's Certificate to be duly
executed and delivered as of this _____ day of __________, ______.
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.
By: ___________________________________
Name: _________________________________
Title: ________________________________
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EXHIBIT D
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.
SECRETARY'S CERTIFICATE
(Pursuant to Section 5.3(aa) of the Participation Agreement)
RF Micro Devices, Inc., a [__________] corporation (the "Company") DOES
HEREBY CERTIFY as follows:
1. Attached hereto as Schedule 1 is a true, correct and complete
copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the
Company duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company
on __________. Such resolutions have not been amended,
modified or rescinded since their date of adoption and remain
in full force and effect as of the date hereof.
2. Attached hereto as Schedule 2 is a true, correct and complete
copy of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company on file
in the Office of the Secretary of State of __________. Such
Articles of Incorporation have not been amended, modified or
rescinded since their date of adoption and remain in full
force and effect as of the date hereof.
3. Attached hereto as Schedule 3 is a true, correct and complete
copy of the Bylaws of the Company. Such Bylaws have not been
amended, modified or rescinded since their date of adoption
and remain in full force and effect as of the date hereof.
4. The persons named below now hold the offices set forth
opposite their names, and the signatures opposite their names
and titles are their true and correct signatures.
Name Office Signature
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Secretary's Certificate to be
duly executed and delivered as of this _____ day of ___________, ______.
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.
By: ___________________________________
Name: _________________________________
Title: ________________________________
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Board Resolutions
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Schedule 2
Articles of Incorporation
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EXHIBIT E
FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE
(Pursuant to Section 5.3(bb) of the Participation Agreement)
FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association, not individually (except with respect to paragraph 1 below, to the
extent any such representations and warranties are made in its individual
capacity) but solely as the owner trustee under the RFMD Real Estate Trust
1999-1 (the "Owner Trustee"), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY as follows:
1. Each and every representation and warranty of the Owner
Trustee contained in the Operative Agreements to which it is a
party is true and correct on and as of the date hereof.
2. Each Operative Agreement to which the Owner Trustee is a party
is in full force and effect with respect to it.
3. The Owner Trustee has duly performed and complied with all
covenants, agreements and conditions contained in the
Participation Agreement (hereinafter defined) or in any
Operative Agreement required to be performed or complied with
by it on or prior to the date hereof.
Capitalized terms used in this Officer's Certificate and not otherwise defined
herein have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Participation
Agreement dated as of [__________, 199__] among RF Micro Devices, Inc., as the
Lessee and as the Construction Agent, the Owner Trustee, the various banks and
other lending institutions which are parties thereto from time to time, as
holders (the "Holders"), the various banks and other lending institutions which
are parties thereto from time to time, as lenders (the "Lenders") and First
Union National Bank, as the agent for the Lenders and respecting the Security
Documents, as the agent for the Lenders and the Holders, to the extent of their
interests (the "Agent").
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee has caused this Officer's Certificate to
be duly executed and delivered as of this _____ day of __________, ______.
FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, not individually, except
as expressly stated herein, but solely
as the Owner Trustee under the RFMD
Real Estate Trust 1999-1
By: ___________________________________
Name: _________________________________
Title: ________________________________
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FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
SECRETARY'S CERTIFICATE
(Pursuant to Section 5.3(cc) of the Participation Agreement)
CERTIFICATE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
I, ______________________, duly elected and qualified Assistant
Secretary of the Board of Directors of First Security Bank, National Association
(the "Association"), hereby certify as follows:
1. The Association is a National Banking Association duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States. With
respect thereto the following is noted:
A. Pursuant to Revised Statutes 324, et seq., as amended, 12
U.S.C. 1, et seq., the Comptroller of the Currency charters
and exercises regulatory and supervisory authority over all
National Banking Associations;
B. On December 9, 1881, the First National Bank of Ogden, Utah
was chartered as a National Banking Association under the laws
of the United States and under Charter No.
2597;
C. On October 2, 1922, in connection with a consolidation of The
First National Bank of Ogden, Ogden, Utah, and The Utah
National Bank of Ogden, Ogden, Utah, the title was changed to
"The First & Utah National Bank of Ogden"; on January 18,
1923, The First & Utah National Bank of Ogden changed its
title to "First Utah National Bank of Ogden"; on January 19,
1926, the title was changed to "First National Bank of Ogden";
on February 24, 1934, the title was changed to "First Security
Bank of Utah, National Association"; on June 21, 1996, the
title was changed to "First Security Bank, National
Association"; and
D. First Security Bank, National Association, Ogden, Utah,
continues to hold a valid certificate to do business as a
National Banking Association.
2. The Association's Articles of Association, as amended, are in full
force and effect, and a true, correct and complete copy is attached hereto as
Schedule A and incorporated herein by reference. Said Articles were last amended
October 20, 1975, as required by law on notice at a duly called special meeting
of the shareholders of the Association.
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3. The Association's By-Laws, as amended, are in full force and effect;
and a true, correct and complete copy is attached hereto as Schedule B and
incorporated herein by reference. Said By-Laws, still in full force and effect,
were adopted September 17, 1942, by resolution, after proper notice of
consideration and adoption of By-Laws was given to each and every shareholder,
at a regularly called meeting of the Board of Directors with a quorum present.
4. Pursuant to the authority vested in it by an Act of Congress
approved December 23, 1913 and known as the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, the
Federal Reserve Board (now the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)
has granted to the Association now known as "First Security Bank, National
Association" of Ogden, Utah, the right to act, when not in contravention of
State or local law, as trustee, executor, administrator, registrar of stocks and
bonds, guardian of estates, assignee, receiver, committee of estates of
lunatics, or in any other fiduciary capacity in which State banks, trust
companies or other corporations which come into competition with National Banks
are permitted to act under the laws of the State of Utah; and under the
provisions of applicable law, the authority so granted remains in full force and
effect.
5. Pursuant to authority vested by Act of Congress (12 ▇.▇.▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
▇▇ ▇.▇.▇. ▇▇▇, as amended) the Comptroller of the Currency has issued Regulation
9, as amended, dealing, in part, with the Fiduciary Powers of National Banks,
said regulation providing in subparagraph 9.7 (a) (1-2):
(1) The board of directors is responsible for the proper exercise
of fiduciary powers by the Bank. All matters pertinent
thereto, including the determination of policies, the
investment and disposition of property held in fiduciary
capacity, and the direction and review of the actions of all
officers, employees, and committees utilized by the Bank in
the exercise of its fiduciary powers, are the responsibility
of the board. In discharging this responsibility, the board of
directors may assign, by action duly entered in the minutes,
the administration of such of the Bank's fiduciary powers as
it may consider proper to assign to such director(s),
officer(s), employee(s) or committee(s) as it may designate.
(2) No fiduciary account shall be accepted without the prior
approval of the board, or of the director(s), officer(s), or
committee(s) to whom the board may have designated the
performance of that responsibility. . . .
6. A Resolution relating to Exercise of Fiduciary Powers was adopted by
the Board of Directors at a meeting held July 26, 1994 at which time there was a
quorum present; said resolution is still in full force and effect and has not
been rescinded. Said resolution is attached hereto as Schedule C and
incorporated herein by reference.
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7. A Resolution relating to the Designation of Officers and Employees
to Exercise Fiduciary Powers was adopted by the Trust Policy Committee at a
meeting held February 7, 1996 at which time a quorum was present; said
resolution is still in full force and effect and has not been rescinded. Said
resolution is attached hereto as Schedule D and is incorporated herein by
reference.
8. Attached hereto as Schedule E and incorporated herein by reference,
is a listing of facsimile signatures of persons authorized (herein "Authorized
Signatory or Signatories") on behalf of the Association and its Trust Group to
act in exercise of its fiduciary powers subject to the resolutions in Paragraphs
6 and 7, above.
9. The principal office of the First Security Bank, National
Association, Trust Group and of its departments, except for the St. ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
Utah, Ogden, Utah, and Provo, Utah, branch offices, is located at ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and all records relating to fiduciary
accounts are located at such principal office of the Trust Group or in storage
facilities within Salt Lake County, Utah, except for those of the Ogden, Utah,
St. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Utah, and Provo, Utah, branch offices, which are located at said
office.
10. Each Authorized Signatory (i) is a duly elected or appointed, duly
qualified officer or employee of the Association; (ii) holds the office or job
title set forth below his or her name on the date hereof; (iii) and the
facsimile signature appearing opposite the name of each such officer or employee
is a true replica of his or her signature.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
Association this __________ day of _________________, ______.
(SEAL)
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R. ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Senior Vice President
Assistant Secretary
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Schedule A
Articles of Association
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Schedule B
Bylaws
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Schedule C
Resolution Relating to
Exercise of Fiduciary Powers
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Schedule D
Resolution Relating to the
Designation of Officers and Employees
to Exercise Fiduciary Powers
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Schedule E
Authorized Signatory or Signatories
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EXHIBIT G
[Outside Counsel Opinion for the Owner Trustee]
(Pursuant to Section 5.3(dd) of the
Participation Agreement)
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TO THOSE ON THE ATTACHED DISTRIBUTION LIST
Re: Trust Agreement dated as of [__________, 199__]
Dear Sirs:
We have acted as special counsel for First Security Bank, National
Association, a national banking association, in its individual capacity ("FSB")
and in its capacity as trustee (the "Owner Trustee") under the Trust Agreement
dated as of [__________, 199__] (the "Trust Agreement") by and among it and the
various banks and other lending institutions which are parties thereto from time
to time, as holders (the "Holders"), in connection with the execution and
delivery by the Owner Trustee of the Operative Agreements to which it is a
party. Except as otherwise defined herein, the terms used herein shall have the
meanings set forth in Appendix A to the Participation Agreement dated as of
[__________, 199__] (the "Participation Agreement") by and among RF Micro
Devices, Inc. (the "Lessee"), First Security Bank, National Association, as the
Owner Trustee, the Holders, the various banks and other lending institutions
which are parties thereto from time to time, as lenders (the "Lenders") and
First Union National Bank, as the agent for the Lenders and respecting the
Security Documents, as the agent for the Lenders and the Holders, to the extent
of their interests (the "Agent").
We have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified
to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records and other instruments
as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this
opinion.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
1. FSB is a national banking association duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America and
each of FSB and the Owner Trustee has under the laws of the State of Utah and
federal banking law the power and authority to enter into and perform its
obligations under the Trust Agreement and each other Operative Agreement to
which it is a party.
2. The Owner Trustee is the duly appointed trustee under the Trust
Agreement.
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3. The Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by one (1) of the officers of FSB and, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by the Holders, is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Owner
Trustee (and to the extent set forth therein, against FSB), enforceable against
the Owner Trustee (and to the extent set forth therein, against FSB) in
accordance with its terms, and the Trust Agreement creates under the laws of the
State of Utah for the Holders the beneficial interest in the Trust Estate it
purports to create and is a valid trust under the laws of the State of Utah.
4. The Operative Agreements to which it is party have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by FSB, and, assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, are legal, valid and
binding obligations of FSB, enforceable against FSB in accordance with their
respective terms.
5. The Operative Agreements to which it is party have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Owner Trustee, and, assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, are legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Owner Trustee, enforceable against the
Owner Trustee in accordance with their respective terms. The Notes and
Certificates have been duly issued, executed and delivered by the Owner Trustee,
pursuant to authorization contained in the Trust Agreement, and the Certificates
are entitled to the benefits and security afforded by the Trust Agreement in
accordance with its terms and the terms of the Trust Agreement.
6. The execution and delivery by each of FSB and the Owner Trustee of
the Trust Agreement and the Operative Agreements to which it is a party, and
compliance by FSB or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, with all of the
provisions thereof do not and will not contravene any Laws applicable to or
binding on FSB, or as the Owner Trustee, or contravene the provisions of, or
constitute a default under, its charter documents or by-laws or, to our
knowledge after due inquiry, any indenture, mortgage contract or other agreement
or instrument to which FSB or Owner Trustee is a party or by which it or any of
its property may be bound or affected.
7. The execution and delivery of the Operative Agreements by each of
FSB and the Owner Trustee and the performance by each of FSB and the Owner
Trustee of their respective obligations thereunder does not require on or prior
to the date hereof the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the
registration or filing with, or the taking of any action in respect of any
Governmental Authority or any court.
8. Assuming that the trust created by the Trust Agreement is treated as
a grantor trust for federal income tax purposes within the contemplation of
Section 671 through 678 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, there are no fees,
taxes, or other charges (except taxes imposed on fees payable to the Owner
Trustee) payable to the State of Utah or any political subdivision thereof in
connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Owner Trustee, the
Agent, the Lenders, the Lessee or the Holders, as the case may be, of the
Operative Agreements or in connection with the acquisition of any Property by
the Owner Trustee or in connection with the making by any Holder of its
investment in the Trust or its acquisition of the beneficial
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interest in the Trust Estate or in connection with the issuance and acquisition
of the Certificates, or the Notes, and neither the Owner Trustee, the Trust
Estate nor the trust created by the Trust Agreement will be subject to any fee,
tax or other governmental charge (except taxes on fees payable to the Owner
Trustee) under the laws of the State of Utah or any political subdivision
thereof on, based on or measured by, directly or indirectly, the gross receipts,
net income or value of the Trust Estate by reason of the creation or continued
existence of the trust under the terms of the Trust Agreement pursuant to the
laws of the State of Utah or the Owner Trustee's performance of its duties under
the Trust Agreement.
9. There is no fee, tax or other governmental charge under the laws of
the State of Utah or any political subdivision thereof in existence on the date
hereof on, based on or measured by any payments under the Certificates, Notes or
the beneficial interest in the Trust Estate, by reason of the creation of the
trust under the Trust Agreement pursuant to the laws of the State of Utah or the
Owner Trustee's performance of its duties under the Trust Agreement within the
State of Utah.
