-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Fo5q75L3vxpFEqqfdMakaJ5QCQ2ot1nXnBAYxigB60EvEC3G6rDWAXsaonUcYNDd oxtQfoo5KRHuiTZLsCeIZA== 0001266454-07-000089.txt : 20070223 0001266454-07-000089.hdr.sgml : 20070223 20070223161610 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001266454-07-000089 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 19 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20061231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070223 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070223 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000912898 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 311390518 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12482 FILM NUMBER: 07645931 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 150 EAST GAY STREET CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: OH ZIP: 43215 BUSINESS PHONE: 6146219000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 150 EAST GAY STREET CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: OH ZIP: 43215 10-K 1 glimcher_10k-123106.htm ANNUAL REPORT Annual Report
 
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

FOR ANNUAL AND TRANSITION REPORTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

[X]
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006

OR

[   ]
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number 001-12482

GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland
31-1390518
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
   
150 East Gay Street
43215
Columbus, Ohio
(Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (614) 621-9000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
Name of each exchange on which registered
   
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $0.01 per share
New York Stock Exchange
8 ¾% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial
New York Stock Exchange
Interest, par value $0.01 per share
 
8 % Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial
New York Stock Exchange
Interest, par value $0.01 per share
 
 

 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes [X] No [_]

Indicated by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 12 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes [_] No [X]

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [_]

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K [ ].

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check One): Large accelerated filer [X] Accelerated filer [_] Non-accelerated filer [_]

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes [_] No [X] 
 
As of February 22, 2007, there were 36,787,254 Common Shares of Beneficial Interest outstanding, par value $0.01 per share.

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant, based on the closing price of the Registrant’s Common Shares of Beneficial Interest as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange on June 30, 2006, was $891,387,425.
 
Documents Incorporated By Reference

Portions of the Glimcher Realty Trust Proxy Statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the year covered by this Form 10-K with respect to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 11, 2007 are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Report.


TABLE OF CONTENTS


Item No.
 
Form 10-K
 
 
Report Page
PART I
     
1.
Business
3
1A.
Risk Factors
6
1B.
Unresolved Staff Comments
12
2.
Properties
12
3.
Legal Proceedings
19
4.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
19
     
PART II
     
5.
Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
19
6.
Selected Financial Data
19
7.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
21
7A.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
39
8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
39
9.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
39
9A.
Controls and Procedures
40
9B.
Other Information
42
     
PART III
     
10.
Trustees, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
42
11.
Executive Compensation
42
12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters
42
13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Trustee Independence
42
14.
Principal Accounting Fees and Services
42
15.
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
43
     
Signatures
50
 

PART I

This Form 10-K, together with other statements and information publicly disseminated by Glimcher Realty Trust (“GRT” or the “Registrant”), contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements are based on assumptions and expectations which may not be realized and are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which cannot be predicted with accuracy and some of which might not even be anticipated. Future events and actual results, financial and otherwise, may differ from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Risks and other factors that might cause differences, some of which could be material, include, but are not limited to: the effect of economic and market conditions; failure to increase mall store occupancy and same-mall operating income; tenant bankruptcies; bankruptcies of joint venture partners; rejection of leases by tenants in bankruptcy; the failure to qualify as a REIT (as hereinafter defined); failure to consummate financing, including the repayment of debt; financing and development risks, including lack of satisfactory equity and debt financing, construction and lease-up delays and cost overruns; the level and volatility of interest rates; increases in and new impairment charges; the consummation of asset sales at acceptable prices; the financial stability of tenants within the retail industry; the rate of revenue increases versus expense increases; the failure of the closing of the sale of properties to take place from time to time; the failure to attract innovative retailers; the failure to complete proposed acquisitions; the failure to sell properties as anticipated and the failure to achieve estimated sales prices and proceeds from the sale of such properties; the failure to achieve earnings and funds from operations targets or estimates; conflicts of interest with existing joint venture partners; the failure to complete planned redevelopments of properties; the failure of the Company to make additional investments in regional mall properties and redevelopment of properties; the failure of joint venture relationships; and the failure to fully recover tenant obligations for common area maintenance (“CAM”), taxes and other property expenses, as well as other risks listed from time to time in this Form 10-K and in GRT’s other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

Item 1. Business

(a)
General Development of Business

GRT, Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership,” “OP” or “GPLP”) and entities directly or indirectly owned or controlled by GRT, on a consolidated basis, are hereinafter referred to as the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our.”  

GRT is a fully-integrated, self-administered and self-managed Maryland real estate investment trust (“REIT”) which was formed on September 1, 1993 to continue the business of The Glimcher Company (“TGC”) and its affiliates, of owning, leasing, acquiring, developing and operating a portfolio of retail properties consisting of regional and super regional malls and community shopping centers. Enclosed regional and super regional malls in which we hold an ownership position (including joint venture interests) are referred to as “Malls” and community shopping centers in which we hold an ownership position are referred to as “Community Centers.” The Malls and Community Centers may from time to time be individually referred to herein as a “Property” and collectively referred to herein as the “Properties.” On January 26, 1994, GRT consummated an initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 18,198,000 of its common shares of beneficial interest (the “Common Shares”) including 2,373,750 over allotment option shares. The net proceeds of the IPO were used by GRT primarily to acquire (at the time of the IPO) an 86.2% interest in the Operating Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership of which Glimcher Properties Corporation (“GPC”), a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of GRT, is sole general partner. At December 31, 2006, GRT held a 91.9% interest in the Operating Partnership.

The Company does not engage or pay a REIT advisor. Management, leasing, accounting, legal, design and construction supervision expertise is provided through its own personnel, or, where appropriate, through outside professionals.
 
(b)
Narrative Description of Business

General: The Company is a recognized leader in the ownership, management, acquisition and development of regional and super-regional malls. At December 31, 2006, the Properties consisted of 26 Malls (24 wholly-owned and 2 partially owned through a joint venture) containing an aggregate of 23.7 million square feet of gross leasable area (“GLA”) and 4 Community Centers containing an aggregate of 1.0 million square feet of GLA.

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For purposes of computing occupancy statistics, anchors are defined as tenants whose space is equal to or greater than 20,000 square feet of GLA. This definition is consistent with the industry’s standard definition determined by the International Council of Shopping Centers (“ICSC”). All tenant spaces less than 20,000 square feet and outparcels are considered to be stores. The Company computes occupancy on an economic basis, which means only those spaces where the store is open or the tenant is paying rent are considered as occupied. The Company includes GLA for certain anchors and outparcels that are owned by third parties. Mall anchors, which are owned by third parties and are open and/or are obligated to pay the Company charges, are considered occupied when reporting occupancy statistics. Community Center anchors owned by third parties are excluded from the Company’s GLA. These differences in treatment between Malls and Community Centers are consistent with industry practice. Outparcels at both Community Center and Mall Properties are included in GLA if the Company owns the land or building. The outparcels where a third party owns the land and buildings, but contributes nominal ancillary charges are excluded from GLA.

As of December 31, 2006, the occupancy rate for all of the Properties was 92.8% of GLA. The occupied GLA was leased at 84.8%, 8.0% and 7.2% to national, regional and local retailers, respectively. The Company’s focus is to maintain high occupancy rates for the Properties by capitalizing on management’s long-standing relationships with national and regional tenants and its extensive experience in marketing to local retailers.

As of December 31, 2006, the Properties had annualized minimum rents of $235.1 million. Approximately 79.1%, 7.3% and 13.6% of the annualized minimum rents of the Properties as of December 31, 2006 were derived from national, regional and local retailers, respectively. No single tenant represents more than 5.0% of the aggregate annualized minimum rents of the Properties as of December 31, 2006.

Malls: The Malls provide a broad range of shopping alternatives to serve the needs of customers in all market segments. Each Mall is anchored by multiple department stores such as Belk’s, The Bon-Ton, Boscov’s, Dillard’s, Elder-Beerman, JCPenney, Kohl’s, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Parisian, Saks, Sears and Von Maur. Mall stores, most of which are national retailers, include Abercrombie & Fitch, American Eagle Outfitters, Banana Republic, Barnes & Noble, Bath & Body Works, The Disney Store, Finish Line, Foot Locker, Gap, Hallmark, Kay Jewelers, The Limited, Limited Express, New York and Company, Old Navy, Pacific Sunwear, Radio Shack, Victoria’s Secret, Waldenbooks and Zales Jewelers. To provide a complete shopping, dining and entertainment experience, the Malls generally have at least one theme restaurant, a food court which offers a variety of fast food alternatives, and, in certain Malls, multiple screen movie theaters and other entertainment activities. The largest operating Mall has 1.6 million square feet of GLA and approximately 160 stores, while the smallest has 442,000 square feet of GLA and approximately 60 stores. The Malls also have additional restaurants and retail businesses, such as P.F. Chang’s, The Palm, Red Lobster, Best Buy and Pier One, located along the perimeter of the parking areas.

As of December 31, 2006, the Malls accounted for 95.8% of the total GLA, 96.3% of the aggregate annualized minimum rents of the Properties and had an overall occupancy rate of 93.3%.

Community Centers: The Company’s Community Centers are designed to attract local and regional area customers and are typically anchored by a combination of discount department stores, supermarkets or drug stores (“Community Anchors”) which attract shoppers to each center’s smaller shops. The tenants at the Company’s Community Centers typically offer day-to-day necessities and value-oriented merchandise. Community Anchors include nationally recognized retailers such as JCPenney and Kmart, and supermarkets such as Kroger. Many of the Community Centers have retail businesses or restaurants located along the perimeter of the parking areas.
 
As of December 31, 2006, Community Centers accounted for 4.2% of the total GLA, 3.7% of the aggregate annualized minimum rents of the Properties and had an overall occupancy rate of 82.2%.

Growth Strategies and Operating Policies: Management of the Company believes per share growth in both net income and funds from operations (“FFO”) are important factors in enhancing shareholder value. The Company believes that the presentation of FFO provides useful information to investors and a relevant basis for comparison among REITS. Specifically, the Company believes that FFO is a supplemental measure of the Company’s operating performance as it is a recognized standard in the real estate industry, in particular, real estate investment trusts. The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”) defines FFO as net income (loss) available to common shareholders (computed in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”)), excluding gains or losses from sales of depreciable property, plus real estate related depreciation and amortization and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. FFO does include impairment losses for properties held for use and held-for-sale. The Company’s FFO may not be directly comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other real estate investment trusts. FFO does not represent cash flow from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) as an indication of the Company’s financial performance or to cash flow from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP) as a measure of the Company’s liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund the Company’s cash needs, including its ability to make cash distributions. A reconciliation of FFO to net income available to common shareholders is provided in Item 7 of this Form 10-K.

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GRT intends to operate in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), applicable to REITs and related regulations with respect to the composition of the Company’s portfolio and the derivation of income unless, because of circumstances or changes in the Code (or any related regulation), the trustees of GRT determine that it is no longer in the best interests of GRT to qualify as a REIT.

The Company’s acquisition strategies are to selectively acquire strategically located properties in markets where management has extensive operating experience and/or have significant growth potential. Such strategy is focused on dominant anchored retail properties within the top 100 metropolitan markets by population that have near-term upside potential or offer advantageous opportunities for the Company.

The following factors, among others, are considered by the Company in making acquisitions: (i) the geographic area and type of property; (ii) the location, construction quality, condition and design of the property; (iii) the current FFO generated by the property and the ability to increase FFO through property repositioning and proactive management of the tenant base; (iv) the potential for capital appreciation; (v) the terms of tenant leases; (vi) the existing tenant mix at the property; (vii) the potential for economic growth and the tax and regulatory environment of the communities in which the property is located; (viii) the occupancy rates and demand by tenants for properties of similar type in the vicinity; and (ix) the prospects for financing or refinancing the property.

The Company acquires and develops its Properties as long-term investments. Therefore, its focus is to provide for regular maintenance of its Properties and to conduct periodic renovations and refurbishments to preserve and increase Property values while also increasing the retail sales prospects of its tenants. The projects usually include renovating existing facades, installing uniform signage, updating interior decor, replacement of roofs and skylights, resurfacing parking lots and increasing parking lot lighting. To meet the needs of existing or new tenants and changing consumer demands, the Company also reconfigures and expands its Properties, including utilizing land available for expansion and development of outparcels or the addition of new anchors. In addition, the Company works closely with its tenants to renovate their stores and enhance their merchandising capabilities.
 
Financing Strategies: At December 31, 2006, the Company had a total-debt-to-total-market capitalization ratio of 55.3% based upon the closing price of the Common Shares on the New York Stock Exchange as of December 31, 2006. The Company is working to maintain this ratio in the mid-fifty percent range by managing outstanding debt and increasing the value of its outstanding Common Shares. The Company expects that it may, from time to time, re-evaluate its policy with respect to its ratio of total-debt-to-total-market capitalization in light of then current economic conditions; relative costs of debt and equity capital; market values of its Properties; acquisition, development and expansion opportunities; and other factors, including meeting the taxable income distribution requirement for REITs under the Code, in the event the Company has taxable income without receipt of cash sufficient to enable the Company to meet such distribution requirements. The Company’s preference is to obtain fixed rate, long-term debt for its Properties. At December 31, 2006, 85.6% of total Company debt was fixed rate. Shorter term and variable rate debt typically is employed for Properties anticipated to be expanded or redeveloped.

Competition: All of the Properties are located in areas that have shopping centers and/or malls and other retail facilities. Generally, there are other retail properties within a five-mile radius of a Property. The amount of rentable retail space in the vicinity of the Company’s Properties could have a material adverse effect on the amount of rent charged by the Company and on the Company’s ability to rent vacant space and/or renew leases of such Properties. There are numerous commercial developers, real estate companies and major retailers that compete with the Company in seeking land for development, properties for acquisition and tenants for properties, some of which may have greater financial resources than the Company and more operating or development experience than that of the Company. There are numerous shopping facilities that compete with the Company’s Properties in attracting retailers to lease space. In addition, retailers at the Properties may face increasing competition from e-commerce, outlet malls, discount shopping clubs, catalog companies, direct mail, telemarketing and home shopping networks.

Employees: At December 31, 2006, the Company had an aggregate of 1,168 employees, of which 565 were part-time.

Seasonality: The shopping center industry is seasonal in nature, particularly in the Company’s fourth quarter during the holiday season when retailer occupancy and retail sales are typically at their highest levels. In addition, shopping malls achieve a substantial portion of their specialty (temporary retailer) rents during the holiday season.

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Tax Status: GRT believes it has been organized and operated in a manner that qualifies for taxation as a REIT and intends to continue to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code. As such, GRT generally will not be subject to federal income tax to the extent it distributes at least 90.0% of its REIT ordinary taxable income to its shareholders. Additionally, the Company must satisfy certain requirements regarding its organization, ownership and certain other requirements, such as a requirement that its shares be transferable. Moreover, the Company must meet certain tests regarding its income and assets. At least 75.0% of the Company’s gross income must be derived from passive income closely connected with real estate activities. In addition, 95.0% of the Company’s gross income must be derived from these same sources, plus dividends, interest and certain capital gains. To meet the asset test, at the close of each quarter of the taxable year, at least 75.0% of the value of the total assets must be represented by real estate assets, cash and cash equivalent items (including receivables), and government securities. Additionally, to qualify as a REIT, there are several rules limiting the amount and type of securities that GRT can own, including the requirement that not more than 25.0% of the value of its total assets can be represented by securities. If GRT fails to meet the requirements to qualify for REIT status, the Company may cease to qualify as a REIT and may be subject to certain penalty taxes. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, the Company will be subject to federal income tax (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) on its taxable income at regular corporate rates. As a qualified REIT, the Company is subject to certain state and local taxes on its income and property and to federal income and excise taxes on its undistributed income.

(c)
Available information

GRT files this Form 10-K and other periodic reports and statements electronically with the SEC. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information provided by issuers at http://www.sec.gov. GRT’s reports, including amendments, are also available free of charge on its website, www.glimcher.com, as soon as reasonably practical after such reports are filed with the SEC. Information on this website is not considered part of this filing. GRT’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, Audit Committee Charter, Amended and Restated Executive Compensation Committee Charter and Amended and Restated Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter are available on the Company’s website and copies of each are available in print to any shareholder who requests them.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There are a number of factors that affect our business and the results of our operations, many of which are beyond our control. The following is a description of the most significant factors that might cause the actual results of operations in future periods to differ materially from those currently expected or desired.

We are subject to risks inherent in owning real estate investments.
 
Real property investments are subject to varying degrees of risk. Our ability to make dividend distributions may be adversely affected by the economic climate and certain local conditions including:
 
oversupply of space or reduced demand for rental space and newly developed properties;
 
the attractiveness of our properties compared to other retail space;
 
our ability to provide adequate maintenance to our properties; and
 
fluctuations in real estate taxes, insurance and other operating costs.
 
Applicable laws, including tax laws, interest rate levels and the availability of financing, may adversely affect our income and real estate values. In addition, real estate investments are relatively illiquid and, therefore, our ability to sell our properties quickly may be limited. We cannot be sure that we will be able to lease space as tenants move out or as to the rents we may be able to charge new tenants at such space.
 
Our insurance coverage in the future may not include adequate amounts of terrorism insurance.

Our all risk property insurance policies include coverage for foreign and domestic acts of terrorism on our consolidated real estate assets through January 1, 2008. In the future, insurers may limit the amount of coverage available to us for terrorism insurance on our properties (or we may not be able to obtain such insurance at all), or the cost of property and liability insurance policies including coverage for acts of terrorism may be unreasonable. As a result, there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain adequate amounts of terrorism insurance on our properties after January 1, 2008 or, if we can, that the premiums for the insurance will be reasonable.

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We rely on major tenants.
 
At December 31, 2006, our three largest tenants were Gap, Inc., Foot Locker, Inc. and Limited Brands, Inc., representing 3.0%, 2.7% and 2.6% of our annualized minimum rents, respectively. No other tenant represented more than 2.0% of the aggregate annualized minimum rents of our properties as of such date. Our financial position and ability to make distributions may be adversely affected by the bankruptcy, insolvency, or general downturn in the business of any such tenant, or in the event any such tenant does not renew a number of its leases as they expire.
 
Bankruptcy of our tenants or downturns in our tenants’ businesses may reduce our cash flow.
 
Since we derive almost all of our income from rental payments, our cash available for distribution would be adversely affected if a significant number of our tenants were unable to meet their obligations to us, or if we were unable to lease vacant space in our properties on economically favorable terms. A tenant may seek the protection of the bankruptcy laws, which could result in the termination of its lease causing a reduction in our cash available for distribution. A downturn in a tenant’s business may result in a reduction in the rent based on a percentage of the tenant’s sales. Furthermore, certain of our tenants, including anchor tenants, hold the right under their lease(s) to terminate their lease(s) or reduce their rental rate if certain occupancy conditions are not met, if certain anchor tenants close, if certain sales levels or profit margins are not achieved, or if an exclusive use provision is violated.
 
We face significant competition that may decrease the occupancy and rental rates of our properties.
 
We compete with many commercial developers, real estate companies and major retailers. Some of these entities develop or own malls, value-oriented retail properties and community shopping centers that compete for tenants. We face competition for prime locations and for tenants. New regional malls or other retail shopping centers with more convenient locations or better rents may attract tenants or cause them to seek more favorable lease terms at or prior to renewal. Retailers at our properties may face increasing competition from other retailers, e-commerce, outlet malls, discount shopping clubs, catalog companies, direct mail, telemarketing and home shopping networks all of which could affect their ability to pay rent or desire to occupy the property.
 
The failure to fully recover from tenants cost reimbursements for CAM, taxes and insurance could adversely affect our operating results.
 
The computation of cost reimbursements from tenants for CAM, insurance and real estate taxes is complex and involves numerous judgments including interpretation of terms and other tenant lease provisions. Most tenants make monthly fixed payments of CAM, real estate taxes and other cost reimbursements items. After the end of the calendar year, we compute each tenant’s final cost reimbursements and issue a bill or credit for the full amount, after considering amounts paid by the tenants during the year. Final adjustments for the year ended December 31, 2006 have not yet been determined. At December 31, 2006, we had recorded in accounts receivables $3.3 million of costs expected to be recovered from tenants during the first six months of 2007. There can be no assurance that we will collect all or substantially all of this amount.
 
The results of operations for our properties depend on the economic conditions of the regions of the United States in which they are located.
 
Our results of operations and distributions to you will be subject generally to economic conditions in the regions in which our properties are located. For the year ended December 31, 2006, approximately 33% of annualized minimum rents came from our properties located in Ohio.
 
We may be unable to successfully develop properties or operate developed properties.
 
As a result of economic and other conditions and required government approvals, development projects may not be pursued or may be completed later or with higher costs than anticipated. Development activities involve significant risks, including:
 
·
the expenditure of funds on and devotion of time to projects which may not come to fruition;
 
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·
increased construction costs, possibly making the project uneconomical;
 
·
an inability to obtain construction financing and permanent financing on favorable terms; and
 
·
occupancy rates and rents not sufficient to make a project profitable.
 
In the event of an unsuccessful development project, our loss could exceed our investment in the project.
 
We could incur significant costs related to environmental issues.
 
Under some environmental laws, a current or previous owner or operator of real property, and parties that generate or transport hazardous substances that are disposed of on real property, may be liable for the costs of investigating and remediating these substances on or under the property. In connection with the ownership or operation of our properties, we could be liable for such costs which could be substantial and even exceed the value of such property or the value of our aggregate assets. The failure to remediate toxic substances may adversely affect our ability to sell or rent any of our properties or to borrow funds. In addition, environmental laws may require us to expend substantial sums in order to use our properties or operate our business.
 
We have established a contingency reserve for one environmental matter as noted in Note 13 of our consolidated financial statements.
 
Our assets may be subject to impairment charges that may materially affect our financial results.
 
We evaluate our real estate assets and other assets for impairment indicators whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that recoverability of our investment in the asset is not assured. This evaluation is conducted periodically, but no less frequently than quarterly. Our determination of whether a particular held-for-use asset is impaired is based upon the undiscounted projected cash flows used for the impairment analysis and our determination of the asset’s estimated fair value that in turn are based upon our plans for the respective asset and our views of market and economic conditions. With respect to assets held-for-sale, our determination of whether such an asset is impaired is based upon market and economic conditions. If we determine that a significant impairment has occurred, then we would be required to make an adjustment to the net carrying value of the asset, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and funds from operations in the period in which the adjustment is made. Furthermore, changes in estimated future cash flows due to a change in our plans or views of market and economic conditions could result in the recognition of additional impairment losses for already impaired assets, which, under the applicable accounting guidance, could be substantial.
 
We may incur significant costs of complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act and similar laws.
 
We may be required to expend significant sums of money to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended (“ADA”), and other federal and local laws in order for our properties to meet requirements related to access and use by disabled persons. We may incur additional costs when complying with the ADA in the future.
 
Our failure to qualify as a REIT would have serious adverse consequences.
 
GRT believes that it has qualified as a REIT under the Code, since 1994, but cannot be sure that it will remain so qualified. Qualification as a REIT involves the application of highly technical and complex Code provisions, and the determination of various factual matters and circumstances not entirely within GRT’s control that may impact GRT’s ability to qualify as a REIT under the Code. In addition, GRT cannot be sure that new laws, regulations and judicial decisions will not significantly change the tax laws relating to REITs, or the federal income tax consequences of REIT qualification.
 
If GRT fails to qualify as a REIT, it will be subject to federal income tax (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) on taxable income at regular corporate income tax rates. Additionally, unless entitled to relief under certain statutory provisions, GRT will also be disqualified from electing to be treated as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year during which the qualification is lost, thereby reducing net earnings available for investment or distribution to you because of the additional tax liability imposed for the year or years involved. Lastly, GRT would no longer be required by the Code to make any dividend distributions as a condition to REIT qualification. To the extent that dividend distributions to you may have been made in anticipation of qualifying as a REIT, we might be required to borrow funds or to liquidate certain of our investments to pay the applicable tax.
 
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Our ownership interests in certain partnerships and other ventures are subject to certain tax risks.
 
Some of our property interests and other investments are made or held through entities in which we have an interest (the “Subsidiary Partnerships”). The tax risks of this type of ownership include possible challenge by the Internal Revenue Service of allocations of income and expense items which could affect the computation of our taxable income, or a challenge to the status of any such entities as partnerships (as opposed to associations taxable as corporations) for federal income tax purposes, as well as the possibility of action being taken by such entities that could adversely affect GRT’s qualification as a REIT, for example, by requiring the sale of a property. We believe that the entities in which we have an interest have been and will be treated for tax purposes as partnerships (and not treated as associations taxable as corporations). If our ownership interest in any entity taxable as a corporation exceeded 10% (in terms of vote or value) of such entity’s outstanding securities (unless such entity were a “taxable REIT subsidiary,” or a “qualified REIT subsidiary,” as those terms are defined in the Code) or the value of interest in any such entity exceeded 5% of the value of our assets, then GRT would cease to qualify as a REIT; distributions from any of these entities would be treated as dividends, to the extent of earnings and profits, and we would not be able to deduct our share of losses, if any, generated by such entity in computing our taxable income.
 
We may not have access to other sources of funds necessary to meet our REIT distribution requirements.
 
In order to qualify to be taxed as a REIT, we must make annual distributions to our shareholders of at least 90% of our taxable income (determined by excluding any net capital gain). The amount available for distribution will be affected by a number of factors, including the operation of our properties. We have sold a number of non-core assets and intend in the future to sell additional selected non-core assets. The loss of rental income associated with our properties sold will in turn affect net income and FFO. In order to maintain REIT status, we may be required to make distributions in excess of net income and FFO. In such a case, it may be necessary to arrange for short-term (or possibly long-term) borrowings, or to issue preferred or other securities, to raise funds, which may not be possible.
 
Debt financing could adversely affect our performance.
 
As of December 31, 2006, we had $1.6 billion of combined mortgage indebtedness and outstanding borrowings under our credit facility, of which $107.2 million matures during 2007. After the payoff of a $25.0 million loan on January 22, 2007, $82.2 million remains scheduled to mature in 2007. As of December 31, 2006, we have borrowed $272.0 million from our credit facility, which matures on December 13, 2009. A number of our outstanding loans will require lump sum or “balloon” payments for the outstanding principal balance at maturity, and we may finance future investments that may be structured in the same manner. Our ability to repay indebtedness at maturity, or otherwise, may depend on our ability to either refinance such indebtedness or to sell our properties. If we are unable to repay any of our debt at or before maturity, then we may have to borrow against our properties that are not encumbered or from our credit facility, to the extent it has availability thereunder, to make such repayments. In addition, a lender could foreclose on one or more of our properties to collect its debt. This could cause us to lose part or all of our investment, which could reduce the value of the Common Shares and the distributions payable to you.
 
Certain of our financing arrangements contain limitations on the amount of debt that we may incur.
 
Our $470 million unsecured credit facility is the most restrictive of our financing arrangements. Accordingly, at December 31, 2006, the additional amount that may be borrowed from this facility or other sources based upon the restrictive covenants in the credit facility is $318.4 million. Additional amounts could be borrowed as long as we maintain a ratio of total-debt-to-total-asset value that complies with the restrictive covenants of the credit facility. The ratio of total-debt-to-total-market capitalization was 55.3% as of December 31, 2006. As used herein, “total market capitalization” means the sum of the outstanding amount of all indebtedness, the total liquidation preference of all preferred shares and the total market value of the outstanding Common Shares and the units of operating partnership interest in GPLP (“OP Units”) (based on the closing price of the Common Shares on December 31, 2006).
 

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Our financial condition and distributions could be adversely affected by financial covenants.
 
Our mortgage indebtedness and credit facility impose certain financial and operating restrictions on our properties and restrictions on secured subordinated financing and financings on properties. These restrictions include restrictions on borrowings, prepayments and distributions. Additionally, our credit facility requires certain financial tests to be met and some of our mortgage indebtedness provides for prepayment penalties, each of which could restrict financial flexibility.
 
Our variable rate debt obligations may impede our operating performance and put us at a competitive disadvantage, as well as adversely affect our ability to pay distributions to you.
 
Required repayments of debt and related interest can adversely affect our operating performance. As of December 31, 2006, approximately $227.0 million of our indebtedness bears interest at a variable rate. Accordingly, an increase in interest rates on our existing indebtedness would increase interest expense, which could adversely affect our cash flow and ability to pay distributions. For example, if market rates of interest on our variable rate debt outstanding as of December 31, 2006, increased by 100 basis points, the increase in interest expense on our existing variable rate debt would decrease future earnings and cash flows by approximately $2.3 million annually.
 
An increase in interest rates or total-debt-to-total-market capitalization could cause a decrease in the market price of the outstanding Common Shares.
 
We believe that investors generally perceive REITs as yield-driven investments and compare the annual yield from distributions by REITs with yields on various other types of financial instruments. Thus, an increase in market interest rates generally could adversely affect the market price of Common Shares. Additionally, investors may react negatively to an increase in total-debt-to-total-market capitalization.
 
The Board of Trustees has unlimited authority to increase the amount of debt that we may incur.
 
The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) determines financing objectives and the amount of the indebtedness that we may incur and may make revisions to these objectives at any time without a vote of our shareholders. Although the Board has no present intention to change these objectives, revisions could result in a more highly leveraged company with an increased risk of default on indebtedness and an increase in debt service charges.
 
Our issuance of additional Common Shares may affect prevailing market prices for the outstanding Common Shares.
 
Future sales or the anticipation of such sales of additional Common Shares may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Common Shares.
 
Our ability to operate or dispose of any partially-owned properties that we may acquire may be restricted.
 
Our ownership of properties through partnership or joint venture investments may involve risks not otherwise present for wholly-owned properties. These risks include the possibility that our partners or co-venturers might become bankrupt, might have economic or other business interests or goals which are inconsistent with our business interests or goals and may be in a position to take action contrary to our instructions or make requests contrary to our policies or objectives, including our policy to maintain our qualification as a REIT. We may need the consent of our partners for major decisions affecting properties that are partially-owned. Joint venture agreements may also contain provisions that could force us to sell all of our interest in, or buy all of our partners’ interests in, such entity or property. These provisions may be triggered at a time when it is not advantageous for us to either buy our partners’ interests or sell our interest. Additionally, if we serve as the managing member of a property-owning joint venture, we may have certain fiduciary responsibilities to the other participants in such entity. There is no limitation under our organizational documents as to the amount of funds that may be invested in partnerships or joint ventures; however, covenants of our unsecured credit facility limit the amount of capital that we may invest in joint ventures at any one time.
 

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We are subject to certain conflicts of interest and limitations on property sales.
 
Pursuant to GPLP’s limited partnership agreement, GPLP may not sell all or substantially all of its assets without the consent of the holders of a majority of the OP Units, excluding GRT, if limited partners (other than GRT) at the time of the sale own in the aggregate ten percent or greater of the outstanding OP Units. At the present time, GRT owns 91.9% of the outstanding OP Units, resulting in the consent not being required. However, should limited partners (excluding GRT) own 10% or greater of the outstanding OP Units in the future, the majority vote requirement would effectively mean that Herbert Glimcher, the Chairman of the Board, and his sons, David Glimcher and Michael Glimcher, the President, Chief Executive Officer and a Trustee of GRT, must approve any such transaction because, together with their spouses, they own approximately 4.9% of the OP Units (which constitutes a majority of the OP Units other than those owned by GRT) outstanding as of December 31, 2006.
 
As a result of Herbert Glimcher’s, David Glimcher’s and Michael Glimcher’s status as holders of both Common Shares and OP Units, they have interests that conflict with GRT shareholders with respect to business decisions affecting GRT and GPLP. In particular, as holders of OP Units, they may suffer different and/or more adverse tax consequences than GRT upon the sale or refinancing of some of our properties due to unrealized gains attributable to these properties. Therefore, GRT may have objectives different from Herbert Glimcher, David Glimcher and Michael Glimcher regarding the appropriate pricing and timing of any sale or refinancing of certain of our properties. Although GRT (through a wholly owned subsidiary), as the sole general partner of GPLP, has the exclusive authority as to whether and on what terms to sell, refinance, or seek to purchase an interest in an individual property, Herbert Glimcher, David Glimcher and Michael Glimcher might seek to influence decisions with respect to these actions, even though those actions might otherwise be financially advantageous or adverse to GRT. They also may seek to influence management to refinance one or more of our properties with a higher level of debt than would be in GRT’s best interests.
 
Our charter and bylaws and the laws of the state of our incorporation contain provisions that may delay, defer or prevent a change in control or other transactions that could provide shareholders with the opportunity to realize a premium over the then-prevailing market price for our Common Shares.
 
In order to maintain GRT’s qualification as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, not more than 50% in value of the outstanding Common Shares may be owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals (as defined in the Code to include certain entities) at any time during the last half of the taxable year. Additionally, 100 or more persons must beneficially own the outstanding Common Shares during the last 335 days of a taxable year of 12 months or during a proportionate part of a shorter tax year.
 
To ensure that GRT will not fail to qualify as a REIT under this test, GRT’s organizational documents authorize the Board to take such action as may be required to preserve GRT’s qualification as a REIT and to limit any person, other than Herbert Glimcher, David Glimcher (only with respect to the limitation on the ownership of outstanding Common Shares) and any entities or persons approved by the Board, to direct or indirect ownership exceeding (i) 8.0% of the lesser of the number or value of the outstanding Common Shares, (ii) 9.9% of the lesser of the number or value of the total 8¾% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest (“Series F Preferred Shares”) outstanding and (iii) 9.9% of the lesser of the number or value of the total 8⅛% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest (“Series G Preferred Shares”) outstanding. Herbert Glimcher and David Glimcher are limited to an aggregate of 25% direct or indirect ownership of Common Shares outstanding without approval of the Board. The Board has also granted an exemption to Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc., permitting them to own, directly or indirectly, of record or beneficially (i) up to 600,000 Series F Preferred Shares and (ii) up to 14.9% of the lesser of the number or value of the outstanding shares of any other class of the GRT’s equity securities. The Board has also granted an exemption to Neuberger Berman permitting them to own 608,800 Series G Preferred Shares. However, in no event, shall they be permitted to own, directly or indirectly, of record or beneficially, more than 14.9% of the lesser of the number or value of all outstanding shares of GRT’s equity securities. Despite these provisions, GRT cannot be sure that there will not be five or fewer individuals who will own more than 50% in value of its outstanding Common Shares, thereby causing GRT to fail to qualify as a REIT. The ownership limits may also discourage a change of control in GRT.
 
The members of the Board are currently divided into three equal classes whose terms expire in 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively. Each year one class of trustees is elected by GRT’s shareholders to hold office for three years. The staggered terms for Board members may affect the ability of GRT shareholders to change control of GRT even if a change in control were in the interests of the shareholders.
 
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GRT’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, as amended (the “Declaration of Trust”) authorizes the Board to establish one or more series of preferred shares, in addition to those currently outstanding, and to determine the preferences, rights and other terms of any series. The Board could authorize GRT to issue other series of preferred shares that could deter or impede a merger, tender offer or other transaction that some, or a majority, of GRT shareholders might believe to be in their best interest or in which GRT shareholders might receive a premium for their shares over the then current market price of such shares.
 
On March 9, 1999, GRT adopted a shareholder rights plan. Under the terms of the rights plan, the Board can in effect prevent a person or group from acquiring more than 15% of the outstanding Common Shares. Unless the Board approves of such person’s purchase, after that person acquires more than 15% of the outstanding Common Shares, all other shareholders will have the right to purchase Common Shares from GRT at a price that is half of their then fair market value. These purchases by the other shareholders would substantially reduce the value and influence of the Common Shares owned by the acquiring person. The Board, however, can prevent the rights plan from operating in this manner. This gives the Board significant discretion to approve or disapprove of a person’s efforts to acquire a large interest in GRT and, accordingly, may discourage a change in control of GRT.
 
The Declaration of Trust and Amended and Restated Bylaws also contain other provisions that may delay or prevent a transaction or a change in control that might involve a premium price for the Common Shares or otherwise be in the best interests of GRT’s shareholders. As a Maryland REIT, GRT is subject to the provisions of the Maryland REIT law which imposes restrictions on some business combinations and requires compliance with statutory procedures before some mergers and acquisitions can occur, thus delaying or preventing offers to acquire GRT or increasing the difficulty of completing an acquisition of GRT, even if the acquisition is in the best interests of GRT’s shareholders.
 
Risks associated with information systems may interfere with our operations.
 
We are continuing to implement new information systems and problems with the design or implementation of these new systems could interfere with our operations.
 
Our operations could be affected if we lose any key management personnel.
 
Our executive officers have substantial experience in owning, operating, managing, acquiring and developing shopping centers. Success depends in large part upon the efforts of these executives, and we cannot guarantee that they will remain with us. The loss of key management personnel in leasing, finance, legal and operations could have a negative impact on our operations. In addition, except for isolated examples, there are generally no restrictions on the ability of these executives to compete with us after termination of their employment.

Inflation may influence our operations.

Inflation risks could impact our operations due to increases in construction costs as well as other costs pertinent to our business, including, but not limited to, the cost of insurance and utilities.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

The Company has received no written comments regarding its periodic or current reports from the staff of the SEC that were issued 180 days or more preceding the end of its 2006 fiscal year and that remain unresolved.

Item 2. Properties

The Company’s headquarters are located at 150 East Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, and its telephone number is (614) 621-9000. In addition, the Company maintains management offices at each of its Malls.

At December 31, 2006, the Company managed and leased a total of 30 Properties of which the Company had an ownership interest (28 wholly-owned and 2 partially owned through a joint venture). The Properties are located in 16 states as follows: Ohio (10), West Virginia (3), California (2), Florida (2), Texas (2), Alabama (1), Kansas (1), Kentucky (1), Minnesota (1), New Jersey (1), North Carolina (1), Oklahoma (1), Oregon (1), Pennsylvania (1), Tennessee (1) and Washington (1).


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(a)
Malls
 
Twenty-six of the Properties are Malls and range in size from 442,000 square feet of GLA to 1.6 million square feet of GLA. Seven of the Malls are located in Ohio and 19 are located throughout the country in the states of California (2), Florida (2), Texas (2), West Virginia (2), Alabama (1), Kansas (1), Kentucky (1), Minnesota (1), New Jersey (1), North Carolina (1), Oklahoma (1), Oregon (1), Pennsylvania (1), Tennessee (1) and Washington (1). The location, general character and major tenant information are set forth below.

Summary of Malls at December 31, 2006

 
 
Property/Location
 
Anchors
GLA
 
Stores
GLA (1)
 
Total
GLA
% of
Anchors
Occupied
% of
Stores
Occupied
Store
Sales Per
Square Ft.(2)
 
 
Anchors
 
Lease
Expiration (3)
 
Almeda Mall,
Houston, TX (10)
 
586,042      
 
193,870      
 
779,912      
 
100.0         
 
98.7         
 
$281
 
JCPenney (8)
Macy’s
Palais Royal
Ross Dress for Less
Steve & Barry’s
 
(4)
(4)
12/31/09
01/31/12
01/31/13
                 
Ashland Town Center
Ashland, KY
 
263,794      
 
177,966      
 
441,760      
 
58.1         
 
94.6         
 
$371
 
Belk
Goody’s
JCPenney
 
 
01/31/10
03/31/09
10/31/09
 
                 
Colonial Park Mall
Harrisburg, PA
 
504,446      
 
239,034      
 
743,480      
 
100.0         
 
98.3         
 
$308
 
The Bon-Ton
Boscov’s
Sears
 
01/31/15
(4)
(4)
                 
Dayton Mall, The
Dayton, OH
 
935,130      
 
422,720      
 
1,357,850      
 
100.0         
 
93.8         
 
$341
 
Borders Books &
Music
DSW Shoe
Warehouse
Elder-Beerman
JCPenney
Linens’N Things
Macy’s
Old Navy
Sears
 
 
12/31/21
 
07/31/10
(4)
03/31/11
01/31/17
(4)
07/31/10
(4)
                 
Eastland Mall (“Eastland
North Carolina”)
Charlotte, NC (10)
 
 
725,720      
 
 
335,770      
 
 
1,061,490       
 
 
96.4         
 
 
84.4         
 
 
$209
 
 
Belk
Burlington Coat
Factory
Dillard’s
Eastland-Fields LLC
Sears
 
 
(4)
 
(7)
(4)
(7)
(4)
                 
Eastland Mall
(“Eastland Ohio”)
Columbus, OH
 
 
726,534      
 
 
290,667      
 
 
1,017,201       
 
 
100.0         
 
 
83.2          
 
 
$277
 
 
JCPenney (5)
Kaufmann’s
Macy’s (8)
Sears
 
 
01/31/13
(4)
(4)
(4)
 
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Property/Location
 
Anchors
GLA
 
Stores
GLA (1)
 
Total
GLA
% of
Anchors
Occupied
% of
Stores
Occupied
Store
Sales Per
Square Ft.(2)
 
 
Anchors
 
Lease
Expiration (3)
 
 
Grand Central Mall
Parkersburg, WV
 
 
 
562,394      
 
 
367,580      
 
 
929,974      
 
 
100.0         
 
 
92.8         
 
 
$313
 
 
Belk
Elder-Beerman (5)
Goody’s
JCPenney
Regal Cinemas
Sears
Steve & Barry’s
 
 
03/31/18
01/31/33
04/30/06
09/30/07
01/31/17
09/25/12
01/31/11
                 
Great Mall of the Great
Plains, The
Olathe, KS
 
 
397,947      
 
 
385,063      
 
 
783,010      
 
 
75.8         
 
 
85.6         
 
 
$170
 
 
Burlington Coat
Factory
Dickinson Theatres
Foozles
Group USA
Steve & Barry’s
VF Factory Outlet
Zonkers
 
 
 
01/31/08
09/30/08
01/31/09
08/13/07
01/31/13
01/10/08
04/30/09
                 
Indian Mound Mall
Heath, OH
 
389,589      
 
167,890      
 
557,479      
 
100.0         
 
90.7         
 
$247
 
Crown Cinema
Elder-Beerman
Goody’s
JCPenney
Sears (5)
Steve & Barry’s
 
12/31/12
01/31/09
05/31/08
10/31/11
09/23/27
01/31/11
                 
Jersey Gardens
Elizabeth, NJ
 
648,980      
 
641,931      
 
1,290,911      
 
100.0         
 
99.3         
 
$502
 
Bed Bath & Beyond
Burlington Coat
Factory
Cohoes Fashions
Daffy’s
DSW Shoe Warehouse/
Filene’s Basement
Gap Outlet, The
Group USA
Jeepers!
Last Call
Loew’s Theaters
Marshalls
Modell’s Sporting Goods
Nike Factory Store
Off 5th Saks Fifth Ave
Outlet
Old Navy
 
01/31/10
 
01/31/10
01/31/10
01/31/10
 
10/31/11
01/31/10
12/31/08
01/31/10
11/30/09
12/31/20
10/31/09
01/31/17
11/30/11
 
10/31/14
05/31/10
                 
Lloyd Center
Portland, OR
 
 
738,444      
 
733,833      
 
1,472,277      
 
93.8         
 
 
96.8          
 
$395
 
Barnes & Noble
Lloyd Center Ice
Rink(6)
Lloyd Mall Cinemas
Macy’s
Marshalls
Nordstrom
Ross Dress for Less
Sears
 
01/31/12
 
12/31/08
01/31/12
01/31/11
01/31/09
(4)
01/31/15
(4)
 
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Property/Location
 
Anchors
GLA
 
Stores
GLA (1)
 
Total
GLA
% of
Anchors
Occupied
% of
Stores
Occupied
Store
Sales Per
Square Ft.(2)
 
 
Anchors
 
Lease
Expiration (3)
 
Mall at Fairfield
Commons, The
Beavercreek, OH
 
 
768,284      
 
 
 
 
375,628      
 
 
 
 
1,143,912      
 
 
100.0         
 
 
98.7         
 
 
$367
 
 
Dick’s Sporting
Good’s
Elder-Beerman
JCPenney
Macy’s (5)
Parisian
Sears
 
 
 
01/31/21
01/31/15
10/31/08
01/31/15
01/31/14
10/31/08
                 
Mall at Johnson
City, The
Johnson City, TN
 
 
358,395      
 
 
174,064      
 
 
532,459      
 
 
93.4         
 
 
94.8         
 
 
$417
 
 
Belk for Her
Belk Home Store
Goody’s
JCPenney
Sears
 
 
10/31/12
06/30/11
05/31/11
03/31/10
(5)
                 
Montgomery Mall
Montgomery, AL (10)
 
460,341      
 
266,552      
 
726,893      
 
61.7         
 
39.1         
 
$232
 
Parisian (8)
Steve & Barry’s
 
(4)
01/31/13
                 
Morgantown Mall
Morgantown, WV
 
396,358      
 
161,374      
 
557,732      
 
100.0         
 
92.2         
 
$310
 
Belk
Carmike Cinemas
Elder-Beerman
JCPenney
Sears
Steve & Barry’s
 
03/15/11
10/31/24
01/29/11
09/30/10
09/30/10
01/31/13
                 
New Towne Mall
New Philadelphia, OH
 
361,501      
 
155,095      
 
516,596      
 
100.0         
 
94.8         
 
$247
 
Elder-Beerman
Goody’s
JCPenney
Kohl’s
Regal Cinemas
Sears
Super Fitness Center
 
02/02/09
08/31/14
09/30/08
01/31/27
03/31/07
10/31/08
02/28/14
                 
Northtown Mall
Blaine, MN
 
316,015      
 
294,024      
 
 
610,039      
 
58.6         
 
86.0         
 
$344
 
Best Buy
Burlington Coat
Factory
Steve & Barry’s
 
01/31/10
 
09/30/10
01/31/11
                 
Northwest Mall
Houston, TX (10)
 
584,016      
 
211,662      
 
795,678      
 
64.2         
 
80.3         
 
$301
 
Academy of Healthcare
Professionals
All Shoes $9.99
Macy’s
Palais Royal
 
 
10/31/16
06/30/08
(4)
12/31/09
                 
Polaris Fashion Place
Columbus, OH
 
1,088,075      
 
518,807      
 
1,606,882      
 
100.0         
 
98.3         
 
$399
 
Great Indoors, The
JCPenney
Kaufmann’s (8)
Macy’s
Saks Fifth Avenue
Sears
Von Maur
 
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
 
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Property/Location
 
Anchors
GLA
 
Stores
GLA (1)
 
Total
GLA
% of
Anchors
Occupied
% of
Stores
Occupied
Store
Sales Per
Square Ft.(2)
 
 
Anchors
 
Lease
Expiration (3)
 
River Valley Mall
Lancaster, OH
 
316,947      
 
260,520      
 
577,467      
 
100.0         
 
92.8         
 
$298
 
Elder-Beerman
JCPenney
Macy’s
Regal Cinemas
Sears
Steve & Barry’s
 
02/02/08
09/30/12
09/30/07
12/31/06
10/31/09
01/31/11
                 
SuperMall of the Great
Northwest
Auburn, WA
 
 
541,669      
 
 
400,855      
 
 
942,524      
 
 
100.0         
 
 
93.4         
 
 
$262
 
 
Bed Bath & Beyond
Burlington Coat
Factory
Gart Sports
Marshalls
Nordstrom
Old Navy
Sam’s Club
Steve & Barry’s
Vision Quest
 
 
01/31/07
 
01/31/11
01/31/11
01/31/11
08/31/10
01/31/11
05/31/19
01/31/14
11/30/18
                 
University Mall
Tampa, FL (10)
 
807,677      
 
428,842      
 
1,236,519      
 
97.5         
 
92.7         
 
$315
 
Burlington Coat
Factory
Cobb Theater (6)
Dillard’s
Macy’s
Sears
Steve & Barry’s
 
 
(4)
12/31/11
(4)
(4)
(4)
01/31/13
                 
Weberstown Mall
Stockton, CA
 
602,817      
 
256,506      
 
859,323      
 
100.0         
 
96.3         
 
$411
 
Barnes & Noble
Dillard’s
JCPenney
Sears
 
01/31/09
(4)
03/31/09
(4)
                 
WestShore Plaza
Tampa, FL
 
  769,878      
 
289,647      
 
1,059,525      
 
100.0         
 
99.0         
 
$512
 
AMC Theatres
JCPenney
Macy’s
Old Navy
Saks Fifth Avenue
Sears
 
01/31/21
09/30/12
(4)
01/31/11
11/30/18
09/30/17
                 
Subtotal
 13,850,993      
7,749,900      
 21,600,893      
93.9%         
91.7%         
 $348
   
 
 
Malls owned in a joint venture              
                 
Puente Hills Mall (9)
City of Industry, CA
 
731,289      
 
 
 
452,183      
 
1,183,472      
 
96.4         
 
93.8         
 
$271
 
AMC 20 Theaters
Burlington Coat
Factory
Circuit City
Comp USA (8)
Linen’s N Things
Macy’s
Ross Dress for Less
Sears
Spectrum Club
 
04/30/17
 
10/31/08
01/31/19
10/31/17
01/31/14
(4)
01/31/10
(4)
01/31/14
 
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Property/Location
 
Anchors
GLA
 
Stores
GLA (1)
 
Total
GLA
% of
Anchors
Occupied
% of
Stores
Occupied
Store
Sales Per
Square Ft.(2)
 
 
Anchors
 
Lease
Expiration (3)
 
Tulsa Promenade (9)
 Tulsa, OK
 
 
 
 
 
 
 690,235      
 
 
 
 
234,497      
 
 
 
 
 
 
924,732      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
100.0         
 
 
 
 
 
 
80.2         
 
 
 
 
 
 
$307
 
 
 
 
 
Dillard’s
Hollywood Theaters
JCPenney
Macy’s
MDS Realty II, LLC
(8)
 
12/31/16
01/31/19
03/31/11
03/31/11
(11)
 
Subtotal
1,421,524      
686,680      
2,108,204      
98.2%         
89.1%         
$288
 
               
Total
15,272,517      
8,436,580      
23,709,097      
94.3%         
91.5%         
$344
 

(1)
Includes outparcels.
(2)
Average 2006 store sales per square foot for in-line stores of less than 20,000 square feet.
(3)
Lease expiration dates do not contemplate or include options to renew.
(4)
The tenant owns the land and the building and operates under an operating agreement.
(5)
This is a ground lease by the Company to the tenant. The Company owns the land and not the building.
(6)
Managed by Ohio Entertainment Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Glimcher Development Corporation.
(7)
Building owned by third party, space partially occupied at year-end.
(8)
Tenant vacated the store, but continues to pay through the expiration date.
(9)
The Operating Partnership has an investment in this Mall of 52%. The Company is responsible for management and leasing services and receives fees for providing these services.
(10)
Property was classified as held-for-sale as of December 31, 2006.
(11)
The tenant owns the land and the building and is subjected to the Mervyn’s operating agreement.

(b)
Community Centers

Four of the Properties are Community Centers ranging in size from approximately 149,000 to 443,000 square feet of GLA. They are located in 2 states as follows: Ohio (3), and West Virginia (1). The location, general character and major tenant information are set forth below.

Summary of Community Centers at December 31, 2006
 
 
 
Property/Location
 
Anchors
GLA
 
Stores
GLA (1)
 
Total
GLA
% of
Anchors
Occupied
% of
Stores
Occupied
 
 
Anchors
 
Lease
Expiration (2)
Knox Village Square
                   
Mount Vernon, OH
173,009
 
34,400
 
207,409
 
67.8
81.1
JCPenney
05/31/08
                 
Kmart
11/30/17
Morgantown Commons
                   
Morgantown, WV
200,187
 
30,656
 
230,843
 
100.0
20.7
Gabriel Brothers
01/31/17
                 
Kmart
02/28/21
                     
Ohio River Plaza
                   
Gallipolis, OH
106,242
 
43,136
 
149,378
 
15.4
87.9
Peebles
01/31/17
                     
                     
Polaris Towne Center
                   
Columbus, OH
 291,997
 
 151,040
 
  443,037
 
100.0
98.5
Barnes & Noble
01/31/15
                 
Best Buy
01/31/15
                 
Jo-Ann etc.
01/31/10
                 
Kroger
11/30/18
                 
Linens ‘N Things
01/31/15
                 
OfficeMax
09/30/14
                 
Old Navy
T.J. Maxx
01/31/10
03/31/09
                     
                     
Total
771,435
 
259,232
 
1,030,667
 
81.1%
85.2%
   
                     
                     
(1)
Includes outparcels.
 
(2)
Lease expiration dates do not contemplate options to renew.
 
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(c)
Properties Subject to Indebtedness

At December 31, 2006, 25 of the Properties, consisting of 22 Malls (20 wholly-owned and 2 partially owned through a joint venture) and 3 Community Centers, were encumbered by mortgages and 4 Malls and 1 Community Center were unencumbered. The 5 unencumbered Properties had a net book value of $239.4 million at December 31, 2006. To facilitate the funding of working capital requirements and to finance the acquisition and development of the Properties, the Company has entered into an unsecured revolving line of credit with several financial institutions.

Various Mortgage Loans

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the mortgages which encumber various Properties. All of the mortgages are first mortgage liens on the Properties. The information is as of December 31, 2006 (dollars in thousands). 

   
Fixed/ Variable
 
Interest
 
Loan
 
Annual Debt
 
Payment at
     
Encumbered Property
 
Interest Rate
 
Rate
 
Balance
 
Service (1)
 
Maturity
 
Maturity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
$36.4 million SAN Mall note
   
Fixed
   
8.35%
 
$
33,020
 
$
3,320
 
$
32,615
   
10/11/2007
 (2)
Almeda Mall
                           
Northwest Mall
                           
$58.4 million Morgantown note
   
Fixed
   
6.89%
 
 
52,474
 
$
4,608
 
$
50,823
   
09/11/2008
 (2)
Morgantown Mall
                           
Morgantown Commons
                           
Colonial Park Mall
   
Fixed
   
7.73%
 
 
32,451
 
$
3,088
 
$
32,033
   
10/11/2007
 (2)
Knox Village Square
   
Fixed
   
7.41%
 
 
8,753
 
$
772
 
$
8,624
   
02/11/2008
 
Eastland North Carolina
   
Fixed
   
7.84%
 
 
43,766
 
$
4,308
 
$
42,302
   
09/11/2008
 (2)
Great Mall of the Great Plains, The
   
Fixed
   
6.35%
 
 
30,000
 
$
1,932
 
$
30,000
   
01/12/2009
 
Grand Central Mall
   
Fixed
   
7.18%
 
 
47,815
 
$
4,268
 
$
46,065
   
02/01/2009
 
Mall at Johnson City, The
   
Fixed
   
8.37%
 
 
38,787
 
$
3,740
 
$
37,026
   
06/01/2010
 
Polaris Towne Center
   
Fixed
   
8.20%
 
 
40,482
 
$
3,858
 
$
38,543
   
06/01/2010
 (2)
Ashland Town Center
   
Fixed
   
7.25%
 
 
24,809
 
$
2,344
 
$
21,817
   
11/01/2011
 
Dayton Mall, The
   
Fixed
   
8.27%
 
 
55,886
 
$
5,556
 
$
49,864
   
07/11/2012
 (2)
WestShore Plaza
   
Fixed
   
5.09%
 
 
95,255
 
$
6,508
 
$
84,824
   
09/09/2012
 
Polaris Fashion Place
   
Fixed
   
5.24%
 
 
142,129
 
$
9,928
 
$
124,572
   
04/11/2013
 
Lloyd Center
   
Fixed
   
5.42%
 
 
133,256
 
$
9,456
 
$
116,922
   
06/11/2013
 (2)
Jersey Gardens
   
Fixed
   
4.83%
 
 
158,791
 
$
10,424
 
$
135,194
   
06/08/2014
 
Mall at Fairfield Commons, The
   
Fixed
   
5.45%
 
 
109,232
 
$
7,724
 
$
92,762
   
11/01/2014
 
SuperMall of the Great Northwest
   
Fixed
   
7.54%
 
 
59,515
 
$
5,412
 
$
49,969
   
02/11/2015
 (2)
River Valley Mall
   
Fixed
   
5.65%
 
 
50,000
 
$
2,864
 
$
44,931
   
01/11/2016
 
Weberstown Mall
   
Fixed
   
5.90%
 
 
60,000
 
$
3,590
 
$
60,000
   
06/08/2016
 
Eastland Ohio
   
Fixed
   
5.87%
 
 
43,000
 
$
2,557
 
$
38,057
   
12/11/2016
 
Total fixed rate notes:
           
1,259,421
             
 
                                     
Montgomery Mall
   
Variable
   
7.03%
 
 
25,000
 
$
1,781
 
$
25,000
   
01/31/2007
 
Total variable rate notes:
           
25,000
             
 
                                     
Total Wholly Owned Properties:
         
$
1,284,421
 (3)            
 
                                     
Joint Venture Properties:
                                     
 
                                     
Puente Hills Mall (4)
   
Fixed
   
5.20%
 
$ 
45,436
 
$
3,151
 
$
44,324
   
06/01/2008
 
Tulsa Promenade (5)
   
Fixed
   
6.52%
 
 
18,200
 
$ 
1,203
 
$ 
18,200
   
03/14/2009
 
 
                                     
Total Joint Venture Properties:
         
$
63,636
             
 
 
(1)
Annual debt service for variable rate notes is calculated based on the interest rate at December 31, 2006.
 
(2)
Optional prepayment date (without penalty) is shown. Loan matures at a later date.
 
(3)
This total differs from the amounts reported in the financial statements due to $19.0 million in tax exempt borrowings which are not secured by a mortgage and fair value adjustments to debt instruments as required by SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations.”
 
(4)
The Company acquired a 52% interest in this Property on December 29, 2005.
 
(5)
On March 14, 2006, the Company divested of its 100% interest in this Property and transferred it to a joint venture in which it has a 52% interest.
 
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Item 3. Legal Proceedings

The Company is involved in lawsuits, claims and proceedings, which arise in the ordinary course of business. The Company is not presently involved in any material litigation. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 5, “Accounting for Contingencies,” the Company makes a provision for a liability when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

No matter was submitted to a vote of security holders through the solicitation of proxies or otherwise during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006. 

PART II.

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

(a)
Market Information
 
The Common Shares are currently listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “GRT.” On February 22, 2007, the last reported sales price of the Common Shares on the NYSE was $29.21. The following table shows the high and low sales prices for the Common Shares on the NYSE for the 2006 and 2005 quarterly periods indicated as reported by the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape and the cash distributions per Common Share paid by GRT with respect to such period.
 
     
Distributions
Quarter Ended
High
Low
Per Share
March 31, 2005
$28.03
$23.40
$0.4808
June 30, 2005
$29.00
$23.45
$0.4808
September 30, 2005
$30.16
$24.03
$0.4808
December 31, 2005
$26.70
$21.74
$0.4808
March 31, 2006
$29.10
$23.95
$0.4808
June 30, 2006
$28.36
$23.88
$0.4808
September 30, 2006
$25.63
$23.08
$0.4808
December 31, 2006
$27.72
$24.20
$0.4808

(b)
Holders

The number of holders of record of the Common Shares was 911 as of February 22, 2007.

(c)
Distributions

Future distributions paid by GRT on the Common Shares will be at the discretion of the trustees of GRT and will depend upon the actual cash flow of GRT, its financial condition, capital requirements, the annual distribution requirements under the REIT provisions of the Code and such other factors as the trustees of GRT deem relevant.

GRT has implemented a Distribution Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) under which its shareholders or OP Unit holders may elect to purchase additional Common Shares at fair value and/or automatically reinvest their distributions in Common Shares at fair value. In order to fulfill its obligations under the Plan, GRT may purchase Common Shares in the open market or issue Common Shares that have been registered and authorized specifically for the Plan. As of December 31, 2006, 2,100,000 Common Shares were authorized, of which 268,052 Common Shares have been issued under the Plan.

Item 6. Selected Financial Data
 
The following table sets forth Selected Financial Data for the Company. This information should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements of the Company and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of the Financial Condition and Results of Operations, each included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.

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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA      
 
   
  For the Years Ended December 31,
 
   
 2006
 
 2005 
 
 2004
 
 2003
 
 2002
 
Operating Data (in thousands, except per share amounts): (1)
                     
Total revenues
 
$
309,264
 
$
300,026
 
$
288,839
 
$
244,327
 
$
204,973
 
Operating income
 
$
63,742
 
$
105,994
 
$
103,563
 
$
85,534
 
$
68,831
 
Interest expense
 
$
84,985
 
$
74,396
 
$
78,359
 
$
68,824
 
$
85,773
 
Gain on sales of properties, net
 
$
1,717
 
$
1,619
 
$
19,646
 
$
703
 
$
15,756
 
(Loss) income from continuing operations
 
$
(11,602
)
$
31,666
 
$
22,488
 
$
18,982
 
$
(14,479
)
(Loss) income from continuing operations per share common (diluted)
 
$
(0.93
)
$
0.36
 
$
0.08
 
$
0.18
 
$
(0.68
)
Net (loss) income
 
$
(77,165
)
$
20,850
 
$
51,755
 
$
32,961
 
$
33,604
 
Preferred stock dividends
 
$
17,437
 
$
17,437
 
$
17,517
 
$
13,688
 
$
11,833
 
Net (loss) income available to common shareholders
 
$
(94,602
)
$
3,413
 
$
29,360
 
$
19,273
 
$
21,771
 
Per common share data: Earnings per share (diluted)
 
$
(2.58
)
$
0.09
 
$
0.82
 
$
0.55
 
$
0.67
 
Distributions (per common share)
 
$
1.9232
 
$
1.9232
 
$
1.9232
 
$
1.9232
 
$
1.9232
 
                                 
Balance Sheet Data (in thousands):
                               
Investment in real estate, net
 
$
1,773,805
 
$
1,877,059
 
$
1,835,298
 
$
1,724,226
 
$
1,507,277
 
Total assets
 
$
1,888,820
 
$
1,995,312
 
$
1,947,024
 
$
1,837,423
 
$
1,622,433
 
Total long-term debt
 
$
1,576,886
 
$
1,501,481
 
$
1,402,604
 
$
1,295,058
 
$
1,095,930
 
Total shareholders’ equity
 
$
225,235
 
$
387,054
 
$
443,822
 
$
441,939
 
$
416,492
 
                                 
Other Data:
                               
Cash provided by operating activities (in thousands)
 
$
96,230
 
$
108,345
 
$
102,305
 
$
98,894
 
$
67,600
 
Cash (used in) provided by investing activities (in thousands)
 
$
(108,911
)
$
(120,203
)
$
38,133
 
$
(200,229
)
$
175,697
 
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities (in thousands)
 
$
16,611
 
$
11,233
 
$
(143,032
)
$
101,066
 
$
(240,697
)
Funds from operations (2) (in thousands)
 
$
(25,502
)
$
77,666
 
$
89,629
 
$
88,897
 
$
74,828
 
Number of properties (3) (4)
   
30
   
36
   
41
   
70
   
73
 
Total GLA (in thousands) (3) (4)
   
24,740
   
24,615
   
24,291
   
27,061
   
25,716
 
Occupancy rate % (3)
   
92.8
%
 
91.9
%
 
89.3
%
 
89.8
%
 
88.9
%

(1)
Operating data for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002 are restated to reflect the impact of SFAS No. 144.

(2)
FFO as defined by NAREIT is used by the real estate industry and investment community as a supplemental measure of the performance of real estate companies. NAREIT defines FFO as net income (loss) available to common shareholders (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains or losses from sales of depreciable property, plus real estate related depreciation and amortization and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. FFO does include impairment losses for properties held-for-use and held-for-sale. The Company’s FFO may not be directly comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other real estate investment trusts. FFO does not represent cash flow from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP), as an indication of the Company’s financial performance or to cash flow from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP), as a measure of the Company’s liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund the Company’s cash needs, including its ability to make cash distributions. A reconciliation of FFO to net income available to common shareholders is provided in Item 7 of this Form 10-K.

(3)
Number of Properties and GLA include Properties which are both wholly owned by the Company or by a joint venture in which the Company has a joint venture interest. Occupancy of the Properties is defined as any space where a store is open or a tenant is paying rent at the date indicated, excluding all tenants with leases having an initial term of less than one year.

(4)
The number of Properties owned by joint ventures in which the Company has an interest and the GLA of those Properties included in the table are as follows: 2006 includes 2.1 million square feet of GLA (2 Properties), 2005 includes 1.2 million square feet of GLA (1 Property), none in 2004, 2003 includes 2.0 million square feet of GLA (2 Properties) and 2002 includes 3.8 million square feet of GLA (4 Properties).


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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Overview

GRT is a self-administered and self-managed Maryland real estate investment trust, or REIT, which commenced business operations in January 1994 at the time of its initial public offering. We own, lease, manage and develop a portfolio of retail properties consisting of regional and super regional malls and community shopping centers. As of December 31, 2006, we owned interests in and managed 30 Properties, consisting of 26 Malls (24 wholly-owned and 2 partially owned through a joint venture) and 4 Community Centers located in 16 states. The Properties contain an aggregate of approximately 24.7 million square feet of GLA of which approximately 92.8% was occupied at December 31, 2006.

Our primary business objective is to achieve growth in net income and funds from operations, or FFO, by developing and acquiring retail properties; by improving the operating performance and value of our existing portfolio through selective expansion and renovation of our Properties; and by maintaining high occupancy rates, increasing minimum rents per square-foot of GLA and aggressively controlling costs.

Key elements of our growth strategies and operating policies are to:

·
Increase Property values by aggressively marketing available GLA and renewing existing leases;

·
Negotiate and sign leases which provide for regular or fixed contractual increases to minimum rents;

·
Capitalize on management’s long-standing relationships with national and regional retailers and extensive experience in marketing to local retailers, as well as exploit the leverage inherent in a larger portfolio of properties in order to lease available space;

·
Utilize our team-oriented management approach to increase productivity and efficiency;

·
Acquire strategically located malls;

·
Hold Properties for long-term investment and emphasize regular maintenance, periodic renovation and capital improvements to preserve and maximize value;

·
Selectively dispose of assets we believe have achieved long-term investment potential and redeploy the proceeds;

·
Control operating costs by utilizing our employees to perform management, leasing, marketing, finance, accounting, construction supervision, legal and information technology services;

·
Renovate, reconfigure or expand Properties and utilize existing land available for expansion and development of outparcels to meet the needs of existing or new tenants; and

·
Utilize our development capabilities to develop quality properties at low costs.

Our strategy is to be a leading REIT focusing on anchored-retail properties located primarily in the top 100 metropolitan statistical areas by population. We expect to continue investing in select development opportunities and in strategic acquisitions of mall properties that provide growth potential. We expect to finance acquisition, redevelopment and development opportunities with cash on hand, borrowings under credit facilities, proceeds from strategic joint venture partners, asset dispositions, secured mortgage financings, the issuance of equity or debt securities, or a combination of two or more of the foregoing.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

General

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Senior management has discussed the development, selection and disclosure of these estimates with the Audit Committee of the Board and the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

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An accounting policy is deemed to be critical if it requires an accounting estimate to be made based on assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time the estimate is made and if different estimates that are reasonably likely to occur could materially impact the financial statements. Management believes the critical accounting policies discussed in this section reflect its more significant estimates and assumptions used in preparation of the consolidated financial statements.

Revenue Recognition

The Company’s revenue recognition policy relating to minimum rents does not require the use of significant estimates. Percentage rents, tenant reimbursements and components of other revenue associated with the margins related to outparcel sales include estimates.

Percentage Rents

Percentage rents, which are based on tenants’ sales as reported to the Company, are recognized once the sales reported by such tenants exceed any applicable breakpoints as specified in the tenants’ leases. The percentage rents are recognized based upon the measurement dates specified in the leases which indicate when the percentage rent is due.

Tenant reimbursements

Estimates are used to record cost reimbursements from tenants for CAM, real estate tax, utilities and insurance. We recognize revenue based upon the amounts to be reimbursed from our tenants in the same period these reimbursable expenses are incurred. Differences between estimated cost reimbursements and final amounts billed are recognized in the subsequent year. Leases are not uniform in dealing with such cost reimbursements and variations exist in computations between Properties and tenants. The Company analyzes the balance of its estimated accounts receivable for real estate taxes, CAM and insurance for each of its Properties by comparing actual reimbursements versus actual expenses. Adjustments are also made throughout the year to these receivables and the related cost reimbursement income based upon the Company’s best estimate of the final amounts to be billed and collected. If management’s estimate of the percent of recoverable expenses that can be billed to the tenants in 2006 differs from actual amounts billed in 2007 by 1%, the amount of income recorded during 2006 would increase or decrease by $1.0 million.

Outparcel sales

The Company sells outparcels at its various Properties. The estimated cost used to calculate the margin from these sales involves a number of estimates. The estimates made are based either upon assigning a proportionate cost, upon historical cost paid for the total parcel to the portion of the parcel that is sold, or by incorporating the sales value method. The proportionate share of actual cost is derived through consideration of numerous factors. These factors include items such as ease of access to the parcel, visibility from high traffic areas and other factors that may differentiate the desirability of the particular section of the parcel that is sold.

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects the Company’s estimate of the amounts of the recorded accounts receivable at the balance sheet date that will not be recovered from cash receipts in subsequent periods. The Company’s policy is to record a periodic provision for doubtful accounts based on total revenues. The Company also periodically reviews specific tenant balances and determines whether an additional allowance is necessary. In recording such a provision, the Company considers a tenant’s creditworthiness, ability to pay, probability of collection and consideration of the retail sector in which the tenant operates. The allowance for doubtful accounts is reviewed periodically based upon the Company’s historical experience.


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Investment in Real Estate

Carrying Value of Assets

The Company maintains a diverse portfolio of real estate assets. The portfolio holdings have increased as a result of both acquisitions and the development of new Properties and have been reduced by selected sales of assets. The amounts to be capitalized as a result of acquisition and developments and the periods over which the assets are depreciated or amortized are determined based on the application of accounting standards that may require estimates as to fair value and the allocation of various costs to the individual assets. The Company allocates the cost of the acquisition based upon the estimated fair value of the net assets acquired. The Company also estimates the fair value of intangibles related to its acquisitions. The valuation of the fair value of the intangibles involves estimates related to market conditions, probability of lease renewals and the current market value of in-place leases. This market value is determined by considering factors such as the tenant’s industry, location within the Property and competition in the specific market in which the Property operates. Differences in the amount attributed to the intangible assets can be significant based upon the assumptions made in calculating these estimates.

Impairment Evaluation

Management evaluates the recoverability of its investment in real estate assets in accordance with SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.” This statement requires that long-lived assets be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that recoverability of the asset is not assured.

The Company evaluates the recoverability of its investments in real estate assets to be held and used each quarter and records an impairment charge when there is an indicator of impairment and the undiscounted projected cash flows are less than the carrying amount for a particular Property. The estimated cash flows used for the impairment analysis and the determination of estimated fair value are based on the Company’s plans for the respective assets and the Company’s views of market and economic conditions. The estimates consider matters such as current and historical rental rates, occupancies for the respective Properties and comparable properties and recent sales data for comparable properties. Changes in estimated future cash flows due to changes in the Company’s plans or views of market and economic conditions could result in recognition of impairment losses, which, under the applicable accounting guidance, could be substantial.

Investment in Real Estate - Held-for-Sale

The Company evaluates the held-for-sale classification of its owned real estate each quarter. Assets that are classified as held-for-sale are recorded at the lower of their carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell. Assets are generally classified as held-for-sale once management commits to a plan to sell the Properties and has initiated an active program to market them for sale. The results of operations of these real estate properties are reflected as discontinued operations in all periods reported.

On occasion, the Company will receive unsolicited offers from third parties to buy individual Properties. Under these circumstances, the Company will classify the particular Property as held-for-sale when a sales contract is executed with no contingencies and the prospective buyer has funds at risk to ensure performance.

Sale of Real Estate Assets

The sale of real estate assets may also involve the application of judgments in determining whether the risks and rewards of ownership have transferred to the buyer and that a sale has been completed for purposes of recognizing a gain on the sale. The Company recognizes property sales in accordance with SFAS No. 66, “Accounting for Sales of Real Estate.” The Company generally records the sales of operating properties and outparcels using the full accrual method at closing, when the earnings process is deemed to be complete. Sales not qualifying for full recognition at the time of sale are accounted for under other appropriate deferral methods.

Accounting for Acquisitions

The fair value of the real estate acquired is allocated to acquired tangible assets, consisting of land, building and tenant improvements, and identified intangible assets and liabilities, consisting of the value of above-market and below-market leases for acquired in-place leases, the value of tenant relationships, and the value of in-place leases, based in each case on their fair values. Purchase accounting is applied to assets and liabilities related to real estate entities acquired based upon the percentage of interest acquired.

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The fair value of the tangible assets of an acquired property (which includes land, building and tenant improvements) is determined by valuing the property as if it were vacant, based on management’s determination of the relative fair values of these assets. Management determines the as-if-vacant fair value of a property using methods to determine the replacement cost of the tangible assets.

In determining the fair value of the identified intangible assets and liabilities of an acquired property, above-market and below-market in-place lease values are recorded based on the present value (using an interest rate which reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (i) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (ii) management’s estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease. The capitalized above-market lease values and the capitalized below-market lease values are amortized as an adjustment to rental income over the initial lease term.

The aggregate value of in-place leases is determined by evaluating various factors, including an estimate of carrying costs during the expected lease-up periods, current market conditions and similar leases. In estimating carrying costs, management includes real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rental revenue during the expected lease-up periods based on current market demand. Management also estimates costs to execute similar leases including leasing commissions, legal and other related costs. The value assigned to this intangible asset is amortized over the remaining lease term plus an assumed renewal period that is reasonably assured.

The aggregate value of other acquired intangible assets include tenant relationships. Factors considered by management in assigning a value to these relationships include: assumptions of probability of lease renewals, investment in tenant improvements, leasing commissions and an approximate time lapse in rental income while a new tenant is located. The value assigned to this intangible asset is amortized over the average life of the relationship.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation expense for real estate assets is computed using a straight-line method and estimated useful lives for buildings and improvements using a weighted average composite life of forty years and equipment and fixtures of five to ten years. Expenditures for leasehold improvements and construction allowances paid to tenants are capitalized and amortized over the initial term of each lease. Cash allowances paid to retailers that are used for purposes other than improvements to the real estate are amortized as a reduction to minimum rents over the initial lease term. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Cash allowances paid in return for operating covenants from retailers who own their real estate are capitalized as contract intangibles. These intangibles are amortized over the period the retailer is required to operate their store.

Investment in Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities

The Company evaluates all joint venture arrangements for consolidation. The percentage interest in the joint venture, evaluation of control and whether a variable interest entity (“VIE”) exists are all considered in determining if the arrangement qualifies for consolidation.

The Company accounts for its investments in unconsolidated real estate entities using the equity method of accounting, whereby the cost of an investment is adjusted for the Company’s share of equity in net income or loss beginning on the date of acquisition and reduced by distributions received. The income or loss of each investee is allocated in accordance with the provisions of the applicable operating agreements. The allocation provisions in these agreements may differ from the ownership interest held by each investor. Differences between the carrying amount of the Company’s investment in the respective investees and the Company’s share of the underlying equity of such unconsolidated entities are amortized over the respective lives of the underlying assets as applicable.

The Company periodically reviews its investment in unconsolidated real estate entities for other than temporary declines in market value. Any decline that is not expected to be recovered in the next twelve months is considered other than temporary and an impairment charge is recorded as a reduction in the carrying value of the investment. No impairment charges were recognized during the year ended December 31, 2006 related to our investment in unconsolidated real estate entities.

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Deferred Costs

The Company capitalizes initial direct costs in accordance with SFAS No. 91, “Accounting for Nonrefundable Fees and Costs Associated with Originating or Acquiring Loans and Initial Direct Costs of Leases,” and amortizes these costs over the initial lease term. The costs are capitalized upon the execution of the lease and the amortization period begins the earlier of the store opening date or the date the tenant’s lease obligation begins.

Derivatives

The Company has used interest rate cap agreements to hedge interest rate exposure and interest rate swap contracts to convert a portion of its variable rate debt to fixed rate debt. The Company has a policy of only entering into contracts with major financial institutions based upon their credit ratings and other factors, and all contracts are intended to be effective as hedges of specific interest rate risk exposures. In connection with the determination of the effectiveness of these hedges and the recognition of any unrealized gain or loss on these contracts, the Company computes the fair value of the contracts at each balance sheet date. To determine the fair values of derivative instruments, the Company uses a variety of methods and assumptions that are based on market conditions and risks existing at each balance sheet date. Standard market conventions and techniques such as discounted cash flow analysis, replacement cost and termination cost are used to determine fair value. All methods of assessing fair value result in a general approximation of value, and such value may never actually be realized. The Company at times employs an external third party to perform an independent assessment of the fair value of the derivatives portfolio. The aggregate fair value of the Company’s derivative instruments was nominal at December 31, 2006 and 2005.

Funds From Operations

Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. We have also indicated that FFO is a key measure of financial performance. FFO is an important and widely used financial measure of operating performance in the REIT industry, which we believe provides important information to investors and a relevant basis for comparison among REITs.
 
We believe that FFO is an appropriate and valuable measure of our operating performance because real estate generally appreciates over time or maintains a residual value to a much greater extent than personal property and, accordingly, reductions for real estate depreciation and amortization charges are not meaningful in evaluating the operating results of the Properties.

FFO, as defined by NAREIT (defined fully in Item 1) is used by the real estate industry and investment community as a supplemental measure of the performance of real estate companies. FFO does not represent cash flow from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income as the primary indicator of our operating performance or as an alternative to cash flow as a measure of liquidity. Our FFO may not be directly comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other REIT’s.

The following table illustrates the calculation of FFO and the reconciliation of FFO to net income available to common shareholders for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 (in thousands): 
 
   
For the Years Ended December 31, 
 
   
2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
Net (loss) income available to common shareholders
 
$
(94,602
)
$
3,413
 
$
29,360
 
Add back (less):
                   
Real estate depreciation and amortization
   
73,926
   
75,620
   
76,970
 
Equity in income of unconsolidated entities
   
(1,443
)
 
(51
)
 
(3
)
Share of joint venture real estate depreciation and amortization
   
6,067
   
51
   
42
 
Minority interest in Operating Partnership
   
(7,733
)
 
252
   
2,906
 
Discontinued operations: Gain on sales of properties
   
(1,717
)
 
(1,619
)
 
(19,646
)
Funds from operations
 
$
(25,502
)
$
77,666
 
$
89,629
 
 
FFO - Comparison of year ended December 31, 2006 to December 31, 2005

FFO decreased 132.8%, or $103.2 million, for the year ended December 31, 2006 compared to the year ended December 31, 2005. During 2006, we incurred $111.9 million of impairment charges primarily related to three Mall Properties, two of which were listed as held-for-sale, as compared to $16.4 million related primarily to Community Centers for the same period ended December 31, 2005. Also contributing to the decrease in FFO was a $18.0 million increase in overall interest expense. This increase in interest expense can be attributed to a $9.4 million defeasance charge associated with the release of a lien and security interest related to the mortgage loan on University Mall and release of the Company from our obligation under the loan. The increase in interest expense is also attributable to a higher average loan balance during 2006 as compared to 2005, primarily due to funding of acquisitions, capital improvements and the Company’s redevelopment program. Excluding the non-cash impairment charges and defeasance costs, FFO would have been $95.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 compared to $94.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2005.

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Offsetting these decreases to FFO was an increase of $6.0 million to our pro-rata share of FFO from our joint venture investment in Puente Hills Mall (“Puente”) and Tulsa Promenade (“Tulsa”). Also, our general and administrative costs decreased by $3.1 million. This decrease is primarily due to $3.3 million of charges in 2005 relating to an employment agreement ($2.0 million) and a severance agreement ($1.3 million) with two of the Company’s former executives.

FFO - Comparison of year ended December 31, 2005 to December 31, 2004

FFO decreased 13.3%, or $12.0 million, for the year ended December 31, 2005 compared to the year ended December 31, 2004. During 2005, we incurred $16.4 million of impairment charges to FFO in connection with Community Centers that were either sold or held-for-sale. Also contributing to the decrease in FFO was a $7.6 million reduction in net operating income previously generated from sold Properties. Lastly, general and administrative costs increased by $4.1 million. This increase is related to charges associated with an employment agreement ($2.0 million) and a severance agreement ($1.3 million) with two of the Company’s former executives in 2005 and increased costs associated with corporate governance.

Offsetting these decreases in FFO was lower overall interest expense of approximately $4.5 million, a $7.4 million greater contribution of operating income from our Properties in 2005 and no redemption costs as incurred in the previous year. The decrease in interest expense was driven primarily by lower outstanding borrowings for the year ended December 31, 2005 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2004. We also incurred a $4.9 million charge associated with the original issuance costs of the 9.25% Series B Cumulative Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest (the “Series B Preferred Shares”) that were redeemed during the first quarter of 2004.

Results of Operations - Year Ended December 31, 2006 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2005
 
Revenues

Total revenues increased 3.1%, or $9.2 million, for the year ended December 31, 2006. Each revenue category increased for the year ended December 31, 2006 compared to December 31, 2005 primarily due to improved performance at our Mall Properties.

Minimum rents

Minimum rents increased 1.8%, or $3.3 million, for the year ended December 31, 2006. The increase is due to higher base rent at the Malls of $5.3 million resulting from improved in-line store occupancy and increased rental rates. Lease termination income decreased $82,000 from the prior year. Straight-line rents decreased $1.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2006, compared to the same period in 2005.

Tenant reimbursements

Tenant reimbursements reflect an increase of 2.2%, or $1.8 million, for the year ended December 31, 2006. This is due to an associated increase of $1.8 million in reimbursable expenses for the year and a 20 basis point improvement in recovery rates.

Other revenues

Other revenues increased 16.7%, or $3.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 compared to the year ended December 31, 2005. The components of other revenues are shown below:

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For the Years Ended
December 31,
 
   
 2006
 
2005
 
Inc. (Dec.)
 
Licensing Agreement Income
 
$
11,554
 
$
13,526
 
$
(1,972
)
Outparcel Sales
   
6,220
   
2,525
   
3,695
 
Sponsorship Income
   
1,069
   
810
   
259
 
Management Fees
   
2,231
   
632
   
1,599
 
Other
   
5,588
   
5,359
   
229
 
Total
 
$
26,662
 
$
22,852
 
$
3,810
 
 
Licensing agreement income relates to our tenants with rental agreement terms of less than thirteen months. The decline in this revenue is due to extending the terms of many of these agreements for longer periods. In 2006, revenue from our sales of outparcels primarily related to seven outparcels sold at The Great Mall of the Great Plains (“Great Mall”) Property for $5.9 million in the fourth quarter. The 2005 outparcel income related primarily to sales of undeveloped land in Ohio. The increase in management fee income relates to Properties we own through a joint venture that was formed in late 2005.

Expenses

Total expenses increased 26.5%, or $51.5 million, for the year ended December 31, 2006. Property operating expenses and real estate taxes increased $1.8 million, the provision for doubtful accounts decreased $75,000, other operating expenses increased $656,000, depreciation and amortization increased $5.5 million, general and administrative costs decreased $3.1 million and impairment losses on held-for-use real estate assets increased $46.7 million.

Real estate taxes and property operating expenses

Real estate taxes and property operating expenses increased $1.8 million, or 1.9%, for the year ended December 31, 2006. Real estate taxes decreased $288,000, or 0.8%. Successful real estate tax appeals resulted in decreases in real estate taxes at two of our Properties of approximately $783,000 for 2006 compared to the prior year. Offsetting these reductions were increases in real estate taxes for the year ended December 31, 2006 for WestShore Plaza and The Mall at Fairfield Commons of $346,000 and $324,000, respectively.

Property operating expenses increased $2.1 million, or 3.4% for the year ended December 31, 2006. Salaries and related expenses were up by $1.1 million. These increases related primarily to wages for our housekeeping and security personnel. Utility expense increased $1.7 million, with the majority of the increase at Jersey Gardens Mall. Offsetting these increases were decreases in parking lot maintenance of $390,000 and snow removal of $835,000.

Provision for doubtful accounts

The provision for doubtful accounts was $3.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 and $3.8 million for 2005. The provision represented 1.2% of revenues in 2006 and 1.3% of revenues in 2005 related to our continuing operations. We have recorded a total provision for doubtful accounts (including discontinued operations) of $6.7 million in 2006 compared to $5.1 million in 2005. The increase relates primarily to aged receivables for sold Properties.

Other Operating Expenses

Other operating expenses were $9.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 compared to $9.0 million for the corresponding period in 2005. Cost associated with outparcel sales increased $432,000, primarily due to costs associated with the outparcel sale at our Great Mall Property. Landlord expenses including utilities and repairs increased $379,000 from 2005 to 2006. Offsetting these increases, our legal expenses decreased in the current year by $264,000 from the prior year.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation expense increased for the year ended December 31, 2006 by $5.5 million, or 8.2%. The investment of $12 million in improvements to the Nordstrom store at the Lloyd Center Mall increased depreciation $1.2 million from the prior year. Depreciation expense increased at Eastland Ohio by $2.6 million for 2006 compared to 2005, primarily due to the addition of the new Macy’s anchor store that opened in late 2005.

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General and Administrative

General and administrative expense was $15.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 compared to $18.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2005. The decrease is due primarily to $3.3 million of charges in 2005 relating to employment agreement ($2.0 million) and a severance agreement ($1.3 million) with two of our former executives.

Impairment losses - real estate assets, continuing operations

We recognized a $46.7 million non-cash impairment charge on our Great Mall Property during the fourth quarter of 2006. Even though we have no current intentions to sell the Property, we are working on multiple redevelopment opportunities that may involve a substantial reconfiguration of the Property. These plans result in more than temporary declines in future cash flow shortfalls when compared to the carrying value of approximately $89.4 million.

Interest expense/capitalized interest

Interest expense increased, related to our continuing operations, 14.2%, or $10.6 million, for the year ended December 31, 2006. The summary below identifies the increase by its various components (dollars in thousands).
 
   
Year Ended December 31, 
 
   
2006
 
2005
 
Inc. (Dec.)
 
Average loan balance
 
$
1,375,809
 
$
1,235,267
 
$
140,542
 
Average rate
   
6.21
%
 
6.04
%
 
0.17
%
                     
Total interest
 
$
85,438
 
$
74,610
 
$
10,828
 
Amortization of loan fees
   
2,039
   
2,100
   
(61
)
Capitalized interest and other expense, net
   
(2,492
)
 
(2,314
)
 
(178
)
Interest expense
 
$
84,985
 
$
74,396
 
$
10,589
 

The increase in the “Average loan balance” was primarily the result of funding acquisitions, capital improvements and the Company’s redevelopment program. The variance in “Capitalized interest and other, net” was also primarily due to the increase in construction activity.

Equity in income of unconsolidated entities, net

The $1.4 million income results primarily from our investment in Puente and Tulsa. This represents our share of the $2.8 million of net income (available after payment of the preferred dividend) for the year ended December 31, 2006 for these Properties for the period during 2006 in which they were held through a joint venture (the “ORC Venture”) with OMERS Realty Corporation (“ORC”), an affiliate of Oxford Properties Group (“Oxford”), which is the global real estate platform for the Ontario (Canada) Municipal Employees Retirement System, a Canadian pension plan. The reconciliation of the net income from the ORC Venture to FFO for these Properties is shown below (in thousands).
 
   
Year Ended
December 31, 2006  
 
Net income available to joint ventures
 
$
2,776
 
Add back:
       
Real estate depreciation and amortization
   
8,892
 
FFO
 
$
11,668
 
Pro-rata share of joint venture FFO
 
$
6,067
 
 
Discontinued Operations

During 2006, we sold seven Community Centers for $24.7 million and reflected five Mall Properties as held-for-sale. In connection with the sales, we recorded a net gain on the sale of $1.7 million. We recorded an impairment loss of $65.2 million primarily associated with two of the held-for-sale Malls. The impairment loss is reported in discontinued operations in accordance with SFAS No. 144. During 2005, we sold five Community Centers and one Mall for $18.4 million and reflected seven Community Centers and one Mall as held-for-sale. We reported a net gain of $1.6 million associated with the sale of these Community Centers and the Mall and recorded an impairment loss of $16.4 million. Total revenues for discontinued operations were $44.9 million and $52.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

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Results of Operations - Year Ended December 31, 2005 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2004
 
Revenues

Total revenues increased 3.9%, or $11.2 million, for the year ended December 31, 2005. Minimum rents increased $9.0 million, percentage rents increased $207,000, tenant reimbursements increased $3.0 million and other income decreased $1.0 million.
 
Minimum rents

Minimum rents increased 5.1%, or $9.0 million, for the year ended December 31, 2005. The increase is primarily due to higher base rents at the Properties of $5.8 million and lease termination income increasing by $3.2 million.
 
Tenant reimbursements

Tenant reimbursements reflect an increase of 3.6%, or $3.0 million, for the year ended December 31, 2005. The increase in revenues relates to increases in recoverable operating expenses of $1.6 million and an improvement to the recovery rate of 160 basis points compared to 2004.
 
Other revenues

The $1.0 million decrease in other revenue is a result of a decrease of $1.8 million in licensing agreement revenue and a decrease of $188,000 in revenue from outparcel sales. These decreases were partially offset by higher fee income of $532,000 primarily related to the acquisition fee earned following the purchase of Puente on December 29, 2005.
 
Expenses

Total expenses increased $8.8 million, or 4.7%, for the year ended December 31, 2005. Real estate taxes and property operating expenses increased $1.6 million, the provision for doubtful accounts decreased $507,000, other operating expenses increased $1.1 million, depreciation and amortization increased $2.5 million and general and administrative expenses increased $4.1 million.

Real estate taxes and property operating expenses

Real estate taxes and property operating expenses increased 1.7%, or $1.6 million, for the year ended December 31, 2005. Real estate taxes increased $2.3 million from 2004 as a result of increases in the assessed value of several Properties and a change in the calculation of commercial property real estate tax at our Properties located in Ohio. The increase was partially offset by a reduction in property operating expenses of $646,000, primarily a result of bringing housekeeping and security services in-house.
 
Provision for doubtful accounts

The provision for doubtful accounts was $3.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 and $4.3 million for 2004. The provision represented 1.3% of revenues in 2005 and 1.5% of revenues in 2004. The allowance for doubtful accounts has not changed significantly as of December 31, 2005 compared to December 31, 2004.
 
Other operating expenses
 
Other operating expenses were $9.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 compared to $7.9 million for the corresponding period in 2004. The increase was primarily due to higher legal fees of $525,000 at the Properties and an increase of $495,000 in costs related to outparcel sales.
 
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Depreciation and Amortization
 
Depreciation and amortization expense increased for the year ended December 31, 2005 by $2.5 million, or 3.8%. The increase in depreciation and amortization is primarily a result of depreciation for additions to real estate assets and the write-offs related to improvements in spaces vacated by anchor tenants.
 
General and Administrative

General and administrative expense was $18.4 million and represented 6.1% of total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2005 compared to $14.3 million and 5.0% of total revenues for 2004. The increase is primarily due to $3.3 million of charges in 2005 relating to an employment agreement ($2.0 million) and a severance agreement ($1.3 million) with two of our former executives; higher professional services fees associated with corporate governance initiatives and increased corporate salaries.

Interest expense/capitalized interest

Interest expense decreased, related to our continuing operations, 5.1% or $4.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2005. The summary below identifies the decrease by its various components (dollars in thousands).
 
   
Year Ended December 31, 
 
   
2005
 
2004
 
Inc. (Dec.)
 
Average loan balance
 
$
1,235,267
 
$
1,249,549
 
$
(14,282
)
Average rate
   
6.04
%
 
5.93
%
 
0.11
%
                     
Total interest
 
$
74,610
 
$
74,099
 
$
511
 
Amortization of loan fees
   
2,100
   
4,033
   
(1,933
)
Capitalized interest and other expense, net
   
(2,314
)
 
227
   
(2,541
)
Interest expense
 
$
74,396
 
$
78,359
 
$
(3,963
)

Costs associated with early extinguishment of debt, which are reflected in interest expense, were $1.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2004. Of this cost, $1.2 million is included under “Amortization of loan fees” and represents the acceleration of loan fee amortization associated with the refinancing of mortgages. Decreases in “Capitalized interest and other expense, net” was due to a significant increase in construction activity resulting in a $1.1 million increase in capitalized interest in 2005. Other items causing the decrease were the settlement of an interest rate swap arrangement of $391,000 and fees associated with a mortgage refinancing of $557,000, both of which occurred in 2004 with no similar expense in 2005.

Equity in income of unconsolidated entities, net

The $51,000 income results from our investment in Puente.

Discontinued Operations

During 2005, we sold five Community Centers and one Mall for $18.4 million and reflected seven Community Centers and one Mall as held-for-sale. We reported a net gain of $1.6 million associated with the sale of these Community Centers and the Mall and recorded an impairment loss of $16.4 million, which, in accordance with SFAS No. 144, is reported in discontinued operations. During 2004, we sold twenty-nine Community Centers for $113.3 million and reflected one Community Center as held-for-sale. We recorded a net gain on the sale of discontinued operations of $19.6 million. Total revenues for discontinued operations were $52.6 million and $66.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity

Our short-term (less than one year) liquidity requirements include recurring operating costs, capital expenditures, debt service requirements and dividend and distribution requirements pertaining to our preferred shares, Common Shares and OP Units. We anticipate that these needs will be primarily met with cash flows provided by operations.

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Our long-term (greater than one year) liquidity requirements include scheduled debt maturities, capital expenditures to maintain, renovate and expand existing assets, property acquisitions and development projects. Management anticipates that net cash provided by operating activities, the funds available under our credit facility, construction financing, long-term mortgage debt, contributions from our strategic joint venture partnerships, issuance of preferred shares and Common Shares, and proceeds from the sale of assets will provide sufficient capital resources to carry out our business strategy.

At December 31, 2006, our total-debt-to-total-market capitalization was 55.3% compared to 56.1% at December 31, 2005. We are working to maintain this ratio in the mid-fifty percent range. We expect to utilize the proceeds from future asset sales to reduce debt and, to the extent that market capitalization remains in the current range, to fund expansion, renovation and redevelopment of existing Properties and the acquisition of additional regional mall properties. Total-debt-to-total-market capitalization is calculated below (dollars and shares in thousands, except stock price).
  
   
Dec. 31, 2006
 
Dec. 31, 2005
 
Stock Price (end of period)
 
$
26.71
 
$
24.32
 
Market Capitalization Ratio:
             
Common Shares outstanding
   
36,776
   
36,506
 
OP Units outstanding
   
2,996
   
3,115
 
Total Common Shares and OP Units outstanding at end of period
   
39,772
   
39,621
 
               
Market capitalization - Common Shares outstanding
 
$
982,287
 
$
887,826
 
Market capitalization - OP Units outstanding
   
80,023
   
75,757
 
Market capitalization - Preferred Shares
   
210,000
   
210,000
 
Total debt (end of period)
   
1,576,886
   
1,501,481
 
Total market capitalization
 
$
2,849,196
 
$
2,675,064
 
               
Total debt/total market capitalization
   
55.3
%
 
56.1
%
Total debt/total market capitalization including pro-rata share of joint ventures
   
56.3
%
 
56.9
%

Capital Resource Availability

In December 2006, we amended our existing unsecured line of credit (the “Prior Credit Facility”) to increase the borrowing availability from $300 million to $470 million (the “Amended Credit Facility”) and extend the maturity date to December 2009 with a one-year extension option available to the Company, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. The Amended Credit Facility is expandable to $600 million, subject to certain conditions. The interest rate of the Amended Credit Facility ranges from LIBOR plus 0.95% to LIBOR plus 1.40% depending upon our ratio of debt to total asset value.

In December 2005, we formed the ORC Venture with OMERS. The initial acquisition of the ORC Venture was the $170.1 million purchase of Puente. We have a 52% interest in the ORC Venture and ORC has a 48% interest, but GPLP will be entitled to certain preferred payments provided that ORC earns a specified rate of return.  As part of the ORC Venture, ORC made $200 million available for acquisitions of certain mall and anchored lifestyle retail properties that GPLP offers to the ORC Venture. The properties to be acquired by the ORC Venture will be operated by us under separate management agreements. During 2006, the ORC Venture utilized $11.3 million of the $200.0 million to acquire Tulsa from GPLP and $188.7 million remains available. Under these agreements, Glimcher will be entitled to management fees, leasing commissions and other compensation including an asset management fee and acquisition fees based upon the purchase price paid for each property.

On March 24, 2004, we filed with the SEC a universal shelf registration statement. This registration statement permits us to engage in offerings of debt securities, preferred and common shares, warrants, rights to purchase the Company’s common shares, purchase contracts and any combination of the foregoing. The registration statement was declared effective on April 6, 2004. The amount of securities registered was $400 million, all of which is currently available for future offerings.
 
Cash Activity
 
For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

Net cash provided by operating activities was $96.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2006.

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Net cash used in investing activities was $108.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2006. On January 17, 2006, we purchased Tulsa, a 927,000 square foot enclosed regional mall located in Tulsa, Oklahoma for $55.7 million. This Property was wholly owned until March 14, 2006 when we received $11.3 million upon transfer of this Property to the ORC Venture. Also, we paid $77.1 million towards our investment in real estate. Of this amount we spent $29.2 million on constructing additional GLA and interior renovations, primarily at The Dayton Mall, Eastland Ohio, Northtown Mall and Lloyd Center. We also spent $21.4 million on tenant improvements to re-tenant existing spaces. Another $9.4 million was spent on operational capital expenditures. The remaining amounts pertain to corporate projects, capitalized wages, real estate taxes and interest. We also invested $13.3 million in our unconsolidated properties. During September 2006, we paid $1.9 million to enter into a joint venture in Surprise, Arizona to develop a 27,000 square foot retail development (“Surprise Venture”). During December 2006, we invested $10.3 million in a joint venture to develop a 650,000 square foot premium retail and office complex in Scottsdale, Arizona (“Scottsdale Venture”). We also increased our investment in Puente by $1.0 million to fund that Property’s ongoing redevelopment program. Offsetting this was the receipt of $24.7 million in connection with the sale of seven non-strategic Community Center assets and $6.8 million received from the sale of outparcels.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $16.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2006. During 2006, we received $168.3 million from the issuance of new mortgage debt. This increase was primarily the result of the $35.0 million mortgage on Tulsa entered into subsequent to our acquisition of that particular Mall and the $133.0 million of new mortgage debt associated with the refinancings of Weberstown Mall, Eastland Ohio and Great Mall. We also received net proceeds of $122.0 million from our Amended Credit Facility. These proceeds were used primarily to fund our initial investments in both our Surprise Venture and Scottsdale Venture. We also used these proceeds to defease our University Mall mortgage debt. Offsetting these increases to cash were principal payments of $179.5 million. During 2006, we repaid mortgage debt totaling $153.6 million associated with University Mall, Weberstown Mall, Eastland Ohio and Great Mall. We also repaid $7.7 million of mortgage debt associated with Properties sold during 2006. The remaining payments were normal principal payments associated with mortgage debt. Lastly, we paid $93.8 million in dividend distributions to holders of our Common Shares, OP Units and preferred shares.

