Exhibit 10.19
FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT (First Amendment), dated as of December 16, 2003, is entered into by and among (i) SL GREEN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Borrower), (ii) SL GREEN REALTY CORP., a Maryland corporation (the Company, and a Guarantor, as such term is defined herein), (iii) each of the direct and indirect Subsidiaries of the Borrower or the Company that is a signatory hereto under the caption Guarantors on the signature pages hereto as a Guarantor, (iv) each of the financial institutions that is a signatory hereto under the caption Lenders on the signature pages hereto (individually, a Lender and, collectively, the Lenders), and (v) FLEET NATIONAL BANK, a national banking association, as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder (in such capacity, the Agent).
RECITALS
A. The Company, the Borrower, the other Guarantors, the Lenders, and the Agent are parties to a certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2003 (as it may be further amended, modified or supplemented from time to time the Credit Agreement), pursuant to which the Lenders have agreed to make available to the Borrower revolving loans in an aggregate amount not to exceed $300,000,000.
B. The Borrower and the Company have requested that the Lenders agree to certain amendments of the Credit Agreement.
C. The Required Lenders are willing to amend the Credit Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of this First Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
2. Amendments to §1.1 of Credit Agreement.
(i) §1.1 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by deleting the definition of Unconsolidated Entity in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
Unconsolidated Entity. As of any date, any Person, other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, in whom the Borrower, the Company or any Related Company holds an Investment, regardless of whether the financial results of such Person would or would not be consolidated under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles with
the financial statements of the Borrower, if such statements were prepared as of such date. Unconsolidated Entities existing on the date hereof are set forth in Schedule 1.3.
(ii) §1.1 of the Credit Agreement shall be further amended by inserting the following additional defined terms in their respective alphabetical order:
(a) As-Is Value. For any Real Estate Asset set forth on Schedule 8.2(h) (as such Schedule shall be amended or supplemented from time to time), the as-is value of such Real Estate Asset as determined by an appraisal conducted by a Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI) compliant with the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) supplied by Borrower which is less than one year old from the date of such determination and which is acceptable to the Agent and the Borrower; provided, however, that for any Real Estate Asset for which no such appraisal is available, As-Is Value shall be the value determined by dividing the Adjusted Net Operating Income for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter, annualized, for such Real Estate Asset by the capitalization rate (which shall in no event exceed 9.0%) set forth for such Real Estate Asset on Schedule 8.2(h) (as such Schedule shall be amended or supplemented from time to time).
(b) 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment. An Investment in less than all of the economic and beneficial ownership interests in the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Owner.
(c) 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment Party. Any Affiliate of Borrower which directly or indirectly owns or controls the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment, provided that if Borrower directly owns or controls the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment, Borrower shall be the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment Party.
(d) 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment Period. Any period of time during which the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment Party owns or controls the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment.
(e) 1221 Avenue of the Americas Owner. Rock-McGraw, Inc., a New York corporation (Rock-McGraw), the fee owner of the premises located at 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York as of December 16, 2003, or any successor to Rock-McGraw as fee owner of the premises located at 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York.
(f) Wholly Owned Subsidiary. As to any Person, a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding ownership interests of which Subsidiary (other than directors qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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3. Additional Amendments to Credit Agreement.
(i) §8.2(h) of the Credit Agreement is amended by deleting the next to last paragraph of such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, if, but only for so long as either (x) all Indebtedness of the Unconsolidated Entities does not exceed seventy-two percent (72%) of the aggregate dollar amount of the As-Is Values for all Real Estate Assets of such Unconsolidated Entities or (y) Structured Finance Investments do not exceed twelve percent (12%) of Total Assets, then
(i) the Permitted Investments Cap shall increase from twenty-five percent (25%) of Total Assets to (A) during the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment Period, thirty-nine percent (39%) of Total Assets, and (B) during all other periods, thirty percent (30%) of Total Assets; and
(ii) the Maximum Percentage of Total Assets in respect of Unconsolidated Entities (as described above) shall increase from twenty percent (20%) to (A) during the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment Period, thirty percent (30%), and (B) during all other periods, twenty-five percent (25%).
(ii) §9.4 of the Credit Agreement is amended by deleting subsection (ii) in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
(ii) The Borrower and the Company will not at any time permit the outstanding balance of Secured Recourse Indebtedness to exceed (x) during the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment Period, twelve percent (12%) of Total Assets, or (y) during all other periods, ten percent (10%) of Total Assets.