10. Upon the filing of the financing statement on form UCC-1 in the
form attached hereto as Schedule 1 with the Utah Division of Corporation and
Commercial Code, the Agent's security interest in the Trust Estate, for the
benefit of the Lenders and the Holders, will be perfected, to the extent that
such perfection is governed by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect in the State of Utah (the "Utah UCC").
Your attention is directed to the Utah UCC, which provides, in part,
that a filed financing statement which does not state a maturity date or which
states a maturity date of more than five (5) years is effective only for a
period of five (5) years from the date of filing, unless within six (6) months
prior to the expiration of said period a continuation statement is filed in the
same office or offices in which the original statement was filed. The
continuation statement must be signed by the secured party, identify the
original statement by file number and state that the original statement is still
effective. Upon the timely filing of a continuation statement, the effectiveness
of the original financing statement is continued for five (5) years after the
last date to which the original statement was effective. Succeeding continuation
statements may be filed in the same manner to continue the effectiveness of the
original statement.
The foregoing opinions are subject to the following assumptions, exceptions and
qualifications:
A. We are attorneys admitted to practice in the State of Utah and in
rendering the foregoing opinions we have not passed upon, or purported to pass
upon, the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Utah and the federal
banking law governing the banking and trust powers of FSB. In addition, without
limiting the foregoing we express no opinion with respect to (i) federal
securities laws, including the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, (ii) the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, (iii) the
Federal Communications Act of 1934, as amended, or (iv) state securities or blue
sky laws. Insofar as the foregoing opinions relate to the legality, validity,
binding effect and enforceability of the documents involved in these
transactions, which by their terms are governed by the laws of a state other
than Utah, we have
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assumed that the laws of such state (as to which we express no opinion), are in
all material aspects identical to the laws of the State of Utah.
B. The opinions set forth in paragraphs 3, 4, and 5 above are subject
to the qualification that enforceability of the Trust Agreement and the other
Operative Agreements to which FSB and the Owner Trustee are parties, in
accordance with their respective terms, may be limited by (i) bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership or similar laws affecting
enforcement of creditors' rights generally, and (ii) general principles of
equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law.
C. As to the documents involved in these transactions, we have assumed
that each is a legal, valid and binding obligation of each party thereto, other
than FSB or the Owner Trustee, and is enforceable against each such party in
accordance with their respective terms.
D. We have assumed that all signatures, other than those of the Owner
Trustee or FSB, on documents and instruments involved in these transactions are
genuine, that all documents and instruments submitted to us as originals are
authentic, and that all documents and instruments submitted to us as copies
conform with the originals, which facts we have not independently verified.
E. We do not purport to be experts in respect of, or express any
opinion concerning laws, rules or regulations applicable to the particular
nature of the equipment or property involved in these transactions.
F. We have made no investigation of, and we express no opinion
concerning, the nature of the title to any part of the equipment or property
involved in these transactions or the priority of any mortgage or security
interest.
G. We have assumed that the Participation Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby are not within the prohibitions of Section 406
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
H. In addition to any other limitation by operation of law upon the
scope, meaning, or purpose of this opinion, the opinions expressed herein speak
only as of the date hereof. We have no obligation to advise the recipients of
this opinion (or any third party) and make no undertaking to amend or supplement
such opinions if facts come to our attention or changes in the current law of
the jurisdictions mentioned herein occur which could affect such opinions the
legal analysis, a legal conclusion or any information confirmation herein.
I. This opinion is for the sole benefit of the Lessee, the Construction
Agent, the Owner Trustee, the Holders, the Lenders, the Agent and their
respective successors and assigns in matters directly related to the
Participation Agreement or the transaction contemplated thereunder and may not
be relied upon by any other person other than such parties and their respective
successors and assigns without the express written consent of the undersigned.
The
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opinions expressed in this letter are limited to the matter set forth in this
letter, and no other opinions should be inferred beyond the matters expressly
stated.
Very truly yours,
RAY, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
M. ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Distribution List
First Union National Bank, as the Agent, a Holder and a Lender
The various banks and other lending institutions which are parties to the
Participation Agreement from time to time, as additional Holders
The various banks and other lending institutions which are parties to the
Participation Agreement from time to time, as additional Lenders
[_______________], as the Construction Agent and the Lessee
First Security Bank, National Association, not individually, but solely as the
Owner Trustee under the RFMD Real Estate Trust 1999-1
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Schedule 1
Form of UCC-1 to be Filed in Owner Trustee's Principal Place of Business
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EXHIBIT H
[Outside Counsel Opinion for the Lessee]
(Pursuant to Section 5.3(ee) of the Participation Agreement)
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TO THOSE ON THE ATTACHED DISTRIBUTION LIST
Re: Synthetic Lease Financing Provided in favor of RF Micro Devices, Inc.
Dear Sirs:
We have acted as special counsel to [IF CREDIT SUPPORT FROM A PARTY OTHER THAN
THE LESSEE IS PART OF THE TRANSACTION, THIS OPINION MUST BE MODIFIED TO
REFERENCE SUCH PARTY AND THE DOCUMENTS TO WHICH IT IS A PARTY], RF Micro
Devices, Inc., a [__________] corporation (the "Lessee") in connection with
certain transactions contemplated by the Participation Agreement dated as of
[__________, 199__] (the "Participation Agreement"), among the Lessee, First
Security Bank, National Association, as the Owner Trustee (the "Owner Trustee"),
the various banks and other lending institutions which are parties thereto from
time to time, as holders (the "Holders"), the various banks and other lending
institutions which are parties thereto from time to time, as lenders (the
"Lenders") and First Union National Bank, as the agent for the Lenders and
respecting the Security Documents, as the agent for the Lenders and the Holders,
to the extent of their interests (the "Agent"). This opinion is delivered
pursuant to Section 5.3(ee) of the Participation Agreement. All capitalized
terms used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings
assigned thereto in Appendix A to the Participation Agreement.
In connection with the foregoing, we have examined originals, or copies
certified to our satisfaction, of the Operative Agreements, and such other
corporate, partnership or limited liability company documents and records of the
Lessee, certificates of public officials and representatives of the Lessee as to
certain factual matters, and such other instruments and documents which we have
deemed necessary or advisable to examine for the purpose of this opinion. With
respect to such examination, we have assumed (i) the statements of fact made in
all such certificates, documents and instruments are true, accurate and
complete; (ii) the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Operative
Agreements by the parties thereto other than the Lessee; (iii) the genuineness
of all signatures (other than the signatures of persons signing on behalf of the
Lessee), the authenticity and completeness of all documents, certificates,
instruments, records and corporate records submitted to us as originals and the
conformity to the original instruments of all documents submitted to us as
copies, and the authenticity and completeness of the originals of such copies;
(iv) that all parties other than the Lessee have all
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requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform the
Operative Agreements; and (v) the enforceability of the Operative Agreements
against all parties thereto other than the Lessee and respecting the opinion set
forth below in section (i), First Security Bank, National Association,
individually or as the Owner Trustee, as the case may be. We have further
assumed that the laws of the States of [STATE OF LAWYER'S admission] and
[GOVERNING LAW OF PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT] are substantively identical.
Based on the foregoing, and having due regard for such legal considerations as
we deem relevant, and subject to the limitations and assumptions set forth
herein, including without limitation the matters set forth in the last two (2)
paragraphs hereof, we are of the opinion that:
(a) The Lessee is a [CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY] duly [INCORPORATED OR ORGANIZED], validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of [__________] and has the power and authority to conduct its
business as presently conducted and to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under the Operative Agreements to which it is a party. The Lessee is
duly qualified to do business in all jurisdictions in which its failure to so
qualify would materially impair its ability to perform its obligations under the
Operative Agreements to which it is a party or its financial position or its
business as now and now proposed to be conducted.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Lessee of the
Operative Agreements to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Lessee and the Operative
Agreements to which the Lessee is a party have been duly executed and delivered
by the Lessee.
(c) The Operative Agreements to which the Lessee is a party constitute
valid and binding obligations of the Lessee enforceable against the Lessee in
accordance with the terms thereof, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
liquidation, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, and similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally, and general principles of equity (regardless of
whether the application of such principles is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law).
(d) The execution and delivery by the Lessee of the Operative
Agreements to which it is a party and compliance by the Lessee with all of the
provisions thereof do not and will not (i) contravene the provisions of, or
result in any breach of or constitute any default under, or result in the
creation of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens and Lessor Liens) upon any of
its property under, its [ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION BY-LAWS, OPERATING AGREEMENT,
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OR OTHER SIMILAR DOCUMENT OF FORMATION] or any indenture,
mortgage, chattel mortgage, deed of trust, lease, conditional sales contract,
bank loan or credit agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the
Lessee is a party or by which it or any of its property may be bound or
affected, or (ii) contravene any Laws or any order of any Governmental Authority
applicable to or binding on the Lessee.
(e) No Governmental Action by, and no notice to or filing with, any
Governmental Authority is required for the due execution, delivery or
performance by the Lessee of any of the
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Operative Agreements to which it is a party or for the acquisition, ownership,
construction and completion of the Properties, except for those which have been
obtained.
(f) Except as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto, there are no actions,
suits or proceedings pending or to our knowledge, threatened against the Lessee
in any court or before any Governmental Authority, that concern the Properties
or the Lessee's interest therein or that question the validity or enforceability
of any Operative Agreement to which the Lessee is a party or the overall
transaction described in the Operative Agreements to which the Lessee is a
party.
(g) Neither the nature of the Properties, nor any relationship between
the Lessee and any other Person, nor any circumstance in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance of the Operative Agreements to which the
Lessee is a party is such as to require any approval of stockholders of, or
approval or consent of any trustee or holders of indebtedness of, the Lessee,
except for such approvals and consents which have been duly obtained and are in
full force and effect.
(h) The Security Documents which have been executed and delivered as of
the date of this opinion create, for the benefit of the Agent, the security
interests in the Collateral described therein which by their terms such Security
Documents purport to create. Upon filing of the UCC-1 financing statements
(attached hereto as Schedule 2) relating to the Security Documents in the
recording offices of (A) the respective county clerk where the principal place
of business of the Lessee is located and (B) the Secretary of State where the
principal place of business of the Lessee is located, the Agent will have a
valid, perfected lien and security interest in that portion of the Collateral
which can be perfected by the filing of UCC-1 financing statements under Article
9 of the UCC in [IDENTIFY THE STATE].
(i) The Operative Agreements to which First Security Bank, National
Association, individually or as the Owner Trustee, is a party constitute valid
and binding obligations of such party and are enforceable against First Security
Bank, National Association, individually or as the Owner Trustee, as the case
may be, in accordance with the terms thereof, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
liquidation, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, and similar laws affecting
creditors, rights generally, and general principles of equity (regardless of
whether the application of such principles is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law).
(j) The offer, issuance, sale and delivery of the Notes and the offer,
issuance, sale and delivery of the Certificates under the circumstances
contemplated by the Participation Agreement do not, under existing law, require
registration of the Notes or the Certificates being issued on the date hereof
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the qualification of the Loan
Agreement under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
This opinion is limited to the matters stated herein and no opinion is implied
or may be inferred beyond the matters stated herein. This opinion is based on
and is limited to the laws of the States of [__________], and the federal laws
of the United States of America. Insofar as the foregoing opinion relates to
matters of law other than the foregoing, no opinion is hereby given.
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This opinion is for the sole benefit of the Lessee, the Construction Agent, the
Owner Trustee, the Holders, the Lenders, the Agent and their respective
successors and assigns and may not be relied upon by any other person other than
such parties and their respective successors and assigns without the express
written consent of the undersigned. The opinions expressed herein are as of the
date hereof and we make no undertaking to amend or supplement such opinions if
facts come to our attention or changes in the current law of the jurisdictions
mentioned herein occur which could affect such opinions.
Very truly yours,
[LESSEE'S OUTSIDE COUNSEL]
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Distribution List
First Union National Bank, as the Agent, a Holder and a Lender
RF Micro Devices, Inc., as the Construction Agent and the Lessee
The various banks and other lending institutions which are parties to the
Participation Agreement from time to time, as additional Holders
The various banks and other lending institutions which are parties to the
Participation Agreement from time to time, as additional Lenders
First Security Bank, National Association, not individually, but solely as the
Owner Trustee under the RFMD Real Estate Trust 1999-1
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Schedule 1
(Litigation)
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Schedule 2
(UCC-1 Financing Statements)
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EXHIBIT I
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.
OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE
(Pursuant to Section 5.5 of the Participation Agreement)
RF Micro Devices, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (the "Company")
DOES HEREBY CERTIFY as follows:
1. The address for the subject Property is ______________________________
______________________________________.
2. The Completion Date for the construction of Improvements at the
Property occurred on ______________.
3. The aggregate Property Cost for the Property was $___________.
4. Attached hereto as Schedule 1 is the detailed, itemized documentation
supporting the asserted Property Cost figures.
5. All representations and warranties of the Company in each Operative
Agreement and in each certificate delivered pursuant thereto are true
and correct as of the Completion Date.
Capitalized terms used in this Officer's Certificate and not otherwise defined
have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Participation Agreement
dated as of __________, 199__ among the Company, as the Lessee and as the
Construction Agent, First Security Bank, National Association, as the Owner
Trustee, the various banks and other lending institutions which are parties
thereto from time to time, as holders (the "Holders"), the various banks and
other lending institutions which are parties thereto from time to time, as
lenders (the "Lenders"), First Union National Bank, as the agent for the Lenders
and respecting the Security Documents, as the agent for the Lenders and the
Holders, to the extent of their interests.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Officer's Certificate to be duly
executed and delivered as of this ____ day of ______________, ______.