For the Year Ended December 31, 2005

Net cash provided by operating activities was $108.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2005.

Net cash used in investing activities was $120.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2005. During 2005, we spent $95.9 million towards our investment in real estate for i) $63.9 million to construct additional GLA and interior renovations, primarily at Eastland Ohio, The Mall at Fairfield Commons, The Dayton Mall, Lloyd Center and Northtown Mall and the purchase of vacant anchor space at Polaris Fashion Place, ii) $12.8 million on tenant improvements and allowances to re-tenant existing space, iii) $7.7 million for the acquisition of land in connection with the development of an anchored retail project to serve the Cincinnati, Ohio market (“City Park development”), iv) $4.6 million on operational capital expenditures and v) $6.9 million on other items such as corporate projects, capitalized wages, real estate taxes and interest. We also spent $44.2 million in connection with our investment, through the ORC Venture, in Puente. The remaining amounts pertain to corporate projects, capitalized wages, real estate taxes and interest. Offsetting these capital outlays, we received $23.6 million in proceeds from the sale of i) Southside Mall, ($13.0 million), ii) the former Lord & Taylor anchor space at Polaris Fashion Place ($5.3 million) and iii) the sale of 5 Community Centers ($5.3 million). We also received $3.0 million from the sale of outparcels.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $11.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2005. During 2005, we received $111.7 from the issuance of mortgage notes payable. These funds were received in connection with the new $44.0 million mortgage loan on Montgomery Mall, the new $50.0 million mortgage loan on River Valley Mall and $17.7 million for the construction loan in connection with the redevelopment activities at Eastland Ohio. Also, we received net proceeds of $76.0 million from our Prior Credit Facility of which the majority of the proceeds were used to fund numerous redevelopment projects that are currently ongoing. Offsetting these increases was the $88.4 million paid for principal payments on existing mortgage debt. This amount consisted of the extinguishment of the existing mortgage on Montgomery Mall and Southside Mall as well as normal principal payments. We also paid $92.9 million in dividend distributions to holders of our Common Shares, OP Units and preferred shares.

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For the Year Ended December 31, 2004

Net cash provided by operating activities was $102.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2004.

Net cash provided by investing activities was $38.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2004. The primary uses were the investments in real estate of $72.7 million. These real estate investments were for development and redevelopment activities of $12.7 million, property capital expenditures of $16.2 million and the cash portion of the purchase price related to Polaris Fashion Place and Polaris Towne Center of $42.9 million. We received proceeds of $106.8 million from the sale of twenty-nine Community Centers and $2.7 million from the sale of outparcels.

Net cash used in financing activities was $143.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2004. Proceeds were received from the issuance of $150 million of the Series G Preferred Shares, which totaled a net amount of $144.8 million. This amount was offset by the redemption of the Series B Preferred Shares totaling $128.0 million. We received $231.5 million from the issuance of mortgage notes payable. In the first quarter of 2004, we received $36.5 million in loan proceeds that was used to fund the acquisition of the remaining joint venture interest in Polaris Fashion Place not previously owned by the Company (the “Polaris acquisition”). During the second quarter of 2004, we refinanced Jersey Gardens Mall with a $165.0 million permanent mortgage loan and refinanced Great Mall with a $30.0 million two-year bridge facility. Cash used to repay mortgage notes payable was $303.4 million, of which $292.7 million related to repayment of the previous debt on Jersey Gardens Mall, Great Mall, River Valley Mall and a bridge facility associated with the Polaris acquisition. The remainder of the repayment amount relates to scheduled debt amortizations of $17.2 million. We also paid $89.2 million in dividend distributions.

Financing Activity

Total debt increased by $75.4 million during 2006. The change in outstanding borrowings is summarized as follows (in thousands):
 
   
Mortgage
Notes 
 
Notes
Payable
 
Total
Debt 
 
December 31, 2005
 
$
1,351,481
 
$
150,000
 
$
1,501,481
 
New mortgage debt
   
168,331
   
-
   
168,331
 
Repayment of debt
   
(161,237
)
 
-
   
(161,237
)
Debt assignment to ORC Venture
   
(35,000
)
 
-
   
(35,000
)
Debt amortization payments in 2006
   
(18,260
)
 
-
   
(18,260
)
Amortization of fair value adjustment
   
(429
)
 
-
   
(429
)
Net borrowings, line of credit
   
-
   
122,000
   
122,000
 
December 31, 2006
 
$
1,304,886
 
$
272,000
 
$
1,576,886
 

During 2006, we entered into four new financing arrangements and modified three existing arrangements. On January 13, 2006, the Company entered into a loan agreement to borrow $30.0 million (the “Great Mall Loan”). The Great Mall Loan is represented by a promissory note secured by a first mortgage lien and assignment of leases and rents on Great Mall. The Great Mall Loan has a floating interest rate of LIBOR plus 1.65% per annum and a maturity date of January 12, 2009. The interest rate for the Great Mall Loan was subsequently fixed through an interest rate protection agreement at 6.35% through January 15, 2008. The Great Mall Loan requires the Company to make interest only periodic payments with all outstanding principal and accrued interest being due and payable at the maturity date. The proceeds of the Great Mall Loan were used to payoff the previous loan in the same amount. Also on January 13, 2006, we amended the $25 million mortgage loan agreement on Montgomery Mall to reduce the interest rate to LIBOR plus 1.65% from LIBOR plus 1.85%. After extending the loan for six months on July 31, 2006, the $25 million mortgage was repaid on January 22, 2007. On March 14, 2006, we entered into a loan agreement to borrow $35 million initially (the “Tulsa Loan”) and up to $50 million in total as part of a mortgage financing arrangement for Tulsa. The Tulsa Loan is represented by two promissory notes secured by a first mortgage lien and assignment of leases and rents on Tulsa. The Tulsa Loan had an initial floating interest rate of LIBOR plus 1.35% per annum and has a maturity date of March 14, 2009. The initial interest rate for the Tulsa Loan was subsequently fixed at a rate of 6.52% through an interest rate protection agreement. Under the Tulsa Loan, we are required to make interest only periodic payments for the length of the term. On May 25, 2006, we executed a loan agreement to borrow $60 million (the “Weberstown Loan”). The Weberstown Loan is represented by two promissory notes secured by a first mortgage lien and assignment of leases and rents on Weberstown Mall located in Stockton, California. The Weberstown Loan has a fixed interest rate of 5.90% per annum and a maturity date of June 8, 2016. Under the Weberstown Loan, we are required to make interest only periodic payments for the length of the term. We are not permitted under the Weberstown Loan to make any prepayments on outstanding principal until three months prior to the maturity date. On November 20, 2006, we entered into a Loan Agreement to borrow $43 million (the “Eastland Columbus Loan”). The Eastland Columbus Loan is represented by a promissory note secured by a first mortgage lien on Eastland Ohio. The Eastland Columbus Loan has a fixed interest rate of 5.87% per annum and a maturity date of December 11, 2016. Under the Eastland Columbus Loan, we are required to make interest only periodic payments for the first two years of the loan’s term and then, beginning in December 2008, payments of interest and principal. We are not permitted under the Eastland Columbus Loan to make any prepayments on outstanding principal prior to the maturity date.

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At December 31, 2006, our mortgage notes payable were collateralized with first mortgage liens on 23 Properties having a net book value of $1,444.2 million. We also owned 5 unencumbered Properties and other corporate assets having a net book value of $239.4 million at that date.

Certain of our loans have multiple Properties as collateral for such loans and have cross-default provisions. Under the cross-default provisions, a default under a single mortgage included in a cross-defaulted loan may constitute a default under all of the mortgages under that loan and may lead to acceleration of the indebtedness due on each Property within the collateral pool. Properties which are subject to cross-default provisions have a total net book value of $81.0 million and represent one Community Center and three Malls. Properties under such cross-default provisions relate to i) the Morgantown Mall Associates LP loan securing two Properties with a net book value of $41.5 million and ii) the SAN Mall LP loan securing two Properties with a net book value of $39.5 million.

Financing Activity - Joint Ventures

Within the ORC Venture, the total debt increased by $33.9 million during 2006. The change in outstanding borrowings is summarized as follows (in thousands):

 
 
Mortgage Notes
 
GRT Share (52%)
 
December 31, 2005
 
$
88,212
 
$
45,870
 
Assumed mortgage debt
   
35,000
   
18,200
 
Debt amortization payments in 2006
   
(1,308
)
 
(680
)
Amortization of fair value adjustment
   
195
   
102
 
December 31, 2006
 
$
122,099
 
$
63,492
 
 
At December 31, 2006, the mortgage notes payable were collateralized with first mortgage liens on two Properties having a net book value of $242.8 million. The ORC Venture assumed the Tulsa Loan as part of GPLP’s transfer of Tulsa to the ORC Venture on March 14, 2006.

We also had joint venture interests in two unencumbered real estate parcels connected with our Surprise Venture and Scottsdale Venture having a net book value of $4.1 million at December 31, 2006.

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

The following table shows the Company’s contractual obligations and commitments as of December 31, 2006 related to our consolidated operations as well as our pro-rata share of our obligations under our joint venture arrangements (in thousands):
 
Consolidated Obligations and Commitments:
 
Total
 
2007  
 
2008-2009
 
2010-2011
 
Thereafter
 
Long-term debt (includes interest payments)
 
$
2,039,360
 
$
206,529
 
$
615,390
 
$
238,210
 
$
979,231
 
Distribution obligations
   
58,284
   
36,564
   
21,720
   
-
   
-
 
OP Unit redemptions
   
80,645
   
80,645
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Lease obligations
   
2,246
   
1,322
   
780
   
101
   
43
 
Tenant allowances
   
26,279
   
26,279
   
-
   
-
       
Purchase obligations
   
13,935
   
13,935
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Total consolidated obligations and commitments
 
$
2,220,749
 
$
365,274
 
$
637,890
 
$
238,311
 
$
979,274
 
 
 
Pro-rata share of joint venture obligations:
 
Total
 
2007
 
 2008-2009
 
2010-2011
 
Thereafter
 
Ground lease obligation
 
$
143,523
 
$
2,600
 
$
5,318
 
$
5,478
 
$
130,127
 
Long-term debt (includes interest payments)
   
70,864
   
4,253
   
66,611
   
-
   
-
 
Tenant allowances
   
1,297
   
1,297
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Purchase obligations
   
5,779
   
5,779
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Total commercial obligations
 
$
221,463
 
$
13,929
 
$
71,929
 
$
5,478
 
$
130,127
 
 
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Consolidated Obligations and Commitments

Long-term debt obligations are shown including both scheduled interest and principal payments. The nature of the obligations is disclosed in the Notes to the consolidated financial statements.

At December 31, 2006, we had the following obligations relating to dividend distributions. In the fourth quarter of 2006, the Company declared distributions of $0.4808 per Common Share ($19.1 million) to be paid during the first quarter of 2007. Series F Preferred Shares and Series G Preferred Shares are not required to be redeemed and therefore, the dividends on those shares may be paid in perpetuity. However, as the Series F Preferred Shares are redeemable at our option on or after August 25, 2008, the obligation for the dividends for the Series F Preferred Shares are included in the contractual obligations through that date. Also, as the Series G Preferred Shares are redeemable at our option on or after February 23, 2009, the obligation for the dividends for the Series G Preferred Shares are also included in the contractual obligations through that date. The total dividend obligation for the Series F Preferred Shares and Series G Preferred Shares is $10.0 million and $29.2 million, respectively.

Lease obligations include both our capital and operating lease obligations. Capital lease obligations are for security equipment and generators at various Properties and are included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheet. Operating lease obligations are for office space, ground leases, phone system, office equipment, computer equipment and other miscellaneous items. The obligation for these leases at December 31, 2006 was $2.2 million.

At December 31, 2006, we had executed leases committing to $26.3 million in tenant allowances. The leases will generate gross rents of approximately $95.5 million over the original lease term. Purchase obligations relate primarily to construction contract commitments.

At December 31, 2006, there were approximately 3.0 million OP Units outstanding. These OP Units are redeemable, at the option of the holders, beginning on the first anniversary of their issuance. The redemption price for an OP Unit shall be, at the option of GPLP, payable in the following form and amount: (a) cash at a price equal to the fair market value of one Common Share of the Company or (b) Common Shares at the exchange ratio of one share for each OP Unit. The fair value of the OP Units outstanding at December 31, 2006 is $80.6 million based upon a per unit value of $26.92 at December 31, 2006, (based upon a five-day average of the Common Stock price from December 21, 2006 to December 28, 2006).

Pro-rata share of joint venture obligations

In the second quarter of 2006, the Company announced the Scottsdale Venture, a joint venture between GPLP and Vanguard City Home, an affiliate of the Wolff Company. The parties will conduct the operations of the Scottsdale Venture through a limited liability company (“LLC Co.”) of which GPLP is the managing member. The LLC Co. will coordinate and manage the construction of the Scottsdale Crossing development, an approximately 650,000 square foot premium retail and office complex to be developed in Scottsdale, Arizona. GPLP has made an initial capital contribution of approximately $10.3 million to LLC Co. and holds a 50% interest in LLC Co. Upon completion of the Scottsdale Crossing development, the LLC Co. will own and operate (on land subject to a ground lease, the landlord of which is an affiliate of Wolff Company, under which the LLC Co. is the tenant) the Scottsdale Crossing development. Related to the Scottsdale Venture, the Company and LLC Co. have the following commitments:
 
 
o
Letter of Credit: LLC Co. has provided a letter of credit in the amount of $20 million to serve as security for the construction at the Scottsdale Crossing development. LLC Co. shall maintain the letter of credit until substantial completion of the construction of the Scottsdale Crossing development occurs.

 
o
Lease Payment: The LLC Co. shall make rent payments under a ground lease executed as part of the Scottsdale Venture. The initial base rent under the ground lease is $5.2 million per year during the first year of the lease term and shall be periodically increased 1.5% to 2% during the lease term until the fortieth year of the lease term and marked to market thereafter (“Base Rent”). Additionally, the LLC Co. has provided the landlord with a security deposit consisting of a portfolio of U.S. government securities valued at approximately $19 million (the “Deposit”) which will be used: i) to make base rent payments under the ground lease for the first forty-seven months of the ground lease’s initial term, ii) as security for LLC Co.’s performance under the ground lease, and iii) in the event of LLC Co,’s default, to pay base rent or additional rent under the ground lease for the first forty-seven months of the ground lease’s initial term as well as any other charges related to a LLC Co.’s default under the ground lease. After the first forty-seven months of the ground lease’s initial term, any remaining portion of the Deposit shall be returned to LLC Co. A portion of GPLP’s capital contribution will be used to fund its pro rata share of LLC Co.’s payments under the ground lease.

 
o
Property Purchase: LLC Co. will purchase certain retail units consisting of approximately 82,000 square feet in a condominium to be built as a part of the Scottsdale Crossing development at a price of $181 per square foot.

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The long-term debt obligation is our pro-rata share of the scheduled payments of interest and principle related to our loans at Puente and Tulsa. The tenant allowances relate to both the ORC Venture and the Scottsdale Venture for tenants who have signed leases at our Puente, Scottsdale Crossing and Tulsa Properties. Our pro-rata share of purchase obligations primarily relate to construction commitments for our redevelopment work at Puente.

Capital Expenditures

We plan our capital expenditures by considering various factors such as: return on investment, our five-year capital plan for major facility expenditures such as roof and parking lot repairs and tenant construction allowances based upon the economics of the lease terms and cash available for making such expenditures. We categorize our capital expenditures into two broad categories, first-generation and second-generation expenditures. The first-generation expenditures relate to incremental revenues associated with new developments or creation of new GLA at our existing Properties. Second-generation expenditures are those expenditures associated with maintaining the current income stream and are generally expenditures made to maintain the Properties and to replace tenants for spaces that have been previously occupied. Capital expenditures are generally accumulated into a project and classified as “developments in progress” on the consolidated balance sheet until such time as the project is completed. At the time the project is complete, the dollars are transferred to the appropriate category on the balance sheet and are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the asset.

We invested approximately $28 million in redevelopment activity in 2006. These projects focused primarily on eight Malls. In addition, we invested $29 million in property capital expenditures for both operational needs and tenant improvements and $2 million in renovations.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements (as defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K).

Acquisitions of Additional Properties

In December 2005, we formed the ORC Venture with an affiliate of Oxford, which is the global real estate platform for the Ontario (Canada) Municipal Employees Retirement System, a Canadian pension plan. The initial acquisition of the ORC Venture was the $170.1 million purchase of Puente. We have a 52% interest in the ORC Venture and ORC has a 48% interest, but GPLP will be entitled to certain preferred payments provided that ORC earns a specified rate of return.  In connection with the acquisition, the ORC Venture assumed an $88.8 million non-recourse mortgage loan, with the remainder of the purchase price being funded by contributions to the ORC Venture from GPLP and ORC.
 
In addition to our acquisition of Puente through the ORC Venture, we also acquired Tulsa on January 17, 2006. Tulsa is a regional mall located in Tulsa, Oklahoma with approximately 927,000 square feet of GLA. The purchase price was $58.3 million and we did not assume any debt in connection with this purchase. We funded the acquisition with funds made available through our Prior Credit Facility. On March 14, 2006, we transferred our 100% interest in Tulsa into the ORC Venture and continue to hold a 52% interest through the joint venture.

Expansion, Renovation and Development Activity

We continue to be active in expansion, renovation and development activities. Our business strategy is to grow the Company’s assets, net income and cash flow to, among other things, provide for dividend requirements and to preserve, maintain and expand value for shareholders.


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Expansions and Renovations

We maintain a strategy of selective expansions and renovations in order to improve the operating performance and the competitive position of our existing portfolio. We also engage in an active redevelopment program with the objective of attracting innovative retailers, which we believe will enhance the operating performance of the Properties.

Malls

In 2006 we added a lifestyle retail component to The Dayton Mall in Dayton, Ohio further enhancing the strong market share already enjoyed by this Property. The Dayton Mall project includes a façade renovation and the addition of 116,000 square feet of new retail GLA in a new open-air center and additional outward-facing retail stores. This addition was over 50% occupied at December 31, 2006 and is anticipated to be more than 80% occupied upon the opening of several new retail stores committed for 2007.

The Polaris Fashion Place redevelopment project, located in Columbus, Ohio, centers around a replacement anchor store for the vacated Lord & Taylor anchor store (the “Lord & Taylor parcel”). On May 16, 2005, we purchased the Lord & Taylor parcel from The May Department Stores Company. On July 20, 2005, we sold the Lord & Taylor parcel to Von Maur, Inc., an Iowa-based fashion specialty retailer (“Von Maur”). During the fourth quarter of 2005, Von Maur opened its first Ohio store in the 140,000 square foot anchor space. In addition, a newly constructed approximately 9,450 square foot multi-tenant building and some new restaurants have opened. Retailers in this new addition to Polaris Fashion Place include: Mimi’s Café, Potbelly Sandwiches and Omaha Steaks. In 2007, we have plans to purchase the former Kauffman’s anchor store from Federated Department Stores, Inc. and redevelop the space with an outward facing “Main Street Retail” style component.

Redevelopment work is in process at Northtown Mall in Blaine, Minnesota. The expansion project included tripling the size of the food court, installing new exterior signage, adding a new 10,000 square foot freestanding building and demolishing a vacant anchor store in order to replace it with a new Home Depot store. We expect the new Home Depot anchor store to open in the first quarter of 2007.

We have re-development plans for The Mall at Johnson City (“MJC”) in Johnson City, Tennessee. We plan to construct a new Dick’s Sporting Goods store that is anticipated to open in the second quarter of 2008. In addition, we plan to complete a store remodel and add approximately 35,000 square feet to the JCPenney anchor store at the Mall.

Developments

One of our objectives is to increase our portfolio by developing new retail properties. Our management team has developed over 100 retail properties nationwide and has significant experience in all phases of the development process including: site selection, zoning, design, pre-development leasing, construction financing and construction management.

Our Scottsdale Crossing development will be an approximately 650,000 square foot complex consisting of approximately 380,000 square feet of retail space with approximately 270,000 square feet of additional office space constructed above the retail units. The Scottsdale Venture intends to retain a third party company to lease the office portion of the complex. Our Scottsdale Crossing development will be adjacent to a hotel and residential complex that will be developed independently by an affiliate of The Wolff Company, an affiliate of which is our joint venture partner in this development. Once completed, we anticipate that the Scottsdale Crossing development will be a dynamic, outdoor urban environment featuring sophisticated architectural design, comfortable pedestrian plazas, a grand central park space, and a variety of upscale shopping, dining and entertainment options.

The Scottsdale Venture entered into a long-term ground lease for property on which a portion of the project will be constructed. We own a 50% interest in the Scottsdale Venture and will operate and lease the retail portion of the project under a separate management agreement. Opening of the approximately $200 million development is anticipated during 2009.

Our Surprise Venture will be developing a new retail site in Surprise, Arizona (northwest of Phoenix). This five-acre development will consist of approximately 27,000 square feet of new retail space. GPLP also has an option agreement for a 100-acre site contiguous to this five-acre development and is evaluating potential development of this site.


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Portfolio Data

The table below reflects Mall sales per square foot (“Sales PSF”) for those tenants reporting sales for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2006. The percentage change is based on those tenants reporting sales (“Same Store”) for the twenty-four month period ended December 31, 2006.
 
     
Wholly Owned
Mall Properties  
 
Total Mall Properties
Including ORC Venture  
     
Average
Sales PSF
 
Same Store
% Change
 
Average
Sales PSF 
 
Same Store
% Change
Anchors
   
$137
   
(4.1
)%
 
$136
   
(4.1
)%
Stores (1)
   
$348
   
0.7
%
 
$344
   
0.7
%
Total
   
$231
   
(0.7
)%
 
$231
   
(0.7
)%
 
 
(1)
Sales PSF for Mall Stores exclude outparcel and licensing agreement sales.

As we continue to upgrade our tenant mix, we believe our regional mall portfolio will continue to deliver solid performance in the areas of sales productivity and rents. Average mall store sales for the 12 months ended December 31, 2006 were $348 per square foot, a 4.2% improvement from the $334 per square foot reported for the twelve months ended December 31, 2005. Comparable stores sales, which include only those stores open for the twelve months ended December 31, 2006 and the same period of 2005, increased 0.7%.

Portfolio occupancy statistics by property type are summarized below: 
    
 
Occupancy (1)
 
12/31/06
 
9/30/06
 
6/30/06
 
3/31/06 
 
12/31/05 
Wholly-owned Malls:
                 
Mall Anchors
93.9%
 
94.2%
 
95.3%
 
95.0%
 
95.2%
Mall Stores
91.7%
 
89.0%
 
87.9%
 
87.3%
 
89.5%
Total Consolidated Mall Portfolio
93.1%
 
92.3%
 
92.6%
 
92.3%
 
93.2%
                   
Mall Portfolio including ORC Venture:
                 
Mall Anchors
94.3%
 
94.6%
 
95.7%
 
95.5%
 
95.5%
Mall Stores
91.5%
 
88.6%
 
87.3%
 
86.5%
 
89.2%
Total Mall Portfolio
93.3%
 
92.4%
 
92.7%
 
92.3%
 
93.2%
                   
Wholly-owned Community Centers:
                 
Community Center Anchors
81.1%
 
70.6%
 
68.7%
 
73.6%
 
75.0%
Community Center Stores
85.2%
 
85.2%
 
80.6%
 
79.7%
 
78.6%
Total Community Center Portfolio
82.2%
 
74.2%
 
71.3%
 
75.1%
 
75.8%
                   
Comparable Property Type (2)
   
12/31/2006
     
12/31/05
   
                   
Comparable Mall Stores
 
91.8%
     
89.2%
   
Comparable Mall Portfolio
 
93.2%
     
93.2%
   
                   
Comparable Community Center Stores
 
85.2%
     
87.4%
   
Comparable Community Center Portfolio
 
82.2%
     
77.1%
   
 
(1)
Occupied space is defined as any space where a tenant is occupying the space or paying rent at the date indicated, excluding all tenants with leases having an initial term of less than one year.
(2)
Comparable occupancy rates (total portfolio including ORC Venture) exclude the properties sold after 12/31/2005 from the 12/31/2005 occupancy calculation and those acquired after 12/31/2005 from the 12/31/2006 calculation.
 
Mall store occupancy (for our wholly-owned Malls) increased to 91.7% at December 31, 2006 from 89.5% at December 31, 2005. Mall store occupancy improvements were driven primarily by our held-for-investment Malls. If you exclude our five held-for-sale assets, store occupancy was 94.4% at December 31, 2006 compared to 91.0% at December 31, 2005. Anchor store occupancy (for our wholly-owned Malls) decreased to 93.9% at December 31, 2006 from 95.2% at December 31, 2005. Part of the anchor store occupancy decline resulted from a Wal-Mart lease termination at Ashland Town Center in Ashland, Kentucky related to our strategic re-development of that Property. We also re-classified in-line store GLA to anchor store GLA at MJC and University Mall in Tampa, Florida in anticipation of two new anchor store openings in 2007. Further contributing to the decline was the closing of the Marshall’s anchor store at Great Mall. These occupancy declines were partially offset by a new Border’s Bookstore opening at The Dayton Mall in Dayton, Ohio.
 
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Information Technology

We implemented the budgeting and forecasting components of our commercial management system in 2006. We also implemented the first phase of a new business intelligence platform in December 2006. These key technology initiatives will establish the platform for enhanced internal management reporting in 2007.

Accounting Pronouncements 

In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.” While this standard does not establish any new requirements for reporting assets or liabilities at fair value, it does clarify the definition of “fair value” when used in FASB pronouncements. This standard is effective no later than for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company does not anticipate a material impact to the Company’s financial position and results of operations.

In June 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes; an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109.” FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” It requires a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for financial statement disclosure of tax positions taken, or expected to be taken, in an income tax return. This Interpretation also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The Company will be required to adopt this interpretation in the first quarter of fiscal year 2007. While the Company is currently evaluating the provisions of FIN 48, the adoption is not expected to have a material impact on its financial position and results of operations.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Our primary market risk exposure is interest rate risk. We use interest rate protection agreements to manage interest rate risks associated with long-term, floating rate debt. At December 31, 2006, approximately 85.6% of our debt, after giving effect to interest rate protection agreements, bore interest at fixed rates with weighted-average maturity of 5.7 years and a weighted-average interest rate of approximately 6.3%. At December 31, 2005 approximately 82.8% of our debt, after giving effect to interest rate protection agreements, bore interest at fixed rates with weighted-average maturity of 6.7 years, and a weighted-average interest rate of approximately 6.35%. The remainder of our debt at December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, bears interest at variable rates with weighted-average interest rates of approximately 6.56% and 5.96%, respectively.

At December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, the fair value of our debt (excluding our Amended Credit Facility) was $1,282.0 million and $1,358.7 million, respectively, compared to its carrying amounts of $1,304.9 million and $1,351.5 million, respectively. Our combined future earnings, cash flows and fair values relating to financial instruments are dependent upon prevalent market rates of interest, primarily LIBOR. Based upon consolidated indebtedness and interest rates at December 31, 2006 and 2005, a 100 basis points increase in the market rates of interest would decrease future earnings and cash flows by $2.3 million and $2.5 million, respectively, for the year. Also, the fair value of debt would decrease by approximately $54.3 million and $36.7 million at December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively. A 100 basis points decrease in the market rates of interest would increase future earnings and cash flows by $2.3 million and $2.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, and increase the fair value of our debt by approximately $57.8 million and $39.1 million at December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively. We have entered into certain swap agreements which impact this analysis at certain LIBOR rate levels (see Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements).

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

The consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedules of GRT and the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm thereon, to be filed pursuant to this Item 8 are included in this report in Item 15.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None

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Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures 

The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. The Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information is recorded, processed, summarized and reported accurately and on a timely basis in the Company’s periodic reports filed with the SEC. Based on such evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of such period, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective to provide reasonable assurance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute assurance, that it will detect or uncover failures within the Company to disclose material information otherwise required to be set forth in the Company’s periodic reports.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

As of December 31, 2006, management assessed the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting established in "Internal Control -- Integrated Framework", issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

Based on this assessment, management has concluded that as of December 31, 2006, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Our independent registered public accounting firm, BDO Seidman, LLP, audited management’s assessment and independently assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. BDO Seidman, LLP has issued an attestation report concurring with management’s assessment, which is set forth below.



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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control
Over Financial Reporting

Board of Trustees and Shareholders
Glimcher Realty Trust
Columbus, Ohio

We have audited management's assessment, included in the accompanying “Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting”, that Glimcher Realty Trust maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Glimcher Realty Trust’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management's assessment and an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management's assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, management's assessment that Glimcher Realty Trust maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Also in our opinion, Glimcher Realty Trust maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of Glimcher Realty Trust as of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years ending December 31, 2006 of Glimcher Realty Trust and our report dated February 20, 2007 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.
 
Chicago, Illinois
/s/ BDO Seidman, LLP
February 20, 2007


Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the last fiscal quarter to which this report relates that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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Item 9B. Other Information

None

PART III

Item 10.  Trustees, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
 
Information regarding trustees, board committee members, corporate governance and the executive officers of the Registrant is incorporated herein by reference to GRT’s definitive proxy statement to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the year covered by this Form 10-K with respect to the Annual Meeting.

Item 11.  Executive Compensation

Information regarding executive compensation of the Company’s executive officers is incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the year covered by this Form 10-K with respect to the Annual Meeting.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters

Information regarding the Company’s equity compensation plans in effect as of December 31, 2006 is as follows:
 
Equity Compensation Plan Information
Plan Category
Number of securities to be issued
upon exercise of outstanding
options, warrants and rights
Weighted average exercise price
of outstanding options, warrants
and rights
Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column(a))
 
(a)
(b)
(c)
       
Equity compensation plans approved by shareholders
2,132,132
$21.52
477,503
 
 
   
Equity compensation plans not approved by shareholders
N/A
N/A
N/A
 
Additional information regarding security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management of the Registrant is incorporated herein by reference to GRT’s definitive proxy statement to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the year covered by this Form 10-K with respect to the Annual Meeting.

Item 13.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Trustee Independence
 
Information regarding certain relationships, related transactions and trustee independence of the Company is incorporated herein by reference to GRT’s definitive proxy statement to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the year covered by this Form 10-K with respect to the Annual Meeting.

Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Information regarding principal accountant fees and services of the Company is incorporated herein by reference to GRT’s definitive proxy statement to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the year covered by this Form 10-K with respect to the Annual Meeting.


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Item 15.  Exhibits and Financial Statements

(1)   Financial Statements
 
Page Number 
-   Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
51
-   Glimcher Realty Trust Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2006 and 2005
52
-   Glimcher Realty Trust Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
53
-   Glimcher Realty Trust Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
54
-   Glimcher Realty Trust Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
55
-   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
56
 
(2)   Financial Statement Schedules
-   Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
80
-   Notes to Schedule III
84
 
(3)   Exhibits

3.1
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Glimcher Realty Trust. (1)
3.2
Bylaws, as amended. (1)
3.3
Amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust. (2)
3.4
Limited Partnership Agreement of Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership. (3)
3.5
Amendment to Limited Partnership Agreement of Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership. (3)
3.6
Amendment No. 1 to Limited Partnership Agreement of Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership. (3)
3.7
Amendment No. 2 to Limited Partnership Agreement of Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership. (3)
3.8
Amendment No. 3 to Limited Partnership Agreement of Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership. (3)
3.9
Amendment No. 4 to Limited Partnership Agreement of Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership. (3)
3.10
Amendment No. 5 to Limited Partnership Agreement of Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership. (3)
3.11
Amendment No. 6 to Limited Partnership Agreement of Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership. (3)
3.12
Amendment No. 7 to Limited Partnership Agreement of Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership dated August 7, 2003. (8)
3.13
Amendment No. 8 to Limited Partnership agreement of Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership. (10)
3.14
Articles Supplementary classifying 2,800,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest as 8.75% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Registrant. (15)
3.15
Articles Supplementary Classifying 6,900,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest as 8.125% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Registrant, par value $0.01 per share. (16)
4.1
Specimen Certificate for Common Shares of Beneficial Interest. (1)
4.2
Specimen Certificate for evidencing 8.75% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest. (15)
4.3
Specimen Certificate for evidencing 8.125% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest. (16)
10.01
Glimcher Realty Trust 1993 Employee Share Option Plan. (1)
10.02
Glimcher Realty Trust 1993 Trustee Share Option Plan. (1)
10.03
Glimcher Realty Trust 1997 Incentive Plan. (3)
10.04
Glimcher Realty Trust 2004 Incentive Compensation Plan. (17)
10.05
Exhibit A to Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership Agreement, as amended, as of December 31, 2006.
10.06
Severance Benefits Agreement, dated June 11, 1997, by and among Glimcher Realty Trust, Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership and Herbert Glimcher. (3)
10.07
Severance Agreement and Release of All Claims between William G. Cornely, Glimcher Realty Trust, its affiliated and subsidiary entities, and its shareholders, directors, officers, agents, employees, successors and assigns, dated as of July 1, 2005. (5)
10.08
Severance Benefits Agreement dated June 11, 1997, by and among Glimcher Realty Trust, Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership and Michael P. Glimcher. (3)
10.09
Severance Benefits Agreement, dated June 11, 1997, by and among Glimcher Realty Trust, Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership and George A. Schmidt. (3)
 
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10.10
Severance Benefits Agreement, dated June 26, 2002, by and among Glimcher Realty Trust, Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership and Thomas J. Drought, Jr. (20)
10.11
Severance Benefits Agreement, dated June 28, 2004 by and among Glimcher Realty Trust, Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership and Lisa A. Indest. (22)
10.12
Severance Benefits Agreement, dated August 30, 2004, by and among Glimcher Realty Trust, Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership and Mark E. Yale. (11)
10.13
Severance Benefits Agreement, dated May 16, 2005, by and among Glimcher Realty Trust, Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership and Marshall A. Loeb. (24)
10.14
Severance Benefits Agreement, dated May 16, 2005, by and among Glimcher Realty Trust, Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership and George “Buck” Sappenfield, III. (24)
10.15
Severance Benefits Agreement, dated August 17, 2005, by and among Glimcher Realty Trust, Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership and Robert F. Beffa. (25)
10.16
First Amendment to the Severance Benefits Agreement, dated September 8, 2006 by and between Glimcher Realty Trust, Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, and Mark E. Yale. (7)
10.17
Offer Letter of Employment to Marshall A. Loeb, dated April 26, 2005. (23)
10.18
Offer Letter of Employment to George “Buck” Sappenfield, III, dated May 9, 2005. (24)
10.19
Offer Letter of Employment to Robert Beffa, dated June 29, 2005. (5)
10.20
Defeasance Pledge And Security Agreement, Dated As Of December 22, 2006 by and among Glimcher University Mall Limited Partnership, Lasalle National Bank Association (f/k/a Lasalle National Bank), as Trustee for Nomura Asset Securities Corporation, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1998-D6, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
10.21
Defeasance, Assignment, Assumption and Release Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2006, by and among Glimcher University Mall Limited Partnership, SB NASC 1998-D6 Holdings, LLC, Lasalle National Bank Association (f/k/a Lasalle National Bank), as Trustee For Nomura Asset Securities Corporation, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1998-D6, Capmark Finance Inc., and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
10.22
Promissory Note, dated as of July 31, 2005, issued by Glimcher Properties, L.P. and Montgomery Mall Associates, L.P. in the principal amount of $44,000,000 (relates to Montgomery Mall). (26)
10.23
Term Loan Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2005, between Glimcher Properties, L.P. and Montgomery Mall Associates, L.P. (each as co-borrower) and KeyBank National Association. (26)
10.24
Amended and Restated Mortgage, Assignment of Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing made by Montgomery Mall Associates, L.P. in favor of KeyBank National Association, dated as of July 31, 2005. (26)
10.25
First Amendment to Term Loan Agreement between KeyBank National Association and Montgomery Mall Associates Limited Partnership and Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership dated January 13, 2006. (30)
10.26
Promissory Note dated as of September 1, 1998, issued by Morgantown Mall Associates Limited Partnership in the amount of fifty eight million three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($58,350,000). (4)
10.27
Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement by Morgantown Mall Associates Limited Partnership to Michael B. Keller (Trustee) for the use and benefit of The Capital Company of America, LLC dated as of September 1, 1998. (4)
10.28
Promissory Note dated as of November 1, 1998, issued by Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership in the amount of nineteen million dollars ($19,000,000) (relates to New Jersey Tax Exempt Bonds). (4)
10.29
Deed of Trust and Security Agreement by Grand Central Limited Partnership for the benefit of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. dated as of January 21, 1999. (18)
10.30
Promissory Note dated as of January 21, 1999, issued by Grand Central Limited Partnership in the amount of fifty two million five hundred thousand dollars ($52,500,000). (18)
10.31
Loan Agreement, dated as of May 25, 2006, by and between WTM Glimcher, LLC and Morgan Stanley Credit Corporation (relates to Weberstown Mall). (19)
10.32
Promissory Note A1, dated May 25, 2006, issued by WTM Glimcher, LLC in the principal amount of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) (relates to Weberstown Mall) (19).
10.33
Promissory Note A2, dated May 25, 2006, issued by WTM Glimcher, LLC in the principal amount of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) (relates to Weberstown Mall). (19)
10.34
Deed of Trust and Security Agreement, dated May 25, 2006, by and between WTM Glimcher, LLC, Chicago Title Insurance Company, and Morgan Stanley Credit Corporation (relates to Weberstown Mall). (19)
10.35
Assignment of Leases and Rents, dated as of May 25, 2006, by and between WTM Glimcher, LLC and Morgan Stanley Credit Corporation (relates to Weberstown Mall). (19)
10.36
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations, dated as of May 25, 2006, by Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership in favor of Morgan Stanley Credit Corporation (relates to Weberstown Mall). (19)
 
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10.37
Open-end Mortgage and Security Agreement by Mount Vernon Venture, LLC to Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB dated as of January 16, 2001. (6)
10.38
Promissory Note dated as of January 16, 2001, issued by Mount Vernon Venture, LLC in the amount of nine million three hundred thousand dollars ($9,300,000). (6)
10.39
Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement, and Fixture Filing by Glimcher Ashland Venture, LLC to KeyBank National Association dated as of October 15, 2001. (6)
10.40
Promissory Note dated as of October 15, 2001 issued by Glimcher Ashland Venture, LLC in the amount of twenty seven million dollars ($27,000,000). (6)
10.41
Amended and Restated Promissory Note 1 dated as of June 30, 2003 issued by LC Portland, LLC in the amount of seventy million dollars ($70,000,000.00). (21)
10.42
Amended and Restated Promissory Note 2 dated June 30, 2003 issued by LC Portland, LLC in the amount of seventy million dollars ($70,000,000.00). (21)
10.43
Agreement of Sale and Purchase and Joint Escrow Instructions, dated October 5, 2005, by and between Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership and Passco Colima, LLC, Passco PHM, LLC and PHM-1, LLC through PHM-29, LLC (relates to Puente Hills Mall acquisition). (30)
10.44
Amendment to Agreement of Sale and Purchase and Joint Escrow Instructions, dated November 4, 2005, by and between Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership and Passco Colima, LLC, Passco PHM, LLC and PHM-1, LLC through PHM-29, LLC (relates to Puente Hills Mall acquisition). (30)
10.45
Loan Assumption Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2005, between Passco Colima, LLC, Passco PHM, LLC and PHM-1, LLC through PHM-29, LLC, Puente Hills Mall, LLC and LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Registered Holders of Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp., Commercial Mortgage Trust 2003-C1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-C1 (relates to Puente Hills Mall acquisition). (30)
10.46
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations, dated as of December 29, 2005, by Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership in favor of LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Registered Holders of Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp., Commercial Mortgage Trust 2003-C1, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-C1 (relates to loan assumption for Puente Hills Mall acquisition). (30)
10.47
Allonge to Promissory Note (relates to loan assumption for Puente Hills Mall acquisition). (30)
10.48
Operating Agreement for OG Retail Holding Co., LLC, dated as of December 29, 2005 (pertains to joint venture between Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership and Oxford Properties Group). (30)
10.49
Promissory Note A1 dated as of August 27, 2003, issued by Glimcher WestShore, LLC in the amount of sixty six million dollars ($66,000,000). (9)
10.50
Promissory Note A2 dated as of August 27, 2003, issued by Glimcher WestShore, LLC in the amount of thirty four million dollars ($34,000,000). (9)
10.51
Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement by Glimcher WestShore, LLC to Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Inc. dated as of August 27, 2003. (9)
10.52
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations by Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership to Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital, Inc. dated as of August 27, 2003, relating to WestShore Plaza Mall. (9)
10.53
Note dated as of August 11, 1998 issued by Eastland Mall Limited Partnership to The Capital Company of America LLC in the amount of forty six million six hundred seventy three thousand two hundred twenty five dollars ($46,673,225). (9)
10.54
Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated as of August 11, 1998 by Eastland Mall Limited Partnership to M. Jay Devaney, as Trustee, for the benefit of The Capital Company of America LLC. (9)
10.55
Promissory Note dated as of October 1, 1997, issued by Catalina Partners, L.P. to Nomura Asset Capital Corporation in the amount of thirty six million ($36,000,000), relating to Colonial Park Mall. (9)
10.56
Open-end Fee Mortgage, Leasehold Mortgage, Assignment of Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated as of October 1, 1997 by Catalina Partners, L.P. to Nomura Asset Capital Corporation, relating to Colonial Park Mall. (9)
10.57
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated August 22, 2005, by and among Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, KeyBank National Association and several other financial institutions. (27)
10.58
Guaranty, dated August 22, 2005, by Glimcher Realty Trust and Glimcher Properties Corporation to and for the benefit of KeyBank National Association, individually and as administrative agent for itself and the lenders under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. (27)
10.59
Form of Note. (27)
10.60
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated December 14, 2006, by and among Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, KeyBank National Association, KeyBanc Capital Markets, and several other financial institutions (Replaces Exhibit 10.57).
 
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10.61
Guaranty, dated December 14, 2006, by Glimcher Realty Trust and Glimcher Properties Corporation to and for the benefit of KeyBank National Association, individually and as administrative agent for itself and the lenders under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Replaces Exhibit 10.58).
10.62
Form of Note. (included in Exhibit 10.60)
10.63
Promissory Note A1, dated October 17, 2003, between MFC Beavercreek, LLC and KeyBank National Association in the amount of eighty-five million dollars ($85,000,000), relating to the Mall at Fairfield Commons in Beavercreek, Ohio. (13)
10.64
Promissory Note A2, dated October 17, 2003, between MFC Beavercreek, LLC and KeyBank National Association in the amount of twenty-eight million five hundred thousand dollars ($28,500,000), relating to the Mall at Fairfield Commons in Beavercreek, Ohio. (13)
10.65
Open End Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement, and Fixture Filing, dated October 17, 2003, between MFC Beavercreek, LLC and KeyBank National Association, relating to the Mall at Fairfield Commons in Beavercreek, Ohio. (13)
10.66
Key Principal's Guaranty Agreement, dated October 17, 2003, between Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership and KeyBank National Association, relating to the loan on the Mall at Fairfield Commons in Beavercreek, Ohio. (13)
10.67
Open End Mortgage, Assignment of Rents and Security Agreement, dated November 20, 2006, by EM Columbus II, LLC to Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB (relating to Eastland Ohio).
10.68
Assignment of Leases and Rents, dated as of November 20, 2006, between EM Columbus II, LLC to Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB (relating to Eastland Ohio).
10.69
Loan Agreement, dated November 20, 2006, by and between EM Columbus II, LLC, and Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB (relating to Eastland Ohio).
10.70
Guaranty, dated November 20, 2006 by and between Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership to and for the benefit of Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB (relating to Eastland Ohio).
10.71
Promissory Note, dated November 20, 2006 by EM Columbus II, LLC in favor of Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB in the principal amount of 43,000,000 (relating to Eastland Ohio).
10.72
Promissory Note, dated as of July 15, 2005, issued by EM Columbus, LLC in the amount of Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000). (26).
10.73
Unconditional Guaranty of Payment and Performance, dated July 15, 2005, by Glimcher Properties, L.P. to The Huntington National Bank. (26)
10.74
Open-End Mortgage Modification of Mortgage and Note, dated July 15, 2005, by and between EM Columbus, LLC and The Huntington National Bank. (26)
10.75
Unconditional Guaranty of Payment and Performance, dated July 15, 2005, by Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership to The Huntington National Bank. (26)
10.76
Promissory Note, dated May 17, 2000, from Polaris Center, LLC to First Union National Bank, in the amount of $43,000,000, relating to the Polaris Towne Center existing debt. (13)
10.77
Open-End Mortgage and Security Agreement, dated May 17, 2000, between Polaris Center, LLC and First Union National Bank, relating to Polaris Towne Center. (13)
10.78
Amended and Restated Promissory Note A, between UBS Warburg Real Estate Investments Inc. and PFP Columbus, LLC, dated May 22, 2003, for $135,000,000, relating to the Polaris Fashion Place existing debt. (13)
10.79
Amended and Restated Promissory Note B, between UBS Warburg Real Estate Investments Inc. and PFP Columbus, LLC, dated May 22, 2003, for $24,837,623 relating to the Polaris Fashion Place existing debt. (13)
10.80
Mortgage Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement, dated April 1, 2003, from PFP Columbus, LLC to UBS Warburg Real Estate Investments Inc. relating to Polaris Fashion Place. (13)
10.81
Loan Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2003, between PFP Columbus, LLC, as borrower, and UBS Warburg Real Estate Investments Inc., as lender. (13)
10.82
Loan Agreement dated as of June 9, 2004 between N.J. METROMALL Urban Renewal, Inc., JG Elizabeth, LLC and Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Inc. relating to Jersey Gardens Mall in Elizabeth, New Jersey. (22)
10.83
Promissory Note A1, dated June 9, 2004, between N.J. METROMALL Urban Renewal, Inc., JG Elizabeth, LLC and Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Inc. in the amount of $85,000,000, relating to Jersey Gardens Mall in Elizabeth, New Jersey. (22)
10.84
Promissory Note A2, dated June 9, 2004, between N.J. METROMALL Urban Renewal, Inc., JG Elizabeth, LLC and Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Inc. in the amount of $80,000,000, relating to Jersey Gardens Mall in Elizabeth, New Jersey. (22)
10.85
Fee and Leasehold Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement dated June 9, 2004 between N.J. METROMALL Urban Renewal Inc, JG Elizabeth, LLC and Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital, Inc. relating to Jersey Gardens Mall in Elizabeth, New Jersey. (22)
 
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10.86
Guaranty dated June 9, 2004, by Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership to Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Inc., relating to Jersey Gardens Mall in Elizabeth, New Jersey. (22)
10.87
Loan Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2006, by and between Tulsa Promenade, LLC and Charter One Bank, N.A. (relating to Tulsa Promenade). (29)
10.88
Promissory Note, dated March 14, 2006, issued by Tulsa Promenade, LLC to the order of Charter One Bank, N.A. in the principal amount of $50,000,000 (relating to Tulsa Promenade). (29)
10.89
Mortgage with Power of Sale, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, made as of March 14, 2006, by Tulsa Promenade, LLC in favor of Charter One Bank, N.A. (relating to Tulsa Promenade). (29)
10.90
Term Loan Agreement, dated January 13, 2006, between GM Olathe, LLC, Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership (as co-borrowers) and LLC and KeyBank National Association, relating to The Great Mall of the Great Plains in Olathe, Kansas. (30)
10.91
Promissory Note, dated January 13, 2006, issued by GM Olathe, LLC and Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership (as co-borrowers) to the order of KeyBank National Association in the principal amount of $30,000,000, relating to The Great Mall of the Great Plains in Olathe, Kansas. (30)
10.92
Amended and Restated Mortgage, Assignment of Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated January 13, 2006, between Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership and GM Olathe in the amount of $30,000,000, relating to The Great Mall of the Great Plains in Olathe, Kansas. (30)
10.93
Promissory Note, dated as of December 15, 2005, issued by RVM Glimcher, LLC to the order of Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB in the principal amount of $50,000,000, relating to River Valley Mall in Lancaster, Ohio. (30)
10.94
Loan Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2005, between RVM Glimcher, LLC and Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB, relating to River Valley Mall in Lancaster, Ohio. (30)
10.95
Open-End Mortgage and Security Agreement, dated December 15, 2005, between RVM Glimcher, LLC and Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB, relating to River Valley Mall in Lancaster, Ohio. (30)
10.96
Assignment of Leases and Rents, dated as of December 15, 2005, between RVM Glimcher, LLC and Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB, relating to River Valley Mall in Lancaster, Ohio. (30)
10.97
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations, dated as of December 15, 2005, by Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership to and for the benefit of Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB, relating to River Valley Mall in Lancaster, Ohio. (30)
10.98
Agreement of Purchase and Sale, between Coyote Tulsa Mall, L.L.C. and Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership (relating to acquisition of Tulsa Promenade). (30)
10.99
Employment & Consulting Agreement, dated January 20, 2005, between Herbert Glimcher, Glimcher Realty Trust and Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership. (14)
10.100
Limited Liability Company Agreement of Kierland Crossing, LLC, dated as of May 12, 2006 (relating to joint venture between Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership and Vanguard City Home in Scottsdale, AZ). (19).
10.101
Purchase Agreement and Escrow Instructions, dated May 12, 2006 by and between Kierland Crossing, LLC and Kierland Crossing Residential, LLC (relating to joint venture between Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership and Vanguard City Home in Scottsdale, AZ). (19)
10.102
Ground Lease, dated as of May 12, 2006, by and between Sucia Scottsdale, LLC and Kierland Crossing, LLC (relating to joint venture between Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership and Vanguard City Home in Scottsdale, AZ). (19)
10.103
First Amended and Restated Ground Lease, dated as of December 6, 2006, by and between Sucia Scottsdale, LLC and Kierland Crossing, LLC (relating to joint venture between Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership and Vanguard City Home in Scottsdale, AZ).
10.104
Form Restricted Stock Award Agreement for Glimcher Realty Trust’s 2004 Incentive Compensation Plan (Extended Vesting). (31)
10.105
Form Option Award Agreement for the Glimcher Realty Trust 2004 Incentive Compensation Plan (Non-Qualified Stock Options). (28)
10.106
Form Option Award Agreement for the Glimcher Realty Trust 2004 Incentive Compensation Plan (Incentive Stock Options). (28)
10.107
Form Restricted Stock Award Agreement for Glimcher Realty Trust’s 2004 Incentive Compensation Plan. (23)
10.108
Form Option Award Agreement for the Glimcher Realty Trust 2004 Incentive Compensation Plan (Non-Qualified Stock Options/Grant Date Valuation).
10.109
Form Option Award Agreement for the Glimcher Realty Trust 2004 Incentive Compensation Plan (Incentive Stock Options/Grant Date Valuation).


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21.1
Subsidiaries of the Registrant
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
31.1
Certification of the Company’s CEO pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2
Certification of the Company’s CFO pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1
Certification of the Company’s CEO pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2
Certification of the Company’s CFO pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 
(1)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Registration Statement No. 33-69740.
 
(2)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, 1995.
 
(3)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 1998.
 
(4)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 1999.
 
(5)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2005.
 
(6)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2002.
 
(7)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 2006.
 
(8)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 29, 2003.
 
(9)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 2003.
 
(10)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Form 8-K, with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2004.
 
(11)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31, 2004.
 
(12)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2, 2004.
 
(13)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 20, 2004.
 
(14)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 24, 2005.
 
(15)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Form 8-A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 22, 2003.
 
(16)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Form 8-A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 20, 2004.
 
(17)
Incorporated by reference to Appendix B of Glimcher Realty Trust’s Schedule 14A Proxy Statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2004.
 
(18)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 1999, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 1999.
 
(19)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2006.
 
(20)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2002, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2002.
 
(21)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2003, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 2003.
 
(22)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2004, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2004.
 
(23)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2005.
 
(24)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 17, 2005.
 
(25)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 18, 2005.
 
(26)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 2005.
 
(27)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 23, 2005.
 
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(28)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2005.
 
(29)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2006.
 
(30)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2006.
 
(31)
Incorporated by reference to Glimcher Realty Trust’s Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2006.



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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
     
  GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST
 
 
 
 
 
 
  By:   /s/ Mark E. Yale
 
 
Mark E. Yale
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)
February 21, 2007
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been executed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
 
   
/s/ Michael P. Glimcher
President, Chief Executive Officer
February 21, 2007
Michael P. Glimcher
and Trustee
 
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
   
/s/ Mark E. Yale
Executive Vice President,
February 21, 2007
Mark E. Yale
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
 
 
(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)
 
 
   
/s/ Herbert Glimcher
Chairman of the Board
February 21, 2007
Herbert Glimcher
and Trustee
 
 
   
/s/ David M. Aronowitz
Member, Board of Trustees
February 21, 2007
David M. Aronowitz
   
 
   
/s/ Philip G. Barach
Member, Board of Trustees
February 21, 2007
Philip G. Barach
   
 
   
/s/ Wayne S. Doran
Member, Board of Trustees
February 21, 2007
Wayne S. Doran
   
 
   
/s/ Howard Gross
Member, Board of Trustees
February 21, 2007
Howard Gross
   
 
   
/s/ Niles C. Overly
Member, Board of Trustees
February 21, 2007
Niles C. Overly
   
 
   
/s/ Alan R. Weiler
Member, Board of Trustees
February 21, 2007
Alan R. Weiler
   
 
   
/s/ William S. Williams
Member, Board of Trustees
February 21, 2007
William S. Williams
   
 
   
 
   


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Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders
Glimcher Realty Trust
Columbus, Ohio

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Glimcher Realty Trust as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006. We have also audited the schedule listed in Item 15(a) 2. These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and schedule are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and schedule, assessing the accounting principles used and the significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and schedule. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Glimcher Realty Trust at December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the results of its operations and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Also, in our opinion, the schedule presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the effectiveness of Glimcher Realty Trust’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) and our report dated February 20, 2007 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
 
/s/ BDO Seidman, LLP
Chicago, Illinois
February 20, 2007
 
 
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GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(dollars in thousands, except share and par value amounts)

ASSETS
 
   
December 31, 
 
   
 2006 
 
2005
 
Investment in real estate:
             
Land
 
$
247,149
 
$
291,998
 
Buildings, improvements and equipment
   
1,679,935
   
1,869,381
 
Developments in progress
   
49,803
   
50,235
 
     
1,976,887
   
2,211,614
 
Less accumulated depreciation
   
483,115
   
470,397
 
Property and equipment, net
   
1,493,772
   
1,741,217
 
Deferred costs, net
   
17,316
   
18,863
 
Real estate assets held-for-sale
   
192,301
   
72,731
 
Investment in and advances to unconsolidated real estate entities
   
70,416
   
44,248
 
Investment in real estate, net
   
1,773,805
   
1,877,059
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents
   
11,751
   
7,821
 
Non-real estate assets associated with discontinued operations
   
12,662
   
4,162
 
Restricted cash
   
12,132
   
15,410
 
Tenant accounts receivable, net
   
40,233
   
49,877
 
Deferred expenses, net
   
8,134
   
8,665
 
Prepaid and other assets
   
30,103
   
32,318
 
Total assets
 
$
1,888,820
 
$
1,995,312
 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Mortgage notes payable
 
$
1,203,100
 
$
1,299,193
 
Mortgage notes payable associated with properties held-for-sale
   
101,786
   
52,288
 
Notes payable
    272,000    
150,000
 
Other liabilities associated with discontinued operations
    3,926    
1,374
 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
 
57,520
 
66,264
 
Distributions payable
 
23,481
 
23,410
 
Total liabilities
 
1,661,813
 
1,592,529
 
           
Minority interest in operating partnership
   
1,772
   
15,729
 
               
Shareholders’ equity:
             
Series F Cumulative Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, $0.01 par value, 2,400,000 shares issued and outstanding
   
60,000
   
60,000
 
Series G Cumulative Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, $0.01 par value, 6,000,000 shares issued and outstanding
   
150,000
   
150,000
 
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest, $0.01 par value, 36,776,365 and 36,506,448 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively
   
368
   
365
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
547,036
   
543,639
 
Distributions in excess of accumulated earnings
   
(532,141
)
 
(366,924
)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
   
(28
)
 
(26
)
Total shareholder’s equity
   
225,235
   
387,054
 
Total liabilities and shareholder’s equity
 
$
1,888,820
 
$
1,995,312
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
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GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
 
   
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
   
2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
Revenues:                    
Minimum rents
 
$
189,729
 
$
186,429
 
$
177,395
 
Percentage rents
   
5,848
   
5,556
   
5,349
 
Tenant reimbursements
   
87,025
   
85,189
   
82,200
 
Other
   
26,662
   
22,852
   
23,895
 
Total revenues
   
309,264
   
300,026
   
288,839
 
Expenses:
                   
Property operating expenses
   
63,364
   
61,252
   
61,898
 
Real estate taxes
   
33,835
   
34,123
   
31,841
 
     
97,199
   
95,375
   
93,739
 
Provision for doubtful accounts
   
3,733
   
3,808
   
4,315
 
Other operating expenses
   
9,624
   
8,968
   
7,881
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
72,965
   
67,466
   
64,994
 
General and administrative
   
15,313
   
18,415
   
14,347
 
Impairment losses - real estate asset
   
46,688
   
-
   
-
 
Total expenses
   
245,522
   
194,032
   
185,276
 
                     
Operating income
   
63,742
   
105,994
   
103,563
 
                     
Interest income
   
465
   
269
   
187
 
Interest expense
   
84,985
   
74,396
   
78,359
 
Equity in income of unconsolidated entities, net
   
1,443
   
51
   
3
 
(Loss) income before minority interest in operating partnership and discontinued operations
   
(19,335
)
 
31,918
   
25,394
 
Minority interest in operating partnership
   
(7,733
)
 
252
   
2,906
 
(Loss) income from continuing operations
   
(11,602
)
 
31,666
   
22,488
 
Discontinued operations:
                   
Impairment losses - real estate assets
   
(65,230
)
 
(16,393
)
 
-
 
Gain on sales of properties, net
   
1,717
   
1,619
   
19,646
 
(Loss) income from operations
   
(2,050
)
 
3,958
   
9,621
 
Net (loss) income
   
(77,165
)
 
20,850
   
51,755
 
Less: Preferred stock dividends
   
17,437
   
17,437
   
17,517
 
Less: Issuance costs related to preferred stock redemption
   
-
   
-
   
4,878
 
Net (loss) income available to common shareholders
 
$
(94,602
)
$
3,413
 
$
29,360
 
                     
Earnings (loss) Per Common Share (“EPS”):
                   
Basic:
                   
Continuing operations
 
$
(0.93
)
$
0.37
 
$
0.08
 
Discontinued operations
 
$
(1.65
)
$
(0.27
)
$
0.75
 
Net (loss) income
 
$
(2.58
)
$
0.09
 
$
0.83
 
                     
Diluted:
                   
Continuing operations
 
$
(0.93
)
$
0.36
 
$
0.08
 
Discontinued operations
 
$
(1.65
)
$
(0.27
)
$
0.74
 
Net (loss) income
 
$
(2.58
)
$
0.09
 
$
0.82
 
                     
Weighted average common shares outstanding
   
36,611
   
36,036
   
35,456
 
Weighted average common shares and common share equivalent outstanding
   
39,646
   
39,856
   
39,496
 
                     
Cash distributions declared per common share of beneficial interest
 
$
1.9232
 
$
1.9232
 
$
1.9232
 
                     
Net (loss) income
 
$
(77,165
)
$
20,850
 
$
51,755
 
Other comprehensive (loss) income on derivative instruments, net
   
(2
)
 
9
   
1,192
 
Comprehensive (loss) income
 
$
(77,167
)
$
20,859
 
$
52,947
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

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GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
For the Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
(dollars in thousands, except share, par value and unit amounts)
 
   
Series B Convertible Preferred
 
Series F Cumulative Preferred
 
Series G Cumulative Preferred
 
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest
 
Additonal Paid-in
 
Distri-butions In Excess of Accumu-lated
 
Accumu-lated Other Compre-hensive Income/
     
 
 
Shares
 
Shares
 
Shares
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Capital
 
Earnings
 
(Loss)
 
Total
 
                                                
Balance, December 31, 2003
 
$
127,950
 
$
60,000
 
$
-
   
35,066,112
 
$
350
 
$
516,632
 
$
(261,766
)
$
(1,227
)
$
441,939
 
                                                         
Distributions declared, $1.9232 per share
                                       
(68,380
)
       
(68,380
)
Distribution Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan
                     
23,658
   
1
   
569
               
570
 
Exercise of stock options
                     
503,882
   
5
   
8,752
               
8,757
 
OP unit conversion
                     
89,206
   
1
   
2,365
               
2,366
 
Issuance of Series G cumulative redeemable preferred shares of beneficial interest
               
150,000
               
(5,198
)
             
144,802
 
Redemption of Series B cumulative redeemable referred shares of beneficial interest
   
(127,950
)
                         
4,878
   
(4,878
)
       
(127,950
)
Preferred stock dividends
                                       
(17,517
)
       
(17,517
)
Net income
                                       
51,755
         
51,755
 
Other comprehensive income on derivative instruments
                                             
1,192
   
1,192
 
Stock offering expense
                                 
237
               
237
 
Transfer from minority interest in partnership
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
          
6,051
          
 
   
6,051
 
Balance, December 31, 2004
   
-
   
60,000
   
150,000
   
35,682,858
   
357
   
534,286
   
(300,786
)
 
(35
)
 
443,822
 
                                                         
Distributions declared, $1.9232 per share
                                       
(69,551
)
       
(69,551
)
Distribution Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan
                     
21,954
         
560
               
560
 
Exercise of stock options
                     
386,384
   
4
   
6,531
               
6,535
 
OP unit conversion
                     
358,586
   
3
   
9,656
               
9,659
 
Restricted stock grant
                     
56,666
   
1
   
(1
)
             
-
 
Amortization of stock incentive program
               
               
314
               
314
 
Preferred stock dividends
                                       
(17,437
)
       
(17,437
)
Net income
                                       
20,850
         
20,850
 
Other comprehensive income on derivative instruments
                                             
9
   
9
 
Stock offering expense
                                 
297
               
297
 
Transfer to minority interest in partnership
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
(8,004
)
 
 
   
 
   
(8,004
)
Balance, December 31, 2005
   
-
   
60,000
   
150,000
   
36,506,448
   
365
   
543,639
   
(366,924
)
 
(26
)
 
387,054
 
                                                         
Distributions declared, $1.9232 per share
                                       
(70,615
)
       
(70,615
)
Distribution Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan
                     
17,855
         
457
               
457
 
Exercise of stock options
                     
87,298
   
1
   
1,629
               
1,630
 
OP unit conversion
                     
119,766
   
2
   
3,104
               
3,106
 
Restricted stock grant, net of cancellations
                     
44,998
                           
-
 
Amortization of stock incentive program
                     
         
560
               
560
 
Preferred stock dividends
                                       
(17,437
)
       
(17,437
)
Net loss
                                       
(77,165
)
       
(77,165
)
Other comprehensive loss on derivative instruments
                                             
(2
)
 
(2
)
Stock offering expense
                                 
348
               
348
 
Transfer to minority interest in partnership
                               
 
   
(2,701
)
 
 
          
(2,701
)
Balance, December 31, 2006
 
$
-
 
$
60,000
 
$
150,000
   
36,776,365
 
$
368
 
$
547,036
 
$
(532,141
)
$
(28
)
$
225,235
 

 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(dollars in thousands)
 
   
For the Years Ended December 31, 
 
   
2006
 
2005 
 
2004
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
                   
Net (loss) income
 
$
(77,165
)
$
20,850
 
$
51,755
 
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided
                   
by operating activities:
                   
Provision for doubtful accounts
   
6,696
   
5,097
   
6,241
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
75,481
   
77,815
   
79,185
 
Loan fee amortization
   
2,819
   
2,662
   
4,383
 
Equity in income of unconsolidated entities
   
(1,443
)
 
(51
)
 
(3
)
Capitalized development costs charged to expense
   
367
   
257
   
125
 
Minority interest in operating partnership
   
(7,733
)
 
252
   
2,906
 
Return of minority interest share of earnings
   
-
   
(252
)
 
(2,906
)
Gain on sales of properties from discontinued operations
   
(1,717
)
 
(1,619
)
 
(19,646
)
Impairment losses - real estate assets
   
111,918
   
16,393
   
-
 
Gain on sales of outparcels
   
(3,895
)
 
(517
)
 
(813
)
Stock compensation expense
   
908
   
664
   
237
 
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                   
Tenant accounts receivable, net
   
(1,383
)
 
(5,722
)
 
(2,498
)
Prepaid and other assets
   
1,144
   
(7,182
)
 
(4,423
)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
   
(9,767
)
 
(302
)
 
(12,238
)
                     
Net cash provided by operating activities
   
96,230
   
108,345
   
102,305
 
                     
Cash flows from investing activities:
                   
Additions to investment in real estate
   
(77,128
)
 
(95,880
)
 
(72,726
)
Acquisitions of properties
   
(55,715
)
 
-
   
-
 
Contribution from joint venture partner
   
11,257
   
-
   
-
 
Investment in unconsolidated entities
   
(13,266
)
 
(44,248
)
 
-
 
Proceeds from sales of properties
   
24,690
   
23,624
   
106,834
 
Proceeds from sales of outparcels
   
6,770
   
2,975
   
2,713
 
Withdrawals from restricted cash
   
266
   
101
   
5,326
 
Additions to deferred expenses and other
   
(5,785
)
 
(6,775
)
 
(4,014
)
 
                   
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
   
(108,911
)
 
(120,203
)
 
38,133
 
                     
Cash flows from financing activities:
                   
Proceeds from (payments to) revolving line of credit, net
   
122,000
   
76,000
   
(6,800
)
Additions to deferred financing costs
   
(2,511
)
 
(2,259
)
 
(1,896
)
Proceeds from issuance of mortgages and other notes payable
   
168,331
   
111,669
   
231,500
 
Principal payments on mortgages and other notes payable
   
(179,497
)
 
(88,364
)
 
(303,400
)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt
   
-
   
-
   
557
 
Proceeds from issuance of Preferred Stock - Series G, net of
                   
underwriting and other offering costs of $5,198
   
-
   
-
   
144,802
 
Redemption Preferred Shares, Series B
   
-
   
-
   
(127,950
)
Exercise of stock options and other
   
2,087
   
7,095
   
9,327
 
Cash distributions
   
(93,799
)
 
(92,908
)
 
(89,172
)
                     
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
   
16,611
   
11,233
   
(143,032
)
                     
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
   
3,930
   
(625
)
 
(2,594
)
                     
Cash and cash equivalents, at beginning of period
   
7,821
   
8,446
   
11,040
 
                     
Cash and cash equivalents, at end of period
 
$
11,751
 
$
7,821
 
$
8,446
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
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GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)

1.
Organization and Basis of Presentation

Organization

Glimcher Realty Trust is a fully-integrated, self-administered and self-managed, Maryland real estate investment trust (“REIT”), which owns, leases, manages and develops a portfolio of retail properties (the “Property” or “Properties”) consisting of enclosed regional and super regional malls (“Malls”) and community shopping centers (“Community Centers”). At December 31, 2006, the Company owned and operated a total of 30 Properties consisting of 26 Malls (24 wholly-owned and 2 partially owned through a joint venture) and 4 Community Centers. The “Company” refers to Glimcher Realty Trust and Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, as well as entities in which the Company has an interest, collectively.

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Glimcher Realty Trust (“GRT”), Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership,” “OP” or “GPLP”) and Glimcher Development Corporation (“GDC”). As of December 31, 2006, GRT was a limited partner in GPLP with a 91.9% ownership interest and GRT’s wholly owned subsidiary, Glimcher Properties Corporation (“GPC”), was GPLP’s sole general partner, with a 0.5% interest in GPLP. GDC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GPLP, provides development, construction, leasing and legal services to the Company’s affiliates and is a taxable REIT subsidiary. The equity method of accounting is applied to entities in which the Company does not have controlling direct or indirect voting interest, but can exercise influence over the entity with respect to its operations and major decisions. These entities are reflected on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as “Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities.” All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.

2.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Revenue Recognition

Minimum rents are recognized on an accrual basis over the terms of the related leases on a straight-line basis. Percentage rents, which are based on tenants’ sales as reported to the Company, are recognized once the sales reported by such tenants exceed any applicable breakpoints as specified in the tenants’ leases. The percentage rents are recognized based upon the measurement dates specified in the leases that indicate when the percentage rent is due. Recoveries from tenants for real estate taxes, insurance and other shopping center operating expenses are recognized as revenues in the period that the applicable costs are incurred. The Company recognizes differences between estimated recoveries and the final billed amounts in the subsequent year. Other revenues primarily consist of fee income which relates to property management services and is recognized in the period in which the service is performed, licensing agreement revenues which are recognized as earned and the proceeds from sales of development land which are generally recognized at the closing date.

Tenant Accounts Receivable

The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects the Company’s estimate of the amounts of the recorded accounts receivable at the balance sheet date that will not be recovered from cash receipts in subsequent periods. The Company’s policy is to record a periodic provision for doubtful accounts based on total revenues. The Company also periodically reviews specific tenant balances and determines whether an additional allowance is necessary. In recording such a provision, the Company considers a tenant’s creditworthiness, ability to pay, probability of collections and the retail sector in which the tenant operates. The allowance for doubtful accounts is reviewed periodically based upon the Company’s historical experience.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)

Investment in Real Estate - Carrying Value of Assets

The Company maintains a diverse portfolio of real estate assets. The portfolio holdings have increased as a result of both acquisitions and the development of new Properties and have been reduced by selected sales of assets. The amounts to be capitalized as a result of acquisitions and developments and the periods over which the assets are depreciated or amortized are determined based on the application of accounting standards that may require estimates as to fair value and the allocation of various costs to the individual assets. The Company allocates the cost of the acquisition based upon the estimated fair value of the net assets acquired. The Company also estimates the fair value of intangibles related to its acquisitions. The valuation of the fair value of the intangibles involves estimates related to market conditions, probability of lease renewals and the current market value of in-place leases. This market value is determined by considering factors such as the tenant’s industry, location within the Property and competition in the specific market in which the Property operates. Differences in the amount attributed to the intangible assets can be significant based upon the assumptions made in calculating these estimates.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation expense is computed using a straight-line method and estimated useful lives for buildings and improvements using a weighted average composite life of forty years and equipment and fixtures of five to ten years. Expenditures for leasehold improvements and construction allowances paid to tenants are capitalized and amortized over the initial term of each lease. Cash allowances paid to retailers that are used for purposes other than improvements to the real estate are amortized as a reduction to minimum rents over the initial lease term. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Cash allowances paid in return for operating covenants from retailers who own their real estate are capitalized as contract intangibles. These intangibles are amortized over the period the retailer is required to operate its store.

Investment in Real Estate - Impairment evaluation

Management evaluates the recoverability of its investment in real estate assets in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.” This statement requires that long-lived assets be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that recoverability of the asset is not assured.

The Company evaluates the recoverability of its investments in real estate assets to be held and used each quarter and records an impairment charge when there is an indicator of impairment and the undiscounted projected future cash flows are less than the carrying amount for a particular Property. The estimated cash flows used for the impairment analysis and the determination of estimated fair value are based on the Company’s plans for the respective assets and the Company’s views of market and economic conditions. The estimates consider matters such as current and historical rental rates, occupancies for the respective Properties and comparable properties and recent sales data for comparable properties. Changes in estimated future cash flows due to changes in the Company’s plans or views of market and economic conditions could result in recognition of impairment losses, which, under the applicable accounting guidance, could be substantial.

The Company recognized a $46,688 non-cash impairment charge on The Great Mall of the Great Plains Property during the fourth quarter of 2006. Even though The Company has no current intentions to sell the Property, the Company is working on multiple redevelopment opportunities that may involve a substantial reconfiguration of the Property. These plans result in more than temporary declines in future cash flow shortfalls when compared to the carrying value of approximately $89.4 million. The Company estimated the fair value of the asset by utilizing the average of several different valuation methods.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)

Sale of Real Estate Assets

The Company recognizes property sales in accordance with SFAS No. 66, “Accounting for Sales of Real Estate.” The Company generally records the sales of operating properties and outparcels using the full accrual method at closing when the earnings process is deemed to be complete. Sales not qualifying for full recognition at the time of sale are accounted for under other appropriate deferral methods.

Investment in Real Estate - Held-for-Sale

The Company evaluates the held-for-sale classification of its real estate each quarter. Assets that are classified as held-for-sale are recorded at the lower of their carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell. Assets are generally classified as held-for-sale once management commits to a plan to sell the properties and has initiated an active program to market them for sale. The results of operations of these real estate properties are reflected as discontinued operations in all periods reported.

On occasion, the Company will receive unsolicited offers from third parties to buy individual Company properties. Under these circumstances, the Company will classify the particular property as held-for-sale when a sales contract is executed with no contingencies and the prospective buyer has funds at risk to ensure performance.

Accounting for Acquisitions

The fair value of the real estate acquired is allocated to acquired tangible assets, consisting of land, building and tenant improvements, and identified intangible assets and liabilities, consisting of the value of above-market and below-market leases for acquired in-place leases, the value of tenant relationships, and the value of in-place leases based in each case on their fair values. Purchase accounting is applied to assets and liabilities related to real estate entities acquired based upon the percentage of interest acquired.

The fair value of the tangible assets of an acquired property (which includes land, building and tenant improvements) is determined by valuing the property as if it were vacant, based on management’s determination of the relative fair values of these assets. Management determines the as-if-vacant fair value of a property using methods to determine the replacement cost of the tangible assets.

In determining the fair value of the identified intangible assets and liabilities of an acquired property, above-market and below-market in-place lease values are recorded based on the present value (using an interest rate which reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (i) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (ii) management’s estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease. The capitalized above-market lease values and the capitalized below-market lease values are amortized as an adjustment to rental income over the initial lease term.

The aggregate value of in-place leases is determined by evaluating various factors, including an estimate of carrying costs during the expected lease-up periods, current market conditions and similar leases. In estimating carrying costs, management includes real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rental revenue during the expected lease-up periods based on current market demand. Management also estimates costs to execute similar leases including leasing commissions, legal and other related costs. The value assigned to this intangible asset is amortized over the remaining lease term plus an assumed renewal period that is reasonably assured.

The aggregate value of other acquired intangible assets include tenant relationships. Factors considered by management in assigning a value to these relationships include: assumptions of probability of lease renewals, investment in tenant improvements, leasing commissions and an approximate time lapse in rental income while a new tenant is located. The value assigned to this intangible asset is amortized over the average life of the relationship.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)

Deferred Costs

The Company capitalizes initial direct costs in accordance with SFAS No. 91, “Accounting for Nonrefundable Fees and Costs Associated with Originating or Acquiring Loans and Initial Direct Costs of Leases,” and amortizes these costs over the initial lease term. The costs are capitalized upon the execution of the lease and the amortization period begins the earlier of the store opening date or the date the tenant’s lease obligation begins.

Stock-Based Compensation

Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123(R), which expands and clarifies SFAS No. 123 “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”. In January 2003, the Company adopted the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123 as amended by SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation - Transition and Disclosure,” prospectively to all awards granted, modified or settled on or after January 1, 2003. Accordingly, the Company recognized as compensation expense the fair value of all awards granted after January 1, 2003. SFAS No. 123(R) requires companies to measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of an equity instrument based on the grant-date fair value of the award. The cost is expensed over the requisite service period (usually the vesting period) beginning the first quarter of 2006 for awards issued after June 15, 2005. Stock compensation expense exclusive of restricted stock was $348, $350 and $237 for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 respectively. Had compensation cost for the plans been determined based on the fair value at the grant dates for grants under these plans consistent with SFAS No. 123 (R) prior to January 1, 2003, the Company’s net income available to common shareholders would have decreased $0, $4 and $39 for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Earnings per share diluted would have remained unchanged as a result of this stock compensation expense for 2006, 2005 and 2004.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

For purposes of the statements of cash flows, all highly liquid investments purchased with original maturities of three months or less are considered to be cash equivalents. At December 31, 2006 and 2005, cash and cash equivalents primarily consisted of overnight purchases of debt securities. The carrying amounts approximate fair value.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash consists primarily of cash held for real estate taxes, insurance, property reserves for maintenance and expansion or leasehold improvements as required by certain of the loan agreements.

Deferred Expenses

Deferred expenses consist principally of financing fees. These costs are amortized as interest expense over the terms of the respective agreements. Deferred expenses in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets are shown net of accumulated amortization.

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

The Company recognizes all derivative financial instruments in the consolidated financial statements at fair value regardless of the purpose or intent for holding the instrument. Changes in the fair value of derivative financial instruments that qualify for hedge accounting are recorded in stockholders’ equity as a component of comprehensive income or as an adjustment to the carrying value of the hedged item. Changes in fair values of derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting are reported in earnings.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)

For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as a cash flow hedge (i.e., hedging the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows that is attributable to a particular risk), the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income and reclassified into interest income or interest expense in the same period or periods during which the hedged item affects interest income or interest expense. The remaining gain or loss of the derivative instruments in excess of the cumulative change in the present value of future cash flows of the hedged item, if any, is ineffective and is recognized in other income/other expense during the period of change. Upon termination of a derivative instrument prior to maturity, the aforementioned adjustment to accumulated other comprehensive income is amortized/accreted into interest income or interest expense over the remaining term of the hedge relationship using the effective interest method. Should the hedged item be sold, mature or extinguished prior to the end of the hedge relationship or a forecasted transaction is probable of not occurring, the aforementioned amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income are reclassified to interest income or interest expense and the derivative instrument’s change in fair value from that point forward will be recorded in other income or other expense.

Interest Costs

The components of the Company’s interest costs related to its continuing operations are shown in the table below. Interest expense and loan fees are recorded consistent with the terms of the Company’s financing arrangements. Capitalized interest is recorded as a reduction to interest expense based upon the Company’s weighted average borrowing rate.
    
   
Year Ended December 31, 
 
   
2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
Interest expense
 
$
82,946
 
$
72,296
 
$
74,326
 
Amortization of loan fees
   
2,039
   
2,100
   
4,033
 
Total interest expense
   
84,985
   
74,396
   
78,359
 
Interest capitalized
   
2,844
   
2,270
   
597
 
Total interest costs
 
$
87,829
 
$
76,666
 
$
78,956
 

Investment in Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities

The Company evaluates all joint venture arrangements for consolidation. The percentage interest in the joint venture, evaluation of control and whether a variable interest entity (“VIE”) exists are all considered in determining if the arrangement qualifies for consolidation.

The Company accounts for its investments in unconsolidated real estate entities using the equity method of accounting, whereby the cost of an investment is adjusted for the Company’s share of equity in net income or loss from the date of acquisition and reduced by distributions received. The income or loss of each investee is allocated in accordance with the provisions of the applicable operating agreements. The allocation provisions in these agreements may differ from the ownership interest held by each investor. Differences between the carrying amount of the Company’s investment in the respective investees and the Company’s share of the underlying equity of such unconsolidated entities are amortized over the respective lives of the underlying assets as applicable.

The Company periodically reviews its investment in unconsolidated real estate entities for other than temporary declines in market value. Any decline that is not expected to be recovered in the next twelve months is considered other than temporary and an impairment charge is recorded as a reduction in the carrying value of the investment.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)

Advertising Costs

The Company promotes its Properties on behalf of its tenants through various media. Advertising is expensed as incurred and the majority of the advertising expense is recovered from the tenants through lease obligations. Net advertising expense was $303, $487, and $422 for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

Income Taxes

GRT files as a REIT under Sections 856-860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). In order to qualify as a REIT, GRT is required to distribute at least 90.0% of its ordinary taxable income to shareholders and to meet certain asset and income tests as well as certain other requirements. GRT will generally not be liable for federal income taxes, provided it satisfies the necessary distribution requirements and maintains its REIT status. Even as a qualified REIT, the Company is subject to certain state and local taxes on its income and property.

The Company’s subsidiary, GDC, has elected taxable REIT subsidiary status under Section 856(l) of the Code. GPLP wholly owns GDC. For federal income tax purposes, GDC is treated as a separate entity and taxed as a regular C-Corporation. In accordance with SFAS No. 109 “Accounting for Income Taxes,” deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases, and operating loss carryforwards of GDC. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.
 
Minority Interests 

Minority interests represent the aggregate partnership interest in the Operating Partnership held by the Operating Partnership limited partner unit holders (the “Unit Holders”). Income allocated to minority interest is based on the Unit Holders ownership percentage of the Operating Partnership. The ownership percentage is determined by dividing the numbers of Operating Partnership Units (“OP Units”) held by the Unit Holders by the total OP Units outstanding. The issuance of additional shares of beneficial interest (the “Common Shares”, “Shares” or “Share”) or OP Units changes the percentage ownership of both the Unit Holders and the Company. Since an OP unit is generally redeemable for cash or Shares at the option of the Company, it is deemed to be equivalent to a Share. Therefore, such transactions are treated as capital transactions and result in an allocation between shareholders’ equity and minority interest in the accompanying balance sheets to account for the change in the ownership of the underlying equity in the Operating Partnership.

Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Financing and Investing Activities

As a result of the Company’s acquisitions of joint venture interests not previously owned, the Company had non-cash debt assumptions and issued OP Units. The debt assumed was $193,190 for the year ended December 31, 2004. In January 2004, the Company issued 594,342 new OP Units with an approximate value of $13,564 in connection with the acquisition of the remaining joint venture interest in Polaris Fashion Place, an approximately 1.6 million square foot upscale regional mall in Columbus, Ohio (“Polaris”).

Non-cash transactions resulting from other accounts payable and accrued expenses for ongoing operations such as real estate improvements and other assets were $13,645 and $13,815 as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Share distributions of $17,682 and $17,552 and Operating Partnership distributions of $1,440 and $1,498 had been declared but not paid as of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively. 8.75% Series F Cumulative Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest (“Series F Preferred Shares”) distributions of $1,313 had been declared but not paid as of December 31, 2006 and 2005. 8.125% Series G Cumulative Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest (“Series G Preferred Shares”) distributions of $3,046 had been declared but not paid as of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005.
 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)
 
Amounts paid for interest, exclusive of capitalized interest were $97,924, $88,937 and $89,864 in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

Comprehensive Income

SFAS No. 130, “Reporting Comprehensive Income,” establishes guidelines for the reporting and display of comprehensive income and its components in financial statements. Comprehensive income includes net income and all other non-owner charges in shareholder’s equity during a period including unrealized gains and losses from value adjustments on certain derivative instruments.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.” While this standard does not establish any new requirements for reporting assets or liabilities at fair value, it does clarify the definition of “fair value” when used in FASB pronouncements. This standard is effective no later than for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company does not anticipate a material impact to the Company’s financial position and results of operations.

In June 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes; an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109.” FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” It requires a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for financial statement disclosure of tax positions taken, or expected to be taken, in an income tax return. This Interpretation also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The Company will be required to adopt this interpretation in the first quarter of fiscal year 2007. While the Company is currently evaluating the provisions of FIN 48, the adoption is not expected to have a material impact on its financial position and results of operations.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications of prior period amounts, including the presentation of the statements of operations required by SFAS No. 144, have been made in the financial statements to conform to the 2006 presentation.



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(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)


3.
Real Estate Assets Held-for-Sale

SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” requires that long-lived assets that are to be disposed of by sale be measured at the lower of book value or fair value less costs to sell. At December 31, 2005, eight of the Company’s Properties were classified as held-for-sale. During 2006, the Company sold seven of these Properties and committed to a plan to sell four additional Properties, resulting in five assets held-for-sale at December 31, 2006. In addition to classifying these properties as held-for-sale, the financial results, including any impairment charges of these properties, are reported as discontinued operations in the Statement of Operations and the net book value of the assets are reflected as held-for-sale on the balance sheet. The table below provides information on our held-for-sale assets. 
 
   
 For the Years Ended December 31,
 
   
 2006
 
 2005
 
Number of Properties sold
   
7
   
6
 
Number of Properties held-for-sale
   
5
   
8
 
Real estate assets held-for-sale
 
$
192,301
 
$
72,731
 
Mortgage notes payable associated with properties held-for-sale
 
$
101,786
 
$
52,288
 
 
4.
Tenant Accounts Receivable

The Company’s accounts receivable is comprised of the following components.

Accounts Receivable - Assets Held-For-Investment
 
December 31, 2006
 
December 31, 2005
 
Billed Receivables
 
$
14,333
 
$
20,736
 
Straight-line Receivables
   
22,132
   
25,496
 
Unbilled Receivables
   
9,553
   
11,881
 
Less: Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
   
(5,785
)
 
(8,236
)
Net Accounts Receivable
 
$
40,233
 
$
49,877
 
 
Accounts Receivable - Assets Held-For-Sale
 
December 31, 2006
 
December 31, 2005
 
Billed Receivables
 
$
6,429
 
$
2,125
 
Straight-line Receivables
   
2,279
   
694
 
Unbilled Receivables
   
1,142
   
526
 
Less: Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
   
(2,613
)
 
(439
)
Net Accounts Receivable
 
$
7,237
 
$
2,906
 


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)

5.
Mortgage Notes Payable as of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 consist of the following: 
 
   
Carrying amount of Mortgage Notes Payable
 
Interest Rate
 
Interest
 
Payment
 
Payment
 
Maturity
 
Description/Borrower
 
2006
 
2005
 
2006
 
2005
 
Terms
 
Terms
 
at Maturity
 
Date
 
Fixed Rate:
                                                 
SAN Mall, LP (p)
 
$
33,020
 
$
33,523
   
8.35%
 
 
8.35%
 
 
(o)
 
 
(a)
 
$
32,615
   
(f)
 
Colonial Park Mall, LP
   
32,451
   
32,975
   
7.73%
 
 
7.73%
 
 
(o)
 
 
(a)
 
$
32,033
   
(f)
 
Mount Vernon Venture, LLC
   
8,753
   
8,865
   
7.41%
 
 
7.41%
 
       
(a)
 
$
8,624
   
Feb. 11, 2008
 
Charlotte Eastland Mall, LLC (p)
   
43,766
   
44,559
   
7.84%
 
 
7.84%
 
 
(o)
 
 
(a)
 
$
42,302
   
(g)
 
Morgantown Mall Associates, LP
   
52,474
   
53,381
   
6.89%
 
 
6.89%
 
 
(o)
 
 
(a)
 
$
50,823
   
(g)
 
GM Olathe, LLC
   
30,000
   
(q)   
 
 
6.35%
 
 
(q)  
 
 
(l)
 
 
(b)
 
$
30,000
   
Jan. 12, 2009
 
Grand Central, LP
   
47,815
   
48,572
   
7.18%
 
 
7.18%
 
       
(a)
 
$
46,065
   
Feb. 1, 2009
 
Johnson City Venture, LLC
   
38,787
   
39,214
   
8.37%
 
 
8.37%
 
       
(a)
 
$
37,026
   
June 1, 2010
 
Polaris Center, LLC
   
40,482
   
40,953
   
8.20%
 
 
8.20%
 
 
(o)
 
 
(a)
 
$
38,543
   
(h)
 
Glimcher Ashland Venture, LLC
   
24,809
   
25,307
   
7.25%
 
 
7.25%
 
       
(a)
 
$
21,817
   
Nov. 1, 2011
 
Dayton Mall Venture, LLC
   
55,886
   
56,717
   
8.27%
 
 
8.27%
 
 
(o)
 
 
(a)
 
$
49,864
   
(i)
 
Glimcher WestShore, LLC
   
95,255
   
96,804
   
5.09%
 
 
5.09%
 
       
(a)
 
$
84,824
   
Sept. 9, 2012
 
PFP Columbus, LLC
   
142,129
   
144,439
   
5.24%
 
 
5.24%
 
       
(a)
 
$
124,572
   
April 11, 2013
 
LC Portland, LLC
   
133,256
   
135,326
   
5.42%
 
 
5.42%
 
 
(o)
 
 
(a)
 
$
116,922
   
(j)
 
JG Elizabeth, LLC
   
158,791
   
161,371
   
4.83%
 
 
4.83%
 
       
(a)
 
$
135,194
   
June 8, 2014
 
MFC Beavercreek, LLC
   
109,232
   
110,871
   
5.45%
 
 
5.45%
 
       
(a)
 
$
92,762
   
Nov. 1, 2014
 
Glimcher SuperMall Venture, LLC
   
59,515
   
60,341
   
7.54%
 
 
7.54%
 
 
(o)
 
 
(a)
 
$
49,969
   
(k)
 
RVM Glimcher, LLC
   
50,000
   
50,000
   
5.65%
 
 
5.65%
 
       
(c)
 
$
44,931
   
Jan. 11, 2016
 
WTM Glimcher, LLC
   
60,000
   
(q)   
 
 
5.90%
 
 
(q)  
 
       
(b)
 
$
60,000
   
June 8, 2016
 
EM Columbus II, LLC
   
43,000
   
(q)   
 
 
5.87%
 
 
(q)  
 
       
(d)
 
$
38,057
   
Dec. 11, 2016
 
Tax Exempt Bonds
   
19,000
   
19,000
   
6.00%
 
 
6.00%
 
       
(e)
 
$
19,000
   
Nov. 1, 2028
 
     
1,278,421
   
1,162,218
                                     
Variable Rate/Bridge:
                                                 
Montgomery Mall Associates, LP (p)
   
25,000
   
25,000
   
7.03%
 
 
6.16%
 
 
(m)
 
 
(b) (r)
 
$
25,000
   
Jan. 31, 2007
 
     
25,000
   
25,000
                                     
Other:
                                                 
Fair Value Adjustment - Polaris Center, LLC
   
1,465
   
1,894
                                     
Extinguished Debt
   
-
   
162,369
         
(n)  
 
                       
                                                   
Total Mortgage Notes Payable:
 
$
1,304,886
 
$
1,351,481
                                     
 
(a)
The loan requires monthly payments of principal and interest.
(b)
The loan requires monthly payments of interest only.
(c)
The loan requires monthly payments of interest only until February 2009, thereafter principal and interest are required.
(d)
The loan requires monthly payments of interest only until December 2008, thereafter principal and interest are required.
(e)
The loan requires semi-annual payments of interest.
(f)
The loan matures in October 2027, with an optional prepayment (without penalty) date on October 11, 2007.
(g)
The loan matures in September 2028, with an optional prepayment (without penalty) date on September 11, 2008.
(h)
The loan matures in June 2030, with an optional prepayment (without penalty) date on June 1, 2010.
(i)
The loan matures in July 2027, with an optional prepayment (without penalty) date on July 11, 2012.
(j)
The loan matures in June 2033, with an optional prepayment (without penalty) date on June 11, 2013.
(k)
The loan matures in September 2029, with an optional prepayment (without penalty) date on February 11, 2015.
(l)
Interest rate of LIBOR plus 165 basis points fixed through a SWAP agreement at a rate of 6.35%.
(m)
Interest rate of LIBOR plus 165 basis points.
(n)
Interest rate ranging from 6.37% to 7.43% at December 31, 2005.
(o)
Interest rate escalates after optional prepayment date.
(p)
Mortgage notes payable associated with properties held-for-sale.
(q)
Mortgage was refinanced in 2006 and amount included in extinguished debt.
(r)
Mortgage repaid on January 22, 2007.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)

All mortgage notes payable are collateralized by certain Properties owned by the respective entities with net book values of $1,444,186 and $1,684,178 at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Certain of the loans contain financial covenants regarding minimum net operating income and coverage ratios. Management believes the Company is in compliance with all covenants at December 31, 2006. Additionally, certain of the loans have cross-default provisions and are cross-collateralized with mortgages on the Properties owned by the borrowers SAN Mall, LP and Morgantown Mall Associates, LP. Under such cross-default provisions, a default under any mortgage included in a cross-defaulted loan may constitute a default under all such mortgages under that loan and may lead to acceleration of the indebtedness due on each Property within the collateral pool. Additionally, $55,000 of mortgage notes payable relating to certain Properties have been guaranteed by GPLP as of December 31, 2006.

Principal maturities (excluding extension options) on mortgage notes payable during the five years subsequent to December 31, 2006, are as follows: $107,239 in 2007; $118,618 in 2008; $92,957 in 2009; $92,741 in 2010; $39,324 in 2011; $852,542 matures thereafter.
 
6.
Notes Payable

In December 2006, the Company closed on a $470,000 amended credit facility (the “Amended Credit Facility”) that matures in December 2009 and has a one-year extension option available to the Company, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. The Amended Credit Facility is unsecured and amends a $300,000 unsecured credit facility that was due to expire in August 2008 (the “Prior Facility”). The Amended Credit Facility is expandable to $600,000, provided there is no default under the Amended Credit Facility and that one or more participating lenders agrees to increase their funding commitment or one or more new participating lenders is added to the facility. The interest rate ranges from LIBOR plus 0.95% to LIBOR plus 1.40% depending upon the Company’s ratio of debt to total asset value. The Amended Credit Facility contains customary covenants, representations, warranties and events of default, including maintenance of a specified minimum net worth requirement; a total debt to total asset value ratio; a secured debt to total asset value ratio; an interest coverage ratio; and a fixed charge coverage ratio. Management believes the Company is in compliance with all covenants as of December 31, 2006.

At December 31, 2006, the outstanding balance on the Amended Credit Facility was $272,000. Additionally, $20,150 represents a holdback on the available balance for letters of credit issued under the Amended Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2006, the unused balance of the Amended Credit Facility available to the Company was $177,850 and the interest rate was 6.40%.

At December 31, 2005, the outstanding balance on the Prior Facility was $150,000. Additionally, $5,070 represented a holdback on the available balance for letters of credit issued under the Prior Facility at December 31, 2005. As of December 31, 2005, the unused balance of the Prior Facility available to the Company was $144,930 and the interest rate was 5.54%.

7.
Income taxes

The following table reconciles the Company’s net income to taxable income for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004:
 
   
2006
 
2005 
 
2004
 
Net (loss) income
 
$
(77,165
)
$
20,850
 
$
51,755
 
Add: Net loss of taxable REIT subsidiaries
   
1,163
   
2,501
   
1,696
 
Net (loss) income from REIT operations (1)
   
(76,002
)
 
23,351
   
53,451
 
Add: Book depreciation and amortization
   
71,923
   
73,622
   
75,817
 
Less: Tax depreciation and amortization
   
(57,573
)
 
(56,847
)
 
(59,207
)
Book loss (gain) from capital transactions and impairments
   
99,687
   
13,083
   
(18,087
)
Tax (loss) gain from capital transactions
   
(4,079
)
 
(14,624
)
 
6,736
 
Other book/tax differences, net
   
(1,037
)
 
(1,408
)
 
(14,436
)
Taxable income before adjustments
   
32,919
   
37,177
   
44,274
 
Less: Capital gains
   
(196
)
 
(1,614
)
 
(6,736
)
Adjusted taxable income subject to 90% requirement
 
$
32,723
 
$
35,563
 
$
37,538
 
 
(1) Adjustments to “Net (loss) income from REIT operations” are net of amounts attributable to minority interest and taxable REIT subsidiaries.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)

Reconciliation between cash dividends paid and dividends paid deduction:

The following table reconciles cash dividends paid with the dividends paid deduction for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004:

   
 2006
 
 2005
 
 2004
 
Cash dividends paid
 
$
87,922
 
$
86,593
 
$
85,511
 
Less: Dividends designated to prior year
   
(21,912
)
 
(21,516
)
 
(21,131
)
Plus: Dividends designated from following year
   
22,041
   
21,912
   
21,516
 
Less: Portion designated return of capital
   
(55,132
)
 
(49,812
)
 
(41,622
)
Dividends paid deduction
 
$
32,919
 
$
37,177
 
$
44,274
 

Characterization of distributions:

The following table characterizes distributions paid per common share for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004:
 
   
2006 
 
2005 
 
2004 
 
   
Amount
 
%
 
Amount
 
%
 
Amount
 
%
 
Ordinary income
 
$
0.4191
   
21.79
%
$
0.5221
   
27.15
%
$
0.6380
   
33.18
%
Return of capital
   
1.5016
   
78.08
   
1.3774
   
71.62
   
1.1707
   
60.87
 
Capital gains
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Unrecaptured Section 1250 gain
   
0.0025
   
0.13
   
0.0237
   
1.23
   
0.1145
   
5.95
 
   
$
1.9232
   
100.00
%
$
1.9232
   
100.00
%
$
1.9232
   
100.00
%

The following table characterizes distributions paid per Series B Preferred Share for the year ended December 31, 2004 (redeemed in 2004):
 
   
2004
 
   
Amount
 
%
 
Ordinary income
 
$
0.3104
   
84.79
%
Return of capital
   
-
   
-
 
Capital gains
   
-
   
-
 
Unrecaptured Section 1250 gain
   
0.0557
   
15.21
 
   
$
0.3661
   
100.00
%

The following table characterizes distributions paid per Series F Preferred Share for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004:
 
   
2006 
 
2005 
 
2004 
 
   
Amount
 
%
 
Amount
 
%
 
Amount
 
%
 
Ordinary income
 
$
2.1746
   
99.40
%
$
2.0926
   
95.66
%
$
1.8548
   
84.79
%
Return of capital
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Capital gains
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Unrecaptured Section 1250 gain
   
0.0130
   
0.60
   
0.0950
   
4.34
   
0.3328
   
15.21
 
   
$
2.1876
   
100.00
%
$
2.1876
   
100.00
%
$
2.1876
   
100.00
%

The following table characterizes distributions paid per Series G Preferred Share for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004:
 
   
2006 
 
2005 
 
2004 
 
   
Amount
 
%
 
Amount
 
%
 
Amount
 
%
 
Ordinary income
 
$
2.0191
   
99.40
%
$
1.9430
   
95.66
%
$
1.4687
   
84.79
%
Return of capital
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Capital gains
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Unrecaptured Section 1250 gain
   
0.0121
   
0.60
   
0.0882
   
4.34
   
0.2635
   
15.21
 
   
$
2.0312
   
100.00
%
$
2.0312
   
100.00
%
$
1.7322
   
100.00
%
 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)

Deferred income taxes represent the tax effect of the differences between the book and tax bases of assets and liabilities of GDC. Deferred tax assets (liabilities) include the following :
 
Deferred tax assets (liabilities):
 
   
2006
 
 2005
 
2004
 
Investment in partnership
 
$
16
 
$
(5
)
$
(1
)
Capitalized development costs
   
(719
)
 
(412
)
 
(198
)
Depreciation and amortization
   
24
   
41
   
36
 
Charitable contributions
   
22
   
22
   
22
 
Accrued bonuses
   
295
   
-
   
-
 
Interest expense
   
1,424
   
756
   
248
 
Other
   
8
   
8
   
(3
)
Net operating losses
   
2,045
   
2,322
   
1,957
 
Net deferred tax asset
   
3,115
   
2,732
   
2,061
 
Valuation allowance
   
(3,115
)
 
(2,732
)
 
(2,061
)
Net deferred tax asset after valuation allowance
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 

The gross tax loss carryforwards total $5,111, and $2,037, $355, $144, $479, $623, $561 and $912, and will expire in 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively.