(iii) §9 of the Credit Agreement is amended by inserting therein a new §9.9, as follows:
§9.9. Indebtedness of the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment Party. (i) During the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment Period, Indebtedness of the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Owner will not at any time exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the aggregate Adjusted Net Operating Income for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter, annualized, for the Real Estate Asset constituting the premises located at 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, divided by eight percent (8%).
(ii) During the 1221 Avenue of the Americas Investment Period, the aggregate Indebtedness of the Unconsolidated Entities will not at any time exceed seventy-two percent (72%) of the aggregate dollar amount of the As-Is Values for all Real Estate Assets of such Unconsolidated Entities as of such time.
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(iv) §9.9 of the Credit Agreement is amended (x) by renumbering such section as §9.10and (y) by deleting therefrom the term §9.8 in each instance it appears and inserting in lieu thereof the term §9.9.
(v) The Credit Agreement is further amended by adding thereto a Schedule 8.2(h), in the form and substance set forth on Annex A attached hereto.
(i) acknowledges and consents to the execution, delivery and performance by Borrower and the Company of this First Amendment; and
(ii) reaffirms and agrees that the respective Guaranty to which such Guarantor is party under the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents executed and delivered by such Guarantor to the Agent and the Lenders in connection with the Credit Agreement are in full force and effect, without defense, offset or counterclaim and will so continue.
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(d) The Agent shall have received an opinion of counsel to the Borrowers and the Guarantors in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent;
(e) Borrower or the Company shall have paid (i) the expenses of the Agent, including its attorneys reasonable fees and disbursements, and (ii) to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, an amendment fee equal to .15% of the Total Commitment as of the Effective Date.
For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 6, each Lender that has executed the First Amendment shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted, or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter either sent, or made available for inspection, by the Agent to such Lender for consent, approval, acceptance or satisfaction, or required hereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to such Lender.
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(g) Neither Borrower nor any Guarantor shall include any reference (written or oral) to the Agent, any Lender or any Loan Document in any public statement, disclosure, filing or press release unless the inclusion of such reference is required by applicable Law (in the reasonable opinion of the Company and its counsel). To the extent any such reference is made none of the Agent or any Lender shall be deemed to have approved, consented to or otherwise
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authorized the same, unless such approval, consent or authorization shall be in writing executed by the Agent and each Lender referred to therein.
(h) The Company covenants to pay to or reimburse the Agent, upon demand, for (i) all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) incurred in connection with the development, preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this First Amendment, and (ii) any and all other accrued but unpaid amounts due and owing in accordance with §15 of the Credit Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Amendment to be duly executed in the City of New York, New York and the other parties hereto have caused this First Amendment to be duly executed, each as of the date first above written
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SL GREEN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P. |
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SL GREEN REALTY CORP., a Maryland |
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NEW GREEN 1140 REALTY LLC, a New York |
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SL GREEN MANAGEMENT LLC, |
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SLG IRP REALTY LLC, |
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GREEN 286 MADISON LLC, |
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GREEN 1370 BROADWAY LLC, |
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GREEN 292 MADISON LLC, |
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GREEN 110 EAST 42nd LLC, |
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GREEN 1372 BROADWAY LLC, |
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GREEN 1466 BROADWAY LLC, |
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GREEN 440 NINTH LLC, |
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GREEN 470 PAS LLC, |
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AGENT: |
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FLEET NATIONAL BANK |
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As Administrative Agent |
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FLEET NATIONAL BANK |
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BANK LEUMI USA |
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK |
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CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
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COMERICA BANK |
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COMMERZBANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH |
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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST
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EUROHYPO AG, NEW YORK BRANCH |
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KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
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WACHOVIA BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
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WELLS FARGO BANK,
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ANNEX A
Schedule 8.2(h)
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Unconsolidated Real Estate Asset |
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Valuation Cap Rate |
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180 Madison Ave. |
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9 |
% |
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1250 Broadway |
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9 |
% |
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1515 Broadway |
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8.5 |
% |
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321 W. 44th St. |
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9 |
% |
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1 Park Ave. |
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9 |
% |
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100 Park Ave. |
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8.5 |
% |
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1221 Ave. of the Americas |
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8 |
% |