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.
By: ___________________________________
Name: _________________________________
Title: ________________________________
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Schedule I
(Itemized Documentation in Support of Asserted Property Cost)
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EXHIBIT J
[Description of Material Litigation]
(Pursuant to Section 6.2(d) of the Participation Agreement)
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Exhibit K
Form of Officer's Financial Compliance Certificate
This Certificate is delivered in accordance with the provisions of
Section 8.3.A(c) of that Participation Agreement dated as of [_________], 1999
(as amended, modified, extended, supplemented, restated and/or replaced from
time to time, the "Participation Agreement") among the various parties thereto
from time to time, as the Lessees and as the Construction Agents, First Security
Bank, National Association, as the Owner Trustee, the various banks and other
lending institutions which are parties thereto from time to time, as holders,
the various banks and other lending institutions which are parties thereto from
time to time, as lenders, the Agent. Capitalized terms used herein but not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth therefor in the
Participation Agreement.
The undersigned, being an Executive Officer of Lessee hereby certifies,
in my official capacity and not in my individual capacity, that:
(a) the financial statements accompanying this Certificate fairly
present the financial condition of the parties covered by such financial
statements in all material respects;
(b) the sum of consolidated EBITDA for the four immediately preceding
fiscal quarters is __________;
(c) the ratio of Consolidated Funded Senior Debt, as of the date of
determination, to EBITDA for the four immediately preceding fiscal quarters is
______:1.00;
(d) Total Consolidated Funded Debt, as of the date of determination, is
__________% of Book Capitalization, as of the date of determination.
(e) the Quick Ratio, computed in accordance with Section 8.3A(j) at the
end of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Participation Agreement is
______:1.00;
(f) the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio at the end of the most
recent fiscal quarter is ______:1.00;
(g) the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio at the end of the most recent
fiscal quarter is ______:1.00;
(h) the Consolidated Net Worth at the end of the most recent fiscal
quarter is ____________;
(i) the aggregate Capital Expenditure for the fiscal year ending is
___________.
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(j) during the period covered by such financial statements, Lessee
observed or performed all of their covenants and other agreements in all
material respects, and satisfied in all material respects every material
condition, contained in the Operative Agreements to be observed, performed or
satisfied by them; and
(k) no Default or Event of Default exists.
This the _______________ day of ________________________, 199_.
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.
By: ___________________________________
Name: _________________________________
Title: ________________________________
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Appendix A
Rules of Usage and Definitions
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I. Rules of Usage
The following rules of usage shall apply to this Appendix A and the Operative
Agreements (and each appendix, schedule, exhibit and annex to the foregoing)
unless otherwise required by the context or unless otherwise defined therein:
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided, any definitions set forth
herein or in any other document shall be equally applicable to the singular and
plural forms of the terms defined.
(b) Except as otherwise expressly provided, references in any document
to articles, sections, paragraphs, clauses, annexes, appendices, schedules or
exhibits are references to articles, sections, paragraphs, clauses, annexes,
appendices, schedules or exhibits in or to such document.
(c) The headings, subheadings and table of contents used in any
document are solely for convenience of reference and shall not constitute a part
of any such document nor shall they affect the meaning, construction or effect
of any provision thereof.
(d) References to any Person shall include such Person, its successors,
permitted assigns and permitted transferees.
(e) Except as otherwise expressly provided, reference to any agreement
means such agreement as amended, modified, extended, supplemented, restated
and/or replaced from time to time in accordance with the applicable provisions
thereof.
(f) Except as otherwise expressly provided, references to any law
includes any amendment or modification to such law and any rules or regulations
issued thereunder or any law enacted in substitution or replacement therefor.
(g) When used in any document, words such as "hereunder", "hereto",
"hereof" and "herein" and other words of like import shall, unless the context
clearly indicates to the contrary, refer to the whole of the applicable document
and not to any particular article, section, subsection, paragraph or clause
thereof.
(h) References to "including" means including without limiting the
generality of any description preceding such term and for purposes hereof the
rule of ejusdem generis shall not be
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applicable to limit a general statement, followed by or referable to an
enumeration of specific matters, to matters similar to those specifically
mentioned.
(i) [INTENTIONALLY RESERVED]
(j) Each of the parties to the Operative Agreements and their counsel
have reviewed and revised, or requested revisions to, the Operative Agreements,
and the usual rule of construction that any ambiguities are to be resolved
against the drafting party shall be inapplicable in the construction and
interpretation of the Operative Agreements and any amendments or exhibits
thereto.
(k) Capitalized terms used in any Operative Agreements which are not
defined in this Appendix A but are defined in another Operative Agreement shall
have the meaning so ascribed to such term in the applicable Operative Agreement.
II. Definitions
"ABR" shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of
(a) the Prime Lending Rate in effect on such day, and (b) the Federal Funds
Effective Rate in effect on such day plus one-half of one percent (0.5%). For
purposes hereof: "Prime Lending Rate" shall mean the rate announced by the Agent
from time to time as its prime lending rate as in effect from time to time. The
Prime Lending Rate is a reference rate and is one of several interest rate bases
used by the Agent and does not necessarily represent the lowest or most
favorable rate offered by the Agent actually charged to any customer. Any Lender
may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below
the Prime Lending Rate. The Prime Lending Rate shall change automatically and
without notice from time to time as and when the prime lending rate of the Agent
changes. "Federal Funds Effective Rate" shall mean, for any period, a
fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the
weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members or the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next
preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such
rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Agent from three
(3) Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it. Any change in
the ABR due to a change in the Prime Lending 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 Lending Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate,
respectively.
"ABR Holder Advance" shall mean a Holder Advance bearing a Holder Yield
based on the ABR.
"ABR Loans" shall mean Loans the rate of interest applicable to which
is based upon the ABR.
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"Acceleration" shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 6
of the Credit Agreement.
"Accounts" shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 1 of
the Security Agreement.
"Acquisition Advance" shall have the meaning given to such term in
Section 5.3 of the Participation Agreement.
"Acquisition Loan" shall mean any Loan made in connection with an
Acquisition Advance.
"Additional Collateral" shall mean the assets of the Lessee pledged by
the Lessee to secure the obligations pursuant to the terms of the Lessee
Security Agreement, including without limitation, such assets pledged pursuant
to 8.3(r) or 8.3(s).
"Advance" shall mean a Construction Advance or an Acquisition Advance.
"Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Person or group
acting in concert in respect of the Person in question that, directly or
indirectly, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such
Person.
"After Tax Basis" shall mean, with respect to any payment to be
received, the amount of such payment increased so that, after deduction of the
amount of all taxes required to be paid by the recipient calculated at the then
maximum marginal rates generally applicable to Persons of the same type as the
recipients with respect to the receipt by the recipient of such amounts (less
any tax savings realized as a result of the payment of the indemnified amount),
such increased payment (as so reduced) is equal to the payment otherwise
required to be made.
"Agency Agreement" shall mean the Amended, Restated and Replacement
Agency Agreement, dated on or about the Initial Closing Date between the
Construction Agent and the Lessor.
"Agency Agreement Event of Default" shall mean an "Event of Default" as
defined in Section 5.1 of the Agency Agreement.
"Agent" shall mean First Union National Bank, as agent for the Lenders
pursuant to the Credit Agreement, or any successor agent appointed in accordance
with the terms of the Credit Agreement and respecting the Security Documents,
for the Lenders and the Holders, to the extent of their interests.
"Applicable Percentage" shall mean for any day, the rate per annum set
forth below opposite the applicable Consolidated Total Funded Debt to Book
Capitalization then in effect, it being understood that the Applicable
Percentage for (i) ABR Loans shall be the percentage set forth under the column
"ABR Loans", (ii) Eurodollar Loans shall be the percentage set forth
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under the column "Eurodollar Loans", (iii) ABR Holder Advances shall be the
percentage set forth under the column "ABR Holder Advances", (iv) Eurodollar
Holder Advances shall be the percentage set forth under the column "Eurodollar
Holder Advances", and (v) the Unused Fee shall be the percentage set forth under
the applicable column, based on the percentage of Total Utilization each,
labeled "Unused Fee":
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Funded Debt to Eurodollar Eurodollar ABR Loans ABR Holder Unused Fee Unused Fee
Pricing Book Loans Holder Advances When Total When Total
Level Capitalization Advances Utilization is Utilization is
Less Than or Greater Than
Equal to 25% 25% of the
of the Total Total
Commitments Commitments
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greater than
I or = to 25% 2.250% 3.000% 1.000% 1.750% 0.750% 0.500%
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greater than
II or = to 20% 2.000% 2.750% 0.750% 1.500% 0.750% 0.500%
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greater than
III or = to 15% 1.750% 2.500% 0.500% 1.250% 0.625% 0.375%
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less than
IV or = to 15% 1.500% 2.250% 0.250% 1.000% 0.625% 0.375%
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The Applicable Percentage shall be determined and adjusted quarterly on
the date (each a "Rate Determination Date") five (5) Business Days
after the date by which each annual and quarterly compliance
certificate and related financial statements and information are
required in accordance with the provisions of Sections 8.3.A(a) - (c)
of the Participation Agreement, as appropriate; provided that:
(i) the initial Applicable Percentages shall be based
on pricing level IV and shall remain in effect at such pricing
level until the first Rate Determination Date to occur in
connection with the delivery of the quarterly financial
statements and appropriate compliance certificate for the
fiscal quarter ending December 25, 1999, and
(ii) notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event an
annual or quarterly compliance certificate and related
financial statements and information are not delivered timely
to the Agent in accordance with Section 12.2 of the
Participation Agreement by the date required by Section
8.3.A(a) - (c) of the Participation Agreement, as appropriate,
the Applicable Percentages shall be based on pricing level I
until such time as an appropriate compliance certificate and
related financial statements and information are delivered,
whereupon the applicable pricing level shall be adjusted based
on the information contained in such compliance certificate
and related financial statements and information.
Subject to the qualifications set forth above, each Applicable
Percentage shall be effective from a Rate Determination Date until the
next such Rate Determination Date. The Agent shall determine the
appropriate Applicable Percentages in the pricing matrix promptly upon
receipt of and based on the quarterly or annual compliance certificate
and related
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financial information and shall promptly notify the Lessee, the Lenders
and the Holders of any change thereof. Such determinations by the Agent
shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Adjustments in the
Applicable Percentages shall be effective as to existing Loans and
Holder Advances as well as new Loans and Holder Advances made
thereafter.
"Appraisal" shall mean, with respect to any Property, an appraisal to
be delivered in connection with the Participation Agreement or in accordance
with the terms of the Lease, in each case prepared by a reputable appraiser
reasonably acceptable to the Agent, which in the judgment of counsel to the
Agent, complies with all of the provisions of the Financial Institutions Reform,
Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended, the rules and regulations
adopted pursuant thereto, and all other applicable Legal Requirements.
"Appraisal Procedure" shall have the meaning given such term in Section
22.4 of the Lease.
"Approved State" shall mean each of the following: North Carolina and
any other state within the continental United States proposed by the Lessee and
consented to in writing by the Agent.
"Appurtenant Rights" shall mean (a) all agreements, easements, rights
of way or use, rights of ingress or egress, privileges, appurtenances,
tenements, hereditaments and other rights and benefits at any time belonging or
pertaining to the Land underlying the Improvements or the Improvements,
including without limitation the use of any streets, ways, alleys, vaults or
strips of land adjoining, abutting, adjacent or contiguous to the Land and (b)
all permits, licenses and rights, whether or not of record, appurtenant to such
Land or the Improvements.
"Asset Disposition" shall mean and include the sale, lease or other
disposition of any property or asset (including the capital stock of a
Subsidiary) by any member of the Consolidated Group; but for purposes hereof
shall not include, in any event, (A) the sale of inventory in the ordinary
course of business, (B) the sale or disposition of machinery and equipment no
longer used or useful in the conduct of business or (c) a sale, lease, transfer
or disposition of property or assets to any member of the Consolidated Group.
"Assignment and Acceptance" shall mean the Assignment and Acceptance in
the form attached to the Credit Agreement as Exhibit B.
"Available Commitment" shall mean, as to any Lender at any time, an
amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of such Lender's
Commitment over (b) the aggregate principal amount of all Loans made by such
Lender as of such date after giving effect to Section 5.2(d) of the
Participation Agreement (but without giving effect to any other repayments or
prepayments of any Loans hereunder).
"Available Holder Commitments" shall mean an amount equal to the
excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate amount of the Holder Commitments over (b)
the aggregate amount of the Holder
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Advances made since the Initial Closing Date after giving effect to Section
5.2(d) of the Participation Agreement (but without giving effect to any other
repayments or prepayments of any Holder Advances).
"Bankruptcy Code" shall mean Title 11 of the U. S. Code entitled
"Bankruptcy," as now or hereafter in effect or any successor thereto.
"Basic Documents" shall mean the following: the Participation
Agreement, the Agency Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Certificates, the
Credit Agreement, the Notes, the Lease and the Security Agreement.
"Basic Rent" shall mean, the sum of (a) the Loan Basic Rent and (b) the
Lessor Basic Rent, calculated as of the applicable date on which Basic Rent is
due.
"Benefitted Lender" shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.10(a)
of the Credit Agreement.
"▇▇▇▇ of Sale" shall mean a ▇▇▇▇ of Sale regarding Equipment in form
and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
"Board" shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
of the United States (or any successor).