The income tax provision consisted of $5, $2 and $12 in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, related to current state and local taxes. Net deferred tax expense for each of the years was $0. The income tax expense reflected in consolidated statements of operations differs from the amount determined by applying the federal statutory rate of 34% to the income before taxes of the Company’s taxable REIT subsidiaries as a result of state income taxes and the utilization of tax loss carryforwards of $277, $0 and $0 in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. A full valuation allowance had previously been provided against the tax loss carryforwards utilized.
 
In 2006, the Company continued to maintain a valuation allowance for the Company’s net deferred tax assets, which consisted primarily of tax loss carryforwards. The valuation allowance was determined in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 109 “Accounting for Income Taxes” which requires the recording of a valuation allowance when it is more likely than not that any or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. In absence of favorable factors, application of SFAS No. 109 requires a 100% valuation allowance for any net deferred tax assets when a company has cumulative financial accounting losses, excluding unusual items, over several years. The Company’s cumulative loss represented negative evidence sufficient to require a full valuation allowance under the provisions of SFAS No. 109. The Company intends to maintain a full valuation allowance for its net deferred tax asset until sufficient positive evidence exists to support reversal of the reserve. Until such time, except for minor state and local tax provisions, the Company will have no reported tax provision, net of valuation allowance adjustments.

8.
Preferred Shares

GRT’s Declaration of Trust authorizes GRT to issue up to an aggregate 100,000,000 shares of GRT, consisting of common shares and/or one or more series of preferred shares of beneficial interest.

On November 17, 1997, GRT completed a $120,000 public offering of 4,800,000 shares of 9.25% Series B Cumulative Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest (the “Series B Preferred Shares”). On November 25, 1997, GRT sold an additional 318,000 Series B Preferred Shares as a result of the underwriters exercising the over-allotment option granted to them. Aggregate net proceeds of the offering were $123,072. Distributions on the Series B Preferred Shares were payable quarterly in arrears and the Company was able to redeem the Series B Preferred Shares anytime on or after November 15, 2003, at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus accrued and unpaid distributions. On February 27, 2004, the Company redeemed 5,118,000 of the Series B Preferred Shares. Shareholders of record at the close of business on February 27, 2004 received a redemption price of $25.00 per share plus an amount equal to the dividends accrued and unpaid. The total cost to redeem the shares was $129,824.
 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)
 
The redemption of the Series B Preferred Shares resulted in a $4,878 non-cash charge as required under EITF Topic Number D-42, “The Effect on the Calculation of Earnings Per Share for the Redemption or Induced Conversion of Preferred Stock.” This one time non-cash charge represents costs that were incurred and recorded in “Additional Paid In Capital” at the time of the initial issuance of the Series B Preferred Shares in 1997.

On March 9, 1999, the Board of Trustees adopted a Preferred Share Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to which a distribution will be made of one preferred share purchase right (a “Right”) for each outstanding Common Share. The distribution was made on March 22, 1999, to the shareholders of record at the close of business on that date. These rights trade with our Common Shares. Each Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from the Company one one-hundredth of a Series E Junior Participating Preferred Share of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Shares”), at a price of $55.00 per one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (the “Purchase Price”), subject to adjustment. The Rights will become exercisable in the event that any person or group acquires or announces its intention to acquire beneficial ownership of 15.0% or more of the outstanding common shares of the Company (an “Acquiring Person”). Alternatively, each Right holder, except the Acquiring Person, will have the right to receive upon exercise that number of common shares having a market value of two times the Purchase Price of the Right. At any time before any person or group becomes an Acquiring Person, the Board of Trustees may redeem the Rights at a price of $0.01 per Right at which time the ability to exercise the Rights will terminate. At any time after a person or group becomes an Acquiring Person, the Board of Trustees may exchange the Rights at an exchange ratio of one common share or one Preferred Share per Right. The Plan expires on March 9, 2009.

On August 25, 2003, the Company completed a $60,000 public offering of 2,400,000 shares of Series F Preferred Shares, par value $0.01 per share, at a purchase price of $25.00 per Series F Preferred Share. Aggregate net proceeds of the offering were $58,110. Distributions on the Series F Preferred Shares are payable quarterly in arrears. The Company generally may redeem the Series F Preferred Shares anytime on or after August 25, 2008, at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus accrued and unpaid distributions.

On February 23, 2004, the Company completed a $150,000 public offering of 6,000,000 shares of Series G Preferred Shares. Aggregate net proceeds of the offering were $145,300. Distributions on the Series G Preferred Shares are payable quarterly in arrears beginning on April 15, 2004. The Company generally may redeem the Series G Preferred Shares anytime on or after February 23, 2009, at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus accrued and unpaid distributions. The proceeds were used to redeem the Series B Preferred Shares on February 27, 2004 and to pay down $16,900 of the Company’s credit facility.

9.
Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company accounts for its derivatives and hedging activities under SFAS No. 133 as amended by SFAS No. 138 and 149. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company recognized additional other comprehensive loss of $2 to adjust the carrying amount of the interest rate swaps to fair values at December 31, 2006, net of $(163) in reclassifications to earnings for interest rate swap settlements and interest rate cap amortization during the period. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2005, the Company recognized additional other comprehensive income of $9 to adjust the carrying amount of the interest rate swaps and caps to fair values at December 31, 2005, net of $11 in reclassifications to earnings for interest rate swap settlements and interest rate cap amortization during the period and $1 in minority interest participation. During the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company recognized additional other comprehensive income of $1,192 to adjust the carrying amount of the interest rate swaps and caps to fair values at December 31, 2004, net of $1,325 in reclassifications to earnings for interest rate swap settlements and interest rate cap amortization during the period and $100 in minority interest participation. The interest rate swap settlements were offset by a corresponding reduction in interest expense related to the interest payments being hedged.
 
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(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)

The Company may be exposed to the risk associated with variability of interest rates that might impact the cash flows and the results of operations of the Company. Our hedging strategy, therefore, is to eliminate or reduce, to the extent possible, the volatility of cash flows. The following table summarizes the notional values and fair values of the Company’s derivative financial instruments as of December 31, 2006. The notional values provide an indication of the extent of the Company’s involvement in these instruments at that time, but do not represent exposure to credit, interest rate or market risks.

Hedge Type
 
Notional Value
 
Interest Rate
 
Maturity
 
Fair Value
                 
Swap - Cash Flow
 
$ 30,000
 
4.7025%
 
January 15, 2008
 
$154
Swap - Cash Flow
 
$ 35,000
 
5.2285%
 
August 15, 2008
 
$(85)
Swap - Cash Flow
 
$ 35,000
 
5.2285%
 
August 15, 2008
 
$(85)
 
On December 31, 2006, the derivative instruments were reported at their fair value of $(16) in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the accompanying balance sheet, with a corresponding adjustment to other comprehensive income for the unrealized gains and losses (net of minority interest participation). Over time, the unrealized gains and losses held in accumulated other comprehensive income will be reclassified to earnings, of which $0 is expected to be reclassified in 2007. This reclassification will correlate with the recognition of the hedged interest payments in earnings. There was no hedge ineffectiveness during the year ended December 31, 2006.

To determine the fair values of derivative instruments, the Company uses a variety of methods and assumptions that are based on market conditions and risks existing at each balance sheet date. Standard market conventions and techniques such as undiscounted cash flow analysis, replacement cost and termination cost are used to determine fair value.

10.
Rentals Under Operating Leases

The Company receives rental income from the leasing of retail shopping center space under operating leases with expiration dates through the year 2027. The minimum future base rentals under non-cancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2006 are as follows:

2007
 
$
199,125
 
2008
   
179,797
 
2009
   
152,957
 
2010
   
125,903
 
2011
   
100,170
 
Thereafter
   
303,375
 
   
$
1,061,327
 

Minimum future base rentals do not include amounts which may be received from certain tenants based upon a percentage of their gross sales or as reimbursement of real estate taxes and property operating expenses. Minimum rents contain straight-line adjustments for rental revenue increases which aggregated $(1,487), $578 and $614 for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. In 2006, 2005 and 2004, no tenant collectively accounted for more than 10.0% of rental income. The tenant base includes national, regional and local retailers, and consequently the credit risk is concentrated in the retail industry.

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(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)

11.
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
 
Investment in unconsolidated real estate entities as of December 31, 2006 consists of our investment in three separate venture arrangements. The Company evaluated each of its three venture arrangements individually and determined that control was shared between the Company and its venture partner. Therefore, the ventures do not qualify as VIE’s. The Company concluded that its venture arrangements would be accounted for under the equity method of accounting. The description of the three ventures are specified below.
 
 
o
ORC Venture

Investment in unconsolidated real estate entities as of December 31, 2006 consisted of a 52% interest held by GPLP in a joint venture with an affiliate of Oxford Properties Group (“Oxford”), which is the global real estate platform for the Ontario (Canada) Municipal Employees Retirement System, a Canadian pension plan. On December 29, 2005, the ORC Venture acquired Puente Hills Mall (“Puente”), an enclosed regional mall consisting of approximately 1.2 million square feet of GLA located in the Los Angeles metro area from an independent third party. The purchase price of $170,080 was funded in part by the assumption of an $88,800 non-recourse mortgage loan and pro rata contributions to the ORC Venture by GPLP and Oxford. On March 14, 2006, GPLP transferred all of its ownership interest in Tulsa Promenade (“Tulsa”), an enclosed regional mall located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to the ORC Venture for total consideration of $58,300 (which included the ORC Venture’s assumption of a $35,000 mortgage loan). 

 
o
Surprise Venture

Investment in unconsolidated real estate entities as of December 31, 2006 consisted of a 50% interest held by a GPLP subsidiary in a joint venture (the “Surprise Venture”) formed on September 6, 2006 with the former landowner of the property that is to be developed. The Surprise Venture will develop approximately 27,000 square feet of retail space on a five-acre site located in an area northwest of Phoenix, Arizona. In September 2006, the Company invested $1.9 million in the Surprise Venture.

 
o
Scottsdale Venture

Investment in unconsolidated real estate entities as of December 31, 2006 consisted of a 50% interest held by a GPLP subsidiary in a joint venture (the “Scottsdale Venture”) formed in May 2006 with an affiliate of The Wolff Company (“Wolff”). The purpose of the venture is to build the Scottsdale Crossing development, an approximately 650,000 square foot premium retail and office complex to be developed in Scottsdale, Arizona. In December of 2006 the Company invested approximately $10.3 million in the Scottsdale Venture.

The Company may provide management, development, construction, leasing and legal services for a fee to each of the ventures described above. Each individual agreement specifies which services the Company provides. The Company recognized fee income of $1,866, $632 and $14 for these services for the year ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

The net income for each venture is allocated in accordance with the provisions of the applicable joint venture agreement. The summary statement of operations and balance sheet for the Company’s investment in its joint venture arrangements for the years ended December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 are presented below:

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(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)

   
For the Year Ended
December 31, 2006
 
   
Total
 
Company’s Pro-Rata Share of Joint Venture Operations
 
Statements of Operations
         
Total revenues
 
$
33,957
 
$
17,658
 
Operating expenses
   
15,552
   
8,087
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
8,901
   
4,629
 
Operating income
   
9,504
   
4,942
 
Other expenses, net
   
40
   
21
 
Interest expense, net
   
6,665
   
3,466
 
Net income
   
2,799
   
1,455
 
Preferred dividend
   
23
   
12
 
Net income available to the Company’s joint ventures
 
$
2,776
 
$
1,443
 


The $51 in net income for the year ended December 31, 2005 represents the Company’s share of income for Puente for the period December 29, 2005 through December 31, 2005. The $3 in net income for the year ended December 31, 2004 represents our share of income for the period January 1, 2004 through January 4, 2004 for both Polaris Mall, LLC and Polaris Center, LLC. These two entities were fully consolidated on January 5, 2004.

BALANCE SHEETS
 
December 31, 2006
 
December 31, 2005
 
           
Assets:
             
Investment properties at cost, net
 
$
236,744
 
$
171,897
 
Intangible assets (1)
   
12,855
   
11,478
 
Other assets
   
28,559
   
4,616
 
   
$
278,158
 
$
187,991
 
Liabilities and Members’ Equity:
             
Mortgage notes payable
 
$
122,099
 
$
88,212
 
Intangibles (2)
   
13,634
   
14,360
 
Other liabilities
   
4,827
   
324
 
     
140,560
   
102,896
 
Members’ equity
   
137,598
   
85,095
 
Total liabilities and members’ equity
 
$
278,158
 
$
187,991
 
GPLP’s share of members’ equity
 
$
70,793
 
$
44,200
 
 
Reconciliation of Members’ Equity to Company  Investment in Unconsolidated Entities:
       
               
Members’ equity
 
$
70,793
 
$
44,200
 
Advances and additional costs
   
(377
)
 
48
 
Investment in unconsolidated entities
 
$
70,416
 
$
44,248
 
 
 
(1)
Includes value of acquired in-place leases.
 
(2)
Includes the net value of $566 and $410 for above-market acquired leases as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, and $14,200 and $14,770 for below-market acquired leases as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)

12.
Related Party Transactions
 
Employment & Consulting Agreement of Herbert Glimcher

On January 20, 2005, Herbert Glimcher resigned as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and entered into an Employment and Consulting Agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) with GRT. He remains Chairman of the Board of Trustees (“Board”) of GRT. Under the Employment Agreement, GRT employs Herbert Glimcher as Senior Advisor and as non-executive Chairman of the Board. He also serves as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors for GPC. Neither GRT nor GPC considers Herbert Glimcher to be an executive officer. The initial term of the Employment Agreement commenced on February 1, 2005 and continued through May 31, 2006 (the “Term”); provided, that the Term was subject to renewal for an additional one year period if GRT and Herbert Glimcher agreed to renew the Term prior to its expiration. On March 9, 2006, GRT and Herbert Glimcher agreed to renew the Employment Agreement for an additional one-year period to end on May 31, 2007.
 
Herbert Glimcher receives $100 per annum for serving as the non-executive Chairman of the Board for GRT and GPC and $250 per annum for serving as Senior Advisor to GRT (the “Salary”). Additionally, he shall receive a total of $2,000 in cash during a period of two years following the termination of his employment under the Employment Agreement (the “Post-Employment Restricted Period”) from GRT. GRT recognized $2,000 in compensation expense during the first quarter of 2005 related to the Employment Agreement. The Salary costs are reflected in the general and administrative expenses for the Company for the related period.

GRT reimburses Herbert Glimcher for reasonable rent for office space located in Columbus, Ohio, the reasonable salary of one administrative assistant and provides a part-time driver. The Company also maintains a life insurance policy covering the life of Herbert Glimcher. For the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, the aggregate total of reimbursements paid by GRT under the Employment Agreement was $119 and $123, respectively.

Corporate Flight Inc.

The Company paid Corporate Flight, Inc. (“CFI”), which is wholly owned by Herbert Glimcher, the following amounts for the use in connection with Company related matters, of an airplane owned by CFI.

For the Years Ended:
 
Corporate
Flight Inc.
 
December 31, 2006
 
$
360
 
December 31, 2005
   
304
 
December 31, 2004
   
239
 
Total
 
$
903
 

Archer-Meek-Weiler Insurance Agency
 
The Company has engaged Archer-Meek-Weiler, a company of which Alan R. Weiler, a Trustee, is Chairman, as its agent for the purpose of obtaining property, liability, directors and officers, and employment practices insurance coverage. In connection with securing such insurance coverage, Archer-Meek-Weiler received net commissions and fees of $343, $284 and $300 for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The stock of Archer-Meek-Weiler is owned by a trust for the benefit of Alan R. Weiler’s children and the children of his brother, Robert J. Weiler.

Polaris Transactions 

On January 5, 2004, GPLP completed the acquisition of the joint venture interests not previously owned by the Company in Polaris Mall, LLC, the indirect owner of Polaris, from NP Limited Partnership (“NPLP”), an Ohio limited partnership, and other parties. As part of the transaction, the Company acquired in fiscal year 2004 the remaining 60.7% interest in Polaris Mall, LLC for approximately $46,500, which was paid with approximately $33,000 in cash and the balance by the issuance of 594,342 OP Units in GPLP valued at approximately $13,500.
 
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(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)
 
On January 5, 2004, GPLP also completed the acquisition of the joint venture interests not previously owned by the Company in Polaris Center, LLC, the owner of Polaris Towne Center, a 443,165 square foot town center located in Columbus, Ohio, from NPLP. As part of the transaction, the Company acquired in fiscal year 2004 the remaining 50% interest in Polaris Center, LLC for approximately $10,000, which was paid in cash.

Mr. Weiler, his spouse and children own, in its entirety, WSS Limited Partnership, an Ohio limited partnership (“WSS”). WSS directly owns OP Units of limited partnership in GPLP. WSS also indirectly owns OP Units by virtue of its ownership interest in NPLP. WSS also owns an interest in Star-Weiler Limited Partnership, an Ohio limited partnership (“Star-Weiler”). Star-Weiler owns an interest in NPLP. Mr. Weiler’s children, nieces and nephews also indirectly own an interest in NPLP. In addition, Mr. Weiler’s sister-in-law previously owned an interest in Polaris Mall, LLC, which interest was acquired by GPLP on January 5, 2004.

Following the acquisition of the joint venture interests not previously owned by the Company in Polaris Mall, LLC and Polaris Center, LLC, NPLP and WSS converted the OP Units to Common Shares.

Leasing Activity 

A brother of Herbert Glimcher owns a company that currently leases four store locations in the Company’s Properties. Two leases were terminated during 2006. Minimum Rents were $227, $266 and $268 for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

13.
Commitments and Contingencies

The Operating Partnership leases office space under an operating lease that had an initial term of four years commencing on July 2003. Future minimum rental payments as of December 31, 2006 are as follows:
 
   
Office Lease 
 
2007
 
$
436
 
2008
   
36
 
2009
   
-
 
2010
   
-
 
Thereafter
   
-
 
 
 
$
472
 

Office rental expenses (including miscellaneous month-to-month lease rentals) for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 were $418, $446 and $416, respectively.

At December 31, 2006, there were 3.0 million OP Units outstanding. These OP Units are redeemable, at the option of the holders, beginning on the first anniversary of their issuance. The redemption price for an OP Unit shall be, at the option of GPLP, payable in the following form and amount: (a) cash at a price equal to the fair market value of one Common Share of GRT or (b) one Common Shares for each OP Unit. The fair value of the OP Units outstanding at December 31, 2006 is $80,645 based upon a per unit value of $26.92 at December 31, 2006, (based upon a five-day average of the Common Stock price from December 21, 2006 to December 28, 2006).

In July 1998, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority issued approximately $140,500 of Economic Development Bonds. On May 29, 2002, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority refunded certain of the Economic Development Bonds issued in 1998 and issued approximately $108,940 of replacement Economic Development Bonds. The Company began making quarterly Payment In Lieu of Taxes (“PILOT”) payments 
 
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(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)

commencing May 2001 and terminating on the date of the final payment of the bonds. Such PILOT payments are treated as real estate tax expense in the statements of operations. The amount of the annual PILOT payments beginning with the bond year ended April 1, 2001 was $8,925 and increases 10.0% every five years until the final payment is made. The Company has provided a limited guarantee of franchise tax payments to be received by the city until franchise tax payments achieve $5,600 annually; any such payments made by the Company are subject to refund from future franchise tax payments. Through December 31, 2006, the Company has made $12,770 in payments under this agreement.

The Company has reserved $475 in relation to a contingency associated with the sale of Loyal Plaza, a community center sold in 2002, relating to environmental assessment and monitoring matters.

The Company is involved in lawsuits, claims and proceedings, which arise in the ordinary course of business. The Company is not presently involved in any material litigation. In accordance with SFAS No. 5, “Accounting for Contingencies,” the Company makes a provision for a liability when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Although the outcome of any litigation is uncertain, the Company does not expect any such legal actions to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial condition or results of operations taken as a whole.

14.
Restricted Common Stock 

Shares of restricted common stock are granted pursuant to GRT’s 2004 Incentive Compensation Plan. Shares issued for the year ended December 31, 2005 vest in one-third installments over a period of three years commencing on the one-year anniversary of the grant date for the recipient’s award. Shares issued for the year ended December 31, 2006 vest in one-third installments, over a period of five years beginning on the third annual anniversary of the grant date. The restricted common stock value is determined by the Company’s share price on the grant date. As restricted stock represents an incentive for future periods, the Company recognizes the related compensation expense ratably over the applicable vesting periods.

For the year ended December 31, 2006, 58,332 shares of restricted common stock were granted. For the year ended December 31, 2005, 56,666 shares of restricted common stock were granted. The related compensation expense recorded for the year ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 was $560 and $314, respectively. The amount of unvested restricted shares that will be expensed in future periods was $1,695 and $1,069 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

A summary of the activity of the Company’s restricted common stock for the year ended December 31, 2006 is presented below.

Activity for the year ended December 31, 2006
 
Restricted Shares
 
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
 
Outstanding at beginning of year
   
56,666
 
$
24.407
 
Shares granted
   
58,332
 
$
26.100
 
Shares vested
   
(17,219
)
$
24.375
 
Shares forfeited
   
(13,334
)
$
25.227
 
Shares outstanding at end of year
   
84,445
 
$
25.454
 

15.
Share Option Plans

GRT has established the 1993 Employee Share Option Plan (the “1993 Employee Plan”), the 1993 Trustee Share Option Plan (the “1993 Trustee Plan”), the 1997 Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) and the 2004 Incentive Compensation Plan (“2004 Plan”) for the purpose of attracting and retaining the Company’s trustees, executive and other employees (the 1993 Employee Plan, the 1993 Trustee Plan, the Incentive Plan and the 2004 Plan are collectively referred to as the “Plans”). There are no options that remain outstanding under the 1993 Employee Plan, 264,848 options remain outstanding and exercisable under the 1993 Trustee Plan; 1,206,470 outstanding under the 1997 Plan of which 1,097,654 are exercisable; and 660,814 outstanding under the 2004 Plan of which 179,168 are exercisable.

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(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)

 
A summary of the status of the Company's Plans at December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 and changes during the years ending on those dates is presented below.
 
 
 
Options 
 
 2006
Weighted- Average
Exercise
Price
 
Options 
 
 2005
Weighted- Average
Exercise
Price
 
Options 
 
 2004
Weighted- Average
Exercise
Price
 
Option Plans:
                                     
Outstanding at beginning of year
   
1,953,098
   
$20.886
   
2,128,571
   
$19.617
   
2,235,226
   
$17.748
 
Granted
   
337,250
   
$25.233
   
339,750
   
$25.510
   
559,178
   
$25.472
 
Exercised
   
(87,298
)
 
$18.672
   
(386,384
)
 
$16.914
   
(503,882
)
 
$17.380
 
Forfeited
   
(70,918
)
 
$25.182
   
(128,839
)
 
$24.030
   
(161,951
)
 
$20.995
 
Outstanding at end of year
   
2,132,132
   
$21.522
   
1,953,098
   
$20.886
   
2,128,571
   
$19.617
 
                                       
Exercisable at end of year
   
1,541,670
   
$20.057
   
1,286,554
   
$19.020
   
1,261,372
   
$17.553
 
Weighted average per share fair value of options granted during the year
         
$  1.028
         
1.073
         
1.266
 

The fair value of each option grant was estimated on the date of the grant using the Black-Scholes options pricing model with the following assumptions: weighted average risk free interest rates used in 2006, 2005 and 2004 were 5.0%, 5.0% and 5.6%, respectively, expected average lives of five years, annual dividend rates of $1.9232 and
weighted average volatility of 12.3%, 12.3% and 12.2% in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.  
 
The following table summarizes information regarding the options outstanding at December 31, 2006 under the Company’s Plans:
 
 Options Outstanding
 
Options Exercisable
 
Range of
Exercise Prices
 
Number
Outstanding at
December 31, 2006
 
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
 
Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
 
Number
Exercisable at
December 31, 2006
 
Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
 
$18.750 - $20.750
 
264,848
 
0.4
 
$20.224
 
264,848
 
$20.224
 
$20.500
 
146,122
 
1.4
 
$20.500
 
146,122
 
$20.500
 
$15.000
 
265,334
 
2.2
 
$15.000
 
265,334
 
$15.000
 
$12.280
 
8,135
 
3.2
 
$12.280
 
8,135
 
$12.280
 
$14.750
 
42,816
 
4.2
 
$14.750
 
42,816
 
$14.750
 
$17.610
 
153,315
 
5.2
 
$17.610
 
153,315
 
$17.610
 
$18.930 - $22.360
 
256,477
 
6.2
 
$19.015
 
256,477
 
$19.015
 
$19.560 - $26.690
 
428,834
 
7.2
 
$25.353
 
288,496
 
$25.365
 
$24.740 - $25.670
 
259,501
 
8.2
 
$25.565
 
98,127
 
$25.577
 
$25.220 - $25.650
 
306,750
 
9.4
 
$25.234
 
18,000
 
$25.220
 
   
2,132,132
 
5.4
 
$21.522
 
1,541,670
 
$20.057
 
 
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(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)

All options granted under the Plans, except those number of options noted as exceptions, are exercisable over a three-year period. The three-year period vests with options exercisable at a rate of 33.3% per annum beginning with the first anniversary of the date of grant and will remain exercisable through the tenth anniversary of such date. Exceptions to this vesting schedule are options that are exercisable immediately and will remain exercisable through the tenth anniversary of date granted. The number of options that are exercisable immediately are 18,000 shares granted under the 2004 Plan in 2006, 2005 and 2004.

The following table summarizes the intrinsic value of options exercised and fair value of options vested for the three years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004.

   
For the year ended December 31, 2006
 
For the year ended December 31, 2005
 
For the year ended December 31, 2004
 
               
Aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised
 
$
697
 
$
3,255
 
$
4,354
 
Aggregate fair value of options vested
 
$
336
 
$
324
 
$
135
 
 
 
16.
Employee Benefit Plan - 401(k) Plan

In January 1996, the Company established a qualified retirement savings plan under Code 401(k) for eligible employees, which contains a cash or deferred arrangement which permits participants to defer up to a maximum of 25.0% of their compensation, subject to certain limitations. Employees 21 years old or above who have been employed by the Company for at least six months are eligible to participate. Participant’s salary deferrals up to a maximum of 4.0% of qualified compensation were matched at 50.0% for the year ended December 31, 2004. The Company contributed $417, $373 and $228 to the plan in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Effective January 1, 2005, participant’s salary deferrals up to a maximum of 6% of qualified compensation were matched at 50.0%.

17.
Distribution Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan

The Company has a Distribution Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan under which its shareholders may elect to purchase additional common shares of beneficial interest and/or automatically reinvest their distributions in Shares. In order to fulfill its obligations under the plan, the Company may purchase Shares in the open market or issue Shares that have been registered and authorized specifically for the plan. As of December 31, 2006, 2,100,000 Shares were authorized of which 268,052 Shares have been issued.


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(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)

18.
Earnings Per Share

The presentation of primary EPS and diluted EPS is summarized in the table below (shares in thousands):

   
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
   
2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
           
Per
         
Per
         
Per
 
   
Income
 
Shares
 
Share
 
Income
 
Shares
 
Share
 
Income
 
Shares
 
Share
 
Basic EPS
                                                       
Income from continuing operations
 
$
(11,602
)
           
$
31,666
             
$
22,488
             
Less: Preferred stock dividends
   
(17,437
)
             
(17,437
)
             
(17,517
)
           
Preferred stock redemption
                                       
(4,878
)
           
Add: Minority interest adjustments (1)
   
(5,016
)
             
(928
)
             
2,671
             
(Loss) income from continuing operations
 
$
(34,055
)
 
36,611
 
$
(0.93
)
$
13,301
   
36,036
 
$
0.37
 
$
2,764
   
35,456
 
$
0.08
 
                                                         
Discontinued operations
 
$
(65,563
)
           
$
(10,816
)
           
$
29,267
             
Less: Minority interest adjustment (1)
   
5,016
               
928
               
(2,671
)
           
Discontinued operations
 
$
(60,547
)
 
36,611
 
$
(1.65
)
$
(9,888
)
 
36,036
 
$
(0.27
)
$
26,596
   
35,456
 
$
0.75
 
                                                         
Diluted EPS
                                                       
Income from continuing operations
 
$
(11,602
)
 
36,611
       
$
31,666
   
36,036
       
$
22,488
   
35,456
       
Less: Preferred stock dividends
   
(17,437
)
             
(17,437
)
             
(17,517
)
           
Preferred stock redemption
   
-
                                 
(4,878
)
           
Add: Minority interest
   
(7,733
)
             
252
               
2,906
             
Operating Partnership Units
         
3,035
               
3,333
               
3,549
       
Options
         
-
               
449
               
491
       
Restricted shares
         
-
                38                          
(Loss) income from continuing operations
 
$
(36,772
)
 
39,646
 
$
(0.93
)
$
14,481
   
39,856
 
$
0.36
 
$
2,999
   
39,496
 
$
0.08
 
Discontinued operations
 
$
(65,563
)
     
$
(1.65
)
$
(10,816
)
     
$
(0.27
)
$
29,267
       
$
0.74
 
 
 
(1)
The minority interest adjustment reflects the reclassification of the minority interest expense from continuing to discontinued operations for appropriate allocation in the calculation of the earnings per share for discontinued operations.

Options with exercise prices greater than the average share prices for the periods presented were excluded from the respective computations of diluted EPS because to do so would have been antidilutive for 2005 and 2004. The number of such options was 599,000 and 429,000 for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. All common stock equivalents have been excluded in 2006 as they are antidilutive.

19.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, tenant accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses are reasonable estimates of their fair values because of the short maturity of these financial instruments. The carrying value of the credit facility is also a reasonable estimate of its fair value because it bears variable rate interest at current market rates. Based on the discounted amount of future cash flows using rates currently available to GRT for similar liabilities (ranging from 5.58% to 7.85% per annum at December 31, 2006 and 5.05% to 7.28% per annum at December 31, 2005), the fair value of GRT’s mortgage notes payable is estimated at $1,282,023 and $1,358,744 at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The fair value of the debt instruments considers in part the credit of GRT as an entity, and not just the individual entities and Properties owned by GRT. 

77

 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)

20.
Acquisitions

The Company accounts for acquisitions under the purchase method of accounting in accordance with SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations.” The Company has finalized the allocation of the purchase price for Properties acquired through 2006 and no material adjustments have been made to the original allocations.

Intangibles, which were recorded at the acquisition date, associated with acquisitions of WestShore Plaza, Eastland Mall in Columbus, Ohio, Polaris and Polaris Towne Center, are comprised of an asset for acquired above-market leases of $7,940, a liability for acquired below-market leases of $17,951 and an asset for tenant relationships of $4,156. The intangibles related to above and below-market leases are being amortized as a net increase to minimum rents on a straight-line basis over the lives of the leases with a weighted average amortization period of 10.2 years. Amortization of the tenant relationship is recorded as amortization expense on a straight-line basis over the estimated life of the 12.5 years. Net amortization for all of the acquired intangibles is an increase to net income in the amount of $656, $415 and $611 for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The net book value of the above-market leases is $4,689 and $5,494 as of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively, and is included in the accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet. The net book value of the below-market leases is $12,091 and $13,663 as of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively, and is included in the accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet. The net book value of the tenant relationships is $3,169 and $3,498 as of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively, and is included in prepaid and other assets on the consolidated balance sheet.

On January 17, 2006, GPLP acquired Tulsa from an independent third party. The purchase price was $58,300 and the Company did not assume any debt in connection with the purchase. On March 14, 2006, GPLP transferred all of its ownership interest in Tulsa to the ORC Venture for total consideration of $58,300 (which included the ORC Venture’s assumption of a $35,000 mortgage loan).

Net amortization of intangibles as an increase to net income will be as follows:

For the year ending December 31, 2007
 
$
416
 
For the year ending December 31, 2008
   
484
 
For the year ending December 31, 2009
   
480
 
For the year ending December 31, 2010
   
553
 
For the year ending December 31, 2011
   
525
 
   
$
2,458
 

21.
Discontinued Operations

Financial results of Properties the Company sold in previous periods and classified as held-for-sale as of year-end are reflected in discontinued operations for all periods reported in the consolidated statements of income. The table below summarizes key financial results for these operations:
 
   
 For the Years Ended December 31,
 
   
 2006
 
 2005
 
 2004
 
Revenues
 
$
44,907
 
$
52,640
 
$
66,340
 
Operating expenses
   
(25,089
)
 
(34,198
)
 
(40,976
)
Operating income
   
19,818
   
18,442
   
25,364
 
Interest expense, net
   
(12,511
)
 
(14,484
)
 
(15,743
)
Costs associated with debt defeasance
   
(9,357
)
 
-
   
-
 
Net (loss) income before impairment losses
   
(2,050
)
 
3,958
   
9,621
 
Impairment losses on real estate
   
(65,230
)
 
(16,393
)
 
-
 
Net (loss) income from discontinued operations
 
$
(67,280
)
$
(12,435
)
$
9,621
 

78

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(dollars in thousands, except share and unit amounts)

The impairment losses recorded in 2006 primarily relate to two of our held-for-sale Mall assets. Montgomery Mall had impairment charges in 2006 of $56,994 and Eastland Mall in Charlotte, North Carolina of approximately $6,778. These charges were recorded based upon the Company’s decision to sell these assets. The facts and information available to the Company through the sales process assisted the Company in determining the value for these assets. The impairment losses recorded in 2005 relate to the Company’s decision to sell all but four of its remaining Community Center Properties.

22.
Subsequent Events  

Effective January 1, 2007, the Company’s 401(k) plan qualifies as a safe harbor plan. The Company has committed to an employer contribution at a required level that will permit highly compensated employees to defer the maximum amount and the plan is automatically in compliance for actual deferral percentage (ADP) and actual contribution percentage (ACP) testing.

23.
Interim Financial Information (unaudited)  
 
Year Ended December 31, 2006
 
First
Quarter
 
Second
Quarter
 
Third
Quarter
 
Fourth
Quarter
 
Total revenues
 
$
75,448
 
$
73,211
 
$
74,530
 
$
86,075
 
Total revenues as previously reported
 
$
83,859
 
$
73,211
 
$
74,530
 
$
86,075
 
Operating income (loss)
 
$
25,501
 
$
24,922
 
$
25,363
 
$
(12,044
)
Operating income (loss) as previously reported
 
$
28,314
 
$
24,922
 
$
25,363
 
$
(12,044
)
Net (loss) income
 
$
8,343
 
$
(38,686
)
$
6,070
 
$
(52,892
)
Net (loss) income available to common shareholders
 
$
3,984
 
$
(43,045
)
$
1,710
 
$
(57,251
)
Earnings (loss) per share (diluted)
 
$
0.11
 
$
(1.17
)
$
0.05
 
$
(1.56
)
 
Year Ended December 31, 2005
 
First
Quarter
 
Second
Quarter
 
Third
Quarter
 
Fourth
Quarter
 
Total revenues
 
$
70,525
 
$
73,098
 
$
76,124
 
$
80,279
 
Total revenues as previously reported
 
$
79,573
 
$
73,098
 
$
76,124
 
$
90,052
 
Operating income
 
$
22,761
 
$
22,989
 
$
28,313
 
$
31,931
 
Operating income as previously reported
 
$
25,620
 
$
22,985
 
$
28,309
 
$
35,016
 
Net (loss) income
 
$
5,796
 
$
3,279
 
$
(2,342
)
$
14,117
 
Net (loss) income available to common shareholders
 
$
1,437
 
$
(1,080
)
$
(6,702
)
$
9,758
 
Earnings (loss) per share (diluted)
 
$
0.04
 
$
(0.03
)
$
(0.18
)
$
0.27
 

Total revenues and operating income (loss) for 2006 and 2005 are restated to reflect SFAS 144. Net income available to shareholders reflects the net gains and losses associated with the sale of discontinued operations. It also reflects the income and loss from discontinued operations. The differences between revenues and revenues previously reported in interim financial statements in 2006 and 2005 relate to changes in property classification from continuing to discontinued operations.  
 
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GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST
SCHEDULE III - REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
as of December 31, 2006
(dollars in thousands)
 
               
Costs
                             
                Capitalized                               
               
Sub-
                             
               
sequent to
 
Gross Amounts at Which
                 
       
Initial Cost
 
Acquisition
 
Carried at Close of Period
                 
                                           
Life Upon Which
 
                                         
Deprecia-tion in
 
           
Buildings 
         
Buildings
         
Date
     
Latest Statement
 
 
         
and
 
Improve-
     
and
   
Accumu-
 
Construc-
 
 
 
of Opera-
 
   
Encum-
     
Improve- 
 
ments
     
Improve- 
     
lated
 
tion
     
tions 
 
Description and Location
 
brances  
     
ments
  and Adjust-       
ments
 
Total 
  Deprecia-   
Was
 
Date
 
is
 
of Property
 
[d]
 
Land
 
[a]
 
ments
 
Land [b]
 
[c]
 
[b] [c]
 
tion
 
Completed
 
Acquired
 
Computed
 
                                               
MALL PROPERTIES
                                             
                                               
Ashland Town Center
                                                                   
Ashland, KY
 
$
24,809
 
$
3,866
 
$
21,454
 
$
7,683
 
$
4,144
 
$
28,859
 
$
33,003
 
$
12,826
   
1989
         
[e]
 
Colonial Park Mall
                                                                   
Harrisburg, PA
 
$
32,451
   
9,765
   
43,770
   
1,596
   
9,704
   
45,427
   
55,131
   
14,148
         
2003
   
[e]
 
Dayton Mall
                                                                   
Dayton, OH
 
$
55,886
   
9,068
   
90,676
   
17,694
   
7,509
   
109,929
   
117,438
   
25,969
         
2002
   
[e]
 
Eastland Mall
                                                                   
Columbus, OH
 
$
43,000
   
12,570
   
17,794
   
28,475
   
12,937
   
45,902
   
58,839
   
4,577
         
2003
   
[e]
 
Grand Central Mall
                                                                   
Parkersburg, WV
 
$
47,815
   
3,961
   
41,135
   
37,389
   
3,961
   
78,524
   
82,485
   
25,420
         
1993
   
[e]
 
Great Mall of the Great Plains
                                                                   
Olathe, KS
 
$
30,000
   
15,646
   
101,790
   
(39,229
)
 
12,321
   
65,886
   
78,207
   
38,114
   
1999
         
[e]
 
Indian Mound Mall
                                                                   
Newark, OH
 
$
-
   
892
   
19,497
   
12,695
   
773
   
32,311
   
33,084
   
17,193
   
1986
         
[e]
 
Jersey Gardens Mall
                                                                   
Elizabeth, NJ
 
$
158,791
   
32,498
   
206,478
   
22,681
   
33,480
   
228,177
   
261,657
   
64,016
   
2000
         
[e]
 
Lloyd Center
                                                                   
Portland, OR
 
$
133,256
   
47,737
   
115,219
   
44,719
   
47,737
   
159,938
   
207,675
   
33,996
         
1998
   
[e]
 
The Mall at Fairfield Commons
                                                                   
Beavercreek, OH
 
$
109,232
   
5,438
   
102,914
   
21,825
   
7,696
   
122,481
   
130,177
   
43,614
   
1993
         
[e]
 
The Mall at Johnson City
                                                                   
Johnson City, TN
 
$
38,787
   
4,462
   
39,439
   
3,320
   
4,405
   
42,816
   
47,221
   
12,267
         
2000
   
[e]
 
 
80

 
GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST
SCHEDULE III - REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
as of December 31, 2006
(dollars in thousands)
 
               
Costs
                             
                Capitalized                               
               
Sub-
                             
               
sequent to
 
Gross Amounts at Which
                 
       
Initial Cost
 
Acquisition
 
Carried at Close of Period
                 
                                           
Life Upon Which
 
                                         
Deprecia-tion in
 
           
Buildings 
         
Buildings
         
Date
     
Latest Statement
 
 
         
and
 
Improve-
     
and
   
Accumu-
 
Construc-
 
 
 
of Opera-
 
   
Encum-
     
Improve- 
 
ments
     
Improve- 
     
lated
 
tion
     
tions 
 
Description and Location
 
brances  
     
ments
  and Adjust-       
ments
 
Total 
  Deprecia-   
Was
 
Date
 
is
 
of Property
 
[d]
 
Land
 
[a]
 
ments
 
Land [b]
 
[c]
 
[b] [c]
 
tion
 
Completed
 
Acquired
 
Computed
 
Morgantown Mall
                                                                   
Morgantown, WV
   
(g)
 
$
1,273
 
$
40,484
 
$
5,050
 
$
1,556
 
$
45,251
 
$
46,807
 
$
19,187
   
1990
         
[e]
 
New Towne Mall
                                                                   
New Philadelphia, OH
 
$
-
   
1,190
   
23,475
   
8,363
   
1,248
   
31,780
   
33,028
   
14,523
   
1988
         
[e]
 
Northtown Mall
                                                                   
Blaine, MN
 
$
-
   
13,264
   
40,988
   
15,576
   
13,466
   
56,362
   
69,828
   
13,978
         
1998
   
[e]
 
Polaris Fashion Place
                                                                   
Columbus, OH
 
$
142,129
   
36,687
   
167,251
   
4,611
   
38,661
   
169,888
   
208,549
   
28,964
         
2004
   
[e]
 
River Valley Mall
                                                                   
Lancaster, OH
 
$
50,000
   
875
   
26,910
   
18,552
   
1,001
   
45,336
   
46,337
   
21,989
   
1987
         
[e]
 
Supermall of Great NW
                                                                   
Auburn, WA
 
$
59,515
   
1,058
   
104,612
   
845
   
7,187
   
99,328
   
106,515
   
33,998
         
2002
   
[e]
 
Weberstown Mall
                                                                   
Stockton, CA
 
$
60,000
   
3,237
   
23,479
   
7,532
   
3,298
   
30,950
   
34,248
   
12,320
         
1998
   
[e]
 
Westshore Plaza
                                                                   
Tampa, FL
 
$
95,255
   
15,653
   
145,158
   
7,490
   
15,653
   
152,648
   
168,301
   
19,025
         
2003
   
[e]
 
                                                                     
COMMUNITY CENTERS
                                                                   
                                                                     
Knox Village Square
                                                                   
Mount Vernon, OH
 
$
8,753
   
865
   
8,479
   
406
   
869
   
8,881
   
9,750
   
3,289
   
1992
         
[e]
 
Morgantown Commons
                                                                   
Morgantown, WV
   
(g)
 
 
175
   
7,549
   
12,652
   
-
   
20,376
   
20,376
   
6,511
   
1991
         
[e]
 
Ohio River Plaza
                                                                   
Gallipolis, OH
 
$
-
   
502
   
6,373
   
655
   
461
   
7,069
   
7,530
   
2,827
   
1989
         
[e]
 
Polaris Town Center
                                                                   
Columbus, OH
 
$
40,482
   
19,082
   
38,950
   
318
   
19,082
   
39,268
   
58,350
   
7,600
         
2004
   
[e]
 
 
81

 
GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST
SCHEDULE III - REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
as of December 31, 2006
(dollars in thousands)
 
               
Costs
                             
                Capitalized                               
               
Sub-
                             
               
sequent to
 
Gross Amounts at Which
                 
       
Initial Cost
 
Acquisition
 
Carried at Close of Period
                 
                                           
Life Upon Which
 
                                         
Deprecia-tion in
 
           
Buildings 
         
Buildings
         
Date
     
Latest Statement
 
 
         
and
 
Improve-
     
and
   
Accumu-
 
Construc-
 
 
 
of Opera-
 
   
Encum-
     
Improve- 
 
ments
     
Improve- 
     
lated
 
tion
     
tions 
 
Description and Location
 
brances  
     
ments
  and Adjust-       
ments
 
Total 
  Deprecia-   
Was
 
Date
 
is
 
of Property
 
[d]
 
Land
 
[a]
 
ments
 
Land [b]
 
[c]
 
[b] [c]
 
tion
 
Completed
 
Acquired
 
Computed
 
                                                                     
CORPORATE ASSETS
                                                                   
                                                                     
Glimcher Properties Limited
                                                                   
Partnership
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
1,780
 
$
10,112
 
$
-
 
$
11,892
 
$
11,892
 
$
6,247
               
[e]
 
Lloyd Ice Rink
                                                                   
OEC
 
$
-
   
-
   
-
   
56
   
-
   
56
   
56
   
39
               
[e]
 
University Mall Theater
                                                                   
OEC
 
$
-
   
-
   
-
   
600
   
-
   
600
   
600
   
478
               
[e]
 
                                                                     
         
$
239,764
 
$
1,435,654
 
$
251,666
 
$
247,149
 
$
1,679,935
 
$
1,927,084
 
$
483,115
                   
                                                                     
DEVELOPMENTS IN PROGRESS
                                                                   
                                                                     
Georgesville Square
                                                                   
Columbus, OH
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
725
 
$
296
 
$
429
 
$
725
                         
City Park
                                                                   
Cincinnati, OH
 
$
-
   
-
   
-
   
10,946
   
-
   
10,946
   
10,946
                         
Jersey Gardens Center
                                                                   
Elizabeth , NJ
 
$
-
   
1,937
   
4,561
   
804
   
1,231
   
6,071
   
7,302
                         
Meadowview Square
                                                                   
Kent, OH
 
$
-
   
-
   
-
   
273
   
264
   
9
   
273
                         
Dayton Streetscape
                                                                   
Dayton, OH
 
$
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
12,206
   
12,206
                         
Johnson City Redevelopment
                                                                   
Johnson City, TN
 
$
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
3,925
   
2,085
   
6,010
                         
GB Northtown
                                                                   
Blaine, MN
 
$
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
4,698
   
4,698
                         
                                                                     
Other Developments
 
$
-
   
-
   
-
   
7,643
   
-
   
7,643
   
7,643
   
-
                   
                                                                     
         
$
1,937
 
$
4,561
 
$
20,391
 
$
5,716
 
$
44,087
 
$
49,803
 
$
-
                   
 
 
82

 
GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST
SCHEDULE III - REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
as of December 31, 2006
(dollars in thousands)
 
               
Costs
                             
                Capitalized                               
               
Sub-
                             
               
sequent to
 
Gross Amounts at Which
                 
       
Initial Cost
 
Acquisition
 
Carried at Close of Period
                 
                                           
Life Upon Which
 
                                         
Deprecia-tion in
 
           
Buildings 
         
Buildings
         
Date
     
Latest Statement
 
 
         
and
 
Improve-
     
and
   
Accumu-
 
Construc-
 
 
 
of Opera-
 
   
Encum-
     
Improve- 
 
ments
     
Improve- 
     
lated
 
tion
     
tions 
 
Description and Location
 
brances  
     
ments
  and Adjust-       
ments
 
Total 
  Deprecia-   
Was
 
Date
 
is
 
of Property
 
[d]
 
Land
 
[a]
 
ments
 
Land [b]
 
[c]
 
[b] [c]
 
tion
 
Completed
 
Acquired
 
Computed
 
                                                                     
ASSETS HELD FOR SALE (h)
                                                                   
                                                                     
Almeda Mall
                                                                   
Houston, TX
   
(f)
 
$
6,859
 
$
16,034
 
$
1,321
 
$
7,621
 
$
16,593
 
$
24,214
 
$
4,549
         
2002
   
[e]
 
Eastland Mall
                                                                   
Charlotte, NC
 
$
43,766
   
5,357
   
47,860
   
(6,225
)
 
5,315
   
41,677
   
46,992
   
5,143
         
2003
   
[e]
 
Montgomery Mall
                                                                   
Montgomery, AL
 
$
25,000
   
10,382
   
60,311
   
(50,823
)
 
4,455
   
15,415
   
19,870
   
15,415
         
1998
   
[e]
 
Northwest Mall
                                                                   
Houston, TX
   
(f)
 
 
9,114
   
12,820
   
1,119
   
9,928
   
13,125
   
23,053
   
3,225
         
2002
   
[e]
 
University Mall
                                                                   
Tampa, FL
 
$
-
   
13,314
   
108,230
   
9,205
   
13,314
   
117,435
   
130,749
   
26,733
         
1997
   
[e]
 
                                                                     
           
45,026
   
245,255
   
(45,403
)
 
40,633
   
204,245
   
244,878
   
55,065
                   
                                                                     
Total
       
$
286,727
 
$
1,685,470
 
$
226,654
 
$
293,498
 
$
1,928,267
 
$
2,221,765
 
$
538,180
                   
                                                                     
 
83

 
GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST
NOTES TO SCHEDULE III
(dollars in thousands)
 

(a)
Initial cost for constructed and acquired property is cost at end of first complete calendar year subsequent to opening or acquisition.
 
     
(b)
The aggregate gross cost of land as of December 31, 2006.
 
     
(c)
The aggregate gross cost of building, improvements and equipment as of December 31, 2006.
 
     
(d)
See description of debt in Note 5 of Notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
     
(e)
Depreciation is computed based upon the following estimated weighted average composite lives:
 
 
Buildings and improvements-40 years; equipment and fixtures-five to ten years.
 
     
(f)
Properties cross-collateralize the following loan:
 
 
SAN Mall, L.P.
$33,020
     
(g)
Properties cross-collateralize the following loan:
 
 
Morgantown Mall Associates Limited Partnership
$52,474
     
(h)
Properties were held for sale at December 31, 2006. The total for building and improvements for the assets held-for-sale excludes the deferred costs of $2,488 that appear on the consolidated balance sheet.
 
 
Reconciliation of Real Estate

   
Year Ended December 31,
 
   
2006
 
 2005
 
2004
 
               
Balance at beginning of year
 
$
2,211,614
 
$
2,250,640
 
$
2,092,202
 
Additions:
                   
Improvements
   
79,512
   
109,159
   
32,684
 
Acquisitions
   
61,276
   
-
   
261,036
 
Deductions
   
(375,515
)
 
(148,185
)
 
(135,282
)
Balance at close of year
 
$
1,976,887
 
$
2,211,614
 
$
2,250,640
 
 

Reconciliation of Accumulated Depreciation

   
Year Ended December 31,
 
   
 2006
 
2005
 
2004
 
               
Balance at beginning of year
 
$
470,397
 
$
435,821
 
$
394,870
 
Depreciation expense and other
   
70,281
   
72,472
   
95,463
 
Deductions
   
(57,563
)
 
(37,896
)
 
(54,512
)
Balance at close of year
 
$
483,115
 
$
470,397
 
$
435,821
 
 
The aggregate cost of land and buildings, improvements and equipment for federal income tax purposes is approximately $2,318,332.
 