"Book Capitalization" shall mean the sum of Consolidated Total Funded
Debt and the consolidated net shareholders equity of the Lessee and its
Subsidiaries as such amount is determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Borrower" shall mean the Owner Trustee, not in its individual capacity
but as Borrower under the Credit Agreement.
"Borrowing Date" shall mean any Business Day specified in a notice
delivered pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Credit Agreement as a date on which the
Lessor requests the Lenders to make Loans thereunder.
"Budgeted Total Property Cost" shall mean, at any date of determination
with respect to any Construction Period Property, an amount equal to the
aggregate amount which the Construction Agent in good faith expects to be
expended in order to achieve Completion with respect to such Property.
"Business Day" shall mean a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other
day on which commercial banks in North Carolina or any other states from which
the Agent, any Lender or any Holder funds or engages in administrative
activities with respect to the transactions under the Operative Agreements are
authorized or required by law to close; provided, however, that when used in
connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term "Business Day" shall also exclude
any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the
London interbank market.
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"Capitalized Lease" shall mean, as applied to any Person, any lease of
property (whether real, personal, tangible, intangible or mixed of such Person)
by such Person as the lessee which would be capitalized on a balance sheet of
such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.
"Capital Stock" shall mean any nonredeemable capital stock of the
Lessee or any of its Subsidiaries, whether common or preferred.
"Cash Equivalents" shall mean (a) securities issued or directly and
fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or
instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United
States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than twelve
months from the date of acquisition, (b) Dollar denominated time deposits and
certificates of deposit of (i) any Lender or any Holder, or (ii) any domestic
commercial bank of recognized standing (y) having capital and surplus in excess
of $500,000,000 and (z) whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at
least A-1 or the equivalent thereof or from ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ is at least P-1 or the
equivalent thereof (any such bank being an "Approved Bank"), in each case with
maturities of not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition, (c)
commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved Bank
(or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate notes issued by, or
guaranteed by, any domestic corporation rated A-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or
better by S&P or P-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody's and
maturing within six months of the date of acquisition, (d) repurchase agreements
entered into by a Person with a bank or trust company (including any Lender or
any Holder) or recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess
of $500,000,000 for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed by the
United States in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority
security interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of
purchase thereof, a fair market value of at least 100% of the amount of the
repurchase obligations, (e) obligations of any State of the United States or any
political subdivision thereof, the interest with respect to which is exempt from
federal income taxation under Section 103 of the Code, having a long term rating
of at least AA- or Aa-3 by S&P or Moody's, respectively, and maturing within
three years from the date of acquisition thereof, (f) Investments in municipal
auction preferred stock (i) rated AAA (or the equivalent thereof) or better by
S&P or Aaa (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody's and (ii) with
dividends that reset at least once every 365 days, (g) Investments, classified
in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money market investment programs
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which are
administered by reputable financial institutions having capital of at least
$100,000,000 and the portfolios of which are limited to Investments of the
character described in the foregoing subdivisions (a) through (f) and (h) other
Cash Equivalents, if any, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Casualty" shall mean any damage or destruction of all or any portion
of the Property as a result of a fire or other casualty.
"CERCLA" shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. ss. 9601 et seq., as amended
by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986.
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"Certificate" shall mean a Certificate in favor of each Holder
regarding the Holder Commitment of such Holder issued pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the Trust Agreement in favor of each Holder.
"Chattel Paper" shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 1
of the Security Agreement.
"Claims" shall mean any and all obligations, liabilities, losses,
actions, suits, penalties, claims, demands, costs and expenses (including
without limitation reasonable attorney's fees and expenses) of any nature
whatsoever.
"Closing Date" shall mean the Initial Closing Date and each Property
Closing Date.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 together with rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time, or any
successor statute thereto.
"Collateral" shall mean all assets of the Lessor, the Construction
Agent and the Lessee, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is
purported to be created by one or more of the Security Documents.
"Commencement Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.2 of
the Lease.
"Commitment" shall mean, as to any Lender, the obligation of such
Lender to make the portion of the Loans to the Lessor in an aggregate principal
amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such
Lender's name on Schedule 2.1 of the Credit Agreement, as such amount may be
increased or reduced from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the
Operative Agreements.
"Commitment Percentage" shall mean, as to any Lender at any time, the
percentage which such Lender's Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate
Commitments (or, at any time after the Commitments shall have expired or
terminated, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lender's
Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of all of
the Loans then outstanding), and such Commitment Percentage shall take into
account both the Lender's Tranche A Commitment and the Lender's Tranche B
Commitment.
"Commitment Period" shall mean the period from and including the
Initial Closing Date to and including the Construction Period Termination Date,
or such earlier date as the Commitments shall terminate as provided in the
Credit Agreement or the Holder Commitment shall terminate as provided in the
Trust Agreement.
"Completion" shall mean, with respect to a Property, such time as the
acquisition, installation, testing and final completion of the Improvements
including, without limitation, the Equipment on such Property has been achieved
in accordance with the Plans and Specifications, the Agency Agreement and/or the
Lease, and in compliance with all Legal Requirements and Insurance Requirements
and a certificate of occupancy has been issued with respect to such
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Property by the appropriate governmental entity (except if non-compliance,
individually or in the aggregate, shall not have and could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect). If the Lessor purchases a Property
that includes existing Improvements that are to be immediately occupied by the
Lessee without any improvements financed pursuant to the Operative Agreements,
the date of Completion for such Property shall be the Property Closing Date.
"Completion Date" shall mean, with respect to a Property, the date on
which Completion for such Property including, without limitation, installation
and testing of the Equipment has occurred.
"Condemnation" shall mean any taking or sale of the use, access,
occupancy, easement rights or title to any Property or any part thereof, wholly
or partially (temporarily or permanently), by or on account of any actual or
threatened eminent domain proceeding or other taking of action by any Person
having the power of eminent domain (including without limitation an action by a
Governmental Authority to change the grade of, or widen the streets adjacent to,
any Property or alter the pedestrian or vehicular traffic flow to any Property
so as to result in a change in access to such Property, or by or on account of
an eviction by paramount title or any transfer made in lieu of any such
proceeding or action).
"Consolidated Capital Expenditures" means, for any period for the
Consolidated Group, without duplication, all expenditures (whether paid in cash
or other consideration) during such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or
should be included in additions to property, plant and equipment or similar
items reflected in the consolidated statement of cash flows for such period.
"Consolidated EBIT" shall mean for any period for the Consolidated
Group, the sum of (i) Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (ii) to the
extent deducted in determining net income for such period, (A) Consolidated
Interest Expense and (B) taxes in each case on a consolidated basis determined
in accordance with GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided, the applicable
period shall be for the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of the date
of determination.
"Consolidated EBITDA" shall mean for any period for the Consolidated
Group, the sum of (i) Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (ii) to the
extent deducted in determining net income for such period, (A) Consolidated
Interest Expense, (B) taxes and (C) depreciation and amortization, in each case
on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP. Except as otherwise
expressly provided, the applicable period shall be for the four consecutive
fiscal quarters ending as of the date of determination.
"Consolidated Funded Senior Debt" shall mean Funded Debt of the
Consolidated Group other than Subordinated Debt, determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Group" shall mean the Lessee and its consolidated
Subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
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"Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio" shall mean as of the last day of
each fiscal quarter, the ratio of Consolidated EBIT plus Consolidated Rent
Expense for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of such day
to Consolidated Interest Expense plus Consolidated Rent Expense for the period
of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of such day.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" shall mean, for any period for the
Consolidated Group, all interest expense, including the amortization of debt
discount and premium and the interest component under Capital Leases, in each
case on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP applied on a
consolidated basis. Except as expressly provided otherwise, the applicable
period shall be for the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of the date
of determination.
"Consolidated Net Income" shall mean, for any period for the
Consolidated Group, net income (or loss) determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided, the applicable
period shall be for the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of the date
of determination.
"Consolidated Net Worth" means, as of any date for the Consolidated
Group, consolidated shareholder's equity or net worth as determined in
accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Rent Expense" shall mean, for any period, with respect to
the Consolidated Group, all rent payable under Operating Leases (whether a lease
of real property, personal property or mixed), as determined in accordance with
GAAP.
"Consolidated Tangible Net Worth" shall mean, as of any date with
respect to the Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis, Consolidated Net
Worth minus intangible assets as determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Total Funded Debt" means Funded Debt of the Consolidated
Group determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio" means the ratio of Consolidated
Total Funded Debt on such day to Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of such day.
"Consolidated Subsidiary" shall mean, as to any Person, any Subsidiary
of such Person which under the rules of GAAP consistently applied should have
its financial results consolidated with those of such Person for purposes of
financial accounting statements.
"Construction Advance" shall mean an advance of funds to pay Property
Costs pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Participation Agreement.
"Construction Agent" shall mean RF Micro Devices, Inc., a North
Carolina corporation, as the construction agent under the Agency Agreement.
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"Construction Budget" shall mean the cost of acquisition, installation,
testing, constructing and developing any Property as determined by the
Construction Agent in its reasonable, good faith judgment.
"Construction Commencement Date" shall mean, with respect to
Improvements, the date on which construction of such Improvements commences
pursuant to the Agency Agreement.
"Construction Contract" shall mean any contract entered into between
the Construction Agent or the Lessee with a Contractor for the construction of
Improvements or any portion thereof on the Property.
"Construction Loan" shall mean any Loan made in connection with a
Construction Advance.
"Construction Loan Property Cost" shall mean with respect to each
Construction Period Property at the date of determination, an amount equal to
(a) the aggregate principal amount of Construction Loans made on or prior to
such date with respect to the Property minus (b) the aggregate principal amount
of prepayments or repayments of the Loans allocated to reduce the Construction
Loan Property Cost of such Property pursuant to Section 2.6(c) of the Credit
Agreement.
"Construction Period" shall mean, with respect to a Property, the
period commencing on the Construction Commencement Date for such Property and
ending on the Completion Date for such Property.
"Construction Period Property" means, at any date of determination, any
Property as to which the Rent Commencement Date has not occurred on or prior to
such date.
"Construction Period Termination Date" shall mean (a) the earlier of
(i) the date that the Commitments have been terminated in their entirety in
accordance with the terms of Section 2.5(a) of the Credit Agreement, or (ii)
February 13, 2001 or (b) such later date as shall be agreed to by the Majority
Secured Parties.
"Contractor" shall mean each entity with whom the Construction Agent or
the Lessee contracts to construct any Improvements or any portion thereof on the
Property.
"Controlled Group" shall mean all members of a controlled group of
corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under
common control which, together with the Lessee, are treated as a single employer
under Section 414 of the Code.
"Co-Owner Trustee" shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.2 of
the Trust Agreement.
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"Credit Agreement" shall mean the Amended, Restated and Replacement
Credit Agreement, dated on or about the Initial Closing Date, among the Lessor,
the Agent and the Lenders, as specified therein.
"Credit Agreement Default" shall mean any event or condition which,
with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a
Credit Agreement Event of Default.
"Credit Agreement Event of Default" shall mean any event or condition
defined as an "Event of Default" in Section 6 of the Credit Agreement.
"Credit Documents" shall mean the Participation Agreement, the Credit
Agreement, the Notes and the Security Documents.
"Deed" shall mean a warranty deed regarding the Land and/or
Improvements in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
"Default" shall mean any event, act or condition which with notice or
lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
"Defaulting Holder" shall have the meaning given to such term in
Section 12.4 of the Participation Agreement.
"Defaulting Lender" shall have the meaning given to such term in
Section 12.4 of the Participation Agreement.
"Deficiency Balance" shall have the meaning given in Section 22.1(b) of
the Lease Agreement.
"Disputes" shall mean, upon demand of any party to the Participation
Agreement and/or any other Operative Agreement, whether made before or after
institution of a judicial proceeding, any claim or controversy arising out of,
or relating to the Operative Agreements between or among the parties to the
Participation Agreement.
"Documents" shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 1 of
the Security Agreement.
"Dollars" and "$" shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United
States of America.
"Domestic Subsidiary" means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the
Lessee which is incorporated or organized under the laws of any State of the
United States or the District of Columbia.
"Election Date" shall have the meaning given to such term in Section
20.1 of the Lease.
"Election Notice" shall have the meaning given to such term in Section
20.1 of the Lease.
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"Eligible Investments" shall mean Investments which are (i) cash and
Cash Equivalents; (ii) accounts receivable created, acquired or made in the
ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with
customary trade terms; (iii) Investments consisting of capital stock,
obligations, securities or other property received in settlement of accounts
receivable (created in the ordinary course of business) from bankrupt obligors;
(iv) an amount, at all times, not in excess of $25,000,000.00 Investment in
companies in the same lines of business as Lessee; and (v) an amount, at all
times, not in excess of $7,000,000.00 of Investments in wholly-owned Foreign
Subsidiaries.
"Employee Benefit Plan" or "Plan" shall mean an employee benefit plan
(within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, including without limitation any
Multiemployer Plan), or any "plan" as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code
and as interpreted by the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor
in rules, regulations, releases or bulletins in effect on any Closing Date.
"Environmental Claims" shall mean any investigation, notice, violation,
demand, allegation, action, suit, injunction, judgment, order, consent decree,
penalty, fine, lien, proceeding, or claim (whether administrative, judicial, or
private in nature) arising (a) pursuant to, or in connection with, an actual or
alleged violation of, any Environmental Laws, (b) in connection with any
Hazardous Substance, (c) from any abatement, removal, remedial, corrective, or
other response action in connection with a Hazardous Substance, Environmental
Law, or other order of a Tribunal or (d) from any actual damage, injury, or harm
to the environment.
"Environmental Laws" shall mean any Law, permit, consent, approval,
license, award, or other authorization or requirement of any Tribunal relating
to emissions, discharges, releases, threatened releases of any Hazardous
Substance into ambient air, surface water, ground water, publicly owned
treatment works, septic system, or land, or otherwise relating to the handling,
storage, treatment, generation, use, or disposal of Hazardous Substances,
pollution or to the protection of health or the environment, including without
limitation CERCLA, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. ss.
6901, et seq., and state statutes analogous thereto.
"Environmental Violation" shall mean any activity, occurrence or
condition that violates or threatens (if the threat requires remediation under
any Environmental Law and is not remediated during any grace period allowed
under such Environmental Law) to violate or results in or threatens (if the
threat requires remediation under any Environmental Law and is not remediated
during any grace period allowed under such Environmental Law) to result in
noncompliance with any Environmental Law.
"Equipment" shall mean the equipment referenced in Schedule 2 to the
Participation Agreement, including without limitation, equipment, apparatus,
furnishings, fittings and personal property of every kind and nature whatsoever
purchased, leased or otherwise acquired using the proceeds of the Loans or the
Holder Advances by the Construction Agent, the Lessee or the Lessor and all
improvements and modifications thereto and replacements thereof, whether or not
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now owned or hereafter acquired or now or subsequently attached to, contained in
or used or usable in any way in connection with any operation of any
Improvements, including but without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
all equipment described in the Appraisal including without limitation all
heating, electrical, and mechanical equipment, lighting, switchboards, plumbing,
ventilation, air conditioning and air-cooling apparatus, refrigerating, and
incinerating equipment, escalators, elevators, loading and unloading equipment
and systems, cleaning systems (including without limitation window cleaning
apparatus), telephones, communication systems (including without limitation
satellite dishes and antennae), televisions, computers, sprinkler systems and
other fire prevention and extinguishing apparatus and materials, security
systems, motors, engines, machinery, pipes, pumps, tanks, conduits, appliances,
fittings and fixtures of every kind and description.
"Equipment Schedule" shall mean (a) each Equipment Schedule attached to
the applicable Requisition and (b) each Equipment Schedule attached to the
applicable Lease Supplement.
"Equity Issuance" shall mean any issuance, other than in connection
with exercise by a present or former employee, officer or director under a stock
incentive plan, stock option plan or other equity-based compensation plan or
arrangement, by any member of the Consolidated Group to any Person other than to
the Lessee of (a) shares of its Capital Stock, (b) any shares of its Capital
Stock pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants, (c) any shares of its
Capital Stock pursuant to the conversion of any debt securities to equity or (d)
any options or warrants relating to its Capital Stock. The term "Equity
Issuance" shall not include any Asset Disposition.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended, and any successor statute thereto, as interpreted by the rules and
regulations thereunder, all as the same may be in effect from time to time.
References to sections of ERISA shall be construed also to refer to any
successor sections.
"ERISA Affiliate" shall mean an entity which is under common control
with Lessee within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA, or is a member
of a group which includes Lessee and which is treated as a single employer under
Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code.
"ERISA Event" shall mean (i) with respect to any Plan, the occurrence
of a Reportable Event or the substantial cessation of operations (within the
meaning of Section 4062(e) of ERISA); (ii) the withdrawal by Lessee, any
Subsidiary of Lessee or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiple Employer Plan during
a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as such term is defined in
Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA), or the termination of a Multiple Employer Plan;
(iii) the distribution of a notice of intent to terminate or the actual
termination of a Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) or 4041A of ERISA; (iv) the
institution of proceedings to terminate or the actual termination of a Plan by
the PBGC under Section 4042 of ERISA; (v) any event or condition which would
reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan; (vi)
the complete or partial withdrawal of Lessee, any Subsidiary of Lessee or any
ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan; (vii) the conditions for imposition
of a lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA exist with respect to any Plan; or
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(viii) the adoption of an amendment to any Plan requiring the provision of
security to such Plan pursuant to Section 307 of ERISA.
"Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements" shall mean for any day as applied
to a Eurodollar Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates
(expressed as a decimal) 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 jurisdiction with respect thereto) dealing with reserve requirements
prescribed on eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency
liabilities" in Regulation D) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve
System.
"Eurodollar Holder Advance" shall mean a Holder Advance bearing a
Holder Yield based on the Eurodollar Rate.
"Eurodollar Loans" shall mean Loans the rate of interest applicable to
which is based upon the Eurodollar Rate.
"Eurodollar Rate" shall mean for the Interest Period for each
Eurodollar Loan or Eurodollar Holder Advance comprising part of the same
borrowing or advance (including without limitation conversions, extensions and
renewals), a per annum interest rate equal to the per annum rate determined by
the Agent on the basis of the offered rates for deposits in dollars for a period
of time corresponding to such Interest Period (and commencing on the first day
of such Interest Period), reported on Telerate page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m.
(London time) two (2) Business Days before the first day of such Interest
Period. In the event no such offered rates appear on Telerate page 3750,
"Eurodollar Rate" shall mean for the Interest Period for each Eurodollar Loan or
Eurodollar Holder Advance comprising part of the same borrowing or advance
(including without limitation conversions, extensions and renewals), a per annum
interest rate equal to the per annum rate determined by the Agent on the basis
of the offered rates for deposits in dollars for a period of time corresponding
to such Interest Period (and commencing on the first day of such Interest
Period), which appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page as of 11:00 a.m. (London
time) two (2) Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period
(provided that if at least two (2) such offered rates appear on the Reuters
Screen LIBO Page, the rate in respect of such Interest Period will be the
arithmetic mean of such offered rates). As used herein, "Reuters Screen LIBO
Page" means the display designated as page "LIBO" on the Reuters Monitor Money
Rates Service (or such other page as may replace the LIBO page on that service
for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates of major banks)
("RMMRS"). In the event the RMMRS is not then quoting such offered rates,
"Eurodollar Rate" shall mean for the Interest Period for each Eurodollar Loan or
Eurodollar Holder Advance comprising part of the same borrowing or advance
(including without limitation conversions, extensions and renewals), the average
(rounded upward to the nearest one-sixteenth (1/16) of one percent (1%)) per
annum rate of interest determined by the office of the Agent (each such
determination to be conclusive and binding) as of two (2) Business Days prior to
the first day of such Interest Period, as the effective rate at which deposits
in immediately available funds in U.S. dollars are being, have been, or would be
offered or quoted by the Agent to major banks in the applicable interbank market
for Eurodollar deposits at any time during the Business Day
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which is the second Business Day immediately preceding the first day of such
Interest Period, for a term comparable to such Interest Period and in the amount
of the requested Eurodollar Loan and/or Eurodollar Holder Advance. If no such
offers or quotes are generally available for such amount, then the Agent shall
be entitled to determine the Eurodollar Rate from another recognized service or
interbank quotation, or by estimating in its reasonable judgment the per annum
rate (as described above) that would be applicable if such quote or offers were
generally available.
"Event of Default" shall mean a Lease Event of Default, an Agency
Agreement Event of Default or a Credit Agreement Event of Default.
"Excepted Payments" shall mean:
(a) all indemnity payments (including without limitation
indemnity payments made pursuant to Section 11 of the Participation
Agreement), whether made by adjustment to Basic Rent or otherwise, to
which the Owner Trustee, any Holder or any of their respective
Affiliates, agents, officers, directors or employees is entitled;
(b) any amounts (other than Basic Rent or Termination Value)
payable under any Operative Agreement to reimburse the Owner Trustee,
any Holder or any of their respective Affiliates (including without
limitation the reasonable expenses of the Owner Trustee, the Trust
Company and the Holders incurred in connection with any such payment)
for performing or complying with any of the obligations of the Lessee
under and as permitted by any Operative Agreement;
(c) any amount payable to a Holder by any transferee of such
interest of a Holder as the purchase price of such Holder's interest in
the Trust Estate (or a portion thereof);
(d) any insurance proceeds (or payments with respect to risks
self-insured or policy deductibles) under liability policies other than
such proceeds or payments payable to the Agent or any Lender;
(e) any insurance proceeds under policies maintained by the
Owner Trustee or any Holder;
(f) Transaction Expenses or other amounts, fees, disbursements
or expenses paid or payable to or for the benefit of the Owner Trustee;
(g) any payments in respect of interest to the extent
attributable to payments referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above;
and
(h) payment obligations arising from any rights of either the
Owner Trustee or the Trust Company to demand, collect, ▇▇▇ for or
otherwise receive and enforce payment
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of any of the foregoing amounts, provided that such rights shall not
include the right to terminate the Lease.
"Excess Proceeds" shall mean the excess, if any, of the aggregate of
all awards, compensation or insurance proceeds payable in connection with a
Casualty or Condemnation over the Termination Value paid by the Lessee pursuant
to the Lease with respect to such Casualty or Condemnation.
"Exculpated Persons" shall mean the Trust Company (except with respect
to the representations and warranties and the other obligations of the Trust
Company pursuant to the Operative Agreements expressly undertaken in its
individual capacity, including without limitation the representations and
warranties of the Trust Company pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Participation
Agreement, the obligations of the Trust Company pursuant to Section 8.2 of the
Participation Agreement and the obligations of the Trust Company pursuant to the
Trust Agreement), the Holders (except with respect to the obligations of the
Holders pursuant to the Participation Agreement and the Trust Agreement
expressly undertaken in their respective individual capacities), their officers,
directors, shareholders and partners.
"Exempt Payments" shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.2(e)
of the Participation Agreement.
"Expiration Date" shall mean the last day of the Term; provided, in no
event shall the Expiration Date be later than November 13, 2004, unless such
later date has been expressly agreed to in writing by each of the Lessor, the
Lessee, the Agent, the Lenders and the Holders.
"Fair Market Sales Value" shall mean, with respect to any Property, the
amount, which in any event, shall not be less than zero (0), that would be paid
in cash in an arms-length transaction between an informed and willing purchaser
and an informed and willing seller, neither of whom is under any compulsion to
purchase or sell, respectively, such Property. Fair Market Sales Value of any
Property shall be determined based on the assumption that, except for purposes
of Section 17 of the Lease, such Property is in the condition and state of
repair required under Section 10.1 of the Lease and the Lessee is in compliance
with the other requirements of the Operative Agreements.
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" shall have the meaning given to such
term in the definition of ABR.
"Financing Parties" shall mean the Lessor, the Owner Trustee, in its
trust capacity, the Agent, the Holders and the Lenders.
"Fixtures" shall mean all fixtures relating to the Improvements,
including without limitation all components thereof, located in or on the
Improvements, together with all replacements, modifications, alterations and
additions thereto.
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"Force Majeure Event" shall mean any event beyond the control of the
Construction Agent, other than a Casualty or Condemnation, including without
limitation strikes, lockouts, adverse soil conditions, acts of God, adverse
weather conditions, inability to obtain labor or materials, governmental
activities, civil commotion and enemy action; but excluding any event, cause or
condition that results from the Construction Agent's financial condition.
"Foreign Subsidiary" means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the
Lessee which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
"Form 1001" shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.2(e) of the
Participation Agreement.
"Form 4224" shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.2(e) of the
Participation Agreement.
"Funded Debt" shall mean, with respect to any Person, without
duplication, (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar
instruments, or upon which interest payments are customarily made, (iii) all
obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention
agreements relating to property purchased by such Person (other than customary
reservations or retentions of title under agreements with suppliers entered into
in the ordinary course of business), (iv) all obligations of such Person issued
or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services purchased by
such Person (other than trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business
and due within six months of the incurrence thereof) which would appear as
liabilities on a balance sheet of such Person, (v) all Support Obligations of
such Person with respect to Funded Debt of another Person, (vi) the maximum
available amount of all standby letters of credit or acceptances issued or
created for the account of such Person, (vii) all Consolidated Total Funded Debt
of another Person secured by a Lien on any property of such Person, whether or
not such Consolidated Total Funded Debt has been assumed, provided that for
purposes hereof the amount of such Consolidated Total Funded Debt shall be
limited to the greater of (A) the amount of such Consolidated Total Funded Debt
as to which there is recourse to such Person and (B) the fair market value of
the property which is subject to such Lien, (viii) the outstanding attributed
principal amount under any securitization transaction, (ix) the principal
balance outstanding under any synthetic lease (including without limitation the
financing contemplated pursuant to the Operative Agreements), off-balance sheet
loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product to which such Person is a
party, where such transaction is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax
purposes but is classified as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP. The
Funded Debt of any Person shall include the Funded Debt of any partnership or
joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, but
only to the extent to which there is recourse to such Person for the payment of
such Funded Debt, (x) all preferred stock or other ownership interests issued by
such Person and which by the terms thereof could be (at the request of the
holders thereof or otherwise) subject to mandatory sinking fund payments,
redemption or other acceleration, and (xi) all obligations of such Person to
repurchase any securities which repurchase obligation is related to the issuance
thereof, including, without limitation, obligations commonly known as residual
equity appreciation potential shares.
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"GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles set forth in
the opinions and pronouncements of the accounting principles board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of
the accounting profession, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the
date of determination.
"Governmental Action" shall mean all permits, authorizations,
registrations, consents, approvals, waivers, exceptions, variances, orders,
judgments, written interpretations, decrees, licenses, exemptions, publications,
filings, notices to and declarations of or with, or required by, any
Governmental Authority, or required by any Legal Requirement, and shall include,
without limitation, all environmental and operating permits and licenses that
are required for the full use, occupancy, zoning and operating of the Property.
"Governmental Authority" shall mean any nation or government, any state
or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to government.