 
84
EX-10.20 2 glimcher_ex1020.txt DEFEASANCE PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT Exhibit 10.20 DEFEASANCE PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT ---------------------------------------- THIS DEFEASANCE PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of December 22, 2006 (this "Agreement") is made by and among GLIMCHER UNIVERSITY MALL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Borrower"), LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (f/k/a LaSalle National Bank), as Trustee for Nomura Asset Securities Corporation, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1998-D6, as secured party (said Trustee and its successors and assigns, "Lender"), and, for the sole purpose of agreeing to the provisions of Sections 6(e), 7, 8, 9(b), 12, 13, 14, 16, 22 and 25 of this Agreement, WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as securities intermediary ("Intermediary"). Recitals: A. Nomura Asset Capital Corporation ("Original Lender"), made a loan in the original principal amount of $64,898,546.00 (the "Mortgage Loan") to Borrower pursuant to a Loan Agreement dated December 17, 1997 by and between Original Lender and Borrower, as amended by that certain Amendment to Loan Agreement dated March 26, 1998 (as amended, the "Loan Agreement"). The Mortgage Loan is evidenced by a Promissory Note dated December 17, 1997, from Borrower and payable to Original Lender (the "Note"). B. The Mortgage Loan and Note are secured by, among other things, that certain Mortgage, Assignment of Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated December 17, 1997 from Borrower to Original Lender recorded January 7, 1998 in Official Records Book 8861, Page 0466 for Hillsborough County, Florida and that certain Assignment of Leases and Rents, dated December 17, 1997 and recorded January 7, 1998 in Official Records Book 8861, Page 0527 for Hillsborough County, Florida (together, the "Security Instrument") which grants to Original Lender, among other things, a lien on the real and personal property described in said Security Instrument (the "Mortgaged Property"). The Mortgage Loan is further evidenced or secured by various other documents executed by Borrower in favor of Original Lender (together with the Note, the Loan Agreement and Security Instrument, the "Mortgage Loan Documents"). C. Lender is the current holder of the Note and the other Mortgage Loan Documents. D. Pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents, Borrower has directed Lender to release the Mortgaged Property from the liens and security interests of the Security Instrument and to release any other collateral or security previously given by Borrower as security for the Mortgage Loan upon Borrower's defeasance of the Mortgage Loan (the "Defeasance"). E. Borrower is the legal and beneficial owner of the securities listed on Exhibit A hereto (collectively, the "Securities"). Pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents, and as a condition precedent to Lender's obligation to release the lien and security interests of the Security Instrument on the Mortgaged Property, Borrower will grant a security interest in the Pledged Collateral (as defined herein) to Lender to secure the payment and performance in full when due of all amounts payable under the Mortgage Loan Documents. F. The parties intend that immediately after the execution of this Agreement, Lender, Borrower and SB NASC 1998-D6 Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Successor Borrower") will enter into, and Intermediary will acknowledge, the Defeasance Assignment, Assumption and Release Agreement of even date herewith (the "Assumption Agreement") pursuant to which, among other things, Borrower will transfer the Pledged Collateral (as hereinafter defined) to Successor Borrower and Successor Borrower will assume certain rights and obligations of Borrower under the Defeasance Documents (as hereinafter defined) in accordance with the terms of the Assumption Agreement. Subject to the terms of the Assumption Agreement, upon the transfer of the Pledged Collateral to Successor Borrower, Successor Borrower automatically shall succeed to and be the "Borrower" hereunder. NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: Section 1. Definitions. Each capitalized term used and not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Mortgage Loan Documents. The following terms shall have the following meanings when used herein. "Account Agreement" means the Defeasance Account Agreement of even date herewith among Borrower, Lender, Servicer, and Intermediary. "Accountant's Report" means that certain report of even date herewith regarding the Defeasance from Causey Demgen & Moore Inc., including all schedules thereto. "Assumption Agreement" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. "Book-Entry Securities" means U.S. Obligations that are (i) (a) "Book-Entry Securities" as defined in 31 C.F.R. Section 357.2, that have been issued by the United States Department of the Treasury, (b) "Book-Entry GSE Securities" as defined in the regulations of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development governing direct obligations of FNMA and FHLMC (24 C.F.R. Part 81, as amended), or (c) "Book-Entry Funding Corporation Securities" as defined in the regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury governing securities issued by the REFCO (12 C.F.R. Part 1511, as amended), and (ii) in each case, maintained in the Treasury/Reserve Automated Debt Entry System ("Trades") of the Federal Reserve Bank pursuant to 31 C.F.R. Subpart B. "Borrower Address" means: c/o Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership 150 East Gay Street, 24th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Attn: General Counsel "Certificates" means Nomura Asset Securities Corporation Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 1998-D6. "Code" means the Uniform Commercial Code of the State. 2 "Custodian" means the Intermediary in its capacity as custodian of the Pledged Collateral Account. "Defeasance" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. "Defeasance Certificate" means the Defeasance Certificate executed by Borrower of even date herewith. "Defeasance Documents" means this Agreement, the Note, the Loan Agreement (to the extent defined terms and payment terms in the Loan Agreement are by reference incorporated in the Note), the Account Agreement, the Assumption Agreement, the Waiver and Consent and the Defeasance Certificate, all as amended, continued or otherwise modified, provided that, for purposes of any assumption by Successor Borrower herein, the Defeasance Waiver and Consent Agreement and the Defeasance Certificate shall be excluded from this definition. "Entitlement Order" means "entitlement order" as defined in Section 8-102 of the Code. "Event of Default" has the meaning set forth in Section 9(a). "Existing SPE Requirements" means the single purpose entity requirements set forth in the Mortgage Loan Documents. "FHLMC" means the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. "FNMA" means the Federal National Mortgage Association. "Federal Book-Entry Regulations" means the regulations of (i) the United States Department of the Treasury governing the transfer and pledge of marketable Book-Entry Securities maintained in the form of entries in the TRADES book-entry system in the Federal Reserve Bank, as set forth in 31 C.F.R. Part 357, as amended, (ii) the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations governing the transfer and pledge of securities issued by FNMA or FHLMC, in each case maintained by a Federal Reserve Bank in the form of entries in the Book-Entry System (as defined in Subpart A of 24 C.F.R. Part 81) as set forth in Subpart H of 24 C.F.R. Part 81, and (iii) the U.S. Treasury regulations governing the transfer and pledge of securities issued by REFCO, and maintained by a Federal Reserve Bank in the form of entries in the Book-Entry System (as defined in 12 C.F.R. Part 1511) as set forth in 12 C.F.R. Part 1511. "Federal Reserve Bank" means the Federal Reserve Bank at which Intermediary maintains its Participant's Securities Account. "Financial Asset" means a "financial asset" as defined under Section 8-102(a)(9) of the Code. "Governmental Authority" means any federal, state, local or foreign court, agency, authority, board bureau, commission, department, office or instrumentality of any nature whatsoever or any governmental or quasi-governmental unit, whether now or hereafter in existence, or any officer or official thereof. 3 "Guarantor" means, if applicable, any Person that (a) guaranteed, in whole or in part, Borrower's obligations under the Mortgage Loan Documents, or (b) indemnified Lender with respect to any matters set forth in the Mortgage Loan Documents. "Intermediary Address" means: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 100 West Washington Street, 22nd Floor MAC S4101-22E Phoenix, AZ 85003 Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) "IRC" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and applicable temporary or final regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury issued pursuant thereto. "Lender Address" means: c/o Capmark Finance Inc. 200 Witmer Road Horsham, PA 19044 Attn: Loan Servicing/Loan #400029644 "Mortgage Loan" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. "Mortgage Loan Documents" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. "Mortgaged Property" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. "Note" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. "Obligor" means any issuer, guarantor or other obligor with respect to any of the Securities or any Permitted Investment. "Optional Prepayment Date" means January 11, 2013. "Participant's Securities Account" means a "Participant's Securities Account" (as defined in the applicable Federal Book-Entry Regulations) at a Federal Reserve Bank to which Book-Entry Securities may be credited. "Permitted Investment" has the meaning set forth in the Account Agreement. "Person" means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, estate, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof and any fiduciary acting in such capacity on behalf of any of the foregoing. "Pledged Collateral" has the meaning set forth in Section 2. 4 "Pledged Collateral Account" means Account No. ________ titled "(__________________) Defeasance" at Intermediary, which is the Securities Account maintained by Intermediary in the name of Lender to which the Securities have been credited. "Pledged Entitlements" has the meaning set forth in Section 2(b). "Pooling and Servicing Agreement" means the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of March 30, 1998 by and among Nomura Asset Securities Corporation, as Depositor, Amresco Services, L.P., as Servicer, Criimi Mae Services Limited Partnership, as Initial Special Servicer, LaSalle National Bank, as Trustee and ABN AMRO Bank N.V., as Fiscal Agent, as amended, supplemented or modified. "Proceeds" means "proceeds" as defined in Section 9-102 of the Code or as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any jurisdiction whose law applies to such proceeds or as defined under other applicable law. "REFCO" means the Resolution Funding Corporation. "REMIC" means a "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning of Section 860D of the IRC. "Secured Obligations" means the principal amount of the Note outstanding from time to time, as increased or decreased as a result of prepayment, modification or otherwise, and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all other obligations, expenses, and liabilities due or to become due to Lender under the Defeasance Documents, including without limitation all costs and expenses incurred by Lender in collecting amounts due under the Defeasance Documents. "Securities" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals and are listed on Exhibit A attached hereto. "Securities Account" means a securities account as defined in Section 8-501(a) of the Code. "Securities Intermediary" means a "securities intermediary" within the meaning of the applicable Federal Book-Entry Regulations and Section 8-102 of the Code. "Security Entitlement" means a "security entitlement" as defined in the applicable Federal Book-Entry Regulations with respect to a Book-Entry Security. "Security Instrument" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. "Servicer" means the duly authorized loan servicer acting as agent of Lender pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As of the date hereof, Servicer shall mean Capmark Finance Inc., together with its successors and assigns under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 5 "Single Purpose Entity" means (1) prior to the execution and delivery of the Assumption Agreement, a Person which satisfies the Existing SPE Requirements, and (2) after the execution and delivery of the Assumption Agreement, a Person that satisfies the conditions set forth in Section 1.6 of the Operating Agreement of Successor Borrower dated December____, 2006. "State" means the State of New York. "Successor Borrower" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. "U.S. Obligations" means "government securities" as such term is defined in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (15 U.S.C. 80a-1, et seq.), that are not subject to prepayment, call or early redemption, that are not certificates of deposit, and that are maintained in the form of entries on the books of a Federal Reserve Bank. "Waiver and Consent" means the Defeasance Waiver and Consent Agreement of even date herewith between Borrower and Lender. Section 2. Pledge. As collateral and security for the Secured Obligations, Borrower hereby pledges, assigns, transfers and grants to Lender a continuing first priority security interest in and lien on all of the right, title and interest of Borrower in, to and under the following property (collectively, the "Pledged Collateral"): (a) the Securities and any interest of Borrower in the entries on the books of any Securities Intermediary (including Intermediary) pertaining to the Securities; (b) the Pledged Collateral Account and all Security Entitlements with respect to the Securities and with respect to any Permitted Investments (the "Pledged Entitlements"); (c) all Proceeds of the Securities and the Pledged Entitlements, including, without limitation, proceeds of any indemnity, warranty or guarantee payable from time to time with respect to any of the Securities or the Pledged Entitlements, or payments (in any form) made or due and payable to Borrower from time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Securities or the Pledged Entitlements by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority, and any and all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under or in connection with any of the Securities or the Pledged Entitlements; and (d) any and all other (i) funds and Financial Assets and Proceeds thereof, including cash (which amount shall not exceed $1,000.00), deposited this date by Borrower into the Pledged Collateral Account, now or hereafter deposited in or credited to the Pledged Collateral Account at Custodian (which account is a Securities Account), (ii) interest and earnings on any of the Pledged Collateral including interest that accrues either before or after the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding by or against Borrower or Successor Borrower, (iii) present and future accounts, general intangibles, chattel paper, contract rights, deposit accounts, instruments and documents (as defined in the Code or in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any jurisdiction whose law applies to such property) now or hereafter relating or arising with respect to the Pledged Collateral Account and/or the use thereof, and (iv) cash and non-cash Proceeds and products of the items described in subclauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this Section 2(d). 6 Section 3. Secured Obligations. This Agreement secures, and the Pledged Collateral is collateral security for, the payment and performance in full when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise of all of the Secured Obligations (including, without limitation, the payment of interest and other amounts which would accrue and become due but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy (whether or not a claim is allowed against Borrower for such interest or other amounts in any such bankruptcy proceeding) or the operation of the automatic stay under the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. ss. 362(a)). Section 4. No Release or Assumption of Borrower's Obligations to Others. The granting by Borrower to Lender of the security interest in the Pledged Collateral shall not (a) relieve Borrower from the performance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement on Borrower's part to be performed or observed in connection with the Pledged Collateral, (b) relieve Borrower from any liability to any Person other than Lender in connection with the Pledged Collateral and the granting of the security interest therein, (c) impose any obligation on Lender to perform or observe any such term, covenant, condition or agreement to be so performed or observed by Borrower, or (d) impose any liability on Lender for any act or omission on the part of Borrower relating thereto or for any breach of any representation or warranty to any Person other than Lender by Borrower, with respect to the Pledged Collateral or made in connection herewith or therewith. The provisions set forth in this Section 4 shall survive any release of Borrower by Lender set forth in the Defeasance Documents and any termination of this Agreement. Section 5. Further Assurances. Borrower agrees that, upon written request of Lender at any time and from time to time, it will make, execute, endorse, acknowledge and file and refile, or permit Lender to file and refile, such lists, descriptions and designations of the Pledged Collateral, copies of documents of title, vouchers, invoices, schedules, Entitlement Orders, powers of attorney, assignments, confirmatory assignments, supplements, additional security agreements, financing statements, amendments thereto, continuation statements, transfer endorsements and other documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement), in form and in such offices reasonably satisfactory to Lender wherever required or permitted by law in order to perfect, protect and preserve the rights and interests granted to Lender hereunder. Borrower hereby authorizes Lender and appoints Lender as its attorney-in-fact to file such financing statements, continuation statements, amendments thereto and other documents related to the Pledged Collateral to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as Lender may deem necessary including, without limitation, financing statements containing the description "all assets of Borrower" or "all personal property of Borrower" or similar language. Borrower agrees to do such further acts and things, and to execute and deliver to Lender such additional assignments, agreements and instruments, as Lender may reasonably require to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement, to preserve or protect the lien on the Pledged Collateral created by this Agreement 7 or to assure and confirm unto Lender its rights, powers and remedies hereunder. The foregoing grant of authority is a power of attorney coupled with an interest and such appointment shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement. All of the foregoing shall be at the sole cost and expense of Borrower. Section 6. Borrower Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Borrower represents, warrants and covenants as follows as of the date hereof: (a) Value. Borrower has received value (as defined in Section 1-201(44) of the Code) for the Secured Obligations and for the granting of the security interest described herein. (b) Rights in Pledged Collateral. The Securities exist and Borrower is the owner of good and marketable title to all of the Pledged Collateral, subject only to the liens granted to Lender pursuant to this Agreement. (c) No Liens or Other Financing Statements. Except for (i) the liens and the security interest granted to Lender under this Agreement and financing statements filed or to be filed with respect to and covering the lien and security interest granted by Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, and (ii) the assignment of the Pledged Collateral pursuant to the Assumption Agreement, Borrower: (i) holds the Pledged Collateral free and clear of any lien, claim, or encumbrance; (ii) has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a lien on or a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Pledged Collateral, and shall defend the Pledged Collateral against all claims and demands of all Persons at any time claiming any interest therein adverse to Lender; (iii) has not authorized, executed or filed, and has no knowledge of any control agreement or financing statement (or similar statement or instrument of registration under the law of any jurisdiction) covering or purporting to cover any interest of any kind in the Pledged Collateral, other than the Account Agreement; and so long as Borrower remains obligated to pay the Secured Obligations, Borrower shall not enter into any such control agreement or execute, file or authorize to be filed in any public office any financing statement (or similar statement or instrument of registration under the law of any jurisdiction) or statements relating to the Pledged Collateral; and (iv) is not aware of any judgment liens or tax liens against Borrower. (d) Perfection. All of the Securities are U.S. Obligations. Borrower has taken or caused, or authorized and directed, other Persons to take all actions necessary to effect the creation and perfection of Lender's security interest in the Securities and other Pledged Collateral. This Agreement, together with the book entries described in Section 6(f) below and any other actions taken with respect to the Pledged Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, create a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Pledged Collateral in favor of Lender pursuant to the Code, securing the Secured Obligations, and enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from Borrower, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally. 8 (e) Actions With Respect to Securities. Borrower shall cause the Securities to be credited to Intermediary's Participant's Securities Account maintained at the Federal Reserve Bank at which Intermediary maintains a Participant's Securities Account, and to be identified on the records of such Federal Reserve Bank as being held for the sole and exclusive account of Intermediary. Borrower does hereby (i) direct Intermediary to credit by book-entry such Securities to the Pledged Collateral Account and hold the same for the sole and exclusive account of Lender pursuant to the Defeasance Documents, and (ii) direct Intermediary to send a written confirmation to Lender that Intermediary has so credited the Securities to such Pledged Collateral Account and is holding the Securities for the sole and exclusive account of Lender in accordance with the terms of the Defeasance Documents. Borrower hereby agrees that Intermediary is the Securities Intermediary at which the Pledged Collateral Account of Lender is maintained. Borrower hereby directs Intermediary to comply with all Entitlement Orders of Lender with respect to the Pledged Collateral. (f) Pledged Collateral. The list of the Securities is complete and accurate, and all of the Securities are Book-Entry Securities. If the Securities include securities identified as obligations of FHLMC or FNMA, they are direct debt obligations of such agency, and if the Securities include securities identified as obligations of REFCO, they are interest-only strips that are direct obligations of REFCO. On the date hereof all information set forth herein (including the exhibits hereto) and, to the best of Borrower's knowledge, in the Accountant's Report (including the Schedules thereto), or otherwise provided to Lender by Borrower, is accurate and complete in all material respects. None of the Securities is subject to prepayment call or early redemption; and all of the Securities are payable in United States Dollars. (g) Single Purpose Entity. Borrower is a Single Purpose Entity, and Borrower shall continue to be a Single Purpose Entity until the earlier of the date on which (i) Borrower has transferred all of its right, title and interest in the Pledged Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Defeasance Documents, or (ii) all Secured Obligations have been paid in full and satisfied. (h) Litigation. There is no litigation or other proceeding against Borrower pending or overtly threatened, by written communication to Borrower, wherein an unfavorable decision (i) would affect Borrower's title to the Pledged Collateral, or (ii) might reasonably result in a material adverse change in the financial condition of Borrower or its ability to legally perform its obligations under the Defeasance Documents. (i) Transfers. Borrower will not, until the earlier of the date on which (i) Borrower has transferred all of its right, title and interest in the Pledged Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Defeasance Documents, or (ii) all Secured Obligations have been paid in full and satisfied: (x) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of, or (y) grant a security interest in, pledge, lien, or otherwise encumber, any direct interest in Borrower, or more than 49% of the indirect interests, in the aggregate, in Borrower, or in its manager or managing member, without the prior written consent of Lender and the Rating Agencies. 9 Section 7. Intermediary Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Intermediary hereby represents, warrants and covenants that: (a) it is a Securities Intermediary and will, for so long as it remains Intermediary at all times act in that capacity in connection with the Pledged Collateral; (b) it is an Eligible Institution (as defined in the Account Agreement); (c) all of the Securities are U.S. Obligations; (d) the Securities have been credited to the Participant's Securities Account maintained by Intermediary at the Federal Reserve Bank free and clear of any liens, claims, interests or encumbrances; (e) the Pledged Collateral Account is, and will at all times be maintained as, a Securities Account; (f) the Pledged Entitlements have been and will continue to be credited, by accurate book entry, to and maintained in, the Pledged Collateral Account maintained by Intermediary for the benefit of Lender, and Lender is the holder of all Security Entitlements with respect to the Securities; (g) Lender has and shall continue to have "control" (as defined in Section 8-106 of the Code) over the Securities, the Pledged Entitlements and the other Pledged Collateral; (h) it has received no actual notice of, and has no actual knowledge of, any "adverse claim" (as defined in the Code) or lien or encumbrance as to the Pledged Collateral (including, but not limited to, any claim, lien or encumbrance in favor of the United States or any state) other than the lien created under the Defeasance Documents; (i) each item of property (including, but not limited to, any item of "investment property" (as defined under the Code), security instrument or cash, and every Security Entitlement in any of the foregoing) credited to the Pledged Collateral Account shall be treated by Intermediary as a Financial Asset subject to this Agreement; and (j) without limitation of any of the foregoing, it shall comply with all written Entitlement Orders originated by Lender without consent of Borrower or any other Person, and has not accepted, and shall not accept, Entitlement Orders from any Person other than Lender except as authorized in writing by Lender in accordance with the Account Agreement. Section 8. Covenants Concerning the Pledged Collateral. Intermediary and Borrower hereby covenant, each as to itself, that: (a) Waiver of Liens. It waives and releases, solely for the benefit of Lender, any and all claim, lien, encumbrance or right of set off that it may now or hereafter have against the Pledged Collateral or any portion thereof. 10 (b) Protection of Lender's Security. It shall not take any action that impairs the rights of Lender in the Pledged Collateral or the perfection of the security interests created hereunder. (c) Payments. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all distributions, cash, interest, earnings, return of capital or other payments made in respect of the Pledged Collateral shall be deposited in the Pledged Collateral Account and utilized in accordance with the provisions of the Defeasance Documents (which utilization shall include, without limitation, the payment of scheduled installments due under the Note and the final payment on the Optional Prepayment Date of the entire balance of the Mortgage Loan). At all times, whether before or during the continuation of any Event of Default, all rights to enforce and collect payments in respect of the Pledged Collateral or to direct the disposition thereof shall be exercised exclusively by Lender and the proceeds of any such exercise shall be applied to Borrower's obligations under the Defeasance Documents. In the event that any payments in respect of the Pledged Collateral are made directly to Borrower, Borrower shall hold such amounts as agent and trustee for Lender, segregate all amounts received pursuant thereto in a separate account and pay such amounts promptly to or as directed by Lender. (d) Transfers or Liens. Except for the transfer of the Pledged Collateral contemplated herein and in the Assumption Agreement, it shall not (i) sell, convey, assign or otherwise dispose of, or grant any security interest, pledge, covenant, lien, option, right or warrant or other encumbrance, whether junior or senior to the interest of Lender with respect to any of the Pledged Collateral, except to the extent Intermediary is permitted or required to transfer its rights and obligations to a successor intermediary pursuant to Sections 4 and 7 of the Account Agreement, or (ii) create or, by its action or inaction, permit to exist any lien upon or with respect to any Pledged Collateral, except for the lien evidenced by this Agreement. Section 9. Default; Remedies upon Default; Obtaining the Pledged Collateral upon Event of Default. (a) The occurrence and continuation of one or more of the following shall constitute an "Event of Default" hereunder: (i) Any default in the payment when due of any principal of or interest on the Mortgage Loan, including the payment of the entire balance of the Mortgage Loan due on the Optional Prepayment Date, or default in the payment when due of any other amount payable with respect to the Secured Obligations, beyond any notice, grace and cure periods, if any, provided in the Note other than any action or failure to act on the part of the Securities Intermediary, Lender or Servicer; or (ii) Any representation, warranty or certification made by any Person for the benefit of Lender in any Defeasance Document (or in any modification or supplement thereto), or in any certificate, report, financial statement or other item furnished to Lender in connection with this transaction shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect as of the time made or furnished and, if this shall be a result of conduct of a party other than Successor Borrower, such default results, or is likely, in Lender's reasonable determination to result, in a default under Section 9(a)(i); or 11 (iii) Any of the Defeasance Documents shall be rescinded (other than as a result of the termination of the Account Agreement by Lender) or declared null and void, or shall fail to create or perfect the liens, rights, powers and privileges purported to be created thereby (including a perfected security interest in and lien on all of the Pledged Collateral, subject to no equal or prior lien) and is not immediately reinstated or remedied, and, if this shall be a result of conduct of a party other than Successor Borrower, such default results, or is likely, in Lender's reasonable determination to result, in a default under Section 9(a)(i); or (iv) The Pledged Collateral or any part thereof or interest therein, or any direct interest in Successor Borrower, or more than 49% of the indirect interests, in the aggregate, in Successor Borrower or in its manager or managing member, becomes subject to any security interest, pledge, covenant, lien, or other encumbrance, whether junior or senior to the interest of Lender; or (v) The Pledged Collateral or any part thereof or interest therein, or any direct interest in Successor Borrower, or more than 49% of the indirect interests, in the aggregate, in Successor Borrower or in its manager or managing member is sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed or otherwise disposed of or is the subject of any attempted sale, assignment, transfer or conveyance without written consent of Lender and the Rating Agencies; or (vi) Any party to the Defeasance Documents other than Lender shall default in the performance of any of the other obligations to Lender under the Defeasance Documents and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after notice thereof and, if this shall be a result of conduct of a party other than Borrower or Successor Borrower, such default results, or is likely, in Lender's reasonable determination to result, in a default under Section 9(a)(i); or (vii) Borrower (prior to the expiration of any preference period affecting the Pledged Collateral) or Successor Borrower shall admit in writing its inability to, or be generally unable to, pay its debts as such debts become due; or (viii) Borrower (prior to the expiration of any preference period affecting the Pledged Collateral) or Successor Borrower shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ix) Borrower shall be terminated, dissolved or liquidated (as a matter of law or otherwise); or (x) Successor Borrower shall at any time cease to be a Single Purpose Entity in good standing in its state of organization; or (xi) A proceeding or case shall be commenced, with or without the application or consent of Borrower (prior to the expiration of any preference period affecting the Pledged Collateral) or Successor Borrower as debtor, seeking (A) such debtor's liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or winding-up, or the composition or readjustment of its debts, (B) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like of such debtor for all or any part of its assets, (C) relief in 12 respect of such debtor under the United States Bankruptcy Code or (D) similar relief in respect of such debtor under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding-up, or composition or adjustment of debts, which proceeding or case is not dismissed within sixty (60) days after filing, and in any such proceeding in which Borrower is the debtor any claim shall be asserted that all or any portion of the Pledged Collateral is an asset of the debtor's estate, or any aspect of the transaction effected pursuant to the Defeasance Documents, or any exercise by Lender of its rights or remedies thereunder, is challenged, voided, rescinded or set aside, or is subject to any stay or injunction; or (xii) Borrower or Successor Borrower shall take any action that (A) causes any REMIC formed pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to lose its status as a REMIC or (B) subjects any such REMIC to any tax under Chapter I, Subchapter M of the IRC. (b) If an Event of Default, which remains uncured after all applicable grace periods, if any, shall have occurred and be continuing, then and in every such case, Lender may, at its sole option, take any one or more or all of the following actions: (i) instruct the Obligor or Obligors on the Securities or any agreement, instrument or other obligation constituting Pledged Collateral to make any payment required by the terms of such instrument, agreement or obligation directly to Lender or as directed by Lender; (ii) cause all book entries in the records of Intermediary with respect to the Securities to be changed or modified to show Lender or a designee of Lender as the record owner of the Securities; (iii) exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Code with respect to the Pledged Collateral; (iv) seek specific performance of, or enjoin actions in violation of, any party's obligations to Lender under the Defeasance Documents; and (v) exercise all other available rights, privileges and remedies, at law or in equity, with respect to the Pledged Collateral, and may exercise such rights and remedies either in the name of Lender or in the name of Borrower for the use and benefit of Lender to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. (c) The proceeds of the exercise by Lender of any remedy hereunder shall be paid to Lender and applied, in such order of priority and amounts as Lender in its discretion shall deem proper, to the payment of all costs and expenses of any suit and of all proper compensation, expenses, liabilities and advances, including expenses and attorneys' fees, owed to, incurred by or made by Lender and all taxes, assessments or liens superior to the lien hereof; to the payment of all amounts due and owing in respect of the Secured Obligations; to the payment of the expenses of the Lender or Servicer or any other party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to its obligations thereunder and the fees or expenses of any party to the Defeasance Documents (other than Borrower or Successor Borrower) to the extent the same is permitted in such Defeasance Documents; and the balance, if any, to Borrower or to another Person lawfully entitled thereto as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. 13 (d) The parties acknowledge and agree that the Securities are sold on a recognized market and, accordingly, Lender need not furnish Borrower with notice of its intention to sell the Securities. If, however, applicable law requires such notice, then upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender may, upon ten (10) business days' prior written notice to Borrower of the time and place (except as provided to the contrary in the final sentence of this paragraph), sell, assign or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof that shall then be in, or shall thereafter come into, the possession, custody or control of Lender or any of its agents, at such place or places as Lender deems appropriate, and for cash or for credit or for future delivery, at public or private sale, without demand of performance or notice of intention to effect any such disposition or of the time or place thereof (except such notice as is required above or required by applicable statute, and cannot be waived), and Lender or anyone else may be the purchaser, assignee or recipient of any or all of the Pledged Collateral so disposed of at any public sale (or, to the extent permitted by law, at any private sale) and thereafter hold the same absolutely, free from any claim or right of any kind, including any right of equity of redemption (statutory or otherwise) of Borrower, and Borrower hereby expressly waives and releases any such demand of performance, notice (other than the notice set forth above and any non-waivable statutory notice) and right of equity of redemption. Lender may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for the sale, and such sale may be made at any time or place to which the sale may be so adjourned. The proceeds of each collection, sale or other disposition under this Section 9(d) shall be applied in accordance with Section 9(c) hereof. (e) Private Sale. Lender shall incur no liability as a result of the sale of the Pledged Collateral, or any part thereof, at any private sale pursuant to Section 9(d) hereof conducted in a commercially reasonable manner and in accordance with the Code. Borrower hereby waives any claims against Lender arising by reason of the fact that the price at which the Pledged Collateral may have been sold at any such private sale was less than the price that might have been obtained at a public sale or was less than the aggregate amount of the Secured Obligations, even if Lender accepts the first offer received and does not offer the Pledged Collateral to more than one offeree. Section 10. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. (a) No failure on the part of Lender to exercise, no course of dealing with respect to, and no delay on the part of Lender in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies provided at law or in equity. 14 (b) In the event Lender shall have instituted any proceeding to enforce any right, power or remedy under this Agreement, and such proceeding shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or shall have been determined adversely to Lender, then and in every such case, Borrower, Lender and each other party to any of the Defeasance Documents shall be restored to their respective former positions and rights hereunder with respect to the Pledged Collateral, and all rights, remedies and powers of Lender shall continue as if no such proceeding had been instituted. Section 11. Lender May Perform; Lender Appointed Attorney-in Fact. If Borrower fails to do any act or thing that Borrower has covenanted to do hereunder or if any warranty on the part of Borrower contained herein shall be breached and such breach continues beyond any applicable grace or notice period, Lender or Servicer may (but shall not be obligated to), upon prior written notice to Borrower specifying the action to be taken, do the same or cause it to be done or remedy any such breach, and may expend funds for such purpose. Any and all amounts so expended by Lender or Servicer (including, but not limited to, reasonable legal expenses and disbursements) shall be paid by Borrower promptly upon demand therefor, with interest at the default rate specified in the Note, during the period from the date on which such payment is made to and including the date of repayment. Borrower hereby authorizes Lender and Servicer and appoints Lender and Servicer as its attorneys-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of Borrower and in the name of Borrower, or otherwise, from time to time in Lender's or Servicer's reasonable discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument which is consistent and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Defeasance Documents and which Lender or Servicer may deem reasonably necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the other Defeasance Documents. The foregoing grant of authority is a power of attorney coupled with an interest and such appointment shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement. Borrower hereby ratifies all actions that such attorney shall lawfully take or cause to be taken in accordance with this Section 11. Section 12. Modification in Writing. This Agreement, and any provisions hereof, may not be modified, amended, waived, extended, changed, discharged or terminated orally or by any act or failure to act on the part of Borrower or Lender, but only by an agreement in writing and signed by Borrower, Lender and with respect to Sections 6(e), 7, 8, 9(b), 12, 13, 14, 16, 22 and 25 of this Agreement, the Intermediary. Any amendment, modification or supplement of or to any provision of this Agreement, any waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and any consent to any departure by Borrower from the terms of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which made or given. Section 13. Termination; Release. When all of the Secured Obligations have been satisfied, performed in full, and released, this Agreement shall terminate. Upon termination of this Agreement or any release of Pledged Collateral in accordance with the provisions of the Defeasance Documents, Lender shall upon the request and at the sole cost and expense of Borrower forthwith assign, transfer and deliver, and shall direct Intermediary, to assign, transfer and deliver, to Borrower against receipt and without express or implied recourse to or warranty by Lender (i) such of the 15 Pledged Collateral to be released as may be in possession of Lender or Intermediary and as shall not have been sold or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof, and (ii) proper instruments (including Code termination statements) acknowledging the termination of this Agreement or the release of the lien of the Pledged Collateral, as the case may be. Section 14. Notices. All notices or other communications hereunder by any party to the other party shall be in writing and shall be delivered by first class certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested or by nationally-recognized commercial overnight courier. Such notices or communications shall be deemed to be received by the addressee on the third (3rd) day following the day such notice is deposited with the United States postal service first class certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or on the first (1st) business day after deposit with such overnight courier, in either case addressed to the Borrower Address, Lender Address or Intermediary Address, as applicable, for the party to whom such notice is to be given, or to such other address as Borrower, Lender or Intermediary, as the case may be, shall in like manner designate in writing by prior written notice to the other parties hereto. Except where notice is specifically required by this Agreement, the other Defeasance Documents or applicable law, no notice to or demand on Borrower in any case shall entitle Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Section 15. Continuing Security Interest; Assignment. This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Pledged Collateral and shall (i) be binding upon each party hereto and each of its successors and assigns, and (ii) inure to the benefit of Lender and its successors and assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (ii), Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of the Secured Obligations to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to Lender, herein or otherwise. Except for the assignment to Successor Borrower contemplated by the terms and conditions of the Assumption Agreement, Borrower shall not, without the written consent of Lender and, if necessary, each Rating Agency that has issued a rating of the Certificates, assign its rights under this Agreement. Section 16. Governing Law; Venue. THE INTERMEDIARY AGREES THAT FOR ALL PURPOSES, INCLUDING SECTION 8-110(E) OF THE CODE AND THE FEDERAL BOOK-ENTRY REGULATIONS, THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL BE THE "SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY'S JURISDICTION" (AS DEFINED IN THE CODE AND THE FEDERAL BOOK-ENTRY REGULATIONS). THIS AGREEMENT, THE CREATION, ATTACHMENT, PERFECTION, EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR NON-PERFECTION AND PRIORITY OF THE RIGHTS AND INTERESTS OF LENDER IN THE PLEDGED COLLATERAL, AND ALL OTHER RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE, INCLUDING THE CODE AND INCLUDING NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO LAWS OF THE STATE CONCERNING CONFLICTS OF LAWS OR CHOICE OF FORUM. 16 BORROWER, LENDER AND INTERMEDIARY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION IN THE STATE AND TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK OVER ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT. JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF ANY ACTION BROUGHT TO ENFORCE THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DEFEASANCE DOCUMENT OR ANY ACTION RELATING TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THE RELATIONSHIPS CREATED BY OR UNDER THE DEFEASANCE DOCUMENTS ("ACTION") SHALL, AT THE ELECTION OF LENDER, BE IN (AND IF ANY ACTION IS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT IN ANOTHER VENUE, THE ACTION SHALL AT THE ELECTION OF LENDER BE TRANSFERRED TO) A STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION LOCATED IN THE STATE. BORROWER, LENDER AND INTERMEDIARY HEREBY CONSENT AND SUBMIT TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE AND OF FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACTION AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL PERSONAL RIGHTS UNDER THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER STATE TO OBJECT TO JURISDICTION WITHIN THE STATE RELATING TO ANY ACTION. BORROWER, LENDER AND INTERMEDIARY HEREBY WAIVE AND AGREE NOT TO ASSERT, AS A DEFENSE TO ANY ACTION OR A MOTION TO TRANSFER VENUE OF ANY ACTION, (I) ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT SUBJECT TO SUCH JURISDICTION; (II) ANY CLAIM THAT ANY ACTION MAY NOT BE BROUGHT AGAINST IT OR IS NOT MAINTAINABLE IN THOSE COURTS OR THAT THIS AGREEMENT MAY NOT BE ENFORCED IN OR BY THOSE COURTS, OR THAT IT IS EXEMPT OR IMMUNE FROM EXECUTION; (III) THAT THE ACTION IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM; OR (IV) THAT THE VENUE FOR THE ACTION IS IN ANY WAY IMPROPER. Section 17. Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or determined by a court of law to be 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 or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. Section 18. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements to this Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties to this Agreement in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Section 19. Headings, Recitals; Exhibits. The Section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction of this Agreement, but the Recitals herein and the Exhibits attached hereto are hereby incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement. 17 Section 20. Entire Agreement; Successors and Assigns. This Agreement, together with those other agreements referenced herein, constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties to this Agreement with respect to the matters and transactions contemplated by this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings whatsoever relating to such matters and transactions. This Agreement shall be binding upon and, subject to Section 15 above, shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the parties to this Agreement. Section 21. Limitation on Duty of Lender in Respect of Collateral. Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, Lender shall have no duty as to any Pledged Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. Lender shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Pledged Collateral in its possession if the Pledged Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which Lender accords its own property, and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or damage to any of the Pledged Collateral, or for any diminution in the value thereof, by reason of the act or omission of any agent or bailee selected by Lender in good faith. Section 22. Indemnification. Borrower agrees to indemnify Lender, Intermediary and Servicer (collectively, the "Indemnitees" and individually, an "Indemnitee") and hold such Indemnitees harmless from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses of any kind, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, which may be incurred by any Indemnitee in connection with any Indemnitee's actions hereunder or in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceedings (whether or not such Indemnitee shall be designated a party thereto) relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the Pledged Collateral or the other Defeasance Documents (including, without limitation, any such proceeding by Borrower against any Indemnitee or by any Indemnitee against Borrower); provided that no Indemnitee shall have the right to be indemnified hereunder for its own negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Section 23. Authority. Any Person executing this Agreement in a fiduciary or other representative capacity represents that it has full power and authority to do so and that any applicable or required court, company, partnership, corporate or other authority has been duly and properly given and continues as of the date hereof. 18 Section 24. Insufficient Funds. If, at any time the funds available in the Pledged Collateral Account are insufficient to satisfy all obligations then due under the Note or under any other Defeasance Document (other than any insufficiency resulting from the failure of an Obligor to make timely payments with respect to the Securities), Borrower shall, immediately upon receipt of written notice from Lender or Intermediary, deposit into the Pledged Collateral Account, an amount sufficient to pay the entire shortfall. Section 25. Waiver of Trial by Jury. BORROWER, LENDER AND INTERMEDIARY EACH HEREBY AGREES NOT TO ELECT A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE OF RIGHT BY JURY, AND WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY FULLY TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH RIGHT SHALL NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY EXIST WITH REGARD TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO, OR ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER ACTION ARISING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS GIVEN KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY BY BORROWER, LENDER AND INTERMEDIARY, AND IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS INDIVIDUALLY EACH INSTANCE AND EACH ISSUE AS TO WHICH A RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY WOULD OTHERWISE ACCRUE. BORROWER, LENDER AND INTERMEDIARY EACH IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF THIS SECTION IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER BY EACH OTHER. [Signatures On Following Page] 19 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written. BORROWER: GLIMCHER UNIVERSITY MALL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership By: Glimcher Tampa, Inc., a Delaware corporation, its general partner By:____________________________ Name: George A. Schmidt Title: Executive Vice President [Signatures continue on following page] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written. LENDER: ------- LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (f/k/a LaSalle National Bank), as Trustee For Nomura Asset Securities Corporation, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1998-D6 By: Capmark Finance Inc., a California corporation, its authorized agent By: ___________________________SEAL] Name: Jillian M. Brittin Title: Vice President [Signatures continue on following page] Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., acting in its capacity as Securities Intermediary, acknowledges its agreement to be bound by the provisions set forth in Sections 6(e), 7, 8, 9(b), 12, 13, 14, 16, 22 and 25 of this Defeasance Pledge and Security Agreement, as of the date first written above. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., a national banking association By:_____________________________________ Name:___________________________________ Its:____________________________________ EXHIBIT A --------- SECURITIES EX-10.21 3 glimcher_ex1021.txt DEFEASANCE, ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND RELEASE AGREEMENT Exhibit 10.21 DEFEASANCE ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND RELEASE AGREEMENT --------------------- THIS DEFEASANCE ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND RELEASE AGREEMENT, dated as of December 22, 2006, (this "Agreement") made by and among GLIMCHER UNIVERSITY MALL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Borrower"), SB NASC 1998-D6 HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Successor Borrower"), LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (f/k/a LaSalle National Bank), as Trustee for Nomura Asset Securities Corporation, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1998-D6, as secured party (said Trustee and its successors and assigns, "Lender"), CAPMARK FINANCE INC. ("Servicer"), and, for the sole purpose of acknowledging the transactions effected by this Agreement, WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as securities intermediary and custodian ("Intermediary"). RECITALS: A. Nomura Asset Capital Corporation ("Original Lender"), made a loan in the original principal amount of $64,898,546.00 (the "Mortgage Loan") to Borrower pursuant to a Loan Agreement dated December 17, 1997 by and between Original Lender and Borrower, as amended by that certain Amendment to Loan Agreement dated March 26, 1998 (as amended, the "Loan Agreement"). The Mortgage Loan is evidenced by a Promissory Note dated December 17, 1997, from Borrower and payable to Original Lender (the "Note"). B. The Mortgage Loan and Note are secured by, among other things, that certain Mortgage, Assignment of Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated December 17, 1997 from Borrower to Original Lender recorded January 7, 1998 in Official Records Book 8861, Page 0466 for Hillsborough County, Florida and that certain Assignment of Leases and Rents, dated December 17, 1997 and recorded January 7, 1998 in Official Records Book 8861, Page 0527 for Hillsborough County, Florida (together, the "Security Instrument") which grants to Original Lender, among other things, a lien on the real and personal property described in said Security Instrument (the "Mortgaged Property"). The Mortgage Loan is further evidenced or secured by various other documents executed by Borrower in favor of Original Lender (together with the Note, the Loan Agreement and Security Instrument, the "Mortgage Loan Documents"). C. Lender is the current holder of the Note and the other Mortgage Loan Documents. D. Pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents, Borrower has directed Lender to release the Mortgaged Property from the liens and security interests of the Security Instrument and to release any other collateral or security previously given by Borrower as security for the Mortgage Loan upon Borrower's defeasance of the Mortgage Loan (the "Defeasance"). E. Borrower is the legal and beneficial owner of the Securities (as hereinafter defined). Pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents, and as a condition precedent to Lender's obligation to release the Mortgaged Property from the liens and security interests of the Security Instrument, Borrower has granted to Lender, a security interest in the Pledged Collateral (as hereinafter defined) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Defeasance Pledge and Security Agreement of even date herewith among Borrower, Lender, and Intermediary (the "Pledge Agreement"). F. In connection with the Pledge Agreement, Borrower, Lender, Intermediary, and Servicer, have entered into the Defeasance Account Agreement of even date herewith (the "Account Agreement"), pursuant to which Intermediary has established and will maintain an account to hold the interests of Borrower and Successor Borrower in the Pledged Collateral. G. Pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents, Borrower is required or permitted to transfer and assign all of its obligations, rights and duties under and to the Note and the other Defeasance Documents (as defined in the Pledge Agreement), together with its right, title and interest in the Pledged Collateral, to a successor entity established or designated in accordance with the Mortgage Loan Documents. H. Successor Borrower has been established or designated as a Single Purpose Entity (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) that will assume Borrower's rights and obligations under the Defeasance Documents. I. Borrower desires to (i) obtain the release of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Security Instrument and the other Mortgage Loan Documents, (ii) transfer and assign its rights and obligations under the Note and the other Defeasance Documents to Successor Borrower, and (iii) obtain a release of the Borrower's rights and obligations under the Note, the Mortgage Loan Documents, and the other Defeasance Documents as set forth in Section 5 herein. Successor Borrower desires to assume Borrower's rights and obligations under the Note and the Defeasance Documents to the extent provided herein, and acquire Borrower's right, title and interest in and to the Pledged Collateral. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises of the parties hereto and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: Section 1. Definitions. Each capitalized term used and not defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge Agreement. The following terms shall have the following meanings when used in this Agreement. "Entity" means a limited partnership. "Entity State" means the State of Delaware. "Servicer Address" means: c/o Capmark Finance Inc. 200 Witmer Road Horsham, PA 19044 Attn: Loan Servicing/Loan #400029644 2 "Successor Borrower Address" means: SB NASC 1998-D6 Holdings, LLC 235 Whitehorse Lane Kennett Square, PA 19348 Attention: ____________ "Successor Borrower Organization Name" means SB NASC 1998-D6 Holdings, LLC. "Successor Borrower Organization State" means the State of Delaware. "Successor Borrower Organizational Number" means ______. "Successor Borrower Tax Identification Number" means ________. Section 2. Assignment of Secured Obligations and Securities. Effective as of the date hereof, Borrower hereby sells, transfers and assigns to Successor Borrower, (a) the Secured Obligations, and all obligations, rights, including, without limitation, any right to prepay the Loan, and duties in, to and under, and subject to the terms of the Defeasance Documents, and (b) all of Borrower's right, title and interest in and to the Pledged Collateral, subject to the terms of the Defeasance Documents and to the rights of the Lender and the obligations of the Intermediary pursuant to the Pledge Agreement and the Account Agreement. Section 3. Assumption of Mortgage Loan Obligations. (a) Successor Borrower, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, hereby assumes, and agrees to be bound by and to perform and/or be deemed to have made, as applicable, each of the Secured Obligations and all other covenants, agreements, representations and warranties of Borrower under the Note, the Pledge Agreement, and the Account Agreement, including, without limitation, assuming any rights and requirements in the Note related to the prepayment of the Loan, first arising or accruing on or after the date of the transfer of the Pledged Collateral to Successor Borrower; provided, however, Successor Borrower shall not assume any obligations (i) under Section 4 of the Pledge Agreement (with respect to the Securities transferred to Successor Borrower on the date hereof), (ii) that arise as a result of Borrower's failure to effect the initial perfection of Lender's interest in the Pledged Collateral prior to the transfer of the Pledged Collateral to Successor Borrower, (iii) that arise as a result of any misrepresentation or misstatement made by Borrower in any of the Defeasance Documents or otherwise made by Borrower in connection with the Defeasance, (iv) that specifically relate to the use or operation of the Mortgaged Property to the extent that provisions of the Mortgage Loan Documents have been incorporated 3 into the Note, including, without limitation, any real-property related events of default set forth in the Mortgage Loan Document, or (v) of any expenses that may be due and payable under the Note or the Mortgage other than principal and interest due under the Note, unless such other costs or expenses are specifically identified and expressly assumed by the Successor Borrower herein. (b) Except as set forth in Section 3(c) below, Lender shall have no recourse against, and Lender shall not enforce any monetary judgment with respect to the Secured Obligations against, assets of Successor Borrower other than the Pledged Collateral. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3(b) above, Successor Borrower (but not its members or managers) shall be personally liable for all claims, demands, liabilities, deficiencies, losses, damages, judgments, costs, and expenses, including without limitation reasonable attorneys fees and costs of collection incurred, suffered or paid by Lender as a result of: (i) any representation, warranty or certification made by or on behalf of Successor Borrower for the benefit of Lender in any of the Defeasance Documents (or in any modification or supplement thereto), or in any certificate, report, financial statement or other item furnished to Lender by or on behalf of Successor Borrower in connection with the Defeasance having been false or misleading in any material respect as of the time made or furnished; (ii) the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof or interest therein becoming subject to any security interest, pledge, covenant, lien, or other encumbrance whether junior or senior to the interest of Lender as a result of any actions or inaction of Successor Borrower; (iii) the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof or interest therein being sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed or otherwise disposed of, or becoming the subject of any attempted sale, assignment, transfer or conveyance, by Successor Borrower, subject to the terms of Section 4(e) of the Account Agreement following payment of the Mortgage Loan; (iv) any of the Events of Default described in subsections (iv) through (xii) of Section 9(a) of the Pledge Agreement shall occur as a result of actions of Successor Borrower or circumstances relating to Successor Borrower; or (v) Successor Borrower's failure to immediately deposit into the Pledged Collateral Account an amount sufficient to pay any shortfall if, at any time, funds available in the Pledged Collateral Account (without taking into account reinvestment income) are insufficient to satisfy all obligations then due under the Note or under any of the other Defeasance Documents, including payment of the Mortgage Loan in full on the Optional Prepayment Date, other than any insufficiency resulting from the failure of an Obligor to make timely payments with respect to the Securities. 4 (d) Successor Borrower's assumption of the obligations of Borrower under the Defeasance Documents as set forth above is limited to those obligations arising on and after the date hereof, except that Successor Borrower expressly assumes (i) liability under the Note for unpaid principal and interest accruing on the Mortgage Loan from and after the first day of the interest accrual period in which the Defeasance occurs, which amount shall be deposited by Borrower in the Pledged Collateral Account on or before the date hereof and paid in accordance with the provisions of the Account Agreement from the Pledged Collateral Account, and (ii) any liability that may arise if the Securities are insufficient to make timely payments in accordance with the Account Agreement (other than any insufficiency resulting from the failure of an Obligor to make timely payments with respect to the Securities). (e) On or before June 30th of each calendar year during the term of the Mortgage Loan, and within thirty (30) days after written request from Lender, Successor Borrower shall deliver to Lender a certification signed by an officer or manager of Successor Borrower, certifying that such Person is familiar with the activities and operations of Successor Borrower and Successor Borrower's affiliates and all transactions entered into by Successor Borrower during the preceding twelve months, and that, to such Person's knowledge, Successor Borrower has (i) conducted itself as a Single Purpose Entity during such period, (ii) filed all tax returns required to be filed during such period, and (ii) paid all taxes due and payable during such period. If requested by Lender, each such certification shall be accompanied by an original certificate of existence or good standing issued by the Secretary of State of the Successor Borrower Organization State dated not more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of such certification. (f) In addition to the Lender's rights under the Mortgage Loan Documents, Successor Borrower hereby grants to Lender and Servicer a power of attorney to file any franchise or other administrative filings that may be required to maintain Successor Borrower's good standing and legal existence in the event Successor Borrower fails to do so (and such failure continues for 30 days after Successor Borrower's receipt of written notice of such failure). The foregoing grant of authority is a power of attorney coupled with an interest and such appointment shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement. Any and all losses, expenses and costs of any nature or kind whatsoever that may be paid or incurred by the Lender or Servicer as a result of the Successor Borrower's failure to maintain its good standing and legal existence are specifically included within the Secured Obligations for which the Securities and any proceeds thereof are pledged. (g) In addition to any other remedies that the Lender may have under the Defeasance Documents, in the event of the failure of the Successor Borrower to maintain its status as a Single Purpose Entity in good standing, the Successor Borrower's failure to file all required tax returns and pay all taxes which it owes, or the Successor Borrower's failure to file all forms and documents required to maintain its separate legal existence (in each case, which failure shall continue for 60 days after Successor Borrower's receipt of written notice of such failure), Successor Borrower hereby agrees to the assumption of the Mortgage Loan by, and the transfer of the Pledged Collateral to, a Single Purpose Entity designated by Lender and hereby appoints Lender and Servicer as attorneys in fact with power of attorney to effect such transfer and assumption. The foregoing grant of authority is a power of attorney coupled with an interest and such appointment shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement. 5 (h) Borrower acknowledges that Successor Borrower is (i) assuming the Secured Obligations and the obligation to pay all fees and amounts due under the Defeasance Documents first arising on or after the date hereof, including, but not limited to, all fees and costs first arising on or after the date hereof under Section 9 of the Account Agreement, (ii) assuming any rights and requirements, if any, in the Defeasance Documents related to the prepayment of the Mortgage Loan prior to the Optional Prepayment Date, and (iii) the owner of all proceeds, if any, from the Pledged Collateral in excess of amounts due under the Defeasance Documents. Section 4. Acknowledgment of Lender. Subject to (a) the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions to the Defeasance set forth in the Mortgage Loan Documents, and (b) the Defeasance Documents, Lender hereby recognizes and consents to Borrower's transfer and assignment to Successor Borrower of Borrower's rights in the Pledged Collateral and its rights and obligations under the Defeasance Documents in accordance with Section 2 above, and the assumption by Successor Borrower of Borrower's rights in the Pledged Collateral and its rights and obligations under the Defeasance Documents in accordance with Section 3 above. Section 5. Release of Borrower. (a) In reliance upon the representations and warranties of Borrower set forth in the Defeasance Documents, Lender (1) shall promptly release and discharge the Mortgaged Property (and other interests subject to the lien of the Mortgage Loan Documents) from the liens and security interest of the Security Instrument and the other Mortgage Loan Documents, (2) authorizes Borrower to terminate any UCC financing statements filed in connection with the Mortgage Loan naming Borrower as debtor, and listing all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property as collateral therein, and (3) hereby releases and discharges Borrower and Guarantor from all claims, liabilities and obligations under the Mortgage Loan Documents and the Defeasance Documents related to events first occurring or arising after the transfer of the Pledged Collateral to Successor Borrower (including, without limitation, a release and discharge of all obligations under Section 24 of the Pledge Agreement, without regard for the date such obligations may have first occurred or arose); provided, however, the Borrower and Guarantor shall not be released from liability for any loss or damages suffered, or expenses incurred, by Lender, Successor Borrower, or Intermediary as a result of or established pursuant to a claim, liability or obligation: (i) arising from Borrower's obligations under Sections 4 or 5 of the Pledge Agreement that have not been expressly assumed by Successor Borrower under this Agreement; (ii) with respect to any representation, warranty or certification of Borrower or Guarantor under this Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Account Agreement, Waiver and Consent and the Defeasance Certificate or in any certificate, report, financial statement or other item delivered by or on behalf of Borrower in connection therewith (other than any certification set forth in the Accountant's Report delivered by or on behalf of Borrower) that was false or misleading in any material respect when made or delivered; 6 (iii) arising as a result of the transfer of, or the creation and perfection of the first priority lien on the Pledged Collateral being deemed void or voidable for any reason whatsoever, or arising as a result of any other payment made by Borrower or Guarantor in respect of amounts due under the Mortgage Loan Documents on or prior to the date hereof being recovered from the Lender by Borrower, its creditors, or any other Person for any reason whatsoever claiming by or through Borrower; (iv) for any other failure by Borrower to pledge the Pledged Collateral to Lender or take or authorize any action necessary to effect the first priority perfection of Lender's lien and security interest therein on or before the date hereof or to effectively transfer the Pledged Collateral to Successor Borrower in accordance with the Defeasance Documents; (v) arising under any environmental or hazardous materials indemnity agreement or any other indemnity obligation or other obligation set forth in the Mortgage Loan Documents that, by their terms, survive the release of the lien of the Security Instrument; or (vi) arising as a result of an Event of Default under the Pledge Agreement that results from circumstances relating to Borrower, or actions of Borrower, included in subsections (iii) through (viii), (xi) or (xii) of Section 9(a) of the Pledge Agreement. (b) Without limiting any other remedies Lender may have, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default arising under the Mortgage Loan Documents or the Defeasance Documents from any breach, act or omission of Borrower or Guarantor prior to the date hereof, Lender shall be entitled to enforce all of its remedies set forth in the Mortgage Loan Documents and the Defeasance Documents against Borrower and Guarantor (but not against the Mortgaged Property), but only to the extent of any actual losses or damages incurred by Lender. Except as expressly set forth in this Section 5, Lender hereby releases Borrower and Guarantor from their respective obligations under the Mortgage Loan Documents and the Defeasance Documents. Section 6. Release of Lender and Servicer. Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that: (i) from and after the date hereof, Lender and Servicer may deal solely with Successor Borrower in all matters relating to the Mortgage Loan (except in the case of matters in which liability is to be asserted against Borrower or Guarantor); (ii) Lender and Servicer have no further duty or obligation of any nature relating to the Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Loan Documents to Borrower (except that the Servicer agrees to return to Borrower promptly following the date hereof any escrows or reserves that it holds pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents); and (iii) Borrower hereby releases Lender and Servicer, and each of their predecessors-in-interest, together with all officers, directors, employees and agents of each of the foregoing, from all claims, causes of action and liabilities relating directly or indirectly to the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgage Loan Documents and the Defeasance arising on or prior to the date hereof, including any and all claims arising from or relating to negotiations, demands, requests or exercise of remedies in connection with the Mortgage Loan and the Defeasance (except for claims arising out of Lender or Servicer's fraud, negligence or willful misconduct). 7 Section 7. Representations and Warranties. (a) Borrower represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that, as of the date hereof: (i) Borrower is an Entity duly organized, validly existing in good standing and in full force and effect under the laws of the Entity State; (ii) Borrower has full power, authority and legal right to enter into the Defeasance Documents and to pledge and grant to Lender a lien on, and security interest in, the Pledged Collateral pursuant to the Pledge Agreement. The Defeasance Documents have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Borrower and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with their terms except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally; (iii) the execution and delivery of the Defeasance Documents by Borrower, the consummation of the Defeasance by Borrower, and the compliance by Borrower with the terms and provisions of the Defeasance Documents will not conflict with or result in a breach of, the organizational documents of Borrower, any applicable law or regulation, or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or Governmental Authority applicable to Borrower, or any agreement or instrument to which Borrower is a party or by which Borrower is bound or to which any of the Pledged Collateral is subject, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien upon any earnings or assets of Borrower pursuant to the terms of any such agreement or instrument; (iv) no authorization, consent, approval, license, qualification or formal exemption from, nor any filing, declaration or registration with, any court, Governmental Authority, or with any securities exchange or any other Person is required in connection with (i) the due execution, delivery or performance by Borrower of the Defeasance Documents, (ii) the assignment of, and the grant of a lien on (including the priority thereof), the Pledged Collateral by Borrower in the manner and for the purpose contemplated by the Defeasance Documents, or (iii) the exercise of the rights and remedies of Lender created hereby except those that have been obtained or made prior to or concurrently with the execution hereof; (v) except as set forth in the Waiver and Consent, all principal, interest and other amounts due and payable on or before the date hereof under the Defeasance Documents and the Mortgage Loan Documents have been paid; (vi) no non-monetary default has occurred and is continuing under any of the Mortgage Loan Documents beyond any applicable grace or notice period; (vii) the fair market value of the Mortgaged Property is greater than the fair market value of the Securities. Borrower has received reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the transfers contemplated by the Defeasance Documents; 8 (viii) Borrower has not incurred any indebtedness other than (A) the Mortgage Loan, (B) indebtedness expressly permitted by the Mortgage Loan Documents, and (C) indebtedness, if any, associated with the refinancing of the Mortgage Loan in connection with the Defeasance; (ix) the pledge of the Securities to Lender and transfer of the Securities to Successor Borrower are not done in contemplation of insolvency or bankruptcy or with an intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of Borrower's creditors; (x) Borrower is not insolvent immediately prior to its execution of this Agreement and is not being rendered insolvent by the pledge of the Securities to Lender and transfer of the Securities to Successor Borrower; (xi) the assets owned by Borrower, immediately after giving effect to the pledge of the Securities to Lender and transfer of the Securities to Successor Borrower, represent an amount of capital that is not unreasonably small for the business in which Borrower is engaged, and Borrower does not intend to engage in any other business for which such capital would be unreasonably small; (xii) at the time of the pledge of the Securities to Lender and transfer of the Securities to Successor Borrower, Borrower does not intend to, or believe that it will, incur debts that would be beyond its ability to pay as such debts matured; (xiii) the Mortgage Loan Documents do not contain provisions requiring Borrower to make any scheduled payments that by their terms would be payable on or after the date of the closing of the Defeasance, other than scheduled payments of principal and interest under the Note, including annual surveillance fees of rating agencies, servicing and trustees fees with respect to securitization of the Mortgage Loan, except such payments as have been specifically identified by Borrower and either (a) expressly assumed by Successor Borrower under the Defeasance Documents, or (b) paid in full in advance by Borrower in connection with the closing of the Defeasance; and (xiv) Borrower's purpose in entering into the Defeasance is to facilitate a sale of the Mortgaged Property or other customary commercial transaction and not as part of an arrangement to collateralize the REMIC pool evidenced by the Certificates with obligations that are not real estate mortgages. (b) Successor Borrower represents, warrants and covenants to the other parties hereto that: (i) Successor Borrower is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Successor Borrower Organization State. The name of the Successor Borrower indicated in the public records of the Successor Borrower Organization State is the Successor Borrower Organization Name. Successor Borrower has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Defeasance Documents; 9 (ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the assumption of the Borrower's rights and obligations under the Pledge Agreement and the Account Agreement, and performance of all of Successor Borrower's rights and obligations thereunder, have been duly authorized by all necessary and appropriate action of Successor Borrower; (iii) no consent or approval of any person, entity, or Governmental Authority is required with respect to the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Successor Borrower or the consummation by Successor Borrower of the transactions contemplated thereby or the performance by Successor Borrower of its obligations under this Agreement and the other Defeasance Documents, except such consents or approvals as have already been obtained; (iv) this Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and the Account Agreement are the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Successor Borrower, enforceable against the Successor Borrower in accordance with their respective terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws of general applicability affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights; (v) the state of organization of Successor Borrower is the Successor Borrower Organization State, Successor Borrower's taxpayer identification number is Successor Borrower Tax Identification Number, and Successor Borrower's organizational identification number is Successor Borrower Organizational Number; (vi) since its formation, Successor Borrower has not changed its jurisdiction of organization. Successor Borrower shall not change the Successor Borrower Organization Name as it appears in the organizational documents on file in the Successor Borrower Organization State, or change the Successor Borrower Organization State until (A) it has given Lender not less than 30 days' prior written notice of its intention to do so, clearly describing the new name or jurisdiction, and (B) it has provided Lender with any information regarding the new name or jurisdiction as Lender may request; and if Successor Borrower intends to change the Successor Borrower Organization Name or change the Successor Borrower Organization State, Successor Borrower shall cooperate with Lender in taking all action required by Lender to maintain perfection, priority and validity of the lien of Lender in the Pledged Collateral granted by the Pledge Agreement; (vii) Successor Borrower has no notice or knowledge of any adverse claim, lien or encumbrance with respect to the Pledged Collateral; (viii) Successor Borrower is, has been since the date of its formation, and shall at all times continue to be, a Single Purpose Entity in good standing under the laws of the Successor Borrower Organization State; (ix) the proceeds of the Securities (without regard to reinvestment income) will be sufficient to make all regularly scheduled principal and interest payments required under the Defeasance Documents, assuming timely payments by each Obligor with respect to the Securities; 10 (x) Successor Borrower is not insolvent immediately prior to its execution of this Agreement and is not being rendered insolvent by the assumption of the Defeasance Documents; (xi) the assets owned by Successor Borrower immediately after giving effect to the assumption of the Defeasance Documents represent an amount of capital that is not unreasonably small for the business in which Successor Borrower is engaged, and Successor Borrower does not intend to engage in any other business for which such capital would be unreasonably small; (xii) at the time of the assumption of the Defeasance Documents, Successor Borrower does not intend to, or believe that it will, incur debts that would be beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature; and (xiii) Successor Borrower shall advance funds to cover any shortfall if at any time the funds available in the Pledged Collateral Account are insufficient to pay amounts then due with respect to the Secured Obligations, other than any shortfall resulting from the failure of an Obligor to make timely payments with respect to the Securities. (c) Intermediary acknowledges and confirms that any fees related to investments in Default Permitted Investments or to wire transfers to the Collection Account from the Pledged Collateral Account or to Successor Borrower are included in fees that have already been paid to Intermediary. Section 8. Conditions to Defeasance. Except as set forth on Schedule 1 of the Waiver and Consent, Borrower represents, warrants and covenants that it has satisfied the conditions set forth in the Mortgage Loan Documents required to effectuate the release of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Security Instrument and the closing of the Defeasance of the Mortgage Loan on the date hereof. Borrower has delivered the Defeasance Certificate to Lender on the date hereof, and Borrower acknowledges that Successor Borrower is relying upon such Defeasance Certificate, and on the representations set forth herein, as a condition to entering into this Agreement. Borrower further acknowledges and agrees that all proceeds from the Pledged Collateral in excess of amounts due under the Defeasance Documents will be the sole property of Successor Borrower. Section 9. Modifications. This Agreement, and any provisions hereof, may not be modified, amended, waived, extended or changed (collectively, hereinafter a "Modification"), orally or by an act or failure to act on the part of any party to this Agreement, but only by an agreement in writing and signed by all of the parties to this Agreement. Any Modification to this Agreement shall be effectively only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which made or given. Notwithstanding the foregoing, from and after the date hereof, any new agreement pertaining to the Mortgage Loan or Modification of the Defeasance Documents may be made solely by Successor Borrower and Lender, and shall not require the consent or execution of Borrower, provided no such changes shall increase Borrower's obligations or liabilities under the Mortgage Loan Documents or the Defeasance Documents. 11 Section 10. Approvals. As to itself, each of Borrower and Successor Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Lender that such entity has obtained any and all third-party approvals and consents required to be obtained in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of such entity's obligations hereunder. Section 11. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement applies to, inures to the benefit of, and binds all parties hereto, their heirs, legatees, devisees, administrators, executors, and permitted successors and assigns. Section 12. Headings, Recitals; Exhibits. The Section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction of this Agreement, but the Recitals herein and the Exhibits attached hereto are hereby incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement. Section 13. GOVERNING LAW; VENUE. THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE, INCLUDING THE CODE AND INCLUDING NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO LAWS OF THE STATE CONCERNING CONFLICTS OF LAWS OR CHOICE OF FORUM. BORROWER, LENDER, SUCCESSOR BORROWER, SERVICER AND INTERMEDIARY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION IN THE STATE AND TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK OVER ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT. JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF ANY ACTION BROUGHT TO ENFORCE THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER DEFEASANCE DOCUMENTS OR ANY ACTION RELATING TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THE RELATIONSHIPS CREATED BY OR UNDER THE DEFEASANCE DOCUMENTS ("ACTION") SHALL, AT THE ELECTION OF LENDER, BE IN (AND IF ANY ACTION IS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT IN ANOTHER VENUE, THE ACTION SHALL AT THE ELECTION OF LENDER BE TRANSFERRED TO) A STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION LOCATED IN THE STATE. BORROWER, LENDER, SUCCESSOR BORROWER, SERVICER AND INTERMEDIARY HEREBY CONSENT AND SUBMIT TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE AND OF FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACTION AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL PERSONAL RIGHTS UNDER 12 THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER STATE TO OBJECT TO JURISDICTION WITHIN THE STATE FOR PURPOSES OF ANY ACTION. BORROWER, LENDER, SUCCESSOR BORROWER, SERVICER AND INTERMEDIARY HEREBY WAIVE AND AGREE NOT TO ASSERT, AS A DEFENSE TO ANY ACTION OR A MOTION TO TRANSFER VENUE OF ANY ACTION, (I) ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT SUBJECT TO SUCH JURISDICTION; (II) ANY CLAIM THAT ANY ACTION MAY NOT BE BROUGHT AGAINST IT OR IS NOT MAINTAINABLE IN THOSE COURTS OR THAT THIS AGREEMENT MAY NOT BE ENFORCED IN OR BY THOSE COURTS, OR THAT IT IS EXEMPT OR IMMUNE FROM EXECUTION; (III) THAT THE ACTION IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM; OR (IV) THAT THE VENUE FOR THE ACTION IS IN ANY WAY IMPROPER. INTERMEDIARY AGREES THAT FOR ALL PURPOSES, INCLUDING SECTION 8 110(E) OF THE CODE AND THE APPLICABLE FEDERAL BOOK-ENTRY REGULATIONS, THE STATE SHALL BE THE "SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY'S JURISDICTION" (AS DEFINED IN THE CODE). Section 14. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the other agreements referenced herein, constitute the entire agreement and understanding of the parties to this Agreement with respect to the matters and transactions contemplated by this Agreement and supersede all other prior or concurrent oral or written letters, agreements or understandings with respect to the matters set forth in this Agreement. Section 15. Full Force and Effect. Except as modified by this Agreement and the other Defeasance Documents, the Mortgage Loan Documents shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. Section 16. Counterparts. This Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Section 17. WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY. BORROWER, LENDER, SUCCESSOR BORROWER, SERVICER AND INTERMEDIARY EACH HEREBY AGREES NOT TO ELECT A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE OF RIGHT BY JURY, AND WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY FULLY TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH RIGHT SHALL NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY EXIST WITH REGARD TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO, OR ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER ACTION ARISING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS GIVEN KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY BY BORROWER, LENDER, SUCCESSOR BORROWER, SERVICER AND INTERMEDIARY AND IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS INDIVIDUALLY EACH INSTANCE AND EACH ISSUE AS TO WHICH A RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY WOULD OTHERWISE ACCRUE. BORROWER, LENDER, SUCCESSOR BORROWER, SERVICER AND INTERMEDIARY EACH IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF THIS SECTION IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER BY EACH OTHER. 13 Section 18. Notices. All notices or other communications given hereunder by any party to any other party hereto shall be given in accordance with Section 14 of the Pledge Agreement. All notices and other communications to Successor Borrower shall be sent to the Successor Borrower at the Successor Borrower Address. All notices and other communications to Servicer shall be sent to the Servicer at the Servicer Address. [Signatures On Following Page] 14 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written. BORROWER: GLIMCHER UNIVERSITY MALL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership By: Glimcher Tampa, Inc., a Delaware corporation, its general partner By:_____________________________ Name: George A. Schmidt Title: Executive Vice President [SIGNATURES CONTINUE ON NEXT PAGE] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written. SUCCESSOR BORROWER: ------------------- SB NASC 1998-D6 HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company By: MM NASC 1998-D6, Inc., a Delaware corporation, its managing member By:__________________________ Name: Scott Klein Title: President [SIGNATURES CONTINUE ON NEXT PAGE] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written. LENDER: ------- LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (f/k/a LaSalle National Bank), as Trustee For Nomura Asset Securities Corporation, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1998-D6 By: Capmark Finance Inc., a California corporation, its authorized agent By: __________________________SEAL] Name: Jillian M. Brittin Title: Vice President SERVICER: --------- CAPMARK FINANCE INC., a California corporation By:______________________________ Name: Jillian M. Brittin Title: Vice President [SIGNATURES CONTINUE ON NEXT PAGE] WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., in its capacity as Securities Intermediary and Custodian (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) with respect to the Pledged Collateral, acknowledges the terms and conditions of, and the transactions effected by, this Defeasance Assignment, Assumption and Release Agreement, as of the date first above written. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., BY:_______________________________ Name:_____________________________ Title:____________________________ EX-10.60 4 glimcher_ex1060.txt AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT Exhibit 10.60 AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF December 14, 2006 AMONG GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, AS BORROWER AND KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS AS LEAD ARRANGER AND BOOK MANAGER AND EUROHYPO AG, NEW YORK BRANCH AND WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS CO-SYNDICATION AGENTS AND CHARTER ONE BANK, N.A. AND BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. AS CO-DOCUMENTATION AGENTS AND THE SEVERAL LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO, AS LENDERS TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS.........................................................1 ARTICLE II THE CREDIT.........................................................17 2.1 Generally..........................................................17 2.2 Ratable and Non Ratable Advances...................................17 2.3 Final Principal Payment............................................17 2.4 Facility Fee.......................................................17 2.5 Other Fees.........................................................18 2.6 Minimum Amount of Each Advance.....................................18 2.7 Optional Prepayments...............................................18 2.8 Method of Selecting Types and Interest Periods for New Advances....18 2.9 Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding Advances................19 2.10 Changes in Interest Rate, Etc......................................19 2.11 Rates Applicable After Default.....................................19 2.12 Method of Payment..................................................20 2.13 Notes; Telephonic Notices..........................................20 2.14 Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis.....................20 2.15 Notification of Advances, Interest Rates and Prepayments...........21 2.16 Swingline Advances.................................................21 2.17 Lending Installations..............................................22 2.18 Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent...................22 2.19 Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances.................22 2.20 Usury..............................................................23 2.21 Increase in Aggregate Commitment...................................23 2.22 Extension of Facility Termination Date.............................23 ARTICLE IIA LETTER OF CREDIT SUBFACILITY.....................................24 2A.1 Obligation to Issue................................................24 2A.2 Types and Amounts..................................................24 2A.3 Conditions.........................................................24 2A.4 Procedure for Issuance of Facility Letters of Credit...............25 2A.5 Reimbursement Obligations; Duties of Issuing Bank..................26 2A.6 Participation......................................................26 2A.7 Payment of Reimbursement Obligations...............................27 2A.8 Compensation for Facility Letters of Credit........................28 2A.9 Letter of Credit Collateral Account................................29 ARTICLE III CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES...........................................29 3.1 Yield Protection...................................................29 3.2 Changes in Capital Adequacy Regulations............................30 3.3 Availability of Types of Advances..................................30 3.4 Funding Indemnification............................................30 3.5 Taxes..............................................................31 3.6 Lender Statements; Survival of Indemnity...........................32 ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT...............................................33 4.1 Initial Advance....................................................33 4.2 Each Advance.......................................................34 ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES......................................35 5.1 Existence..........................................................35 5.2 Authorization and Validity.........................................35 5.3 No Conflict; Government Consent....................................35 5.4 Financial Statements; Material Adverse Effect......................35 5.6 Litigation and Guarantee Obligations...............................36 5.7 Subsidiaries.......................................................36 5.8 ERISA..............................................................36 5.9 Accuracy of Information............................................36 5.10 Regulation U.......................................................36 5.11 Material Agreements................................................36 5.12 Compliance With Laws...............................................37 5.13 Ownership of Projects..............................................37 5.14 Investment Company Act.............................................37 5.15 Solvency...........................................................37 5.16 Insurance..........................................................37 5.17 REIT Status........................................................38 5.18 Title to Property..................................................38 5.19 Environmental Matters..............................................38 5.20 Office of Foreign Asset Control....................................39 ARTICLE VI COVENANTS..........................................................39 6.1 Financial Reporting................................................39 6.2 Use of Proceeds....................................................40 6.3 Notice of Default..................................................41 6.4 Conduct of Business................................................41 6.5 Taxes..............................................................41 6.6 Insurance..........................................................41 6.7 Compliance with Laws...............................................41 6.8 Maintenance of Properties..........................................41 6.9 Inspection.........................................................41 6.10 Maintenance of Status..............................................42 6.11 Dividends..........................................................42 6.12 No Change in Control...............................................42 6.13 Intentionally Omitted..............................................42 6.14 Intentionally Omitted..............................................42 6.15 Acquisitions and Investments.......................................42 6.16 Liens..............................................................43 6.17 Affiliates.........................................................43 6.18 Intentionally Omitted..............................................43 6.19 Variable Interest Indebtedness.....................................43 6.20 Consolidated Net Worth.............................................44 6.21 Indebtedness and Cash Flow Covenants...............................44 ii 6.22 Environmental Matters..............................................44 6.23 Permitted Investments..............................................45 6.24 Limitation on Unsecured Indebtedness...............................45 6.25 Encumbrances.......................................................45 ARTICLE VII DEFAULTS..........................................................46 7.1........................................................................46 7.2........................................................................46 7.3........................................................................46 7.4........................................................................46 7.5........................................................................46 7.6........................................................................46 7.7........................................................................46 7.8........................................................................47 7.9........................................................................47 7.10.......................................................................47 7.11.......................................................................47 7.12.......................................................................47 7.13.......................................................................47 7.14.......................................................................47 7.15.......................................................................47 ARTICLE VIII ACCELERATION, WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES...................48 8.1 Acceleration.......................................................48 8.2 Amendments.........................................................48 8.3 Preservation of Rights.............................................49 8.4 Insolvency of Borrower.............................................49 ARTICLE IX GENERAL PROVISIONS.................................................49 9.1 Survival of Representations........................................49 9.2 Governmental Regulation............................................49 9.3 Intentionally Omitted..............................................49 9.4 Headings...........................................................49 9.5 Entire Agreement...................................................50 9.6 Several Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement....................50 9.7 Expenses; Indemnification..........................................50 9.8 Numbers of Documents...............................................50 9.9 Accounting.........................................................50 9.10 Severability of Provisions.........................................50 9.11 Nonliability of Lenders............................................51 9.12 CHOICE OF LAW......................................................51 9.13 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION............................................51 9.14 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL...............................................51 ARTICLE X THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT............................................51 10.1 Appointment........................................................51 10.2 Powers.............................................................52 iii 10.3 General Immunity...................................................52 10.4 No Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, etc.........................52 10.5 Action on Instructions of Lenders..................................52 10.6 Employment of Agents and Counsel...................................53 10.7 Reliance on Documents; Counsel.....................................53 10.8 Administrative Agent's Reimbursement and Indemnification...........53 10.9 Rights as a Lender.................................................53 10.10 Lender Credit Decision.............................................54 10.11 Successor Administrative Agent.....................................54 10.12 Notice of Defaults.................................................54 10.13 Requests for Approval..............................................54 10.14 Defaulting Lenders.................................................55 ARTICLE XI SETOFF; RATABLE PAYMENTS...........................................55 11.1 Setoff.............................................................55 11.2 Ratable Payments...................................................55 ARTICLE XII BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS.................56 12.1 Successors and Assigns.............................................56 12.2 Participations.....................................................56 12.3 Assignments........................................................57 12.4 Dissemination of Information.......................................58 12.5 Tax Treatment......................................................58 ARTICLE XIII NOTICES..........................................................58 13.1 Giving Notice......................................................58 13.2 Change of Address..................................................58 ARTICLE XIV...................................................................58 PATRIOT ACT...................................................................58 ARTICLE XV COUNTERPARTS.......................................................59 EXHIBIT A FORM OF NOTE EXHIBIT B COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE EXHIBIT C ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT EXHIBIT D GUARANTY EXHIBIT E BORROWER'S COUNSEL OPINION LETTER EXHIBIT G AMENDMENT REGARDING INCREASE SCHEDULE 5.6 LITIGATION SCHEDULE 5.7 SUBSIDIARIES OF GPLP SCHEDULE 5.13 EXCEPTIONS TO OWNERSHIP FREE OF UNPERMITTED LIENS SCHEDULE 5.19 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS SCHEDULE 6.25 EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS SECURED BY PLEDGE OF STOCK OR OTHER OWNERSHIP INTERESTS iv AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT This Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2006, is among Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Borrower"), KeyBank National Association, a national banking association, and the several banks, financial institutions and other entities from time to time parties to this Agreement (collectively, the "Lenders") and KeyBank National Association, not individually, but as "Administrative Agent." RECITALS A. The Borrower is primarily engaged in the business of purchasing, owning, operating, leasing and managing retail properties. B. The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and certain other lenders have entered into a Credit Agreement with Borrower dated as of October 17, 2003, as amended by a First Amendment thereto dated as of December, 2003, as further amended by a Second Amendment thereto dated as of September 30, 2004 and further amended by an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement thereto dated August 22, 2005 (the "Existing Agreement"). C. The Borrower has requested that the Lenders and the Administrative Agent amend and restate the Existing Agreement in its entirety and enter into this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement"). The Administrative Agent and the Lenders have agreed to do so. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS ----------- As used in this Agreement: "ABR Applicable Margin" means zero. "Acquisition" means any transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated on or after the date of this Agreement, by which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) acquires any going business or all or substantially all of the assets of any firm, corporation or division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or (ii) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes) of the securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting power for the election of directors (other than securities having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority (by percentage or voting power) of the outstanding partnership interests of a partnership. "Adjusted Annual EBITDA" shall mean, as of the date of calculation, an annualized amount determined by taking the Consolidated Net Income for the twelve (12) most recent months for which financial results have been reported, as adjusted by (a) adding or deducting for, as appropriate, any adjustment made under GAAP for straight lining of rents, gains or losses from sales of assets, impairment and other non-cash charges, accrued distributions to owners of minority interests, other extraordinary items, interest, income taxes, real estate related depreciation expense and real estate amortization expense (including the Glimcher Percentage of such deductions and such adjustments made under GAAP); (b) deducting an annual capital reserve amount equal to the aggregate of (i) $0.15 per square foot times the gross leaseable area of Projects (excluding New Developments) owned by the Glimcher Group at the end of such period, (ii) $0.10 per square foot times the gross leaseable area of New Developments owned by the Glimcher Group at the end of such period, (iii) the product of (A) the Glimcher Percentage multiplied by (B) $0.15 per square foot times the gross leaseable area of Projects (excluding New Developments) owned by Joint Ventures at the end of such period, and (iv) the product of (A) the applicable Glimcher Percentage multiplied by (B) $0.10 per square foot times the gross leaseable area of New Developments owned by Joint Ventures at the end of such period. "Adjusted Funds From Operations" shall mean Funds From Operations less Preferred Dividends, adjusted for impairment and other non-cash charges. "Adjusted Leverage EBITDA" means, for any period, Adjusted Annual EBITDA for such period (i) less that portion of positive Net Operating Income attributable to any Projects sold during the 12 month period to which such positive Net Operating Income applies, (ii) less that portion of positive Net Operating Income attributable to any Projects acquired during such 12 month period and (iii) plus an amount calculated by annualizing the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of the actual Net Operating Income of any Projects acquired by an Investment Affiliate during such period, calculated as if they were owned for the entire 12 month period. "Administrative Agent" means KeyBank National Association in its capacity as agent for the Lenders pursuant to Article X, and not in its individual capacity as a Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Article X. "Advance" means a borrowing hereunder consisting of the aggregate amount of the several Loans made by one or more of the Lenders to the Borrower of the same Type and, in the case of LIBOR Rate Advances, for the same LIBOR Interest Period, including Swingline Advances. "Affiliate" of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person owns 10% or more of any class of voting securities (or other ownership interests) of the controlled Person or possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the controlled Person, whether through ownership of stock, by contract or otherwise. "Aggregate Commitment" means, as of any date, the aggregate of the then-current Commitments of all the Lenders, which is, as of the Agreement Execution Date, $470,000,000, as such amount may be increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.21. "Agreement" means this Credit Agreement, as it may be amended or modified and in effect from time to time. "Agreement Execution Date" means the date this Agreement has been fully executed and delivered by all parties hereto. 2 "Allocated Facility Amount" means, at any time, the sum of all then outstanding Advances and Facility Letter of Credit Obligations. "Alternate Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate of interest per annum equal to the higher of (i) the Prime Rate for such day and (ii) the sum of Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day plus 1/2% per annum. "Applicable Margin" means, as applicable, the ABR Applicable Margin or the LIBOR Applicable Margin which are used in calculating the interest rate applicable to the various Types of Advances. "Article" means an article of this Agreement unless another document is specifically referenced. "Authorized Officer" means any of the President and Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer or Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the general partner of Borrower, acting singly. "Borrower" means Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, and its successors and assigns. "Borrowing Date" means a date on which an Advance is made hereunder. "Borrowing Notice" is defined in Section 2.8. "Business Day" means (i) with respect to any borrowing, payment or rate selection of LIBOR Rate Advances, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks generally are open in Cleveland, Ohio and New York, New York for the conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending activities and on which dealings in United States dollars are carried on in the London interbank market and (ii) for all other purposes, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks generally are open in Cleveland, Ohio and New York, New York for the conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending activities. "Capital Stock" means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person which is not a corporation and any and all warrants or options to purchase any of the foregoing. "Capitalization Rate" means seven and one-half percent (7.5%). "Capitalized Lease" of a Person means any lease of Property imposing obligations on such Person, as lessee thereunder, which are required in accordance with GAAP to be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person. "Capitalized Lease Obligations" of a Person means the amount of the obligations of such Person under Capitalized Leases which would be shown as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. 3 "Cash Equivalents" means, as of any date: (i) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than one year from such date; (ii) mutual funds organized under the United States Investment Company Act rated AAm or AAm-G by S&P and P-1 by Moody's; (iii) certificates of deposit or other interest-bearing obligations of a bank or trust company which is a member in good standing of the Federal Reserve System having a short term unsecured debt rating of not less than A-1 by S&P and not less than P-1 by Moody's (or in each case, if no bank or trust company is so rated, the highest comparable rating then given to any bank or trust company, but in such case only for funds invested overnight or over a weekend) provided that such investments shall mature or be redeemable upon the option of the holders thereof on or prior to a date one month from the date of their purchase; (iv) certificates of deposit or other interest-bearing obligations of a bank or trust company which is a member in good standing of the Federal Reserve System having a short term unsecured debt rating of not less than A-1+ by S&P, and not less than P-1 by Moody's and which has a long term unsecured debt rating of not less than A1 by Moody's (or in each case, if no bank or trust company is so rated, the highest comparable rating then given to any bank or trust company, but in such case only for funds invested overnight or over a weekend) provided that such investments shall mature or be redeemable upon the option of the holders thereof on or prior to a date three months from the date of their purchase; (v) bonds or other obligations having a short term unsecured debt rating of not less than A-1+ by S&P and P-1+ by Moody's and having a long term debt rating of not less than A1 by Moody's issued by or by authority of any state of the United States, any territory or possession of the United States, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and agencies thereof, or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing; (vi) repurchase agreements issued by an entity rated not less than A-1+ by S&P, and not less than P-1 by Moody's which are secured by U.S. Government securities of the type described in clause (i) of this definition maturing on or prior to a date one month from the date the repurchase agreement is entered into; (vii) short term promissory notes rated not less than A-1+ by S&P, and not less than P-1 by Moody's maturing or to be redeemable upon the option of the holders thereof on or prior to a date one month from the date of their purchase; and 4 (viii) commercial paper (having original maturities of not more than 365 days) rated at least A-1+ by S&P and P-1 by Moody's and issued by a foreign or domestic issuer who, at the time of the investment, has outstanding long-term unsecured debt obligations rated at least A1 by Moody's. "Change in Control" means (i) any change in the ownership of either Parent Entity which results in more than twenty-five percent (25%) of such Parent Entity's Capital Stock being acquired by any one Person, or group of Persons which are Affiliates of each other, or (ii) any change in the membership of either Parent Entity's Board of Directors which results in the board members as of any date after the Agreement Execution Date constituting less than 50% of the total board members at any time during the one (1) year period following such date, or (iii) any change in the identity of the owners of the general partnership interests in the Borrower, unless any such owner is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Glimcher Realty Trust. "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or otherwise modified from time to time. "Commitment" means, for each Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Loans not exceeding the amount set forth opposite its signature below or as set forth in any Notice of Assignment relating to any assignment that has become effective pursuant to Section 12.3.2, as such amount may be modified from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. "Consolidated Debt Service" means, for any period, without duplication, (a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period plus (b) the aggregate amount of scheduled principal payments attributable to Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness (excluding optional prepayments and scheduled principal payments in respect of any such Indebtedness which is not amortized through periodic installments of principal and interest over the term of such Indebtedness) required to be made during such period by any member of the Glimcher Group plus (c) a percentage of all such scheduled principal payments required to be made during such period by any Joint Venture on Indebtedness taken into account in calculating Consolidated Interest Expense, equal to the Glimcher Percentage of such principal payments required to be made by Joint Ventures related to Indebtedness. "Consolidated Group" shall mean the Borrower, the Parent Entities and all Subsidiaries which are consolidated with them for financial reporting purposes under GAAP. "Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share" shall mean, with respect to any Investment Affiliate, the percentage of the total equity ownership interests held by the Consolidated Group, in the aggregate, in such Investment Affiliate determined by calculating the percentage of the issued and outstanding stock, partnership interests or membership interests in such Investment Affiliate held by the Consolidated Group in the aggregate. "Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any period without duplication, the amount of interest expense, excluding any non-cash interest expense and capitalized interest, of the Glimcher Group and Glimcher Percentage for such period attributable to Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness during such period. "Consolidated Net Income" shall mean, for any period, net earnings (or loss) after taxes (from continuing operations and discontinued operations) of the Glimcher Group plus the applicable Glimcher Percentage of net earnings (or loss) of all Joint Ventures for such period. 5 "Consolidated Net Worth" means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) Total Asset Value minus (b) Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness as of such date. "Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness" shall mean, as of any date of determination, without duplication, the sum of (a) all Indebtedness of the Glimcher Group outstanding at such date, plus, without duplication (b) the applicable Glimcher Percentage of all Indebtedness of each Joint Venture, adjusted to eliminate increases or decreases arising from FAS-141 and excluding traditional carve-outs relating to non-recourse debt obligations for both the Glimcher Group and the Glimcher Percentage. "Construction in Progress" means, as of any date, the total construction cost incurred of any Projects then under development and not yet open plus the book value of all land not then included in Unimproved Land. "Controlled Group" means all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code. "Conversion/Continuation Notice" is defined in Section 2.9. "Default" means an event described in Article VII. "Defaulting Lender" means any Lender which fails or refuses to perform its obligations under this Agreement within the time period specified for performance of such obligation, or, if no time frame is specified, if such failure or refusal continues for a period of five Business Days after written notice from the Administrative Agent; provided that if such Lender cures such failure or refusal, such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender. "Default Rate" means the interest rate which may apply during the continuance of a Default pursuant to Section 2.11 which shall mean that (i) each LIBOR Rate Advance shall bear interest for the remainder of the applicable LIBOR Interest Period at the rate otherwise applicable to such LIBOR Interest Period plus 2% per annum and (ii) each Floating Rate Advance shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Floating Rate otherwise applicable to the Floating Rate Advance plus 2% per annum. "Environmental Laws" includes, but is not limited to, the following statutes, as amended, any successor thereto, and any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and any state or local statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and the like addressing similar issues: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act; the Hazardous Substances Transportation Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (including but not limited to Subtitle I relating to underground storage tanks); the Solid Waste Disposal Act; the Clean Water Act; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act; the Safe Drinking Water Act; the Occupational Safety and Health Act; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act; the Endangered Species Act; the National Environmental Policy Act; and the River and Harbors Appropriation Act. "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any rule or regulation issued thereunder. 6 "Excluded Taxes" means, in the case of each Lender or applicable Lending Installation and the Administrative Agent, taxes imposed on its overall net income, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by any jurisdiction with taxing authority over the Lender. "Facility Fee" is defined in Section 2.4. "Facility Fee Percentage" means, as of any date, either (a) 0.15% per annum or (b) if at such time the LIBOR Applicable Margin is 1.40%, 0.20% per annum. "Facility Letter of Credit" means a Letter of Credit issued pursuant to Article IIA of this Agreement. "Facility Letter of Credit Fee" is defined in Section 2A.8. "Facility Letter of Credit Obligations" means, as at the time of determination thereof, all liabilities, whether actual or contingent, of the Borrower with respect to Facility Letters of Credit, including the sum of (a) the Reimbursement Obligations and (b) the aggregate undrawn face amount of the then outstanding Facility Letters of Credit. "Facility Letter of Credit Sublimit" means $50,000,000. "Facility Termination Date" means December 13, 2009, which shall be the day immediately prior to the third (3rd) anniversary of the Agreement Execution Date, or if such day is not a Business Day the last Business Day immediately preceding such day, as such date may be extended pursuant to Section 2.22 hereof. "Federal Funds Effective Rate" shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upward to the nearest one one-hundredth of one percent (1/100 of 1%)) announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland on such day as being the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions arranged by federal funds brokers on the previous trading day, as computed and announced by such Federal Reserve Bank in substantially the same manner as such Federal Reserve Bank computes and announces the weighted average it refers to as the "Federal Funds Effective Rate." "Fee Letter" is defined in Section 2.5. "Financial Contract" of a Person means (i) any exchange - traded or over-the-counter futures, forward, swap or option contract or other financial instrument with similar characteristics, or (ii) any Rate Management Transaction. "Financial Undertaking" of a Person means (i) any transaction which is the functional equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person, or (ii) any agreements, devices or arrangements designed to protect at least one of the parties thereto from the fluctuations of interest rates, exchange rates or forward rates applicable to such party's assets, liabilities or exchange transactions, including, but not limited to, interest rate exchange agreements, forward currency exchange agreements, interest rate cap or collar protection agreements, forward rate currency or interest rate options. "First Mortgage Receivable" means any Indebtedness owing to a member of the Consolidated Group which is secured by a first-priority mortgage or deed of trust on commercial real estate having a value in excess of the amount of such Indebtedness and which has been designated by the Borrower as a "First Mortgage Receivable" in its most recent compliance certificate. 7 "Fixed Charges" shall mean, for any period, the sum of (i) Consolidated Debt Service, (ii) all dividends payable on account of preferred stock or preferred operating partnership units of the Borrower or any other Person in the Glimcher Group, (iii) all ground lease payments to the extent not deducted as an expense in calculating Adjusted Annual EBITDA and (iv) plus Glimcher Percentage payable by Joint Ventures with respect to items (ii) and (iii) above. "Floating Rate" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to (i) the Alternate Base Rate for such day plus (ii) ABR Applicable Margin for such day, in each case changing when and as the Alternate Base Rate changes. "Floating Rate Advance" means an Advance which bears interest at the Floating Rate. "Floating Rate Loan" means a Loan which bears interest at the Floating Rate. "Funds From Operations" shall have the meaning determined from time to time by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts to be the meaning most commonly used by its members. "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1. "Glimcher Group" means, collectively, the Borrower, the Parent Entities and any Subsidiaries which are wholly-owned, in the aggregate, by the Borrower and/or the Parent Entities. "Glimcher Percentage" means, with respect to any Joint Venture or any member of the Consolidated Group that is not also a member of the Glimcher Group, the percentage of the total equity interests held by the Glimcher Group, in the aggregate, in such Joint Venture or such member determined by calculating the percentage of the issued and outstanding stock, partnership interests or membership interests in such Joint Venture or such member held by the Glimcher Group in the aggregate. "Governmental Authority" means 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. "Guarantee Obligation" means, as to any Person (the "guaranteeing person"), any obligation (determined without duplication) of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b) another Person (including, without limitation, any bank under any Letter of Credit) to induce the creation of which the guaranteeing person has issued a reimbursement, counter-indemnity or similar obligation, in either case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the "primary obligations") of any other third Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise 8 to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of the primary obligation relating to such Guarantee Obligation (or, if less, the maximum stated liability set forth in the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation), provided, that in the absence of any such stated amount or stated liability, the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person's maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith. "Guaranty" means the guaranty to be executed and delivered by Glimcher Realty Trust and Glimcher Properties Corporation substantially in the form of Exhibit D, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time. "Guarantors" means, as of any date, the Parent Entities then a party to the Guaranty. "Indebtedness" of any Person at any date means without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money including without limitation any repurchase obligation or liability of such Person with respect to securities, accounts or notes receivable sold by such Person, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current trade liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary practices), to the extent such obligations constitute indebtedness for the purposes of GAAP, (c) any other indebtedness of such Person which is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument, (d) all Capitalized Lease Obligations, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person, (f) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person (excluding in any calculation of consolidated Indebtedness of the Consolidated Group, Guarantee Obligations of one member of the Consolidated Group in respect of primary obligations of any other member of the Consolidated Group), (g) all reimbursement obligations of such Person for letters of credit and other contingent liabilities, (h) any Net Mark-to-Market Exposure and (i) all liabilities secured by any lien (other than liens for taxes not yet due and payable) on any property owned by such Person even though such Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof. "Interest Period" means a LIBOR Interest Period. "Investment" of a Person means any loan, advance (other than commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), extension of credit (other than accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business on terms customary in the trade), deposit account or contribution of capital by such Person to any other Person or any investment in, or purchase or other acquisition of, the stock, partnership interests, notes, debentures or other securities of any other Person made by such Person. "Investment Affiliate" means any Person in which the Consolidated Group, directly or indirectly, has any ownership interest, whose financial results are not consolidated under GAAP with the financial results of the Consolidated Group. 9 "Issuance Date" is defined in Section 2A.4(a)(2). "Issuance Notice" is defined in Section 2A.4(c). "Issuing Bank" means, with respect to each Facility Letter of Credit, the Lender which issues such Facility Letter of Credit. KeyBank shall be the sole Issuing Bank. "Joint Venture" means any Investment Affiliate or any member of the Consolidated Group that is not a member of Glimcher Group. "Joint Venture Project" means any Project owned by an Investment Affiliate or any member of the Consolidated Group that is not a member of Glimcher Group excluding, however, any such Projects that are classified as Construction in Progress. "Lenders" means the lending institutions listed on the signature pages of this Agreement, their respective successors and assigns, any other lending institutions that subsequently become parties to this Agreement and the Designated Lenders, if any, provided that the term "Lender" shall exclude each such Designated Lender when used in the reference to the Commitments or terms relating to the Commitments. "Lending Installation" means, with respect to a Lender, any office, branch, subsidiary or affiliate of such Lender. "Letter of Credit" of a Person means a letter of credit or similar instrument which is issued upon the application of such Person or upon which such Person is an account party or for which such Person is in any way liable. "Letter of Credit Collateral Account" is defined in Section 2A.9. "Letter of Credit Request" is defined in Section 2A.4(a). "LIBOR Applicable Margin" means, for any LIBOR Interest Period, the percentage set forth below in accordance with the ratio of Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness to Total Asset Value as of the last day of the most recent preceding fiscal quarter for which financial results have been reported, which percentage shall change upon the date Administrative Agent has received a compliance certificate as required by Section 6.1(v) from the Borrower as of the end of such fiscal quarter in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B: Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness to - ---------------------------------------- Total Asset Value LIBOR Applicable Margin - ----------------- ----------------------- Less than 50% 0.95% Greater than or equal to 50% but less than 55% 1.05% Greater than or equal to 55% but less than 60% 1.15% Greater than or equal to 60% 1.40% "LIBOR Base Rate" means, the rate (rounded upwards to the nearest 1/16th) with respect to a LIBOR Rate Advance for the relevant LIBOR Interest Period, the applicable British Bankers' Association LIBOR rate for deposits in U.S. dollars as reported by any generally recognized financial information service as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such LIBOR 10 Interest Period, and having a maturity equal to such LIBOR Interest Period, provided that, if no such British Bankers' Association LIBOR rate is available to the Administrative Agent, the applicable LIBOR Base Rate for the relevant LIBOR Interest Period shall instead be the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which KeyBank or one of its Affiliate banks offers to place deposits in U.S. dollars with first-class banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such LIBOR Interest Period, in the approximate amount of Administrative Agent's relevant LIBOR Rate Loan and having a maturity equal to such LIBOR Interest Period. "LIBOR Interest Period" means, with respect to each amount bearing interest at a LIBOR based rate, a period of one, two, three or six months, to the extent deposits with such maturities are available to the Lenders, commencing on a Business Day, as selected by the Borrower; provided, however, that any LIBOR Interest Period which begins on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding date in the calendar month in which such LIBOR Interest Period would otherwise end shall instead end on the last Business Day of such calendar month. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any one time there will be no more than six (6) LIBOR Interest Periods outstanding. "LIBOR Rate" means, for any LIBOR Interest Period, the sum of (A) the LIBOR Base Rate applicable thereto divided by one minus the then-current Reserve Requirement and (B) the LIBOR Applicable Margin. "LIBOR Rate Advance" means an Advance which bears interest at a LIBOR Rate. "LIBOR Rate Loan" means a Loan which bears interest at a LIBOR Rate. "Lien" means any lien (statutory or other), mortgage, pledge, negative pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale, Capitalized Lease or other title retention agreement). "Loan" means, with respect to a Lender, such Lender's portion of any Advance. "Loan Documents" means this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranty, and any other document from time to time evidencing or securing indebtedness incurred by the Borrower under this Agreement, as any of the foregoing may be amended or modified from time to time. "Loan Parties" means the Borrower and the Guarantors. "Material Adverse Effect" means, in the Administrative Agent's reasonable discretion, a material adverse effect on (i) the business, property or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Consolidated Group, (ii) the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents, or (iii) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents. "Materials of Environmental Concern" means 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 Law, including, without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation, but excluding substances of kinds and amounts ordinarily used or stored in similar properties for the purposes of cleaning or other maintenance or operations or as inventory of tenants and otherwise in compliance with all Environmental Laws. 11 "Maximum Legal Rate" means the maximum nonusurious interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received on the indebtedness evidenced by the Notes and as provided for herein or in the Notes or other Loan Documents, under the laws of such state or states whose laws are held by any court of competent jurisdiction to govern the interest rate provisions hereof. "Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and its successors. "Multiemployer Plan" means a Plan maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or any other arrangement to which the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group is a party to which more than one employer is obligated to make contributions. "Net Mark-to-Market Exposure" of a Person means, as of any date of determination, the excess (if any) of all unrealized losses over all unrealized profits of such Person arising from Rate Management Transactions or any other Financial Contract. "Unrealized losses" means the fair market value of the cost to such Person of replacing such Rate Management Transaction or other Financial Contract as of the date of determination (assuming the Rate Management Transaction or other Financial Contract were to be terminated as of that date), and "unrealized profits" means the fair market value of the gain to such Person of replacing such Rate Management Transaction or other Financial Contract as of the date of determination (assuming such Rate Management Transaction or other Financial Contract were to be terminated as of that date). "Net Operating Income" means, with respect to any Project for any period, "property rental and other income" (as determined by GAAP) attributable to such Project accruing for such period (adjusted to eliminate the straightlining of rents) minus the amount of all expenses (as determined in accordance with GAAP) incurred in connection with and directly attributable to the ownership and operation of such Project for such period, including, without limitation, Management Fees and amounts accrued for the payment of real estate taxes and insurance premiums, but excluding any general and administrative expenses related to the operation of the Borrower or the Parent Entities, any interest expense or other debt service charges and any non-cash charges such as depreciation or amortization of financing costs. As used herein "Management Fees", means, with respect to each Project for any period, an amount equal to the greater of (i) actual management fees payable with respect thereto and (ii) three percent (3%) per annum on the aggregate base rent and percentage rent due and payable under leases at such Project. "New Developments" means, as of any date, a Project which has been open and operating for less than four (4) full fiscal quarters of the Borrower. "Non-U.S. Lender" is defined in Section 3.5(iv). "Non-Recourse Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, Secured Indebtedness for which the liability of such Person (except with respect to fraud, Environmental Laws liability and other customary non-recourse "carve-out" exceptions) either is contractually limited to collateral securing such Indebtedness or is so limited by operation of law. 12 "One Day LIBOR Rate" means, with respect to Swingline Advances only, for any day, the sum of (A) an interpolated rate, as determined by the Swingline Lender in its sole discretion for such day, equal to the LIBOR Base Rate that would apply to an Interest Period of one day plus (B) the LIBOR Applicable Margin. "Note" means a promissory note, in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, duly executed by the Borrower and payable to the order of a Lender in the amount of its Commitment, including any amendment, modification, renewal or replacement of such promissory note. "Notice of Assignment" is defined in Section 12.3.2. "Obligations" means the Advances and all accrued and unpaid fees and all other obligations of Borrower to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders arising under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. "Other Taxes" is defined in Section 3.5(ii). "Participants" is defined in Section 12.2.1. "Parent Entities" means Glimcher Realty Trust and Glimcher Properties Corporation. "Payment Date" means, with respect to the payment of interest accrued on any Advance, the fifteenth day of each calendar month. "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto. "Percentage" means for each Lender the ratio that such Lender's Commitment bears to the Aggregate Commitment, expressed as a percentage. "Permitted Acquisitions" are defined in Section 6.15. "Permitted Liens" are defined in Section 6.16. "Person" means any natural person, corporation, firm, joint venture, partnership, association, enterprise, trust or other entity or organization, or any government or political subdivision or any agency, department or instrumentality thereof. "Plan" means an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code as to which the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group may have any liability. "Preferred Dividends" means, with respect to any entity, dividends or other distributions which are payable to holders of any ownership interests in such entity which entitle the holders of such ownership interests to be paid on a preferred basis prior to dividends or other distributions to the holders of other types of ownership interests in such entity. "Prime Rate" means a rate per annum equal to the prime rate of interest publicly announced from time to time by Administrative Agent or its parent as its prime rate (which is not necessarily the lowest rate charged to any customer), changing when and as said prime rate changes. In the event that there is a successor to the Administrative Agent by merger, or the Administrative Agent assigns its duties and obligations to an Affiliate, then the term "Prime Rate" as used in this Agreement shall mean the prime rate, base rate or other analogous rate of the new Administrative Agent. 13 "Project" means any real estate asset owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any Investment Affiliate, and operated or intended to be operated as a retail property. "Property" of a Person means any and all property, whether real, personal, tangible, intangible, or mixed, of such Person, or other assets owned, leased or operated by such Person. "Purchasers" is defined in Section 12.3.1. "Rate Management Transaction" means any transaction (including an agreement with respect thereto) now existing or hereafter entered into by the Borrower which is a rate swap, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, forward transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether linked to one or more interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity prices, equity prices or other financial measures. "Recourse Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other member of the Consolidated Group with respect to which the liability of the obligor is not limited to the obligor's interest in specified assets securing such Indebtedness, subject to customary limited exceptions for certain acts or types of liability. "Regulation D" means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor thereto or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to reserve requirements applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System. "Regulation U" means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to the extension of credit by banks for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stocks applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System. "Reimbursement Obligations" means at any time, the aggregate of the Obligations of the Borrower to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent in respect of all unreimbursed payments or disbursements made by the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent under or in respect of the Facility Letters of Credit. "Reportable Event" means a reportable event as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued under such section, with respect to a Plan, excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC by regulation waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within 30 days of the occurrence of such event, provided, however, that a failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code and of Section 302 of ERISA shall be a Reportable Event regardless of the issuance of any such waiver of the notice requirement in accordance with either Section 4043(a) of ERISA or Section 412(d) of the Code. 14 "Required Lenders" means Lenders in the aggregate having at least 66 2/3% of the Aggregate Commitment or, if the Aggregate Commitment has been terminated, Lenders in the aggregate holding at least 66 2/3% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the outstanding Advances. "Reserve Requirement" means, with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan and LIBOR Interest Period, that percentage (expressed as a decimal) which is in effect on such day, as prescribed by the Federal Reserve Board or other governmental authority or agency having jurisdiction with respect thereto for determining the maximum reserves (including, without limitation, basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves) for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency Liabilities" in Regulation D) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System. "Section" means a numbered section of this Agreement, unless another document is specifically referenced. "Secured Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness which is secured by a Lien on a Project, any ownership interests in any Person or any other assets which had, in the aggregate, a value in excess of the amount of such Indebtedness at the time such Indebtedness was incurred. "Single Employer Plan" means a Plan maintained by the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group for employees of the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group. "S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group and its successors. "Subsidiary" of a Person means (i) any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding securities having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) any partnership, association, joint venture or similar business organization more than 50% of the ownership interests having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a "Subsidiary" shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower. "Substantial Portion" means, with respect to the Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, Property which represents more than 10% of then-current Total Asset Value. "Swingline Advances" means, as of any date, collectively, all Swingline Loans then outstanding under this Facility. "Swingline Commitment" means the obligation of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans not exceeding $50,000,000, which is included in, and is not in addition to, the Swingline Lender's total Commitment hereunder. "Swingline Lender" shall mean KeyBank, in its capacity as a Lender. "Swingline Loan" means a loan made by the Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.16 hereof. "Taxes" means any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and any and all liabilities with respect to the foregoing, but excluding Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes. 15 "Total Asset Value" means, as of any date, (i) the Net Operating Income for the most recent four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower for which financial results have been reported attributable to Wholly-Owned Glimcher Projects (excluding 100% of the Net Operating Income attributable to Projects which have not been so owned for six (6) full fiscal quarters as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial results have been reported) divided by the Capitalization Rate, plus (ii) 100% of cost for any such Wholly-Owned Glimcher Projects first acquired during such six (6) fiscal quarter period (including assumed Secured Indebtedness), plus (iii) the Glimcher Percentage of Net Operating Income attributable to Joint Venture Projects for the most recent four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower for which financial results have been reported (excluding Net Operating Income attributable to any such Projects which either have not been so owned for six (6) fiscal quarters as of the end of such most recent fiscal quarter for which financial results have been reported) divided by the Capitalization Rate, plus (iv) the Glimcher Percentage of the price paid for any such Joint Venture Projects first acquired by a Joint Venture during such six (6) fiscal quarter period (including assumed Secured Indebtedness), plus (v) cash and Cash Equivalents owned by the Glimcher Group as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial results have been reported, plus (vi) the Glimcher Percentage of all cash and Cash Equivalents owned by Joint Ventures as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter financial results have been reported plus (vii) Construction in Progress and Unimproved Land of the Glimcher Group, valued in accordance with GAAP, plus (viii) the Glimcher Percentage of any Construction in Progress and Unimproved Land of any other members of the Consolidated Group or Investment Affiliates, valued in accordance with GAAP, plus (ix) First Mortgage Receivables owned by the Glimcher Group, valued in accordance with GAAP, plus (x) the Glimcher Percentage of First Mortgage Receivables owned by any other members of the Consolidated Group and Investment Affiliates, valued in accordance with GAAP. "Transferee" is defined in Section 12.4. "Type" means, with respect to any Advance, its nature as a Floating Rate Advance or LIBOR Rate Advance. "Unfunded Liabilities" means the amount (if any) by which the present value of all vested nonforfeitable benefits under all Single Employer Plans exceeds the fair market value of all such Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such Plans. "Unimproved Land" means, as of any date, any land which (i) is not appropriately zoned for retail development, (ii) does not have access to all necessary utilities or (iii) does not have access to publicly dedicated streets, unless such land has been designated in writing by the Borrower in a certificate delivered to the Agent as land that is reasonably expected to satisfy all such criteria within six (6) months after such date. "Unmatured Default" means an event which but for the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a Default. "Wholly-Owned Glimcher Project" means, as of any date, any Project then wholly-owned by the Glimcher Group, in the aggregate. 