"Ground Lease" shall mean a ground lease (in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent) respecting any Property (a) owned by the Lessee (or a
parent corporation or any Subsidiary of the Lessee) and leased to the Lessor
where such lease has at least a ninety-nine (99) year term and payments set at
no more than $1.00 per year, or (b) where such lease is subject to such other
terms and conditions as are satisfactory to the Agent.
"Guarantor" means each Person which provides a guaranty of the
Obligations pursuant to a guaranty agreement in form and substance satisfactory
to the Agent in accordance with Section 8.3A(o) of the Participation Agreement.
"Hard Costs" shall mean all costs and expenses payable for supplies,
materials, labor and profit with respect to the Improvements under any
Construction Contract.
"Hazardous Substance" shall mean any of the following: (a) any
petroleum or petroleum product, explosives, radioactive materials, asbestos,
formaldehyde, polychlorinated biphenyls, lead and radon gas; (b) any substance,
material, product, derivative, compound or mixture, mineral, chemical, waste,
gas, medical waste, or pollutant, in each case whether naturally occurring,
man-made or the by-product of any process, that is defined by or listed pursuant
to any Environmental Laws.
"Holder Advance" shall mean any advance made by any Holder to the Owner
Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement or the Participation
Agreement.
"Holder Amount" shall mean as of any date, the aggregate amount of
Holder Advances made by each Holder to the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 2 of
the Participation Agreement
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and Section 3.1 of the Trust Agreement less any payments of any Holder Advances
received by the Holders pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Trust Agreement.
"Holder Commitments" shall mean the aggregate amount set forth in
Schedule I to the Trust Agreement, as such amount may be increased or reduced
from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Operative Agreements;
provided, if there shall be more than one (1) Holder, the Holder Commitment of
each Holder shall be as set forth in Schedule I to the Trust Agreement as such
Schedule I may be amended and replaced from time to time.
"Holder Construction Property Cost" shall mean, with respect to each
Construction Period Property, at any date of determination, an amount equal to
the outstanding Holder Advances made with respect thereto under the Trust
Agreement.
"Holder Overdue Rate" shall mean the lesser of (a) the then current
rate of Holder Yield respecting the particular amount in question plus two
percent (2%) and (b) the highest rate permitted by applicable law.
"Holder Property Cost" shall mean with respect to a Property an amount
equal to the outstanding Holder Advances with respect thereto.
"Holder Unused Fee" shall have the meaning given to such term in
Section 7.4 of the Participation Agreement.
"Holder Yield" shall mean with respect to Holder Advances from time to
time either the Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Percentage or the ABR plus
the Applicable Percentage as elected by the Owner Trustee from time to time with
respect to such Holder Advances in accordance with the terms of the Trust
Agreement; provided, however, (a) upon delivery of the notice described in
Section 3.7(c) of the Trust Agreement, the outstanding Holder Advances of each
Holder shall bear a yield at the ABR plus the Applicable Percentage applicable
from time to time from and after the dates and during the periods specified in
Section 3.7(c) of the Trust Agreement, and (b) upon the delivery by a Holder of
the notice described in Section 11.3(f) of the Participation Agreement, the
Holder Advances of such Holder shall bear a yield at the ABR plus the Applicable
Percentage applicable from time to time after the dates and during the periods
specified in Section 11.3(f) of the Participation Agreement.
"Holders" shall mean First Union National Bank and shall include the
other banks and financial institutions which may be from time to time holders of
Certificates in connection with the RFMD Real Estate Trust 1999-1.
"Impositions" shall mean any and all liabilities, losses, expenses,
costs, charges and Liens of any kind whatsoever for fees, taxes, levies,
imposts, duties, charges, assessments or withholdings ("Taxes") including but
not limited to (i) real and personal property taxes, including without
limitation personal property taxes on any property covered by the Lease that is
classified by Governmental Authorities as personal property, and real estate or
ad valorem taxes in the nature of property taxes; (ii) sales taxes, use taxes
and other similar taxes (including rent
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taxes and intangibles taxes); (iii) excise taxes; (iv) real estate transfer
taxes, conveyance taxes, stamp taxes and documentary recording taxes and fees;
(v) taxes that are or are in the nature of franchise, income, value added,
privilege and doing business taxes, license and registration fees; (vi)
assessments on any Property, including without limitation all assessments for
public Improvements or benefits, whether or not such improvements are commenced
or completed within the Term; and (vii) taxes, Liens, assessments or charges
asserted, imposed or assessed by the PBGC or any governmental authority
succeeding to or performing functions similar to, the PBGC; and in each case all
interest, additions to tax and penalties thereon, which at any time prior to,
during or with respect to the Term or in respect of any period for which the
Lessee shall be obligated to pay Supplemental Rent, may be levied, assessed or
imposed by any Governmental Authority upon or with respect to (a) any Property
or any part thereof or interest therein; (b) the leasing, financing,
refinancing, demolition, construction, substitution, subleasing, assignment,
control, condition, occupancy, servicing, maintenance, repair, ownership,
possession, activity conducted on, delivery, insuring, use, operation,
improvement, sale, transfer of title, return or other disposition of such
Property or any part thereof or interest therein; (c) the Notes, other
indebtedness with respect to any Property, or the Certificates, or any part
thereof or interest therein; (d) the rentals, receipts or earnings arising from
any Property or any part thereof or interest therein; (e) the Operative
Agreements, the performance thereof, or any payment made or accrued pursuant
thereto; (f) the income or other proceeds received with respect to any Property
or any part thereof or interest therein upon the sale or disposition thereof;
(g) any contract (including the Agency Agreement) relating to the construction,
acquisition or delivery of the Improvements or any part thereof or interest
therein; (h) the issuance of the Notes or the Certificates; (i) the Owner
Trustee, the Trust or the Trust Estate; or (j) otherwise in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements.
"Improvements" shall mean, with respect to the construction,
renovations and/or Modifications on any Land, all buildings, structures,
Fixtures, and other improvements of every kind existing at any time and from
time to time on or under the Land purchased or otherwise acquired using the
proceeds of the Loans or the Holder Advances or which is subject to a Ground
Lease, together with any and all appurtenances to such buildings, structures or
improvements, including without limitation sidewalks, utility pipes, conduits
and lines, parking areas and roadways, and including without limitation all
Modifications and other additions to or changes in the Improvements at any time,
including without limitation (a) any Improvements existing as of the Property
Closing Date as such Improvements may be referenced on the applicable
Requisition and (b) any Improvements made subsequent to such Property Closing
Date.
"Indebtedness" of a Person shall mean, without duplication, such
Person's:
(a) obligations for borrowed money;
(b) obligations representing the deferred purchase price of
Property (whether real, personal, tangible, intangible or mixed) or
services (other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of
such Person's business payable on terms customary in the trade);
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(c) obligations, whether or not assumed, secured by liens or
payable out of the proceeds or production from property now or
hereafter owned or acquired by such Person;
(d) obligations which are evidenced by notes, acceptances or
other instruments;
(e) Capitalized Lease obligations;
(f) net liabilities under interest rate swap, exchange or cap
agreements;
(g) contingent obligations;
(h) all preferred stock or other ownership interests issued by
such Person and which by the terms thereof could be (at the request of
the holders thereof or otherwise) subject to mandatory sinking fund
payments, redemption or other acceleration; and
(i) all obligations of such Person to repurchase any
securities which repurchase obligation is related to the issuance
thereof, including, without limitation, obligations commonly known as
residual equity appreciation potential shares.
"Indemnified Person" shall mean the Lessor, the Owner Trustee, in its
individual and its trust capacity, the Trust, the Trust Company, the Agent, the
Holders, the Lenders and their respective successors, assigns, directors,
shareholders, partners, officers, employees, agents and Affiliates.
"Indemnity Provider" shall mean, respecting each Property, the Lessee.
"Initial Closing Date" shall mean December 31, 1999.
"Initial Construction Advance" shall mean any initial Advance to pay
for: (a) Property Costs for construction of any Improvements; and (b) the
Property Costs of restoring or repairing any Property which is required to be
restored or repaired in accordance with Section 15.1(e) of the Lease.
"Instruments" shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 1 of
the Security Agreement.
"Insurance Requirements" shall mean all terms and conditions of any
insurance policy either required by the Lease to be maintained by the Lessee or
required by the Agency Agreement to be maintained by the Construction Agent, and
all requirements of the issuer of any such policy and, regarding self insurance,
any other requirements of the Lessee.
"Interest Period" shall mean during the Commitment Period and
thereafter as to any Eurodollar Loan or Eurodollar Holder Advance (i) with
respect to the initial Interest Period, the
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period beginning on the date of the first Eurodollar Loan and Eurodollar Holder
Advance and ending one (1) month, two (2) months, three (3) months or (to the
extent available to all Lenders and all Holders) six (6) months thereafter, as
selected by the Lessor (in the case of a Eurodollar Loan) or the Owner Trustee
(in the case of a Eurodollar Holder Advance) in its applicable notice given with
respect thereto and (ii) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of
the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan or
Eurodollar Holder Advance and ending one (1) month, two (2) months, three (3)
months or (to the extent available to all Lenders and all Holders) six (6)
months thereafter, as selected by the Lessor by irrevocable notice to the Agent
(in the case of a Eurodollar Loan) or by the Owner Trustee (in the case of a
Eurodollar Holder Advance) in each case not less than three (3) Business Days
prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto;
provided, however, that all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest
Periods are subject to the following: (A) if any Interest Period would end on a
day which is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the
next succeeding Business Day (except that where the next succeeding Business Day
falls in the next succeeding calendar month, then on the next preceding Business
Day), (B) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date or the
Expiration Date, as the case may be, (C) where an Interest Period begins on a
day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in
which the Interest Period is to end, such Interest Period shall end on the last
Business Day of such calendar month, (D) there shall not be more than four (4)
Interest Periods outstanding at any one (1) time, and (E) no Interest Period
shall extend beyond any date on which the amounts set forth in Schedule 1 to the
Participation Agreement are scheduled to be paid unless the portion of Equipment
Loans comprised of ABR Loans and Eurodollar Loans with Interest Periods expiring
prior to the date on which the amounts set forth in Schedule 1 to the
Participation Agreement are scheduled to be paid is at least equal to the amount
of principal amortization due on such date.
"Investment Company Act" shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Investments" in any Person, shall mean any loan or advance to such
Person, any purchase or other acquisition of any capital stock, warrants,
rights, options, obligations or other securities of, or equity interest in, such
Person, any capital contribution to such Person or any other investment in such
Person, including, without limitation, any guaranty obligation incurred for the
benefit of such Person or any assets transferred to such Person.
"Land" shall mean a parcel of real property described on (a) the
Requisition issued by the Construction Agent on the Property Closing Date
relating to such parcel and (b) the schedules to each applicable Lease
Supplement executed and delivered in accordance with the requirements of Section
2.4 of the Lease.
"Land Cost" shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.4 of the
Agency Agreement.
"Law" shall mean any statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule,
directive, order, writ, injunction or decree of any Tribunal.
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"Lease" or "Lease Agreement" shall mean the Amended, Restated and
Replacement Lease Agreement dated on or about the Initial Closing Date, between
the Lessor and the Lessee, together with any Lease Supplements thereto.
"Lease Default" shall mean any event or condition which, with the lapse
of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a Lease Event of
Default.
"Lease Event of Default" shall have the meaning specified in Section
17.1 of the Lease.
"Lease Supplement" shall mean each Lease Supplement substantially in
the form of Exhibit A to the Lease, together with all attachments and schedules
thereto.
"Legal Requirements" shall mean all foreign, federal, state, county,
municipal and other governmental statutes, laws, rules, orders, regulations,
ordinances, judgments, decrees and injunctions affecting the Owner Trustee, any
Holder, the Lessor, the Lessee, the Agent, any Lender or any Property, Land,
Improvement, Equipment or the taxation, demolition, construction, use or
alteration of such Improvements, whether now or hereafter enacted and in force,
including without limitation any that require repairs, modifications or
alterations in or to any Property or in any way limit the use and enjoyment
thereof (including without limitation all building, zoning and fire codes and
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. ss. 12101 et. seq., and
any other similar federal, state or local laws or ordinances and the regulations
promulgated thereunder) and any that may relate to environmental requirements
(including without limitation all Environmental Laws), and all permits,
certificates of occupancy, licenses, authorizations and regulations relating
thereto, and all covenants, agreements, restrictions and encumbrances contained
in any instruments which are either of record or known to the Lessee affecting
any Property or the Appurtenant Rights.
"Lender Commitments" shall mean the aggregate amount set forth in
Schedule 2.1 to the Credit Agreement, as such amount may be increased or reduced
from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Operative Agreements;
provided, if there shall be more than one (1) Lender, the Lender Commitment of
each Lender shall be as set forth in Schedule 2.1 to the Credit Agreement as
such Schedule 2.1 may be amended and replaced from time to time.
"Lender Financing Statements" shall mean UCC financing statements and
fixture filings appropriately completed and executed for filing in the
applicable jurisdiction in order to procure a security interest in favor of the
Agent in the Collateral subject to the Security Documents.
"Lender Unused Fee" shall have the meaning given to such term in
Section 7.4 of the Participation Agreement.
"Lenders" shall mean First Union National Bank and shall include the
other banks and financial institutions which may be from time to time party to
the Participation Agreement and the Credit Agreement.
"Lessee" shall have the meaning set forth in the Lease.
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"Lessee Security Agreement" shall mean that certain Security Agreement
dated on or about the Initial Closing Date granted by Lessee in favor of the
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and accepted and agreed by the
Agent.
"Lessor" shall mean the Owner Trustee, not in its individual capacity,
but as the Lessor under the Lease.
"Lessor Basic Rent" shall mean the scheduled Holder Yield due on the
Holder Advances on any Scheduled Interest Payment Date pursuant to the Trust
Agreement (but not including interest on (a) any such scheduled Holder Yield due
on the Holder Advances prior to the Rent Commencement Date with respect to the
Property to which such Holder Advances relate or (b) overdue amounts under the
Trust Agreement or otherwise).
"Lessor Financing Statements" shall mean UCC financing statements and
fixture filings appropriately completed and executed for filing in the
applicable jurisdictions in order to protect the Lessor's interest under the
Lease to the extent the Lease is a security agreement or a mortgage.
"Lessor Lien" shall mean any Lien, true lease or sublease or
disposition of title arising as a result of (a) any claim against the Lessor or
the Trust Company, in its individual capacity, not resulting from the
transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements, (b) any act or omission
of the Lessor or the Trust Company, in its individual capacity, which is not
required by the Operative Agreements or is in violation of any of the terms of
the Operative Agreements, (c) any claim against the Lessor or the Trust Company,
in its individual capacity, with respect to Taxes or Transaction Expenses
against which the Lessee is not required to indemnify the Lessor or the Trust
Company, in its individual capacity, pursuant to Section 11 of the Participation
Agreement or (d) any claim against the Lessor arising out of any transfer by the
Lessor of all or any portion of the interest of the Lessor in the Properties,
the Trust Estate or the Operative Agreements other than the transfer of title to
or possession of any Properties by the Lessor pursuant to and in accordance with
the Lease, the Credit Agreement, the Security Agreement or the Participation
Agreement or pursuant to the exercise of the remedies set forth in Article XVII
of the Lease.
"Lien" shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance,
lien, option or charge of any kind.
"Limited Recourse Amount" shall mean with respect to all the Properties
on an aggregate basis, an amount equal to the sum of the Termination Values with
respect to all the Properties on an aggregate basis on each Payment Date, less
the Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount as of such date with respect to all the
Properties on an aggregate basis.
"Loan Basic Rent" shall mean the scheduled interest due on the Loans on
any Scheduled Interest Payment Date pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the
scheduled principal repayments due on Loans pursuant to Section 2.6(d) of the
Credit Agreement (but not including interest on
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(a) any such Loan due prior to the Rent Commencement Date with respect to the
Property to which such Loan relates or (b) any overdue amounts under Section
2.8(b) of the Credit Agreement or otherwise).
"Loan Property Cost" shall mean, with respect to each Property at any
date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the aggregate principal amount all
Loans (including without limitation all Acquisition Loans and Construction
Loans) made on or prior to such date with respect to such Property minus (b) the
aggregate amount of prepayments or repayments as the case may be of the Loans
allocated to reduce the Loan Property Cost of such Property pursuant to Section
2.6(c) of the Credit Agreement.
"Loans" shall mean the loans extended pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
"Majority Holders" shall mean at any time, Holders whose Holder
Advances outstanding represent at least sixty-six and two thirds percent (66
2/3%) of (a) the aggregate Holder Advances outstanding or (b) to the extent
there are no Holder Advances outstanding, the aggregate Holder Commitments.
"Majority Lenders" shall mean at any time, Lenders whose Loans
outstanding represent at least sixty-six and two thirds percent (66 2/3%) of (a)
the aggregate Loans outstanding or (b) to the extent there are no Loans
outstanding, the aggregate of the Lender Commitments.
"Majority Secured Parties" shall mean at any time, Lenders and Holders
whose Loans and Holder Advances outstanding represent at least sixty-six and two
thirds percent (66 2/3%) of (a) the aggregate Advances outstanding or (b) to the
extent there are no Advances outstanding, the sum of the aggregate Holder
Commitments plus the aggregate Lender Commitments.
"Marketing Period" shall mean, if the Lessee has given a Sale Notice in
accordance with Section 20.1 of the Lease, the period commencing on the date
such Sale Notice is given and ending on the Expiration Date.
"Material Adverse Effect" shall, mean a material adverse effect on (a)
the business, condition (financial or otherwise), assets, liabilities or
operations of the Lessee, (b) the ability of the Lessee to perform its
respective obligations under any Operative Agreement to which it is a party, (c)
the validity or enforceability of any Operative Agreement or the rights and
remedies of the Agent, the Lenders, the Holders, or the Lessor thereunder, (d)
the validity, priority or enforceability of any Lien on any Property created by
any of the Operative Agreements, or (e) the value, utility or useful life of any
Property or the use, or ability of the Lessee to use, any Property for the
purpose for which it was intended.
"Materials of Environmental Concern" shall mean any gasoline or
petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or
any hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes, defined or regulated as
such in or under any Environmental Laws, including, without limitation,
asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation.
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"Maturity Date" shall mean the Expiration Date.
"Maximum Residual Guarantee Amount" shall mean an amount equal to the
product of the aggregate Property Cost for all of the Properties times
eighty-five percent (85%).
"Modifications" shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.1(a) of
the Lease.
"Mortgage Instrument" shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust or any
other instrument executed by the Owner Trustee and the Lessee (or regarding any
Property subject to a Ground Lease, the applicable Affiliate of the Lessee) in
favor of the Agent (for the benefit of the Lenders and the Holders) and
evidencing a Lien on the Property, in form and substance reasonably acceptable
to the Agent.
"Multiemployer Plan" shall mean any plan described in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which contributions are or have been made or required by
the Lessee or any of its Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates.
"Multiple Employer Plan" shall mean a plan to which the Lessee or any
ERISA Affiliate and at least one (1) other employer other than an ERISA
Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make, or has made or accrued an
obligation to make, contributions.
"New Facility" shall have the meaning given to such term in Section
28.1 of the Lease.
"Notes" shall mean those notes issued to the Lenders pursuant to the
Credit Agreement and shall include both the Tranche A Notes and the Tranche B
Notes.
"Obligations" shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 1 of
the Security Agreement.
"Officer's Certificate" with respect to any person shall mean a
certificate executed on behalf of such person by a Responsible Officer who has
made or caused to be made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable such Responsible Officer to express an informed opinion with respect to
the subject matter of such Officer's Certificate.
"Operating Lease" shall mean, as applied to any Person, any lease
(including, without limitation, the Lease and leases which may be terminated by
the lessee at any time) of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) which
is not a capitalized lease.
"Operative Agreements" shall mean the following: the Participation
Agreement, the Agency Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Certificates, the
Credit Agreement, the Notes, the Lease, the Lease Supplements (and memoranda of
the Lease and each Lease Supplement in a form reasonably acceptable to the
Agent), the Security Agreement, Lessee Security Agreement, the Mortgage
Instruments, the other Security Documents, the Ground Leases, the Deeds and the
Bills of Sale and any and all other agreements, documents and instruments
executed in connection with any of the foregoing.
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"Original Executed Counterpart" shall have the meaning given to such
term in Section 5 of Exhibit A to the Lease.
"Overdue Interest" shall mean any interest payable pursuant to Section
2.8(b) of the Credit Agreement.
"Overdue Rate" shall mean (a) with respect to the Loan Basic Rent, and
any other amount owed under or with respect to the Credit Agreement or the
Security Documents, the rate specified in Section 2.8(b) of the Credit
Agreement, (b) with respect to the Lessor Basic Rent, the Holder Yield and any
other amount owed under or with respect to the Trust Agreement, the Holder
Overdue Rate, and (c) with respect to any other amount, the amount referred to
in clause (y) of Section 2.8(b) of the Credit Agreement.
"Owner Trustee", "Borrower" or "Lessor" shall mean First Security Bank,
National Association, not individually, except as expressly stated in the
various Operative Agreements, but solely as the Owner Trustee under the RFMD
Real Estate Trust 1999-1, and any successor, replacement and/or additional Owner
Trustee expressly permitted under the Operative Agreements.
"Participant" shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 9.7
of the Credit Agreement.
"Participation Agreement" shall mean the Amended, Restated and
Replacement Participation Agreement dated on or about the Initial Closing Date,
among the Lessee, the Owner Trustee, not in its individual capacity except as
expressly stated therein, the Holders, the Lenders and the Agent.
"Payment Date" shall mean any Scheduled Interest Payment Date and any
date on which interest or Holder Yield in connection with a prepayment of
principal on the Loans or of the Holder Advances is due under the Credit
Agreement or the Trust Agreement.
"PBGC" shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by
Section 4002(a) of ERISA or any successor thereto.
"Pension Plan" shall mean a "pension plan", as such term is defined in
section 3(2) of ERISA, which is subject to title IV of ERISA (other than a
Multiemployer Plan), and to which the Lessee or any ERISA Affiliate may have any
liability, including without limitation any liability by reason of having been a
substantial employer within the meaning of section 4063 of ERISA at any time
during the preceding five (5) years, or by reason of being deemed to be a
contributing sponsor under section 4069 of ERISA.
"Permitted Facility" shall mean a wafer fabrication facility of the
type, size, but in any event at least 220,000 square feet, and production
capability customarily used and operated by
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the Lessee in its ordinary course of business as of the Initial Closing Date and
at all times in accordance with the Plans and Specifications.
"Permitted Liens" shall mean:
(a) the respective rights and interests of the parties to the
Operative Agreements as provided in the Operative Agreements;
(b) the rights of any sublessee or assignee under a sublease
or an assignment expressly permitted by the terms of the Lease for no
longer than the duration of the Lease;
(c) Liens for Taxes that either are not yet due or are being
contested in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 of the
Lease;
(d) Liens arising by operation of law, materialmen's,
mechanics', workmen's, repairmen's, employees', carriers',
warehousemen's and other like Liens relating to the construction of the
Improvements or in connection with any Modifications or arising in the
ordinary course of business for amounts that either are not more than
thirty (30) days past due or are being diligently contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings, so long as such proceedings satisfy
the conditions for the continuation of proceedings to contest Taxes set
forth in Section 13.1 of the Lease;
(e) Liens of any of the types referred to in clause (d) above
that have been bonded for not less than the full amount in dispute (or
as to which other security arrangements satisfactory to the Lessor and
the Agent have been made), which bonding (or arrangements) shall comply
with applicable Legal Requirements, and shall have effectively stayed
any execution or enforcement of such Liens;
(f) Liens arising out of judgments or awards with respect to
which appeals or other proceedings for review are being prosecuted in
good faith and for the payment of which adequate reserves have been
provided as required by GAAP or other appropriate provisions have been
made, so long as such proceedings have the effect of staying the
execution of such judgments or awards and satisfy the conditions for
the continuation of proceedings to contest Taxes set forth in Section
13.1 of the Lease; and
(g) Liens in favor of municipalities to the extent agreed to
by the Lessor.
(h) Liens securing purchase money and sale/leaseback
Indebtedness (including Capitalized Leases) to the extent permitted
under Section 8.3.B(a), provided that any such Lien attaches only to
the Property financed or leased and such Lien attaches thereto
concurrently with or within 90 days after the acquisition thereof in
connection with the purchase money transactions and within 30 days
after the closing of any sale/leaseback transaction;
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"Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other entity.
"Plan" shall mean any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3)
of ERISA) which is covered by ERISA and with respect to which Lessee, any
Subsidiary of Lessee or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated
at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer"
within the meaning of Section 3(5) of ERISA.
"Plans and Specifications" shall mean, with respect to Improvements,
the plans and specifications for such Improvements to be constructed or already
existing, as such Plans and Specifications may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Operative
Agreements.
"Prime Lending Rate" shall have the meaning given to such term in the
definition of ABR.
"Property" shall mean, with respect to each Permitted Facility that is
(or is to be) acquired, constructed and/or renovated pursuant to the terms of
the Operative Agreements, the Land and each item of Equipment and the various
Improvements, in each case located on such Land, including without limitation
each Construction Period Property, each Property subject to a Ground Lease and
each Property for which the Term has commenced.
"Property Acquisition Cost" shall mean the cost to the Lessor to
purchase a Property on a Property Closing Date.
"Property Closing Date" shall mean the date on which the Lessor
purchases a Property or, with respect to the first Advance, the date on which
the Lessor seeks reimbursement for Property previously purchased by the Lessor.
"Property Cost" shall mean with respect to a Property the aggregate
amount (and/or the various items and occurrences giving rise to such amounts) of
the Loan Property Cost plus the Holder Property Cost for such Property (as such
amounts shall be increased equally among all Properties respecting the Holder
Advances and the Loans extended from time to time to pay for the Transaction
Expenses, fees, expenses and other disbursements referenced in Sections 7.1(a)
and 7.1(b) of the Participation Agreement).
"Purchase Option" shall have the meaning given to such term in Section
20.1 of the Lease.
"Purchasing Lender" shall have the meaning given to such term in
Section 9.8(a) of the Credit Agreement.
"Rate Determination Date" shall have the meaning given to such term in
the definition of Applicable Percentage.
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"Redelivery Location" shall mean, with respect to any item of
Equipment, the location or locations specified for delivery by the Lessor.
"Register" shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 9.9(a)
of the Credit Agreement.
"Regulation D" shall mean Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System (or any successor), as the same may be modified and
supplemented and in effect from time to time.
"Release" shall mean any release, pumping, pouring, emptying,
injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, seepage, spill, leak, flow, discharge,
disposal or emission of a Hazardous Substance.
"Rent" shall mean, collectively, the Basic Rent and the Supplemental
Rent, in each case payable under the Lease.
"Rent Commencement Date" shall mean, regarding each Property, the
Completion Date.
"Reportable Event" shall have the meaning specified in ERISA.
"Requested Funds" shall mean any funds requested by the Lessee or the
Construction Agent, as applicable, in accordance with Section 5 of the
Participation Agreement.