16 "Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" of a Person means (i) any Subsidiary all of the outstanding voting securities of which shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person, or (ii) any partnership, association, joint venture or similar business organization 100% of the ownership interests having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled. The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the defined terms. ARTICLE II THE CREDIT ---------- 2.1 Generally. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Lenders severally agree to make Advances through the Administrative Agent to Borrower from time to time prior to the Facility Termination Date, and to support the issuance of Facility Letters of Credit under Article 2A of this Agreement, provided that the making of any such Advance or the issuance of such Facility Letter of Credit will not: (i) cause the then-current Allocated Facility Amount to exceed the then-current Aggregate Commitment; or (ii) cause the then-current outstanding Swingline Advances to exceed the Swingline Commitment; or (iii) cause the then outstanding Facility Letters of Credit Obligations to exceed the Facility Letter of Credit Sublimit. The Advances may be Swingline Advances, ratable Floating Rate Advances or ratable LIBOR Rate Advances. Each Lender shall fund its Percentage of each such Advance (other than a Swingline Advance) and no Lender will be required to fund any amounts which, when aggregated with such Lender's Percentage of all other Advances then outstanding and of all Facility Letter of Credit Obligations, would exceed such Lender's then-current Commitment. This facility ("Facility") is a revolving credit facility and, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, Borrower may request Advances hereunder, repay such Advances and reborrow Advances at any time prior to the Facility Termination Date. 2.2 Ratable and Non Ratable Advances. Each Advance hereunder shall consist of Loans made from the several Lenders ratably in proportion to the ratio their respective Commitments bear to the Aggregate Commitment except for Swingline Loans which shall be made by the Swingline Lender in accordance with Section 2.16. The ratable Advances may be Floating Rate Advances, LIBOR Rate Advances or a combination thereof, selected by the Borrower in accordance with Sections 2.8 and 2.9. 2.3 Final Principal Payment. Any outstanding Advances and all other unpaid Obligations shall be paid in full by the Borrower on the Facility Termination Date. 2.4 Facility Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a facility fee (the "Facility Fee") equal to an aggregate amount computed on a daily basis by multiplying the Facility Fee Percentage applicable to such day times the Aggregate Commitment in effect on 17 such day. The Facility Fee shall be due and payable in arrears on the first Business Day of each calendar quarter and upon any termination of the Aggregate Commitment in its entirety under Section 2.1 hereof. 2.5 Other Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay all fees payable to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Borrower's letter agreement with the Administrative Agent dated as of October 16, 2006 (the "Fee Letter"). 2.6 Minimum Amount of Each Advance. Each Advance shall be in the minimum amount of $200,000; provided, however, that, subject to Section 2.1, any Floating Rate Advance may be in the amount of the unused Aggregate Commitment. 2.7 Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may, upon at least one (1) Business Day's notice to the Administrative Agent, prepay the Advances, which notice shall specify the date and amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is of LIBOR Rate Advances, Floating Rate Advances, Swingline Loans or a combination thereof, and if a combination thereof, the amount allocable to each; provided, however, that (i) any partial prepayment under this Subsection shall be in an amount not less than $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof and; (ii) any LIBOR Rate Advance prepaid on any day other than the last day of the applicable LIBOR Interest Period must be accompanied by any amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.4. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with any amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.4. 2.8 Method of Selecting Types and Interest Periods for New Advances. The Borrower shall select the Type of Advance and, in the case of each LIBOR Rate Advance, the Interest Period applicable to each Advance from time to time. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (a "Borrowing Notice") in the form attached as Exhibit F hereto (i) not later than 1:00 p.m. Cleveland time on the Business Day immediately preceding the Borrowing Date of each Floating Rate Advance, (ii) not later than noon Cleveland time, at least three (3) Business Days before the Borrowing Date for each LIBOR Rate Advance, and (iii) not later than noon Cleveland time on the same Business Day as the Borrowing Date for each Swingline Advance of: (i) the Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day, of such Advance, (ii) the aggregate amount of such Advance, (iii) the Type of Advance selected, and (iv) in the case of each LIBOR Rate Advance, the LIBOR Interest Period applicable thereto. Each Lender shall make available its Loan or Loans, in funds immediately available in Cleveland to the Administrative Agent at its address specified pursuant to Article XIII on each Borrowing Date not later than (i) 11:00 a.m. (Cleveland time), in the case of Floating Rate Advances which have been requested by a Borrowing Notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. (Cleveland time) on the Business Day immediately preceding such Borrowing Date, (ii) 2:00 p.m. (Cleveland time), in the case of Swingline Advances or (iii) noon (Cleveland time) in the case of all other Advances. The Administrative Agent will make the funds so received from the Lenders available to the Borrower at the Administrative Agent's aforesaid address. 18 No Interest Period may end after the Facility Termination Date and, unless the Lenders otherwise agree in writing, in no event may there be more than six (6) different Interest Periods for LIBOR Rate Advances outstanding at any one time. 2.9 Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding Advances. Floating Rate Advances shall continue as Floating Rate Advances unless and until such Floating Rate Advances are converted into LIBOR Rate Advances. Each LIBOR Rate Advance shall continue as a LIBOR Rate Advance until the end of the then applicable LIBOR Interest Period therefor, at which time such LIBOR Rate Advance shall be automatically converted into a Floating Rate Advance unless the Borrower shall have given the Administrative Agent a Conversion/Continuation Notice requesting that, at the end of such LIBOR Interest Period, such LIBOR Rate Advance either continue as a LIBOR Rate Advance for the same or another Interest Period or be converted to an Advance of another Type. Subject to the terms of Section 2.6, the Borrower may elect from time to time to convert all or any part of an Advance of any Type into any other Type or Types of Advances; provided that any conversion of any LIBOR Rate Advance shall be made on, and only on, the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (a "Conversion/Continuation Notice") of each conversion of an Advance to a LIBOR Rate Advance or continuation of a LIBOR Rate Advance not later than 11:00 a.m. (Cleveland time), at least three Business Days, in the case of a conversion into or continuation of a LIBOR Rate Advance, prior to the date of the requested conversion or continuation, specifying: (i) the requested date which shall be a Business Day, of such conversion or continuation; (ii) the aggregate amount and Type of the Advance which is to be converted or continued; and (iii) the amount and Type(s) of Advance(s) into which such Advance is to be converted or continued and, in the case of a conversion into or continuation of a LIBOR Rate Advance, the duration of the LIBOR Interest Period applicable thereto. 2.10 Changes in Interest Rate, Etc.Each Floating Rate Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for each day from and including the date such Advance is made or is converted from a LIBOR Rate Advance into a Floating Rate Advance pursuant to Section 2.9 to but excluding the date it becomes due or is converted into a LIBOR Rate Advance pursuant to Section 2.9 hereof, at a rate per annum equal to the Floating Rate for such day. Changes in the rate of interest on that portion of any Advance maintained as a Floating Rate Advance will take effect simultaneously with each change in the Alternate Base Rate. Each LIBOR Rate Advance shall bear interest from and including the first day of the LIBOR Interest Period applicable thereto to (but not including) the last day of such LIBOR Interest Period at the interest rate determined as applicable to such LIBOR Rate Advance. 2.11 Rates Applicable After Default. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.8 or 2.9, during the continuance of a Default or Unmatured Default the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Borrower (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 8.2 requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders to changes in interest rates), declare that no Advance may be made as, 19 converted into or continued as a LIBOR Rate Advance. During the continuance of a Default the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Borrower (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 8.2 requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders to changes in interest rates), declare that the Default Rate shall apply, provided, however, that the Default Rate shall become applicable automatically if a Default occurs under Section 7.1 or 7.2, unless waived by the Required Lenders. 2.12 Method of Payment. All payments of the Obligations hereunder shall be made, without setoff, deduction, or counterclaim, in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent's address specified pursuant to Article XIII, or at any other Lending Installation of the Administrative Agent specified in writing at least three (3) Business Days in advance by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, by noon (Cleveland time) on the date when due and shall be applied ratably by the Administrative Agent among the Lenders. As provided elsewhere herein, all Lenders' interests in the Advances and the Loan Documents shall be ratable undivided interests and none of such Lenders' interests shall have priority over the others. Each payment delivered to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Lender or amount to be applied or paid by the Administrative Agent to any Lender shall be paid promptly (on the same day as received by the Administrative Agent if received prior to noon (Cleveland time) on such day and otherwise on the next Business Day) by the Administrative Agent to such Lender in the same type of funds that the Administrative Agent received at its address specified pursuant to Article XIII or at any Lending Installation specified in a notice received by the Administrative Agent from such Lender. Payments received by the Administrative Agent but not timely funded to the Lenders shall bear interest payable by the Administrative Agent at the Federal Funds Effective Rate from the date due until the date paid. The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to charge the account of the Borrower maintained with KeyBank for each payment of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder. 2.13 Notes; Telephonic Notices. Each Lender is hereby authorized to record the principal amount of each of its Loans and each repayment on the schedule attached to its Note, provided, however, that the failure to so record shall not affect the Borrower's obligations under such Note. The Borrower hereby authorizes the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to extend, convert or continue Advances, effect selections of Types of Advances and to transfer funds based on written notices made by any Authorized Officer and Borrower agrees to deliver promptly to the Administrative Agent such written notice. The Administrative Agent will at the request of the Borrower, from time to time, but not more often than monthly, provide notice of the amount of the outstanding Aggregate Commitment, the Type of Advance, and the applicable interest rate, if for a LIBOR Rate Advance. Upon a Lender's furnishing to Borrower an affidavit to such effect, if a Note is mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, Borrower shall deliver to such Lender, in substitution therefore, a new note containing the same terms and conditions as such Note being replaced. 2.14 Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis. Interest accrued on each Advance shall be payable on each Payment Date, commencing with the first such date to occur after the date hereof, at maturity, whether by acceleration or otherwise, and upon any termination of the Aggregate Commitment in its entirety under Section 2.1 hereof. Interest, Facility Letter of Credit Fees and Facility Fees shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 360-day year. Interest shall be payable for the day an Advance is made but not for the day of any payment on the amount paid if payment is received prior to noon (Cleveland time) at the place of payment. If any payment of principal of or interest on an Advance shall become due on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of a principal payment, such extension of time shall be included in computing interest in connection with such payment. 20 2.15 Notification of Advances, Interest Rates and Prepayments. The Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the contents of each Borrowing Notice, Conversion/Continuation Notice, and repayment notice received by it hereunder not later than the close of business on the Business Day such notice is received by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the interest rate applicable to each LIBOR Rate Advance promptly upon determination of such interest rate and will give each Lender prompt notice of each change in the Alternate Base Rate 2.16 Swingline Advances. In addition to the other options available to the Borrower hereunder, the Swingline Commitment shall be available for Swingline Advances subject to the following terms and conditions. Swingline Advances shall be made available for same day borrowings provided that notice is given in accordance with Section 2.8 hereof. All Swingline Advances shall bear interest at the One Day LIBOR Rate. In no event shall the Swingline Lender be required to fund a Swingline Advance if it would increase the total aggregate outstanding Loans by Swingline Lender hereunder plus its Percentage of Facility Letter of Credit Obligations to an amount in excess of the Swingline Lender's Commitment. No Swingline Advance may be made to repay a Swingline Advance, but Borrower may repay Swingline Advances from subsequent pro rata Advances hereunder. On the fifth (5th) Business Day after such a Swingline Advance was made, if such Swingline Advance has not been paid, each Lender irrevocably agrees to purchase its Percentage of any Swingline Advance made by the Swingline Lender regardless of whether the conditions for disbursement are satisfied at the time of such purchase, including the existence of a Default hereunder provided that Swingline Lender did not have actual knowledge of such Default at the time the Swingline Advance was made and provided further that no Lender shall be required to have total outstanding Loans plus its Percentage of Facility Letters of Credit exceed its Commitment. Such purchase shall take place on the date of the request by Swingline Lender so long as such request is made by noon (Cleveland time), and otherwise on the Business Day following such request. All requests for purchase shall be in writing. From and after the date it is so purchased, each such Swingline Advance shall, to the extent purchased, (i) be treated as a Loan made by the purchasing Lenders and not by the selling Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and the payment of the purchase price by a Lender shall be deemed to be the making of a Loan by such Lender and shall constitute outstanding principal under such Lender's Note, and (ii) shall no longer be considered a Swingline Advance except that all interest accruing on or attributable to such Swingline Advance for the period prior to the date of such purchase shall be paid when due by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Swingline Lender and all such amounts accruing on or attributable to such Loans for the period from and after the date of such purchase shall be paid when due by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the purchasing Lenders. If prior to purchasing its Percentage of a Swingline Advance one of the events described in Section 7.7 shall have occurred and such event prevents the consummation of the purchase contemplated by preceding provisions, each Lender will purchase an undivided participating interest in the outstanding Swingline Advance in an amount equal to its Percentage of such Swingline Advance. From and after the date of each Lender's purchase of its participating interest in a Swingline Advance, if the Swingline Lender receives any payment on account thereof, the Swingline Lender will distribute to such Lender its participating interest in such amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender's participating interest was outstanding and funded); provided, however, that in the event that such payment was received by the Swingline Lender and is required to be returned to the Borrower, each Lender will return to the Swingline Lender any portion thereof previously distributed by the Swingline Lender to it. If any Lender fails to so purchase its Percentage of any Swingline Advance, such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender hereunder. 21 2.17 Lending Installations. Each Lender may book its Loans at any Lending Installation selected by such Lender and may change its Lending Installation from time to time. All terms of this Agreement shall apply to any such Lending Installation and the Notes shall be deemed held by each Lender for the benefit of such Lending Installation. Each Lender may, by written or telex notice at least three (3) Business Days in advance to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, designate a Lending Installation through which Loans will be made by it and for whose account Loan payments are to be made. 2.18 Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent. Unless the Borrower or a Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Administrative Agent prior to the time at which it is scheduled to make payment to the Administrative Agent of (i) in the case of a Lender, the proceeds of a Loan or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, a payment of principal, interest or fees to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, that it does not intend to make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such payment has been made. The Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the amount of such payment available to the intended recipient in reliance upon such assumption. If such Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be, has not in fact made such payment to the Administrative Agent, the recipient of such payment shall, on demand by the Administrative Agent, repay to the Administrative Agent the amount so made available together with interest thereon in respect of each day during the period commencing on the date such amount was so made available by the Administrative Agent until the date the Administrative Agent recovers such amount at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of payment by a Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day or (ii) in the case of payment by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan. If such Lender so repays such amount and interest thereon to the Administrative Agent within one Business Day after such demand, all interest accruing on the Loan not funded by such Lender during such period shall be payable to such Lender when received from the Borrower. 2.19 Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances. The Borrower shall be permitted to replace any Lender which (a) is not capable of receiving payments without any deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax pursuant to Section 3.5, or (b) cannot maintain its LIBOR Rate Loans at a suitable Lending Installation pursuant to Section 3.3, with a replacement bank or other financial institution; provided that (i) such replacement does not conflict with any applicable legal or regulatory requirements affecting the Lenders, (ii) no Default or (after notice thereof to the Borrower) no Unmatured Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (iii) the Borrower shall repay (or the replacement bank or institution shall purchase, at par) all Loans and other amounts owing to such replaced Lender prior to the date of replacement, (iv) the Borrower shall be liable to such replaced Lender under Sections 3.4 and 3.6 if any LIBOR Rate Loan owing to such replaced Lender shall be prepaid (or purchased) other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto, (v) the replacement bank or institution, if not already a Lender, and the terms and conditions of such replacement, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (vi) the replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.3 (provided that the Borrower shall be obligated to pay the processing fee referred to therein), (vii) until such time as such replacement shall be consummated, the Borrower shall pay all additional amounts (if any) required pursuant to Section 3.5 and (viii) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights which the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender. 22 2.20 Usury. This Agreement and each Note are subject to the express condition that at no time shall Borrower be obligated or required to pay interest on the principal balance of the Loan at a rate which could subject any Lender to either civil or criminal liability as a result of being in excess of the Maximum Legal Rate. If by the terms of this Agreement or the Loan Documents, Borrower is at any time required or obligated to pay interest on the principal balance due hereunder at a rate in excess of the Maximum Legal Rate, the interest rate or the Default Rate, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be immediately reduced to the Maximum Legal Rate and all previous payments in excess of the Maximum Legal Rate shall be deemed to have been payments in reduction of principal and not on account of the interest due hereunder. All sums paid or agreed to be paid to Lender for the use, forbearance, or detention of the sums due under the Loan, shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated, and spread throughout the full stated term of the Loan until payment in full so that the rate or amount of interest on account of the Loan does not exceed the Maximum Legal Rate of interest from time to time in effect and applicable to the Loan for so long as the Loan is outstanding. 2.21 Increase in Aggregate Commitment. The Borrower shall also have the right from time to time, provided no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is then continuing, to increase the Aggregate Commitment up to a maximum of $600,000,000 by either adding new lenders as Lenders (subject to the Administrative Agent's prior written approval of the identity of such new lenders) or obtaining the agreement, which shall be at such Lender's or Lenders' sole discretion, of one or more of the then current Lenders to increase its or their Commitments. The Administrative Agent's approval of any new lenders shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. On the effective date of any such increase, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent any amounts due to it under the Fee Letter and to each lender providing such additional Commitment the up-front fee agreed to by the Borrower. Such increases shall be evidenced by the execution and delivery of an Amendment Regarding Increase in the form of Exhibit G attached hereto by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the new lender or existing Lender providing such additional Commitment, a copy of which shall be forwarded to each Lender by the Administrative Agent promptly after execution thereof. On the effective date of each such increase in the Aggregate Commitment, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall cause the new or existing Lenders providing such increase, by either funding more than its or their Percentage of new Advances made on such date or purchasing shares of outstanding Loans held by the other Lenders or a combination thereof, to hold its or their Percentage of all Advances outstanding at the close of business on such day. The Lenders agree to cooperate in any required sale and purchase of outstanding Advances to achieve such result, provided that Borrower shall be responsible for paying any amounts due under Section 3.4 to any Lender which sells all or any portion of a Fixed Rate Advance on a date which is not the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto. In no event shall the Aggregate Commitment exceed $600,000,000 without the approval of all of the Lenders. 2.22 Extension of Facility Termination Date. The Borrower shall have one (1) option to extend the Facility Termination Date for a period of one (1) year, upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent: (a) The Borrower shall provide Administrative Agent with written notice of the Borrower's intent to exercise either such extension option not more than one hundred eighty (180) and not less than sixty (60) days prior to the then-current Facility Termination Date; 23 (b) As of the date of the Borrower's delivery of notice of its intent to exercise an extension option, and as of the then-current Facility Termination Date, no Default or Unmatured Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Borrower shall so certify in writing; and (c) On or before the then-current Facility Termination Date, the Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders an extension fee for any extension so exercised in an amount equal to 0.15% of the Aggregate Commitment to be effective as of the first day of such extension. ARTICLE IIA LETTER OF CREDIT SUBFACILITY ---------------------------- 2A.1 Obligation to Issue. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the Borrower herein set forth, the Issuing Bank hereby agrees to issue for the account of the Borrower, one or more Facility Letters of Credit in accordance with this Article IIA, from time to time during the period commencing on the Agreement Effective Date and ending on a date sixty (60) days prior to the then-current Facility Termination Date. 2A.2 Types and Amounts. The Issuing Bank shall not have any obligation to: (i) issue any Facility Letter of Credit if the aggregate maximum amount then available for drawing under Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, after giving effect to the Facility Letter of Credit requested hereunder, shall exceed any limit imposed by law or regulation upon such Issuing Bank; (ii) issue any Facility Letter of Credit if, after giving effect thereto, (1) the then applicable Allocated Facility Amount would exceed the then current Aggregate Commitment, or (2) the Facility Letter of Credit Obligations would exceed the Facility Letter of Credit Sublimit; or (iii) issue any Facility Letter of Credit having an expiration date, or containing automatic extension provision to extend such date, to a date beyond the thirtieth (30th) day preceding the then-current Facility Termination Date. 2A.3 Conditions. In addition to being subject to the satisfaction of the conditions contained in Article IV hereof, the obligation of the Issuing Bank to issue any Facility Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction in full of the following conditions: (i) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Issuing Bank at such times and in such manner as the Issuing Bank may reasonably prescribe such documents and materials as may be reasonably required pursuant to the terms of the proposed Facility Letter of Credit (it being understood that if any inconsistency exists between such documents and the Loan Documents, the terms of the Loan Documents shall control) and the proposed Facility Letter of Credit shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Bank as to form and content; (ii) as of the date of issuance, no order, judgment or decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority shall purport by its terms to enjoin or restrain the Issuing Bank from issuing the requested Facility Letter of Credit and no law, rule or regulation applicable to the Issuing 24 Bank and no request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any governmental authority with jurisdiction over the Issuing Bank shall prohibit or request that the Issuing Bank refrain from the issuance of Letters of Credit generally or the issuance of the requested Facility Letter or Credit in particular; and (iii) there shall not exist any Default. 2A.4 Procedure for Issuance of Facility Letters of Credit. (a) Borrower shall give the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent at least three (3) Business Days' prior written notice of any requested issuance of a Facility Letter of Credit under this Agreement (a "Letter of Credit Request") and shall (i) immediately provide the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent with a telecopy of the written notice required hereunder which has been signed by an Authorized Officer or a telex containing all information required to be contained in such written notice and (ii) promptly provide the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (in no event later than the requested date of issuance) with the written notice required hereunder containing the original signature of an authorized officer; such notice shall be irrevocable, except as provided in Section 2A.4(b)(i) below, and shall specify: (1) the stated amount of the Facility Letter of Credit requested (which stated amount shall not be less than $50,000); (2) the effective date (which day shall be a Business Day) of issuance of such requested Facility Letter of Credit (the "Issuance Date"); (3) the date on which such requested Facility Letter of Credit is to expire (which day shall be a Business Day); (4) the purpose for which such Facility Letter of Credit is to be issued; (5) the Person for whose benefit the requested Facility Letter of Credit is to be issued; and (6) any special language required to be included in the Facility Letter of Credit. Such notice, to be effective, must be received by such Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent not later than noon (Cleveland time) on the last Business Day on which notice can be given under this Section 2A.4(a). (b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article IIA and provided that the applicable conditions set forth in Article IV hereof have been satisfied, the Issuing Bank shall, on the Issuance Date, issue a Facility Letter of Credit on behalf of the Borrower in accordance with the Letter of Credit Request and the Issuing Bank's usual and customary business practices unless the Issuing Bank has actually received (i) written notice from the Borrower specifically revoking the Letter of Credit Request with respect to such Facility Letter of Credit given not later than Business Day immediately preceding the Issuance Date, or (ii) written or telephonic notice from the Administrative Agent stating that the issuance of such Facility Letter of Credit would violate Section 2A.2. 25 (c) The Issuing Bank shall give the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly notify Lenders) and the Borrower written or telex notice, or telephonic notice confirmed promptly thereafter in writing, of the issuance of a Facility Letter of Credit (the "Issuance Notice"). (d) The Issuing Bank shall not extend or amend any Facility Letter of Credit unless the requirements of this Section 2A.4 are met as though a new Facility Letter of Credit was being requested and issued. 2A.5 Reimbursement Obligations; Duties of Issuing Bank. (a) The Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly notify Lenders) of any draw under a Facility Letter of Credit. Any such draw shall not be deemed to be a default hereunder but shall constitute an Advance of the Facility in the amount of the Reimbursement Obligation with respect to such Facility Letter of Credit and shall bear interest from the date of the relevant drawing(s) under the pertinent Facility Letter of Credit at the Floating Rate; provided that if a Default or an Unmatured Default regarding the non-payment of any monetary obligations to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders exists at the time of any such drawing(s), then the Borrower shall reimburse the Issuing Bank for drawings under a Facility Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank no later than the next succeeding Business Day after the payment by the Issuing Bank and until repaid such Reimbursement Obligation shall bear interest at the Default Rate. (b) Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Issuing Bank under or in connection with any Facility Letter of Credit, if taken or omitted in the absence of willful misconduct or gross negligence, shall not put the Issuing Bank under any resulting liability to any Lender or, provided that such Issuing Bank has complied with the procedures specified in Section 2A.4 and such Lender has not given a notice contemplated by Section 2A.6(a) that continues in full force and effect, relieve that Lender of its obligations hereunder to the Issuing Bank. In determining whether to pay under any Facility Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank shall have no obligation relative to the Lenders other than to confirm that any documents required to be delivered under such Letter of Credit appear to have been delivered in compliance, and that they appear to comply on their face, with the requirements of such Letter of Credit. 2A.6 Participation. (a) Immediately upon issuance by the Issuing Bank of any Facility Letter of Credit in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2A.4, each Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased and received from the Issuing Bank, without recourse, representation or warranty, an undivided interest and participation equal to such Lender's Percentage in such Facility Letter of Credit (including, without limitation, all obligations of the Borrower with respect thereto) and all related rights hereunder and under the Guaranty and other Loan Documents. Each Lender's obligation to make further Loans to Borrower (other than any payments such Lender is required to make under subparagraph (b) below) or to purchase an interest from the Issuing Bank in any subsequent Facility Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank on behalf of Borrower shall be reduced by such Lender's Percentage of the undrawn portion of each Facility Letter of Credit outstanding. (b) In the event that the Issuing Bank makes any payment under any Facility Letter of Credit and the Borrower shall not have repaid such amount to the Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2A.7 hereof, the Issuing Bank shall 26 promptly notify the Administrative Agent, which shall promptly notify each Lender of such failure, and each Lender shall promptly and unconditionally pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank the amount of such Lender's Percentage of the unreimbursed amount of such payment, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay such amount to the Issuing Bank. Lender's payments of its Percentage of such Reimbursement Obligation as aforesaid shall be deemed to be a Loan by such Lender and shall constitute outstanding principal under such Lender's Note. The failure of any Lender to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank its Percentage of the unreimbursed amount of any such payment shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank its Percentage of the unreimbursed amount of any payment on the date such payment is to be made, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make available to the Administrative Agent its Percentage of the unreimbursed amount of any payment on the date such payment is to be made. Any Lender which fails to make any payment required pursuant to this Section 2A.6(b) shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender hereunder. (c) Whenever the Issuing Bank receives a payment on account of a Reimbursement Obligation, including any interest thereon, the Issuing Bank shall promptly pay to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to each Lender which has funded its participating interest therein, in immediately available funds, an amount equal to such Lender's Percentage thereof. (d) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Issuing Bank shall furnish to such Administrative Agent or Lender copies of any Facility Letter of Credit to which the Issuing Bank is party and such other documentation as may reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent or Lender. (e) The obligations of a Lender to make payments to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank with respect to a Facility Letter of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, not subject to any counterclaim, set-off, qualification or exception whatsoever other than a failure of any such Issuing Bank to comply with the terms of this Agreement relating to the issuance of such Facility Letter of Credit, and such payments shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement under all circumstances. 2A.7 Payment of Reimbursement Obligations. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank the amount of all Advances for Reimbursement Obligations, interest and other amounts payable to the Issuing Bank under or in connection with any Facility Letter of Credit when due, irrespective of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which the Borrower may have at any time against any Issuing Bank or any other Person, under all circumstances, including without limitation any of the following circumstances: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; 27 (ii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right which the Borrower may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a Facility Letter of Credit or any transferee of any Facility Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such transferee may be acting), the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender, or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any Facility Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transactions (including any underlying transactions between the Borrower and the beneficiary named in any Facility Letter of Credit); (iii) any draft, certificate or any other document presented under the Facility Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect of any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; (iv) the surrender or impairment of any security for the performance or observance of any of the terms of any of the Loan Documents; or (v) the occurrence of any Default. (b) In the event any payment by the Borrower received by the Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent with respect to a Facility Letter of Credit and distributed by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders on account of their participations is thereafter set aside, avoided or recovered from the Administrative Agent or Issuing Bank in connection with any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or bankruptcy proceeding, each Lender which received such distribution shall, upon demand by the Administrative Agent, contribute such Lender's Percentage of the amount set aside, avoided or recovered together with interest at the rate required to be paid by the Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent upon the amount required to be repaid by the Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent. 2A.8 Compensation for Facility Letters of Credit. (a) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of the Lenders (including the Issuing Bank), based upon the Lenders' respective Percentages, a per annum fee (the "Facility Letter of Credit Fee") as a percentage of the face amount of each Facility Letter of Credit outstanding equal to the LIBOR Applicable Margin in effect from time to time while such Facility Letter of Credit is outstanding. The Facility Letter of Credit Fee relating to any Facility Letter of Credit shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be due and payable in arrears on the first Business Day of each calendar quarter following the issuance of such Facility Letter of Credit and, to the extent any such fees are then due and unpaid, on the Facility Termination Date or any other earlier date that the Obligations are due and payable in full. The Administrative Agent shall promptly remit such Facility Letter of Credit Fees, when paid, to the other Lenders in accordance with their Percentages thereof. The Borrower shall not have any liability to any Lender for the failure of the Administrative Agent to promptly deliver funds to any such Lender and shall be deemed to have made all such payments on the date the respective payment is made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, provided such payment is received by the time specified in Section 2.12 hereof. (b) The Issuing Bank also shall have the right to receive solely for its own account an issuance fee equal to the greater of (a) $1,500 or (b) one-eighth of one percent (0.125%) of the face amount of each Facility Letter of Credit, payable by the Borrower on the Issuance Date for each such Facility Letter of Credit and on the date of any increase therein or extension thereof. The Issuing Bank shall also be entitled to receive its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and the Issuing Bank's standard charges of issuing, amending and servicing Facility Letters of Credit and processing draws thereunder. 28 2A.9 Letter of Credit Collateral Account. The Borrower hereby agrees that it will immediately upon the occurrence of the Default, establish a special collateral account (the "Letter of Credit Collateral Account") at the Administrative Agent's office at the address specified pursuant to Article XIII, in the name of the Borrower but under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, and in which the Borrower shall have no interest other than as set forth in Section 8.1. The Letter of Credit Collateral Account shall hold the deposits the Borrower is required to make after a Default on account of any outstanding Facility Letters of Credit as described in Section 8.1. In addition to the foregoing, the Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a security interest in and to the Letter of Credit Collateral Account and any funds that may hereafter be on deposit in such account, including income earned thereon. The Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Borrower has no obligation to fund the Letter of Credit Collateral Account unless and until so required under Section 8.1 hereof. ARTICLE III CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES ----------------------- 3.1 Yield Protection. If, on or after the date of this Agreement, the adoption of any law or any governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law), or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental or quasi-governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender or applicable Lending Installation with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency: (i) subjects any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation to any Taxes, or changes the basis of taxation of payments (other than with respect to Excluded Taxes) to any Lender in respect of its LIBOR Rate Loans, or (ii) imposes or increases or deems applicable any reserve, assessment, insurance charge, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation (other than the Reserve Requirement and any other reserves and assessments taken into account in determining the interest rate applicable to LIBOR Rate Advances), or (iii) imposes any other condition the direct result of which is to increase the cost to any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation of making, funding or maintaining its LIBOR Rate Loans, or reduces any amount receivable by any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation in connection with its LIBOR Rate Loans, or requires any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation to make any payment calculated by reference to the amount of LIBOR Rate Loans, by a material amount. and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender or applicable Lending Installation, as the case may be, of making or maintaining its LIBOR Rate Loans or Commitment or to reduce the return received by such Lender or applicable Lending Installation in connection with such LIBOR Rate 29 Loans or Commitment, then, within 15 days of demand by such Lender, the Borrower shall pay such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction in amount received. 3.2 Changes in Capital Adequacy Regulations. If a Lender in good faith determines the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender, any Lending Installation of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender is increased as a result of a Change (as hereinafter defined), then, within 15 days of demand by such Lender, the Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount necessary to compensate for any shortfall in the rate of return on the portion of such increased capital which such Lender in good faith determines is attributable to this Agreement, its outstanding credit exposure hereunder or its obligation to make Loans hereunder (after taking into account such Lender's policies as to capital adequacy). "Change" means (i) any change after the date of this Agreement in the Risk-Based Capital Guidelines (as hereinafter defined) or (ii) any adoption of or change in any other law, governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline, interpretation, or directive (whether or not having the force of law) after the date of this Agreement which affects the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by any Lender or any Lending Installation or any corporation controlling any Lender. "Risk-Based Capital Guidelines" means (i) the risk-based capital guidelines in effect in the United States on the date of this Agreement, including transition rules, and (ii) the corresponding capital regulations promulgated by regulatory authorities outside the United States implementing the July 1988 report of the Basle Committee on Banking Regulation and Supervisory Practices Entitled "International Convergence of Capital Measurements and Capital Standards," including transition rules, and any amendments to such regulations adopted prior to the date of this Agreement. 3.3 Availability of Types of Advances. If any Lender in good faith determines that maintenance of any of its LIBOR Rate Loans at a suitable Lending Installation would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation or directive, whether or not having the force of law, the Administrative Agent shall, with written notice to Borrower, suspend the availability of the affected Type of Advance and require any LIBOR Rate Advances of the affected Type to be repaid; or if the Required Lenders in good faith determine that (i) deposits of a type or maturity appropriate to match fund LIBOR Rate Advances are not available, the Administrative Agent shall, with written notice to Borrower, suspend the availability of the affected Type of Advance with respect to any LIBOR Rate Advances made after the date of any such determination, or (ii) an interest rate applicable to a Type of Advance does not accurately reflect the cost of making a LIBOR Rate Advance of such Type, then, if for any reason whatsoever the provisions of Section 3.1 are inapplicable, the Administrative Agent shall, with written notice to Borrower, suspend the availability of the affected Type of Advance with respect to any LIBOR Rate Advances made after the date of any such determination. If the Borrower is required to so repay a LIBOR Rate Advance, the Borrower may concurrently with such repayment borrow from the Lenders, in the amount of such repayment, a Loan bearing interest at the Floating Rate. 3.4 Funding Indemnification.If any payment of a ratable LIBOR Rate Advance occurs on a date which is not the last day of the applicable Interest Period, whether because of acceleration, prepayment or otherwise, or a ratable LIBOR Rate Advance is not made on the date specified by the Borrower for any reason other than default by the Lenders or as a result of unavailability pursuant to Section 3.3, the Borrower will indemnify each Lender for any loss or cost incurred by it resulting therefrom, including, without limitation, any loss or cost (incurred or expected to be incurred) in liquidating or employing deposits acquired to fund or maintain the ratable LIBOR Rate Advance and shall pay all such losses or costs within fifteen (15) days after written demand therefor. 30 3.5 Taxes. (i) All payments by the Borrower to or for the account of any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any Note shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all Taxes. If the Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, (a) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.5) such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (b) the Borrower shall make such deductions, (c) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant authority in accordance with applicable law and (d) the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent the original copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof within 30 days after such payment is made. (ii) In addition, the Borrower hereby agrees to pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or under any Note or from the execution or delivery of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any Note ("Other Taxes"). (iii) The Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender for the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed on amounts payable under this Section 3.5) paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto. Payments due under this indemnification shall be made within 30 days of the date the Administrative Agent or such Lender makes demand therefor pursuant to Section 3.6. (iv) Each Lender that is not incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or a state thereof (each a "Non-U.S. Lender") agrees that it will, not more than ten Business Days after the Agreement Execution Date, (i) deliver to each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two duly completed copies of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, certifying in either case that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes, and (ii) deliver to each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a United States Internal Revenue Form W-8 or W-9, as the case may be, and certify that it is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax. Each Non-U.S. Lender further undertakes to deliver to each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (x) renewals or additional copies of such form (or any successor form) on or before the date that such form expires or becomes obsolete, and (y) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent forms so delivered by it, such additional forms or amendments thereto as may be reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent. All forms or amendments described in the preceding sentence shall certify that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes, unless an event (including without limitation any change in treaty, law or regulation) has occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would otherwise be required which renders all such forms inapplicable or which would prevent such Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form or amendment with respect to it and such Lender advises the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that it is not capable of receiving payments without any deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax. 31 (v) For any period during which a Non-U.S. Lender has failed to provide the Borrower with an appropriate form pursuant to clause (iv), above (unless such failure is due to a change in treaty, law or regulation, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, occurring subsequent to the date on which a form originally was required to be provided), such Non-U.S. Lender shall not be entitled to indemnification under this Section 3.5 with respect to Taxes imposed by the United States. (vi) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement or any Note pursuant to the law of any relevant jurisdiction or any treaty shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate following receipt of such documentation. (vii) If the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental authority of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender (because the appropriate form was not delivered or properly completed, because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances which rendered its exemption from withholding ineffective, or for any other reason), such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as tax, withholding therefor, or otherwise, including penalties and interest, and including taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable to the Administrative Agent under this subsection, together with all costs and expenses related thereto (including attorneys fees and time charges of attorneys for the Administrative Agent, which attorneys may be employees of the Administrative Agent). The obligations of the Lenders under this Section 3.5(vii) shall survive the payment of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement and any such Lender obligated to indemnify the Administrative Agent shall not be entitled to indemnification from the Borrower with respect to such amounts, whether pursuant to this Article or otherwise, except to the extent the Borrower participated in the actions giving rise to such liability. 3.6 Lender Statements; Survival of Indemnity. To the extent reasonably possible, each Lender shall designate an alternate Lending Installation with respect to its LIBOR Rate Loans to reduce any liability of the Borrower to such Lender under Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.5 or to avoid the unavailability of LIBOR Rate Advances under Section 3.3, so long as such designation is not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, disadvantageous to such Lender. Each Lender shall deliver a written statement of such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) as to the amount due, if any, under Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 or 3.5. Such written statement shall set forth in reasonable detail the calculations upon which such Lender determined such amount and shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Borrower in the absence of manifest error. Determination of amounts payable under such Sections in connection with a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be calculated as though each Lender funded its LIBOR Rate Loan through the purchase of a deposit of the type and maturity corresponding to the deposit used as a reference in determining the LIBOR Rate applicable to such Loan, whether in fact that is the case or not. Unless otherwise provided herein, the amount specified in the written statement of any Lender shall be payable on 32 demand after receipt by the Borrower of such written statement. The obligations of the Borrower under Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 and 3.5 shall survive payment of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement. ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT -------------------- 4.1 Initial Advance.The Lenders shall not be required to make the initial Advance hereunder or issue the initial Facility Letter of Credit hereunder unless (a) the Borrower shall, prior to or concurrently with such initial Advance or issuance, have paid all fees due and payable to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereunder, and (b) the Borrower shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent, with sufficient copies for the Lenders, the following: (i) The duly executed originals of the Loan Documents, including the Notes, payable to the order of each of the Lenders and this Agreement; (ii) (A) Certificates of good standing for the Borrower and the Parent Entities from their states of organization, certified by the appropriate governmental officer and dated not more than thirty (30) days prior to the Agreement Execution Date, and (B) foreign qualification certificates for the Borrower and the Parent Entities, certified by the appropriate governmental officer and dated not more than thirty (30) days prior to the Agreement Execution Date, for each jurisdiction in which the executive offices of the Borrower or such Parent Entity is located; (iii) Copies of the formation documents (including code of regulations, if appropriate) of the Borrower and the Parent Entities, certified by an officer of the Borrower or such Parent Entity, as appropriate, together with all amendments thereto; (iv) Incumbency certificates, executed by officers of the Borrower and the Parent Entities, which shall identify by name and title and bear the signature of the Persons authorized to sign the Loan Documents and to make borrowings hereunder on behalf of such parities, upon which certificate the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely until informed of any change in writing by the Borrower or any such Parent Entity; (v) Copies, certified by a Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the applicable Parent Entities, of the Board of Directors' resolutions (and resolutions of other bodies, if any are reasonably deemed necessary by counsel for the Administrative Agent) authorizing the Advances provided for herein, with respect to the Borrower, and the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to be executed and delivered by the Borrower and each Parent Entity; (vi) A written opinion of the Borrower's and Parent Entities' counsel, addressed to the Lenders in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto or such other form as the Administrative Agent may reasonably approve; (vii) A certificate, signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, stating that on the initial Borrowing Date no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing, there has been no Material Adverse Effect, and that all representations and warranties of the Borrower are true and correct in all material respects as of the initial Borrowing Date provided that such certificate is in fact true and correct; 33 (viii) The most recent financial statements of the Borrower and the Parent Entities: (ix) UCC financing statement, judgment, and tax lien searches with respect to the Borrower and each of the Parent Entities from the state of its organization and the state in which its principal place of business is located; (x) Written money transfer instructions, addressed to the Administrative Agent and signed by an Authorized Officer, together with such other related money transfer authorizations as the Administrative Agent may have reasonably requested; (xi) A current compliance certificate in the form of Exhibit B, utilizing the new covenants established herein and executed by the Borrower's chief financial officer or chief operating officer; (xii) Evidence that all upfront fees due to each of the Lenders under the terms of their respective commitment letters have been paid, or will be paid out of the proceeds of the initial Advance hereunder; and (xiii) Such other documents as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may have reasonably requested, the form and substance of which documents shall be reasonably acceptable to the parties and their respective counsel. 4.2 Each Advance. The Lenders shall not be required to make any Advance unless on the applicable Borrowing Date: (i) There exists no Default or Unmatured Default; (ii) The representations and warranties contained in Article V are true and correct as of such Borrowing Date with respect to the Loan Parties in existence on such Borrowing Date, except to the extent any such representation or warranty is stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date; and (iii) All legal matters incident to the making of such Advance shall be satisfactory to the Lenders and their counsel. Each Borrowing Notice and each Letter of Credit Request with respect to each such Advance shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the conditions contained in Sections 4.2(i) and (ii) have been satisfied. Any Lender may require a duly completed Compliance Certificate in substantially the same form of the Certificate attached as Exhibit B. 34 ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES ------------------------------ The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that: 5.1 Existence. Borrower is a limited partnership duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with its principal place of business in Columbus, Ohio and is duly qualified as a foreign limited partnership, properly licensed (if required), in good standing and has all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, except where the failure to be so qualified, licensed and in good standing and to have the requisite authority would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Parent Entities and Borrower's Subsidiaries are duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and have all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, except where the failure to be so qualified, licensed and in good standing and to have the requisite authority would not have a Material Adverse Effect. 5.2 Authorization and Validity. The Borrower has the limited partnership power and authority and legal right to execute and deliver the Loan Documents and to perform its obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery by the Borrower of the Loan Documents and the performance of its obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by proper limited partnership proceedings, and the Loan Documents constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally. 5.3 No Conflict; Government Consent. Neither the execution and delivery by the Borrower or the Parent Entities of the Loan Documents, nor the consummation of the transactions therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions thereof will violate any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on the Borrower, the Parent Entities, or any of Borrower's Subsidiaries or the Borrower's, Parent Entities' or any Subsidiary's articles of incorporation, operating agreements, partnership agreement, or by-laws, or the provisions of any indenture, instrument or agreement to which the Borrower, the Parent Entities or any of Borrower's Subsidiaries is a party or is subject, or by which it, or its Property, is bound, or conflict with or constitute a default thereunder, except where such violation, conflict or default would not have a Material Adverse Effect, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien in, of or on the Property of the Borrower, Parent Entity or a Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, instrument or agreement. No order, consent, approval, license, authorization, or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, any governmental or public body or authority, or any subdivision thereof, is required to authorize, or is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of, or the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of, any of the Loan Documents other than the filing of a copy of this Agreement. 5.4 Financial Statements; Material Adverse Effect. All consolidated financial statements of the Loan Parties heretofore or hereafter delivered to the Lenders were prepared in accordance with GAAP in effect on the preparation date of such statements and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition and operations of the Loan Parties at such date and the consolidated results of their operations for the period then ended, subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to normal and customary year-end adjustments. From the preparation date of the most recent financial 35 statements delivered to the Lenders through the Agreement Execution Date, there was no change in the business, properties, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 5.5 Taxes. The Loan Parties have filed all United States federal tax returns and all other tax returns which are required to be filed and have paid all taxes due pursuant to said returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries except such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. No tax liens have been filed and no claims are being asserted with respect to such taxes. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in respect of any taxes or other governmental charges are adequate. 5.6 Litigation and Guarantee Obligations. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.6 hereto or as set forth in written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time, there is no litigation, arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry pending or, to the knowledge of any of their officers, threatened against or affecting the Loan Parties which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower has no material contingent obligations not provided for or disclosed in the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1 or as set forth in written notices to the Administrative Agent given from time to time after the Agreement Execution Date on or about the date such material contingent obligations are incurred. 5.7 Subsidiaries. Schedule 5.7 hereto contains, an accurate list of all Subsidiaries of the Borrower, setting forth their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or formation and the percentage of their respective capital stock or partnership or membership interest owned by the Borrower or other Subsidiaries. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of such Subsidiaries that are corporations have been duly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. 5.8 ERISA. The Unfunded Liabilities of all Single Employer Plans do not in the aggregate exceed $1,000,000. Neither the Borrower nor any other member of the Controlled Group has incurred, or is reasonably expected to incur, any withdrawal liability to Multiemployer Plans in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate. Each Plan complies in all material respects with all applicable requirements of law and regulations, no Reportable Event has occurred with respect to any Plan, neither the Borrower nor any other members of the Controlled Group has withdrawn from any Plan or initiated steps to do so, and no steps have been taken to reorganize or terminate any Plan. 5.9 Accuracy of Information. No information, exhibit or report furnished by the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender in connection with the negotiation of, or compliance with, the Loan Documents contained any material misstatement of fact or omitted to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading. 5.10 Regulation U. The Borrower has not used the proceeds of any Advance to buy or carry any margin stock (as defined in Regulation U) in violation of the terms of this Agreement. 5.11 Material Agreements. Neither the Borrower, nor the Parent Entities, nor any Subsidiary is a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any charter or other corporate restriction which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower, nor the Parent Entities nor any Subsidiary is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in (i) any agreement to which it is a party, which default could have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) any agreement or instrument evidencing or governing Indebtedness, which default would constitute a Default hereunder. 36 5.12 Compliance With Laws. The Borrower has complied with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders and restrictions of any domestic or foreign government or any instrumentality or agency thereof, having jurisdiction over the conduct of their respective businesses or the ownership of their respective Property, except for any non-compliance which would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Loan Parties have not received any notice to the effect that its operations are not in material compliance with any of the requirements of applicable federal, state and local environmental, health and safety statutes and regulations or the subject of any federal or state investigation evaluating whether any remedial action is needed to respond to a release of any toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment, which non-compliance or remedial action could have a Material Adverse Effect. 5.13 Ownership of Projects. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.13 hereto, on the date of this Agreement, the Borrower will have good and marketable title, free of all Liens other than those permitted by Section 6.16, to all of the Projects reflected in the financial statements as owned by it. 5.14 Investment Company Act. Neither the Borrower, nor the Parent Entities, nor any Subsidiary is an "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company", within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. 5.15 Solvency. (i) Immediately after the Agreement Execution Date and immediately following the making of each Loan and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Loans, (a) the fair value of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; (b) the present fair saleable value of the Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis on their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (c) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (d) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted after the date hereof. (ii) The Borrower does not intend to, or to permit any of its Subsidiaries to, and does not believe that it or any of its Subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing of and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such Subsidiary and the timing of the amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any such Subsidiary. 37 5.16 Insurance. The Loan Parties carry insurance on their Projects with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar Projects in localities where the Borrower and its Subsidiaries operate, including, without limitation: (i) Property and casualty insurance (including coverage for flood and other water damage for any Project located within a 100-year flood plain) in the amount of the replacement cost of the improvements at the Project (to the extent replacement cost insurance is maintained by companies engaged in similar business and owning similar properties); (ii) Builder's risk insurance for any Project under construction in the amount of the construction cost of such Project; (iii) Loss of rental income insurance in the amount not less than one year's gross revenues from the Projects; and (iv) Comprehensive general liability insurance in the amount of $20,000,000 per occurrence. 5.17 REIT Status. Glimcher Realty Trust is qualified as a real estate investment trust under Section 856 of the Code and currently is in compliance in all material respects with all provisions of the Code applicable to the qualification of the Borrower as a real estate investment trust. 5.18 Title to Property. The execution, delivery or performance of the Loan Documents required to be delivered by the Borrower hereunder will not result in the creation of any Lien on the Projects of the Consolidated Group other than those interests intended to secure the Obligations. No consent to the transactions contemplated hereunder is required from any ground lessor or mortgagee or beneficiary under a deed of trust or any other party except as has been delivered to the Lenders. 5.19 Environmental Matters. Each of the following representations and warranties is true and correct on and as of the Agreement Execution Date except as disclosed on Schedule 5.19 attached hereto and to the extent that the facts and circumstances giving rise to any such failure to be so true and correct, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) To the best knowledge of the Borrower, with respect to all Projects owned by the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries (x) for at least two (2) years, have in the last two years, or (y) for less than two (2) years, have for such period of ownership, been in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws. (b) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Projects, nor does the Borrower have knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is being threatened. (c) To the best knowledge of the Borrower, Materials of Environmental Concern have not been transported or disposed of from the Projects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in violation of, or in a manner or to a location which could reasonably give rise to liability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under, Environmental Laws, nor have any Materials of Environmental Concern been generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any of the Projects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in violation of, or in a manner that could give rise to liability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under, any applicable Environmental Laws. 38 (d) No judicial proceedings or governmental or administrative action is pending, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, under any Environmental Law to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is or, to the Borrower's knowledge, will be named as a party with respect to the Projects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative order or other orders, or other administrative of judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect to the Projects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. (e) To the best knowledge of the Borrower, there has been no release or threat of release of Materials of Environmental Concern at or from the Projects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, or arising from or related to the operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with the Projects in violation of or in amounts or in a manner that could give rise to liability under Environmental Laws. 5.20 Office of Foreign Asset Control. Borrower and any Guarantor are not (and will not be) a person with whom any Lender is restricted from doing business under regulations of the Office of Foreign Asset Control ("OFAC") of the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America (including, those Persons named on OFAC's Specially Designated and Blocked Persons list) or under any statute, executive order (including, the September 24, 2001 Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism), or other governmental action and is not and shall not knowingly engage in any dealings or transactions or otherwise be associated with such persons. In addition, Borrower hereby agrees to provide to any Lender with any additional information that any Lender deems necessary from time to time in order to ensure compliance with all applicable Laws concerning money laundering and similar activities. ARTICLE VI COVENANTS --------- During the term of this Agreement, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing: 6.1 Financial Reporting. The Borrower will maintain, for the Consolidated Group, a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP, and furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders: (i) As soon as available, but in any event not later than 45 days after the close of each fiscal quarter, other than the fourth quarter, for the Consolidated Group, an unaudited consolidated and consolidating balance sheet as of the close of each such period and the related unaudited consolidated and consolidating statements of income and retained earnings and of cash flows of the Consolidated Group for such period and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such period, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, all certified by the Borrower's chief financial officer or chief accounting officer; 39 (ii) As soon as available, but in any event not later than 90 days after the close of each fiscal year, for the Consolidated Group, audited financial statements, including a consolidated and consolidating balance sheet as at the end of such year and the related consolidated and consolidating statements of income and retained earnings and of cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, without a "going concern" or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, prepared by independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; (iii) Together with the quarterly and annual financial statements required hereunder, a compliance certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto signed by the Borrower's chief financial officer, chief accounting officer or chief operating officer showing the calculations and computations necessary to determine compliance with this Agreement and stating that, to such officer's knowledge, no Default or Unmatured Default exists, or if, to such officer's knowledge, any Default or Unmatured Default exists, stating the nature and status thereof; (iv) As soon as possible and in any event within 10 days after a responsible officer of the Borrower knows that any Reportable Event has occurred with respect to any Plan, a statement, signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower, describing said Reportable Event and the action which the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto; (v) As soon as possible and in any event within 10 days after receipt by a responsible officer of the Borrower, a copy of (a) any notice or claim to the effect that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be liable to any Person as a result of the release by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, or any other Person of any Material of Environmental Concern into the environment, and (b) any notice alleging any violation of any federal, state or local environmental, health or safety law or regulation by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, which, in the case of either (a) or (b) could have a Material Adverse Effect; (vi) Promptly upon the furnishing thereof to the shareholders of the Borrower, copies of all financial statements, reports and proxy statements so furnished; and (vii) Such other information (including, without limitation, financial statements for the Borrower, non-financial information and a listing of capital expenditures, a rent roll, and such other information on any Project) as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request. 6.2 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, use the proceeds of the Advances to finance the Borrower's renovation and expansion of Projects, development of Projects, acquisition of Projects, tenant improvements, repayment of Indebtedness, to provide working capital and for general partnership purposes. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, use any of the proceeds of the Advances (i) to purchase or carry any "margin stock" (as defined in Regulation U) if such usage could constitute a violation of Regulation U by any Lender, (ii) to fund any purchase of, or offer for, a controlling portion of the Capital Stock of any Person, unless the board of directors or other manager of such Person has consented to such offer, or (iii) to make any Acquisition other than a Permitted Acquisition. 40 6.3 Notice of Default. The Borrower will give, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to give, prompt notice in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of the occurrence of any Default or Unmatured Default and of any other development, financial or otherwise, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 6.4 Conduct of Business. The Borrower will do, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to do, all things necessary to remain duly incorporated or duly qualified, validly existing and in good standing as a real estate investment trust, corporation, limited liability company general partnership or limited partnership, as the case may be, in its jurisdiction of incorporation/formation (except with respect to mergers permitted pursuant to Section 6.12 and Permitted Acquisitions) and maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted and to carry on and conduct their businesses in substantially the same manner as they are presently conducted where the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and, specifically, neither the Borrower nor its Subsidiaries may undertake any business other than the acquisition, development, ownership, management, operation and leasing of retail, office or industrial properties, and ancillary businesses specifically related to such types of properties. 6.5 Taxes. The Borrower will pay, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, when due all taxes, assessments and governmental charges and levies upon them of their income, profits or Projects, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside. 6.6 Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain insurance which is consistent with the representation contained in Section 5.17 on all their Property and the Borrower will furnish to any Lender upon reasonable request full information as to the insurance carried. 6.7 Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which they may be subject, the violation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 6.8 Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do all things necessary to maintain, preserve, protect and keep their respective Projects in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted. 6.9 Inspection. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit the Lenders upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours and subject to rights of tenants, by their respective representatives and agents, to inspect any of the Projects, corporate books and financial records of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries, to examine and make copies of the books of accounts and other financial records of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries with officers thereof, and to be advised as to the same by, their respective officers at such reasonable times and intervals as the Lenders may designate. 41 6.10 Maintenance of Status. The Borrower shall cause Glimcher Realty Trust to at all times maintain its status as a real estate investment trust in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Code relating to such status. 6.11 Dividends. The Parent Entities and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be permitted to declare and pay dividends on their Capital Stock from time to time, provided, however, that in no event shall any Parent Entity or the Borrower declare or pay dividends on its Capital Stock or make distributions with respect thereto to (including without limitation the declaration and payment of Preferred Dividends), if such dividends and distributions paid on account of the then-current fiscal quarter and the three immediately preceding fiscal quarters, in the aggregate for such period, would exceed 95% of Adjusted Funds From Operations of the Consolidated Group for such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parent Entities and the Borrower shall be permitted at all times to distribute whatever amount of dividends is necessary to maintain the tax status of Glimcher Realty Trust as a real estate investment trust. 6.12 No Change in Control. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit the Parent Entities to undergo a Change in Control. 6.13 Intentionally Omitted. 6.14 Intentionally Omitted. 6.15 Acquisitions and Investments. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, make or suffer to exist any Investments (including without limitation, loans and advances to, and other Investments in, Subsidiaries), or commitments therefor, or become or remain a partner in any partnership or joint venture, or to make any Acquisition of any Person, except: (i) Cash and Cash Equivalents; (ii) Investments in existing Subsidiaries, Investments in Subsidiaries formed for the purpose of developing or acquiring Projects, Investments in joint ventures and partnerships engaged solely in the business of purchasing, developing, owning, operating, leasing and managing retail properties, and Investments in existence on the date hereof and described in Schedule 1 hereto; (iii) transactions permitted pursuant to Section 6.23; (iv) make advances to tenants in the ordinary course of business; (v) Acquisitions of Persons whose primary operations consist of the ownership, development, operation and management of retail properties; and (vi) Equity interests in tenants obtained in connection with tenant work-outs, not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate; provided that, after giving effect to such Acquisitions and Investments, Borrower continues to comply with all its covenants herein. Acquisitions permitted pursuant to this Section 6.15 shall be deemed to be "Permitted Acquisitions". 42 6.16 Liens. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien in, of or on the Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except: (i) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies on its Property if the same shall not at the time be delinquent or thereafter can be paid without penalty, or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves shall have been set aside on its books; (ii) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers', warehousemen's and mechanics' liens and other similar liens arising in the ordinary course of business which secure payment of obligations not more than 60 days past due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves shall have been set aside on its books; (iii) Liens arising out of pledges or deposits under workers' compensation laws, unemployment insurance, old age pensions, or other social security or retirement benefits, or similar legislation; (iv) Easements, restrictions and such other encumbrances or charges against real property as are of a nature generally existing with respect to properties of a similar character and which do not in any material and adverse way affect the marketability of the same or materially and adversely interfere with the use thereof in the business of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries; (v) Liens on Projects to secure any Indebtedness permitted hereunder to the extent such Liens (i) constitute a first priority Lien on a Project or a second priority Lien on the same Project, but only to the extent created simultaneously with a first priority Lien thereon, and (ii) will not result in a Default in any of Borrower's covenants herein. Liens permitted pursuant to this Section 6.16 shall be deemed to be "Permitted Liens". 6.17 Affiliates. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction (including, without limitation, the purchase or sale of any Property or service) with, or make any payment or transfer to, any Affiliate which is not a member of the Consolidated Group except in the ordinary course of business and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the Borrower's or such Subsidiary's business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than the Borrower or such Subsidiary would obtain in a comparable arms-length transaction. 6.18 Intentionally Omitted. 6.19 Variable Interest Indebtedness. The Borrower shall not at any time permit the outstanding principal balance of any Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness which bears interest at an interest rate that is not fixed through the maturity date of such Indebtedness to exceed twenty percent (20%) of Total Asset Value, unless all of such Indebtedness in excess of such amount is subject to a Rate Management Transaction approved by the Administrative Agent that effectively converts the interest rate on such excess to a fixed rate. 43 6.20 Consolidated Net Worth. The Consolidated Group shall maintain a Consolidated Net Worth of not less than $1,000,000,000 plus seventy percent (75%) of the equity contributions or sales of treasury stock received by the Borrower or any Parent Entity after the Agreement Execution Date. 6.21 Indebtedness and Cash Flow Covenants. The Borrower shall not permit: (i) The Recourse Indebtedness of the Glimcher Group and the Glimcher Percentage of any Recourse Indebtedness of the other members of the Consolidated Group to be greater than twenty percent (20%) of Total Asset Value at any time; (ii) Adjusted Annual EBITDA to be less than 1.75 times Consolidated Interest Expense at any time; (iii) Adjusted Annual EBITDA to be less than 1.50 times Fixed Charges at any time; (iv) Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness to be more than sixty-five percent (65%) of Total Asset Value at any time; or (v) That portion of Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness which is Secured Indebtedness to be more than sixty percent (60%) of Total Asset Value at any time. 6.22 Environmental Matters. Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall: (a) Comply with, and use all reasonable efforts to ensure compliance by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all applicable Environmental Laws and obtain and comply with and maintain, and use all reasonable efforts to ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Laws, except to the extent that failure to do so could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that in no event shall the Borrower or its Subsidiaries be required to modify the terms of leases, or renewals thereof, with existing tenants (i) at Projects owned by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof, or (ii) at Projects hereafter acquired by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries as of the date of such acquisition, to add provisions to such effect. (b) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply in all material respects with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws, except to the extent that (i) the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the pendency of such proceedings could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) the Borrower has determined in good faith that contesting the same is not in the best interests of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the failure to contest the same could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (c) Defend, indemnify and hold harmless Administrative Agent and each Lender, and their respective officers and directors, from and against any claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature known or unknown, contingent or otherwise, arising out of, or in any way relating to the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under any Environmental Laws applicable to the operations of the 44 Borrower, its Subsidiaries or the Projects, or any orders, requirements or demands of Governmental Authorities related thereto, including, without limitation, attorney's and consultant's fees, investigation and laboratory fees, response costs, court costs and litigation expenses, except to the extent that any of the foregoing arise out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party seeking indemnification therefor. This indemnity shall continue in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement. 6.23 Permitted Investments. (a) The Glimcher Group and Glimcher Percentage's Investment in Unimproved Land shall not at any time exceed five percent (5%) of Total Asset Value. (b) The Glimcher Group and Glimcher Percentage's Investment in First Mortgage Receivables (with each asset valued at the lower of its acquisition cost and its fair market value) shall not at any time exceed five percent (5%) of Total Asset Value. (c) The Glimcher Group's aggregate Investment in Joint Venture Projects (valued at the greater of the cash investment in that entity by the Glimcher Group or the portion of Total Asset Value attributable to such entity or its assets as the case may be) shall not at any time exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of Total Asset Value. (d) The Glimcher Group and Glimcher Percentage's Investment in Construction in Progress (with each asset valued in accordance with GAAP) shall not at any time exceed twenty percent (20%) of Total Asset Value. (e) The aggregate Investment of the Glimcher Group and Glimcher Percentage in the above items (a)-(d), in the aggregate and after eliminating any duplication of Investments included in more than one of such items, shall not at any time exceed thirty (30%) of Total Asset Value. 6.24 Limitation on Unsecured Indebtedness. The Consolidated Group shall not at any time permit that portion of the Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness which is not secured by trust deeds or mortgages on Projects to exceed $10,000,000, provided that (i) Capitalized Leases and tenant improvement allowance obligations of the Consolidated Group to tenants in Projects evidenced by notes shall be excluded from Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 6.24 to the extent that the amount so excluded on account of Capitalized Leases and such tenant allowance notes does not exceed $25,000,000, in the aggregate; and (ii) Indebtedness of up to $19,000,000 to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority incurred by GPLP and Glimcher Realty Trust pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement dated as of November 1, 1998 shall be excluded from Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 6.24 only. 6.25 Encumbrances. The Borrower will not allow, or permit any member of the Consolidated Group to allow, its direct or indirect ownership interests in any other member of the Consolidated Group or any Investment Affiliate to be encumbered to secure any Indebtedness, other than pursuant to existing encumbrances set forth on Schedule 6.25 attached hereto. 45 ARTICLE VII DEFAULTS -------- The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute a Default: 7.1 Nonpayment of any principal payment due hereunder or under any Note when due. 7.2 Nonpayment of interest upon any Note or of any fee or other payment Obligations under any of the Loan Documents within five (5) Business Days after the same becomes due. 7.3 The breach of any of the terms or provisions of Sections 6.2, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.21, 6.23 and 6.24. 7.4 Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under or in connection with this Agreement, or any material certificate or information delivered in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be materially false on the date as of which made. 7.5 The breach by the Borrower (other than a breach which constitutes a Default under Section 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 or 7.4) of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement which is not remedied within thirty (30) days after written notice from the Administrative Agent or any Lender. 7.6 The default by the Borrower or any other member of the Consolidated Group or any Investment Affiliate in the payment of any amount due under, or the performance of any term, provision or condition contained in, any agreement with respect to (A) any Recourse Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other member of the Consolidated Group having an outstanding principal balance in excess of $15,000,000 or (B) any Non-Recourse Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other member of the Consolidated Group or any Investment Affiliate having an outstanding principal balance in excess of $100,000,000 in the aggregate (collectively, "Material Indebtedness") or any other event shall occur or condition exist, which causes or permits any such Material Indebtedness to be due and payable or required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled payment) prior to the stated maturity thereof. 7.7 Any member of the Consolidated Group shall (i) have an order for relief entered with respect to it under the Federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect, (ii) make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iii) apply for, seek, consent to, or acquiesce in, the appointment of a receiver, custodian, trustee, examiner, liquidator or similar official for it or any Substantial Portion of its Property, (iv) institute any proceeding seeking an order for relief under the Federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect or seeking to adjudicate it as a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or fail to file an answer or other pleading denying the material allegations of any such proceeding filed against it, (v) take any corporate action to authorize or effect any of the foregoing actions set forth in this Section 7.7, (vi) fail to contest in good faith any appointment or proceeding described in Section 7.8 or (vii) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due. 46 7.8 A receiver, trustee, examiner, liquidator or similar official shall be appointed for any member of the Consolidated Group or for any Substantial Portion of the Property of any member of the Consolidated Group or a proceeding described in Section 7.7(iv) shall be instituted against any member of the Consolidated Group and such appointment continues undischarged or such proceeding continues undismissed or unstayed for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days. 7.9 Any member of the Consolidated Group shall fail within sixty (60) days to pay, bond or otherwise discharge any judgments or orders for the payment of money in an amount which, when added to all other judgments or orders outstanding against any member of the Consolidated Group would exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate, which have not been stayed on appeal or otherwise appropriately contested in good faith. 7.10 The Borrower or any other member of the Controlled Group shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred withdrawal liability to such Multiemployer Plan in an amount which, when aggregated with all other amounts required to be paid to Multiemployer Plans by the Borrower or any other member of the Controlled Group as withdrawal liability (determined as of the date of such notification), exceeds $1,000,000 or requires payments exceeding $500,000 per annum. 7.11 The Borrower or any other member of the Controlled Group shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or is being terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, if as a result of such reorganization or termination the aggregate annual contributions of the Borrower and the other members of the Controlled Group (taken as a whole) to all Multiemployer Plans which are then in reorganization or being terminated have been or will be increased over the amounts contributed to such Multiemployer Plans for the respective plan years of each such Multiemployer Plan immediately preceding the plan year in which the reorganization or termination occurs by an amount exceeding $500,000. 7.12 Failure to remediate within the time period permitted by law or governmental order, after all administrative hearings and appeals have been concluded (or within a reasonable time in light of the nature of the problem if no specific time period is so established), material environmental problems at Properties owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Investment Affiliates whose aggregate book values are in excess of $5,000,000. 7.13 The occurrence of any "Default" as defined in any Loan Document or the breach of any of the terms or provisions of any Loan Document, which default or breach continues beyond any period of grace therein provided. 7.14 The attempted revocation, challenge, disavowment, or termination by the Borrower or a Parent Entity of any of the Loan Documents. 7.15 Either the Borrower or any Parent Entity, without obtaining consent of the Required Lenders, shall enter into any merger, consolidation, reorganization or liquidation or transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of their Properties, unless (a) in the case of a merger or consolidation the Borrower or such Parent Entity is the surviving entity in such merger or consolidation and (b) after giving effect to the merger, the Borrower remains in compliance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, provided that any such action shall not constitute a Default unless the Borrower shall fail to reverse such action within sixty (60) days after written notice from the Administrative Agent that such action constitutes a Default hereunder. 47 ARTICLE VIII ACCELERATION, WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES ---------------------------------------------- 8.1 Acceleration. If any Default described in Section 7.7 or 7.8 occurs with respect to the Borrower, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and hereunder shall automatically terminate and the Obligations shall immediately become due and payable without any election or action on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender. If any other Default occurs, so long as a Default exists Lenders shall have no obligation to make any Loans and the Required Lenders, at any time prior to the date that such Default has been fully cured, may permanently terminate the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder and declare the Obligations to be due and payable, or both, whereupon if the Required Lenders elected to accelerate (i) the Obligations shall become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which the Borrower hereby expressly waives and (ii) if any automatic or optional acceleration has occurred, the Administrative Agent, as directed by the Required Lenders (or if no such direction is given within 30 days after a request for direction, as the Administrative Agent deems in the best interests of the Lenders, in its sole discretion), shall use its good faith efforts to collect, including without limitation, by filing and diligently pursuing judicial action, all amounts owed by the Borrower and any Guarantor under the Loan Documents. In addition to the foregoing, following the occurrence of a Default and so long as any Facility Letter of Credit has not been fully drawn and has not been cancelled or expired by its terms, upon demand by the Required Lenders the Borrower shall deposit in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account cash in an amount equal to the aggregate undrawn face amount of all outstanding Facility Letters of Credit and all fees and other amounts due or which may become due with respect thereto. The Borrower shall have no control over funds in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account and shall not be entitled to receive any interest thereon. Such funds shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for drafts drawn from time to time under the Facility Letters of Credit and associated issuance costs and fees. Such funds, if any, remaining in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account following the payment of all Obligations in full shall, unless the Administrative Agent is otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction, be promptly paid over to the Borrower. If, within 10 days after acceleration of the maturity of the Obligations or termination of the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder as a result of any Default (other than any Default as described in Section 7.7 or 7.8 with respect to the Borrower) and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the Obligations due shall have been obtained or entered, all of the Lenders (in their sole discretion) shall so direct, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower, rescind and annul such acceleration and/or termination. 8.2 Amendments. Subject to the provisions of this Article VIII the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent with the consent in writing of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower may enter into agreements supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding or modifying any provisions to the Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or the Borrower hereunder or waiving any Default hereunder; provided, however, that no such supplemental agreement or waiver shall, without the consent of all Lenders: 48 (i) Extend the Facility Termination Date (except as provided in Section 2.22), or forgive all or any portion of the principal amount of any Loan or accrued interest thereon or the Facility Fee, reduce the Applicable Margins (or modify any definition herein which would have the effect of reducing the Applicable Margins) or the underlying interest rate options or extend the time of payment of any such principal, interest or facility fees. (ii) release any Parent Entity from the Guaranty. (iii) Reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders. (iv) Increase the Aggregate Commitment beyond $600,000,000. (v) Permit the Borrower to assign its rights under this Agreement. (vi) Amend Sections 8.1, 8.2 , or 11.2. No amendment of any provision of this Agreement relating to the Administrative Agent shall be effective without the written consent of the Administrative Agent. 8.3 Preservation of Rights. No delay or omission of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent to exercise any right under the Loan Documents shall impair such right or be construed to be a waiver of any Default or an acquiescence therein, and the making of a Loan notwithstanding the existence of a Default or the inability of the Borrower to satisfy the conditions precedent to such Loan shall not constitute any waiver or acquiescence. Any single or partial exercise of any such right shall not preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, and no waiver, amendment or other variation of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Loan Documents whatsoever shall be valid unless in writing signed by the Lenders required pursuant to Section 8.2, and then only to the extent in such writing specifically set forth. All remedies contained in the Loan Documents or by law afforded shall be cumulative and all shall be available to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders until the Obligations have been paid in full. 8.4 Insolvency of Borrower. In the event of the insolvency of the Borrower, the Lenders shall have no obligation to make further disbursements of the Facility, and the outstanding principal balance of the Facility, including accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall be immediately due and payable. ARTICLE IX GENERAL PROVISIONS ------------------ 9.1 Survival of Representations. All representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in this Agreement shall survive delivery of the Notes and the making of the Loans herein contemplated. 9.2 Governmental Regulation. Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender shall be obligated to extend credit to the Borrower in violation of any limitation or prohibition provided by any applicable statute or regulation. 9.3 Intentionally Omitted. 9.4 Headings. Section headings in the Loan Documents are for convenience of reference only, and shall not govern the interpretation of any of the provisions of the Loan Documents. 49 9.5 Entire Agreement. The Loan Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and supersede all prior commitments, agreements and understandings among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders relating to the subject matter thereof. 9.6 Several Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement. The respective obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint and no Lender shall be the partner or agent of any other (except to the extent to which the Administrative Agent is authorized to act as such). The failure of any Lender to perform any of its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender from any of its obligations hereunder. This Agreement shall not be construed so as to confer any right or benefit upon any Person other than the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns. 9.7 Expenses; Indemnification. The Borrower shall reimburse the Administrative Agent for any costs, and out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, all reasonable fees for consultants and fees and reasonable expenses for attorneys for the Administrative Agent, which attorneys may be employees of the Administrative Agent) paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the amendment, modification, and enforcement of the Loan Documents. The Borrower also agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for any reasonable costs, internal charges and out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, all fees and reasonable expenses for attorneys for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, which attorneys may be employees of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders) paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the collection and enforcement of the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, any workout). The Borrower further agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and their Affiliates, and their directors and officers against all losses, claims, damages, penalties, judgments, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, all reasonable fees and reasonable expenses for attorneys of the indemnified parties, all reasonable expenses of litigation or preparation therefor whether or not the Administrative Agent, or any Lender is a party thereto) which any of them may pay or incur arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Projects, the transactions contemplated hereby or the direct or indirect application or proposed application of the proceeds of any Loan hereunder, except to the extent that any of the foregoing arise out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party seeking indemnification therefor. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement. 9.8 Numbers of Documents. All statements, notices, closing documents, and requests hereunder shall be furnished to the Administrative Agent with sufficient counterparts so that the Administrative Agent may furnish one to each of the Lenders. 9.9 Accounting. Except as provided to the contrary herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted and all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made in accordance with GAAP. 9.10 Severability of Provisions. Any provision in any Loan Document that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid without affecting the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or the operation, enforceability, or validity of that provision in any other jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of all Loan Documents are declared to be severable. 50 9.11 Nonliability of Lenders. The relationship between the Borrower, on the one hand, and the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, on the other, shall be solely that of borrower and lender. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to the Borrower. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender undertakes any responsibility to the Borrower to review or inform the Borrower of any matter in connection with any phase of the Borrower's business or operations. 9.12 CHOICE OF LAW. THE LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINING A CONTRARY EXPRESS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISION) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF OHIO, BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS. 9.13 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR OHIO STATE COURT SITTING IN CLEVELAND IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE BORROWER IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BY THE BORROWER AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. 9.14 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER. ARTICLE X THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ------------------------ 10.1 Appointment. KeyBank National Association, is hereby appointed Administrative Agent hereunder and under each other Loan Document, and each of the Lenders irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender. The Administrative Agent agrees to act as such upon the express conditions contained in this Article X. Notwithstanding the use of the defined term "Administrative Agent," it is expressly understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent shall not have any fiduciary responsibilities to any Lender by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document and that the Administrative Agent is merely acting as the contractual representative of the Lenders with only those duties as are expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. In its capacity as the Lenders' contractual 51 representative, the Administrative Agent (i) does not hereby assume any fiduciary duties to any of the Lenders, (ii) is a "representative" of the Lenders within the meaning of the term "secured party" as defined in the Ohio Uniform Commercial Code and (iii) is acting as an independent contractor, the rights and duties of which are limited to those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each of the Lenders hereby agrees to assert no claim against the Administrative Agent on any agency theory or any other theory of liability for breach of fiduciary duty, all of which claims each Lender hereby waives. 10.2 Powers. The Administrative Agent shall have and may exercise such powers under the Loan Documents as are specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of each thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Administrative Agent shall have no implied duties to the Lenders, or any obligation to the Lenders to take any action thereunder except any action specifically provided by the Loan Documents to be taken by the Administrative Agent. 10.3 General Immunity. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable to the Borrower, the Lenders or any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (ii) any determination by the Administrative Agent that compliance with any law or any governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, order, policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) requires the Advances and Commitments hereunder to be classified as being part of a "highly leveraged transaction". 10.4 No Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, etc. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, or verify (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in connection with any Loan Document or any borrowing hereunder; (ii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants or agreements of any obligor under any Loan Document, including, without limitation, any agreement by an obligor to furnish information directly to each Lender; (iii) the satisfaction of any condition specified in Article IV, except receipt of items required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent; (iv) the validity, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other instrument or writing furnished in connection therewith; (v) the value, sufficiency, creation, perfection, or priority of any interest in any collateral security; or (vi) the financial condition of the Borrower or any Guarantor. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Administrative Agent shall have no duty to disclose to the Lenders information that is not required to be furnished by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent at such time, but is voluntarily furnished by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent (either in its capacity as Administrative Agent or in its individual capacity). 10.5 Action on Instructions of Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder and under any other Loan Document in accordance with written instructions signed by the required percentage of the Lenders needed to take such action or refrain from taking such action, and such instructions and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding on all of the Lenders. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Required Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall be 52 fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action hereunder and under any other Loan Document unless it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders pro rata against any and all liability, cost and expense that it may incur by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. 10.6 Employment of Agents and Counsel. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties as Administrative Agent hereunder and under any other Loan Document by or through employees, agents, and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be answerable to the Lenders, except as to money or securities received by it or its authorized agents, for the default or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to the agency hereby created and its duties hereunder and under any other Loan Document. 10.7 Reliance on Documents; Counsel. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any Note, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, statement, paper or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons, and, in respect to legal matters, upon the opinion of counsel selected by the Administrative Agent, which counsel may be employees of the Administrative Agent. 10.8 Administrative Agent's Reimbursement and Indemnification. The Lenders agree to reimburse and indemnify the Administrative Agent ratably in proportion to their respective Commitments (i) for any amounts not reimbursed by the Borrower for which the Administrative Agent is entitled to reimbursement by the Borrower under the Loan Documents, (ii) for any other expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders, in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration and enforcement of the Loan Documents, if not paid by Borrower and (iii) for any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind and nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Loan Documents or any other document delivered in connection therewith or the transactions contemplated thereby (including without limitation, for any such amounts incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in connection with any dispute between the Administrative Agent and any Lender or between two or more of the Lenders), or the enforcement of any of the terms thereof or of any such other documents, provided that no Lender shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent they arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct or a breach of the Administrative Agent's express obligations and undertakings to the Lenders. The obligations of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under this Section 10.8 shall survive payment of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement. 10.9 Rights as a Lender. In the event the Administrative Agent is a Lender, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder and under any other Loan Document as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the term "Lender" or "Lenders" shall, at any time when the Administrative Agent is a Lender, unless the context otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity. The Administrative Agent may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of trust, debt, equity or other transaction, in addition to those contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document, with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in which the Borrower or such Subsidiary is not restricted hereby from engaging with any other Person. 53 10.10 Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on the financial statements prepared by the Borrower and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. 10.11 Successor Administrative Agent. Except as otherwise provided below, KeyBank National Association shall at all times serve as the Administrative Agent during the term of this Facility. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower, such resignation to be effective upon the appointment of a successor Administrative Agent. If the Administrative Agent has been grossly negligent in the performance of its obligations hereunder, the Administrative Agent may be removed at any time by written notice received by the Administrative Agent from all other Lenders, such removal to be effective on the date specified by the other Lenders. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall appoint, on behalf of the Borrower and the Lenders, a successor Administrative Agent. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders within thirty days after the resigning Administrative Agent's giving notice of its intention to resign, then the resigning Administrative Agent shall appoint, on behalf of the Borrower and the Lenders, a successor Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Administrative Agent may at any time without the consent of the Borrower or any Lender, appoint any of its Affiliates which is a commercial bank as a successor Administrative Agent hereunder. No successor Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be appointed hereunder until such successor Administrative Agent has accepted the appointment. Any such successor Administrative Agent shall be a commercial bank having capital and retained earnings of at least $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning or removed Administrative Agent. Upon the effectiveness of the resignation or removal of the Administrative Agent, the resigning or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the Loan Documents. After the effectiveness of the resignation or removal of an Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article X shall continue in effect for the benefit of such Administrative Agent in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. 10.12 Notice of Defaults. If a Lender becomes aware of a Default or Unmatured Default, such Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent of such fact provided that the failure to give such notice shall not create liability on the part of a Lender. Upon receipt of such notice that a Default or Unmatured Default has occurred, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each of the Lenders of such fact. 10.13 Requests for Approval. If the Administrative Agent requests in writing the consent or approval of a Lender, such Lender shall respond and either approve or disapprove definitively in writing to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days (or sooner if such notice specifies a shorter period for responses based on Administrative Agent's good faith determination that circumstances exist warranting its request for an earlier response) after such written request from the Administrative Agent. If the Lender does not so respond, that Lender shall be deemed to have approved the request. 54 10.14 Defaulting Lenders. At such time as a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender's right to vote on matters which are subject to the consent or approval of the Required Lenders, each affected Lender or all Lenders shall be immediately suspended until such time as the Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, except that the amount of the Commitment of the Defaulting Lender may not be changed without its consent. If a Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its pro rata share of any Advance and until such time as such Defaulting Lender subsequently funds its pro rata share of such Advance, all Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender hereunder shall be subordinated in right of payment, as provided in the following sentence, to the prior payment in full of all principal of, interest on and fees relating to the Loans funded by the other Lenders in connection with any such Advance in which the Defaulting Lender has not funded its pro rata share (such principal, interest and fees being referred to as "Senior Loans" for the purposes of this section). All amounts paid by the Borrower or the Guarantors and otherwise due to be applied to the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to the terms hereof shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent to the other Lenders in accordance with their respective pro rata shares (recalculated for the purposes hereof to exclude the Defaulting Lender) until all Senior Loans have been paid in full provided, however, in no event will any such distribution to the other Lenders give rise to any liability of the Borrower to the Defaulting Lender. After the Senior Loans have been paid in full equitable adjustments will be made in connection with future payments by the Borrower to the extent a portion of the Senior Loans had been repaid with amounts that otherwise would have been distributed to a Defaulting Lender but for the operation of this Section 10.14. This provision governs only the relationship among the Administrative Agent, each Defaulting Lender and the other Lenders; nothing hereunder shall limit the obligation of the Borrower to repay all Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The provisions of this section shall apply and be effective regardless of whether a Default occurs and is continuing, and notwithstanding (i) any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, (ii) any instruction of the Borrower as to its desired application of payments or (iii) the suspension of such Defaulting Lender's right to vote on matters which are subject to the consent or approval of the Required Lenders or all Lenders. ARTICLE XI SETOFF; RATABLE PAYMENTS ------------------------ 11.1 Setoff. In addition to, and without limitation of, any rights of the Lenders under applicable law, if the Borrower becomes insolvent, or any Default occurs, any and all deposits (including all account balances, whether provisional or final and whether or not collected or available) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or owing by any Lender or any of its Affiliates to or for the credit or account of the Borrower may be offset and applied toward the payment of the Obligations owing to such Lender at any time prior to the date that such Default has been fully cured, whether or not the Obligations, or any part hereof, shall then be due. 11.2 Ratable Payments. If any Lender, whether by setoff or otherwise, has payment made to it upon its Loans (other than payments of Swingline Loans and payments received pursuant to Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 or 3.5) in a greater proportion than that received by any other Lender, such Lender agrees, promptly upon demand, to purchase a portion of the Loans held by the other Lenders so that after such purchase each Lender will hold its ratable proportion of Loans. 55 If any Lender, whether in connection with setoff or amounts which might be subject to setoff or otherwise, receives collateral or other protection for its Obligations or such amounts which may be subject to setoff, such Lender agrees, promptly upon demand, to take such action necessary such that all Lenders share in the benefits of such collateral ratably in proportion to their Loans. In case any such payment is disturbed by legal process, or otherwise, appropriate further adjustments shall be made. ARTICLE XII BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS ------------------------------------------------- 12.1 Successors and Assigns. The terms and provisions of the Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower and the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, except that (i) the Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights or obligations under the Loan Documents and (ii) any assignment by any Lender must be made in compliance with Section 12.3. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that clause (ii) of this Section 12.1 relates only to absolute assignments and does not prohibit assignments creating security interests, including, without limitation, (x) any pledge or assignment by any Lender of all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement and any Note to a Federal Reserve Bank or (y) in the case of a Lender which is a fund, any pledge or assignment of all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement and any Note to its trustee in support of its obligations to its trustee; provided, however, that no such pledge or assignment creating a security interest shall release the transferor Lender from its obligations hereunder unless and until the parties thereto have complied with the provisions of Section 12.3. The Administrative Agent and Borrower may treat the Person which made any Loan or which holds any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes hereof unless and until such Person complies with Section 12.3; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent and Borrower may in its discretion (but shall not be required to) follow instructions from the Person which made any Loan or which holds any Note to direct payments relating to such Loan or Note to another Person. Any assignee of the rights to any Loan or any Note agrees by acceptance of such assignment to be bound by all the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents. Any request, authority or consent of any Person, who at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent is the owner of the rights to any Loan (whether or not a Note has been issued in evidence thereof), shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder or assignee of the rights to such Loan. 12.2 Participations. 12.2.1 Permitted Participants; Effect. Any Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time sell to one or more banks, financial institutions, pension funds, or any other funds or entities ("Participants") participating interests in any Loan owing to such Lender, any Note held by such Lender, any Commitment of such Lender or any other interest of such Lender under the Loan Documents. In the event of any such sale by a Lender of participating interests to a Participant, such Lender's obligations under the Loan Documents shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Note for all purposes under the Loan Documents, all amounts payable by the Borrower under this Agreement shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participating interests, and the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under the Loan Documents. 56 12.2.2 Voting Rights. Each Lender shall retain the sole right to approve, without the consent of any Participant, any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents other than any amendment, modification or waiver with respect to any Loan or Commitment in which such Participant has an interest which would require consent of all the Lenders pursuant to the terms of Section 8.2 or of any other Loan Document. 12.2.3 Benefit of Setoff. The Borrower agrees that each Participant which has previously advised the Borrower in writing of its purchase of a participation in a Lender's interest in its Loans shall be deemed to have the right of setoff provided in Section 11.1 in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under the Loan Documents to the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under the Loan Documents. Each Lender shall retain the right of setoff provided in Section 11.1 with respect to the amount of participating interests sold to each Participant, provided that such Lender and Participant may not each setoff amounts against the same portion of the Obligations, so as to collect the same amount from the Borrower twice. The Lenders agree to share with each Participant, and each Participant, by exercising the right of setoff provided in Section 11.1, agrees to share with each Lender, any amount received pursuant to the exercise of its right of setoff, such amounts to be shared in accordance with Section 11.2 as if each Participant were a Lender. 12.3 Assignments. 12.3.1 Permitted Assignments. Any Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time assign to any of such Lender's affiliates or to one or more banks, financial institutions or pension funds, or with the prior approval of the Borrower, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, any other entity ("Purchasers") all or any portion of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents provided that any assignment of only a portion of such rights and obligations shall be in an amount not less than $5,000,000. In addition, KeyBank National Association agrees that it will not assign any portion of its Commitment or Commitments of its affiliates, if such assignment will result in the amount of the Commitment to be held by KeyBank National Association and its affiliates to be less than the next highest Commitment amount held by any other Lender provided that no Default has occurred and is continuing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no approval of the Borrower shall be required for any such assignment if a Default has occurred and is then continuing. Such assignment shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto or in such other form as may be agreed to by the parties thereto. The consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required prior to an assignment becoming effective with respect to a Purchaser which is not a Lender or an Affiliate thereof. Such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. 12.3.2 Effect; Effective Date. Upon (i) delivery to the Administrative Agent and Borrower of a notice of assignment, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit "I" to Exhibit C hereto (a "Notice of Assignment"), together with any consents required by Section 12.3.1, and (ii) payment of a $3,500 fee by the assignor or assignee to the Administrative Agent for processing such assignment, such assignment shall become effective on the effective date specified in such Notice of Assignment. The Notice of Assignment shall contain a representation by the Purchaser to the effect that none of the consideration used to make the purchase of the Commitment and Loans under the applicable assignment agreement are "plan assets" as defined under ERISA and that the rights and interests of the Purchaser in 57 and under the Loan Documents will not be "plan assets" under ERISA. On and after the effective date of such assignment, such Purchaser shall for all purposes be a Lender party to this Agreement and any other Loan Document executed by the Lenders and shall have all the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Loan Documents, to the same extent as if it were an original party hereto, and no further consent or action by the Borrower, the Lenders or the Administrative Agent shall be required to release the transferor Lender, and the transferor Lender shall automatically be released on the effective date of such assignment, with respect to the percentage of the Aggregate Commitment and Loans assigned to such Purchaser. Upon the consummation of any assignment to a Purchaser pursuant to this Section 12.3.2, the transferor Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall make appropriate arrangements so that replacement Notes are issued to such transferor Lender and new Notes or, as appropriate, replacement Notes, are issued to such Purchaser, in each case in principal amounts reflecting their Commitment, as adjusted pursuant to such assignment. 12.4 Dissemination of Information. The Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant or Purchaser or any other Person acquiring an interest in the Loan Documents by operation of law (each a "Transferee") and any prospective Transferee any and all information in such Lender's possession concerning the creditworthiness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, subject to Section 9.11 of this Agreement. 12.5 Tax Treatment. If any interest in any Loan Document is transferred to any Transferee which is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States or any State thereof, the transferor Lender shall cause such Transferee, concurrently with the effectiveness of such transfer, to comply with the provisions of Section 3.5. ARTICLE XIII NOTICES ------- 13.1 Giving Notice. All notices and other communications provided to any party hereto under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be in writing or by telex or by facsimile and addressed or delivered to such party at its address set forth below its signature hereto or at such other address (or to counsel for such party) as may be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties. Any notice, if mailed and properly addressed with postage prepaid, shall be deemed given when received; any notice, if transmitted by telex or facsimile, shall be deemed given when transmitted (answerback confirmed in the case of telexes). 13.2 Change of Address. The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and any Lender may each change the address for service of notice upon it by a notice in writing to the other parties hereto. ARTICLE XIV PATRIOT ACT ----------- Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law on October 26, 2001) (the "Act"), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act. The Borrower agrees to cooperate with each Lender and provide true, accurate and complete information to such Lender in response to any such request. 58 ARTICLE XV COUNTERPARTS ------------ This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. This Agreement shall be effective when it has been executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and each party has notified the Administrative Agent by telex or telephone, that it has taken such action. (Remainder of page intentionally left blank.) 59 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written. GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, its sole general partner By: _____________________________ Name: George A. Schmidt Title: Executive Vice President 150 East Gay Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 Attention: George A. Schmidt Phone: 614-621-9000 Facsimile: 614-621-8863 A-1 COMMITMENT: KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national $55,000,000 banking association, Individually and as Administrative Agent By: /s/ Kevin P. Murray ---------------------------------- Name: Kevin P. Murray ---------------------------------- Title: Vice President ---------------------------------- KeyBank National Association 127 Public Square Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Attention: Real Estate Capital Phone: 216-689-4660 Facsimile: 216-689-4997 A-2 COMMITMENT: EUROHYPO AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, $50,000,000 Individually and as Co-Syndication Agent By: /s/ David Sarner ---------------------------------- Name: David Sarner ---------------------------------- Title: Director ---------------------------------- Eurohypo AG, New York Branch 1114 Avenue of the Americas, 29th Floor New York, New York 10036 Attention: Stephen Cox, Director Phone: 212-479-5861 Facsimile: 866-874-5034 with copy to: Eurohypo AG, New York Branch 1114 Avenue of the Americas, 29th Floor New York, New York 10036 Attention: Head of Legal Department Phone: 212-479-5700 Facsimile: 866-276-7680 A-3 COMMITMENT: WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, $50,000,000 Individually and as Co-Syndication Agent By: /s/ Cathy A. Casey ---------------------------------- Name: Cathy A. Casey ---------------------------------- Title: Managing Director ---------------------------------- Wachovia Bank, National Association 171 17th Street, NW, 100 Bldg GA 4506 Atlanta, GA 30363 Attention: Cathy A. Casey, Director Phone: 404-214-6335 Facsimile: 404-332-4066 A-4 COMMITMENT: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., $50,000,000 individually and as Co-Documentation Agent By: /s/ Michael W. Edwards ------------------------------- Name: Michael W. Edwards ------------------------------- Title: Senior Vice President ------------------------------- Bank of America, N.A. 231 S. LaSalle Street, 10th Floor Chicago, IL 60604 Mail Code: IL1-231-10-35 Attention: Michael W. Edwards, Senior Vice President Phone: 312-828-4122 Facsimile: 312-974-4970 A-5 COMMITMENT: CHARTER ONE BANK, N.A. $50,000,000 Individually and as Co-Documentation Agent By: /s/ Florentina Djulvezan ------------------------------- Name: Florentina Djulvezan ------------------------------- Title: Vice President ------------------------------- Charter One Bank, N.A. 1215 Superior Avenue, 6th Floor Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Attention: Florentina Djulvezan, Vice President Phone: 216-277-0694 Facsimile: 216-277-4607 A-6 COMMITMENT: AAREAL BANK AG $50,000,000 By: /s/ Stefan Kolle ------------------------------- Name: Stefan Kolle ------------------------------- Title: Director ------------------------------- By: /s/ Anke Nitz ------------------------------- Name: Anke Nitz ------------------------------- Title: Vice President ------------------------------- Aareal Bank AG Paulinenster, 15 Wiesbaden, Germany 65189 Attention: Stefan Kolle, Director Phone: 49-611-348-0 Facsimile: 49-611-348-2549 Attention: Daniel de Roo Phone: 49-611-348-0 Facsimile: 49-611-348-2549 A-7 COMMITMENT: HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK $35,000,000 By: /s/ Ronald S. Content ------------------------------- Name: Ronald S. Content ------------------------------- Title: Vice President ------------------------------- Huntington National Bank 41 S. High Street, HC0840 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Attention: Ronald S. Content, Vice President Phone: 614-480-4378 Facsimile: 614-480-3698 A-8 COMMITMENT: NATIONAL CITY BANK $30,000,000 By: /s/ Steven A. Smith ------------------------------- Name: Steven A. Smith ------------------------------- Title: Vice President ------------------------------- National City Bank 155 E. Broad Street Columbus, Ohio 43251 Attention: Steven A. Smith, Senior Vice President Phone: 614-463-7738 Facsimile: 614-463-8058 A-9 COMMITMENT: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $30,000,000 By: /s/ Richard B. Trzybinski ------------------------------- Name: Richard B. Trzybinski ------------------------------- Title: Vice President ------------------------------- PNC Bank, National Association 201 East Fifth Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Attention: Richard Trzybinski, Vice President Phone: 513-651-8939 Facsimile: 513-651-8931 A-10 COMMITMENT: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $30,000,000 By: /s/ Anthony J. Mathena ------------------------------- Name: Anthony J. Mathena ------------------------------- Title: Vice President ------------------------------- U.S. Bank National Association 175 S. Third Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 Attention: Anthony Mathena, Vice President Phone: 614-232-8013 Facsimile: 614-232-8033 A-11 COMMITMENT: LEHMAN BROTHERS COMMERCIAL BANK $25,000,000 By: /s/ George Janes ------------------------------- Name: George Janes ------------------------------- Title: Chief Credit Officer ------------------------------- Lehman Brothers Commercial Bank c/o Lehman Brothers High Grade Loan Portfolio Group 745 7th Avenue, 5th Floor New York, NY 10019 Attention: Janine Shugan Phone: 212-526-8625 Facsimile: 917-522-0139 A-12 COMMITMENT: MIDFIRST BANK, $15,000,000 a Federally Chartered Savings Association By: /s/ Todd G. Wright ------------------------------- Name: Todd G. Wright ------------------------------- Title: Vice President ------------------------------- MidFirst Bank 501 NW Grand Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK 73118 Attention: Todd G. Wright, Vice President Phone: 405-767-7108 Facsimile: 405-767-7119 A-13 EXHIBIT A --------- FORM OF NOTE ------------ ____________, 2006 Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Borrower"), promises to pay to the order of _________________________ (the "Lender") the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Article II of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended or modified, the "Agreement") hereinafter referred to, in immediately available funds at the main office of KeyBank National Association in Cleveland, Ohio, as Administrative Agent, together with interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof at the rates and on the dates set forth in the Agreement. The Borrower shall pay remaining unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans in full on the Facility Termination Date or such earlier date as may be required under the Agreement. The Lender shall, and is hereby authorized to, record on the schedule attached hereto, or to otherwise record in accordance with its usual practice, the date and amount of each Loan and the date and amount of each principal payment hereunder. This Note is one of the Notes issued pursuant to, and is entitled to the benefits of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of ____________, 2006 among the Borrower, KeyBank National Association individually and as Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders named therein, to which Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, reference is hereby made for a statement of the terms and conditions governing this Note, including the terms and conditions under which this Note may be prepaid or its maturity date accelerated. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used with the meanings attributed to them in the Agreement. If there is a Default under the Agreement or any other Loan Document and Administrative Agent exercises the remedies provided under the Agreement and/or any of the Loan Documents for the Lenders, then in addition to all amounts recoverable by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under such documents, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to receive reasonable attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the exercise of such remedies. Borrower and all endorsers severally waive presentment, protest and demand, notice of protest, demand and of dishonor and nonpayment of this Note, and any and all lack of diligence or delays in collection or enforcement of this Note, and expressly agree that this Note, or any payment hereunder, may be extended from time to time, and expressly consent to the release of any party liable for the obligation secured by this Note, the release of any of the security for this Note, the acceptance of any other security therefor, or any other indulgence or forbearance whatsoever, all without notice to any party and without affecting the liability of the Borrower and any endorsers hereof. This Note shall be governed and construed under the internal laws of the State of Ohio. A-14 BORROWER AND LENDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHT UNDER THIS NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR RELATING THERETO OR ARISING FROM THE LENDING RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS NOTE AND AGREE THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, its sole general partner By: _____________________________ Name: _____________________________ Title: _____________________________ A-15 SCHEDULE OF LOANS AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL TO NOTE OF GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, DATED ___________, 2006 Maturity Principal Maturity Principal Amount of of Interest Amount Unpaid Date Loan Period Paid Balance - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-16 EXHIBIT B COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent 127 Public Square Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Re: Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 14, 2006 (as amended, modified, supplemented, restated, or renewed, from time to time, the "Agreement") between GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (the "Borrower"), and KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent for itself and the other lenders parties thereto from time to time ("Lenders"). Reference is made to the Agreement. Capitalized terms used in this Certificate (including schedules and other attachments hereto, this "Certificate") without definition have the meanings specified in the Agreement. Pursuant to applicable provisions of the Agreement, Borrower hereby certifies to the Lenders that the information furnished in the attached schedules, including, without limitation, each of the calculations listed below are true, correct and complete in all material respects as of the last day of the fiscal periods subject to the financial statements and associated covenants being delivered to the Lenders pursuant to the Agreement together with this Certificate (such statements the "Financial Statements" and the periods covered thereby the "reporting period") and for such reporting periods. The Borrower hereby further certifies to the Lenders that: 1. Compliance with Financial Covenants. Schedule A attached hereto sets forth financial data and computations evidencing the Borrower's compliance with certain covenants of the Agreement, all of which data and computations are true, complete and correct. 2. Review of Condition. The Borrower has reviewed the terms of the Agreement, including, but not limited to, the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in the Agreement and the covenants of the Borrower set forth in the Agreement, and has made, or caused to be made under his or her supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and condition of the Borrower through the reporting periods. 3. Representations and Warranties. To the Borrower's actual knowledge, the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in the Loan Documents, including those contained in the Agreement, are true and accurate in all material respects as of the date hereof and were true and accurate in all material respects at all times during the reporting period except as expressly noted on Schedule B hereto. B-1 4. Covenants. To the Borrower's actual knowledge, during the reporting period, the Borrower observed and performed all of the respective covenants and other agreements under the Agreement and the Loan Documents, and satisfied each of the conditions contained therein to be observed, performed or satisfied by the Borrower, except as expressly noted on Schedule B hereto. 5. No Default. To the Borrower's actual knowledge, no Default exists as of the date hereof or existed at any time during the reporting period, except as expressly noted on Schedule B hereto. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate is executed by the undersigned this 14th day of December, 2006. GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, its sole general partner By:___________________________________ Name:_________________________________ Title:________________________________ B-2 EXHIBIT C --------- ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT -------------------- This Assignment Agreement (this "Assignment Agreement") between KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the "Assignor") and _________________________ (the "Assignee") is dated as of December 14, 2006. The parties hereto agree as follows: 1. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT. The Assignor is a party to an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (which, as it may be amended, modified, renewed or extended from time to time is herein called the "Credit Agreement") described in Item 1 of Schedule 1 attached hereto ("Schedule 1"). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings attributed to them in the Credit Agreement. 2. ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION. The Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby purchases and assumes from the Assignor, an interest in and to the Assignor's rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement such that after giving effect to such assignment the Assignee shall have purchased pursuant to this Assignment Agreement the percentage interest specified in Item 3 of Schedule 1 of all outstanding rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Commitment purchased by the Assignee hereunder is set forth in Item 4 of Schedule 1. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. The effective date of this Assignment Agreement (the "Effective Date") shall be the later of the date specified in Item 5 of Schedule 1 or two (2) Business Days (or such shorter period agreed to by the Agent) after a Notice of Assignment substantially in the form of Exhibit "I" attached hereto has been delivered to the Agent. Such Notice of Assignment must include the consent of the Agent required by Section 12.3.1 of the Credit Agreement. In no event will the Effective Date occur if the payments required to be made by the Assignee to the Assignor on the Effective Date under Section 4 hereof are not made on the proposed Effective Date. The Assignor will notify the Assignee of the proposed Effective Date no later than the Business Day prior to the proposed Effective Date. As of the Effective Date, (i) the Assignee shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Loan Documents with respect to the rights and obligations assigned to the Assignee hereunder and (ii) the Assignor shall relinquish its rights and be released from its corresponding obligations under the Loan Documents with respect to the rights and obligations assigned to the Assignee hereunder. 4. PAYMENTS OBLIGATIONS. On and after the Effective Date, the Assignee shall be entitled to receive from the Agent all payments of principal, interest and fees with respect to the interest assigned hereby. The Assignee shall advance funds directly to the Agent with respect to all Loans and reimbursement payments made on or after the Effective Date with respect to the interest assigned hereby. In consideration for the sale and assignment of Loans hereunder, the Assignee shall pay the Assignor, on the Effective Date, an amount equal to the principal amount of the portion of all Loans assigned to the Assignee hereunder which is outstanding on the Effective Date. The Assignee will promptly remit to the Assignor (i) the portion of any principal payments assigned hereunder and received from the Agent and (ii) any amounts of interest on Loans and fees received from the Agent to the extent either (i) or (ii) relate to the portion of the Loans assigned to the Assignee hereunder for periods prior to the Effective Date and have not been previously paid by the Assignee to the Assignor. In the event that either party hereto receives any payment to which the other party hereto is entitled under this Assignment Agreement, then the party receiving such amount shall promptly remit it to the other party hereto. C-1 5. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ASSIGNOR; LIMITATIONS ON THE ASSIGNOR'S LIABILITY. The Assignor represents and warrants: (a) that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder, (b) that such interest is free and clear of any adverse claim created by the Assignor, (c) that it has all necessary right and authority to enter into this Assignment, (d) that the Credit Agreement has not been modified or amended, (e) that the Assignor is not in default under the Credit Agreement, and (f) that, to the best of Assignor's knowledge, the Borrower is not in default under the Credit Agreement. It is understood and agreed that the assignment and assumption hereunder are made without recourse to the Assignor and that the Assignor makes no other representation or warranty of any kind to the Assignee. Neither the Assignor nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or attorneys shall be responsible for (i) the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or collectability of any Loan Document, including without limitation, documents granting the Assignor and the other Lenders a security interest in assets of the Borrower or any guarantor, (ii) any representation, warranty or statement made in or in connection with any of the Loan Documents, (iii) the financial condition or creditworthiness of the Borrower or any guarantor, (iv) the performance of or compliance with any of the terms or provisions of any of the Loan Documents, (v) inspecting any of the Property, books or records of the Borrower, (vi) the validity, enforceability, perfection, priority, condition, value or sufficiency of any collateral securing or purporting to secure the Loans or (vii) any mistake, error of judgment, or action taken or omitted to be taken in connection with the Loans or the Loan Documents. 6. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ASSIGNEE. The Assignee (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements requested by the Assignee and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment Agreement, (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, (iii) appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Loan Documents as are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, (iv) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender, (v) agrees that its payment instructions and notice instructions are as set forth in the attachment to Schedule 1, and (vi) confirms that none of the funds, monies, assets or other consideration being used to make the purchase and assumption hereunder are "plan assets" as defined under ERISA and that its rights, benefits and interests in and under the Loan Documents will not be "plan assets" under ERISA. 7. INDEMNITY. The Assignee agrees to indemnify and hold the Assignor harmless against any and all losses, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees) and liabilities incurred by the Assignor in connection with or arising in any manner from the Assignee's non-performance of the obligations assumed by Assignee under this Assignment Agreement on and after the Effective Date. The Assignor agrees to indemnify and hold the Assignee harmless against any and all losses, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees) and liabilities incurred by the Assignee in connection with or arising in any manner from the Assignor's non-performance of the obligations assigned to Assignee under this Assignment Agreement prior to the Effective Date. C-2 8. SUBSEQUENT ASSIGNMENTS. After the Effective Date, the Assignee shall have the right pursuant to Section 12.3.1 of the Credit Agreement to assign the rights which are assigned to the Assignee hereunder to any entity or person, provided that (i) any such subsequent assignment does not violate any of the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents or any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction or decree and that any consent required under the terms of the Loan Documents has been obtained and (ii) unless the prior written consent of the Assignor is obtained, the Assignee is not thereby released from its obligations to the Assignor hereunder, if any remain unsatisfied, including, without limitation, its obligations under Sections 4 and 7 hereof. 9. REDUCTIONS OF AGGREGATE COMMITMENT. If any reduction in the Aggregate Commitment occurs between the date of this Assignment Agreement and the Effective Date, the percentage interest specified in Item 3 of Schedule 1 shall remain the same, but the dollar amount purchased shall be recalculated based on the reduced Aggregate Commitment. 10. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Assignment Agreement and the attached Notice of Assignment embody the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto and supersede all prior agreements and understandings between the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof. 11. GOVERNING LAW. This Assignment Agreement shall be governed by the internal law, and not the law of conflicts, of the State of Ohio. 12. NOTICES. Notices shall be given under this Assignment Agreement in the manner set forth in the Credit Agreement. For the purpose hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto (until notice of a change is delivered) shall be the address set forth in the attachment to Schedule 1. [NO FURTHER TEXT ON THIS PAGE] C-3 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Assignment Agreement by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written. ASSIGNOR: KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION By: ________________________________ Name: ________________________________ Title: ________________________________ ASSIGNEE: By: ________________________________ Name: ________________________________ Title: ________________________________ C-4 Attachment to SCHEDULE 1 to ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT Attach Assignor's Administrative Information Sheet, which must include notice address for the Assignor and the Assignee [to be provided by KeyBank] SCHEDULE 1 to Assignment Agreement 1. Description and Date of Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement") dated as of December 14, 2006 among Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, as "Borrower" and KeyBank National Association as "Administrative Agent" and "Lead Arranger" and the Several Lenders From Time to Time Parties Hereto, as Lenders. 2. Date of Assignment Agreement: _____________, 2006 3. Amounts (As of Date of Item 2 above): a. Aggregate Commitment under Credit Agreement $470,000,000 b. Assignee's Percentage of the Aggregate Commitment purchased under this Assignment Agreement** _____________% 4. Amount of Assignee's Commitment Purchased under this Assignment Agreement: $____________ 5. Proposed Effective Date: ___________________ Accepted and Agreed: KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION _____________________________________ By: _________________________________ By: _________________________________ Title: ______________________________ Title: ______________________________ ** Percentage taken to 10 decimal places. EXHIBIT "I" to Assignment Agreement NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT December 14, 2006 To: KeyBank National Association 127 Public Square Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Attention: Real Estate Capital BORROWER: Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership 150 East Gay Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 Attention: George A. Schmidt From: [NAME OF ASSIGNOR] (the "Assignor") [NAME OF ASSIGNEE] (the "Assignee") 1. We refer to that Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement") described in Item 1 of Schedule 1 attached hereto ("Schedule 1"). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings attributed to them in the Credit Agreement. 2. This Notice of Assignment (this "Notice") is given and delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 12.3.2 of the Credit Agreement. 3. The Assignor and the Assignee have entered into an Assignment Agreement, dated as of , 200_ (the "Assignment"), pursuant to which, among other things, the Assignor has sold, assigned, delegated and transferred to the Assignee, and the Assignee has purchased, accepted and assumed from the Assignor the percentage interest specified in Item 3 of Schedule 1 of all outstanding rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement. The Effective Date of the Assignment shall be the later of the date specified in Item 5 of Schedule 1 or two (2) Business Days (or such shorter period as agreed to by the Agent) after this Notice of Assignment and any fee required by Section 12.3.2 of the Credit Agreement have been delivered to the Agent, provided that the Effective Date shall not occur if any condition precedent agreed to by the Assignor and the Assignee has not been satisfied. I-1 4. The Assignor and the Assignee hereby give to the Agent notice of the assignment and delegation referred to herein. The Assignor will confer with the Agent before the date specified in Item 5 of Schedule 1 to determine if the Assignment Agreement will become effective on such date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, and will confer with the Agent to determine the Effective Date pursuant to Section 3 hereof if it occurs thereafter. The Assignor shall notify the Agent if the Assignment Agreement does not become effective on any proposed Effective Date as a result of the failure to satisfy the conditions precedent agreed to by the Assignor and the Assignee. At the request of the Agent, the Assignor will give the Agent written confirmation of the satisfaction of the conditions precedent. 5. If Notes are outstanding on the Effective Date, the Assignor and the Assignee request and direct that the Agent prepare and cause the Borrower to execute and deliver new Notes or, as appropriate, replacements notes, to the Assignor and the Assignee. The Assignor and, if applicable, the Assignee each agree to deliver to the Agent the original Note received by it from the Borrower upon its receipt of a new Note in the appropriate amount. 6. The Assignee advises the Agent that notice and payment instructions are set forth in the attachment to Schedule 1. 7. The Assignee hereby represents and warrants that none of the funds, monies, assets or other consideration being used to make the purchase pursuant to the Assignment are "plan assets" as defined under ERISA and that its rights, benefits, and interests in and under the Loan Documents will not be "plan assets" under ERISA. 8. The Assignee authorizes the Agent to act as its agent under the Loan Documents in accordance with the terms thereof. The Assignee acknowledges that the Agent has no duty to supply information with respect to the Borrower or the Loan Documents to the Assignee until the Assignee becomes a party to the Credit Agreement.* *May be eliminated if Assignee is a party to the Credit Agreement prior to the Effective Date. NAME OF ASSIGNOR NAME OF ASSIGNEE By: By: ---------------------------- ------------------------------- Title: Title: ------------------------- ---------------------------- I-2 ACKNOWLEDGED AND, IF REQUIRED BY THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, CONSENTED TO BY KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent By: ---------------------------------------- Title: ------------------------------------- [Attach photocopy of Schedule 1 to Assignment] I-3 EXHIBIT D --------- GUARANTY -------- This Guaranty is made as of December 14, 2006 by Glimcher Realty Trust, a real estate investment trust organized under the laws of the State of Maryland ("Glimcher Trust") and Glimcher Properties Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Glimcher Properties", and together with Glimcher Trust, collectively, the "Guarantors"), to and for the benefit of KeyBank National Association, individually ("KeyBank") and as administrative agent ("Administrative Agent") for itself and the lenders under the Credit Agreement (as defined below) and their respective successors and assigns (collectively, the "Lenders"). RECITALS -------- A. Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware ("Borrower"), and Guarantors have requested that the Lenders make a revolving credit facility available to Borrower in an aggregate principal amount of up to $470,000,000, subject to future increases up to $600,000,000 (the "Facility"). B. The Lenders have agreed to make available the Facility to Borrower pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement of even date herewith among Borrower, KeyBank, individually, and as Administrative Agent, and the Lenders named therein (as amended, modified or restated from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"). All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement. C. Borrower has executed and delivered or will execute and deliver to the Lenders promissory notes in the principal amount of each Lender's Commitment and promissory notes in the principal amount, if any, of each Lender's Loan as evidence of Borrower's indebtedness to each such Lender with respect to the Facility (the promissory notes described above, together with any amendments or allonges thereto, or restatements, replacements or renewals thereof, and/or new promissory notes to new Lenders under the Credit Agreement, are collectively referred to herein as the "Notes"). D. Glimcher Properties is the sole general partner in the Borrower and Glimcher Trust is the owner of all of the stock of Glimcher Properties and certain of the limited partnership interests in the Borrower. Guarantors acknowledge that the extension of credit by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement will benefit Guarantors by enhancing the financial strength of the consolidated group of which Guarantors and Borrower are members. The execution and delivery of this Guaranty by Guarantors are conditions precedent to the performance by the Lenders of their obligations under the Credit Agreement. AGREEMENTS ---------- NOW, THEREFORE, Guarantors, in consideration of the matters described in the foregoing Recitals, which Recitals are incorporated herein and made a part hereof, and for other good and valuable consideration, hereby agree as follows: 1. Guarantors absolutely, unconditionally, and irrevocably guaranty to each of the Lenders: (a) the full and prompt payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, and the prompt payment of all sums which may now be or may hereafter become due and owing under the Notes, the Credit Agreement, and the other Loan Documents; (b) the payment of all Enforcement Costs (as hereinafter defined in Paragraph 7 hereof); and (c) the full, complete, and punctual observance, performance, and satisfaction of all of the obligations, duties, covenants, and agreements of Borrower under the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents. All amounts due, debts, liabilities, and payment obligations described in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph 1 are referred to herein as the "Facility Indebtedness." All obligations described in subparagraph (c) of this Paragraph 1 are referred to herein as the "Obligations." 2. In the event of any default by Borrower in making payment of the Facility Indebtedness, or in performance of the Obligations, as aforesaid, in each case beyond the expiration of any applicable grace period, Guarantors agree, on demand by the Administrative Agent or the holder of a Note, to pay all the Facility Indebtedness and to perform all the Obligations as are then or thereafter become due and owing or are to be performed under the terms of the Notes, the Credit Agreement, and the other Loan Documents. 3. Guarantors do hereby waive (i) notice of acceptance of this Guaranty by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and any and all notices and demands of every kind which may be required to be given by any statute, rule or law, (ii) any defense, right of set-off or other claim which Guarantors may have against Borrower or which Guarantors or Borrower may have against the Administrative Agent or the Lenders or the holder of a Note, (iii) presentment for payment, demand for payment (other than as provided for in Paragraph 2 above), notice of nonpayment (other than as provided for in Paragraph 2 above) or dishonor, protest and notice of protest, diligence in collection and any and all formalities which otherwise might be legally required to charge Guarantors with liability, (iv) any failure by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to inform Guarantors of any facts the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may now or hereafter know about Borrower, the Facility, or the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement, it being understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have no duty so to inform and that Guarantors are fully responsible for being and remaining informed by Borrower of all circumstances bearing on the existence or creation, or the risk of nonpayment of the Facility Indebtedness or the risk of nonperformance of the Obligations, and (v) any and all right to cause a marshalling of assets of Borrower or any other action by any court or governmental body with respect thereto, or to cause the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to proceed against any other security given to a Lender in connection with the Facility Indebtedness or the Obligations. Credit may be granted or continued from time to time by the Lenders to Borrower without notice to or authorization from Guarantors, regardless of the financial or other condition of Borrower at the time of any such grant or continuation. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have no obligation to disclose or discuss with Guarantors the Lenders' assessment of the financial condition of Borrower. Guarantors acknowledge that no representations of any kind whatsoever have been made by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to Guarantors. No modification or waiver of any of the provisions of this Guaranty shall be D-2 binding upon the Administrative Agent and the Lenders except as expressly set forth in a writing duly signed and delivered on behalf of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. Guarantors further agree that any exculpatory language contained in the Credit Agreement, the Notes, and the other Loan Documents shall in no event apply to this Guaranty, and will not prevent the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from proceeding against Guarantors to enforce this Guaranty. 4. Guarantors further agree that Guarantors' liability as guarantor shall in no way be impaired by any renewals or extensions which may be made from time to time, with or without the knowledge or consent of Guarantors of the time for payment of interest or principal under a Note or by any forbearance or delay in collecting interest or principal under a Note, or by any waiver by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Documents, or by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders' failure or election not to pursue any other remedies they may have against Borrower, or by any change or modification in a Note, the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Documents, or by the acceptance by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders of any security or any increase, substitution or change therein, or by the release by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of any security or any withdrawal thereof or decrease therein, or by the application of payments received from any source to the payment of any obligation other than the Facility Indebtedness, even though a Lender might lawfully have elected to apply such payments to any part or all of the Facility Indebtedness, it being the intent hereof that Guarantors shall remain liable as principal for payment of the Facility Indebtedness and performance of the Obligations until all indebtedness has been paid in full and the other terms, covenants and conditions of the Credit Agreement, and other Loan Documents and this Guaranty have been performed, notwithstanding any act or thing which might otherwise operate as a legal or equitable discharge of a surety. Guarantors further understand and agree that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may at any time enter into agreements with Borrower to amend and modify a Note, the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or any thereof, and may waive or release any provision or provisions of a Note, the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Document and, with reference to such instruments, may make and enter into any such agreement or agreements as the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and Borrower may deem proper and desirable, without in any manner impairing this Guaranty or any of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders' rights hereunder or any of Guarantors' obligations hereunder. 5. This is an absolute, unconditional, complete, present and continuing guaranty of payment and performance and not of collection. Guarantors agree that their obligations hereunder shall be joint and several with each other and with any and all other guarantees given in connection with the Facility from time to time. Guarantors agree that this Guaranty may be enforced by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders without the necessity at any time of resorting to or exhausting any security or collateral, if any, given in connection herewith or with a Note, the Credit Agreement, or any of the other Loan Documents or by or resorting to any other guaranties, and Guarantors hereby waive the right to require the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to join Borrower in any action brought hereunder or to commence any action against or obtain any judgment against Borrower or to pursue any other remedy or enforce any other right. Guarantors further agree that nothing contained herein or otherwise shall prevent the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from pursuing concurrently or successively all rights and remedies available to them at law and/or in equity or under a Note, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Documents, and the exercise of any of their rights or the completion of any of their remedies shall not constitute a discharge of any of Guarantors' obligations hereunder, it being D-3 the purpose and intent of Guarantors that the obligations of such Guarantors hereunder shall be primary, absolute, independent and unconditional under any and all circumstances whatsoever. Neither Guarantors' obligations under this Guaranty nor any remedy for the enforcement thereof shall be impaired, modified, changed or released in any manner whatsoever by any impairment, modification, change, release or limitation of the liability of Borrower under a Note, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or by reason of Borrower's bankruptcy or by reason of any creditor or bankruptcy proceeding instituted by or against Borrower. This Guaranty shall continue to be effective and be deemed to have continued in existence or be reinstated (as the case may be) if at any time payment of all or any part of any sum payable pursuant to a Note, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document is rescinded or otherwise required to be returned by the payee upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization of the payor, all as though such payment to such Lender had not been made, regardless of whether such Lender contested the order requiring the return of such payment. The obligations of Guarantors pursuant to the preceding sentence shall survive any termination, cancellation, or release of this Guaranty. 6. This Guaranty shall be assignable by a Lender to any assignee of all or a portion of such Lender's rights under the Loan Documents. 7. If: (i) this Guaranty, a Note, or any of the Loan Documents are placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or is collected through any legal proceeding; (ii) an attorney is retained to represent the Administrative Agent or any Lender in any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership, or other proceedings affecting creditors' rights and involving a claim under this Guaranty, a Note, the Credit Agreement, or any Loan Document; (iii) an attorney is retained to enforce any of the other Loan Documents or to provide advice or other representation with respect to the Loan Documents in connection with an enforcement action or potential enforcement action; or (iv) an attorney is retained to represent the Administrative Agent or any Lender in any other legal proceedings whatsoever in connection with this Guaranty, a Note, the Credit Agreement, any of the Loan Documents, or any property securing the Facility Indebtedness (other than any action or proceeding brought by any Lender or participant against the Administrative Agent alleging a breach by the Administrative Agent of its duties under the Loan Documents), then Guarantors shall pay to the Administrative Agent or such Lender upon demand all reasonable attorney's fees, costs and expenses, including, without limitation, court costs, filing fees and all other costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith (all of which are referred to herein as "Enforcement Costs"), in addition to all other amounts due hereunder. 8. The parties hereto intend that each provision in this Guaranty comports with all applicable local, state and federal laws and judicial decisions. However, if any provision or provisions, or if any portion of any provision or provisions, in this Guaranty is found by a court of law to be in violation of any applicable local, state or federal ordinance, statute, law, administrative or judicial decision, or public policy, and if such court should declare such portion, provision or provisions of this Guaranty to be illegal, invalid, unlawful, void or unenforceable as written, then it is the intent of all parties hereto that such portion, provision or provisions shall be given force to the fullest possible extent that they are legal, valid and enforceable, that the remainder of this Guaranty shall be construed as if such illegal, invalid, unlawful, void or unenforceable portion, provision or provisions were not contained therein, and that the rights, obligations and interest of the Administrative Agent and the Lender or the holder of a Note under the remainder of this Guaranty shall continue in full force and effect. D-4 9. Any indebtedness of Borrower to Guarantors now or hereafter existing is hereby subordinated to the Facility Indebtedness. Guarantors will not seek, accept, or retain for Guarantors' own account, any payment from Borrower on account of such subordinated debt at any time when a Default exists under the Credit Agreement or the Loan Documents, and any such payments to Guarantors made while any Default then exists under the Credit Agreement or the Loan Documents on account of such subordinated debt shall be collected and received by Guarantors in trust for the Lenders and shall be paid over to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders on account of the Facility Indebtedness without impairing or releasing the obligations of Guarantors hereunder. 10. Guarantors hereby subordinate to the Facility Indebtedness any and all claims and rights, including, without limitation, subrogation rights, contribution rights, reimbursement rights and set-off rights, which Guarantors may have against Borrower arising from a payment made by Guarantors under this Guaranty and agree that, until the entire Facility Indebtedness is paid in full, not to assert or take advantage of any subrogation rights of Guarantors or the Lenders or any right of Guarantors or the Lenders to proceed against (i) Borrower for reimbursement, or (ii) any other guarantor or any collateral security or guaranty or right of offset held by the Lenders for the payment of the Facility Indebtedness and performance of the Obligations, nor shall Guarantors seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from Borrower or any other guarantor in respect of payments made by Guarantors hereunder. It is expressly understood that the agreements of Guarantors set forth above constitute additional and cumulative benefits given to the Lenders for their security and as an inducement for their extension of credit to Borrower. 11. Any amounts received by a Lender from any source on account of any indebtedness may be applied by such Lender toward the payment of such indebtedness, and in such order of application, as a Lender may from time to time elect. 12. Guarantors hereby submit to personal jurisdiction in the State of Ohio for the enforcement of this Guaranty and waives any and all personal rights to object to such jurisdiction for the purposes of litigation to enforce this Guaranty. Guarantors hereby consent to the jurisdiction of either the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas in Cleveland, Ohio or the United States District Court in Cleveland, Ohio in any action, suit, or proceeding which the Administrative Agent or a Lender may at any time wish to file in connection with this Guaranty or any related matter. Guarantors hereby agree that an action, suit, or proceeding to enforce this Guaranty may be brought in any state or federal court in the State of Ohio and hereby waives any objection which Guarantors may have to the laying of the venue of any such action, suit, or proceeding in any such court; provided, however, that the provisions of this Paragraph shall not be deemed to preclude the Administrative Agent or a Lender from filing any such action, suit, or proceeding in any other appropriate forum. 13. All notices and other communications provided to any party hereto under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be in writing or by telex or by facsimile and addressed or delivered to such party at its address set forth below or at such other address as may be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties. Any notice, if mailed and properly addressed with postage prepaid, shall be deemed given when received; any notice, if transmitted by facsimile, shall be deemed given when transmitted. Notice may be given as follows: D-5 To Guarantors: Glimcher Properties Corporation 150 East Gay Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 Attention: George A. Schmidt Telephone: 614-621-9000 Facsimile: 614-621-8863 With a copy to: Glimcher Realty Trust 150 East Gay Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 Attention: George A. Schmidt Telephone: 614-621-9000 Facsimile: 614-621-8863 To KeyBank as Administrative Agent and as a Lender: KeyBank National Association 227 West Monroe Street, 18th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60606 Attention: Real Estate Capital Phone: 312-730-2731 Facsimile: 312-730-2755 With a copy to: KeyBank National Association 127 Public Square Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Attention: Real Estate Capital Phone: 216-689-4660 Facsimile: 216-689-4997 With a copy to: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, LLP 8000 Sears Tower Chicago, Illinois 60606 Attention: Patrick G. Moran, Esq. Telephone: (312) 876-8132 Facsimile: (312) 876-7934 If to any other Lender, to its address set forth in the Credit Agreement. D-6 14. This Guaranty shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, legal and personal representatives, successors and assigns of Guarantors and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders' successors and assigns. 15. This Guaranty shall be construed and enforced under the internal laws of the State of Ohio. 16. GUARANTORS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS, BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHT UNDER THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR RELATING THERETO OR ARISING FROM THE LENDING RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS GUARANTY AND AGREE THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. D-7 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantors have executed and delivered this Guaranty as of the date first written above. GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST By: ________________________ Name: ________________________ Title: ________________________ GLIMCHER PROPERTIES CORPORATION By: ________________________ Name: ________________________ Title: ________________________ D-8 EXHIBIT E --------- FORM OF OPINION OF BORROWER'S COUNSEL ------------------------------------- December 14, 2006 KeyBank, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders 127 Public Square, 8th Floor Cleveland, Ohio Re: $470,000,000 Credit Facility to Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership Ladies and Gentlemen: We have acted as counsel for the Borrower in connection with a $470,000,000 secured revolving credit facility, (the "Loan"), which Loan is being made pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 14, 2006 (the "Credit Agreement") among the Borrower, KeyBank and the several lenders from time to time parties thereto (collectively, the "Lenders"), and KeyBank, as Administrative Agent (the "Agent"). In connection with the Loan we have been furnished with originals or copies certified to our satisfaction of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Parent Entities, the partnership agreement and certificate of limited partnership of the Borrower, and all such corporate and other records of the Borrower and the Parent Entities, with such declarations and agreements, and certificates of officers and representatives of the Borrower and the Parent Entities and with such other documents, and we have made such other examinations and investigations as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions expressed below. We have examined the originals of the following documents, each of which is addressed to the Lender or to which the Lender is a party (all of which are sometimes collectively referred to as the "Loan Documents"): 1. The Credit Agreement; and 2. [describe promissory notes and other Loan Documents]. Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that: 1. Borrower is a limited partnership duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Borrower has all requisite power and authority to own its properties, carry on its business and to deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents. 2. Each of the general partners of Borrower is a corporation or trust duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each of the general partners of Borrower has all requisite power and authority to own its properties, carry on its business and to deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents. E-1 3. The execution, delivery, and performance by each of the entities comprising the Borrower of the Loan Documents to which it is a party has been duly authorized by all necessary action of the Borrower and does not (i) require any consent or approval of any partner or shareholder of such entity or any other person or entity excepting such consents or approvals as have actually been obtained; (ii) violate any provision of any law, rule, or regulation of the United States or the State of Ohio, or any provision of the partnership or corporate law presently in effect having applicability to the Borrower or its general partners, as applicable; (iii) violate any provision of the partnership agreements of the Borrower or the articles of incorporation or bylaws of its general partners; (iv) violate any presently existing statutory or administrative provision or judicial decision applicable to the Borrower or its general partners; or (v) result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument affecting the Borrowers or its general partners. 3. Each Loan Document to which it is a party (a) has been properly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Borrower and the Parent Entities, (b) constitutes the legal, valid, and binding obligations of the Borrower and the Parent Entities, and (c) is enforceable in accordance with its terms. 4. To our knowledge, no presently existing authorization, exemption, consent, approval, license, or registration with any court or governmental department, commission, bureau, agency, or instrumentality will be necessary for the valid, binding, and enforceable execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower or the Parent Entities of the Loan Documents. 5. To our knowledge, there are no actions, suits, or proceedings pending or threatened against the Borrower or the Parent Entities before any court or governmental entity or instrumentality which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Credit Agreement). 6. The Loan Documents are governed by the laws of the State of Ohio, and the Loan, including the interest rate reserved in the applicable Note and all fees and charges paid or to be paid by or on behalf of Borrower in connection with such Loan pursuant to the applicable Loan Documents, is not in violation of the usury laws of the State of Ohio. The opinions expressed herein are expressly made subject to and qualified by the following: (a) We have assumed that the Loan Documents are duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Agent, the Lenders and all other parties other than the Borrower and the Parent Entities. (b) This opinion is based upon existing laws, ordinances and regulations in effect as of the date hereof. (c) This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Ohio and applicable federal law and no opinion is expressed as to the laws of any other jurisdiction. E-2 (d) We have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals (other than the Loan Documents) and the conformity to original documents of all documents (other than the Loan Documents) submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies. (e) The opinions expressed herein are qualified to the extent that: (i) the enforceability of any rights or remedies in any agreement or instruments may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally; and (ii) the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy is subject to the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction. This opinion may be relied upon by only by the addressees hereof, its attorneys, auditors, advisors, participants, and their respective successors and assigns, and not by any other party. Very truly yours, E-3 EXHIBIT F --------- BORROWING NOTICE ---------------- Date KeyBank National Association Real Estate Capital Attention: [__________________] 127 Public Square, OH-01-27-0839 Cleveland, OH 44114 Borrowing Notice Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership ("Borrower") hereby requests an Advance pursuant to Section 2.8 of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of _____________, 2006 (as amended or modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, the Lenders referenced therein, and you, as an administrative agent for the Lenders. An Advance is requested to be made in the amount of $__________, to be made on _____________. Such Advance shall be a [LIBOR] [Floating Rate] Advance. [The applicable LIBOR Interest Period shall be _____________.] The proceeds of the requested loan shall be directed to the following account: Wiring Instructions: (Bank Name) (ABA No.) (Beneficiary) (Account No. to Credit) (Notification Requirement) In support of this request, Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that acceptance of the proceeds of such Advance by the Borrower shall be deemed to further represent and warrant that all requirements of Section 4.2 of the Credit Agreement in connection with such Advance have been satisfied at the time such proceeds are disbursed. Date:_________________________________ Borrower: Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, its sole general partner By: _________________________________ Name: _________________________________ Its: _________________________________ EXHIBIT G --------- AMENDMENT REGARDING INCREASE ---------------------------- This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Agreement") is made as of , , by and among Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership (the "Borrower"), KeyBank National Association, as "Administrative Agent," and one or more existing or new "Lenders" shown on the signature pages hereof. R E C I T A L S A. Borrower, Administrative Agent and certain other Lenders have entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 14, 2006 (as amended, the "Credit Agreement"). All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement. B. Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Lenders initially agreed to provide Borrower with a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $400,000,000. The Borrower and the Agent on behalf of the Lenders now desire to amend the Credit Agreement in order to, among other things (i) increase the Aggregate Commitment to $__________________; and (ii) admit [name of new banks] as "Lenders" under the Credit Agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing Recitals and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: AGREEMENTS 1. The foregoing Recitals to this Amendment hereby are incorporated into and made part of this Amendment. 2. From and after _________, ____ (the "Effective Date") (i) [name of new banks] shall be considered as "Lenders" under the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents, and (ii) [name of existing Lenders] shall each be deemed to have increased its Commitment to the amount shown next to their respective signatures on the signature pages of this Amendment, each having a Commitment in the amount shown next to their respective signatures on the signature pages of this Amendment. The Borrower shall, on or before the Effective Date, execute and deliver to each new Lender a Note to evidence the Loans to be made by such Lender. 3. From and after the Effective Date, the Aggregate Commitment shall equal __________ Million Dollars ($___,000,000). 4. For purposes of Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement (Giving Notice), the address(es) and facsimile number(s) for [name of new banks] shall be as specified below their respective signature(s) on the signature pages of this Amendment. G-1 5. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that, as of the Effective Date, there is no Default or Unmatured Default, the representations and warranties contained in Article V of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of such date and the Borrower has no offsets or claims against any of the Lenders. 6. As expressly modified as provided herein, the Credit Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. 7. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment by signing any such counterpart. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Amendment as of the date first written above. GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, its sole general partner By: ________________________ Name: ________________________ Title: ________________________ Address: 150 East Gay Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 Phone: 614-621-9000 Facsimile: 614-621-8863 Attention: George A. Schmidt KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent By: ________________________ Name: ________________________ Title: ________________________ 127 Public Square, 8th Floor OH-01-27-0839 Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Phone: 216-689-4660 Facsimile: 216-689-3566 Attention: Kevin Murray G-2 With a copy to: KeyBank National Association 127 Public Square Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Attention: Lynn Vantaggi Real Estate Capital Client Services Phone: 216-689-5694 Facsimile: 216-689-3566 G-3 [NAME OF NEW LENDER] By:_______________________________ Print Name:_______________________ Title:____________________________ [Address of New Lender] __________________________________ Phone:____________________________ Facsimile:________________________ Attention:________________________ Amount of Commitment:_____________ G-4 SCHEDULE 5.6 ------------ LITIGATION ---------- (See Section 5.6) NONE SCHEDULE 5.7 ------------ SUBSIDIARIES OF GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ("GPLP") A. CONSOLIDATED --------------- o Grand Central Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership 99% by GPLP o Morgantown Mall Associates Limited Partnership, an Ohio limited partnership 99% by GPLP o Glimcher University Mall Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership 99% by GPLP o Weberstown Mall, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 99% by GPLP o WTM Glimcher, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by Weberstown Mall, LLC o Glimcher Northtown Venture, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o Montgomery Mall Associates Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership 99% by GPLP o Great Plains Metromall, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o GM Mezz, LLC a Delaware limited liability company 100% by Great Plains Metromall, LLC o GM Olathe, LLC a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GM Mezz, LLC o Johnson City Venture LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 99% by GPLP o Mount Vernon Venture, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 99% by GPLP o N.J. Metromall Urban Renewal, Inc., a New Jersey corporation 100% by GPLP o JG Elizabeth, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o Glimcher JG Urban Renewal, Inc., a New Jersey corporation 100% by GPLP o Jersey Gardens Center, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o Loyal Plaza Venture, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership 99% by GPLP o Glimcher Loyal Plaza Tenant, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership 99% by GPLP o Glimcher Supermall Venture LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 99% by GPLP o Dayton Mall Venture, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 99% by GPLP o Colonial Park Mall Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership 99.5% by GPLP o Colonial Park Trust, a Delaware business trust 100% by Colonial Park Mall Limited Partnership o Catalina Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership 99% by Colonial Park Mall Limited Partnership & 1% by Colonial Park Trust o San Mall Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership 99.5% by GPLP o Charlotte Eastland Mall, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 99% by GPLP o Polaris Center, LLC a Delaware limited liability company 99% by GPLP o Southside Mall, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o Glimcher Ashland Venture, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o Glimcher River Valley Mall, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o RVM Glimcher, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o Glimcher Columbia, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o Fairfield Village, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o LC Portland, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o GB Northtown, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o Glimcher Westshore, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o MFC Beavercreek, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o EM Columbus, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o EM Columbus II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o Polaris Mall, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o PFP Columbus, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by Polaris Mall, LLC o Mainstreet Maintenance, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company 100% by GPLP o Ohio Retail Security, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company 100% by GPLP o Wilora Lake Properties, LLC a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o Glimcher Polaris, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o Scottown Outlot, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o Polaris Lifestyle Center, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o Glimcher Surprise, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o GPLP Surprise Venture, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o Glimcher Kierland Crossing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by GPLP o Glimcher Development Corporation, a Delaware corporation (non-qualified REIT subsidiary)100% by GPLP o Ohio Entertainment Corporation, a Delaware corporation 100% by Glimcher Development Corporation o Trans State Development, Inc., a Delaware corporation 100% by Glimcher Development Corporation o Trans State Development, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 99% by Glimcher Development Corporation & 1% by Trans State Development, Inc. o Mason Park Center, Inc., a Delaware corporation 100% by Glimcher Development Corporation o Mason Park Center, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 99% by Glimcher Development Corporation & 1% by Mason Park Center, Inc. o California Retail Security, Inc., an Ohio corporation 100% by Glimcher Development Corporation o SR 741, Inc., a Delaware corporation 100% by Glimcher Development Corporation o SR 741, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 99% by Glimcher Development Corporation & 1% by SR 741, Inc. o GDC Retail, Inc. a Delaware corporation 100% by Glimcher Development Corporation o GDC Retail, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 99% by Glimcher Development Corporation & 1% by GDC Retail, Inc. o Lyra Polaris, Inc., a Delaware corporation 100% by Glimcher Development Corporation o Lyra Polaris, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 99% by Glimcher Development Corporation & 1% by Lyra Polaris, Inc. B. Unconsolidated o Surprise Peripheral Venture, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company 50% by GPLP Surprise Venture, LLC o Kierland Crossing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 50% by Glimcher Kierland Crossing, LLC o OG Retail Holding Co., LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 52% by GPLP o Puente Hills Mall, REIT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by OG Retail Holding Co., LLC o Puente Hills Mall, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by Puente Hills Mall, REIT, LLC o Tulsa Promenade REIT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by OG Retail Holding Co., LLC o Tulsa Promenade, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 100% by Tulsa Promenade, REIT, LLC SCHEDULE 5.13 ------------- EXCEPTIONS, IF ANY, TO OWNERSHIP FREE OF UNPERMITTED LIENS ---------------------------------------------------------- (Section 5.13) NONE SCHEDULE 5.20 ------------- ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS --------------------- (See Section 5.20) NONE SCHEDULE 6.25 ------------- LIST OF ANY EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS SECURED ----------------------------------------- BY PLEDGE OF STOCK OR OTHER OWNERSHIP INTERESTS ----------------------------------------------- NONE EX-10.61 5 glimcher_ex1061.txt GUARANTY Exhibit 10.61 GUARANTY -------- This Guaranty is made as of December 14, 2006 by Glimcher Realty Trust, a real estate investment trust organized under the laws of the State of Maryland ("Glimcher Trust") and Glimcher Properties Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Glimcher Properties", and together with Glimcher Trust, collectively, the "Guarantors"), to and for the benefit of KeyBank National Association, individually ("KeyBank") and as administrative agent ("Administrative Agent") for itself and the lenders under the Credit Agreement (as defined below) and their respective successors and assigns (collectively, the "Lenders"). RECITALS -------- A. Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware ("Borrower"), and Guarantors have requested that the Lenders make a revolving credit facility available to Borrower in an aggregate principal amount of up to $470,000,000, subject to future increases up to $600,000,000 (the "Facility"). B. The Lenders have agreed to make available the Facility to Borrower pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement of even date herewith among Borrower, KeyBank, individually, and as Administrative Agent, and the Lenders named therein (as amended, modified or restated from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"). All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement. C. Borrower has executed and delivered or will execute and deliver to the Lenders promissory notes in the principal amount of each Lender's Commitment and promissory notes in the principal amount, if any, of each Lender's Loan as evidence of Borrower's indebtedness to each such Lender with respect to the Facility (the promissory notes described above, together with any amendments or allonges thereto, or restatements, replacements or renewals thereof, and/or new promissory notes to new Lenders under the Credit Agreement, are collectively referred to herein as the "Notes"). D. Glimcher Properties is the sole general partner in the Borrower and Glimcher Trust is the owner of all of the stock of Glimcher Properties and certain of the limited partnership interests in the Borrower. Guarantors acknowledge that the extension of credit by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement will benefit Guarantors by enhancing the financial strength of the consolidated group of which Guarantors and Borrower are members. The execution and delivery of this Guaranty by Guarantors are conditions precedent to the performance by the Lenders of their obligations under the Credit Agreement. AGREEMENTS ---------- NOW, THEREFORE, Guarantors, in consideration of the matters described in the foregoing Recitals, which Recitals are incorporated herein and made a part hereof, and for other good and valuable consideration, hereby agree as follows: 1. Guarantors absolutely, unconditionally, and irrevocably guaranty to each of the Lenders: -1- (a) the full and prompt payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, and the prompt payment of all sums which may now be or may hereafter become due and owing under the Notes, the Credit Agreement, and the other Loan Documents; (b) the payment of all Enforcement Costs (as hereinafter defined in Paragraph 7 hereof); and (c) the full, complete, and punctual observance, performance, and satisfaction of all of the obligations, duties, covenants, and agreements of Borrower under the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents. All amounts due, debts, liabilities, and payment obligations described in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph 1 are referred to herein as the "Facility Indebtedness." All obligations described in subparagraph (c) of this Paragraph 1 are referred to herein as the "Obligations." 2. In the event of any default by Borrower in making payment of the Facility Indebtedness, or in performance of the Obligations, as aforesaid, in each case beyond the expiration of any applicable grace period, Guarantors agree, on demand by the Administrative Agent or the holder of a Note, to pay all the Facility Indebtedness and to perform all the Obligations as are then or thereafter become due and owing or are to be performed under the terms of the Notes, the Credit Agreement, and the other Loan Documents. 3. Guarantors do hereby waive (i) notice of acceptance of this Guaranty by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and any and all notices and demands of every kind which may be required to be given by any statute, rule or law, (ii) any defense, right of set-off or other claim which Guarantors may have against Borrower or which Guarantors or Borrower may have against the Administrative Agent or the Lenders or the holder of a Note, (iii) presentment for payment, demand for payment (other than as provided for in Paragraph 2 above), notice of nonpayment (other than as provided for in Paragraph 2 above) or dishonor, protest and notice of protest, diligence in collection and any and all formalities which otherwise might be legally required to charge Guarantors with liability, (iv) any failure by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to inform Guarantors of any facts the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may now or hereafter know about Borrower, the Facility, or the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement, it being understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have no duty so to inform and that Guarantors are fully responsible for being and remaining informed by Borrower of all circumstances bearing on the existence or creation, or the risk of nonpayment of the Facility Indebtedness or the risk of nonperformance of the Obligations, and (v) any and all right to cause a marshalling of assets of Borrower or any other action by any court or governmental body with respect thereto, or to cause the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to proceed against any other security given to a Lender in connection with the Facility Indebtedness or the Obligations. Credit may be granted or continued from time to time by the Lenders to Borrower without notice to or authorization from Guarantors, regardless of the financial or other condition of Borrower at the time of any such grant or continuation. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have no obligation to disclose or discuss with Guarantors the Lenders' assessment of the financial condition of Borrower. Guarantors acknowledge that no representations of any kind whatsoever have been made by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to Guarantors. No modification or waiver of any of the provisions of this Guaranty shall be binding upon the Administrative Agent and the Lenders except as expressly set forth in a writing duly signed and delivered on behalf of the Administrative -2- Agent and the Lenders. Guarantors further agree that any exculpatory language contained in the Credit Agreement, the Notes, and the other Loan Documents shall in no event apply to this Guaranty, and will not prevent the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from proceeding against Guarantors to enforce this Guaranty. 4. Guarantors further agree that Guarantors' liability as guarantor shall in no way be impaired by any renewals or extensions which may be made from time to time, with or without the knowledge or consent of Guarantors of the time for payment of interest or principal under a Note or by any forbearance or delay in collecting interest or principal under a Note, or by any waiver by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Documents, or by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders' failure or election not to pursue any other remedies they may have against Borrower, or by any change or modification in a Note, the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Documents, or by the acceptance by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders of any security or any increase, substitution or change therein, or by the release by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of any security or any withdrawal thereof or decrease therein, or by the application of payments received from any source to the payment of any obligation other than the Facility Indebtedness, even though a Lender might lawfully have elected to apply such payments to any part or all of the Facility Indebtedness, it being the intent hereof that Guarantors shall remain liable as principal for payment of the Facility Indebtedness and performance of the Obligations until all indebtedness has been paid in full and the other terms, covenants and conditions of the Credit Agreement, and other Loan Documents and this Guaranty have been performed, notwithstanding any act or thing which might otherwise operate as a legal or equitable discharge of a surety. Guarantors further understand and agree that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may at any time enter into agreements with Borrower to amend and modify a Note, the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or any thereof, and may waive or release any provision or provisions of a Note, the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Document and, with reference to such instruments, may make and enter into any such agreement or agreements as the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and Borrower may deem proper and desirable, without in any manner impairing this Guaranty or any of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders' rights hereunder or any of Guarantors' obligations hereunder. 5. This is an absolute, unconditional, complete, present and continuing guaranty of payment and performance and not of collection. Guarantors agree that their obligations hereunder shall be joint and several with each other and with any and all other guarantees given in connection with the Facility from time to time. Guarantors agree that this Guaranty may be enforced by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders without the necessity at any time of resorting to or exhausting any security or collateral, if any, given in connection herewith or with a Note, the Credit Agreement, or any of the other Loan Documents or by or resorting to any other guaranties, and Guarantors hereby waive the right to require the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to join Borrower in any action brought hereunder or to commence any action against or obtain any judgment against Borrower or to pursue any other remedy or enforce any other right. Guarantors further agree that nothing contained herein or otherwise shall prevent the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from pursuing concurrently or successively all rights and remedies available to them at law and/or in equity or under a Note, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Documents, and the exercise of any of their rights or the completion of any of their remedies shall not constitute a discharge of any of Guarantors' obligations hereunder, it being the purpose and intent of Guarantors that the obligations of such Guarantors hereunder shall be primary, absolute, independent and unconditional under any and all circumstances whatsoever. Neither Guarantors' obligations under this Guaranty nor any remedy for the enforcement thereof shall be impaired, modified, -3- changed or released in any manner whatsoever by any impairment, modification, change, release or limitation of the liability of Borrower under a Note, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or by reason of Borrower's bankruptcy or by reason of any creditor or bankruptcy proceeding instituted by or against Borrower. This Guaranty shall continue to be effective and be deemed to have continued in existence or be reinstated (as the case may be) if at any time payment of all or any part of any sum payable pursuant to a Note, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document is rescinded or otherwise required to be returned by the payee upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization of the payor, all as though such payment to such Lender had not been made, regardless of whether such Lender contested the order requiring the return of such payment. The obligations of Guarantors pursuant to the preceding sentence shall survive any termination, cancellation, or release of this Guaranty. 6. This Guaranty shall be assignable by a Lender to any assignee of all or a portion of such Lender's rights under the Loan Documents. 7. If: (i) this Guaranty, a Note, or any of the Loan Documents are placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or is collected through any legal proceeding; (ii) an attorney is retained to represent the Administrative Agent or any Lender in any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership, or other proceedings affecting creditors' rights and involving a claim under this Guaranty, a Note, the Credit Agreement, or any Loan Document; (iii) an attorney is retained to enforce any of the other Loan Documents or to provide advice or other representation with respect to the Loan Documents in connection with an enforcement action or potential enforcement action; or (iv) an attorney is retained to represent the Administrative Agent or any Lender in any other legal proceedings whatsoever in connection with this Guaranty, a Note, the Credit Agreement, any of the Loan Documents, or any property securing the Facility Indebtedness (other than any action or proceeding brought by any Lender or participant against the Administrative Agent alleging a breach by the Administrative Agent of its duties under the Loan Documents), then Guarantors shall pay to the Administrative Agent or such Lender upon demand all reasonable attorney's fees, costs and expenses, including, without limitation, court costs, filing fees and all other costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith (all of which are referred to herein as "Enforcement Costs"), in addition to all other amounts due hereunder. 8. The parties hereto intend that each provision in this Guaranty comports with all applicable local, state and federal laws and judicial decisions. However, if any provision or provisions, or if any portion of any provision or provisions, in this Guaranty is found by a court of law to be in violation of any applicable local, state or federal ordinance, statute, law, administrative or judicial decision, or public policy, and if such court should declare such portion, provision or provisions of this Guaranty to be illegal, invalid, unlawful, void or unenforceable as written, then it is the intent of all parties hereto that such portion, provision or provisions shall be given force to the fullest possible extent that they are legal, valid and enforceable, that the remainder of this Guaranty shall be construed as if such illegal, invalid, unlawful, void or unenforceable portion, provision or provisions were not contained therein, and that the rights, obligations and interest of the Administrative Agent and the Lender or the holder of a Note under the remainder of this Guaranty shall continue in full force and effect. 9. Any indebtedness of Borrower to Guarantors now or hereafter existing is hereby subordinated to the Facility Indebtedness. Guarantors will not seek, accept, or retain for Guarantors' own account, any payment from Borrower on account of such subordinated debt at any time when a Default exists under the Credit Agreement or the Loan Documents, and any such payments to Guarantors made -4- while any Default then exists under the Credit Agreement or the Loan Documents on account of such subordinated debt shall be collected and received by Guarantors in trust for the Lenders and shall be paid over to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders on account of the Facility Indebtedness without impairing or releasing the obligations of Guarantors hereunder. 10. Guarantors hereby subordinate to the Facility Indebtedness any and all claims and rights, including, without limitation, subrogation rights, contribution rights, reimbursement rights and set-off rights, which Guarantors may have against Borrower arising from a payment made by Guarantors under this Guaranty and agree that, until the entire Facility Indebtedness is paid in full, not to assert or take advantage of any subrogation rights of Guarantors or the Lenders or any right of Guarantors or the Lenders to proceed against (i) Borrower for reimbursement, or (ii) any other guarantor or any collateral security or guaranty or right of offset held by the Lenders for the payment of the Facility Indebtedness and performance of the Obligations, nor shall Guarantors seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from Borrower or any other guarantor in respect of payments made by Guarantors hereunder. It is expressly understood that the agreements of Guarantors set forth above constitute additional and cumulative benefits given to the Lenders for their security and as an inducement for their extension of credit to Borrower. 11. Any amounts received by a Lender from any source on account of any indebtedness may be applied by such Lender toward the payment of such indebtedness, and in such order of application, as a Lender may from time to time elect. 12. Guarantors hereby submit to personal jurisdiction in the State of Ohio for the enforcement of this Guaranty and waives any and all personal rights to object to such jurisdiction for the purposes of litigation to enforce this Guaranty. Guarantors hereby consent to the jurisdiction of either the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas in Cleveland, Ohio or the United States District Court in Cleveland, Ohio in any action, suit, or proceeding which the Administrative Agent or a Lender may at any time wish to file in connection with this Guaranty or any related matter. Guarantors hereby agree that an action, suit, or proceeding to enforce this Guaranty may be brought in any state or federal court in the State of Ohio and hereby waives any objection which Guarantors may have to the laying of the venue of any such action, suit, or proceeding in any such court; provided, however, that the provisions of this Paragraph shall not be deemed to preclude the Administrative Agent or a Lender from filing any such action, suit, or proceeding in any other appropriate forum. 13. All notices and other communications provided to any party hereto under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be in writing or by telex or by facsimile and addressed or delivered to such party at its address set forth below or at such other address as may be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties. Any notice, if mailed and properly addressed with postage prepaid, shall be deemed given when received; any notice, if transmitted by facsimile, shall be deemed given when transmitted. Notice may be given as follows: To Guarantors: Glimcher Properties Corporation 150 East Gay Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 Attention: George A. Schmidt Telephone: 614-621-9000 Facsimile: 614-621-8863 -5- With a copy to: Glimcher Realty Trust 150 East Gay Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 Attention: George A. Schmidt Telephone: 614-621-9000 Facsimile: 614-621-8863 To KeyBank as Administrative Agent and as a Lender: KeyBank National Association 227 West Monroe Street, 18th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60606 Attention: Real Estate Capital Phone: 312-730-2731 Facsimile: 312-730-2755 With a copy to: KeyBank National Association 127 Public Square Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Attention: Real Estate Capital Phone: 216-689-4660 Facsimile: 216-689-4997 With a copy to: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, LLP 8000 Sears Tower Chicago, Illinois 60606 Attention: Patrick G. Moran, Esq. Telephone: (312) 876-8132 Facsimile: (312) 876-7934 If to any other Lender, to its address set forth in the Credit Agreement. 14. This Guaranty shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, legal and personal representatives, successors and assigns of Guarantors and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders' successors and assigns. 15. This Guaranty shall be construed and enforced under the internal laws of the State of Ohio. -6- 16. GUARANTORS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS, BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHT UNDER THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR RELATING THERETO OR ARISING FROM THE LENDING RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS GUARANTY AND AGREE THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. [Remainder of page intentionally left blank] -7- IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantors have executed and delivered this Guaranty as of the date first written above. GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST By: ________________________ Name: George A. Schmidt Title: Executive Vice President GLIMCHER PROPERTIES CORPORATION By: ________________________ Name: George A. Schmidt Title: Executive Vice President -8- EX-10.62 6 glimcher_ex1062.txt FORM OF NOTE Exhibit 10.62 AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE ------------------------- December 14, 2006 Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Borrower"), promises to pay to the order of Keybank National Association (the "Lender") the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Article II of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended or modified, the "Agreement") hereinafter referred to, in immediately available funds at the main office of KeyBank National Association in Cleveland, Ohio, as Administrative Agent, together with interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof at the rates and on the dates set forth in the Agreement. The Borrower shall pay remaining unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans in full on the Facility Termination Date or such earlier date as may be required under the Agreement. The Lender shall, and is hereby authorized to, record on the schedule attached hereto, or to otherwise record in accordance with its usual practice, the date and amount of each Loan and the date and amount of each principal payment hereunder. This Note is one of the Notes issued pursuant to, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2006 among the Borrower, KeyBank National Association individually and as Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders named therein, to which Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, reference is hereby made for a statement of the terms and conditions governing this Note, including the terms and conditions under which this Note may be prepaid or its maturity date accelerated. This Amended and Restated Note replaces that certain Note, dated August 22, 2005, made by Borrower in favor of Lender, in its entirety. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used with the meanings attributed to them in the Agreement. If there is a Default under the Agreement or any other Loan Document and Administrative Agent exercises the remedies provided under the Agreement and/or any of the Loan Documents for the Lenders, then in addition to all amounts recoverable by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under such documents, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to receive reasonable attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the exercise of such remedies. Borrower and all endorsers severally waive presentment, protest and demand, notice of protest, demand and of dishonor and nonpayment of this Note, and any and all lack of diligence or delays in collection or enforcement of this Note, and expressly agree that this Note, or any payment hereunder, may be extended from time to time, and expressly consent to the release of any party liable for the obligation secured by this Note, the release of any of the security for this Note, the acceptance of any other security therefor, or any other indulgence or forbearance whatsoever, all without notice to any party and without affecting the liability of the Borrower and any endorsers hereof. This Note shall be governed and construed under the internal laws of the State of Ohio. BORROWER AND LENDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHT UNDER THIS NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR RELATING THERETO OR ARISING FROM THE LENDING RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS NOTE AND AGREE THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. (Signature Page to Amended and Restated Note by Glimcher, in favor of Keybank National Association) GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, its sole general partner By: _____________________________ Name: George A. Schmidt Title: Executive Vice President AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE ------------------------- December 14, 2006 Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Borrower"), promises to pay to the order of Eurohypo AG, New York Branch (the "Lender") the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Article II of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended or modified, the "Agreement") hereinafter referred to, in immediately available funds at the main office of KeyBank National Association in Cleveland, Ohio, as Administrative Agent, together with interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof at the rates and on the dates set forth in the Agreement. The Borrower shall pay remaining unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans in full on the Facility Termination Date or such earlier date as may be required under the Agreement. The Lender shall, and is hereby authorized to, record on the schedule attached hereto, or to otherwise record in accordance with its usual practice, the date and amount of each Loan and the date and amount of each principal payment hereunder. This Note is one of the Notes issued pursuant to, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2006 among the Borrower, KeyBank National Association individually and as Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders named therein, to which Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, reference is hereby made for a statement of the terms and conditions governing this Note, including the terms and conditions under which this Note may be prepaid or its maturity date accelerated. This Amended and Restated Note replaces that certain Note, dated August 22, 2005, made by Borrower in favor of Commerzbank AG, New York Branch, Lender's predecessor-in-interest, in its entirety. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used with the meanings attributed to them in the Agreement. If there is a Default under the Agreement or any other Loan Document and Administrative Agent exercises the remedies provided under the Agreement and/or any of the Loan Documents for the Lenders, then in addition to all amounts recoverable by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under such documents, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to receive reasonable attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the exercise of such remedies. Borrower and all endorsers severally waive presentment, protest and demand, notice of protest, demand and of dishonor and nonpayment of this Note, and any and all lack of diligence or delays in collection or enforcement of this Note, and expressly agree that this Note, or any payment hereunder, may be extended from time to time, and expressly consent to the release of any party liable for the obligation secured by this Note, the release of any of the security for this Note, the acceptance of any other security therefor, or any other indulgence or forbearance whatsoever, all without notice to any party and without affecting the liability of the Borrower and any endorsers hereof. This Note shall be governed and construed under the internal laws of the State of Ohio. BORROWER AND LENDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHT UNDER THIS NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR RELATING THERETO OR ARISING FROM THE LENDING RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS NOTE AND AGREE THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. (Signature Page to Amended and Restated Note by Glimcher, in favor of Eurohypo AG, New York Branch) GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, its sole general partner By: _____________________________ Name: George A. Schmidt Title: Executive Vice President AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE ------------------------- December 14, 2006 Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Borrower"), promises to pay to the order of Wachovia Bank, National Association (the "Lender") the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Article II of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended or modified, the "Agreement") hereinafter referred to, in immediately available funds at the main office of KeyBank National Association in Cleveland, Ohio, as Administrative Agent, together with interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof at the rates and on the dates set forth in the Agreement. The Borrower shall pay remaining unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans in full on the Facility Termination Date or such earlier date as may be required under the Agreement. The Lender shall, and is hereby authorized to, record on the schedule attached hereto, or to otherwise record in accordance with its usual practice, the date and amount of each Loan and the date and amount of each principal payment hereunder. This Note is one of the Notes issued pursuant to, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2006 among the Borrower, KeyBank National Association individually and as Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders named therein, to which Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, reference is hereby made for a statement of the terms and conditions governing this Note, including the terms and conditions under which this Note may be prepaid or its maturity date accelerated. This Amended and Restated Note replaces that certain Note, dated August 22, 2005, made by Borrower in favor of Lender, in its entirety. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used with the meanings attributed to them in the Agreement. If there is a Default under the Agreement or any other Loan Document and Administrative Agent exercises the remedies provided under the Agreement and/or any of the Loan Documents for the Lenders, then in addition to all amounts recoverable by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under such documents, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to receive reasonable attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the exercise of such remedies. Borrower and all endorsers severally waive presentment, protest and demand, notice of protest, demand and of dishonor and nonpayment of this Note, and any and all lack of diligence or delays in collection or enforcement of this Note, and expressly agree that this Note, or any payment hereunder, may be extended from time to time, and expressly consent to the release of any party liable for the obligation secured by this Note, the release of any of the security for this Note, the acceptance of any other security therefor, or any other indulgence or forbearance whatsoever, all without notice to any party and without affecting the liability of the Borrower and any endorsers hereof. This Note shall be governed and construed under the internal laws of the State of Ohio. BORROWER AND LENDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHT UNDER THIS NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR RELATING THERETO OR ARISING FROM THE LENDING RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS NOTE AND AGREE THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. (Signature Page to Amended and Restated Note by Glimcher, in favor of Wachovia Bank, National Association) GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, its sole general partner By: _____________________________ Name: George A. Schmidt Title: Executive Vice President NOTE ---- December 14, 2006 Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Borrower"), promises to pay to the order of Bank of America, N.A. (the "Lender") the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Article II of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended or modified, the "Agreement") hereinafter referred to, in immediately available funds at the main office of KeyBank National Association in Cleveland, Ohio, as Administrative Agent, together with interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof at the rates and on the dates set forth in the Agreement. The Borrower shall pay remaining unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans in full on the Facility Termination Date or such earlier date as may be required under the Agreement. The Lender shall, and is hereby authorized to, record on the schedule attached hereto, or to otherwise record in accordance with its usual practice, the date and amount of each Loan and the date and amount of each principal payment hereunder. This Note is one of the Notes issued pursuant to, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2006 among the Borrower, KeyBank National Association individually and as Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders named therein, to which Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, reference is hereby made for a statement of the terms and conditions governing this Note, including the terms and conditions under which this Note may be prepaid or its maturity date accelerated. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used with the meanings attributed to them in the Agreement. If there is a Default under the Agreement or any other Loan Document and Administrative Agent exercises the remedies provided under the Agreement and/or any of the Loan Documents for the Lenders, then in addition to all amounts recoverable by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under such documents, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to receive reasonable attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the exercise of such remedies. Borrower and all endorsers severally waive presentment, protest and demand, notice of protest, demand and of dishonor and nonpayment of this Note, and any and all lack of diligence or delays in collection or enforcement of this Note, and expressly agree that this Note, or any payment hereunder, may be extended from time to time, and expressly consent to the release of any party liable for the obligation secured by this Note, the release of any of the security for this Note, the acceptance of any other security therefor, or any other indulgence or forbearance whatsoever, all without notice to any party and without affecting the liability of the Borrower and any endorsers hereof. This Note shall be governed and construed under the internal laws of the State of Ohio. BORROWER AND LENDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHT UNDER THIS NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR RELATING THERETO OR ARISING FROM THE LENDING RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS NOTE AND AGREE THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. (Signature Page to Note by Glimcher, in favor of Bank of America, N.A.) GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, its sole general partner By: _____________________________ Name: George A. Schmidt Title: Executive Vice President AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE ------------------------- December 14, 2006 Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Borrower"), promises to pay to the order of Charter One Bank, N.A. (the "Lender") the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Article II of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended or modified, the "Agreement") hereinafter referred to, in immediately available funds at the main office of KeyBank National Association in Cleveland, Ohio, as Administrative Agent, together with interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof at the rates and on the dates set forth in the Agreement. The Borrower shall pay remaining unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans in full on the Facility Termination Date or such earlier date as may be required under the Agreement. The Lender shall, and is hereby authorized to, record on the schedule attached hereto, or to otherwise record in accordance with its usual practice, the date and amount of each Loan and the date and amount of each principal payment hereunder. This Note is one of the Notes issued pursuant to, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2006 among the Borrower, KeyBank National Association individually and as Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders named therein, to which Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, reference is hereby made for a statement of the terms and conditions governing this Note, including the terms and conditions under which this Note may be prepaid or its maturity date accelerated. This Amended and Restated Note replaces that certain Note, dated August 22, 2005, made by Borrower in favor of Lender, in its entirety. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used with the meanings attributed to them in the Agreement. If there is a Default under the Agreement or any other Loan Document and Administrative Agent exercises the remedies provided under the Agreement and/or any of the Loan Documents for the Lenders, then in addition to all amounts recoverable by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under such documents, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to receive reasonable attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the exercise of such remedies. Borrower and all endorsers severally waive presentment, protest and demand, notice of protest, demand and of dishonor and nonpayment of this Note, and any and all lack of diligence or delays in collection or enforcement of this Note, and expressly agree that this Note, or any payment hereunder, may be extended from time to time, and expressly consent to the release of any party liable for the obligation secured by this Note, the release of any of the security for this Note, the acceptance of any other security therefor, or any other indulgence or forbearance whatsoever, all without notice to any party and without affecting the liability of the Borrower and any endorsers hereof. This Note shall be governed and construed under the internal laws of the State of Ohio. BORROWER AND LENDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHT UNDER THIS NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR RELATING THERETO OR ARISING FROM THE LENDING RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS NOTE AND AGREE THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. (Signature Page to Amended and Restated Note by Glimcher, in favor of Charter One Bank, N.A.) GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, its sole general partner By: _____________________________ Name: George A. Schmidt Title: Executive Vice President NOTE ---- December 14, 2006 Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Borrower"), promises to pay to the order of Aareal Bank AG (the "Lender") the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Article II of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended or modified, the "Agreement") hereinafter referred to, in immediately available funds at the main office of KeyBank National Association in Cleveland, Ohio, as Administrative Agent, together with interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof at the rates and on the dates set forth in the Agreement. The Borrower shall pay remaining unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans in full on the Facility Termination Date or such earlier date as may be required under the Agreement. The Lender shall, and is hereby authorized to, record on the schedule attached hereto, or to otherwise record in accordance with its usual practice, the date and amount of each Loan and the date and amount of each principal payment hereunder. This Note is one of the Notes issued pursuant to, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2006 among the Borrower, KeyBank National Association individually and as Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders named therein, to which Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, reference is hereby made for a statement of the terms and conditions governing this Note, including the terms and conditions under which this Note may be prepaid or its maturity date accelerated. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used with the meanings attributed to them in the Agreement. If there is a Default under the Agreement or any other Loan Document and Administrative Agent exercises the remedies provided under the Agreement and/or any of the Loan Documents for the Lenders, then in addition to all amounts recoverable by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under such documents, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to receive reasonable attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the exercise of such remedies. Borrower and all endorsers severally waive presentment, protest and demand, notice of protest, demand and of dishonor and nonpayment of this Note, and any and all lack of diligence or delays in collection or enforcement of this Note, and expressly agree that this Note, or any payment hereunder, may be extended from time to time, and expressly consent to the release of any party liable for the obligation secured by this Note, the release of any of the security for this Note, the acceptance of any other security therefor, or any other indulgence or forbearance whatsoever, all without notice to any party and without affecting the liability of the Borrower and any endorsers hereof. This Note shall be governed and construed under the internal laws of the State of Ohio. BORROWER AND LENDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHT UNDER THIS NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR RELATING THERETO OR ARISING FROM THE LENDING RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS NOTE AND AGREE THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. (Signature Page to Note by Glimcher, in favor of Aareal Bank AG) GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, its sole general partner By: _____________________________ Name: George A. Schmidt Title: Executive Vice President AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE ------------------------- December 14, 2006 Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Borrower"), promises to pay to the order of Huntington National Bank (the "Lender") the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Article II of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended or modified, the "Agreement") hereinafter referred to, in immediately available funds at the main office of KeyBank National Association in Cleveland, Ohio, as Administrative Agent, together with interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof at the rates and on the dates set forth in the Agreement. The Borrower shall pay remaining unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans in full on the Facility Termination Date or such earlier date as may be required under the Agreement. The Lender shall, and is hereby authorized to, record on the schedule attached hereto, or to otherwise record in accordance with its usual practice, the date and amount of each Loan and the date and amount of each principal payment hereunder. This Note is one of the Notes issued pursuant to, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2006 among the Borrower, KeyBank National Association individually and as Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders named therein, to which Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, reference is hereby made for a statement of the terms and conditions governing this Note, including the terms and conditions under which this Note may be prepaid or its maturity date accelerated. This Amended and Restated Note replaces that certain Note, dated August 22, 2005, made by Borrower in favor of Lender, in its entirety. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used with the meanings attributed to them in the Agreement. If there is a Default under the Agreement or any other Loan Document and Administrative Agent exercises the remedies provided under the Agreement and/or any of the Loan Documents for the Lenders, then in addition to all amounts recoverable by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under such documents, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to receive reasonable attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the exercise of such remedies. Borrower and all endorsers severally waive presentment, protest and demand, notice of protest, demand and of dishonor and nonpayment of this Note, and any and all lack of diligence or delays in collection or enforcement of this Note, and expressly agree that this Note, or any payment hereunder, may be extended from time to time, and expressly consent to the release of any party liable for the obligation secured by this Note, the release of any of the security for this Note, the acceptance of any other security therefor, or any other indulgence or forbearance whatsoever, all without notice to any party and without affecting the liability of the Borrower and any endorsers hereof. This Note shall be governed and construed under the internal laws of the State of Ohio. BORROWER AND LENDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHT UNDER THIS NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR RELATING THERETO OR ARISING FROM THE LENDING RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS NOTE AND AGREE THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. (Signature Page to Amended and Restated Note by Glimcher, in favor of Huntington National Bank) GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, its sole general partner By: _____________________________ Name: George A. Schmidt Title: Executive Vice President AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE ------------------------- December 14, 2006 Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Borrower"), promises to pay to the order of National City Bank (the "Lender") the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Article II of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended or modified, the "Agreement") hereinafter referred to, in immediately available funds at the main office of KeyBank National Association in Cleveland, Ohio, as Administrative Agent, together with interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof at the rates and on the dates set forth in the Agreement. The Borrower shall pay remaining unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans in full on the Facility Termination Date or such earlier date as may be required under the Agreement. The Lender shall, and is hereby authorized to, record on the schedule attached hereto, or to otherwise record in accordance with its usual practice, the date and amount of each Loan and the date and amount of each principal payment hereunder. This Note is one of the Notes issued pursuant to, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2006 among the Borrower, KeyBank National Association individually and as Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders named therein, to which Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, reference is hereby made for a statement of the terms and conditions governing this Note, including the terms and conditions under which this Note may be prepaid or its maturity date accelerated. This Amended and Restated Note replaces that certain Note, dated August 22, 2005, made by Borrower in favor of Lender, in its entirety. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used with the meanings attributed to them in the Agreement. If there is a Default under the Agreement or any other Loan Document and Administrative Agent exercises the remedies provided under the Agreement and/or any of the Loan Documents for the Lenders, then in addition to all amounts recoverable by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under such documents, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to receive reasonable attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the exercise of such remedies. Borrower and all endorsers severally waive presentment, protest and demand, notice of protest, demand and of dishonor and nonpayment of this Note, and any and all lack of diligence or delays in collection or enforcement of this Note, and expressly agree that this Note, or any payment hereunder, may be extended from time to time, and expressly consent to the release of any party liable for the obligation secured by this Note, the release of any of the security for this Note, the acceptance of any other security therefor, or any other indulgence or forbearance whatsoever, all without notice to any party and without affecting the liability of the Borrower and any endorsers hereof. This Note shall be governed and construed under the internal laws of the State of Ohio. BORROWER AND LENDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHT UNDER THIS NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR RELATING THERETO OR ARISING FROM THE LENDING RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS NOTE AND AGREE THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. (Signature Page to Amended and Restated Note by Glimcher, in favor of National City Bank) GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, its sole general partner By: _____________________________ Name: George A. Schmidt Title: Executive Vice President AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE ------------------------- December 14, 2006 Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Borrower"), promises to pay to the order of PNC Bank, National Association (the "Lender") the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Article II of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended or modified, the "Agreement") hereinafter referred to, in immediately available funds at the main office of KeyBank National Association in Cleveland, Ohio, as Administrative Agent, together with interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof at the rates and on the dates set forth in the Agreement. The Borrower shall pay remaining unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans in full on the Facility Termination Date or such earlier date as may be required under the Agreement. The Lender shall, and is hereby authorized to, record on the schedule attached hereto, or to otherwise record in accordance with its usual practice, the date and amount of each Loan and the date and amount of each principal payment hereunder. This Note is one of the Notes issued pursuant to, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2006 among the Borrower, KeyBank National Association individually and as Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders named therein, to which Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, reference is hereby made for a statement of the terms and conditions governing this Note, including the terms and conditions under which this Note may be prepaid or its maturity date accelerated. This Amended and Restated Note replaces that certain Note, dated August 22, 2005, made by Borrower in favor of Lender, in its entirety. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used with the meanings attributed to them in the Agreement. If there is a Default under the Agreement or any other Loan Document and Administrative Agent exercises the remedies provided under the Agreement and/or any of the Loan Documents for the Lenders, then in addition to all amounts recoverable by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under such documents, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to receive reasonable attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the exercise of such remedies. Borrower and all endorsers severally waive presentment, protest and demand, notice of protest, demand and of dishonor and nonpayment of this Note, and any and all lack of diligence or delays in collection or enforcement of this Note, and expressly agree that this Note, or any payment hereunder, may be extended from time to time, and expressly consent to the release of any party liable for the obligation secured by this Note, the release of any of the security for this Note, the acceptance of any other security therefor, or any other indulgence or forbearance whatsoever, all without notice to any party and without affecting the liability of the Borrower and any endorsers hereof. This Note shall be governed and construed under the internal laws of the State of Ohio. BORROWER AND LENDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHT UNDER THIS NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR RELATING THERETO OR ARISING FROM THE LENDING RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS NOTE AND AGREE THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. (Signature Page to Amended and Restated Note by Glimcher, in favor of PNC Bank, National Association) GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, its sole general partner By: _____________________________ Name: George A. Schmidt Title: Executive Vice President AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE ------------------------- December 14, 2006 Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Borrower"), promises to pay to the order of U.S. Bank National Association (the "Lender") the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Article II of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended or modified, the "Agreement") hereinafter referred to, in immediately available funds at the main office of KeyBank National Association in Cleveland, Ohio, as Administrative Agent, together with interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof at the rates and on the dates set forth in the Agreement. The Borrower shall pay remaining unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans in full on the Facility Termination Date or such earlier date as may be required under the Agreement. The Lender shall, and is hereby authorized to, record on the schedule attached hereto, or to otherwise record in accordance with its usual practice, the date and amount of each Loan and the date and amount of each principal payment hereunder. This Note is one of the Notes issued pursuant to, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2006 among the Borrower, KeyBank National Association individually and as Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders named therein, to which Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, reference is hereby made for a statement of the terms and conditions governing this Note, including the terms and conditions under which this Note may be prepaid or its maturity date accelerated. This Amended and Restated Note replaces that certain Note, dated August 22, 2005, made by Borrower in favor of Lender, in its entirety. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used with the meanings attributed to them in the Agreement. If there is a Default under the Agreement or any other Loan Document and Administrative Agent exercises the remedies provided under the Agreement and/or any of the Loan Documents for the Lenders, then in addition to all amounts recoverable by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under such documents, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to receive reasonable attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the exercise of such remedies. Borrower and all endorsers severally waive presentment, protest and demand, notice of protest, demand and of dishonor and nonpayment of this Note, and any and all lack of diligence or delays in collection or enforcement of this Note, and expressly agree that this Note, or any payment hereunder, may be extended from time to time, and expressly consent to the release of any party liable for the obligation secured by this Note, the release of any of the security for this Note, the acceptance of any other security therefor, or any other indulgence or forbearance whatsoever, all without notice to any party and without affecting the liability of the Borrower and any endorsers hereof. This Note shall be governed and construed under the internal laws of the State of Ohio. BORROWER AND LENDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHT UNDER THIS NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR RELATING THERETO OR ARISING FROM THE LENDING RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS NOTE AND AGREE THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. (Signature Page to Amended and Restated Note by Glimcher, in favor of U.S. Bank National Association) GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, its sole general partner By: _____________________________ Name: George A. Schmidt Title: Executive Vice President NOTE ---- December 14, 2006 Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Borrower"), promises to pay to the order of Lehman Brothers Commercial Bank (the "Lender") the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Article II of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended or modified, the "Agreement") hereinafter referred to, in immediately available funds at the main office of KeyBank National Association in Cleveland, Ohio, as Administrative Agent, together with interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof at the rates and on the dates set forth in the Agreement. The Borrower shall pay remaining unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans in full on the Facility Termination Date or such earlier date as may be required under the Agreement. The Lender shall, and is hereby authorized to, record on the schedule attached hereto, or to otherwise record in accordance with its usual practice, the date and amount of each Loan and the date and amount of each principal payment hereunder. This Note is one of the Notes issued pursuant to, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2006 among the Borrower, KeyBank National Association individually and as Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders named therein, to which Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, reference is hereby made for a statement of the terms and conditions governing this Note, including the terms and conditions under which this Note may be prepaid or its maturity date accelerated. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used with the meanings attributed to them in the Agreement. If there is a Default under the Agreement or any other Loan Document and Administrative Agent exercises the remedies provided under the Agreement and/or any of the Loan Documents for the Lenders, then in addition to all amounts recoverable by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under such documents, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to receive reasonable attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the exercise of such remedies. Borrower and all endorsers severally waive presentment, protest and demand, notice of protest, demand and of dishonor and nonpayment of this Note, and any and all lack of diligence or delays in collection or enforcement of this Note, and expressly agree that this Note, or any payment hereunder, may be extended from time to time, and expressly consent to the release of any party liable for the obligation secured by this Note, the release of any of the security for this Note, the acceptance of any other security therefor, or any other indulgence or forbearance whatsoever, all without notice to any party and without affecting the liability of the Borrower and any endorsers hereof. This Note shall be governed and construed under the internal laws of the State of Ohio. BORROWER AND LENDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHT UNDER THIS NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR RELATING THERETO OR ARISING FROM THE LENDING RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS NOTE AND AGREE THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. (Signature Page to Note by Glimcher, in favor of Lehman Brothers Commercial Bank) GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, its sole general partner By: _____________________________ Name: George A. Schmidt Title: Executive Vice President NOTE ---- December 14, 2006 Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Borrower"), promises to pay to the order of MidFirst Bank, a federally chartered savings association (the "Lender") the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Article II of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended or modified, the "Agreement") hereinafter referred to, in immediately available funds at the main office of KeyBank National Association in Cleveland, Ohio, as Administrative Agent, together with interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof at the rates and on the dates set forth in the Agreement. The Borrower shall pay remaining unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans in full on the Facility Termination Date or such earlier date as may be required under the Agreement. The Lender shall, and is hereby authorized to, record on the schedule attached hereto, or to otherwise record in accordance with its usual practice, the date and amount of each Loan and the date and amount of each principal payment hereunder. This Note is one of the Notes issued pursuant to, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2006 among the Borrower, KeyBank National Association individually and as Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders named therein, to which Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, reference is hereby made for a statement of the terms and conditions governing this Note, including the terms and conditions under which this Note may be prepaid or its maturity date accelerated. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used with the meanings attributed to them in the Agreement. If there is a Default under the Agreement or any other Loan Document and Administrative Agent exercises the remedies provided under the Agreement and/or any of the Loan Documents for the Lenders, then in addition to all amounts recoverable by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under such documents, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to receive reasonable attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the exercise of such remedies. Borrower and all endorsers severally waive presentment, protest and demand, notice of protest, demand and of dishonor and nonpayment of this Note, and any and all lack of diligence or delays in collection or enforcement of this Note, and expressly agree that this Note, or any payment hereunder, may be extended from time to time, and expressly consent to the release of any party liable for the obligation secured by this Note, the release of any of the security for this Note, the acceptance of any other security therefor, or any other indulgence or forbearance whatsoever, all without notice to any party and without affecting the liability of the Borrower and any endorsers hereof. This Note shall be governed and construed under the internal laws of the State of Ohio. BORROWER AND LENDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHT UNDER THIS NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR RELATING THERETO OR ARISING FROM THE LENDING RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS NOTE AND AGREE THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. (Signature Page to Note by Glimcher, in favor of MidFirst Bank) GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, its sole general partner By: _____________________________ Name: George A. Schmidt Title: Executive Vice President EX-10.67 7 glimcher_ex1067.txt OPEN END MORTGAGE, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND SECURITY AGREEMENT Exhibit 10.67 EM COLUMBUS II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as mortgagor (Borrower) to LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK, FSB, as mortgagee (Lender) __________________________ OPEN-END MORTGAGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $43,000,000.00 (exclusive of interest) __________________________ Dated: As of November 20, 2006 Location: Eastland Mall Columbus, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________________ PREPARED BY AND UPON RECORDATION RETURN TO: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 3100 Miami, Florida 33131 Attention: Eugene P. Balshem, Esq. Table of Contents ----------------- Page ---- Article 1 - GRANTS OF SECURITY.................................................2 SECTION 1.1 PROPERTY MORTGAGED..........................................2 SECTION 1.2 ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS.........................................5 SECTION 1.3 SECURITY AGREEMENT..........................................5 SECTION 1.4 FIXTURE FILING..............................................5 SECTION 1.5 PLEDGES OF MONIES HELD......................................6 Article 2 - DEBT AND OBLIGATIONS SECURED.......................................6 SECTION 2.1 DEBT........................................................6 SECTION 2.2 OTHER OBLIGATIONS...........................................6 SECTION 2.3 DEBT AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS..................................6 Article 3 - BORROWER COVENANTS.................................................7 SECTION 3.1 PAYMENT OF DEBT.............................................7 SECTION 3.2 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE..................................7 SECTION 3.3 INSURANCE...................................................7 SECTION 3.4 MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY.....................................7 SECTION 3.5 WASTE.......................................................7 SECTION 3.6 PAYMENT FOR LABOR AND MATERIALS.............................7 SECTION 3.7 PERFORMANCE OF OTHER AGREEMENTS.............................8 SECTION 3.8 CHANGE OF NAME, IDENTITY OR STRUCTURE.......................8 Article 4 - OBLIGATIONS AND RELIANCES..........................................8 SECTION 4.1 RELATIONSHIP OF BORROWER AND LENDER.........................8 SECTION 4.2 NO RELIANCE ON LENDER.......................................8 SECTION 4.3 NO LENDER OBLIGATIONS.......................................9 SECTION 4.4 RELIANCE....................................................9 Article 5 - FURTHER ASSURANCES.................................................9 SECTION 5.1 RECORDING OF SECURITY INSTRUMENT, ETC.......................9 SECTION 5.2 FURTHER ACTS, ETC...........................................9 SECTION 5.3 CHANGES IN TAX, DEBT, CREDIT AND DOCUMENTARY STAMP LAWS.......................................................10 SECTION 5.4 SPLITTING OF MORTGAGE......................................10 SECTION 5.5 REPLACEMENT DOCUMENTS......................................11 Article 6 - DUE ON SALE/ENCUMBRANCE...........................................11 SECTION 6.1 LENDER RELIANCE............................................11 SECTION 6.2 NO SALE/ENCUMBRANCE........................................11 Article 7 - RIGHTS AND REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT..................................11 SECTION 7.1 REMEDIES...................................................11 SECTION 7.2 APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS....................................14 SECTION 7.3 RIGHT TO CURE DEFAULTS.....................................15 SECTION 7.4 ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS....................................15 SECTION 7.5 RECOVERY OF SUMS REQUIRED TO BE PAID.......................15 i Table of Contents ----------------- Page ---- SECTION 7.6 EXAMINATION OF BOOKS AND RECORDS...........................15 SECTION 7.7 OTHER RIGHTS, ETC..........................................15 SECTION 7.8 RIGHT TO RELEASE ANY PORTION OF THE PROPERTY...............16 SECTION 7.9 VIOLATION OF LAWS..........................................16 SECTION 7.10 RECOURSE AND CHOICE OF REMEDIES............................16 SECTION 7.11 RIGHT OF ENTRY.............................................17 Article 8 - ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS.............................................17 SECTION 8.1 ENVIRONMENTAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES...............17 SECTION 8.2 ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS....................................19 SECTION 8.3 LENDER'S RIGHTS............................................20 Article 9 - INDEMNIFICATION...................................................20 SECTION 9.1 GENERAL INDEMNIFICATION....................................20 SECTION 9.2 MORTGAGE AND/OR INTANGIBLE TAX.............................21 SECTION 9.3 ERISA INDEMNIFICATION......................................21 SECTION 9.4 ENVIRONMENTAL INDEMNIFICATION..............................22 SECTION 9.5 DUTY TO DEFEND; ATTORNEYS' FEES AND OTHER FEES AND EXPENSES...................................................23 Article 10 - WAIVERS..........................................................23 SECTION 10.1 WAIVER OF COUNTERCLAIM.....................................23 SECTION 10.2 MARSHALLING AND OTHER MATTERS..............................23 SECTION 10.3 WAIVER OF NOTICE...........................................23 SECTION 10.4 WAIVER OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS...........................24 SECTION 10.5 SURVIVAL...................................................24 Article 11 - EXCULPATION......................................................24 Article 12 - NOTICES..........................................................24 Article 13 - APPLICABLE LAW...................................................24 SECTION 13.1 GOVERNING LAW..............................................24 SECTION 13.2 USURY LAWS.................................................26 SECTION 13.3 PROVISIONS SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW.......................26 Article 14 - DEFINITIONS......................................................26 SECTION 14.1 ........................................................26 Article 15 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.........................................27 SECTION 15.1 NO ORAL CHANGE.............................................27 SECTION 15.2 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.....................................27 SECTION 15.3 INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS....................................27 SECTION 15.4 HEADINGS, ETC..............................................27 SECTION 15.5 NUMBER AND GENDER..........................................27 SECTION 15.6 SUBROGATION................................................27 SECTION 15.7 ENTIRE AGREEMENT...........................................27 SECTION 15.8 LIMITATION ON LENDER'S RESPONSIBILITY......................28 ii Table of Contents ----------------- Page ---- Article 16 - STATE-SPECIFIC PROVISIONS........................................28 SECTION 16.1 PRINCIPALS OF CONSTRUCTION.................................28 SECTION 16.2 OPEN-END MORTGAGE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT.................28 SECTION 16.3 OHIO REMEDIES..............................................28 iii OPEN-END MORTGAGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT THIS OPEN-END MORTGAGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $43,000,000.00 (this "Security Instrument") is made as of this 20th day of November, 2006, EM COLUMBUS II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, having an address at 150 East Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, as mortgagor ("Borrower") to LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK, FSB, a federal stock savings bank, having an address at 1000 West Street, Suite 200, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, as mortgagee ("Lender"). W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, this Security Instrument is given to secure a loan (the "Loan") in the principal sum of FORTY-THREE MILLION AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($43,000,000.00) or so much thereof as may be advanced pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement dated as of the date hereof between Borrower and Lender (as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Loan Agreement") and evidenced by that certain Promissory Note dated the date hereof made by Borrower to Lender (such Note, together with all extensions, renewals, replacements, restatements or modifications thereof being hereinafter referred to as the "Note"); and WHEREAS, the maturity date of the Note is December 11, 2016; and WHEREAS, Borrower desires to secure the payment of the Debt (as defined in the Loan Agreement) and the performance of all of its obligations under the Note, the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents; and WHEREAS, this Security Instrument is given pursuant to the Loan Agreement, and payment, fulfillment, and performance by Borrower of its obligations thereunder and under the other Loan Documents are secured hereby, and each and every term and provision of the Loan Agreement and the Note, including the rights, remedies, obligations, covenants, conditions, agreements, indemnities, representations and warranties of the parties therein, are hereby incorporated by reference herein as though set forth in full and shall be considered a part of this Security Instrument (the Loan Agreement, the Note, this Security Instrument, that certain Assignment of Leases and Rents of even date herewith made by Borrower in favor of Lender (the "Assignment of Leases") and all other documents evidencing or securing the Debt are hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Loan Documents"). NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the making of the Loan by Lender and the covenants, agreements, representations and warranties set forth in this Security Instrument: Article 1 - GRANTS OF SECURITY Section 1.1 PROPERTY MORTGAGED. Borrower does hereby irrevocably mortgage, grant, bargain, sell, pledge, assign, warrant, transfer and convey to Lender, the following property, rights, interests and estates now owned, or hereafter acquired by Borrower (collectively, the "Property"): (a) Land. The real property described in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof (the "Land"); (b) Additional Land. All additional lands, estates and development rights hereafter acquired by Borrower for use in connection with the Land and the development of the Land and all additional lands and estates therein which may, from time to time, by supplemental mortgage or otherwise be expressly made subject to the lien of this Security Instrument; (c) Improvements. The buildings, structures, fixtures, additions, enlargements, extensions, modifications, repairs, replacements and improvements now or hereafter erected or located on the Land (collectively, the "Improvements"); (d) Easements. All easements, rights-of-way or use, rights, strips and gores of land, streets, ways, alleys, passages, sewer rights, water, water courses, water rights and powers, air rights and development rights, and all estates, rights, titles, interests, privileges, liberties, servitudes, tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances of any nature whatsoever, in any way now or hereafter belonging, relating or pertaining to the Land and the Improvements and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, and all land lying in the bed of any street, road or avenue, opened or proposed, in front of or adjoining the Land, to the center line thereof and all the estates, rights, titles, interests, dower and rights of dower, curtesy and rights of curtesy, property, possession, claim and demand whatsoever, both at law and in equity, of Borrower of, in and to the Land and the Improvements and every part and parcel thereof, with the appurtenances thereto; (e) Equipment. All "equipment," as such term is defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower, which is used at or in connection with the Improvements or the Land or is located thereon or therein (including, but not limited to, all machinery, equipment, furnishings, and electronic data-processing and other office equipment now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower and any and all additions, substitutions and replacements of any of the foregoing), together with all attachments, components, parts, equipment and accessories installed thereon or affixed thereto (collectively, the "Equipment"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Equipment shall not include any property belonging to tenants under leases except to the extent that Borrower shall have any right or interest therein; (f) Fixtures. All Equipment now owned, or the ownership of which is hereafter acquired, by Borrower which is so related to the Land and Improvements forming part of the Property that it is deemed fixtures or real property under the law of the particular state in which the Equipment is located, including, without limitation, all building or construction materials intended for construction, reconstruction, alteration or repair of or installation on the 2 Property, construction equipment, appliances, machinery, plant equipment, fittings, apparatuses, fixtures and other items now or hereafter attached to, installed in or used in connection with (temporarily or permanently) any of the Improvements or the Land, including, but not limited to, engines, devices for the operation of pumps, pipes, plumbing, cleaning, call and sprinkler systems, fire extinguishing apparatuses and equipment, heating, ventilating, plumbing, laundry, incinerating, electrical, air conditioning and air cooling equipment and systems, gas and electric machinery, appurtenances and equipment, pollution control equipment, security systems, disposals, dishwashers, refrigerators and ranges, recreational equipment and facilities of all kinds, and water, gas, electrical, storm and sanitary sewer facilities, utility lines and equipment (whether owned individually or jointly with others, and, if owned jointly, to the extent of Borrower's interest therein) and all other utilities whether or not situated in easements, all water tanks, water supply, water power sites, fuel stations, fuel tanks, fuel supply, and all other structures, together with all accessions, appurtenances, additions, replacements, betterments and substitutions for any of the foregoing and the proceeds thereof (collectively, the "Fixtures"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Fixtures" shall not include any property which tenants are entitled to remove pursuant to leases except to the extent that Borrower shall have any right or interest therein; (g) Personal Property. All furniture, furnishings, objects of art, machinery, goods, tools, supplies, appliances, general intangibles, contract rights, accounts, accounts receivable, franchises, licenses, certificates and permits, and all other personal property of any kind or character whatsoever (as defined in and subject to the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code as hereinafter defined), other than Fixtures, which are now or hereafter owned by Borrower and which are located within or about the Land and the Improvements, together with all accessories, replacements and substitutions thereto or therefor and the proceeds thereof (collectively, the "Personal Property"), and the right, title and interest of Borrower in and to any of the Personal Property which may be subject to any security interests, as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, as adopted and enacted by the state or states where any of the Property is located (the "Uniform Commercial Code"), superior in lien to the lien of this Security Instrument and all proceeds and products of the above; (h) Leases and Rents. All leases and other agreements affecting the use, enjoyment or occupancy of the Land and the Improvements heretofore or hereafter entered into, whether before or after the filing by or against Borrower of any petition for relief under 11 U.S.C. ss.101 et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Bankruptcy Code") (collectively, the "Leases") and all right, title and interest of Borrower, its successors and assigns therein and thereunder, including, without limitation, cash or securities deposited thereunder to secure the performance by the lessees of their obligations thereunder and all rents, additional rents, revenues, issues and profits (including all oil and gas or other mineral royalties and bonuses) from the Land and the Improvements whether paid or accruing before or after the filing by or against Borrower of any petition for relief under the Bankruptcy Code (collectively, the "Rents") and all proceeds from the sale or other disposition of the Leases and the right to receive and apply the Rents to the payment of the Debt; (i) Condemnation Awards. All awards or payments, including interest thereon, which may heretofore and hereafter be made with respect to the Property, whether from the exercise of the right of eminent domain (including but not limited to any transfer made in lieu of or in anticipation of the exercise of the right), or for a change of grade, or for any other injury to or decrease in the value of the Property; 3 (j) Insurance Proceeds. All proceeds in respect of the Property under any insurance policies covering the Property, including, without limitation, the right to receive and apply the proceeds of any insurance, judgments, or settlements made in lieu thereof, for damage to the Property; (k) Tax Certiorari. All refunds, rebates or credits in connection with reduction in real estate taxes and assessments charged against the Property as a result of tax certiorari or any applications or proceedings for reduction; (l) Conversion. All proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the foregoing including, without limitation, proceeds of insurance and condemnation awards, into cash or liquidation claims; (m) Rights. The right, in the name and on behalf of Borrower, to appear in and defend any action or proceeding brought with respect to the Property and to commence any action or proceeding to protect the interest of Lender in the Property; (n) Agreements. All agreements, contracts, certificates, instruments, franchises, permits, licenses, plans, specifications and other documents, now or hereafter entered into, and all rights therein and thereto, respecting or pertaining to the use, occupation, construction, management or operation of the Land and any part thereof and any Improvements or respecting any business or activity conducted on the Land and any part thereof and all right, title and interest of Borrower therein and thereunder, including, without limitation, the right, upon the happening of any default hereunder, to receive and collect any sums payable to Borrower thereunder; (o) Trademarks. All tradenames, trademarks, servicemarks, logos, copyrights, goodwill, books and records and all other general intangibles relating to or used in connection with the operation of the Property; (p) Other Rights. Any and all other rights of Borrower in and to the items set forth in Subsections (a) through (o) above. AND without limiting any of the other provisions of this Security Instrument, to the extent permitted by applicable law, Borrower expressly grants to Lender, as secured party, a security interest in the portion of the Property which is or may be subject to the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code which are applicable to secured transactions; it being understood and agreed that the Improvements and Fixtures are part and parcel of the Land (the Land, the Improvements and the Fixtures collectively referred to as the "Real Property") appropriated to the use thereof and, whether affixed or annexed to the Real Property or not, shall for the purposes of this Security Instrument be deemed conclusively to be real estate and conveyed hereby. 4 Section 1.2 ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS. Borrower hereby absolutely and unconditionally assigns to Lender all of Borrower's right, title and interest in and to all current and future Leases and Rents; it being intended by Borrower that this assignment constitutes a present, absolute assignment and not an assignment for additional security only. Nevertheless, subject to the terms of the Assignment of Leases and Section 7.1(h) of this Security Instrument, Lender grants to Borrower a revocable license to collect, receive, use and enjoy the Rents. Borrower shall hold the Rents, or a portion thereof sufficient to discharge all current sums due on the Debt, for use in the payment of such sums. Section 1.3 SECURITY AGREEMENT. This Security Instrument is both a real property mortgage and a "security agreement" within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code. The Property includes both real and personal property and all other rights and interests, whether tangible or intangible in nature, of Borrower in the Property. By executing and delivering this Security Instrument, Borrower hereby grants to Lender, as security for the Obligations (hereinafter defined), a security interest in the Fixtures, the Equipment and the Personal Property to the full extent that the Fixtures, the Equipment and the Personal Property may be subject to the Uniform Commercial Code (said portion of the Property so subject to the Uniform Commercial Code being called the "Collateral"). If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, Lender, in addition to any other rights and remedies which it may have, shall have and may exercise immediately and without demand, any and all rights and remedies granted to a secured party upon default under the Uniform Commercial Code, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the right to take possession of the Collateral or any part thereof, and to take such other measures as Lender may deem necessary for the care, protection and preservation of the Collateral. Upon request or demand of Lender after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Borrower shall, at its expense, assemble the Collateral and make it available to Lender at a convenient place (at the Land if tangible property) reasonably acceptable to Lender. Borrower shall pay to Lender on demand any and all expenses, including reasonable legal expenses and attorneys' fees, incurred or paid by Lender in protecting its interest in the Collateral and in enforcing its rights hereunder with respect to the Collateral after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default. Any notice of sale, disposition or other intended action by Lender with respect to the Collateral sent to Borrower in accordance with the provisions hereof at least ten (10) business days prior to such action, shall, except as otherwise provided by applicable law, constitute reasonable notice to Borrower. The proceeds of any disposition of the Collateral, or any part thereof, may, except as otherwise required by applicable law, be applied by Lender to the payment of the Debt in such priority and proportions as Lender in its discretion shall deem proper. Borrower's (Debtor's) principal place of business is as set forth on page one hereof and the address of Lender (Secured Party) is as set forth on page one hereof. Section 1.4 FIXTURE FILING. Certain of the Property is or will become "fixtures" (as that term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) on the Land, described or referred to in this Security Instrument, and this Security Instrument, upon being filed for record in the real estate records of the city or county wherein such fixtures are situated, shall operate also as a financing statement naming Borrower as the Debtor and Lender as the Secured Party filed as a fixture filing in accordance with the applicable provisions of said Uniform Commercial Code upon such of the Property that is or may become fixtures. 5 Section 1.5 PLEDGES OF MONIES HELD. Borrower hereby pledges to Lender any and all monies now or hereafter held by Lender or on behalf of Lender, including, without limitation, any sums deposited in the Accounts, the Reserve Funds and Net Proceeds, as additional security for the Obligations until expended or applied as provided in this Security Instrument. CONDITIONS TO GRANT TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above granted and described Property unto and to the use and benefit of Lender and its successors and assigns, forever; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, these presents are upon the express condition that, if Borrower shall well and truly pay to Lender the Debt at the time and in the manner provided in the Note, the Loan Agreement and this Security Instrument, shall well and truly perform the Other Obligations as set forth in this Security Instrument and shall well and truly abide by and comply with each and every covenant and condition set forth herein and in the Note, the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, these presents and the estate hereby granted shall cease, terminate and be void; provided, however, that Borrower's obligation to indemnify and hold harmless Lender pursuant to the provisions hereof shall survive any such payment or release. Article 2 - DEBT AND OBLIGATIONS SECURED Section 2.1 DEBT. This Security Instrument and the grants, assignments and transfers made in Article 1 are given for the purpose of securing the Debt which by its definition (as set forth in Loan Agreement) includes, but is not limited to, the obligations of Borrower to pay to Lender the principal and interest owing pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Note. Section 2.2 OTHER OBLIGATIONS. This Security Instrument and the grants, assignments and transfers made in Article 1 are also given for the purpose of securing the following (the "Other Obligations"): (a) the performance of all other obligations of Borrower contained herein; (b) the performance of each obligation of Borrower contained in the Loan Agreement and any other Loan Document; and (c) the performance of each obligation of Borrower contained in any renewal, extension, amendment, modification, consolidation, change of, or substitution or replacement for, all or any part of the Note, the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document. (d) A copy of each of the Loan Documents is available for review during regular business hours at the office of Lender at the address first set forth above. Section 2.3 DEBT AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. Borrower's obligations for the payment of the Debt and the performance of the Other Obligations may sometimes be referred to collectively herein as the "Obligations." 