"Requisition" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.2 of the
Participation Agreement.
"Reportable Event" shall mean any of the events set forth in Section
4043(c) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the notice requirement has
been waived by regulation.
"Responsible Officer" shall mean the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the
Board of Directors, the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of
the Board of Directors, the President, any Senior Vice President or Executive
Vice President, any Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the
Treasurer, or any Assistant Treasurer, except that when used with respect to the
Trust Company or the Owner Trustee, "Responsible Officer" shall also include the
Cashier, any Assistant Cashier, any Trust Officer or Assistant Trust Officer,
the Controller and any Assistant Controller or any other officer of the Trust
Company or the Owner Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect
to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
"Restricted Payment" shall mean (i) any dividend or other distribution,
direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of stock now or
hereafter outstanding, except (A) a dividend
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payable solely in shares of that class to the holders of that class and (B)
dividends and other distributions payable to Lessee, (ii) any redemption,
retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for
value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of stock now or hereafter
outstanding and (iii) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of,
any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class
of stock now or hereafter outstanding.
"RF Micro" and "RF Micro Devices" shall mean RF Micro Devices, Inc., a
North Carolina corporation, and its successors and permitted assigns.
"RFMD Real Estate Trust 1999-1" shall mean the grantor trust created
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Trust Agreement.
"Sale Date" shall have the meaning given to such term in Section
20.3(a) of the Lease.
"Sale Notice" shall mean a notice given to the Lessor in connection
with the election by the Lessee of its Sale Option.
"Sale Option" shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 20.1
of the Lease.
"Sale Proceeds Shortfall" shall mean the amount by which the proceeds
of a sale described in Section 22.1 of the Lease are less than the Limited
Recourse Amount with respect to the Properties if it has been determined that
the Fair Market Sales Value of the Properties at the expiration of the term of
the Lease has been impaired by greater than ordinary wear and tear during the
Term of the Lease.
"Scheduled Interest Payment Date" shall mean (a) as to any Eurodollar
Loan or Eurodollar Holder Advance, the last day of the Interest Period
applicable to such Eurodollar Loan or Eurodollar Holder Advance (or respecting
any Eurodollar Loan or Eurodollar Holder Advance having an Interest Period of
six (6) months, the three (3) month anniversary of such Interest Period), (b) as
to any ABR Loan or any ABR Holder Advance, the fifteenth day of each month,
unless such day is not a Business Day and in such case on the next occurring
Business Day and (c) as to all Loans and Holder Advances, the date of any
voluntary or involuntary payment, prepayment, return or redemption, and the
Maturity Date or the Expiration Date, as the case may be.
"Secured Parties" shall have the meaning given to such term in the
Security Agreement.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Security Agreement" shall mean the Amended, Restated and Replacement
Security Agreement dated on or about the Initial Closing Date between the Lessor
and the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and accepted and agreed
to by the Lessee.
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"Security Documents" shall mean the collective reference to the
Security Agreement, the Lessee Security Agreement, the Mortgage Instruments, (to
the extent the Lease is construed as a security instrument) the Lease, the UCC
Financing Statements and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the
Agent granting a lien on any asset or assets of any Person to secure the
obligations and liabilities of the Lessor under the Credit Agreement and/or
under any of the other Credit Documents or to secure any guarantee of any such
obligations and liabilities.
"Single Employer Plan" shall mean any Plan which is covered by Title IV
of ERISA, but which is not a Multiemployer Plan or a Multiple Employer Plan.
"Soft Costs" shall mean all costs which are ordinarily and reasonably
incurred in relation to the acquisition, development, installation,
construction, improvement and testing of the Properties other than Hard Costs,
including without limitation structuring fees, administrative fees, legal fees,
upfront fees, fees and expenses related to appraisals, title examinations, title
insurance, document recordation, surveys, environmental site assessments,
geotechnical soil investigations and similar costs and professional fees
customarily associated with a real estate closing, the Lender Unused Fee, the
Holder Unused Fee, fees and expenses of the Owner Trustee payable or
reimbursable under the Operative Agreements and costs and expenses incurred
pursuant to Sections 7.3(a) and 7.3(b) of the Participation Agreement.
"Subordinated Debt" shall mean any Indebtedness of a member of the
Consolidated Group which by its terms is expressly subordinated in right of
payment to the prior payment of the obligations of the Lessee under the
Operative Agreements on terms and conditions and evidenced by documentation
satisfactory to the Agent in its reasonable discretion.
"Subsidiary" shall mean, as to any Person, any corporation of which at
least a majority of the outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary
voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation
(irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes
of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the
happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by such Person, or by one (1)
or more Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one (1) or more Subsidiaries.
"Supplemental Amounts" shall have the meaning given to such term in
Section 9.18 of the Credit Agreement.
"Supplemental Rent" shall mean all amounts, liabilities and obligations
(other than Basic Rent) which the Lessee assumes or agrees to pay to the Lessor,
the Trust Company, the Holders, the Agent, the Lenders or any other Person under
the Lease or under any of the other Operative Agreements including without
limitation payments of the Termination Value and the Maximum Residual Guarantee
Amount and all indemnification amounts, liabilities and obligations.
"Support Obligations" shall mean, with respect to any Person, without
duplication, any obligations of such Person (other than endorsements in the
ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection)
guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Funded Debt of any other Person in any
manner, whether direct or indirect, and including without limitation
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any obligation, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such Funded Debt
or any property constituting security therefor, (ii) to advance or provide funds
or other support for the payment or purchase of any such Funded Debt or to
maintain working capital, solvency or other balance sheet condition of such
other Person (including without limitation keep well agreements, maintenance
agreements, comfort letters or similar agreements or arrangements) for the
benefit of any holder of Funded Debt of such other Person, (iii) to lease or
purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring
the holder of such Funded Debt, or (iv) to otherwise assure or hold harmless the
holder of such Funded Debt against loss in respect thereof. The amount of any
Support Obligation hereunder shall (subject to any limitations set forth
therein) be deemed to be an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount (or
maximum principal amount, if larger) of the Funded Debt in respect of which such
Support Obligation is made.
"Taxes" shall have the meaning specified in the definition of
"Impositions".
"Term" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.2 of the Lease.
"Termination Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.2(a)
of the Lease.
"Termination Event" shall mean (a) with respect to any Pension Plan,
the occurrence of a Reportable Event or an event described in Section 4062(e) of
ERISA, (b) the withdrawal of the Lessee or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiple
Employer Plan during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as such
term is defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA), or the termination of a
Multiple Employer Plan, (c) the distribution of a notice of intent to terminate
a Plan or Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) or 4041A of ERISA,
(d) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Plan or Multiemployer Plan by
the PBGC under Section 4042 of ERISA, (e) any other event or condition which
might constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or
the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or
(f) the complete or partial withdrawal of the Lessee or any ERISA Affiliate from
a Multiemployer Plan.
"Termination Notice" shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.1
of the Lease.
"Termination Value" shall mean the sum of (a) either (i) with respect
to all Properties, an amount equal to the aggregate outstanding Property Cost
for all the Properties, in each case as of the last occurring Payment Date, or
(ii) with respect to a particular Property, an amount equal to the Property Cost
allocable to such Property, plus (b) respecting the amounts described in each of
the foregoing subclause (i) or (ii), as applicable, any and all accrued but
unpaid interest on the Loans and any and all Holder Yield on the Holder Advances
related to the applicable Property Cost, plus (c) to the extent the same is not
duplicative of the amounts payable under clause (b) above, all other Rent and
other amounts then due and payable or accrued under the Agency Agreement, Lease
and/or under any other Operative Agreement (including without limitation amounts
under Sections 11.1 and 11.2 of the Participation Agreement and all costs and
expenses referred to in clause FIRST of Section 22.2 of the Lease).
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"Total Commitments" shall mean the sum of all Lender Commitments and
Holder Commitments.
"Total Utilization" shall mean the percentage determined by dividing
(a) the sum of all outstanding Loans and Holder Advances by (b) the Total
Commitments.
"Tranche A Commitments" shall mean the obligation of the Tranche A
Lenders to make the Tranche A Loans to the Lessor in an aggregate principal
amount at any one (1) time outstanding not to exceed the aggregate of the
amounts set forth opposite each Tranche A Lender's name on Schedule 2.1 to the
Credit Agreement, as such amount may be increased or reduced from time to time
in accordance with the provisions of the Operative Agreements; provided, no
Tranche A Lender shall be obligated to make Tranche A Loans in excess of such
Tranche A Lender's share of the Tranche A Commitments as set forth adjacent to
such Tranche A Lender's name on Schedule 2.1 to Credit Agreement.
"Tranche A Lenders" shall mean First Union National Bank and shall
include the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time
party to the Credit Agreement that commit to make the Tranche A Loans.
"Tranche A Loans" shall mean the Loans made pursuant to the Tranche A
Commitment.
"Tranche A Note" shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.2 of
the Credit Agreement.
"Tranche B Commitments" shall mean the obligation of the Tranche B
Lenders to make the Tranche B Loans to the Lessor in an aggregate principal
amount at any one (1) time outstanding not to exceed the aggregate of the
amounts set forth opposite each Tranche B Lender's name on Schedule 2.1 to the
Credit Agreement, as such amount may be increased or reduced from time to time
in accordance with the provisions of the Operative Agreements; provided, no
Tranche B Lender shall be obligated to make Tranche B Loans in excess of such
Tranche B Lender's share of the Tranche B Commitments as set forth adjacent to
such Tranche B Lender's name on Schedule 2.1 to Credit Agreement.
"Tranche B Lenders" shall mean First Union National Bank and shall
include the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time
party to the Credit Agreement that commit to make the Tranche B Loans.
"Tranche B Loan" shall mean the Loans made pursuant to the Tranche B
Commitment.
"Tranche B Note" shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.2 of
the Credit Agreement.
"Transaction Expenses" shall mean all Soft Costs and all other costs
and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery
of the Operative Agreements
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and the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements including without
limitation all costs and expenses described in Section 7.1 of the Participation
Agreement and the following:
(a) the reasonable fees, out-of-pocket expenses and
disbursements of counsel in negotiating the terms of the Operative
Agreements and the other transaction documents, preparing for the
closings under, and rendering opinions in connection with, such
transactions and in rendering other services customary for counsel
representing parties to transactions of the types involved in the
transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements;
(b) the reasonable fees, out-of-pocket expenses and
disbursements of accountants for the Lessee or the Construction Agent
in connection with the transaction contemplated by the Operative
Agreements;
(c) any and all other reasonable fees, charges or other
amounts payable to the Lenders, the Agent, the Holders, the Owner
Trustee or any broker which arises under any of the Operative
Agreements;
(d) any other reasonable fee, out-of-pocket expense,
disbursement or cost of any party to the Operative Agreements or any of
the other transaction documents; and
(e) any and all Taxes and fees incurred in recording or filing
any Operative Agreement or any other transaction document, any deed,
declaration, mortgage, security agreement, notice or financing
statement with any public office, registry or governmental agency in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Operative
Agreement.
"Tribunal" shall mean any state, commonwealth, federal, foreign,
territorial, or other court or government body, subdivision agency, department,
commission, board, bureau or instrumentality of a governmental body.
"Trust" shall mean the RFMD Real Estate Trust 1999-1.
"Trust Agreement" shall mean the Amended, Restated and Replacement
Trust Agreement dated on or about the Initial Closing Date between the Holders
and the Owner Trustee.
"Trust Company" shall mean First Security Bank, National Association,
in its individual capacity, and any successor owner trustee under the Trust
Agreement in its individual capacity.
"Trust Estate" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.2 of the
Trust Agreement.
"Type" shall mean, as to any Loan, whether it is an ABR Loan or a
Eurodollar Loan.
"UCC Financing Statements" shall mean collectively the Lender Financing
Statements and the Lessor Financing Statements.
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"Unanimous Vote Matters" shall have the meaning given it in Section
12.4 of the Participation Agreement.
"Unfunded Amount" shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.2 of
the Agency Agreement.
"Unfunded Liability" shall mean, with respect to any Pension Plan, at
any time, the amount (if any) by which (a) the present value of all benefits
under such Pension Plan exceeds (b) the fair market value of all Pension Plan
assets allocable to such benefits, all determined as of the then most recent
valuation date for such Pension Plan, in accordance with the actuarial
assumptions then in effect with respect to such Pension Plan (such actuarial
assumptions shall be in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements), but
only to the extent that such excess represents a potential liability of the
Company or any member of the Controlled Group to the PBGC or such Pension Plan
under Title IV of ERISA.
"Uniform Commercial Code" and "UCC" shall mean the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
"United States Bankruptcy Code" shall mean Title 11 of the United
States Code.
"Unused Fee" shall mean, collectively, the Holder Unused Fee and the
Lender Unused Fee.
"Unused Fee Payment Date" shall mean the last Business Day of each
September, December, March and June and the last Business Day of the Commitment
Period, or such earlier date as the Commitments shall terminate as provided in
the Credit Agreement or the Holder Commitment shall terminate as provided in the
Trust Agreement.
"U.S. Person" shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.2(e) of
the Participation Agreement.
"U.S. Taxes" shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.2(e) of the
Participation Agreement.
"Withholdings" shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.2(e) of
the Participation Agreement.
"Work" shall mean the furnishing of labor, materials, components,
furniture, furnishings, fixtures, appliances, machinery, equipment, tools,
power, water, fuel, lubricants, supplies, goods and/or services with respect to
any Property.
"Year 2000" shall mean the calendar year beginning January 1, 2000 and
ending December 31, 2000.
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