6 Article 3 - BORROWER COVENANTS Borrower covenants and agrees that: Section 3.1 PAYMENT OF DEBT. Borrower will pay the Debt at the time and in the manner provided in the Loan Agreement, the Note and this Security Instrument. Section 3.2 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE. All the covenants, conditions and agreements contained in (a) the Loan Agreement, (b) the Note and (c) all and any of the other Loan Documents, are hereby made a part of this Security Instrument to the same extent and with the same force as if fully set forth herein as permitted by Ohio Revised Code Section 5301.233. Section 3.3 INSURANCE. Borrower shall obtain and maintain, or cause to be maintained, in full force and effect at all times insurance with respect to Borrower and the Property as required pursuant to the Loan Agreement. Section 3.4 MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY. (a) Borrower shall cause the Property to be maintained in a good and safe condition and repair. The Improvements, the Fixtures, the Equipment and the Personal Property shall not be removed, demolished or materially altered (except for normal replacement of the Fixtures, the Equipment or the Personal Property, tenant finish and refurbishment of the Improvements) without the consent of Lender. Borrower shall promptly repair, replace or rebuild any part of the Property which may be destroyed by any casualty, or become damaged, worn or dilapidated and shall complete and pay for any structure at any time in the process of construction or repair on the Land. Section 3.5 WASTE. Borrower shall not commit or suffer any waste of the Property or make any change in the use of the Property which will in any way materially increase the risk of fire or other hazard arising out of the operation of the Property, or take any action that might invalidate or allow the cancellation of any Policy, or do or permit to be done thereon anything that may in any way materially impair the value of the Property or the security of this Security Instrument. Borrower will not, without the prior written consent of Lender, permit any drilling or exploration for or extraction, removal, or production of any minerals from the surface or the subsurface of the Land, regardless of the depth thereof or the method of mining or extraction thereof. Section 3.6 PAYMENT FOR LABOR AND MATERIALS. a) Borrower will promptly pay when due all bills and costs for labor, materials, and specifically fabricated materials ("Labor and Material Costs") incurred in connection with the Property and never permit to exist beyond the due date thereof in respect of the Property or any part thereof any lien or security interest, even though inferior to the liens and the security interests hereof, and in any event never permit to be created or exist in respect of the Property or any part thereof any other or additional lien or security interest other than the liens or security interests hereof except for the Permitted Encumbrances. (b) After prior written notice to Lender, Borrower, at its own expense, may contest by appropriate legal proceeding, promptly initiated and conducted in good faith and with due diligence, the amount or validity or application in 7 whole or in part of any of the Labor and Material Costs, provided that (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Loan Agreement, the Note, this Security Instrument or any of the other Loan Documents, (ii) Borrower is permitted to do so under the provisions of any other mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt affecting the Property, (iii) such proceeding shall suspend the collection of the Labor and Material Costs from Borrower and from the Property or Borrower shall have paid all of the Labor and Material Costs under protest, (iv) such proceeding shall be permitted under and be conducted in accordance with the provisions of any other instrument to which Borrower is subject and shall not constitute a default thereunder, (v) neither the Property nor any part thereof or interest therein will be in danger of being sold, forfeited, terminated, canceled or lost, and (vi) Borrower shall have furnished the security as may be required in the proceeding, or as may be reasonably requested by Lender to insure the payment of any contested Labor and Material Costs, together with all interest and penalties thereon. Section 3.7 PERFORMANCE OF OTHER AGREEMENTS. Borrower shall observe and perform each and every term, covenant and provision to be observed or performed by Borrower pursuant to the Loan Agreement, any other Loan Document and any other agreement or recorded instrument affecting or pertaining to the Property and any amendments, modifications or changes thereto. Section 3.8 CHANGE OF NAME, IDENTITY OR STRUCTURE. Borrower shall not change Borrower's name, identity (including its trade name or names) or, if not an individual, Borrower's corporate, partnership or other structure without notifying Lender of such change in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such change and, in the case of a change in Borrower's structure, without first obtaining the prior written consent of Lender. Borrower shall execute and deliver to Lender, prior to or contemporaneously with the effective date of any such change, any financing statement or financing statement change required by Lender to establish or maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interest granted herein. At the request of Lender, Borrower shall execute a certificate in form satisfactory to Lender listing the trade names under which Borrower intends to operate the Property, and representing and warranting that Borrower does business under no other trade name with respect to the Property. Article 4 - OBLIGATIONS AND RELIANCES Section 4.1 RELATIONSHIP OF BORROWER AND LENDER. The relationship between Borrower and Lender is solely that of debtor and creditor, and Lender has no fiduciary or other special relationship with Borrower, and no term or condition of any of the Loan Agreement, the Note, this Security Instrument and the other Loan Documents shall be construed so as to deem the relationship between Borrower and Lender to be other than that of debtor and creditor. Section 4.2 NO RELIANCE ON LENDER. The general partners, members, principals and (if Borrower is a trust) beneficial owners of Borrower are experienced in the ownership and operation of properties similar to the Property, and Borrower and Lender are relying solely upon such expertise and business plan in connection with the ownership and operation of the Property. Borrower is not relying on Lender's expertise, business acumen or advice in connection with the Property. 8 Section 4.3 NO LENDER OBLIGATIONS. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections 1.1(h) and (n) or Section 1.2, Lender is not undertaking the performance of (i) any obligations under the Leases; or (ii) any obligations with respect to such agreements, contracts, certificates, instruments, franchises, permits, trademarks, licenses and other documents. (a) By accepting or approving anything required to be observed, performed or fulfilled or to be given to Lender pursuant to this Security Instrument, the Loan Agreement, the Note or the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, any officer's certificate, balance sheet, statement of profit and loss or other financial statement, survey, appraisal, or insurance policy, Lender shall not be deemed to have warranted, consented to, or affirmed the sufficiency, the legality or effectiveness of same, and such acceptance or approval thereof shall not constitute any warranty or affirmation with respect thereto by Lender. Section 4.4 RELIANCE. Borrower recognizes and acknowledges that in accepting the Loan Agreement, the Note, this Security Instrument and the other Loan Documents, Lender is expressly and primarily relying on the truth and accuracy of the warranties and representations set forth in Section 4.1 of the Loan Agreement without any obligation to investigate the Property and notwithstanding any investigation of the Property by Lender; that such reliance existed on the part of Lender prior to the date hereof, that the warranties and representations are a material inducement to Lender in making the Loan; and that Lender would not be willing to make the Loan and accept this Security Instrument in the absence of the warranties and representations as set forth in Section 4.1 of the Loan Agreement. Article 5 - FURTHER ASSURANCES Section 5.1 RECORDING OF SECURITY INSTRUMENT, ETC. Borrower forthwith upon the execution and delivery of this Security Instrument and thereafter, from time to time, will cause this Security Instrument and any of the other Loan Documents creating a lien or security interest or evidencing the lien hereof upon the Property and each instrument of further assurance to be filed, registered or recorded in such manner and in such places as may be required by any present or future law in order to publish notice of and fully to protect and perfect the lien or security interest hereof upon, and the interest of Lender in, the Property. Borrower will pay all taxes, filing, registration or recording fees, and all expenses incident to the preparation, execution, acknowledgment and/or recording of the Note, this Security Instrument, the other Loan Documents, any note, deed of trust or mortgage supplemental hereto, any security instrument with respect to the Property and any instrument of further assurance, and any modification or amendment of the foregoing documents, and all federal, state, county and municipal taxes, duties, imposts, assessments and charges arising out of or in connection with the execution and delivery of this Security Instrument, any deed of trust or mortgage supplemental hereto, any security instrument with respect to the Property or any instrument of further assurance, and any modification or amendment of the foregoing documents, except where prohibited by law so to do. Section 5.2 FURTHER ACTS, ETC. Borrower will, at the cost of Borrower, and without expense to Lender, do, execute, acknowledge and deliver all and every such further acts, deeds, conveyances, deeds of trust, assignments, notices of assignments, transfers and assurances as Lender shall, from time to time, reasonably require, for the better assuring, conveying, assigning, transferring, and confirming unto Lender the property and rights hereby deeded, granted, 9 bargained, sold, conveyed, confirmed, pledged, assigned, warranted and transferred or intended now or hereafter so to be, or which Borrower may be or may hereafter become bound to convey or assign to Lender, or for carrying out the intention or facilitating the performance of the terms of this Security Instrument or for filing, registering or recording this Security Instrument, or for complying with all Legal Requirements. Borrower, on demand, will execute and deliver, and in the event it shall fail to so execute and deliver, hereby authorizes Lender to execute in the name of Borrower or without the signature of Borrower to the extent Lender may lawfully do so, one or more financing statements to evidence more effectively the security interest of Lender in the Property. Borrower grants to Lender an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest for the purpose of exercising and perfecting any and all rights and remedies available to Lender at law and in equity, including without limitation such rights and remedies available to Lender pursuant to this Section 5.2. Nothing contained in this Section 5.2 shall be deemed to create an obligation on the part of Borrower to pay any costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with the Securitization or other sale or transfer of the Loan. Section 5.3 CHANGES IN TAX, DEBT, CREDIT AND DOCUMENTARY STAMP LAWS. (a) If any law is enacted or adopted or amended after the date of this Security Instrument which deducts the Debt from the value of the Property for the purpose of taxation or which imposes a tax, either directly or indirectly, on the Debt or Lender's interest in the Property, Borrower will pay the tax, with interest and penalties thereon, if any. If Lender is advised by counsel chosen by it that the payment of tax by Borrower would be unlawful or taxable to Lender or unenforceable or provide the basis for a defense of usury then Lender shall have the option by written notice of not less than one hundred twenty (120) days to declare the Debt immediately due and payable. (a) Borrower will not claim or demand or be entitled to any credit or credits on account of the Debt for any part of the Taxes or Other Charges assessed against the Property, or any part thereof, and no deduction shall otherwise be made or claimed from the assessed value of the Property, or any part thereof, for real estate tax purposes by reason of this Security Instrument or the Debt. If such claim, credit or deduction shall be required by law, Lender shall have the option, by written notice of not less than one hundred twenty (120) days, to declare the Debt immediately due and payable. (b) If at any time the United States of America, any State thereof or any subdivision of any such State shall require revenue or other stamps to be affixed to the Note, this Security Instrument, or any of the other Loan Documents or impose any other tax or charge on the same, Borrower will pay for the same, with interest and penalties thereon, if any. Section 5.4 SPLITTING OF MORTGAGE. This Security Instrument and the Note shall, at any time until the same shall be fully paid and satisfied, at the sole election of Lender, be split or divided into two or more notes and two or more security instruments, each of which shall cover all or a portion of the Property to be more particularly described therein. To that end, Borrower, upon written request of Lender, shall execute, acknowledge and deliver, or cause to be executed, acknowledged and delivered by the then owner of the Property, to Lender and/or its designee or designees substitute notes and security 10 instruments in such principal amounts, aggregating not more than the then unpaid principal amount of this Security Instrument, and containing terms, provisions and clauses similar to those contained herein and in the Note, and such other documents and instruments as may be required by Lender. Section 5.5 REPLACEMENT DOCUMENTS. Upon receipt of an affidavit of an officer of Lender as to the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of the Note or any other Loan Document which is not of public record, and, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of such Note or other Loan Document, Borrower will issue, in lieu thereof, a replacement Note or other Loan Document, dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note or other Loan Document in the same principal amount thereof and otherwise of like tenor. Article 6 - DUE ON SALE/ENCUMBRANCE Section 6.1 LENDER RELIANCE. Borrower acknowledges that Lender has examined and relied on the experience of Borrower and its partners, members, principals and (if Borrower is a trust) beneficial owners in owning and operating properties such as the Property in agreeing to make the Loan, and will continue to rely on Borrower's ownership of the Property as a means of maintaining the value of the Property as security for repayment of the Debt and the performance of the Other Obligations. Borrower acknowledges that Lender has a valid interest in maintaining the value of the Property so as to ensure that, should Borrower default in the repayment of the Debt or the performance of the Other Obligations, Lender can recover the Debt by a sale of the Property. Section 6.2 NO SALE/ENCUMBRANCE. Borrower nor any other Person having an ownership or beneficial interest, direct or indirect, in Borrower shall transfer the Property or any part thereof or any interest therein or permit or suffer the Property or any part thereof or any interest therein to be transferred other than as expressly permitted pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement. Article 7 - RIGHTS AND REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT Section 7.1 REMEDIES. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, Borrower agrees that Lender may take such action, without notice or demand, as it deems advisable to protect and enforce its rights against Borrower and in and to the Property, including, but not limited to, the following actions, each of which may be pursued concurrently or otherwise, at such time and in such order as Lender may determine, in their sole discretion, without impairing or otherwise affecting the other rights and remedies of Lender: (a) declare the entire unpaid Debt to be immediately due and payable; (b) institute proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for the complete foreclosure of this Security Instrument under any applicable provision of law, in which case the Property or any interest therein may be sold for cash or upon credit in one or more parcels or in several interests or portions and in any order or manner; (c) with or without entry, to the extent permitted and pursuant to the procedures provided by applicable law, institute proceedings for the partial foreclosure of this Security Instrument for the portion of the Debt then due and payable, subject to the continuing lien and security interest of this Security Instrument for the balance of the Debt not then due, unimpaired and without loss of priority; 11 (d) sell for cash or upon credit the Property or any part thereof and all estate, claim, demand, right, title and interest of Borrower therein and rights of redemption thereof, pursuant to power of sale or otherwise, at one or more sales, as an entity or in parcels, at such time and place, upon such terms and after such notice thereof, all as may be required or permitted by law; and, without limiting the foregoing: In connection with any sale or sales hereunder, Lender shall be entitled to elect to treat any of the Property which consists of a right in action or which is property that can be severed from the Real Property covered hereby or any improvements without causing structural damage thereto as if the same were personal property, and dispose of the same in accordance with applicable law, separate and apart from the sale of Real Property. Where the Property consists of Real Property, Personal Property, Equipment or Fixtures, whether or not such Personal Property or Equipment is located on or within the Real Property, Lender shall be entitled to elect to exercise its rights and remedies against any or all of the Real Property, Personal Property, Equipment and Fixtures in such order and manner as is now or hereafter permitted by applicable law; (i) Lender shall be entitled to elect to proceed against any or all of the Real Property, Personal Property, Equipment and Fixtures in any manner permitted under applicable law; and if Lender so elects pursuant to applicable law, the power of sale herein granted shall be exercisable with respect to all or any of the Real Property, Personal Property, Equipment and Fixtures covered hereby, as designated by Lender, and Lender is hereby authorized and empowered to conduct any such sale of any Real Property, Personal Property, Equipment and Fixtures in accordance with the procedures applicable to Real Property; (ii) Should Lender elect to sell any portion of the Property which is Real Property or which is Personal Property, Equipment or Fixtures that the Lender has elected under applicable law to sell together with Real Property in accordance with the laws governing a sale of Real Property, Lender shall give such notice of Event of Default, if any, and election to sell as may then be required by law. Thereafter, upon the expiration of such time and the giving of such notice of sale as may then be required by law, and without the necessity of any demand on Borrower, Lender at the time and place specified in the notice of sale, shall sell such Real Property or part thereof at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in lawful money of the United States. Lender may from time to time postpone any sale hereunder by public announcement thereof at the time and place noticed therefor; (iii) If the Property consists of several lots, parcels or items of property, Lender shall, subject to applicable law, (A) designate the order in which such lots, parcels or items shall be offered for sale or sold, or (B) elect to sell such lots, parcels or items through a single sale, or through two or more successive sales, or in any other manner Lender designates. Any Person, including Borrower or Lender, may purchase at any sale hereunder. Should Lender desire that more than one sale or other disposition of the Property be conducted, Lender shall, subject to applicable law, cause such sales or dispositions to be conducted 12 simultaneously, or successively, on the same day, or at such different days or times and in such order as Lender may designate, and no such sale shall terminate or otherwise affect the lien of this Security Instrument on any part of the Property not sold until all the Debt has been paid in full. In the event Lender elects to dispose of the Property through more than one sale, except as otherwise provided by applicable law, Borrower agrees to pay the costs and expenses of each such sale and of any judicial proceedings wherein such sale may be made; (e) institute an action, suit or proceeding in equity for the specific performance of any covenant, condition or agreement contained herein, in the Note, the Loan Agreement or in the other Loan Documents; (f) recover judgment on the Note either before, during or after any proceedings for the enforcement of this Security Instrument or the other Loan Documents; (g) apply for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or conservator of the Property, without notice and without regard for the adequacy of the security for the Debt and without regard for the solvency of Borrower, any guarantor, indemnitor with respect to the Loan or of any Person, liable for the payment of the Debt; (h) the license granted to Borrower under Section 1.2 hereof shall automatically be revoked and Lender may enter into or upon the Property, either personally or by its agents, nominees or attorneys and dispossess Borrower and its agents and servants therefrom, without liability for trespass, damages or otherwise and exclude Borrower and its agents or servants wholly therefrom, and take possession of all books, records and accounts relating thereto and Borrower agrees to surrender possession of the Property and of such books, records and accounts to Lender upon demand, and thereupon Lender may (i) use, operate, manage, control, insure, maintain, repair, restore and otherwise deal with all and every part of the Property and conduct the business thereat; (ii) complete any construction on the Property in such manner and form as Lender deems advisable; (iii) make alterations, additions, renewals, replacements and improvements to or on the Property; (iv) exercise all rights and powers of Borrower with respect to the Property, whether in the name of Borrower or otherwise, including, without limitation, the right to make, cancel, enforce or modify Leases, obtain and evict tenants, and demand, sue for, collect and receive all Rents of the Property and every part thereof; (v) require Borrower to pay monthly in advance to Lender, or any receiver appointed to collect the Rents, the fair and reasonable rental value for the use and occupation of such part of the Property as may be occupied by Borrower; (vi) require Borrower to vacate and surrender possession of the Property to Lender or to such receiver and, in default thereof, Borrower may be evicted by summary proceedings or otherwise; and (vii) apply the receipts from the Property to the payment of the Debt, in such order, priority and proportions as Lender shall deem appropriate in its sole discretion after deducting therefrom all expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with the aforesaid operations and all amounts necessary to pay the Taxes, Other Charges, insurance and other expenses in connection with the Property, as well as just and reasonable compensation for the services of Lender, its counsel, agents and employees; (i) exercise any and all rights and remedies granted to a secured party upon default under the Uniform Commercial Code, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing: (i) the right to take possession of the Fixtures, 13 the Equipment, the Personal Property or any part thereof, and to take such other measures as Lender may deem necessary for the care, protection and preservation of the Fixtures, the Equipment, the Personal Property, and (ii) request Borrower at its expense to assemble the Fixtures, the Equipment, the Personal Property and make it available to Lender at a convenient place acceptable to Lender. Any notice of sale, disposition or other intended action by Lender with respect to the Fixtures, the Equipment, the Personal Property sent to Borrower in accordance with the provisions hereof at least ten (10) days prior to such action, shall constitute commercially reasonable notice to Borrower; (j) apply any sums then deposited or held in escrow or otherwise by or on behalf of Lender in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement, this Security Instrument or any other Loan Document to the payment of the following items in any order in its uncontrolled discretion: (i) Taxes and Other Charges; (ii) Insurance Premiums; (iii) Interest on the unpaid principal balance of the Note; (iv) Amortization of the unpaid principal balance of the Note; (v) All other sums payable pursuant to the Note, the Loan Agreement, this Security Instrument and the other Loan Documents, including without limitation advances made by Lender pursuant to the terms of this Security Instrument; (k) pursue such other remedies as Lender may have under applicable law; or (l) apply the undisbursed balance of any Net Proceeds Deficiency deposit, together with interest thereon, to the payment of the Debt in such order, priority and proportions as Lender shall deem to be appropriate in its discretion. In the event of a sale, by foreclosure, power of sale or otherwise, of less than all of Property, this Security Instrument shall continue as a lien and security interest on the remaining portion of the Property unimpaired and without loss of priority. Lender reserves the right at any time to subordinate the lien of this Security Instrument to any one or more of the leases now or in the future pertaining to any part of the Property upon the unilateral execution and recording by Lender of said subordination agreement prior to the filing of any action by Lender to foreclose upon the Property, such subordination agreement to be effective as of the date of execution of this Security Instrument as to those leases identified by Lender in such subordination agreement. Section 7.2 APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS. The purchase money, proceeds and avails of any disposition of the Property, and or any part thereof, or any other sums collected by Lender pursuant to the Note, this Security Instrument or the other Loan Documents, may be applied by Lender to the payment of the Debt in such priority and proportions as Lender in its discretion shall deem proper, to the extent consistent with law. 14 Section 7.3 RIGHT TO CURE DEFAULTS. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, Lender may remedy such Event of Default in such manner and to such extent as Lender may deem necessary to protect the security hereof, but without any obligation to do so and without notice to or demand on Borrower, and without releasing Borrower from any obligation hereunder. Lender is authorized to enter upon action or proceeding to the Property for such purposes, or appear in, defend, or bring any action or proceeding to protect its interest in the Property or to foreclose this Security Instrument or collect the Debt, and the cost and expense thereof (including reasonable attorneys' fees to the extent permitted by law), with interest as provided in this Section 7.3, shall constitute a portion of the Debt and shall be due and payable to Lender upon demand. All such costs and expenses incurred by Lender in remedying such Event of Default or such failed payment or act or in appearing in, defending, or bringing any such action or proceeding shall bear interest at the Default Rate, for the period after notice from Lender that such cost or expense was incurred to the date of payment to Lender. All such costs and expenses incurred by Lender together with interest thereon calculated at the Default Rate shall be deemed to constitute a portion of the Debt and be secured by this Security Instrument and the other Loan Documents and shall be immediately due and payable upon demand by Lender therefor. Section 7.4 ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS. Lender has the right to appear in and defend any action or proceeding brought with respect to the Property and to bring any action or proceeding, in the name and on behalf of Borrower, which Lender, in its discretion, decides should be brought to protect its interest in the Property. Section 7.5 RECOVERY OF SUMS REQUIRED TO BE PAID. Lender shall have the right from time to time to take action to recover any sum or sums which constitute a part of the Debt as the same become due, without regard to whether or not the balance of the Debt shall be due, and without prejudice to the right of Lender thereafter to bring an action of foreclosure, or any other action, for a default or defaults by Borrower existing at the time such earlier action was commenced. Section 7.6 EXAMINATION OF BOOKS AND RECORDS. At reasonable times and upon reasonable notice, Lender, its agents, accountants and attorneys shall have the right to examine the records, books, management and other papers of Borrower which reflect upon their financial condition, at the Property or at any office regularly maintained by Borrower where the books and records are located. Lender and its agents shall have the right to make copies and extracts from the foregoing records and other papers. In addition, at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice, Lender, its agents, accountants and attorneys shall have the right to examine and audit the books and records of Borrower pertaining to the income, expenses and operation of the Property during reasonable business hours at any office of Borrower where the books and records are located. This Section 7.6 shall apply throughout the term of the Note and without regard to whether an Event of Default has occurred or is continuing. Section 7.7 OTHER RIGHTS, ETC. b) The failure of Lender to insist upon strict performance of any term hereof shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any term of this Security Instrument. Borrower shall not be relieved of Borrower's obligations hereunder by reason of (i) the failure of Lender to comply with any request of Borrower or any guarantor or indemnitor with respect to the Loan to take any action to foreclose this Security Instrument or otherwise enforce any 15 of the provisions hereof or of the Note or the other Loan Documents, (ii) the release, regardless of consideration, of the whole or any part of the Property, or of any person liable for the Debt or any portion thereof, or (iii) any agreement or stipulation by Lender extending the time of payment or otherwise modifying or supplementing the terms of the Note, this Security Instrument or the other Loan Documents. (b) It is agreed that the risk of loss or damage to the Property is on Borrower, and Lender shall have no liability whatsoever for decline in value of the Property, for failure to maintain the Policies, or for failure to determine whether insurance in force is adequate as to the amount of risks insured. Possession by Lender shall not be deemed an election of judicial relief, if any such possession is requested or obtained, with respect to any Property or collateral not in Lender's possession. (c) Lender may resort for the payment of the Debt to any other security held by Lender in such order and manner as Lender, in its discretion, may elect. Lender may take action to recover the Debt, or any portion thereof, or to enforce any covenant hereof without prejudice to the right of Lender thereafter to foreclose this Security Instrument. The rights of Lender under this Security Instrument shall be separate, distinct and cumulative and none shall be given effect to the exclusion of the others. No act of Lender shall be construed as an election to proceed under any one provision herein to the exclusion of any other provision. Lender shall not be limited exclusively to the rights and remedies herein stated but shall be entitled to every right and remedy now or hereafter afforded at law or in equity. Section 7.8 RIGHT TO RELEASE ANY PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. Lender may release any portion of the Property for such consideration as Lender may require without, as to the remainder of the Property, in any way impairing or affecting the lien or priority of this Security Instrument, or improving the position of any subordinate lienholder with respect thereto, except to the extent that the obligations hereunder shall have been reduced by the actual monetary consideration, if any, received by Lender for such release, and may accept by assignment, pledge or otherwise any other property in place thereof as Lender may require without being accountable for so doing to any other lienholder. This Security Instrument shall continue as a lien and security interest in the remaining portion of the Property. Section 7.9 VIOLATION OF LAWS. If the Property is not in material compliance with Legal Requirements, Lender may impose additional requirements upon Borrower in connection herewith including, without limitation, monetary reserves or financial equivalents. Section 7.10 RECOURSE AND CHOICE OF REMEDIES. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Security Instrument or the Loan Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 9.4 of the Loan Agreement, Lender and other Indemnified Parties (as hereinafter defined) are entitled to enforce the obligations of Borrower, any guarantor and indemnitor contained in Sections 9.2, 9.3 and 9.4 herein and Section 9.2 of the Loan Agreement without first resorting to or exhausting any security or collateral and without first having recourse to the Note or any of the Property, through foreclosure, exercise of a power of sale or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, and in the event Lender commences a foreclosure action against the Property, or exercises the power of sale pursuant to this Security Instrument, Lender is entitled to pursue a deficiency judgment with respect to such obligations against Borrower and any 16 guarantor or indemnitor with respect to the Loan. The provisions of Sections 9.2, 9.3 and 9.4 herein and Section 9.2 of the Loan Agreement are exceptions to any non-recourse or exculpation provisions in the Loan Agreement, the Note, this Security Instrument or the other Loan Documents, and Borrower and any guarantor or indemnitor with respect to the Loan are fully and personally liable for the obligations pursuant to Sections 9.2, 9.3 and 9.4 herein and Section 9.2 of the Loan Agreement. The liability of Borrower and any guarantor or indemnitor with respect to the Loan pursuant to Sections 9.2, 9.3 and 9.4 herein and Section 9.2 of the Loan Agreement is not limited to the original principal amount of the Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall inhibit or prevent Lender from foreclosing or exercising a power of sale pursuant to this Security Instrument or exercising any other rights and remedies pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the Note, this Security Instrument and the other Loan Documents, whether simultaneously with foreclosure proceedings or in any other sequence. A separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against Borrower pursuant to Sections 9.2, 9.3 and 9.4 herein and Section 9.2 of the Loan Agreement, whether or not action is brought against any other Person or whether or not any other Person is joined in the action or actions. In addition, Lender shall have the right but not the obligation to join and participate in, as a party if it so elects, any administrative or judicial proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any matter addressed in Article 8 or Section 9.4 herein. Section 7.11 RIGHT OF ENTRY. Upon reasonable notice to Borrower, Lender and its agents shall have the right to enter and inspect the Property at all reasonable times. Article 8 - ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS Section 8.1 ENVIRONMENTAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Based upon an environmental assessment of the Property and information that Borrower knows after due inquiry of the Manager, and except as otherwise disclosed by that certain Environmental Site Assessment of the Property delivered to Lender (such report is referred to below as the "Environmental Report"), (a) there are no Hazardous Substances (defined below) or underground storage tanks in, on, or under the Property, except those that are both (i) in compliance with Environmental Laws (defined below) and with permits issued pursuant thereto and (ii) fully disclosed to Lender in writing pursuant the Environmental Report; (b) there are no past, present or threatened Releases (defined below) of Hazardous Substances in, on, under or from the Property which has not been fully remediated in accordance with Environmental Law; (c) there is no threat of any Release of Hazardous Substances migrating to the Property; (d) there is no past or present non-compliance with Environmental Laws, or with permits issued pursuant thereto, in connection with the Property which has not been fully remediated in accordance with Environmental Law; (e) Borrower does not know of, and has not received, any written or oral notice or other communication from any Person (including but not limited to a governmental entity) relating to Hazardous Substances or Remediation (defined below) thereof, of possible liability of any Person pursuant to any Environmental Law, other environmental conditions in connection with the Property, or any actual or potential administrative or judicial proceedings in connection with any of the foregoing; and (f) Borrower has truthfully and fully provided to Lender, in writing, any and all information relating to conditions in, on, under or from the Property that is known to Borrower and that is contained in Borrower's files and records, including but not limited to any reports relating to Hazardous Substances in, on, under or from the Property and/or to the environmental condition of the Property. 17 "Environmental Law" means any present and future federal, state and local laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and the like, as well as common law, relating to protection of human health or the environment, relating to Hazardous Substances, relating to liability for or costs of Remediation or prevention of Releases of Hazardous Substances or relating to liability for or costs of other actual or threatened danger to human health or the environment. Environmental Law includes, but is not limited to, the following statutes, as amended, any successor thereto, and any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and any state or local statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and the like addressing similar issues: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act; the Hazardous Substances Transportation Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (including but not limited to Subtitle I relating to underground storage tanks); the Solid Waste Disposal Act; the Clean Water Act; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act; the Safe Drinking Water Act; the Occupational Safety and Health Act; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act; the Endangered Species Act; the National Environmental Policy Act; and the River and Harbors Appropriation Act. Environmental Law also includes, but is not limited to, any present and future federal, state and local laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and the like, as well as common law: conditioning transfer of property upon a negative declaration or other approval of a governmental authority of the environmental condition of the Property; requiring notification or disclosure of Releases of Hazardous Substances or other environmental condition of the Property to any governmental authority or other Person, whether or not in connection with transfer of title to or interest in property; imposing conditions or requirements in connection with permits or other authorization for lawful activity; relating to nuisance, trespass or other causes of action related to the Property; and relating to wrongful death, personal injury, or property or other damage in connection with any physical condition or use of the Property. "Hazardous Substances" include but are not limited to any and all substances (whether solid, liquid or gas) defined, listed, or otherwise classified as pollutants, hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, hazardous materials, extremely hazardous wastes, or words of similar meaning or regulatory effect under any present or future Environmental Laws or that may have a negative impact on human health or the environment, including but not limited to petroleum and petroleum products, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, lead, radon, radioactive materials, flammables and explosives, but excluding substances of kinds and in amounts ordinarily and customarily used or stored in similar properties for the purpose of cleaning or other maintenance or operations and otherwise in compliance with all Environmental Laws. "Release" of any Hazardous Substance includes but is not limited to any release, deposit, discharge, emission, leaking, spilling, seeping, migrating, injecting, pumping, pouring, emptying, escaping, dumping, disposing or other movement of Hazardous Substances. "Remediation" includes but is not limited to any response, remedial, removal, or corrective action, any activity to cleanup, detoxify, decontaminate, contain or otherwise remediate any Hazardous Substance, any actions to prevent, cure or mitigate any Release of any Hazardous Substance, any action to comply with any Environmental Laws or with any permits issued pursuant thereto, any 18 inspection, investigation, study, monitoring, assessment, audit, sampling and testing, laboratory or other analysis, or evaluation relating to any Hazardous Substances or to anything referred to in Article 8. Section 8.2 ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS. Borrower covenants and agrees that: (a) all uses and operations on or of the Property, whether by Borrower or any other Person, shall be in compliance with all Environmental Laws and permits issued pursuant thereto; (b) there shall be no Releases of Hazardous Substances in, on, under or from the Property; (c) there shall be no Hazardous Substances in, on, or under the Property, except those that are both (i) in compliance with all Environmental Laws and with permits issued pursuant thereto and (ii) fully disclosed to Lender in writing; (d) Borrower shall keep the Property free and clear of all liens and other encumbrances imposed pursuant to any Environmental Law, whether due to any act or omission of Borrower or any other Person (the "Environmental Liens"); (e) Borrower shall, at its sole cost and expense, fully and expeditiously cooperate in all activities pursuant to Section 8.3 below, including but not limited to providing all relevant information and making knowledgeable persons available for interviews; (f) Borrower shall, at its sole cost and expense, perform any environmental site assessment or other investigation of environmental conditions in connection with the Property, pursuant to any reasonable written request of Lender made in the event that Lender has reason to believe that an environmental hazard exists on the Property (including but not limited to sampling, testing and analysis of soil, water, air, building materials and other materials and substances whether solid, liquid or gas), and share with Lender the reports and other results thereof, and Lender and other Indemnified Parties shall be entitled to rely on such reports and other results thereof; (g) Borrower shall, at its sole cost and expense, comply with all reasonable written requests of Lender made in the event that Lender has reason to believe that an environmental hazard exists on the Property (i) reasonably effectuate Remediation of any condition (including but not limited to a Release of a Hazardous Substance) in, on, under or from the Property; (ii) comply with any Environmental Law; (iii) comply with any directive from any governmental authority; and (iv) take any other reasonable action necessary or appropriate for protection of human health or the environment; (h) Borrower shall not do or allow any tenant or other user of the Property to do any act that materially increases the dangers to human health or the environment, poses an unreasonable risk of harm to any Person (whether on or off the Property), impairs or may impair the value of the Property, is contrary to any requirement of any insurer, constitutes a public or private nuisance, constitutes waste, or violates any covenant, condition, agreement or easement applicable to the Property; and (i) Borrower shall immediately notify Lender in writing of (A) any presence or Releases or threatened Releases of Hazardous Substances in, on, under, from or migrating towards the Property; (B) any non-compliance with any Environmental Laws related in any way to the Property; (C) any actual or potential Environmental Lien; (D) any required or proposed Remediation of environmental conditions relating to the Property; and (E) any written or oral notice or other communication of which Borrower becomes aware from any source whatsoever (including but not limited to a governmental entity) relating in any way to Hazardous Substances or Remediation thereof, possible liability of any Person pursuant to any Environmental Law, other environmental conditions in connection with the Property, or any actual or potential administrative or judicial proceedings in connection with anything referred to in this Article 8. 19 Section 8.3 LENDER'S RIGHTS. In the event that Lender has reason to believe that an environmental hazard exists on the Property, upon reasonable notice from Lender, Borrower shall, at Borrower's expense, promptly cause an engineer or consultant satisfactory to Lender to conduct any environmental assessment or audit (the scope of which shall be determined in Lender's sole and absolute discretion) and take any samples of soil, groundwater or other water, air, or building materials or any other invasive testing requested by Lender and promptly deliver the results of any such assessment, audit, sampling or other testing; provided, however, if such results are not delivered to Lender within a reasonable period, upon reasonable notice to Borrower, Lender and any other Person designated by Lender, including but not limited to any receiver, any representative of a governmental entity, and any environmental consultant, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to enter upon the Property at all reasonable times to assess any and all aspects of the environmental condition of the Property and its use, including but not limited to conducting any environmental assessment or audit (the scope of which shall be determined in Lender's sole and absolute discretion) and taking samples of soil, groundwater or other water, air, or building materials, and reasonably conducting other invasive testing. Borrower shall cooperate with and provide access to Lender and any such Person designated by Lender. Article 9 - INDEMNIFICATION Section 9.1 GENERAL INDEMNIFICATION. Borrower shall, at its sole cost and expense, protect, defend, indemnify, release and hold harmless the Indemnified Parties from and against any and all claims, suits, liabilities (including, without limitation, strict liabilities), actions, proceedings, obligations, debts, damages, losses, costs, expenses, diminutions in value, fines, penalties, charges, fees, expenses, judgments, awards, amounts paid in settlement, punitive damages, foreseeable and unforeseeable consequential damages, of whatever kind or nature (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees and other costs of defense) (collectively, the "Losses") imposed upon or incurred by or asserted against any Indemnified Parties and directly or indirectly arising out of or in any way relating to any one or more of the following: (a) ownership of this Security Instrument, the Property or any interest therein or receipt of any Rents; (b) any amendment to, or restructuring of, the Debt, and the Note, the Loan Agreement, this Security Instrument, or any other Loan Documents; (c) any and all lawful action that may be taken by Lender in connection with the enforcement of the provisions of this Security Instrument or the Loan Agreement or the Note or any of the other Loan Documents, whether or not suit is filed in connection with same, or in connection with Borrower, any guarantor or indemnitor and/or any partner, joint venturer or shareholder thereof becoming a party to a voluntary or involuntary federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding; (d) any accident, injury to or death of persons or loss of or damage to property occurring in, on or about the Property or any part thereof or on the adjoining sidewalks, curbs, adjacent property or adjacent parking 20 areas, streets or ways; (e) any use, nonuse or condition in, on or about the Property or any part thereof or on the adjoining sidewalks, curbs, adjacent property or adjacent parking areas, streets or ways; (f) any failure on the part of Borrower to perform or be in compliance with any of the terms of this Security Instrument; (g) performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other property in respect of the Property or any part thereof; (h) the failure of any person to file timely with the Internal Revenue Service an accurate Form 1099-B, Statement for Recipients of Proceeds from Real Estate, Broker and Barter Exchange Transactions, which may be required in connection with this Security Instrument, or to supply a copy thereof in a timely fashion to the recipient of the proceeds of the transaction in connection with which this Security Instrument is made; (i) any failure of the Property to be in compliance with any Legal Requirements; (j) the enforcement by any Indemnified Party of the provisions of this Article 9; (k) any and all claims and demands whatsoever which may be asserted against Lender by reason of any alleged obligations or undertakings on its part to perform or discharge any of the terms, covenants, or agreements contained in any Lease; (1) the payment of any commission, charge or brokerage fee to anyone claiming through Borrower which may be payable in connection with the funding of the Loan; or (m) any misrepresentation made by Borrower in this Security Instrument or any other Loan Document. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall not be liable to the Indemnified Parties under this Section 9.1 for any Losses to which the Indemnified Parties may become subject to the extent such Losses arise by reason of the gross negligence, illegal acts, fraud or willful misconduct of the Indemnified Parties. Any amounts payable to Lender by reason of the application of this Section 9.1 shall become immediately due and payable and shall bear interest at the Default Rate from the date loss or damage is sustained by Lender until paid. For purposes of this Article 9, the term "Indemnified Parties" means Lender and any Person who is or will have been involved in the origination of the Loan, any Person who is or will have been involved in the servicing of the Loan secured hereby, any Person in whose name the encumbrance created by this Security Instrument is or will have been recorded, persons and entities who may hold or acquire or will have held a full or partial interest in the Loan secured hereby (including, but not limited to, investors or prospective investors in the Securities, as well as custodians, trustees and other fiduciaries who hold or have held a full or partial interest in the Loan secured hereby for the benefit of third parties) as well as the respective directors, officers, shareholders, partners, employees, agents, servants, representatives, contractors, subcontractors, affiliates, subsidiaries, participants, successors and assigns of any and all of the foregoing (including but not limited to any other Person who holds or acquires or will have held a participation or other full or partial interest in the Loan, whether during the term of the Loan or as a part of or following a foreclosure of the Loan and including, but not limited to, any successors by merger, consolidation or acquisition of all or a substantial portion of Lender's assets and business). Section 9.2 MORTGAGE AND/OR INTANGIBLE TAX. Borrower shall, at its sole cost and expense, protect, defend, indemnify, release and hold harmless the Indemnified Parties from and against any and all Losses imposed upon or incurred by or asserted against any Indemnified Parties and directly or indirectly arising out of or in any way relating to any tax on the making and/or recording of this Security Instrument, the Note or any of the other Loan Documents, but excluding any income, franchise or other similar taxes. Section 9.3 ERISA INDEMNIFICATION. Borrower shall, at its sole cost and expense, protect, defend, indemnify, release and hold harmless the Indemnified Parties from and against any and all Losses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred in the investigation, defense, and settlement of Losses incurred in correcting any prohibited transaction or in the sale of a prohibited loan, and in obtaining any individual prohibited transaction exemption under ERISA that may be required, in Lender's sole discretion) that Lender may incur, directly or indirectly, as a result of a default under Sections 4.1.9 or 5.2.14 of the Loan Agreement. 21 Section 9.4 ENVIRONMENTAL INDEMNIFICATION. Borrower shall, at its sole cost and expense, protect, defend, indemnify, release and hold harmless the Indemnified Parties from and against any and all Losses and costs of Remediation (whether or not performed voluntarily), engineers' fees, environmental consultants' fees, and costs of investigation (including but not limited to sampling, testing, and analysis of soil, water, air, building materials and other materials and substances whether solid, liquid or gas) imposed upon or incurred by or asserted against any Indemnified Parties, and directly or indirectly arising out of or in any way relating to any one or more of the following: (a) any presence of any Hazardous Substances in, on, above, or under the Property; (b) any past, present or threatened Release of Hazardous Substances in, on, above, under or from the Property; (c) any activity by Borrower, any Person affiliated with Borrower or any tenant or other user of the Property in connection with any actual, proposed or threatened use, treatment, storage, holding, existence, disposition or other Release, generation, production, manufacturing, processing, refining, control, management, abatement, removal, handling, transfer or transportation to or from the Property of any Hazardous Substances at any tine located in, under, on or above the Property; (d) any activity by Borrower, any Person affiliated with Borrower or any tenant or other user of the Property in connection with any actual or proposed Remediation of any Hazardous Substances at any time located in, under, on or above the Property, whether or not such Remediation is voluntary or pursuant to court or administrative order, including but not limited to any removal, remedial or corrective action; (e) any past or present non-compliance or violations of any Environmental Laws (or permits issued pursuant to any Environmental Law) in connection with the Property or operations thereon, including but not limited to any failure by Borrower, any Affiliate of Borrower or any tenant or other user of the Property to comply with any order of any Governmental Authority in connection with any Environmental Laws; (f) the imposition, recording or filing of any Environmental Lien encumbering the Property; (g) any administrative processes or proceedings or judicial proceedings in any way connected with any matter addressed in Article 8 and this Section 9.4; (h) any past, present or threatened injury to, destruction of or loss of natural resources in any way connected with the Property, including but not limited to costs to investigate and assess such injury, destruction or loss; (i) any acts of Borrower or other users of the Property in arranging for disposal or treatment, or arranging with a transporter for transport for disposal or treatment, of Hazardous Substances owned or possessed by such Borrower or other users, at any facility or incineration vessel owned or operated by another Person and containing such or any similar Hazardous Substance; (j) any acts of Borrower or other users of the Property, in accepting any Hazardous Substances for transport to disposal or treatment facilities, incineration vessels or sites selected by Borrower or such other users, from which there is a Release, or a threatened Release of any Hazardous Substance which causes the incurrence of costs for Remediation; (k) any personal injury, wrongful death, or property damage arising under any statutory or common law or tort law theory, including but not limited to damages assessed for the maintenance of a private or public nuisance or for the conducting of an abnormally dangerous activity on or near the Property; and (1) any misrepresentation or inaccuracy in any representation or warranty or material breach or failure to perform any covenants or other obligations pursuant to Article 8. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall not be liable under this Section 9.4 for any Losses or costs of Remediation to which the Indemnified Parties may become subject to the extent such Losses or costs of Remediation arise by reason of the gross negligence, illegal acts, fraud of willful misconduct of the Indemnified Parties. This indemnity shall survive any termination, satisfaction or foreclosure of this Security Instrument, subject to the provisions of Section 10.5. 22 Section 9.5 DUTY TO DEFEND; ATTORNEYS' FEES AND OTHER FEES AND EXPENSES. Upon written request by any Indemnified Party, Borrower shall defend such Indemnified Party (if requested by any Indemnified Party, in the name of the Indemnified Party) by attorneys and other professionals approved by the Indemnified Parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the defendants in any such claim or proceeding include both Borrower and any Indemnified Party and Borrower and such Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded that there are any legal defenses available to it and/or other Indemnified Parties that are different from or additional to those available to Borrower, such Indemnified Party shall have the right to select separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such Indemnified Party, provided that no compromise or settlement shall be entered without Borrower's consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Upon demand, Borrower shall pay or, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Indemnified Parties, reimburse, the Indemnified Parties for the payment of reasonable fees and disbursements of attorneys, engineers, environmental consultants, laboratories and other professionals in connection therewith. Article 10 - WAIVERS Section 10.1 WAIVER OF COUNTERCLAIM. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Borrower hereby waives the right to assert a counterclaim, other than a mandatory or compulsory counterclaim, in any action or proceeding brought against it by Lender arising out of or in any way connected with this Security Instrument, the Loan Agreement, the Note, any of the other Loan Documents, or the Obligations. Section 10.2 MARSHALLING AND OTHER MATTERS. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Borrower hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, the benefit of all appraisement, valuation, stay, extension, reinstatement and redemption laws now or hereafter in force and all rights of marshalling in the event of any sale hereunder of the Property or any part thereof or any interest therein. Further, Borrower hereby expressly waives any and all rights of redemption from sale under any order or decree of foreclosure of this Security Instrument on behalf of Borrower, and on behalf of each and every person acquiring any interest in or title to the Property subsequent to the date of this Security Instrument and on behalf of all persons to the extent permitted by applicable law. Section 10.3 WAIVER OF NOTICE. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Borrower shall not be entitled to any notices of any nature whatsoever from Lender except with respect to matters for which this Security Instrument or the Loan Documents specifically and expressly provide for the giving of notice by Lender to Borrower and except with respect to matters for which Lender is required by applicable law to give notice, and Borrower hereby expressly waives the right to receive any notice from Lender with respect to any matter for which this Security Instrument does not specifically and expressly provide for the giving of notice by Lender to Borrower. 23 Section 10.4 WAIVER OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Borrower hereby expressly waives and releases to the fullest extent permitted by law, the pleading of any statute of limitations as a defense to payment of the Debt or performance of its Other Obligations. Section 10.5 SURVIVAL. The indemnifications made pursuant to Sections 9.3 and 9.4 herein and the representations and warranties, covenants, and other obligations arising under Article 8, shall continue indefinitely in full force and effect and shall survive and shall in no way be impaired by: any satisfaction, release or other termination of this Security Instrument, any assignment or other transfer of all or any portion of this Security Instrument or Lender's interest in the Property (but, in such case, shall benefit both Indemnified Parties and any assignee or transferee), any exercise of Lender's rights and remedies pursuant hereto including but not limited to foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, any exercise of any rights and remedies pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the Note or any of the other Loan Documents, any transfer of all or any portion of the Property (whether by Borrower or by Lender following foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or at any other time), any amendment to this Security Instrument, the Loan Agreement, the Note or the other Loan Documents, and any act or omission that might otherwise be construed as a release or discharge of Borrower from the obligations pursuant hereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Security Instrument or the other Loan Documents, Borrower shall not have any obligations or liabilities under the indemnification under Section 9.4 herein or other indemnifications with respect to Hazardous Substances contained in the other Loan Documents with respect to those obligations and liabilities that Borrower can prove arose solely from Hazardous Substances that (i) were not present on or a threat to the Property prior to the date that Lender or its nominee acquired title to the Property, whether by foreclosure, exercise by power of sale, acceptance of a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise and (ii) were not the result of any act or negligence of Borrower or any of Borrower's affiliates, agents or contractors. Article 11 - EXCULPATION The provisions of Section 9.4 of the Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference into this Security Instrument to the same extent and with the same force as if fully set forth herein. Article 12 - NOTICES All notices or other written communications hereunder shall be delivered in accordance with Section 10.6 of the Loan Agreement. Article 13 - APPLICABLE LAW Section 13.1 GOVERNING LAW. c) THIS SECURITY INSTRUMENT WAS NEGOTIATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND MADE BY BORROWER AND ACCEPTED BY LENDER IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE PROCEEDS OF THE NOTE SECURED HEREBY WERE DISBURSED FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WHICH STATE THE PARTIES AGREE HAS A SUBSTANTIAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE PARTIES AND TO THE UNDERLYING TRANSACTION EMBODIED HEREBY, AND IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, THIS SECURITY INSTRUMENT AND THE 24 OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE (WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT LAWS) AND ANY APPLICABLE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, EXCEPT THAT AT ALL TIMES THE PROVISIONS FOR THE CREATION, PERFECTION, AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE LIENS AND SECURITY INTERESTS CREATED PURSUANT HERETO AND PURSUANT TO THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPERTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED, IT BEING UNDERSTOOD THAT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH STATE, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND ENFORCEABILITY OF ALL LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ALL OF THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BORROWER HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY CLAIM TO ASSERT THAT THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION GOVERNS THIS SECURITY INSTRUMENT AND THE OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND THIS SECURITY INSTRUMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW. (b) ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST LENDER OR BORROWER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SECURITY INSTRUMENT MAY AT LENDER'S OPTION BE INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NEW YORK, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND BORROWER WAIVES ANY OBJECTIONS WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE BASED ON VENUE AND/OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, AND BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. BORROWER DOES HEREBY DESIGNATE AND APPOINT Corporation Service Company 80 State Street Albany, New York 12207-2543 AS ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT TO ACCEPT AND ACKNOWLEDGE ON ITS BEHALF SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS WHICH MAY BE SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON SAID AGENT AT SAID ADDRESS AND WRITTEN NOTICE OF SAID SERVICE MAILED OR DELIVERED TO BORROWER IN THE MANNER PROVIDED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED IN EVERY RESPECT EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON BORROWER IN ANY SUCH SUIT, 25 ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. BORROWER (I) SHALL GIVE PROMPT NOTICE TO LENDER OF ANY CHANGED ADDRESS OF ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT HEREUNDER, (II) MAY AT ANY TIME AND FROM TIME TO TIME DESIGNATE A SUBSTITUTE AUTHORIZED AGENT WITH AN OFFICE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK (WHICH SUBSTITUTE AGENT AND OFFICE SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS THE PERSON AND ADDRESS FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS), AND (III) SHALL PROMPTLY DESIGNATE SUCH A SUBSTITUTE IF ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT CEASES TO HAVE AN OFFICE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK OR IS DISSOLVED WITHOUT LEAVING A SUCCESSOR. Section 13.2 USURY LAWS. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, (a) all agreements and communications between Borrower and Lender are hereby and shall automatically be limited so that, after taking into account all amounts deemed interest, the interest contracted for, charged or received by Lender shall never exceed the maximum lawful rate or amount, (b) in calculating whether any interest exceeds the lawful maximum, all such interest shall be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread over the full amount and term of all principal indebtedness of Borrower to Lender, and (c) if through any contingency or event, Lender receives or is deemed to receive interest in excess of the lawful maximum, any such excess shall be deemed to have been applied toward payment of the principal of any and all then outstanding indebtedness of Borrower to Lender, or if there is no such indebtedness, shall immediately be returned to Borrower. Section 13.3 PROVISIONS SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW. All rights, powers and remedies provided in this Security Instrument may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provisions of law and are intended to be limited to the extent necessary so that they will not render this Security Instrument invalid, unenforceable or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable law. If any term of this Security Instrument or any application thereof shall be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Security Instrument and any other application of the term shall not be affected thereby. Article 14 - DEFINITIONS Section 14.1 All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Loan Agreement. Unless the context clearly indicates a contrary intent or unless otherwise specifically provided herein, words used in this Security Instrument may be used interchangeably in singular or plural form and the word "Borrower" shall mean "each Borrower and any subsequent owner or owners of the Property or any part thereof or any interest therein," the word "Lender" shall mean "Lender and any subsequent holder of the Note," the word "Note" shall mean "the Note and any other evidence of indebtedness secured by this Security Instrument," the word "Property" shall include any portion of the Property and any interest therein, and the phrases "attorneys' fees", "legal fees" and "counsel fees" shall include any and all attorneys', paralegal and law clerk fees and disbursements, including, but not limited to, fees and disbursements at the pre-trial, trial and appellate levels incurred or paid by Lender in protecting its interest in the Property, the Leases and the Rents and enforcing its rights hereunder. 26 Article 15 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Section 15.1 NO ORAL CHANGE. This Security Instrument, and any provisions hereof, may not be modified, amended, waived, extended, changed, discharged or terminated orally or by any act or failure to act on the part of Borrower or Lender, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of any modification, amendment, waiver, extension, change, discharge or termination is sought. Section 15.2 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Security Instrument shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Borrower and Lender and their respective successors and assigns forever. Section 15.3 INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS. If any term, covenant or condition of the Loan Agreement, the Note or this Security Instrument is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the Loan Agreement, the Note and this Security Instrument shall be construed without such provision. Section 15.4 HEADINGS, ETC. The headings and captions of various Sections of this Security Instrument are for convenience of reference only and are not to be construed as defining or limiting, in any way, the scope or intent of the provisions hereof. Section 15.5 NUMBER AND GENDER. Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns and pronouns shall include the plural and vice versa. Section 15.6 SUBROGATION. If any or all of the proceeds of the Note have been used to extinguish, extend or renew any indebtedness heretofore existing against the Property, then, to the extent of the funds so used, Lender shall be subrogated to all of the rights, claims, liens, titles, and interests existing against the Property heretofore held by, or in favor of, the holder of such indebtedness and such former rights, claims, liens, titles, and interests, if any, are not waived but rather are continued in full force and effect in favor of Lender and are merged with the lien and security interest created herein as cumulative security for the repayment of the Debt, the performance and discharge of Borrower's obligations hereunder, under the Loan Agreement, the Note and the other Loan Documents and the performance and discharge of the Other Obligations. Section 15.7 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. The Note, the Loan Agreement, this Security Instrument and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire understanding and agreement between Borrower and Lender with respect to the transactions arising in connection with the Debt and supersede all prior written or oral understandings and agreements between Borrower and Lender with respect thereto. Borrower hereby acknowledges that, except as incorporated in writing in the Note, the Loan Agreement, this Security Instrument and the other Loan Documents, there are not, and were not, and no persons are or were authorized by Lender to make, any representations, understandings, stipulations, agreements or promises, oral or written, with respect to the transaction which is the subject of the Note, the Loan Agreement, this Security Instrument and the other Loan Documents. 27 Section 15.8 LIMITATION ON LENDER'S RESPONSIBILITY. No provision of this Security Instrument shall operate to place any obligation or liability for the control, care, management or repair of the Property upon Lender, nor shall it operate to make Lender responsible or liable for any waste committed on the Property by the tenants or any other Person, or for any dangerous or defective condition of the Property, or for any negligence in the management, upkeep, repair or control of the Property resulting in loss or injury or death to any tenant, licensee, employee or stranger. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as constituting Lender a "mortgagee in possession." Article 16 - STATE-SPECIFIC PROVISIONS Section 16.1 PRINCIPALS OF CONSTRUCTION. In the event of any inconsistencies between the terms and provisions of this Security Instrument and Article 16 of this Security Instrument, the terms and provisions of Article 16 shall govern and control. Section 16.2 OPEN-END MORTGAGE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT. This Security Instrument is an open-end mortgage made pursuant to Section 5301.232 of the Ohio Revised Code, and shall secure the payment of all loan advances included within the term "Debt," regardless of the time such advances are made. The maximum amount of unpaid loan indebtedness, exclusive of interest thereon, which may be outstanding at any time and secured hereby shall be the maximum principal amount stated on the cover page of this Security Instrument. As permitted and provided in Section 5301.233 of the Ohio Revised Code, this Security Instrument shall also secure unpaid balances of advances made with respect to the Property for the payment of taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or costs incurred for the protection of the Property and other costs which Lender is authorized by this Security Instrument to pay on Borrower's behalf, plus interest thereon, regardless of the time when such advances are made. Section 16.3 OHIO REMEDIES. Without limitation to the other terms and provisions of this Security Instrument, Lender may, at its option, do all things provided or permitted to be done by a mortgagee under Section 1311.14 of the Ohio Revised Code and any amendment thereto, for the protection of Lender's interest in the Property. [NO FURTHER TEXT ON THIS PAGE] 28 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THIS SECURITY INSTRUMENT has been executed by Borrower as of the day and year first above written. BORROWER: EM COLUMBUS II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company By: Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, its sole equity member By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, a Delaware corporation, its sole general partner By: __________________________ George A. Schmidt Executive Vice President ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --------------- STATE OF ____________ ) )ss: COUNTY OF ____________ ) Before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared George A. Schmidt, as executive vice president of Glimcher Properties Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as sole general partner of Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, as sole equity member of EM COLUMBUS II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, who acknowledged execution of the foregoing for and on behalf of said corporation, limited partnership and limited liability company, and who, having been duly sworn, stated that the execution thereof was his/her free act and deed and the free act and deed of said corporation for and on behalf of said limited partnership and limited liability company. _______________________________________ Notary Public My Commission Expires:_________________ Prepared by: Eugene P. Balshem and upon recordation return to: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 3100 Wachovia Financial Center 200 South Biscayne Boulevard Miami, Florida 33131-5323 Attention: Eugene P. Balshem EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION PARCEL 1 - Fee Simple: DESCRIPTION OF A 18.870 ACRE TRACT LOCATED NORTH OF REFUGEE ROAD AND WEST OF HAMILTON ROAD CITY OF COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO Situate in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, lying in Section 28, Township 12, Range 21, Refugee Lands, being part of an original 39.017 acre tract conveyed to EM Columbus, LLC, by deed of record in Instrument Number 200401080005999, all records herein of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGIN FOR REFERENCE, at point, referenced by a 3/4 inch iron pin found at a distance of 0.25 feet east, at the common corner of said original 39.017 acre tract, an original 17.03 acre tract conveyed to Lazarus Real Estate II, Inc., by deed of record in Official Record 12166, Page D16, a 0.955 acre tract (Parcel No. 5WD) conveyed to the State of Ohio, by deed of record in Deed Book 3030, Page 37, and a 0.660 acre tract (Parcel No. 6WD) conveyed to the State of Ohio, by deed of record in Deed Book 3095, Page 343; Thence the following two (2) courses and distances along the lines common to said original 39.017 acre tract and said original 17.03 acre tract: 1. South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 434.23 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 2. North 43(degree)07'15" West, a distance of 128.72 feet, to a cotton gin spike set in the line common to said original 39.017 acre tract and said original 17.03 acre tract, said cotton gin spike also being at the POINT OF TRUE BEGINNING; Thence the following eleven (11) courses and distances across the said original 39.017 acre tract: 1. South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 276.51 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 2. North 43(degree)07'15" West, a distance of 4.83 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 3. South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 287.00 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 4. South 43(degree)07'15" East, a distance of 18.17 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 5. South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 45.00 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 6. South 43(degree)07'15" East, a distance of 115.17 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 7. South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 26.36 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 8. North 88(degree)07'15" West, a distance of 30.00 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 9. Along a curve to the left, having a central angle of 45(degree)00'00", a radius of 100.00 feet, an arc length of 78.54 feet, a chord which bears South 69(degree)22'45" West, a chord distance of 76.54 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 10. South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 88.26 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 11. Along a curve to the right, having a central angle of 44(degree)10'34", a radius of 100.00 feet, an arc length of 77.10 feet, a chord which bears South 68(degree)58'02" West, a chord distance of 75.21 feet, to cotton gin spike set in the line common to said original 39.017 acre tract and a 1.021 acre tract conveyed to Sears, Roebuck and Co., by deed of record in Deed Book 2647, Page 229; Thence the following three (3) courses and distances along the lines common to said original 39.017 acre tract and said 1.021 acre tract: 1. North 46(degree)52'45" East, a distance of 34.73 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 2. North 43(degree)07'15" West, a distance of 475.00 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 3. South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 100.00 feet, to a cotton gin spike set at the common corner of said original 39.017 acre tract, said 1.021 acre tract and an original 16.772 acre tract conveyed to Sears, Roebuck and Co., by deed of record in Deed Book 2485, Page 481; Thence North 43(degree)07'15" West, a distance of 446.00 feet, along the line common to said original 39.017 acre tract and said original 16.772 acre tract, to a cotton gin spike set in the line common to said original 16.772 acre tract, said original 39.017 acre tract and a 1.247 acre tract conveyed to Sears, Roebuck and Co., by deed of record in Deed Book 3173, Page 250; Thence the following two (2) courses and distances along the lines common to said original 39.017 acre tract and said 1.247 acre tract: 1. North 46(degree)52'45" East, a distance of 127.56 feet, to a cotton gins spike set; 2. North 43(degree)07'15" West, a distance of 124.93 feet, to a 3/4" iron pin set at the common corner of said 1.247 acre tract and said original 39.017 acre tract and in the easterly line of an original 45.707 acre tract conveyed to Columbus East Joint-Venture, by deed of record in Official Record 13511, Page G18; 3. Thence North 46(degree)52'45" East, a distance of 655.59 feet, along the line common to said original 45.707 acre tract and said original 39.017 acre tract, to a 3/4 inch iron pin set at the common corner of said original 39.017 acre tract and said original 17.03 acre tract; Thence the following five (5) courses and distances along the lines common to said original 39.017 acre tract and said original 17.03 acre tract: 1. South 43(degree)07'15" East, a distance of 124.94 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 2. South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 41.83 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 3. South 43(degree)07'15" East, a distance of 318.00 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 4. North 46(degree)52'45" East, a distance of 208.68 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 5. South 43(degree)07'15" East, a distance of 553.28 feet, to the POINT OF TRUE BEGINNING, containing 18.870 acres, more or less. The bearings shown hereon are based on the bearing of North 85(degree)37'49" West for the northerly right-of-way line of Refugee Road (Right-of-way established by using ODOT plans FRA-270-15.95 and FRA-270-18.155), as determined from GPS network of field observations performed in November, 2003, (Ohio State Plane Coordinate System, South Zone, 1986 adjustment). All iron pin set are 3/4 inch iron pipes, 30 inches in length, with a yellow cap bearing the name "R.D.ZANDE". PARCEL 2 - Fee Simple: DESCRIPTION OF A 7.008 ACRE TRACT LOCATED NORTH OF REFUGEE ROAD AND WEST OF HAMILTON ROAD CITY OF COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO Situate in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, lying in Section 28, Township 12, Range 12, Refugee Lands and being part of an original 39.017 acre tract conveyed to EM Columbus, LLC, by deed of record in Instrument Number 200401080005999, all records herein of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a 3/4 inch iron pin found at southwest corner of said original 39.017 acre tract, in the northerly right-of-way line of Refugee Road, also being a common corner to an original 16.772 acre tract conveyed to Sears, Roebuck, and Co., by deed of record in Deed Book 2485, Page 481, a 0.66 acre tract (Parcel No. 152 E-WD) conveyed to the State of Ohio, by deed of record in Deed Book 3039, Page 102, and a 1.26 acre tract (Parcel No. 152 DWD) conveyed to the State of Ohio, by deed of record in Deed Book 3095, Page 345; Thence North 46(degree)52'45" East, a distance of 541.55 feet, along the line common to said 39.017 acre tract and said original 16.772 acre tract, to a cotton gin spike set in said common line; Thence the following three (3) courses and distances on, over and across said original 39.017 acre tract: 1. South 43(degree)07'15" East, a distance of 152.99 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 2. North 46(degree)52'45" East, a distance of 359.52 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 3. South 43(degree)07'15" East, a distance of 425.94 feet, to a 3/4 inch iron pin found in the southeasterly line of said original 39.017 acre tract, being the northwesterly right-of-way line of Interstate 270; Thence South 46(degree)52'10" West, a distance of 350.00 feet, along the line common to said original 39.017 acre tract and the northwesterly right-of-way of said Interstate 270, to a 3/4 inch iron pin found at the common corner of said original 39.017 acre tract and said 1.26 acre tract, said iron pin also being in the northwesterly right-of-way line of said Interstate 270 and the northerly right-of-way of Refugee Road; Thence the following three (3) courses and distances along the lines common to said original 39.017 acre tract, said 1.26 acre tract and the northerly right-of-way of said Refugee Road: 1. North 85(degree)37'49" West, a distance of 526.65 feet, to a 3/4 inch iron pin found; 2. South 04(degree)22'11" West, a distance of 15.00 feet, to an iron pin set; 3. North 85(degree)37'49" West, a distance of 272.53 feet, to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 7.008 acres, more or less. All iron pin set are 3/4 inch iron pipes, 30 inches in length, with a yellow cap bearing the name "R.D.ZANDE". The bearings shown hereon are based on the bearing of North 85(degree)37'49" West for the northerly right-of-way line of Refugee Road (Right-of-way established using ODOT plans FRA-270-15.95 and FRA-270-270-18.155), as determined from GPS network of field observations performed in November, 2003, (Ohio State Plane Coordinate System, South Zone, 1986 adjustment). PARCEL 3 - Fee Simple: DESCRIPTION OF A 3.219 ACRE TRACT LOCATED WEST OF HAMILTON ROAD AND NORTH OF REFUGEE ROAD CITY OF COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO Situate in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, lying in Section 28, Township 12, Range 21, Refugee Lands, being part of an original 17.03 acre tract conveyed to Lazarus Real Estate II, Inc. by deed of record in Official Record 12166, Page D-16, all records herein of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING FOR REFERENCE, at a 3/4 inch iron pin found at the southwest corner of Franksway Street (50 feet-wide) as shown and delineated on the record plat of FRANKSWAY STREET, MACSWAY AVENUE AND SERVICE ROAD DEDICATION IN RAINIER PARK, a subdivision of record in Plat Book 45, Page 22, said iron pin also being at the southeast corner of 3.903 acre tract (Parcel II) conveyed to Eastland Plaza Limited Partnership, by deed of record in Instrument Number 199917120283701; Thence North 85(degree)38'57" West, a distance of 617.49 feet, passing a 3/4 inch iron pin (bent) found at a distance of 198.70 feet, along the line common to said original 17.03 acre tract and said 3.903 acre tract, to a 3/4 inch iron pin found at the common corner of said original 17.03 acre tract and a 6.000 acre tract conveyed to Eastland Manor, Inc., by deed of record in Deed Book 3622, Page 438; Thence South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 105.12 feet along the line common to said original 17.03 acre tract and said 6.000 acre tract, to an iron pin set, said iron pin being the POINT OF TRUE BEGINNING; Thence the following two (2) courses and distances over and across said original 17.03 acre tract: 1. South 43(degree)07'15" East, a distance of 500.94 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 2. South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 105.83 feet, to a cotton gin spike set in the line common to said original 17.03 acre tract and an original 39.017 acre tract conveyed to EM Columbus, LLC, by deed of record in Instrument Number 200401080005999; Thence the following five (5) courses and distances along the lines common to said original 17.03 acre tract and said original 39.017 acre tract: 1. North 43(degree)07'15" West, a distance of 58.00 feet, to a cotton gin spike found; 2. South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 208.68 feet, to a cotton gin spike found; 3. North 43(degree)07'15" West, a distance of 318.00 feet, to a cotton gin spike found; 4. North 46(degree)52'45" East, a distance of 41.83 feet, to a cotton gin spike found; 5. North 43(degree)07'15" West, a distance of 124.94 feet, to a 3/4" inch iron pin found at the common corner of said original 17.03 acre tract and said original 39.017 acre tract and in the north line of an original 45.707 acre tract conveyed to Columbus East Joint-Venture, by deed of record in Official Record 13511, Page G18; Thence North 46(degree)52'45" East, a distance of 272.68 feet, passing a 3/4 inch iron pin found at a distance of 126.90 feet, along the line common to said original 17.03 acre tract, said original 45.707 acre tract and said 6.000 acre tract, to the POINT OF TRUE BEGINNING, containing 3.219 acres, more or less. Of which being 2.437 acres out of Parcel Number 010-118467 and 0.782 acres out of Parcel Number 010-005373. All iron pin set are 3/4 inch iron pipes, 30 inches in length, with a yellow cap bearing the name "R.D. ZANDE". The bearings shown hereon are based on the bearing of North 85(degree)37'49" West for the northerly right-of-way line of Refugee Road (Right-of-way established by using ODOT plans FRA-270-15.95 and FRA-270-18.155), as determined from GPS network of field observations performed in November, 2003, (Ohio State Plane Coordinate System, South Zone, 1986 adjustment). PARCEL 4 - Fee Simple: DESCRIPTION OF A 0.536 ACRE TRACT LOCATED NORTH OF REFUGEE ROAD AND WEST OF HAMILTON ROAD CITY OF COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO Situate in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, lying in Section 28, Township 12, Range 12, Refugee Lands and being part of an original 39.017 acre tract conveyed to EM Columbus, LLC, by deed of record in Instrument Number 200401080005999, all records herein of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGIN FOR REFERENCE, at point, reference by a 3/4 inch iron pin found at a distance of 0.25 feet east, at the common corner of a Proposed 12.598 acre tract, an original 17.03 acre tract conveyed to Lazarus Real Estate II, Inc., by deed of record in Official Record 12166, Page D16, a 0.955 acre tract (Parcel No. 5WD) conveyed to the State of Ohio, by deed of record in Deed Book 3030, Page 37, and a 0.660 acre tract (Parcel No. 6WD) conveyed to the State of Ohio, by deed of record in Deed Book 3095, Page 343; Thence South 04(degree)20'19" West, a distance of 277.78 feet, along the line common to said original 39.017 acre tract and said 0.660 acre tract, to an iron pin set, being the POINT OF TRUE BEGINNING; Thence South 04(degree)20'19" West, a distance of 266.27 feet, along the line common to said original 39.017 acre tract, said 0.660 acre tract and a 0.62 acre tract (Parcel No. 152 DWD-1) conveyed to the State of Ohio by deed of record in Deed Book 3095, Page 345, to an iron pin set; Thence the following four (4) courses and distances on, over and across said original 39.017 acre tract; 1. North 85(degree)39'20" West, a distance of 57.66 feet, to an iron pin set; 2. Along a curve to the right, having a central angle of 34(degree)00'09", a radius of 200.00 feet, an arc length of 118.69 feet, a chord which bears North 12(degree)39'25" West, a chord distance of 116.96 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 3. North 04(degree)20'40" East, a distance of 157.23 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 4. South 83(degree)54'20" East, a distance of 91.88 feet, to the POINT OF TRUE BEGINNING, containing 0.536 acres, more or less. All iron pin set are 3/4 inch iron pipes, 30 inches in length, with a yellow cap bearing the name "R.D.ZANDE". The bearings shown hereon are based on the bearing of North 85(degree)37'49" West for the northerly right-of-way line of Refugee Road (Right-of-way established using ODOT plans FRA-270-15.95 and FRA-270-270-18.155), as determined from GPS network of field observations performed in November, 2003, (Ohio State Plane Coordinate System, South Zone, 1986 adjustment). Parcel 5 - Easements: Easements and Rights for the benefit of Parcel No. 1 as created by the Easement, Restrictions and Operating Agreement, dated March 1, 1966, filed for record March 2, 1966 and recorded in Book 2715, Page 519 of Franklin County Records; as amended by the First Amendment to Easement, Restrictions and Operating Agreement, dated March 15, 1966, filed for record June 22, 1966 and recorded in Book 2742, Page 45 of Franklin County Records; as amended by the Second Amendment to Easement, Restrictions and Operating Agreement, dated May 17, 1971, filed for record November 9, 1971 and recorded in Book 3189, Page 273of Franklin County Records; as amended by Third Amendment to Easement, Restrictions and Operating Agreement, dated September 30, 1974, filed for record March 12, 1975 and recorded in Book 3454, Page 365 of Franklin County Records; being the same easements and rights identified in the Purchase and Operating Agreement by and among Federated Department Stores, Inc., Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Columbus East-Joint Venture, dated as of June 2, 1965; as amended by the First Amendment to Purchase and Operating Agreement, dated as of February 7, 1966; as amended by Second Amendment to Purchase and Operating Agreement, dated as of March 15, 1966; as amended by Third Amendment to Purchase and Operating Agreement, dated as of May 17, 1971, filed for record November 9, 1971 and recorded in Book 3221, Page 271 of Franklin County Records; as amended by Fourth Amendment to Purchase and Operating Agreement, dated as of September 30, 1974, filed for record March 12, 1975 and recorded in Book 3510, Page 303 of Franklin County Records; as assigned by Assignment and Assumption of Operating Agreement, dated as of July 29, 1988, filed for record August 26, 1988 and recorded in ORV 12166, Page E02 as amended by Fourth Amendment to Easements, Restrictions and Operating Agreement, dated as of December 15, 1994, filed for record September 14, 1995 and recorded in ORV 30025, Page I-03, as amended in Fifth Amendment to Easements, Restrictions and Operating Agreement, dated as of December 15, 1994 filed for record September 14, 1995 and recorded in ORV 30025, Page I-12, and as further amended by Amended and Restated Construction, Operating and Reciprocal Easement Agreement by and among The May Department Stores Company, a New York corporation, Sears, Roebuck and Co., a New York corporation, Rich's Department Stores, Inc., an Ohio corporation, and EM Columbus, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated May 20, 2005 and recorded June 1, 2005 in the Recorder's Office of Franklin County, Ohio, as Instrument No. 200506010106031, (the "REA"), and Quitclaim Deed of Easement from J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc., a Delaware corporation, to EM Columbus, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated May 17, 2005, recorded June 1, 2005 as Document No. 200506010106040, all in the Franklin County Recorder's Office, Ohio. Parcel 6- Easements: Easement for the Benefit of Parcel No. 1, as created by The Party Wall Agreement, dated September 1, 1966, filed for record July 11, 1967 and recorded in Book 2824, Page 459 of Franklin County Records, for the purpose described in said Party Wall Agreement, over, under and across the land as described in said Party Wall Agreement, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions set forth in said document. Parcel 7- Easements: Easement for the Benefit of Parcel No. 1, as created by the Deed of Easement, dated February 6, 1967, filed for record March 16, 1967 and recorded in Book 2796, Page 283 of Franklin County Records, for the purpose described in said Deed of Easement for constructing, using, replacing and maintaining a sanitary sewer, tributary connections and appurtenant work, over, under and across the land as described in said Party Wall Agreement. Subject to the terms, provisions and conditions set forth in said document. EX-10.68 8 glimcher_ex1068.txt ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS Exhibit 10.68 EM COLUMBUS II, LLC, AS ASSIGNOR (Borrower) TO LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK, FSB, AS ASSIGNEE (Lender) ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS Dated: As of November 20, 2006 Location: Eastland Mall Columbus, Ohio PREPARED BY AND UPON RECORDATION RETURN TO: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 3100 Miami, Florida 33131 Attention: Eugene P. Balshem, Esq. THIS ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS (this "Assignment") made as of the 20th day of November, 2006, by EM COLUMBUS II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, having an address at 150 East Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 ("Borrower") to LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK, FSB, a federal stock savings bank, having an address at 1000 West Street, Suite 200, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 ("Lender"). W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, this Assignment is given to secure a loan in the principal sum of FORTY-THREE MILLION AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($43,000,000.00) (the "Loan") or so much thereof as may be advanced by Lender to the Borrower pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the "Loan Agreement") and evidenced by that certain Promissory Note dated the date hereof made by Borrower to Lender (the "Note"); and WHEREAS, Borrower desires to secure the payment of the Debt (as defined in the Loan Agreement) and the performance of all of its obligations under the Note, the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the making of the Loan by Lender and the covenants, agreements, representations and warranties set forth in this Assignment: ARTICLE 1 - ASSIGNMENT Section 1.1 PROPERTY ASSIGNED. Borrower hereby absolutely and unconditionally assigns and grants to Lender the following property, rights, interests and estates, now owned, or hereafter acquired by Borrower: (a) LEASES. All existing and future leases, subleases, licenses, franchises, concessions or grants of other possessory interests, tenancies, and any other agreements affecting the use, possession, enjoyment, or occupancy of all or any part of that certain lot or piece of land, more particularly described in Exhibit A annexed hereto and made a part hereof, together with the buildings, structures, fixtures, additions, enlargements, extensions, modifications, repairs, replacements and improvements now or hereafter located thereon (collectively, the "Property") and the right, title and interest of Borrower, its successors and assigns, therein and thereunder. (b) OTHER LEASES AND AGREEMENTS. All other leases and other agreements, whether or not in writing, affecting the use, enjoyment or occupancy of the Property or any portion thereof now or hereafter made, whether made before or after the filing by or against Borrower of any petition for relief under 11 U.S.C. ss.101 et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Bankruptcy Code") together with any extension, renewal or replacement of the same, this Assignment of other present and future leases and present and future agreements being effective without further or supplemental assignment. The leases described in Subsection 1.1(a) and the leases and other agreements described in this Subsection 1.1(b), together with all other present and future leases and present and future agreements and any extension or renewal of the same are collectively referred to as the "Leases". (c) RENTS. All rents, additional rents, revenues, income, issues and profits arising from the Leases and renewals and replacements thereof and any cash or security deposited in connection therewith and together with all rents, revenues, income, issues and profits (including all oil and gas or other mineral royalties and bonuses) from the use, enjoyment and occupancy of the Property whether paid or accruing before or after the filing by or against Borrower of any petition for relief under the Bankruptcy Code (collectively, the "Rents"). (d) BANKRUPTCY CLAIMS. All of Borrower's claims and rights (the "Bankruptcy Claims") to the payment of damages arising from any rejection by a lessee of any Lease under the Bankruptcy Code. (e) LEASE GUARANTIES. All of Borrower's right, title and interest in and claims under any and all lease guaranties, letters of credit and any other credit support (individually, a "Lease Guaranty", collectively, the "Lease Guaranties") given by any guarantor in connection with any of the Leases or leasing commissions (individually, a "Lease Guarantor", collectively, the "Lease Guarantors") to Borrower. (f) PROCEEDS. All proceeds from the sale or other disposition of the Leases, the Rents, the Lease Guaranties and the Bankruptcy Claims. (g) OTHER. All rights, powers, privileges, options and other benefits of Borrower as lessor under the Leases and beneficiary under the Lease Guaranties, including without limitation the immediate and continuing right to make claim for, receive, collect and receipt for all Rents payable or receivable under the Leases and all sums payable under the Lease Guaranties or pursuant thereto (and to apply the same to the payment of the Debt or the Other Obligations), and to do all other things which Borrower or any lessor is or may become entitled to do under the Leases or the Lease Guaranties. (h) ENTRY. The right, at Lender's option, upon revocation of the license granted herein, to enter upon the Property in person, by agent or by court-appointed receiver, to collect the Rents. (i) POWER OF ATTORNEY. Borrower's irrevocable power of attorney, coupled with an interest, to take any and all of the actions set forth in Section 3.1 of this Assignment and any or all other actions designated by Lender for the proper management and preservation of the Property. (j) OTHER RIGHTS AND AGREEMENTS. Any and all other rights of Borrower in and to the items set forth in subsections (a) through (i) above, and all amendments, modifications, replacements, renewals and substitutions thereof. ARTICLE 2 - TERMS OF ASSIGNMENT Section 2.1 PRESENT ASSIGNMENT AND LICENSE BACK. It is intended by Borrower that this Assignment constitute a present, absolute assignment of the Leases, Rents, Lease Guaranties and Bankruptcy Claims, and not an assignment for additional security only. Nevertheless, subject to the terms of this Section 2.1, Lender grants to Borrower a revocable license to collect, receive, use and enjoy the Rents and other sums due under the Lease Guaranties. Borrower shall hold the Rents and all sums received pursuant to any Lease Guaranty, or a portion thereof sufficient to discharge all current sums due on the Debt, in trust for the benefit of Lender for use in the payment of such sums. 2 Section 2.2 NOTICE TO LESSEES. Borrower hereby authorizes and directs the lessees named in the Leases or any other future lessees or occupants of the Property and all Lease Guarantors to pay over to Lender or to such other party as Lender directs all Rents and all sums due under any Lease Guaranties upon receipt from Lender of written notice to the effect that Lender is then the holder of this Assignment and that an Event of Default (as defined in the Loan Agreement) exists, and to continue so to do until otherwise notified by Lender. Section 2.3 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE. All representations, warranties, covenants, conditions and agreements contained in the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents as same may be modified, renewed, substituted or extended are hereby made a part of this Assignment to the same extent and with the same force as if fully set forth herein. ARTICLE 3 - REMEDIES Section 3.1 REMEDIES OF LENDER. Upon or at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the license granted to Borrower in Section 2.1 of this Assignment shall automatically be revoked, and Lender shall immediately be entitled to possession of all Rents and sums due under any Lease Guaranties, whether or not Lender enters upon or takes control of the Property. In addition, Lender may, at its option, without waiving such Event of Default, without regard to the adequacy of the security for the Debt, either in person or by agent, nominee or attorney, with or without bringing any action or proceeding, or by a receiver appointed by a court, dispossess Borrower and its agents and servants from the Property, without liability for trespass, damages or otherwise and exclude Borrower and its agents or servants wholly therefrom, and take possession of the Property and all books, records and accounts relating thereto and have, hold, manage, lease and operate the Property on such terms and for such period of time as Lender may deem proper and either with or without taking possession of the Property in its own name, demand, sue for or otherwise collect and receive all Rents and sums due under all Lease Guaranties, including those past due and unpaid with full power to make from time to time all alterations, renovations, repairs or replacements thereto or thereof as Lender may deem proper and may apply the Rents and sums received pursuant to any Lease Guaranties to the payment of the following in such order and proportion as Lender in its sole discretion may determine, any law, custom or use to the contrary notwithstanding: (a) all expenses of managing and securing the Property, including, without being limited thereto, the salaries, fees and wages of a managing agent and such other employees or agents as Lender may deem necessary or desirable and all expenses of operating and maintaining the Property, including, without being limited thereto, all taxes, charges, claims, assessments, water charges, sewer rents and any other liens, and premiums for all insurance which Lender may deem necessary or desirable, and the cost of all alterations, renovations, repairs or replacements, and all expenses incident to taking and retaining possession of the Property; and (b) the Debt, together with all costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. In addition, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Lender, at its option, may (1) complete any construction on the Property in such manner and form as Lender deems advisable, (2) exercise all rights and powers of Borrower, including, without limitation, the right to negotiate, execute, cancel, enforce or modify Leases, obtain and evict tenants, and demand, sue for, collect and receive all Rents from the Property and all 3 sums due under any Lease Guaranties, (3) either require Borrower to pay monthly in advance to Lender, or any receiver appointed to collect the Rents, the fair and reasonable rental value for the use and occupancy of such part of the Property as may be in possession of Borrower or (4) require Borrower to vacate and surrender possession of the Property to Lender or to such receiver and, in default thereof, Borrower may be evicted by summary proceedings or otherwise. Section 3.2 OTHER REMEDIES. Nothing contained in this Assignment and no act done or omitted by Lender pursuant to the power and rights granted to Lender hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver by Lender of its rights and remedies under the Loan Agreement, the Note, or the other Loan Documents and this Assignment is made and accepted without prejudice to any of the rights and remedies possessed by Lender under the terms thereof. The right of Lender to collect the Debt and to enforce any other security therefor held by it may be exercised by Lender either prior to, simultaneously with, or subsequent to any action taken by it hereunder. Borrower hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably waives any and all rights to assert any setoff, counterclaim or crossclaim of any nature whatsoever with respect to the obligations of Borrower under this Assignment, the Loan Agreement, the Note, the other Loan Documents or otherwise with respect to the Loan in any action or proceeding brought by Lender to collect same, or any portion thereof, or to enforce and realize upon the lien and security interest created by this Assignment, the Loan Agreement, the Note, or any of the other Loan Documents (provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be deemed a waiver of Borrower's right to assert any compulsory counterclaim if such counterclaim is compelled under local law or rule of procedure, nor shall the foregoing be deemed a waiver of Borrower's right to assert any claim which would constitute a defense, setoff, counterclaim or crossclaim of any nature whatsoever against Lender in any separate action or proceeding). Section 3.3 OTHER SECURITY. Lender may take or release other security for the payment of the Debt, may release any party primarily or secondarily liable therefor and may apply any other security held by it to the reduction or satisfaction of the Debt without prejudice to any of its rights under this Assignment. Section 3.4 NON-WAIVER. The exercise by Lender of the option granted it in Section 3.1 of this Assignment and the collection of the Rents and sums due under the Lease Guaranties and the application thereof as herein provided shall not be considered a waiver of any default by Borrower under the Note, the Loan Agreement, the Leases, this Assignment or the other Loan Documents. The failure of Lender to insist upon strict performance of any term hereof shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any term of this Assignment. Borrower shall not be relieved of Borrower's obligations hereunder by reason of (a) the failure of Lender to comply with any request of Borrower or any other party to take any action to enforce any of the provisions hereof or of the Loan Agreement, the Note or the other Loan Documents, (b) the release regardless of consideration, of the whole or any part of the Property, or (c) any agreement or stipulation by Lender extending the time of payment or otherwise modifying or supplementing the terms of this Assignment, the Loan Agreement, the Note, or the other Loan Documents. Lender may resort for the payment of the Debt to any other security held by Lender in such order and manner as Lender, in its discretion, may elect. Lender may take any action to recover the Debt, or any portion thereof, or to enforce any covenant hereof without prejudice to the right of Lender thereafter to enforce its rights under this Assignment. The rights of Lender under this Assignment shall be separate, distinct and cumulative and none shall be given effect to the exclusion of the others. No act of Lender shall be construed as an election to proceed under any one provision herein to the exclusion of any other provision. 4 Section 3.5 BANKRUPTCY. a) Upon or at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Lender shall have the right to proceed in its own name or in the name of Borrower in respect of any claim, suit, action or proceeding relating to the rejection of any Lease, including, without limitation, the right to file and prosecute, to the exclusion of Borrower, any proofs of claim, complaints, motions, applications, notices and other documents, in any case in respect of the lessee under such Lease under the Bankruptcy Code. (b) If there shall be filed by or against Borrower a petition under the Bankruptcy Code, and Borrower, as lessor under any Lease, shall determine to reject such Lease pursuant to Section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, then Borrower shall give Lender not less than ten (10) days' prior notice of the date on which Borrower shall apply to the bankruptcy court for authority to reject the Lease. Lender shall have the right, but not the obligation, to serve upon Borrower within such ten-day period a notice stating that (i) Lender demands that Borrower assume and assign the Lease to Lender pursuant to Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code and (ii) Lender covenants to cure or provide adequate assurance of future performance under the Lease. If Lender serves upon Borrower the notice described in the preceding sentence, Borrower shall not seek to reject the Lease and shall comply with the demand provided for in clause (i) of the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the notice shall have been given, subject to the performance by Lender of the covenant provided for in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence. ARTICLE 4 - NO LIABILITY, FURTHER ASSURANCES Section 4.1 NO LIABILITY OF LENDER. This Assignment shall not be construed to bind Lender to the performance of any of the covenants, conditions or provisions contained in any Lease or Lease Guaranty or otherwise impose any obligation upon Lender. Lender shall not be liable for any loss sustained by Borrower resulting from Lender's failure to let the Property after an Event of Default or from any other act or omission of Lender in managing the Property after an Event of Default unless such loss is caused by the willful misconduct and bad faith of Lender. Lender shall not be obligated to perform or discharge any obligation, duty or liability under the Leases or any Lease Guaranties or under or by reason of this Assignment and Borrower shall, and hereby agrees to, indemnify Lender for, and to hold Lender harmless from, any and all liability, loss or damage which may or might be incurred under the Leases, any Lease Guaranties or under or by reason of this Assignment and from any and all claims and demands whatsoever, including the defense of any such claims or demands which may be asserted against Lender by reason of any alleged obligations and undertakings on its part to perform or discharge any of the terms, covenants or agreements contained in the Leases or any Lease Guaranties. Should Lender incur any such liability, the amount thereof, including costs, expenses and reasonable attorneys' fees, shall be secured by this Assignment and by the Mortgage encumbering the Property and the other Loan Documents and Borrower shall reimburse Lender therefor immediately upon demand and upon the failure of Borrower so to do Lender may, at its option, declare all sums secured by this Assignment and by the Mortgage encumbering the Property and the other Loan Documents immediately due and payable. This Assignment shall not operate to place any obligation or liability for the control, care, management or repair of the Property upon Lender, nor for the carrying out of any of the terms and 5 conditions of the Leases or any Lease Guaranties; nor shall it operate to make Lender responsible or liable for any waste committed on the Property by the tenants or any other parties, or for any dangerous or defective condition of the Property including, without limitation, the presence of any Hazardous Substances (as defined in the Mortgage), or for any negligence in the management, upkeep, repair or control of the Property resulting in loss or injury or death to any tenant, licensee, employee or stranger. Section 4.2 NO MORTGAGEE IN POSSESSION. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as constituting Lender a "mortgagee in possession" in the absence of the taking of actual possession of the Property by Lender. In the exercise of the powers herein granted Lender, no liability shall be asserted or enforced against Lender, all such liability being expressly waived and released by Borrower. Section 4.3 FURTHER ASSURANCES. Borrower will, at the cost of Borrower, and without expense to Lender, do, execute, acknowledge and deliver all and every such further acts, conveyances, assignments, notices of assignments, transfers and assurances as Lender shall, from time to time, require for the better assuring, conveying, assigning, transferring and confirming unto Lender the property and rights hereby assigned or intended now or hereafter so to be, or which Borrower may be or may hereafter become bound to convey or assign to Lender, or for carrying out the intention or facilitating the performance of the terms of this Assignment or for filing, registering or recording this Assignment and, on demand, will execute and deliver and hereby authorizes Lender to execute in the name of Borrower to the extent Lender may lawfully do so, one or more financing statements, chattel mortgages or comparable security instruments, to evidence more effectively the lien and security interest hereof in and upon the Leases. ARTICLE 5 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Section 5.1 CONFLICT OF TERMS. In case of any conflict between the terms of this Assignment and the terms of the Loan Agreement, the terms of the Loan Agreement shall prevail. Section 5.2 NO ORAL CHANGE. This Assignment and any provisions hereof may not be modified, amended, waived, extended, changed, discharged or terminated orally, or by any act or failure to act on the part of Borrower or Lender, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the party against whom the enforcement of any modification, amendment, waiver, extension, change, discharge or termination is sought. Section 5.3 GENERAL DEFINITIONS. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Loan Agreement. Unless the context clearly indicates a contrary intent or unless otherwise specifically provided herein, words used in this Assignment may be used interchangeably in singular or plural form and the word "Borrower" shall mean "each Borrower and any subsequent owner or owners of the Property or any part thereof or interest therein," the word "Lender" shall mean "Lender and any subsequent holder of the Note, the word "Note" shall mean "the Note and any other evidence of indebtedness secured by the Loan Agreement, the word "Property" shall include any portion of the Property and any interest therein, the phrases "attorneys' fees", "legal fees" and "counsel fees shall include any and all attorney's, paralegal and law clerk fees and disbursements, including, but not limited to, 6 fees and disbursements at the pre-trial, trial and appellate levels incurred or paid by Lender in protecting its interest in the Property, the Leases and the Rents and enforcing its rights hereunder; whenever the context may require, any pronouns used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns and pronouns shall include the plural and vice versa. Section 5.4 INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS. If any term, covenant or condition of this Assignment is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, this Assignment shall be construed without such provision. Section 5.5 GOVERNING LAW. (A) THIS ASSIGNMENT WAS NEGOTIATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND MADE BY BORROWER AND ACCEPTED BY LENDER IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE PROCEEDS OF THE NOTE SECURED HEREBY WERE DISBURSED FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WHICH STATE THE PARTIES AGREE HAS A SUBSTANTIAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE PARTIES AND TO THE UNDERLYING TRANSACTION EMBODIED HEREBY, AND IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, THIS ASSIGNMENT AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE (WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT LAWS) AND ANY APPLICABLE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, EXCEPT THAT AT ALL TIMES THE PROVISIONS FOR THE CREATION, PERFECTION, AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE LIENS AND SECURITY INTERESTS CREATED PURSUANT HERETO AND PURSUANT TO THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPERTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED, IT BEING UNDERSTOOD THAT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH STATE, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND ENFORCEABILITY OF ALL LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ALL OF THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BORROWER HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY CLAIM TO ASSERT THAT THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION GOVERNS THIS ASSIGNMENT AND THE NOTE, AND THIS ASSIGNMENT AND THE NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW. (B) ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST LENDER OR BORROWER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MAY AT LENDER'S OPTION BE INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NEW YORK, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND BORROWER WAIVES ANY OBJECTIONS WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE BASED ON VENUE AND/OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, AND BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. BORROWER DOES HEREBY DESIGNATE AND APPOINT: 7 Corporation Service Company 80 State Street Albany, New York 12207-2543 AS ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT TO ACCEPT AND ACKNOWLEDGE ON ITS BEHALF SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS WHICH MAY BE SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON SAID AGENT AT SAID ADDRESS AND WRITTEN NOTICE OF SAID SERVICE MAILED OR DELIVERED TO BORROWER IN THE MANNER PROVIDED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED IN EVERY RESPECT EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON BORROWER IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. BORROWER (I) SHALL GIVE PROMPT NOTICE TO LENDER OF ANY CHANGED ADDRESS OF ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT HEREUNDER, (II) MAY AT ANY TIME AND FROM TIME TO TIME DESIGNATE A SUBSTITUTE AUTHORIZED AGENT WITH AN OFFICE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK (WHICH SUBSTITUTE AGENT AND OFFICE SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS THE PERSON AND ADDRESS FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS), AND (III) SHALL PROMPTLY DESIGNATE SUCH A SUBSTITUTE IF ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT CEASES TO HAVE AN OFFICE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK OR IS DISSOLVED WITHOUT LEAVING A SUCCESSOR. Section 5.6 TERMINATION OF ASSIGNMENT. Upon payment in full of the Debt, this Assignment shall become and be void and of no effect. Section 5.7 NOTICES. All notices or other written communications hereunder shall be delivered in accordance with Section 10.6 of the Loan Agreement. Section 5.8 WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY. BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, RELATING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO THE LOAN EVIDENCED BY THE NOTE, THE APPLICATION FOR THE LOAN EVIDENCED BY THE NOTE, THIS ASSIGNMENT, THE NOTE, OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF LENDER, ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS OR AGENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. Section 5.9 EXCULPATION. The provisions of Section 9.4 of the Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference into this Assignment to the same extent and with the same force as if fully set forth herein. 8 Section 5.10 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Assignment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Borrower and Lender and their respective successors and assigns forever. Section 5.11 HEADINGS, ETC. The headings and captions of various paragraphs of this Assignment are for convenience of reference only and are not to be construed as defining or limiting, in any way, the scope or intent of the provisions hereof. [Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank] 9 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower has executed this instrument the day and year first above written. BORROWER: EM COLUMBUS II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company By: Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, its sole equity member By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, a Delaware corporation, its sole general partner By: __________________________ George A. Schmidt Executive Vice President ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATE OF _____________ ) )ss: COUNTY OF ____________ ) Before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared George A. Schmidt, as executive vice president of Glimcher Properties Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as sole general partner of Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, as sole equity member of EM COLUMBUS II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, who acknowledged execution of the foregoing for and on behalf of said corporation, limited partnership and limited liability company, and who, having been duly sworn, stated that the execution thereof was his/her free act and deed and the free act and deed of said corporation for and on behalf of said limited partnership and limited liability company. _______________________________________ Notary Public My Commission Expires:_________________ Prepared by: Eugene P. Balshem and upon recordation return to: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 3100 Wachovia Financial Center 200 South Biscayne Boulevard Miami, Florida 33131-5323 Attention: Eugene P. Balshem EXHIBIT A --------- LEGAL DESCRIPTION PARCEL 1 - Fee Simple: DESCRIPTION OF A 18.870 ACRE TRACT LOCATED NORTH OF REFUGEE ROAD AND WEST OF HAMILTON ROAD CITY OF COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO Situate in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, lying in Section 28, Township 12, Range 21, Refugee Lands, being part of an original 39.017 acre tract conveyed to EM Columbus, LLC, by deed of record in Instrument Number 200401080005999, all records herein of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGIN FOR REFERENCE, at point, referenced by a 3/4 inch iron pin found at a distance of 0.25 feet east, at the common corner of said original 39.017 acre tract, an original 17.03 acre tract conveyed to Lazarus Real Estate II, Inc., by deed of record in Official Record 12166, Page D16, a 0.955 acre tract (Parcel No. 5WD) conveyed to the State of Ohio, by deed of record in Deed Book 3030, Page 37, and a 0.660 acre tract (Parcel No. 6WD) conveyed to the State of Ohio, by deed of record in Deed Book 3095, Page 343; Thence the following two (2) courses and distances along the lines common to said original 39.017 acre tract and said original 17.03 acre tract: 1. South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 434.23 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 2. North 43(degree)07'15" West, a distance of 128.72 feet, to a cotton gin spike set in the line common to said original 39.017 acre tract and said original 17.03 acre tract, said cotton gin spike also being at the POINT OF TRUE BEGINNING; Thence the following eleven (11) courses and distances across the said original 39.017 acre tract: 1. South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 276.51 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 2. North 43(degree)07'15" West, a distance of 4.83 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 3. South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 287.00 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 4. South 43(degree)07'15" East, a distance of 18.17 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 5. South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 45.00 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 6. South 43(degree)07'15" East, a distance of 115.17 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 7. South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 26.36 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 8. North 88(degree)07'15" West, a distance of 30.00 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 9. Along a curve to the left, having a central angle of 45(degree)00'00", a radius of 100.00 feet, an arc length of 78.54 feet, a chord which bears South 69(degree)22'45" West, a chord distance of 76.54 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 10. South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 88.26 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 11. Along a curve to the right, having a central angle of 44(degree)10'34", a radius of 100.00 feet, an arc length of 77.10 feet, a chord which bears South 68(degree)58'02" West, a chord distance of 75.21 feet, to cotton gin spike set in the line common to said original 39.017 acre tract and a 1.021 acre tract conveyed to Sears, Roebuck and Co., by deed of record in Deed Book 2647, Page 229; Thence the following three (3) courses and distances along the lines common to said original 39.017 acre tract and said 1.021 acre tract: 1. North 46(degree)52'45" East, a distance of 34.73 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 2. North 43(degree)07'15" West, a distance of 475.00 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 3. South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 100.00 feet, to a cotton gin spike set at the common corner of said original 39.017 acre tract, said 1.021 acre tract and an original 16.772 acre tract conveyed to Sears, Roebuck and Co., by deed of record in Deed Book 2485, Page 481; Thence North 43(degree)07'15" West, a distance of 446.00 feet, along the line common to said original 39.017 acre tract and said original 16.772 acre tract, to a cotton gin spike set in the line common to said original 16.772 acre tract, said original 39.017 acre tract and a 1.247 acre tract conveyed to Sears, Roebuck and Co., by deed of record in Deed Book 3173, Page 250; Thence the following two (2) courses and distances along the lines common to said original 39.017 acre tract and said 1.247 acre tract: 1. North 46(degree)52'45" East, a distance of 127.56 feet, to a cotton gins spike set; 2. North 43(degree)07'15" West, a distance of 124.93 feet, to a 3/4" iron pin set at the common corner of said 1.247 acre tract and said original 39.017 acre tract and in the easterly line of an original 45.707 acre tract conveyed to Columbus East Joint-Venture, by deed of record in Official Record 13511, Page G18; 3. Thence North 46(degree)52'45" East, a distance of 655.59 feet, along the line common to said original 45.707 acre tract and said original 39.017 acre tract, to a 3/4 inch iron pin set at the common corner of said original 39.017 acre tract and said original 17.03 acre tract; Thence the following five (5) courses and distances along the lines common to said original 39.017 acre tract and said original 17.03 acre tract: 1. South 43(degree)07'15" East, a distance of 124.94 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 2. South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 41.83 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 3. South 43(degree)07'15" East, a distance of 318.00 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 4. North 46(degree)52'45" East, a distance of 208.68 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 5. South 43(degree)07'15" East, a distance of 553.28 feet, to the POINT OF TRUE BEGINNING, containing 18.870 acres, more or less. The bearings shown hereon are based on the bearing of North 85(degree)37'49" West for the northerly right-of-way line of Refugee Road (Right-of-way established by using ODOT plans FRA-270-15.95 and FRA-270-18.155), as determined from GPS network of field observations performed in November, 2003, (Ohio State Plane Coordinate System, South Zone, 1986 adjustment). All iron pin set are 3/4 inch iron pipes, 30 inches in length, with a yellow cap bearing the name "R.D.ZANDE". PARCEL 2 - Fee Simple: DESCRIPTION OF A 7.008 ACRE TRACT LOCATED NORTH OF REFUGEE ROAD AND WEST OF HAMILTON ROAD CITY OF COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO Situate in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, lying in Section 28, Township 12, Range 12, Refugee Lands and being part of an original 39.017 acre tract conveyed to EM Columbus, LLC, by deed of record in Instrument Number 200401080005999, all records herein of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a 3/4 inch iron pin found at southwest corner of said original 39.017 acre tract, in the northerly right-of-way line of Refugee Road, also being a common corner to an original 16.772 acre tract conveyed to Sears, Roebuck, and Co., by deed of record in Deed Book 2485, Page 481, a 0.66 acre tract (Parcel No. 152 E-WD) conveyed to the State of Ohio, by deed of record in Deed Book 3039, Page 102, and a 1.26 acre tract (Parcel No. 152 DWD) conveyed to the State of Ohio, by deed of record in Deed Book 3095, Page 345; Thence North 46(degree)52'45" East, a distance of 541.55 feet, along the line common to said 39.017 acre tract and said original 16.772 acre tract, to a cotton gin spike set in said common line; Thence the following three (3) courses and distances on, over and across said original 39.017 acre tract: 1. South 43(degree)07'15" East, a distance of 152.99 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 2. North 46(degree)52'45" East, a distance of 359.52 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 3. South 43(degree)07'15" East, a distance of 425.94 feet, to a 3/4 inch iron pin found in the southeasterly line of said original 39.017 acre tract, being the northwesterly right-of-way line of Interstate 270; Thence South 46(degree)52'10" West, a distance of 350.00 feet, along the line common to said original 39.017 acre tract and the northwesterly right-of-way of said Interstate 270, to a 3/4 inch iron pin found at the common corner of said original 39.017 acre tract and said 1.26 acre tract, said iron pin also being in the northwesterly right-of-way line of said Interstate 270 and the northerly right-of-way of Refugee Road; Thence the following three (3) courses and distances along the lines common to said original 39.017 acre tract, said 1.26 acre tract and the northerly right-of-way of said Refugee Road: 1. North 85(degree)37'49" West, a distance of 526.65 feet, to a 3/4 inch iron pin found; 2. South 04(degree)22'11" West, a distance of 15.00 feet, to an iron pin set; 3. North 85(degree)37'49" West, a distance of 272.53 feet, to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 7.008 acres, more or less. All iron pin set are 3/4 inch iron pipes, 30 inches in length, with a yellow cap bearing the name "R.D.ZANDE". The bearings shown hereon are based on the bearing of North 85(degree)37'49" West for the northerly right-of-way line of Refugee Road (Right-of-way established using ODOT plans FRA-270-15.95 and FRA-270-270-18.155), as determined from GPS network of field observations performed in November, 2003, (Ohio State Plane Coordinate System, South Zone, 1986 adjustment). PARCEL 3 - Fee Simple: DESCRIPTION OF A 3.219 ACRE TRACT LOCATED WEST OF HAMILTON ROAD AND NORTH OF REFUGEE ROAD CITY OF COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO Situate in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, lying in Section 28, Township 12, Range 21, Refugee Lands, being part of an original 17.03 acre tract conveyed to Lazarus Real Estate II, Inc. by deed of record in Official Record 12166, Page D-16, all records herein of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING FOR REFERENCE, at a 3/4 inch iron pin found at the southwest corner of Franksway Street (50 feet-wide) as shown and delineated on the record plat of FRANKSWAY STREET, MACSWAY AVENUE AND SERVICE ROAD DEDICATION IN RAINIER PARK, a subdivision of record in Plat Book 45, Page 22, said iron pin also being at the southeast corner of 3.903 acre tract (Parcel II) conveyed to Eastland Plaza Limited Partnership, by deed of record in Instrument Number 199917120283701; Thence North 85(degree)38'57" West, a distance of 617.49 feet, passing a 3/4 inch iron pin (bent) found at a distance of 198.70 feet, along the line common to said original 17.03 acre tract and said 3.903 acre tract, to a 3/4 inch iron pin found at the common corner of said original 17.03 acre tract and a 6.000 acre tract conveyed to Eastland Manor, Inc., by deed of record in Deed Book 3622, Page 438; Thence South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 105.12 feet along the line common to said original 17.03 acre tract and said 6.000 acre tract, to an iron pin set, said iron pin being the POINT OF TRUE BEGINNING; Thence the following two (2) courses and distances over and across said original 17.03 acre tract: 1. South 43(degree)07'15" East, a distance of 500.94 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 2. South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 105.83 feet, to a cotton gin spike set in the line common to said original 17.03 acre tract and an original 39.017 acre tract conveyed to EM Columbus, LLC, by deed of record in Instrument Number 200401080005999; Thence the following five (5) courses and distances along the lines common to said original 17.03 acre tract and said original 39.017 acre tract: 1. North 43(degree)07'15" West, a distance of 58.00 feet, to a cotton gin spike found; 2. South 46(degree)52'45" West, a distance of 208.68 feet, to a cotton gin spike found; 3. North 43(degree)07'15" West, a distance of 318.00 feet, to a cotton gin spike found; 4. North 46(degree)52'45" East, a distance of 41.83 feet, to a cotton gin spike found; 5. North 43(degree)07'15" West, a distance of 124.94 feet, to a 3/4" inch iron pin found at the common corner of said original 17.03 acre tract and said original 39.017 acre tract and in the north line of an original 45.707 acre tract conveyed to Columbus East Joint-Venture, by deed of record in Official Record 13511, Page G18; Thence North 46(degree)52'45" East, a distance of 272.68 feet, passing a 3/4 inch iron pin found at a distance of 126.90 feet, along the line common to said original 17.03 acre tract, said original 45.707 acre tract and said 6.000 acre tract, to the POINT OF TRUE BEGINNING, containing 3.219 acres, more or less. Of which being 2.437 acres out of Parcel Number 010-118467 and 0.782 acres out of Parcel Number 010-005373. All iron pin set are 3/4 inch iron pipes, 30 inches in length, with a yellow cap bearing the name "R.D. ZANDE". The bearings shown hereon are based on the bearing of North 85(degree)37'49" West for the northerly right-of-way line of Refugee Road (Right-of-way established by using ODOT plans FRA-270-15.95 and FRA-270-18.155), as determined from GPS network of field observations performed in November, 2003, (Ohio State Plane Coordinate System, South Zone, 1986 adjustment). PARCEL 4 - Fee Simple: DESCRIPTION OF A 0.536 ACRE TRACT LOCATED NORTH OF REFUGEE ROAD AND WEST OF HAMILTON ROAD CITY OF COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO Situate in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, lying in Section 28, Township 12, Range 12, Refugee Lands and being part of an original 39.017 acre tract conveyed to EM Columbus, LLC, by deed of record in Instrument Number 200401080005999, all records herein of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGIN FOR REFERENCE, at point, reference by a 3/4 inch iron pin found at a distance of 0.25 feet east, at the common corner of a Proposed 12.598 acre tract, an original 17.03 acre tract conveyed to Lazarus Real Estate II, Inc., by deed of record in Official Record 12166, Page D16, a 0.955 acre tract (Parcel No. 5WD) conveyed to the State of Ohio, by deed of record in Deed Book 3030, Page 37, and a 0.660 acre tract (Parcel No. 6WD) conveyed to the State of Ohio, by deed of record in Deed Book 3095, Page 343; Thence South 04(degree)20'19" West, a distance of 277.78 feet, along the line common to said original 39.017 acre tract and said 0.660 acre tract, to an iron pin set, being the POINT OF TRUE BEGINNING; Thence South 04(degree)20'19" West, a distance of 266.27 feet, along the line common to said original 39.017 acre tract, said 0.660 acre tract and a 0.62 acre tract (Parcel No. 152 DWD-1) conveyed to the State of Ohio by deed of record in Deed Book 3095, Page 345, to an iron pin set; Thence the following four (4) courses and distances on, over and across said original 39.017 acre tract; 1. North 85(degree)39'20" West, a distance of 57.66 feet, to an iron pin set; 2. Along a curve to the right, having a central angle of 34(degree)00'09", a radius of 200.00 feet, an arc length of 118.69 feet, a chord which bears North 12(degree)39'25" West, a chord distance of 116.96 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 3. North 04(degree)20'40" East, a distance of 157.23 feet, to a cotton gin spike set; 4. South 83(degree)54'20" East, a distance of 91.88 feet, to the POINT OF TRUE BEGINNING, containing 0.536 acres, more or less. All iron pin set are 3/4 inch iron pipes, 30 inches in length, with a yellow cap bearing the name "R.D.ZANDE". The bearings shown hereon are based on the bearing of North 85(degree)37'49" West for the northerly right-of-way line of Refugee Road (Right-of-way established using ODOT plans FRA-270-15.95 and FRA-270-270-18.155), as determined from GPS network of field observations performed in November, 2003, (Ohio State Plane Coordinate System, South Zone, 1986 adjustment). Parcel 5 - Easements: Easements and Rights for the benefit of Parcel No. 1 as created by the Easement, Restrictions and Operating Agreement, dated March 1, 1966, filed for record March 2, 1966 and recorded in Book 2715, Page 519 of Franklin County Records; as amended by the First Amendment to Easement, Restrictions and Operating Agreement, dated March 15, 1966, filed for record June 22, 1966 and recorded in Book 2742, Page 45 of Franklin County Records; as amended by the Second Amendment to Easement, Restrictions and Operating Agreement, dated May 17, 1971, filed for record November 9, 1971 and recorded in Book 3189, Page 273of Franklin County Records; as amended by Third Amendment to Easement, Restrictions and Operating Agreement, dated September 30, 1974, filed for record March 12, 1975 and recorded in Book 3454, Page 365 of Franklin County Records; being the same easements and rights identified in the Purchase and Operating Agreement by and among Federated Department Stores, Inc., Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Columbus East-Joint Venture, dated as of June 2, 1965; as amended by the First Amendment to Purchase and Operating Agreement, dated as of February 7, 1966; as amended by Second Amendment to Purchase and Operating Agreement, dated as of March 15, 1966; as amended by Third Amendment to Purchase and Operating Agreement, dated as of May 17, 1971, filed for record November 9, 1971 and recorded in Book 3221, Page 271 of Franklin County Records; as amended by Fourth Amendment to Purchase and Operating Agreement, dated as of September 30, 1974, filed for record March 12, 1975 and recorded in Book 3510, Page 303 of Franklin County Records; as assigned by Assignment and Assumption of Operating Agreement, dated as of July 29, 1988, filed for record August 26, 1988 and recorded in ORV 12166, Page E02 as amended by Fourth Amendment to Easements, Restrictions and Operating Agreement, dated as of December 15, 1994, filed for record September 14, 1995 and recorded in ORV 30025, Page I-03, as amended in Fifth Amendment to Easements, Restrictions and Operating Agreement, dated as of December 15, 1994 filed for record September 14, 1995 and recorded in ORV 30025, Page I-12, and as further amended by Amended and Restated Construction, Operating and Reciprocal Easement Agreement by and among The May Department Stores Company, a New York corporation, Sears, Roebuck and Co., a New York corporation, Rich's Department Stores, Inc., an Ohio corporation, and EM Columbus, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated May 20, 2005 and recorded June 1, 2005 in the Recorder's Office of Franklin County, Ohio, as Instrument No. 200506010106031, (the "REA"), and Quitclaim Deed of Easement from J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc., a Delaware corporation, to EM Columbus, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated May 17, 2005, recorded June 1, 2005 as Document No. 200506010106040, all in the Franklin County Recorder's Office, Ohio. Parcel 6- Easements: Easement for the Benefit of Parcel No. 1, as created by The Party Wall Agreement, dated September 1, 1966, filed for record July 11, 1967 and recorded in Book 2824, Page 459 of Franklin County Records, for the purpose described in said Party Wall Agreement, over, under and across the land as described in said Party Wall Agreement, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions set forth in said document. EX-10.69 9 glimcher_ex1069.txt LOAN AGREEMENT Exhibit 10.69 LOAN AGREEMENT Dated as of November 20, 2006 Between EM COLUMBUS II, LLC as Borrower and LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK, FSB as Lender TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- Page ---- I. DEFINITIONS; PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION...................................1 Section 1.1 Definitions..............................................1 Section 1.2 Principles of Construction..............................16 II. GENERAL TERMS............................................................17 Section 2.1 Loan Commitment; Disbursement to Borrower...............17 Section 2.2 Interest; Loan Payments; Late Payment Charge............17 Section 2.3 Prepayments.............................................19 Section 2.4 Defeasance..............................................19 Section 2.5 Release on Payment in Full..............................21 III. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.....................................................21 Section 3.1 Conditions Precedent to Closing.........................21 IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES...........................................25 Section 4.1 Borrower Representations................................25 Section 4.2 Survival of Representations.............................34 Section 4.3 REA Agreements..........................................34 V. BORROWER COVENANTS.......................................................36 Section 5.1 Affirmative Covenants...................................36 Section 5.2 Negative Covenants......................................43 VI. INSURANCE; CASUALTY; CONDEMNATION........................................48 Section 6.1 Insurance...............................................48 Section 6.2 Casualty................................................51 Section 6.3 Condemnation............................................51 Section 6.4 Restoration.............................................52 VII. RESERVE FUNDS............................................................55 Section 7.1 Required Repair Escrow Fund.............................55 Section 7.2 Tax and Insurance Escrow Fund...........................56 Section 7.3 Replacements and Replacement Reserve....................57 -i- Section 7.4 Rollover Reserve........................................61 Section 7.5 [INTENTIONALLY DELETED].................................63 Section 7.6 [INTENTIONALLY DELETED].................................63 Section 7.7 Reserve Funds, Generally................................63 Section 7.8 Provisions Regarding Letters of Credit..................63 VIII.DEFAULTS.................................................................64 Section 8.1 Event of Default........................................64 Section 8.2 Remedies................................................66 Section 8.3 Remedies Cumulative; Waivers............................67 IX. SPECIAL PROVISIONS.......................................................67 Section 9.1 Sale of Notes and Securitization........................67 Section 9.2 Securitization Indemnification..........................68 Section 9.3 Intentionally Deleted...................................71 Section 9.4 Exculpation.............................................71 Section 9.5 Termination of Manager..................................72 Section 9.6 Servicer................................................73 X. MISCELLANEOUS............................................................73 Section 10.1 Survival................................................73 Section 10.2 Lender's Discretion.....................................73 Section 10.3 Governing Law...........................................73 Section 10.4 Modification, Waiver in Writing.........................75 Section 10.5 Delay Not a Waiver......................................75 Section 10.6 Notices.................................................75 Section 10.7 Trial by Jury...........................................76 Section 10.8 Headings................................................77 Section 10.9 Severability............................................77 Section 10.10 Preferences.............................................77 Section 10.11 Waiver of Notice........................................77 Section 10.12 Remedies of Borrower....................................77 Section 10.13 Expenses; Indemnity.....................................78 Section 10.14 Schedules Incorporated..................................79 Section 10.15 Offsets, Counterclaims and Defenses.....................79 Section 10.16 No Joint Venture or Partnership; No Third Party Beneficiaries...........................................79 Section 10.17 Publicity...............................................79 Section 10.18 Waiver of Marshalling of Assets.........................80 Section 10.19 Waiver of Counterclaim..................................80 Section 10.20 Conflict; Construction of Documents; Reliance...........80 Section 10.21 Brokers and Financial Advisors..........................80 Section 10.22 Prior Agreements........................................81 Section 10.23 Mezzanine Loan Option...................................81 -ii- XI. CASH MANAGEMENT..........................................................82 Section 11.1 Establishment of Accounts...............................82 Section 11.2 Deposits To and Disbursements from the Clearing Account........................................82 Section 11.3 Transfer To and Disbursements from the Deposit Account.........................................83 Section 11.4 Account Name............................................83 Section 11.5 Eligible Accounts.......................................84 Section 11.6 Permitted Investments...................................84 Section 11.7 Sole Dominion and Control...............................84 Section 11.8 Security Interest.......................................84 Section 11.9 Rights on Default.......................................84 Section 11.10 Financing Statement; Further Assurances.................85 Section 11.11 Borrower's Obligation Not Affected......................85 Section 11.12 Payments Received in the Deposit Account................85 SCHEDULES --------- Schedule I - Rent Roll Schedule II - Required Repairs Schedule III - Financial Statements Schedule IV - Tenant Notice -iii- LOAN AGREEMENT THIS LOAN AGREEMENT, dated as of November 20, 2006 (as amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this "Agreement"), between LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK, FSB, a federal stock savings bank, having an address at 1000 West Street, Suite 200, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 ("Lender") and EM COLUMBUS II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, having an address at 150 East Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 ("Borrower"). W I T N E S S E T H : - - - - - - - - - - WHEREAS, Borrower desires to obtain the Loan (as hereinafter defined) from Lender; and WHEREAS, Lender is willing to make the Loan to Borrower, subject to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as hereinafter defined). NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the making of the Loan by Lender and the covenants, agreements, representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby covenant, agree, represent and warrant as follows: I. DEFINITIONS; PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION Section 1.1 Definitions. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly required or unless the context clearly indicates a contrary intent: "Account Collateral" shall mean: (i) the Accounts, and all Cash, checks, drafts, certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time deposited or held in the Accounts from time to time; (ii) all interest, dividends, Cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise payable in respect of, or in exchange for, any or all of the foregoing; and (iii) to the extent not covered by clauses (i) and (ii) above, all "proceeds" (as defined under the UCC as in effect in the State in which the Accounts are located) of any or all of the foregoing. "Accounts" shall mean, collectively, the Clearing Account, Deposit Account, Rollover Reserve Account, Required Repair Account, and Replacement Reserve Account. "Affiliate" shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person or is a director or officer of such Person or of an Affiliate of such Person. "ALTA" shall mean American Land Title Association, or any successor thereto. "Anchor Tenant" shall mean J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. formerly known as J.C. Penney Company, and any replacement thereof. "Annual Budget" shall mean the operating budget, including all planned capital expenditures, for the Property prepared by Borrower for the applicable Fiscal Year or other period. "Applicable Interest Rate" shall mean 5.865% per annum. "Applicable Laws" shall mean all existing and future federal, state and local laws, orders, ordinances, governmental rules and regulations and court orders. "Assignment of Leases" shall mean that certain first priority Assignment of Leases and Rents, dated as of the date hereof, from Borrower, as assignor, to Lender, as assignee, assigning to Lender all of Borrower's interest in and to the Leases and Rents of the Property as security for the Loan, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. "Assignment of Management Agreement" shall mean that certain Assignment of Management Agreement and Subordination of Management Fees dated the date hereof among Lender, Borrower and Manager, as the same may amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. "Assignment of Agreements" shall mean that certain Assignment of Personal Property Leases, Service Agreements, Permits, Licenses, Franchises and Other Agreements dated the date hereof by and between Lender and Borrower , as the same may amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. "Award" shall mean any compensation paid by any Governmental Authority in connection with a Condemnation in respect of all or any part of the Property. "Basic Carrying Costs" shall mean the sum of the following costs for the relevant Fiscal Year or payment period: (i) Taxes and (ii) Insurance Premiums. "Borrower" shall mean EM Columbus II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, together with its successors and assigns. "Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which national banks in New York, New York are not open for business. "Capital Expenditures" for any period, shall mean the amount expended for items capitalized under GAAP (including expenditures for building improvements or major repairs, leasing commissions and tenant improvements). "Cash" shall mean coin or currency of the United States of America or immediately available funds, including such fund delivered by wire transfer. "Casualty" shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.2. 2 "Casualty Consultant" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(b)(iii). "Casualty Retainage" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(b)(iv). "Clearing Account" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(a). "Clearing Account Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(a). "Clearing Account Bank": Wachovia Bank, N.A., together with its successors and assigns. "Closing Date" shall mean the date of the funding of the Loan. "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as it may be further amended from time to time, any successor statutes thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of Treasury regulations issued pursuant thereto in temporary or final form. "Condemnation" shall mean a temporary or permanent taking by any Governmental Authority as the result or in lieu or in anticipation of the exercise of the right of condemnation or eminent domain, of all or any part of the Property, or any interest therein or right accruing thereto, including any right of access thereto or any change of grade affecting the Property or any part thereof. "Condemnation Proceeds" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(b) hereof. "Debt" shall mean the outstanding principal amount set forth in, and evidenced by, this Agreement and the Note together with all interest accrued and unpaid thereon and all other sums (including the Yield Maintenance Premium) due to Lender in respect of the Loan under the Note, this Agreement, the Mortgage or any other Loan Document. "Debt Service" shall mean, with respect to any particular period of time, scheduled principal and/or interest payments under the Note. "Debt Service Coverage Ratio" shall mean a ratio for the applicable period in which: (a) the numerator is the Net Operating Income (excluding interest on credit accounts) for such period as set forth in the statements required hereunder, without deduction for (i) actual management fees incurred in connection with the operation of the Property, or (ii) amounts paid to the Reserve Funds, less (A) management fees equal to the greater of (1) assumed management fees of four percent (4%) of Gross Income from Operations or (2) the actual management fees incurred, and (B) actual Replacement Reserve Fund contributions; and 3 (b) the denominator is the aggregate amount of principal and interest due and payable on the Note for such period. For purposes of calculating Debt Service Coverage Ratio under the definition of Rollover Reserve Commencement Date and Rollover Reserve Termination Date, Gross Income shall be adjusted as follows: (i) Gross Income shall not include Rents paid by any tenant (x) who is in default of its rental obligations under its Lease and (y) whose Lease has expired on or prior to, or is scheduled to expire within twelve (12) months after, the date of calculation, and (ii) Gross Income shall include the annualized Rents of any tenant who commenced the payment of Rent within twelve (12) months prior to the date of calculation or who is contractually obligated to commence the payment of Rent within the twelve (12) months after the date of calculation. "Default" shall mean the occurrence of any event hereunder or under any other Loan Document which, but for the giving of notice or passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default. "Default Rate" shall mean, with respect to the Loan, a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (a) the Maximum Legal Rate, or (b) three percent (3%) above the Applicable Interest Rate. "Defeasance Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.1(a)(i) hereof. "Defeasance Deposit" shall mean an amount equal to the sum of the remaining principal amount of the Note, the Yield Maintenance Premium, any costs and expenses incurred or to be incurred in the purchase of U.S. Obligations necessary to meet the Scheduled Defeasance Payments and any revenue, documentary stamp or intangible taxes or any other tax or charge due in connection with the transfer of the Note or otherwise required to accomplish the agreements of Sections 2.3 and 2.4 hereof. "Defeasance Event" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.1(a) hereof. "Deposit Account" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(b). "Deposit Account Bank" shall mean Wachovia Bank, NA or any other Eligible Institution selected by Lender. "Disclosure Document" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a). "Eligible Account" shall mean a separate and identifiable account from all other funds held by the holding institution that is either (a) an account or accounts maintained with a federal or State chartered depository institution or trust company which complies with the definition of Eligible Institution or (b) a segregated trust account or accounts maintained with a federal or State chartered depository institution or trust company acting in its fiduciary capacity which, in the case of a State chartered depository institution or trust company, is subject to regulations substantially similar to 12 C.F.R.ss.9.10(b), having in either case a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal and State authority. An Eligible Account will not be evidenced by a certificate of deposit, passbook or other instrument. 4 "Eligible Institution" shall mean a depository institution or trust company, insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, (a) the short term unsecured debt obligations or commercial paper of which are rated at least A 1+ by S&P, P 1 by Moody's and F 1+ by Fitch in the case of accounts in which funds are held for thirty (30) days or less, or (b) the long term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated at least "AA" by Fitch and S&P and "Aa2" by Moody's in the case of accounts in which funds are held for more than thirty (30) days. "Embargoed Person" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.37. "Environmental Indemnity" shall mean that certain Environmental and Hazardous Substance Indemnification Agreement executed by Borrower and Sponsor in connection with the Loan for the benefit of Lender, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. "ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. "Event of Default" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(a). "Exchange Act" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a). "Fiscal Year" shall mean each twelve (12) month period commencing on January 1 and ending on December 31 during each year of the term of the Loan. "Fitch" shall mean Fitch, Inc. "GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as of the date of the applicable financial report. "Governmental Authority" shall mean any court, board, agency, commission, office or other authority of any nature whatsoever for any governmental unit (federal, state, county, district, municipal, city or otherwise) whether now or hereafter in existence. "Gross Income from Operations" shall mean all income, computed in accordance with GAAP, derived from the ownership and operation of the Property from whatever source, including, but not limited to, Rents, utility charges, escalations, forfeited security deposits, interest on credit accounts, service fees or charges, license fees, parking fees, rent concessions or credits, and other required pass-throughs but excluding sales, use and occupancy or other taxes on receipts required to be accounted for by Borrower to any Governmental Authority, refunds and uncollectible accounts, sales of furniture, fixtures and equipment, Insurance Proceeds (other than business interruption or other loss of income insurance), Awards, unforfeited security deposits, utility and other similar deposits and any disbursements to Borrower from the Reserve Funds. Gross Income from Operations shall not be diminished as a result of the Mortgage or the creation of any intervening estate or interest in the Property or any part thereof. "Guarantor" shall mean Sponsor. 5 "Guaranty" shall mean that certain Guaranty of Recourse Obligations of Borrower, dated as of the date hereof, from Guarantor to Lender, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. "Improvements" shall have the meaning set forth in the granting clause of the Mortgage. "Indebtedness" of a Person, at a particular date, means the sum (without duplication) at such date of (a) indebtedness or liability for borrowed money; (b) obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments; (c) obligations for the deferred purchase price of property or services (including trade obligations); (d) obligations under letters of credit; (e) obligations under acceptance facilities; (f) all guaranties, endorsements (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business) and other contingent obligations to purchase, to provide funds for payment, to supply funds, to invest in any Person or entity, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss; and (g) obligations secured by any Liens, whether or not the obligations have been assumed. "Indemnified Liabilities" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.13(b). "Independent Director" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.30(o). "Insolvency Opinion" shall mean that certain bankruptcy nonconsolidation opinion letter dated the date hereof delivered by Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. in connection with the Loan. "Insurance Premiums" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(b). "Insurance Proceeds" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(b). "Interest Period" shall mean the period commencing on the eleventh (11th) day of a month and ending on the tenth (10th) day of the succeeding calendar month, provided that if the Closing Date is any date other than the eleventh (11th) day of a month, the first Interest Period shall (i) consist of only the date hereof, if the date hereof is the tenth (10th) day of a month, or (ii) commence on the date hereof and shall end on the next tenth (10th) day of a calendar month to occur after the date hereof. "JC Penney Lease" shall mean that certain lease at the Property with J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc. dated March 28, 1966, as amended. "JC Penney Space" shall mean that portion of the Property currently demised under the JC Penney Lease. "Lease" shall mean any lease, sublease or subsublease, letting, license, concession or other agreement (whether written or oral and whether now or hereafter in effect) pursuant to which any Person is granted a possessory interest in, or right to use or occupy all or any portion of any space in the Property, and every modification, amendment or other agreement relating to such lease, sublease, subsublease, or other agreement entered into in connection with such lease, sublease, subsublease, or other agreement and every guarantee of the performance and observance of the covenants, conditions and agreements to be performed and observed by the other party thereto. 6 "Leasing Expenses" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.4.1 hereof. "Lease Termination Payments" shall mean all funds received by Borrower from tenants in connection with the cancellation of any Leases, including, but not limited to, any cancellation fees, penalties, and payments relating to unamortized tenant improvements and leasing commissions. "Legal Requirements" shall mean all federal, state, county, municipal and other governmental statutes, laws, rules, orders, regulations, ordinances, judgments, decrees and injunctions of Governmental Authorities affecting the Property or any part thereof, or the construction, use, alteration or operation thereof, or any part thereof, whether now or hereafter enacted and in force, and all permits, licenses and authorizations and regulations relating thereto, and all covenants, agreements, restrictions and encumbrances contained in any instruments, either of record or known to Borrower, at any time in force affecting the Property or any part thereof, including, without limitation, any which may (a) require repairs, modifications or alterations in or to the Property or any part thereof, or (b) in any way limit the use and enjoyment thereof. "Lehman" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(b). "Lehman Group" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(b). "Lender" shall mean Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB, together with its successors and assigns. "Letter of Credit" shall mean a transferable, irrevocable, unconditional, clean sight draft standby letter of credit in form reasonably satisfactory to Lender issued by a bank or other financial institution with a long term debt obligation rating of AA or better (or a comparable long term debt obligation rating) as determined by the Rating Agencies. The Letter of Credit shall be payable upon presentation of a sight draft only to the order of Lender and a statement executed by an officer or authorized signatory or Lender stating that it has the right to draw thereon at a New York City bank. The Letter of Credit shall have an initial expiration date of not less than one (1) year and shall provide for multiple draws. The Letter of Credit shall be transferable by Lender and its successors and assigns at a New York City bank. "Liabilities" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(b). "Licenses" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.22. "Lien" shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, or any other encumbrance, charge or transfer of, on or affecting the Property or, any portion thereof or Borrower, or any interest therein, including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, the filing of any financing statement, and mechanic's, materialmen's and other similar liens and encumbrances. 7 "Loan" shall mean the loan made by Lender to Borrower in the original principal amount set forth in, and evidenced by, the Note and secured by the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents executed and delivered by Borrower. "Loan Documents" shall mean, collectively, this Agreement, the Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment of Leases, the Environmental Indemnity, the Assignment of Management Agreement, the Guaranty, the Assignment of Agreements and all other documents executed and/or delivered in connection with the Loan. "Management Agreement" shall mean the management agreement entered into by and between Borrower and the Manager, pursuant to which the Manager is to provide management and other services with respect to the Property. "Manager" shall mean Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership and/or Glimcher Development Corporation, or any successor manager of the Property permitted hereunder. "Maturity Date" shall mean December 11, 2016, or such other date on which the final payment of the principal of the Note becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at such stated maturity date, by declaration of acceleration, or otherwise. "May Company Supplement" shall mean that certain Supplemental Agreement between EM Columbus, LLC and the May Department Stores Company dated May 20, 2005. "May Operating Covenant" shall mean that certain operating covenant set forth in Section 4 of the May Company Supplement. "Maximum Legal Rate" shall mean the maximum nonusurious interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received on the indebtedness evidenced by the Note and as provided for herein or the other Loan Documents, under the laws of such state or states whose laws are held by any court of competent jurisdiction to govern the interest rate provisions of the Loan. "Mezzanine Borrower" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.23 hereof. "Mezzanine Lender" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.23 hereof. "Mezzanine Loan" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.23 hereof. "Mezzanine Option" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.23 hereof. "Monthly Debt Service Payment Amount" shall mean (i) for each Payment Date through and including December 11, 2008, a payment equal to all interest that has accrued on the principal sum of the Note during the preceding Interest Period, and (ii) for each Payment Date thereafter, a payment equal to $254,086.48. "Moody's" shall mean Moody's Investors Service, Inc. 8 "Mortgage" shall mean that certain first priority Open-End Mortgage and Security Agreement, dated the date hereof, executed and delivered by Borrower as security for the Loan and encumbering the Property, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. "Mortgage Borrower" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.23 hereof. "Mortgage Lender" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.23 hereof. "Mortgage Loan" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.23 hereof. "Net Cash Flow" for any period shall mean the amount obtained by subtracting Operating Expenses and Capital Expenditures for such period from Gross Income from Operations for such period. "Net Cash Flow Schedule" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.11(b). "Net Operating Income" means the amount obtained by subtracting Operating Expenses from Gross Income from Operations. "Net Proceeds" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(b). "Net Proceeds Deficiency" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(b)(vi). "Note" shall mean that certain note of even date herewith in the principal amount of FORTY THREE MILLION AND NO DOLLARS ($43,000,000.00), made by Borrower in favor of Lender, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. "Officers' Certificate" shall mean a certificate delivered to Lender by Borrower which is signed by an authorized senior officer of the general partner or managing member of Borrower. "Operating Expenses" shall mean the total of all expenditures, computed in accordance with GAAP, of whatever kind relating to the operation, maintenance and management of the Property that are incurred on a regular monthly or other periodic basis, including without limitation, utilities, ordinary repairs and maintenance, insurance, license fees, property taxes and assessments, advertising expenses, management fees, payroll and related taxes, computer processing charges, operational equipment or other lease payments as approved by Lender, and other similar costs, but excluding depreciation, Debt Service, Capital Expenditures and contributions to the Reserve Funds. "Other Charges" shall mean all ground rents, maintenance charges, impositions other than Taxes, and any other charges, including, without limitation, vault charges and license fees for the use of vaults, chutes and similar areas adjoining the Property, now or hereafter levied or assessed or imposed against the Property or any part thereof. 9 "Pad Store" shall mean the following retail stores located adjacent or nearby the Property: Macy's and Sears. "Payment Date" shall mean the eleventh (11th) day of each calendar month during the term of the Loan or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day. "Permitted Encumbrances" shall mean collectively, (a) the Liens and security interests created by the Loan Documents, (b) all Liens, encumbrances and other matters disclosed in the Title Insurance Policy, (c) Liens, if any, for Taxes imposed by any Governmental Authority not yet due or delinquent, and (d) such other title and survey exceptions as Lender has approved or may approve in writing in Lender's sole discretion, which in the aggregate do not materially adversely affect the value or use of the Property or Borrower's ability to repay the Loan. "Permitted Investments" shall mean any one or more of the following obligations or securities acquired at a purchase price of not greater than par, including those issued by Servicer, the trustee under any Securitization or any of their respective Affiliates, payable on demand or having a maturity date not later than the Business Day immediately prior to the first Payment Date following the date of acquiring such investment and meeting one of the appropriate standards set forth below: (i) obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as to payment of principal and interest by, the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof provided such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America including, without limitation, obligations of: the U.S. Treasury (all direct or fully guaranteed obligations), the Farmers Home Administration (certificates of beneficial ownership), the General Services Administration (participation certificates), the U.S. Maritime Administration (guaranteed Title XI financing), the Small Business Administration (guaranteed participation certificates and guaranteed pool certificates), the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (local authority bonds) and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (guaranteed transit bonds); provided, however, that the investments described in this clause must (A) have a predetermined fixed dollar of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change, (B) if rated by S&P, must not have an "r" highlighter affixed to their rating, (C) if such investments have a variable rate of interest, such interest rate must be tied to a single interest rate index plus a fixed spread (if any) and must move proportionately with that index, and (D) such investments must not be subject to liquidation prior to their maturity; (ii) Federal Housing Administration debentures; (iii) obligations of the following United States government sponsored agencies: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (debt obligations), the Farm Credit System (consolidated systemwide bonds and notes), the Federal Home Loan Banks (consolidated debt obligations), the Federal National Mortgage Association (debt obligations), the Financing Corp. (debt obligations), and the Resolution Funding Corp. (debt obligations); provided, however, that the investments described in this clause must (A) have a predetermined fixed dollar of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change, (B) if rated by S&P, must not have an "r" highlighter affixed to their rating, (C) if such investments have a variable 10 rate of interest, such interest rate must be tied to a single interest rate index plus a fixed spread (if any) and must move proportionately with that index, and (D) such investments must not be subject to liquidation prior to their maturity; (iv) federal funds, unsecured certificates of deposit, time deposits, bankers' acceptances and repurchase agreements with maturities of not more than 365 days of any bank, the short term obligations of which at all times are rated in the highest short term rating category by each Rating Agency (or, if not rated by all Rating Agencies, rated by at least one Rating Agency in the highest short term rating category and otherwise acceptable to each other Rating Agency, as confirmed in writing that such investment would not, in and of itself, result in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the initial, or, if higher, then current ratings assigned to the Securities); provided, however, that the investments described in this clause must (A) have a predetermined fixed dollar of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change, (B) if rated by S&P, must not have an "r" highlighter affixed to their rating, (C) if such investments have a variable rate of interest, such interest rate must be tied to a single interest rate index plus a fixed spread (if any) and must move proportionately with that index, and (D) such investments must not be subject to liquidation prior to their maturity; (v) fully Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insured demand and time deposits in, or certificates of deposit of, or bankers' acceptances with maturities of not more than 365 days and issued by, any bank or trust company, savings and loan association or savings bank, the short term obligations of which at all times are rated in the highest short term rating category by each Rating Agency (or, if not rated by all Rating Agencies, rated by at least one Rating Agency in the highest short term rating category and otherwise acceptable to each other Rating Agency, as confirmed in writing that such investment would not, in and of itself, result in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the initial, or, if higher, then current ratings assigned to the Securities); provided, however, that the investments described in this clause must (A) have a predetermined fixed dollar of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change, (B) if rated by S&P, must not have an "r" highlighter affixed to their rating, (C) if such investments have a variable rate of interest, such interest rate must be tied to a single interest rate index plus a fixed spread (if any) and must move proportionately with that index, and (D) such investments must not be subject to liquidation prior to their maturity; (vi) debt obligations with maturities of not more than 365 days and at all times rated by each Rating Agency (or, if not rated by all Rating Agencies, rated by at least one Rating Agency and otherwise acceptable to each other Rating Agency, as confirmed in writing that such investment would not, in and of itself, result in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the initial, or, if higher, then current ratings assigned to the Securities) in its highest long term unsecured rating category; provided, however, that the investments described in this clause must (A) have a predetermined fixed dollar of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change, (B) if rated by S&P, must not have an "r" highlighter affixed to their rating, (C) if such investments have a variable rate of interest, such interest rate must be tied to a single interest rate index plus a fixed spread (if any) and must move proportionately with that index, and (D) such investments must not be subject to liquidation prior to their maturity; 11 (vii) commercial paper (including both non interest bearing discount obligations and interest bearing obligations payable on demand or on a specified date not more than one year after the date of issuance thereof) with maturities of not more than 365 days and that at all times is rated by each Rating Agency (or, if not rated by all Rating Agencies, rated by at least one Rating Agency and otherwise acceptable to each other Rating Agency, as confirmed in writing that such investment would not, in and of itself, result in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the initial, or, if higher, then current ratings assigned to the Securities) in its highest short term unsecured debt rating; provided, however, that the investments described in this clause must (A) have a predetermined fixed dollar of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change, (B) if rated by S&P, must not have an "r" highlighter affixed to their rating, (C) if such investments have a variable rate of interest, such interest rate must be tied to a single interest rate index plus a fixed spread (if any) and must move proportionately with that index, and (D) such investments must not be subject to liquidation prior to their maturity; (viii) units of taxable money market funds, with maturities of not more than 365 days and which funds are regulated investment companies, seek to maintain a constant net asset value per share and invest solely in obligations backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, which funds have the highest rating available from each Rating Agency (or, if not rated by all Rating Agencies, rated by at least one Rating Agency and otherwise acceptable to each other Rating Agency, as confirmed in writing that such investment would not, in and of itself, result in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the initial, or, if higher, then current ratings assigned to the Securities) for money market funds; and (ix) any other security, obligation or investment which has been approved as a Permitted Investment in writing by (a) Lender and (b) each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a written confirmation that the designation of such security, obligation or investment as a Permitted Investment will not, in and of itself, result in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the initial, or, if higher, then current ratings assigned to the Securities by such Rating Agency; provided, however, that no obligation or security shall be a Permitted Investment if (A) such obligation or security evidences a right to receive only interest payments or (B) the right to receive principal and interest payments on such obligation or security are derived from an underlying investment that provides a yield to maturity in excess of 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such underlying investment. "Permitted Owner" shall mean a Person who satisfies (i) or (ii) or (iii) below: (i) a Qualified Transferee; (ii) any Person, prior to a Securitization, approved by Lender (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) or, regarding which, after a Securitization, Lender has received confirmation from the Rating Agencies that such transfer shall not result in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the then-current ratings assigned to the Securities; or (iii) Sponsor. 12 "Permitted Release Date" shall mean the date that is the earlier of (a) three (3) years from the Closing Date or (b) two (2) years from the "startup day" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code of the REMIC Trust. "Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, unincorporated association, any federal, state, county or municipal government or any bureau, department or agency thereof and any fiduciary acting in such capacity on behalf of any of the foregoing. "Personal Property" shall have the meaning set forth in the granting clause of the Mortgage. "Physical Conditions Report" shall mean a report prepared by a company satisfactory to Lender regarding the physical condition of the Property, satisfactory in form and substance to Lender in its sole discretion, which report shall, among other things, (a) confirm that the Property and its use complies, in all material respects, with all applicable Legal Requirements (including, without limitation, zoning, subdivision and building laws) and (b) include a copy of a final certificate of occupancy with respect to all Improvements. "Policies" shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.1(b). "Property" shall mean the parcel of real property, the Improvements thereon and all other property owned by Borrower and encumbered by the Mortgage, together with all rights pertaining to such property and Improvements, as more particularly described in the Granting Clauses of the Mortgage and referred to therein as the "Property". "Provided Information" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(a). "Qualified Transferee" shall mean any one of the following Persons: (i) a pension fund, pension trust or pension account that (a) has total real estate assets of at least $1 Billion and (b) is managed by a Person who controls at least $1 Billion of real estate equity assets; or (ii) a pension fund advisor who (a) immediately prior to such transfer, controls at least $1 Billion of real estate equity assets and (b) is acting on behalf of one or more pension funds that, in the aggregate, satisfy the requirements of clause (i) of this definition; or (iii) an insurance company which is subject to supervision by the insurance commissioner, or a similar official or agency, of a state or territory of the United States (including the District of Columbia) (a) with a net worth, as of a date no more than six (6) months prior to the date of the transfer of at least $500 Million and (b) who, immediately prior to such transfer, controls real estate equity assets of at least $1 Billion; or (iv) a corporation organized under the banking laws of the United States or any state or territory of the United States (including the District of Columbia) (a) with a combined capital and surplus of at least $500 Million and (b) who, immediately prior to such transfer, controls real estate equity assets of at least $1 Billion; or 13 (v) any Person (a) with a long-term unsecured debt rating from each of the Rating Agencies of at least investment grade or (b) who (i) owns or operates, together with its Affiliates, at least seven (7) regional malls totaling at least 3,000,000 square feet of gross leasable area of space, (ii) has a net worth, as of a date no more than six (6) months prior to the date of such transfer, of at least $500 Million and (iii) immediately prior to such transfer, controls real estate equity assets of at least $1 Billion. "Rating Agencies" shall mean each of S&P, Moody's and Fitch, or any other nationally-recognized statistical rating agency which has been approved by Lender. "REA Agreements" shall mean that certain (i) Amended and Restated Construction, Operating and Reciprocal Easement Agreement dated May 20, 2005, recorded as Instrument #200506010106031 in the Recorder's Office for Franklin County, Ohio; (ii) Supplemental Agreement dated May 20, 2005 between EM Columbus, LLC and The May Department Stores Company; (iii) Supplemental Agreement dated May 20, 2005 between EM Columbus, LLC and Sears Roebuck and Co. and (iv) Supplemental Agreement dated May 20, 2005 between EM Columbus, LLC and Macy's Central Inc.. "Registration Statement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(b). "REIT" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.30(i). "REMIC Trust" shall mean a "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning of Section 860D of the Code that holds the Note. "Rents" shall mean all rents, rent equivalents, moneys payable as damages or in lieu of rent or rent equivalents, royalties (including, without limitation, all oil and gas or other mineral royalties and bonuses), income, receivables, receipts, revenues, deposits (including, without limitation, security, utility and other deposits), accounts, cash, issues, profits, charges for services rendered, and other consideration of whatever form or nature received by or paid to or for the account of or benefit of Borrower or its agents or employees from any and all sources arising from or attributable to the Property, and proceeds, if any, from business interruption or other loss of income insurance. "Replacement Reserve Account" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.3.1. "Replacement Reserve Fund" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.3.1. "Replacement Reserve Monthly Deposit" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.3.1. "Replacements" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.3.1(a). 14 "Required Repair Account" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.1. "Required Repair Fund" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.1. "Required Repairs" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.1. "Reserve Funds" shall mean the Tax and Insurance Escrow Fund, the Replacement Reserve Fund, the Rollover Reserve Fund, the Required Repair Fund or any other escrow fund established by the Loan Documents. "Restoration" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2. "Rollover Reserve Account" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.4.1. "Rollover Reserve Fund" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.4.1. "Rollover Reserve Monthly Deposit" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.4.1. "S&P" shall mean Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of McGraw Hill, Inc. "Scheduled Defeasance Payments" shall mean scheduled payments of interest and principal under the Note for all Payment Dates occurring after the Defeasance Date and up to and including the Maturity Date (including, the outstanding principal balance on the Note as of the Maturity Date). "Securities" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1. "Securities Act" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a). "Securitization" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1. "Security Agreement" shall mean a security agreement in form and substance that would be satisfactory to a prudent lender pursuant to which Borrower grants Lender a perfected, first priority security interest in the U.S. Obligations purchased with the Defeasance Deposit, as the case may be. "Servicer" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.6. "Servicing Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.6. "Severed Loan Documents" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(c) hereof. "Sponsor" shall mean Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, or any successor. 15 "State" shall mean the State or Commonwealth in which the Property or any part thereof is located. "Successor Borrower" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.2 hereof. "Survey" shall mean a survey of the Property prepared by a surveyor licensed in the State and satisfactory to Lender and the company or companies issuing the Title Insurance Policy, and containing a certification of such surveyor satisfactory to Lender. "Tax and Insurance Escrow Fund" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.2.1. "Taxes" shall mean all real estate and personal property taxes, assessments, water rates or sewer rents, now or hereafter levied or assessed or imposed against the Property or part thereof. "Title Insurance Policy" shall mean an ALTA mortgagee title insurance policy in the form acceptable to Lender (or, if the Property is in a State which does not permit the issuance of such ALTA policy, such form as shall be permitted in such State and acceptable to Lender) insuring the lien of the Mortgage. "UCC" or "Uniform Commercial Code" shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State. "Underwriter Group" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(b) hereof. "U.S. Obligations" shall mean direct non-callable obligations of the United States of America. "Yield Maintenance Premium" shall mean the amount (if any) which, when added to the remaining principal amount of the Note, will be sufficient to purchase U.S. Obligations providing the required Scheduled Defeasance Payments necessary to effect a Defeasance. Section 1.2 Principles of Construction. All references to sections and schedules are to sections and schedules in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. All uses of the word "including" shall mean "including, without limitation" unless the context shall indicate otherwise. Unless otherwise specified, the words "hereof," "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. Unless otherwise specified, all meanings attributed to defined terms herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms so defined. 16 II. GENERAL TERMS Section 2.1 Loan Commitment; Disbursement to Borrower. 2.1.1 The Loan. Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, Lender hereby agrees to make and Borrower hereby agrees to accept the Loan on the Closing Date. 2.1.2 Disbursement to Borrower. Borrower may request and receive only one borrowing hereunder in respect of the Loan and any amount borrowed and repaid hereunder in respect of the Loan may not be reborrowed. 2.1.3 The Note, Mortgage and Loan Documents. The Loan shall be evidenced by the Note and secured by the Mortgage, the Assignment of Leases and the other Loan Documents. 2.1.4 Use of Proceeds. Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Loan to (a) repay and discharge any existing loans relating to the Property, (b) pay all past-due Basic Carrying Costs, if any, in respect of the Property, (c) make deposits into the Reserve Funds on the Closing Date in the amounts provided herein, (d) pay costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Closing of the Loan, as approved by Lender, and (e) fund any working capital requirements of the Property. The balance, if any, may be distributed by Borrower in accordance with Borrower's operating agreement. Section 2.2 Interest; Loan Payments; Late Payment Charge; Exit Fee. 2.2.1 Interest Generally. Interest on the outstanding principal balance of the Loan shall accrue from the Closing Date to, but excluding, the Maturity Date at the Applicable Interest Rate. 2.2.2 Interest Calculation. Interest on the outstanding principal balance of the Loan shall be calculated by multiplying (a) the actual number of days elapsed in the period for which the calculation is being made by (b) the Applicable Interest Rate divided by three hundred sixty (360) by (c) the outstanding principal balance. 2.2.3 Payments. If the Closing Date is not the eleventh (11th) day of a month, on the Closing Date Borrower shall pay Lender all interest scheduled to accrue during the Interest Period in which the Closing Date occurs. The Monthly Debt Service Payment Amount shall be paid on the Payment Date occurring in December, 2006, and on each subsequent Payment Date thereafter up to and including the Payment Date preceding the Maturity Date. Each such payment shall be applied first to the payment of interest that has accrued during the preceding Interest Period (calculated in accordance with Section 2.2.2 above), and the balance of such payment, if any, shall be applied to the reduction of the principal sum of the Loan. 2.2.4 [INTENTIONALLY DELETED] 2.2.5 Payment on Maturity Date. 17 Borrower shall pay to Lender on the Maturity Date the outstanding principal balance, all accrued and unpaid interest and all other amounts due hereunder and under the Note, the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents. 2.2.6 Payments after Default. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, interest on the outstanding principal balance of the Loan and, to the extent permitted by law, overdue interest and other amounts due in respect of the Loan, shall accrue at the Default Rate, calculated from the date such payment was due without regard to any grace or cure periods contained herein. Interest at the Default Rate shall be computed from the occurrence of the Event of Default until the actual receipt and collection of the Debt (or that portion thereof that is then due). To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, interest at the Default Rate shall be added to the Debt, shall itself accrue interest at the same rate as the Loan and shall be secured by the Mortgage. This paragraph shall not be construed as an agreement or privilege to extend the date of the payment of the Debt, nor as a waiver of any other right or remedy accruing to Lender by reason of the occurrence of any Event of Default. 2.2.7 Late Payment Charge. If any principal, interest or any other sums due under the Loan Documents is not paid by Borrower on the date on which it is due, Borrower shall pay to Lender, upon demand, an amount equal to the lesser of five percent (5%) of such unpaid sum or the maximum amount permitted by Applicable Law in order to defray the expense incurred by Lender in handling and processing such delinquent payment and to compensate Lender for the loss of the use of such delinquent payment. Any such amount shall be secured by the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents to the extent permitted by Applicable Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall not be required to pay the late payment charge to the extent sufficient amounts are deposited in the Deposit Account to satisfy such obligations on the dates each such payment is required, regardless of whether any of such amounts are so applied by Lender. 2.2.8 Usury Savings. This Agreement and the Note are subject to the express condition that at no time shall Borrower be obligated or required to pay interest on the principal balance of the Loan at a rate which could subject Lender to either civil or criminal liability as a result of being in excess of the Maximum Legal Rate. If, by the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, Borrower is at any time required or obligated to pay interest on the principal balance due hereunder at a rate in excess of the Maximum Legal Rate, the Applicable Interest Rate or the Default Rate, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be immediately reduced to the Maximum Legal Rate and all previous payments in excess of the Maximum Legal Rate shall be deemed to have been payments in reduction of principal and not on account of the interest due hereunder. All sums paid or agreed to be paid to Lender for the use, forbearance, or detention of the sums due under the Loan, shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, be amortized, prorated, allocated, and spread throughout the full stated term of the Loan until payment in full so that the rate or amount of interest on account of the Loan does not exceed the Maximum Legal Rate of interest from time to time in effect and applicable to the Loan for so long as the Loan is outstanding. 18 Section 2.3 Prepayments. 2.3.1 Voluntary Prepayments. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, Borrower shall not have the right to prepay the Loan in whole or in part prior to the Maturity Date. 2.3.2 Mandatory Prepayments. On each date on which Borrower actually receives any Net Proceeds, if Lender is not obligated to make such Net Proceeds available to Borrower for the restoration of the Property, Borrower shall prepay the outstanding principal balance of the Note in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Net Proceeds. No Yield Maintenance Premium shall be due in connection with any prepayment made pursuant to this Section 2.3.2. Any partial prepayment under this Section shall be applied to the last payments of principal due under the Loan. Section 2.4 Defeasance. 2.4.1 Defeasance. (1) Provided no Event of Default shall then exist, Borrower shall have the right at any time after the Permitted Release Date to voluntarily defease the entire Loan by and upon satisfaction of the following conditions (such event being a "Defeasance Event"): (i) Borrower shall provide not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice to Lender specifying the date (the "Defeasance Date") on which the Defeasance Event is to occur and the principal amount of the Loan to be defeased; (ii) Borrower shall pay to Lender all accrued and unpaid interest on the principal balance of the Note to and including the Defeasance Date or if the Defeasance Date is not a Payment Date, to and including the next Payment Date; (iii) Borrower shall pay to Lender all other sums, not including scheduled interest or principal payments, then due under the Note, this Agreement, the Mortgage, and the other Loan Documents; (iv) Borrower shall deliver to Lender the Defeasance Deposit applicable to the Defeasance Event; (v) Intentionally Omitted; (vi) Borrower shall execute and deliver a Security Agreement in respect of the U.S. Obligations purchased with the Defeasance Deposit; (vii) Borrower shall deliver an opinion of counsel for Borrower that would be satisfactory to a prudent lender stating, among other things, that Borrower has legally and validly transferred and assigned the U.S. Obligations and all obligations, rights and duties under and to the Note to the Successor Borrower, that Lender has a perfected first priority security interest in the Defeasance Deposit and the U.S. Obligations delivered by Borrower and that any REMIC Trust formed pursuant to a Securitization will not fail to maintain its status as a "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning of Section 860D of the Code as a result of such Defeasance Event; 19 (viii) Borrower shall deliver confirmation in writing from the applicable Rating Agencies to the effect that such release will not result in a downgrading, withdrawal or qualification of the respective ratings in effect immediately prior to such Defeasance Event for the Securities issued in connection with the Securitization which are then outstanding. If required by the applicable Rating Agencies, Borrower shall also deliver or cause to be delivered a non-consolidation opinion with respect to the Successor Borrower in form and substance satisfactory to Lender and the applicable Rating Agencies; (ix) Borrower shall deliver an Officer's Certificate certifying that the requirements set forth in this Section 2.4.1(a) have been satisfied; (x) Borrower shall deliver a certificate of Borrower's independent certified public accountant certifying that the U.S. Obligations purchased with the Defeasance Deposit generate monthly amounts equal to or greater than the Scheduled Defeasance Payments; (xi) Borrower shall deliver such other certificates, documents or instruments as Lender may reasonably request; and (xii) Borrower shall pay all costs and expenses of Lender incurred in connection with the Defeasance Event, including any costs and expenses associated with a release of the Lien of the related Mortgage as provided in Section 2.4.1(c) hereof as well as reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses. (b) In connection with each Defeasance Event, Borrower hereby appoints Lender as its agent and attorney-in-fact for the purpose of using the Defeasance Deposit to purchase U.S. Obligations which provide Scheduled Defeasance Payments on or prior to, but as close as possible to, all successive scheduled Payment Dates after the Defeasance Date. Borrower, pursuant to the Security Agreement or other appropriate document, shall authorize and direct that the payments received from the U.S. Obligations may be made directly to the Deposit Account (unless otherwise directed by Lender) and applied to satisfy the obligations of Borrower under the Note. Any portion of the Defeasance Deposit in excess of the amount necessary to purchase the U.S. Obligations required by this Section 2.4.1 and satisfy Borrower's other obligations under this Section 2.4.1 shall be remitted to Borrower. (c) If Borrower has elected to defease the entire Note and the requirements of this Section 2.4.1 have been satisfied, the Property shall be released from the lien of the Mortgage and the Defeasance Collateral pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement shall be the sole source of collateral securing the Note. In connection with the release of the Lien, Borrower shall submit to Lender, not less than thirty (30) days prior to the Defeasance Date (or such shorter time as is acceptable to Lender in its sole discretion), a release of Lien (and related Loan Documents) for execution by Lender. Such release shall be in a form appropriate in the jurisdiction in which the Property is located and that contains standard provisions protecting the rights of the releasing lender. In 20 addition, Borrower shall provide all other documentation Lender reasonably requires to be delivered by Borrower in connection with such release, together with an Officer's Certificate certifying that such documentation (i) is in compliance with all Legal Requirements, and (ii) will effect such release in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Borrower shall pay all costs, taxes and expenses associated with the release of the lien of the Mortgage, including Lender's reasonable attorneys' fees. Except as set forth in this Section 2.4.1 and Section 2.4.2, no repayment, prepayment or defeasance of all or any portion of the Note shall cause, give rise to a right to require, or otherwise result in, the release of the lien of the Mortgage on the Property. 2.4.2 [INTENTIONALLY DELETED] 2.4.3 Successor Borrower. In connection with a defeasance under this Section 2.4, Borrower shall establish or designate a successor entity (the "Successor Borrower") which shall be a single purpose bankruptcy remote entity with two (2) Independent Directors approved by Lender, and Borrower shall transfer and assign all obligations, rights and duties under and to the Note, as applicable, together with the pledged U.S. Obligations to such Successor Borrower. Such Successor Borrower shall assume the obligations under the Note, as applicable, and the Security Agreement and Borrower shall be relieved of its obligations under such documents. Borrower shall pay $1,000 to any such Successor Borrower as consideration for assuming the obligations under the Note, as applicable, and the Security Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no other assumption fee shall be payable upon a transfer of the Note, as applicable, in accordance with Section 2.4.1 but Borrower shall pay all costs and expenses incurred by Lender, including Lender's attorneys' fees and expenses, incurred in connection therewith. Section 2.5 Release on Payment in Full. Lender shall, upon the written request and at the expense of Borrower, upon payment in full of all principal and interest on the Loan and all other amounts due and payable under the Loan Documents in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Note and this Loan Agreement, release the Lien of the Mortgage on the Property. III. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT Section 3.1 Conditions Precedent to Closing. The obligation of Lender to make the Loan hereunder is subject to the fulfillment by Borrower or waiver by Lender of the following conditions precedent no later than the Closing Date: 3.1.1 Representations and Warranties; Compliance with Conditions. The representations and warranties of Borrower contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on and as of such date, and no Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and Borrower shall be in compliance in all material respects with all terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in each other Loan Document on its part to be observed or performed. 21 3.1.2 Loan Agreement and Note. Lender shall have received a copy of this Agreement and the Note, in each case, duly executed and delivered on behalf of Borrower. 3.1.3 Delivery of Loan Documents; Title Insurance; Reports; Leases. (a) Mortgage, Assignment of Leases. Lender shall have received from Borrower fully executed and acknowledged counterparts of the Mortgage and the Assignment of Leases and evidence that counterparts of the Mortgage and Assignment of Leases have been delivered to the title company for recording, so as to effectively create upon such recording valid and enforceable Liens upon the Property, of the requisite priority, in favor of Lender (or such other trustee as may be required or desired under local law), subject only to the Permitted Encumbrances and such other Liens as are permitted pursuant to the Loan Documents. Lender shall have also received from Borrower fully executed counterparts of the Note, the Environmental Indemnity, the Guaranty, Assignment of Management Agreement, Guaranty and the Assignment of Agreements. (b) Title Insurance. Lender shall have received a Title Insurance Policy issued by a title company acceptable to Lender and dated as of the Closing Date, with reinsurance and direct access agreements acceptable to Lender. Such Title Insurance Policy shall (i) provide coverage in amounts satisfactory to Lender, (ii) insure Lender that the Mortgage creates a valid lien on the Property of the requisite priority, free and clear of all exceptions from coverage other than Permitted Encumbrances and standard exceptions and exclusions from coverage (as modified by the terms of any endorsements), (iii) contain such endorsements and affirmative coverages as Lender may reasonably request, and (iv) name Lender as the insured. The Title Insurance Policy shall be assignable. Lender also shall have received evidence that all premiums in respect of such Title Insurance Policy have been paid. (c) Survey. Lender shall have received a current title survey for the Property, certified to the title company and Lender and their successors and assigns, in form and content satisfactory to Lender and prepared by a professional and properly licensed land surveyor satisfactory to Lender in accordance with the 1992 Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys. The survey shall meet the classification of an "Urban Survey" and the following additional items from the list of "Optional Survey Responsibilities and Specifications" (Table A) should be added to each survey: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13. Such survey shall reflect the same legal description contained in the Title Insurance Policy and shall include, among other things, a metes and bounds description of the real property comprising part of the Property reasonably satisfactory to Lender. The surveyor's seal shall be affixed to the survey and the surveyor shall provide a certification for the survey in form and substance acceptable to Lender. (d) Insurance. Lender shall have received valid certificates of insurance for the policies of insurance required hereunder, satisfactory to Lender in its sole discretion, and evidence of the payment of all premiums payable for the existing policy period. (e) Environmental Reports. Lender shall have received an environmental report in respect of the Property which report shall be satisfactory to Lender. 22 (f) Zoning. Lender shall have received, at Lender's option, (i) letters or other evidence with respect to the Property from the appropriate municipal authorities (or other Persons) concerning applicable zoning and building laws, (ii) an ALTA 3.1 zoning endorsement for the Title Insurance Policy or (iii) a zoning opinion letter, in each case in substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender. (g) Encumbrances. Borrower shall have taken or caused to be taken such actions in such a manner so that Lender has a valid and perfected first Lien as of the Closing Date on the Property, subject only to applicable Permitted Encumbrances and such other Liens as are permitted pursuant to the Loan Documents, and Lender shall have received satisfactory evidence thereof. 3.1.4 Related Documents. Each additional document not specifically referenced herein, but relating to the transactions contemplated herein, shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all parties thereto and Lender shall have received and approved certified copies thereof. 3.1.5 Delivery of Organizational Documents. On or before the Closing Date, Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Lender copies certified by Borrower of all organizational documentation related to Borrower and/or the formation, structure, existence, good standing and/or qualification to do business, as Lender may request in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, good standing certificates, qualifications to do business in the appropriate jurisdictions, resolutions authorizing the entering into of the Loan and incumbency certificates as may be requested by Lender. 3.1.6 Opinions of Borrower's Counsel. Lender shall have received opinions of Borrower's counsel (a) with respect to non-consolidation issues, and (b) with respect to due execution, authority, enforceability of the Loan Documents and such other matters as Lender may require, all such opinions in form, scope and substance satisfactory to Lender and Lender's counsel in their sole discretion. 3.1.7 Intentionally Omitted. 3.1.8 Basic Carrying Costs. Borrower shall have paid all Basic Carrying Costs relating to the Property which are in arrears, including without limitation, (a) accrued but unpaid insurance premiums relating to the Property, (b) currently due Taxes (including any in arrears) relating to the Property, and (c) currently due Other Charges relating to the Property, which amounts shall be funded with proceeds of the Loan. 3.1.9 Completion of Proceedings. All corporate and other proceedings taken or to be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Loan Documents and all documents incidental thereto shall be satisfactory in form and substance to Lender, and Lender shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified copies of such documents as Lender may reasonably request. 3.1.10 Payments. All payments, deposits or escrows required to be made or established by Borrower under this Agreement, the Note and the other Loan Documents on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid. 23 3.1.11 Tenant Estoppels. Lender shall have received an executed tenant estoppel letter, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, from (a) each Anchor Tenant, (b) each tenant leasing in the aggregate 8,000 square feet or more of space at the Property and (c) including the area leased by those described in clauses (a) and (b), lessees of not less than seventy percent (70%) of the gross leased area of the Property. 3.1.12 Transaction Costs. Borrower shall have paid or reimbursed Lender for all title insurance premiums, recording and filing fees, costs of environmental reports, Physical Conditions Reports, appraisals and other reports, the fees and costs of Lender's counsel and all other third party out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the origination of the Loan. 3.1.13 Material Adverse Change. There shall have been no material adverse change in the financial condition or business condition of Borrower or the Property since the date of the most recent financial statements delivered to Lender. The income and expenses of the Property, the occupancy leases thereof, and all other features of the transaction shall be as represented to Lender without material adverse change. Neither Borrower nor any of its constituent Persons shall be the subject of any bankruptcy, reorganization, or insolvency proceeding. 3.1.14 Leases and Rent Roll. Lender shall have received copies of all tenant leases, certified copies of any tenant leases as requested by Lender and certified copies of all ground leases affecting the Property. Lender shall have received a current certified rent roll of the Property, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Lender. 3.1.15 Intentionally omitted. 3.1.16 Tax Lot. Lender shall have received evidence that the Property constitutes one (1) or more separate tax lots, which evidence shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Lender. 3.1.17 Physical Conditions Reports. Lender shall have received Physical Conditions Reports with respect to the Property, which reports shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Lender. 3.1.18 Management Agreement. Lender shall have received a certified copy of the Management Agreement with respect to the Property which shall be satisfactory in form and substance to Lender. 3.1.19 Appraisal. Lender shall have received an appraisal of the Property, which shall be satisfactory in form and substance to Lender. 3.1.20 Financial Statements. Lender shall have received a balance sheet with respect to the Property for the two most recent Fiscal Years and statements of income and statements of cash flows with respect to the Property for the two (2) most recent fiscal years, each in form and substance satisfactory to Lender. 3.1.21 Further Documents. Lender or its counsel shall have received such other and further approvals, opinions, documents and information as Lender or its counsel may have reasonably requested including the Loan Documents in form and substance satisfactory to Lender and its counsel. 24 IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES Section 4.1 Borrower Representations. Borrower represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date that: 4.1.1 Organization. Borrower has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing with requisite power and authority to own its properties and to transact the businesses in which it is now engaged. Borrower is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where it is required to be so qualified in connection with its properties, businesses and operations. Borrower possesses all rights, licenses, permits and authorizations, governmental or otherwise, necessary to entitle it to own its properties and to transact the businesses in which it is now engaged, and the sole business of Borrower is the ownership, management and operation of the Property. 4.1.2 Proceedings. Borrower has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. This Agreement and such other Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of Borrower and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Borrower enforceable against Borrower in accordance with their respective terms, subject only to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting rights of creditors generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law). 4.1.3 No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by Borrower will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance (other than pursuant to the Loan Documents) upon any of the property or assets of Borrower pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, partnership agreement or other agreement or instrument to which Borrower is a party or by which any of Borrower's property or assets is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over Borrower or any of Borrower's properties or assets, and any consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental agency or body required for the execution, delivery and performance by Borrower of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents has been obtained and is in full force and effect. 4.1.4 Litigation. There are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity by or before any Governmental Authority or other agency now pending or threatened against or affecting Borrower or any portion of the Property, which actions, suits or proceedings, if determined against Borrower or any portion of the Property, might materially adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or business of Borrower or the condition or ownership of the Property. 25 4.1.5 Agreements. Borrower is not a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any restriction which might materially and adversely affect Borrower or any portion of the Property, or Borrower's business, properties or assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise. Borrower is not in default in any material respect in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which Borrower or the Property are bound. Borrower has no material financial obligation under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which Borrower is a party or by which Borrower or the Property is otherwise bound, other than (a) obligations incurred in the ordinary course of the operation of the Property and (b) obligations under the Loan Documents. 4.1.6 Title. Borrower has (a) good, marketable and insurable fee simple title to the real property comprising part of the Property, (b) [intentionally deleted] and (c) good title to the balance of the Property, free and clear of all Liens whatsoever except the Permitted Encumbrances, such other Liens as are permitted pursuant to the Loan Documents and the Liens created by the Loan Documents. The Mortgage, when properly recorded in the appropriate records, together with any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements required to be filed in connection therewith, will create (a) a valid, perfected lien on the Property, subject only to Permitted Encumbrances and the Liens created by the Loan Documents and (b) perfected security interests in and to, and perfected collateral assignments of, all personalty (including the Leases), all in accordance with the terms thereof, in each case subject only to any applicable Permitted Encumbrances, such other Liens as are permitted pursuant to the Loan Documents and the Liens created by the Loan Documents. There are no claims for payment for work, labor or materials affecting the Property which are or may become a lien prior to, or of equal priority with, the Liens created by the Loan Documents. 4.1.7 No Bankruptcy Filing. Neither Borrower nor any of its constituent Persons are contemplating either the filing of a petition by it under any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency laws or the liquidation of all or a major portion of Borrower's assets or property, and Borrower has no knowledge of any Person contemplating the filing of any such petition against it or such constituent Persons. 4.1.8 Full and Accurate Disclosure. No statement of fact made by Borrower in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make statements contained herein or therein not misleading. There is no material fact presently known to Borrower which has not been disclosed to Lender which adversely affects, nor as far as Borrower can foresee, might adversely affect, the Property or the business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of Borrower. 4.1.9 No Plan Assets. Borrower is not an "employee benefit plan," as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, subject to Title I of ERISA, and none of the assets of Borrower constitutes or will constitute "plan assets" of one or more such plans within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101. In addition, (a) Borrower is not a "governmental plan" within the meaning of Section 3(32) of ERISA and (b) transactions by or with Borrower are not subject to state statutes regulating investment of, and fiduciary obligations with respect to, governmental plans similar to the provisions of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code currently in effect, which prohibit or otherwise restrict the transactions contemplated by this Loan Agreement. 26 4.1.10 Compliance. Borrower and the Property and the use thereof comply in all material respects with all applicable Legal Requirements, including, without limitation, building and zoning ordinances and codes. Borrower is not in default or violation of any order, writ, injunction, decree or demand of any Governmental Authority. There has not been committed by Borrower or any other Person in occupancy of or involved with the operation or use of the Property any act or omission affording any Governmental Authority the right of forfeiture as against the Property or any part thereof or any monies paid in performance of Borrower's obligations under any of the Loan Documents. 4.1.11 Financial Information. All financial data, including, without limitation, the statements of cash flow and income and operating expense, that have been delivered to Lender in respect of the Property (i) are true, complete and correct in all material respects, (ii) accurately represent the financial condition of the Property as of the date of such reports, and (iii) to the extent prepared or audited by an independent certified public accounting firm, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP throughout the periods covered, except as disclosed therein. Borrower does not have any contingent liabilities, liabilities for taxes, unusual forward or long-term commitments or unrealized or anticipated losses from any unfavorable commitments that are known to Borrower and reasonably likely to have a materially adverse effect on the Property or the operation thereof as a retail shopping center, except as referred to or reflected in said financial statements. Since the date of such financial statements, there has been no materially adverse change in the financial condition, operations or business of Borrower from that set forth in said financial statements. 4.1.12 Condemnation. No Condemnation or other proceeding has been commenced or, to Borrower's best knowledge, is contemplated with respect to all or any portion of the Property or for the relocation of roadways providing access to the Property. 4.1.13 Federal Reserve Regulations. No part of the proceeds of the Loan will be used for the purpose of purchasing or acquiring any "margin stock" within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or for any other purpose which would be inconsistent with such Regulation U or any other Regulations of such Board of Governors, or for any purposes prohibited by Legal Requirements or by the terms and conditions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. 4.1.14 Utilities and Public Access. The Property has rights of access to public ways and is served by water, sewer, sanitary sewer and storm drain facilities adequate to service the Property for its intended uses. All public utilities necessary or convenient to the full use and enjoyment of the Property are located either in the public right-of-way abutting the Property (which are connected so as to serve the Property without passing over other property) or in recorded easements serving the Property and such easements are set forth in and insured by the Title Insurance Policy. All roads necessary for the use of the Property for its current purposes have been completed and dedicated to public use and accepted by all Governmental Authorities. 27 4.1.15 Not a Foreign Person. Borrower is not a "foreign person" within the meaning of ss.1445(f)(3) of the Code. 4.1.16 Separate Lots. Except for any easement rights over adjacent land, the Property is comprised of one (1) or more parcels which constitute a separate tax lot or lots and does not constitute a portion of any other tax lot that is not a part of the Property. 4.1.17 Assessments. There are no pending or proposed special or other assessments for public improvements or otherwise affecting the Property, nor are there any contemplated improvements to the Property that may result in such special or other assessments. 4.1.18 Enforceability. The Loan Documents are not subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense by Borrower, including the defense of usury, nor would the operation of any of the terms of the Loan Documents, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render the Loan Documents unenforceable, and Borrower has not asserted any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense with respect thereto. 4.1.19 No Prior Assignment. There are no prior assignments of the Leases or any portion of the Rents due and payable or to become due and payable which are presently outstanding. 4.1.20 Insurance. Borrower has obtained and has delivered to Lender certified copies of all insurance policies reflecting the insurance coverages, amounts and other requirements set forth in this Agreement. No claims have been made under any such policy, and no Person, including Borrower, has done, by act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage of any such policy. 4.1.21 Use of Property. The Property is used exclusively as a retail shopping center and other appurtenant and related uses. 4.1.22 Certificate of Occupancy; Licenses. All certifications, permits, licenses and approvals, including without limitation, certificates of completion and occupancy permits required for the legal use, occupancy and operation of the Property as a retail shopping center (collectively, the "Licenses"), have been obtained and are in full force and effect. Borrower shall keep and maintain all licenses necessary for the Borrower's operation of the Property as a retail shopping center. The use being made of the Property is in conformity with the certificate of occupancy issued for the Property. 4.1.23 Flood Zone. Except as may be reported on the Survey, none of the Improvements are located in an area as identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an area having special flood hazards. 4.1.24 Physical Condition. Except as disclosed in the Physical Conditions Report, the Property, including, without limitation, all buildings, improvements, parking facilities, sidewalks, storm drainage systems, roofs, plumbing systems, HVAC systems, fire protection systems, electrical systems, 28 equipment, elevators, exterior sidings and doors, landscaping, irrigation systems and all structural components, are in good condition, order and repair in all material respects; except as disclosed in the Physical Conditions Report, there exists no structural or other material defects or damages in any portion of the Property, whether latent or otherwise, and Borrower has not received notice from any insurance company or bonding company of any defects or inadequacies in the Property, or any part thereof, which would adversely affect the insurability of the same or cause the imposition of extraordinary premiums or charges thereon or of any termination or threatened termination of any policy of insurance or bond. 4.1.25 Boundaries. Except as may be reported in the Survey, all of the improvements which were included in determining the appraised value of the Property lie wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines of the Property, and no improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the Property, and no easements or other encumbrances upon the Property encroach upon any of the improvements, so as to affect the value or marketability of the Property except those which are insured against by title insurance. 4.1.26 Leases. The Property is not subject to any Leases other than the Leases described in Schedule I attached hereto and made a part hereof. No Person has any possessory interest in the Property or any part thereof, or right to occupy the same except under and pursuant to the provisions of the Leases. The current Leases are in full force and effect and, except as may have been reflected in any tenant estoppel certificates delivered to Lender or in Schedule I, Borrower is not aware of any defaults thereunder by either party and there are no conditions that, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute defaults thereunder on the part of Borrower or to Borrower's knowledge, on the part of any tenant. No Rent (including security deposits) has been paid more than one (1) month in advance of its due date. Except as disclosed in the tenant estoppels or disclosed in Schedule I, all work to be performed by Borrower under each Lease has been performed as required and has been accepted by the applicable tenant, and any payments, free rent, partial rent, rebate of rent or other payments, credits, allowances or abatements required to be given by Borrower to any tenant have already been received by such tenant. There has been no prior sale, transfer or assignment, hypothecation or pledge of any Lease or of the Rents received therein. To Borrower's knowledge, except as disclosed in the tenant estoppels or disclosed in Schedule I, no tenant listed on Schedule I has assigned its Lease or sublet all or any portion of the premises demised thereby to Borrower's knowledge; no such tenant holds its leased premises under assignment or sublease, nor does anyone except such tenant and its employees occupy such leased premises. Except as disclosed in the tenant estoppels or disclosed in Schedule I, no tenant under any Lease has a right or option pursuant to such Lease or otherwise to purchase all or any part of the leased premises or the building of which the leased premises are a part. Borrower is not aware that any hazardous wastes or toxic substances, as defined by applicable federal, state or local statutes, rules and regulations, have been disposed, stored or treated by any tenant under any Lease on or about the leased premises except cleaning supplies used and stored in compliance with law and inventory held for retail sale in compliance with law, nor does Borrower have any knowledge of any tenant's intention to use its leased premises for any activity which, directly or indirectly, involves the use, generation, treatment, storage, disposal or transportation of any petroleum product or any toxic or hazardous chemical, material, substance or waste except cleaning supplies used and stored in compliance with law and inventory held for retail sale in compliance with law. Schedule I attached hereto is true and complete in all material respects. 29 4.1.27 Survey. The Survey for the Property delivered to Lender in connection with this Agreement has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1.3(c) hereof, and does not fail to reflect any material matter affecting the Property or the title thereto. 4.1.28 Loan to Value. The maximum principal amount of the Loan does not exceed one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the fair market value of the Property. 4.1.29 Filing and Recording Taxes. All transfer taxes, deed stamps, intangible taxes or other amounts in the nature of transfer taxes required to be paid by any Person under applicable Legal Requirements currently in effect in connection with the transfer of the Property to Borrower have been paid. All mortgage, mortgage recording, stamp, intangible or other similar tax required to be paid by any Person under applicable Legal Requirements currently in effect in connection with the execution, delivery, recordation, filing, registration, perfection or enforcement of any of the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the Mortgage, have been paid, and, under current Legal Requirements, the Mortgage is enforceable in accordance with its terms by Lender (or any subsequent holder thereof). 4.1.30 Single Purpose Entity/Separateness. Borrower represents, warrants and covenants as follows: (a) The purpose for which Borrower is organized is and shall be limited solely to (i) owning, holding, selling, leasing, transferring, exchanging, operating and managing the Property, (ii) entering into this Loan Agreement with Lender, (iii) refinancing the Property in connection with a permitted repayment of the Loan and (iv) transacting any and all lawful business for which Borrower may be organized under its constitutive law that is incident, necessary and appropriate to accomplish the foregoing. (b) Borrower does not own and will not own any asset or property other than (i) the Property, and (ii) incidental personal property necessary for and used or to be used in connection with the ownership or operation of the Property. (c) Borrower will not engage in any business other than the ownership, management and operation of the Property. (d) Borrower will not enter into any contract or agreement with any Affiliate of Borrower, any constituent party of Borrower, any owner of Borrower, any guarantors of the obligations of Borrower or any Affiliate of any constituent party, owner or guarantor (collectively, the "Related Parties"), except upon terms and conditions that are intrinsically fair, commercially reasonable and substantially similar to those that would be available on an arm's-length basis with third parties not so affiliated with Borrower or such Related Parties. Lender acknowledges that Related Parties have executed the Management Agreement. (e) Borrower will not incur any Indebtedness other than (i) the Loan; (ii) trade and operational debt incurred in the ordinary course of business with trade creditors in amounts as are normal and reasonable under the circumstances, provided such debt is not evidenced by a note and is not in excess of sixty days 30 past due and is not in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate; (iii) personal property financing not in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate; and (iv) personal property leases providing for rental payments not in excess of $500,000 per annum. No Indebtedness other than the Debt may be secured (senior, subordinate or pari passu) by the Property. (f) Borrower will not make any loans or advances to any Person and shall not acquire obligations or securities of any Related Party. (g) Borrower is and will remain solvent and Borrower will pay its debts and liabilities (including, as applicable, shared personnel and overhead expenses) from its assets as the same shall become due. (h) Borrower will do all things necessary to observe organizational formalities and preserve its existence, and Borrower will not, nor will Borrower permit any Related Party to, amend, modify or otherwise change the partnership certificate, partnership agreement, articles of incorporation and bylaws, operating agreement, trust or other organizational documents of Borrower or such Related Party without the prior written consent of Lender. (i) Borrower will maintain all of its books, records, financial statements and bank accounts separate from those of any other Person and Borrower's assets will not be listed as assets on the financial statement of any other Person; provided, however, that Borrower's assets may be included in a consolidated financial statement of a real estate investment trust (a "REIT") if inclusion on such a consolidated statement is required to comply with the requirements of GAAP. Borrower will file its own tax returns and will not file a consolidated federal income tax return with any other Person; provided, however, that if such Person is a corporation wholly owned by a REIT, such entity may be included in a consolidated federal income tax return of the REIT if inclusion on such a consolidated tax return is required to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service. Borrower shall maintain its books, records, resolutions and agreements as official records. (j) Borrower will be, and at all times will hold itself out to the public as, a legal entity separate and distinct from any other Person (including any Affiliate or other Related Party), shall correct any known misunderstanding regarding its status as a separate entity, shall conduct business in its own name and shall maintain and utilize separate stationery, invoices and checks. (k) Borrower will maintain adequate capital for the normal obligations reasonably foreseeable in a business of its size and character and in light of its contemplated business operations. (l) Neither Borrower nor any Related Party will seek the dissolution, winding up, liquidation, consolidation or merger in whole or in part, or the sale of material assets of Borrower. (m) Borrower will not commingle its assets with those of any other Person and will hold all of its assets in its own name; 31 (n) Borrower will not guarantee or become obligated for the debts of any other Person and does not and will not hold itself out as being responsible for the debts or obligations of any other Person. (o) If Borrower is a limited partnership or a limited liability company (other than an approved single member limited liability company), at least one general partner or member, or if Borrower is a general partnership at least two general partners (each, an "SPC Party") shall be a corporation whose sole asset is its interest in Borrower and each such SPC Party will at all times comply, and will cause Borrower to comply, with each of the representations, warranties, and covenants contained in this Section 4.1.30 as if such representation, warranty or covenant was made directly by such SPC Party. Upon the withdrawal or the disassociation of the SPC Party from Borrower, Borrower shall immediately appoint a new member or general partner whose articles of incorporation are substantially similar to those of the SPC Party and deliver a new Insolvency Opinion to the Rating Agency or Rating Agencies, as applicable, with respect to the new SPC Party and its equity owners. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in no event shall the Property be transferred to any entity other than a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company. (p) if Borrower is an approved single member limited liability company, Borrower shall be a Delaware limited liability company that has at least (x) two (2) springing members who are individuals acceptable to Lender and who shall automatically become members of the limited liability company having a 0% economic interest therein upon the occurrence of any event which would cause the sole member of the limited liability company to cease to be a member thereof, and (y) two (2) duly appointed Independent Directors (as hereinafter defined) as directors or managers who may also be springing members, and has not caused or allowed and will not cause or allow the directors or managers of such entity to take any action requiring the unanimous affirmative vote of one hundred percent (100%) of the members of its board of directors or its managers unless both Independent Directors shall have participated in such vote; (q) Borrower shall at all times cause there to be at least two (2) duly appointed members of the board of directors (an "Independent Director") of Borrower (if a corporation) or of each SPC Party (if Borrower is a limited partnership or a limited liability company) reasonably satisfactory to Lender who is provided by a nationally recognized company that provides professional independent directors and is not at the time of initial appointment and has not been at any time during the preceding five (5) years and shall not be while serving as an Independent Director: (i) a stockholder, director (other than as an Independent Director of Borrower or of a special purpose corporation affiliated with Borrower), officer, employee, partner, attorney or counsel of Borrower or such SPC Party or any Affiliate of either of them; (ii) a creditor, customer, supplier or other Person who derives any of its purchases or revenues (other than any fees derived from the performance of standard corporate representative services) from its activities with Borrower or such SPC Party or any Affiliate of either of them; (iii) a Person controlling or under common control with any such stockholder, partner, creditor, customer, supplier or other Person; or (iv) a member of the immediate family of any such stockholder, director, officer, employee, partner, creditor, customer, supplier or other Person. (As used herein, the term "control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management, policies or activities of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.) 32 (r) Borrower shall not (and Borrower shall not cause or permit the board of directors of an SPC Party) to take any action which, under the terms of any applicable organizational document, requires the vote of the Independent Directors unless at the time of such action there shall be at least two members who are Independent Directors. (s) Borrower shall allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead expenses that are shared with an Affiliate, including paying for office space and services performed by any employee of an Affiliate or Related Party. (t) Borrower shall not pledge its assets for the benefit of any other Person other than with respect to the Loan. (u) Borrower shall maintain a sufficient number of employees in light of its contemplated business operations and pay the salaries of its own employees from its own funds. (v) Borrower shall provide in its (i) operating agreement, if it is a limited liability company, (ii) limited partnership agreement, if it is a limited partnership or (iii) certificate of incorporation, if it is a corporation, that for so long as the Loan is outstanding pursuant to the Note, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, it shall not file or consent to the filing of any petition, either voluntary or involuntary, to take advantage of any applicable insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization statute, or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors without the affirmative vote of each of the Independent Directors and of all other general partners/managing members/directors. (w) Borrower shall conduct its business so that the assumptions made with respect to Borrower in the Insolvency Opinion shall be true and correct in all respects. 4.1.31 Management Agreement. The Management Agreement is in full force and effect and there is no default thereunder by any party thereto and no event has occurred that, with the passage of time and/or the giving of notice would constitute a default thereunder. 4.1.32 Illegal Activity. No portion of the Property has been or will be purchased with proceeds of any illegal activity. 4.1.33 No Change in Facts or Circumstances; Disclosure. All information submitted by Borrower to Lender and in all financial statements (including, but not limited to, the financial statements attached hereto as Schedule III), the rent roll attached hereto as Schedule I, reports, certificates and other documents submitted in connection with the Loan or in satisfaction of the terms thereof and all statements of fact made by Borrower in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, are accurate, complete and correct in all material respects. There has been no material adverse change in any condition, fact, circumstance or event that would make any such information inaccurate, incomplete or otherwise misleading in any material respect or that otherwise materially and adversely affects or might materially and adversely affect the Property or the business operations or the financial condition of Borrower. Borrower has disclosed to Lender all material facts and has not failed to disclose any material fact that could cause any representation or warranty made herein to be materially misleading. 33 4.1.34 [INTENTIONALLY DELETED.] 4.1.35 Initial Budget. Borrower shall deliver to Lender the Annual Budget for the current Fiscal Year no later than sixty (60) days from the Closing Date. 4.1.36 [INTENTIONALLY DELETED] 4.1.37 Embargoed Person. As of the date hereof and at all times throughout the term of the Loan, (a) none of the funds or other assets of Borrower and Guarantor constitute or will constitute property of, or are or will be beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any person, entity or government (excluding the limited partners of Guarantor) subject to trade restrictions under U.S. law, including, but not limited to, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. ss.ss. 1701 et seq., The Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq., and any Executive Orders or regulations promulgated thereunder with the result that the investment in Borrower or Guarantor, as applicable (whether directly or indirectly), is prohibited by law or the Loan made by the Lender is in violation of law ("Embargoed Person"); (b) no Embargoed Person (excluding the limited partners of Guarantor) has or will have any interest of any nature whatsoever in Borrower or Guarantor, as applicable, with the result that the investment in Borrower or Guarantor, as applicable (whether directly or indirectly), is prohibited by law or the Loan is in violation of law; and (c) none of the funds of Borrower or Guarantor (excluding the limited partners of Guarantor), as applicable, have been or will be derived from any unlawful activity with the result that the investment in Borrower or Guarantor, as applicable (whether directly or indirectly), is prohibited by law or the Loan is in violation of law. Section 4.2 Survival of Representations. Borrower agrees that all of the representations and warranties of Borrower set forth in Section 4.1 and elsewhere in this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents shall survive for so long as any amount remains owing to Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents by Borrower. All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents by Borrower shall be deemed to have been relied upon by Lender notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or hereafter made by Lender or on its behalf. Section 4.3 REA Agreements. (a) Borrower represents and warrants as follows: (i) Neither Borrower nor, to Borrower's actual knowledge, any other party is currently in default (nor has any notice been given or received with respect to an alleged or current default) under any of the terms and conditions of the REA Agreements, and the REA Agreements remain unmodified and in full force and effect; 34 (ii) All easements granted pursuant to the REA Agreements which were to have survived the site preparation and completion of construction (to the extent that the same has been completed), remain in full force and effect and have not been released, terminated, extinguished or discharged by agreement or otherwise; (iii) All sums due and owing by Borrower to the other parties to the REA Agreements (or by the other parties to the REA Agreements to Borrower) pursuant to the terms of the REA Agreements, including without limitation, all sums, charges, fees, assessments, costs, and expenses in connection with any taxes, site preparation and construction, non-shareholder contributions, and common area and other property management activities have been paid, are current, and no lien has attached on the Property (or threat thereof been made) for failure to pay any of the foregoing; (iv) The terms, conditions, covenants, uses and restrictions contained in the REA Agreements do not conflict in any material manner with any terms, conditions, covenants, uses and restrictions contained in any Lease or in any agreement between Borrower and occupant of any peripheral parcel, including without limitation, conditions and restrictions with respect to kiosk placement, tenant restrictions (type, location or exclusivity), sale of certain goods or services, and/or other use restrictions; and (v) The terms, conditions, covenants, uses and restrictions contained in each Lease do not conflict in any material manner with any terms, conditions, covenants, uses and restrictions contained in the REA Agreements, any other Lease or in any agreement between Borrower and occupant of any peripheral parcel, including without limitation, conditions and restrictions with respect to kiosk placement, tenant restrictions (type, location or exclusivity), sale of certain goods or services, and/or other use restrictions. (vi) Borrower shall not terminate, cancel or release any party from any material obligation under the REA Agreements without Lender's prior written consent. Borrower (i) shall observe and perform all the material obligations imposed upon Borrower under the REA Agreements; (ii) shall promptly send copies to Lender of all notices of default which Borrower shall send or receive under or in connection with the REA Agreements; (iii) shall enforce all of the material terms, covenants and conditions contained in the REA Agreements to be performed or observed by the other party thereto; and (iv) shall not materially alter, modify or change the terms of the REA Agreements or grant any consent or approval to any action to be taken under the REA Agreements without the prior written consent of Lender, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, that Lender's consent shall not be required in connection with a modification or amendment of the May Company Supplement solely for the purpose of (i) confirming the continued effectiveness of the May Operating Covenant notwithstanding the closure of the "Lazarus" department store and (ii) requiring the operation of a "Macy's" department store in lieu of a "Kaufmann's" department store for the duration of the May Operating Covenant. 35 V. BORROWER COVENANTS Section 5.1 Affirmative Covenants. From the date hereof and until payment and performance in full of all obligations of Borrower under the Loan Documents or the earlier release of the Lien of the Mortgage (and all related obligations) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Borrower hereby covenants and agrees with Lender that: 5.1.1 Existence; Compliance with Legal Requirements; Insurance. Borrower shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights, licenses, permits and franchises and comply with all Legal Requirements applicable to it and the Property. There shall never be committed by Borrower or any other Person in Borrower's employment or control or involved with the operation of the Property any act or omission affording any Governmental Authority the right of forfeiture as against the Property or any part thereof or any monies paid in performance of Borrower's obligations under any of the Loan Documents. Borrower hereby covenants and agrees not to commit, permit or suffer to exist any act or omission affording such right of forfeiture. Borrower shall at all times maintain, preserve and protect all franchises and trade names and preserve all the remainder of its property used by Borrower in the conduct of its business and shall keep the Property in good working order and repair, and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all reasonably necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereto. Borrower shall keep the Property insured at all times by financially sound and reputable insurers, to such extent and against such risks, and maintain liability and such other insurance, as is more fully provided in this Agreement. 5.1.2 Taxes and Other Charges. Borrower shall pay all Taxes and Other Charges now or hereafter levied or assessed or imposed against the Property or any part thereof as the same become due and payable; provided, however, Borrower's obligation to directly pay Taxes shall be suspended for so long as Borrower complies with the terms and provisions of Section 7.2 hereof. Borrower will deliver to Lender receipts for payment or other evidence satisfactory to Lender that the Taxes and Other Charges have been so paid or are not then delinquent no later than ten (10) Business Days after the date on which the Taxes and/or Other Charges would otherwise be delinquent if not paid (provided, however, that Borrower is not required to furnish such receipts for payment of Taxes in the event that such Taxes have been paid by Lender pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof). Borrower shall not suffer and shall promptly cause to be paid and discharged any Lien or charge whatsoever which may be or become a Lien or charge against the Property, and shall promptly pay for all utility services provided to the Property. After prior written notice to Lender, Borrower, at its own expense, may contest by appropriate legal proceeding, promptly initiated and conducted in good faith and with due diligence, the amount or validity or application in whole or in part of any Taxes or Other Charges, provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured; (ii) such proceeding shall be permitted under and be conducted in accordance with the provisions of any other instrument to which Borrower is subject and shall not constitute a default thereunder and such proceeding shall be conducted in accordance with all applicable statutes, laws and ordinances; (iii) neither the Property nor any part thereof or interest therein will be in danger of being sold, forfeited, terminated, cancelled or lost; (iv) Borrower shall promptly 36 upon final determination thereof pay the amount of any such Taxes or Other Charges, together with all costs, interest and penalties which may be payable in connection therewith; (v) such proceeding shall suspend the collection of such contested Taxes or Other Charges from the Property; and (vi) Borrower shall furnish such security as may be required in the proceeding, or as may be reasonably requested by Lender, to insure the payment of any such Taxes or Other Charges, together with all interest and penalties thereon. Lender may pay over any such cash deposit or part thereof held by Lender to the claimant entitled thereto at any time when, in the judgment of Lender, the entitlement of such claimant is established. 5.1.3 Litigation. Borrower shall give prompt written notice to Lender of any litigation or governmental proceedings pending or threatened against Borrower which might materially adversely affect Borrower's condition (financial or otherwise) or business or the Property. 5.1.4 Access to Property. Borrower shall permit agents, representatives and employees of Lender to inspect the Property or any part thereof at reasonable hours upon reasonable advance notice. 5.1.5 Notice of Default. Borrower shall promptly advise Lender of any material adverse change in Borrower's condition, financial or otherwise, or of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default of which Borrower has knowledge. 5.1.6 Cooperate in Legal Proceedings. Borrower shall cooperate fully with Lender with respect to any proceedings before any court, board or other Governmental Authority which may in any way affect the rights of Lender hereunder or any rights obtained by Lender under any of the other Loan Documents and, in connection therewith, permit Lender, at its election, to participate in any such proceedings. 5.1.7 Perform Loan Documents. Borrower shall observe, perform and satisfy all the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of, and shall pay when due all costs, fees and expenses to the extent required under the Loan Documents executed and delivered by, or applicable to, Borrower. 5.1.8 Insurance Benefits. Borrower shall cooperate with Lender in obtaining for Borrower and for Lender, as provided in Section 6.1 hereof, the benefits of any Insurance Proceeds lawfully or equitably payable in connection with the Property, and Lender shall be reimbursed for any expenses incurred in connection therewith (including attorneys' fees and disbursements, and the payment by Borrower of the expense of an appraisal on behalf of Lender in case of a fire or other casualty affecting the Property or any part thereof) out of such Insurance Proceeds. 5.1.9 Further Assurances. Borrower shall, at Borrower's sole cost and expense: (a) furnish to Lender all instruments, documents, boundary surveys, footing or foundation surveys, certificates, plans and specifications, appraisals, title and other insurance reports and agreements, and each and every other document, certificate, agreement and instrument required to be furnished by Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents or reasonably requested by Lender in connection therewith; 37 (b) execute and deliver to Lender such documents, instruments, certificates, assignments and other writings, and do such other acts necessary to evidence, preserve and/or protect the collateral at any time securing or intended to secure the obligations of Borrower under the Loan Documents, as Lender may reasonably require; and (c) do and execute all and such further lawful and reasonable acts, conveyances and assurances for the better and more effective carrying out of the intents and purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as Lender shall reasonably require from time to time. 5.1.10 Mortgage Taxes. As of the date hereof, Borrower represents that it has paid all state, county and municipal recording and all other taxes imposed upon the execution and recordation of the Mortgage. 5.1.11 Financial Reporting. (a) Borrower will keep and maintain or will cause to be kept and maintained on a Fiscal Year basis, in accordance with GAAP (or such other accounting basis acceptable to Lender), proper and accurate books, records and accounts reflecting all of the financial affairs of Borrower and all items of income and expense in connection with the operation of the Property. Lender shall have the right from time to time at all times during normal business hours upon reasonable notice to examine such books, records and accounts at the office of Borrower or other Person maintaining such books, records and accounts and to make such copies or extracts thereof as Lender shall desire. After the occurrence of an Event of Default, Borrower shall pay any costs and expenses incurred by Lender to examine Borrower's accounting records with respect to the Property, as Lender shall determine to be necessary or appropriate in the protection of Lender's interest. (b) Borrower will furnish to Lender annually, within ninety-five (95) days following the end of each Fiscal Year of Borrower, a complete copy of Borrower's annual financial statements audited by a "Big Four" accounting firm or other independent certified public accountant acceptable to Lender in accordance with GAAP (or such other accounting basis acceptable to Lender) covering the Property for such Fiscal Year and containing statements of profit and loss for Borrower and the Property and a balance sheet for Borrower. Such statements shall set forth the financial condition and the results of operations for the Property for such Fiscal Year, and shall include, but not be limited to, amounts representing annual Net Cash Flow, Net Operating Income, Gross Income from Operations and Operating Expenses. Borrower's annual financial statements shall be accompanied by (i) a comparison of the budgeted income and expenses and the actual income and expenses for the prior Fiscal Year, (ii) a certificate executed by the chief financial officer of Borrower or the general partner or managing member of Borrower, as applicable, stating that each such annual financial statement presents fairly the financial condition and the results of operations of Borrower and the Property and has been prepared in accordance with GAAP, (iii) an unqualified opinion of a "Big Four" accounting firm or other independent certified public accountant reasonably acceptable to Lender, (iv) a list of 38 tenants, if any, occupying more than twenty (20%) percent of the total floor area of the Improvements, (v) a breakdown showing the year in which each Lease then in effect expires and the percentage of total floor area of the Improvements and the percentage of base rent with respect to which Leases shall expire in each such year, each such percentage to be expressed on both a per year and cumulative basis, (vi) a schedule audited by such independent certified public accountant reconciling Net Operating Income to Net Cash Flow (the "Net Cash Flow Schedule"), which shall itemize all adjustments made to Net Operating Income to arrive at Net Cash Flow deemed material by such independent certified public accountant; and (vii) a calculation reflecting the annual Debt Service Coverage Ratio calculated as of the last day of such Fiscal Year. Together with Borrower's annual financial statements, Borrower shall furnish to Lender an Officer's Certificate certifying as of the date thereof whether there exists an event or circumstance which constitutes a Default or Event of Default under the Loan Documents executed and delivered by, or applicable to, Borrower, and if such Default or Event of Default exists, the nature thereof, the period of time it has existed and the action then being taken to remedy the same. In addition, such certificate shall also be accompanied by a certificate of the chief financial officer of Borrower or the general partner or managing member of Borrower stating that the representations and warranties of Borrower set forth in Section 4.1.30(e) are true and correct as of the date of such certificate and that there are no trade payables outstanding for more than ninety (90) days. (c) Borrower will furnish, or cause to be furnished, to Lender on or before thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar month the following items, accompanied by a certificate of the chief financial officer of Borrower or the general partner or managing member of Borrower, as applicable, stating that such items are true, correct, accurate, and complete and fairly present the financial condition and results of the operations of Borrower and the Property (subject to normal year-end adjustments) as applicable: (i) a rent roll for the subject month accompanied by an Officer's Certificate with respect thereto; and (ii) monthly and year-to-date operating statements (including Capital Expenditures) prepared for each calendar month on an accrual basis, noting Net Operating Income, Gross Income from Operations, and Operating Expenses (not including any contributions to the Replacement Reserve Fund and the Rollover Reserve Fund), and other information necessary and sufficient to fairly represent the financial position and results of operation of the Property during such calendar month, and containing a comparison of budgeted income and expenses and the actual income and expenses together with a detailed explanation of any variances which (y) are five percent (5%) or more between budgeted and actual amounts for such periods and (z) exceed Twenty-Five Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($25,000), all in form satisfactory to Lender. (d) For the partial Fiscal Year commencing on the date hereof, and for each Fiscal Year thereafter, Borrower shall submit to Lender an Annual Budget not later than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of such period or Fiscal Year. (e) Borrower shall furnish to Lender, within ten (10) Business Days after request (or as soon thereafter as may be reasonably possible), such further detailed information with respect to the operation of the Property and the financial affairs of Borrower as may be reasonably requested by Lender. 39 (f) Any reports, statements or other information required to be delivered under this Agreement shall be delivered (i) in paper form and (ii) if requested by Lender and within the capabilities of Borrower's data systems without change or modification thereto, in electronic form and prepared using a Microsoft Word for Windows or WordPerfect for Windows files (which files may be prepared using a spreadsheet program and saved as word processing files). 5.1.12 Business and Operations. Borrower will continue to engage in the businesses presently conducted by it as and to the extent the same are necessary for the ownership, maintenance, management and operation of the Property. Borrower will qualify to do business and will remain in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction as and to the extent the same are required for the ownership, maintenance, management and operation of the Property. 5.1.13 Title to the Property. Borrower will warrant and defend (a) the title to the Property and every part thereof, subject only to Liens permitted hereunder (including Permitted Encumbrances) and (b) the validity and priority of the Lien of the Mortgage and the Assignment of Leases on the Property, subject only to Liens permitted hereunder (including Permitted Encumbrances), in each case against the claims of all Persons whomsoever. 5.1.14 Costs of Enforcement. In the event (a) that the Mortgage is foreclosed in whole or in part or that the Mortgage is put into the hands of an attorney for collection, suit, action or foreclosure, (b) of the foreclosure of any mortgage prior to or subsequent to the Mortgage in which proceeding Lender is made a party, or (c) of the bankruptcy, insolvency, rehabilitation or other similar proceeding in respect of Borrower or any of its constituent Persons or an assignment by Borrower or any of its constituent Persons for the benefit of its creditors, Borrower, its successors or assigns, shall be chargeable with and agrees to pay all costs of collection and defense, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, incurred by Lender or Borrower in connection therewith and in connection with any appellate proceeding or post-judgment action involved therein, together with all required service or use taxes. 5.1.15 Estoppel Statement. (a) After request by Lender, Borrower shall within ten (10) business days furnish Lender with a statement, duly acknowledged and certified, setting forth (i) the amount of the original principal amount of the Note, (ii) the unpaid principal amount of the Note, (iii) the Applicable Interest Rate of the Note, (iv) the date installments of interest and/or principal were last paid, (v) any offsets or defenses to the payment of the Debt, if any, and (vi) that the Note, this Agreement, the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents are valid, legal and binding obligations and have not been modified or if modified, giving particulars of such modification. (b) Borrower shall deliver to Lender upon request, tenant estoppel certificates from each commercial tenant leasing space at the Property in form as required under each tenant's Lease or, if a form is not so specified, then in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender provided that Borrower shall not be required to deliver such certificates more frequently than once in any calendar year. 40 5.1.16 Loan Proceeds. Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Loan received by it on the Closing Date only for the purposes set forth in Section 2.1.4. 5.1.17 Performance by Borrower. Borrower shall in a timely manner observe, perform and fulfill each and every covenant, term and provision of each Loan Document executed and delivered by, or applicable to, Borrower, and shall not enter into or otherwise suffer or permit any amendment, waiver, supplement, termination or other modification of any Loan Document executed and delivered by, or applicable to, Borrower without the prior written consent of Lender. 5.1.18 Confirmation of Representations. Borrower shall deliver, in connection with any Securitization, (a) one or more Officer's Certificates certifying as to the accuracy of all representations made by Borrower in the Loan Documents as of the date of the closing of such Securitization in all relevant jurisdictions, and (b) certificates of the relevant Governmental Authorities in all relevant jurisdictions indicating the good standing and qualification of Borrower and its general partner or managing member as of the date of the Securitization. 5.1.19 No Joint Assessment. Borrower shall not suffer, permit or initiate the joint assessment of any portion of the Property (a) with any other real property constituting a tax lot separate from the Property, or (b) which constitutes real property with any portion of the Property which may be deemed to constitute personal property, or any other procedure whereby the lien of any taxes which may be levied against such personal property shall be assessed or levied or charged to the such real property portion of the Property. 5.1.20 Leasing Matters. Any Leases with respect to the Property executed after the date hereof, for more than 10,000 square feet shall be subject to approval by Lender, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Upon request, Borrower shall furnish Lender with executed copies of all Leases. All renewals of Leases and all proposed Leases shall provide for rental rates comparable to existing local market rates. All proposed Leases shall be on commercially reasonable terms and shall not contain any terms which would materially and adversely affect Lender's rights under the Loan Documents. All Leases executed after the date hereof shall provide that they are subordinate to the Mortgage and that the lessee agrees to attorn to Lender or any purchaser at a sale by foreclosure or power of sale. Lender agrees to provide non-disturbance agreements from subordinating tenants leasing more than 10,000 square feet on Lender's then standard form. Borrower (i) shall observe and perform the obligations imposed upon the lessor under the Leases in a commercially reasonable manner; (ii) shall enforce and may amend or terminate the terms, covenants and conditions contained in the Leases upon the part of the lessee thereunder to be observed or performed in a commercially reasonable manner and in a manner not to impair the value of the Property except that no termination by Borrower or acceptance of surrender by a tenant of any Leases shall be permitted unless by reason of a tenant default and then only in a commercially reasonable manner to preserve and protect the Property provided, however, that no such termination or surrender of any Lease covering more than 10,000 square feet will be permitted without the written consent of Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; (iii) shall not collect any of the rents more than one (1) month in advance (other than security deposits); (iv) shall not execute any other assignment of lessor's interest in the Leases or the Rents (except as contemplated by the Loan Documents); (v) shall not alter, modify or change the terms of the Leases in a manner inconsistent with 41 the provisions of the Loan Documents; and (vi) shall execute and deliver at the request of Lender all such further assurances, confirmations and assignments in connection with the Leases as Lender shall from time to time reasonably require. If the correspondence from Borrower to Lender requesting approval for any matter requiring Lender's approval under this Section 5.1.20 contains a bold faced, conspicuous legend at the top of the first page thereof to the effect that "IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THIS REQUEST FOR APPROVAL IN WRITING WITHIN 10 BUSINESS DAYS, YOUR APPROVAL SHALL BE DEEMED GIVEN", and if Lender fails to respond in writing to such request for approval within ten (10) Business Days after Lender has received from Borrower such written request and all information reasonably required by Lender in order to adequately review such request, Lender shall be deemed to have given such approval. 5.1.21 Alterations. Borrower shall obtain Lender's prior written consent to any alterations to any Improvements, on the Property, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed except with respect to alterations that may have a material adverse effect on Borrower's financial condition, the value of the Property or the Net Operating Income. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lender's consent shall not be required in connection with any alterations that will not have a material adverse effect on Borrower's financial condition, the value of the Property or the Net Operating Income, provided that such alterations are made in connection with (a) tenant improvement work performed pursuant to the terms of any Lease executed on or before the date hereof, (b) tenant improvement work performed pursuant to the terms and provisions of a Lease and not adversely affecting any structural component of any Improvements, any utility or HVAC system contained in any Improvements or the exterior of any building constituting a part of any Improvements, (c) alterations performed in connection with the restoration of the Property after the occurrence of a casualty in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement or (d) alterations, additions, reconfiguration, renovations or demolition performed with respect to the JC Penney Space following the expiration of the JC Penney Lease pursuant to the terms and provisions of one or more Leases of the JC Penney Space. If the total unpaid amounts due and payable with respect to alterations to the Improvements (other than such amounts to be paid or reimbursed by tenants under the Leases) shall at any time exceed Two Million Five Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($2,500,000) (the "Threshold Amount"), Borrower shall promptly deliver to Lender as security for the payment of such amounts and as additional security for Borrower's obligations under the Loan Documents any of the following: (A) cash, (B) U.S. Obligations, (C) other securities having a rating acceptable to Lender and that the applicable Rating Agencies have confirmed in writing will not, in and of itself, result in a downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the initial, or, if higher, then current ratings assigned in connection with any Securitization, or (D) a completion bond or letter of credit issued by a financial institution having a rating by Standard & Poor's Ratings Group of not less than A-1+ if the term of such bond or letter of credit is no longer than three (3) months or, if such term is in excess of three (3) months, issued by a financial institution having a rating that is acceptable to Lender and that the applicable Rating Agencies have confirmed in writing will not, in and of itself, result in a downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the initial, or, if higher, then current ratings assigned in connection with any Securitization. Such security shall be in an amount equal to the excess of the total unpaid amounts with respect to alterations to the Improvements on the Property (other than such amounts to be paid or reimbursed by tenants under the Leases) over the Threshold Amount and applied from time to time at the option of Lender to pay for such alterations or to terminate any of the alterations and restore the Property to the extent necessary to prevent any material adverse effect on the value of the Property. Borrower may request a waiver from Lender of the requirement for such security, and Lender shall respond to such request within ten (10) Business Days 42 Section 5.2 Negative Covenants. From the date hereof until payment and performance in full of all obligations of Borrower under the Loan Documents or the earlier release of the Lien of the Mortgage in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Borrower covenants and agrees with Lender that it will not do, directly or indirectly, any of the following: 5.2.1 Operation of Property. Borrower shall not, without the prior consent of Lender (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), terminate the Management Agreement or otherwise replace the Manager or enter into any other management agreement with respect to the Property. 5.2.2 Liens. Borrower shall not, without the prior written consent of Lender, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any portion of the Property or permit any such action to be taken, except: (i) Permitted Encumbrances; (ii) Liens created by or permitted pursuant to the Loan Documents; and (iii) Liens for Taxes or Other Charges not yet due. 5.2.3 Dissolution. Borrower shall not (a) engage in any dissolution, liquidation or consolidation or merger with or into any other business entity, (b) engage in any business activity not related to the ownership and operation of the Property, (c) transfer, lease or sell, in one transaction or any combination of transactions, the assets or all or substantially all of the properties or assets of Borrower except to the extent permitted by the Loan Documents or (d) modify, amend, waive or terminate its organizational documents or its qualification and good standing in any jurisdiction. 5.2.4 Change In Business. Borrower shall not enter into any line of business other than the ownership and operation of the Property, or make any material change in the scope or nature of its business objectives, purposes or operations, or undertake or participate in activities other than the continuance of its present business. 5.2.5 Debt Cancellation. Borrower shall not cancel or otherwise forgive or release any claim or debt (other than termination of Leases in accordance herewith) owed to Borrower by any Person, except for adequate consideration and in the ordinary course of Borrower's business. 5.2.6 Affiliate Transactions. Borrower shall not enter into, or be a party to, any transaction with an Affiliate of Borrower or any of the partners of Borrower except in the ordinary course of business and on terms which are fully disclosed to Lender in advance and are no less favorable to Borrower or such Affiliate than would be obtained in a comparable arm's-length transaction with an unrelated third party. 43 5.2.7 Zoning. Borrower shall not initiate or consent to any zoning reclassification of any portion of the Property or seek any variance under any existing zoning ordinance or use or permit the use of any portion of the Property in any manner that could result in such use becoming a non-conforming use under any zoning ordinance or any other applicable land use law, rule or regulation, without the prior consent of Lender. 5.2.8 Assets. Borrower shall not purchase or own any properties other than the Property. 5.2.9 Debt. Borrower shall not create, incur or assume any Indebtedness other than the Debt except to the extent expressly permitted hereby. 5.2.10 No Joint Assessment. Borrower shall not suffer, permit or initiate the joint assessment of the Property with (a) any other real property constituting a tax lot separate from the Property, or (b) any portion of the Property which may be deemed to constitute personal property, or any other procedure whereby the Lien of any taxes which may be levied against such personal property shall be assessed or levied or charged to the Property. 5.2.11 Principal Place of Business. Borrower shall not change its principal place of business set forth on the first page of this Agreement without first giving Lender thirty (30) days prior written notice. 5.2.12 [INTENTIONALLY DELETED] 5.2.13 Transfers. (a) Without the prior written consent of Lender, neither Borrower nor any other Person having an ownership or beneficial interest, direct or indirect, in Borrower shall (i) directly or indirectly sell, transfer, convey, mortgage, pledge, or assign the Property, any part thereof or any interest therein (including any ownership interest in Borrower); (ii) further encumber, alienate, grant a Lien or grant any other interest in the Property or any part thereof (including any ownership interest in Borrower), whether voluntarily or involuntarily; or (iii) enter into any easement or other agreement granting rights in or restricting the use or development of the Property. (b) Borrower may, upon thirty (30) days prior notice to Lender, (i) make immaterial transfers of portions of the Property to any Governmental Authority for dedication or public use, and (ii) grant easements, restrictions covenants, reservations and rights of way in the ordinary course of business for access, water and sewer lines, telephone and telegraph lines, electric lines or other utilities or for other similar purposes, provided that no such transfer, conveyance or encumbrance set forth in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) shall materially adversely effect the utility and operation of the Property or materially adversely effect the value of the Property taken as a whole or materially adversely effect the ability of Borrower to pay the debt secured by the Mortgage. In connection with any transfer, conveyance or encumbrance permitted pursuant to this Section 5.2.13(b), Borrower shall deliver to Lender not less than 30 days prior to the date of such transfer a copy of the proposed 44 instrument of transfer, which shall not impose any liability on Lender and shall be reasonably acceptable to Lender in all respects; and if acceptable, Lender shall execute and deliver such instrument, in the case of the transfers referred to in clause (i) above, to release the portion of the Property affected by such transfer from the lien of the Mortgage or, in the case of clause (ii) above, to subordinate the lien of the Mortgage to such easements, restrictions, covenants, reservations and rights of way or other similar grants promptly following receipt by Lender of: (a) payment of costs incurred by Lender in connection therewith; and (b) a certificate from an officer of the general partner or managing member of Borrower stating (x) with respect to any transfer, the consideration, if any, being paid for the transfer provided that if such consideration exceeds $25,000, Borrower shall deliver such consideration to Lender to be applied to the Debt or at Lender's option held as additional collateral for the Loan and (y) that such transfer does not materially adversely effect the utility and operation of the Property or materially adversely effect the value of the Property taken as a whole or materially adversely effect the ability of Borrower to pay the Debt. (c) Following a Securitization, a sale or conveyance by Borrower of all of the Property (but not a mortgage, lien or other encumbrance) is permitted provided that each of the following conditions have been satisfied: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (ii) the Person to whom the Property is sold or conveyed satisfies the requirements of a Special Purpose Entity, the transferee is controlled by a Permitted Owner, and not less than 51% of the direct or indirect equity interests in the transferee are owned by a Permitted Owner; (iii) the Rating Agencies shall have confirmed in writing that such sale or conveyance will not, in and of itself, result in a downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the initial, or, if higher, then current ratings assigned in connection with any Securitization; (iv) Lender has received a non-consolidation opinion which may be relied upon by Lender, the Rating Agencies and their respective counsel, successors and assigns, with respect to the sale or conveyance, which opinion shall be reasonably acceptable to Lender and, after a Securitization, the Rating Agencies; (v) the transferee of the Property shall execute an assumption of all of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement, the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 9.4 of this Agreement; (vi) one or more transferee's principals having an aggregate net worth and liquidity reasonably acceptable to Lender (a net worth and liquidity greater than that of Sponsor as of the date hereof shall be acceptable to Lender) shall execute in favor of Lender a Guaranty of Recourse Obligations and an Environmental Indemnity Agreement in form acceptable to Lender; and 45 (vii) Borrower shall give written notice to Lender of the proposed sale or conveyance not later than thirty (30) days prior thereto, which notice shall set forth the name of the proposed transferee, identify the owners of such direct and indirect interests of the proposed transferee and set forth the date the sale or conveyance is expected to be effective. Upon satisfaction of the foregoing conditions, Borrower and, provided that it shall not own any interest in the transferee, Sponsor, shall be released from any liability under the Loan Documents following such sale or conveyance of all of the Property, provided that Borrower and Sponsor shall be responsible for any remediation or loss, cost, damage or expense resulting from contamination of the Property with hazardous substances first introduced to the Property prior to the transfer. (d) Following a Securitization, a transfer or sale (but not a pledge, hypothecation, creation of a security interest in or other encumbrance) of direct or indirect ownership interest in Borrower is permitted provided the following conditions have been satisfied: (i) following such transfer one or more Permitted Owners shall control Borrower and own at least 51% of the direct or indirect equity interests in Borrower; (ii) prior to any such transfer or sale of direct or indirect ownership interests in Borrower, if as a result of either of which (and after giving effect to such transfer or sale), more than 50% of the direct or indirect ownership interests in Borrower shall have been transferred to a person or entity not owning at least 50% of the direct or indirect ownership interests in Borrower on the date of closing, Borrower shall deliver to Lender a non-consolidation opinion which may be relied upon by Lender, the Rating Agencies and their respective counsel, successors and assigns, with respect to the proposed transfer or sale, which opinion shall be reasonably acceptable to Lender and, after a Securitization, the Rating Agencies; (iii) intentionally deleted; (iv) immediately prior to such transfer or sale no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; (v) if, following such sale or transfer, Sponsor shall no longer directly or indirectly control Borrower, one or more of the transferee's principals having an aggregate net worth and liquidity reasonably acceptable to Lender (a net worth and liquidity greater than that of Sponsor as of the date hereof shall be acceptable to Lender) shall execute in favor of Lender a Guaranty of Recourse Obligations and an Environmental Indemnity Agreement in form acceptable to Lender; and (vi) Borrower shall give or cause to be given written notice to Lender of the proposed transfer or sale not later than thirty (30) days prior thereto, which notice shall set forth the name of the Person to which the interest in Borrower is to be transferred or sold, identify the proposed transferee and set forth the date the transfer or sale is expected to be effective. 46 Upon satisfaction of the foregoing conditions, if clause (v) shall apply, Sponsor shall be released from any liability under the Loan Documents following such sale or transfer of direct or indirect ownership interest in Borrower, provided that Sponsor shall be responsible for any remediation or loss, cost, damage or expense resulting from contamination of the Property with hazardous substances first introduced to the Property prior to the transfer. (e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.2.13, a transfer or sale (but not a pledge, hypothecation, creation of a security interest in or other encumbrance) in one (1) or a series of transactions of not more than forty-nine percent (49%) of the equity interests in Borrower, directly or indirectly, that does not result in a change of control in Borrower, directly or indirectly, shall not require Lender's consent or Rating Agency confirmation. In connection with any such transfer or sale, Borrower shall give or cause to be given written notice to Lender of the proposed transfer or sale not later than thirty (30) days prior thereto, which notice shall set forth the name of the Person to which the interest in Borrower is to be transferred or sold, identify the proposed transferee and set forth the date the transfer or sale is expected to be effective. (f) Borrower and Transferee shall pay to Lender in connection with any transfer or sale pursuant to Section 5.2.13(c) or 5.2.13(d) or any other transfer or sale requiring Lender's approval (i) a transfer fee of one-half percent (.50%) of the principal balance of the Note and (ii) all of Lender's expenses incurred in connection with such any such transfer or sale, at the time of each such transfer or sale. 5.2.14 ERISA. (b) Borrower shall not engage in any transaction which would cause any obligation, or action taken or to be taken, hereunder (or the exercise by Lender of any of its rights under the Note, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents) to be a non-exempt (under a statutory or administrative class exemption) prohibited transaction under ERISA. (b) Borrower further covenants and agrees to deliver to Lender such certifications or other evidence from time to time throughout the term of the Loan, as requested by Lender in its sole discretion, that (A) Borrower is not and does not maintain an "employee benefit plan" as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, which is subject to Title I of ERISA, or a "governmental plan" within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA; (B) Borrower is not subject to state statutes regulating investments and fiduciary obligations with respect to governmental plans; and (C) one or more of the following circumstances is true: (i) Equity interests in Borrower are publicly offered securities, within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101(b)(2); (ii) Less than twenty-five percent (25%) of each outstanding class of equity interests in Borrower are held by "benefit plan investors" within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101(f)(2); or (iii) Borrower qualifies as an "operating company" or a "real estate operating company" within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101(c) or (e). 47 VI. INSURANCE; CASUALTY; CONDEMNATION Section 6.1 Insurance. (a) Borrower shall obtain and maintain, or cause to be maintained, insurance for Borrower and the Property providing at least the following coverages: (i) comprehensive all risk insurance on the Improvements and any Personal Property, including contractual liability from Operation of Building Laws, Demolition Costs and Increased Cost of Construction Endorsements, in each case (A) in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the "Full Replacement Cost," which for purposes of this Agreement shall mean actual replacement value (exclusive of costs of excavations, foundations, underground utilities and footings) with a waiver of depreciation; (B) containing an agreed amount endorsement with respect to the Improvements and Personal Property waiving all co-insurance provisions; (C) providing for no deductible in excess of Twenty-Five Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($25,000) for property damage and Fifty Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($50,000) for flood; and (D) containing an "Ordinance or Law Coverage" or "Enforcement" endorsement if any of the Improvements or the use of the Property shall at any time constitute legal non-conforming structures or uses. In addition, Borrower shall obtain, if any portion of the Improvements is currently or at any time in the future located in a federally designated "special flood hazard area", flood hazard insurance in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the outstanding principal balance of the Note or (2) the maximum amount of such insurance available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 or the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, as each may be amended or such greater amount as Lender shall require, provided that the insurance pursuant to this sentence shall be on terms consistent with the comprehensive all risk insurance policy required under this subsection (i). (ii) commercial general liability insurance against claims for personal injury, bodily injury, death or property damage occurring upon, in or about the Property, such insurance (A) to be on the so-called "occurrence" form with a combined limit, including umbrella coverage, of not less than Sixty Million and No/100 Dollars ($60,000,000); (B) to continue at not less than the aforesaid limit until required to be changed by Lender in writing by reason of changed economic conditions making such protection inadequate; and (C) to cover at least the following hazards: (1) premises and operations; (2) products and completed operations on an "if any" basis; (3) independent contractors; (4) blanket contractual liability for all legal contracts; and (5) contractual liability covering the indemnities contained in Article 9 of the Mortgage to the extent the same is available; (iii) rental loss and/or business income interruption insurance (A) with loss payable to Lender; (B) covering all risks required to be covered by the insurance provided for in subsection (i) above; (C) containing an extended period of indemnity endorsement which provides that after the physical loss to the Improvements and Personal Property has been repaired, the continued loss of income will be insured until such income either returns to the same level it was at prior to the loss, or the expiration of [eighteen (18) months] from the date that the Property is repaired or replaced and operations are resumed, whichever first occurs, and 48 notwithstanding that the policy may expire prior to the end of such period; and (D) in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the projected Rents from the Property for a period of eighteen (18) months. The amount of such business income insurance shall be determined prior to the date hereof and at least once each year thereafter based on Borrower's reasonable estimate of the gross income from the Property for the succeeding eighteen (18) month period. All proceeds payable to Lender pursuant to this subsection shall be held by Lender and shall be applied to the obligations secured by the Loan Documents from time to time due and payable hereunder and under the Note; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to relieve Borrower of its obligations to pay the obligations secured by the Loan Documents on the respective dates of payment provided for in the Note and the other Loan Documents except to the extent such amounts are actually paid out of the proceeds of such business income insurance; (iv) at all times during which structural construction, repairs or alterations are being made with respect to the Improvements, and only if the Property coverage form does not otherwise apply, (A) owner's protective liability insurance covering claims not covered by or under the terms or provisions of the above mentioned commercial general liability insurance policy, which insurance may be maintained by Borrower or third parties; and (B) the insurance provided for in subsection (i) above written in a so-called builder's risk completed value form (1) on an occurrence basis, (2) against all risks insured against pursuant to subsection (i) above, (3) including permission to occupy the Property, and (4) with an agreed amount endorsement waiving co-insurance provisions; (v) workers' compensation, subject to the statutory limits of the State, and employer's liability insurance with a limit of at least Five Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($500,000) per accident and per disease per employee, and Five Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($500,000) for disease aggregate in respect of any work or operations on or about the Property, or in connection with the Property or its operation (if applicable); (vi) comprehensive boiler and machinery insurance, if applicable, in amounts as shall be reasonably required by Lender on terms consistent with the commercial property insurance policy required under subsection (i) above; (vii) automobile liability coverage for all owned and non-owned vehicles, including rented and leased vehicles containing minimum limits per occurrence, including umbrella coverage, of One Million and No/100 Dollars ($1,000,000); (viii) earthquake insurance with coverage amounts of not less than the product of the "Probable Maximum Loss" applicable to the Property, as set forth in the seismic report satisfactory to Lender prepared by a seismic engineer or other qualified consultant, multiplied by the replacement cost of the Improvements as such replacement cost may be reasonably estimated by Lender, and with a deductible not to exceed 5% of the total insured value at risk, which coverage shall be issued by financially sound and responsible insurance companies authorized to do business in the State and having a claims paying ability rating of "A" or better by S&P and "A2" or 49 better by Moody's, provided that Borrower may satisfy the ratings requirement of this Section by providing to Lender a "cut-through" endorsement or "fronted policy" in form and substance approved by Lender issued by an insurer with at least an "A" rating by S&P and "A2" or better by Moody's; (ix) insurance against terrorist acts as may be available on a commercial basis; and (x) upon sixty (60) days' written notice, such other reasonable insurance and in such reasonable amounts as Lender from time to time may reasonably request against such other insurable hazards which at the time are commonly insured against for property similar to the Property located in or around the region in which the Property is located. (b) All insurance provided for in Section 6.1(a) shall be obtained under valid and enforceable policies (collectively, the "Policies" or in the singular, the "Policy"), and shall be subject to the approval of Lender as to insurance companies, amounts, deductibles, loss payees and insureds. The Policies shall be issued by financially sound and responsible insurance companies authorized to do business in the State and having a claims paying ability rating of "A" or better by S&P and "A2" or better by Moody's. The Policies described in Section 6.1 (other than those strictly limited to liability protection) shall designate Lender as loss payee. Not less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration dates of the Policies theretofore furnished to Lender, certificates of insurance evidencing the Policies accompanied by evidence satisfactory to Lender of payment of the premiums due thereunder (the "Insurance Premiums"), shall be delivered by Borrower to Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower may satisfy the ratings requirement of this Section by providing to Lender a "cut-through" endorsement or "fronted policy" in form and substance approved by Lender issued by an insurer with at least an "A" rating by S&P and "A2" or better by Moody's. (c) Any blanket insurance Policy shall specifically allocate to the Property the amount of coverage from time to time required hereunder and shall otherwise provide the same protection as would a separate Policy insuring only the Property in compliance with the provisions of Section 6.1(a). (d) All Policies of insurance provided for or contemplated by Section 6.1(a), except for the Policy referenced in Section 6.1(a)(v), shall name Borrower, or the Tenant, as the insured and Lender as the additional insured, as its interests may appear, and in the case of property damage, boiler and machinery, flood and earthquake insurance, shall contain a so-called New York standard non-contributing mortgagee clause in favor of Lender providing that the loss thereunder shall be payable to Lender. (e) All Policies of insurance provided for in Section 6.1(a)(v) shall contain clauses or endorsements to the effect that: (i) no act or negligence of Borrower, or anyone acting for Borrower, or of any Tenant or other occupant, or failure to comply with the provisions of any Policy, which might otherwise result in a forfeiture of the insurance or any part thereof, shall in any way affect the validity or enforceability of the insurance insofar as Lender is concerned; 50 (ii) the Policy shall not be materially changed (other than to increase the coverage provided thereby) or canceled without at least thirty (30) days' written notice to Lender and any other party named therein as an additional insured; (iii) the issuers thereof shall give written notice to Lender if the Policy has not been renewed fifteen (15) days prior to its expiration; and (iv) Lender shall not be liable for any Insurance Premiums thereon or subject to any assessments thereunder. (f) if at any time Lender has a good faith reason to believe that all insurance required hereunder is not in full force and effect, Lender shall have the right, without notice to Borrower, to take such action as Lender deems necessary to protect its interest in the Property, including, without limitation, the obtaining of such insurance coverage as Lender in its sole discretion deems appropriate. All premiums incurred by Lender in connection with such action or in obtaining such insurance and keeping it in effect shall be paid by Borrower to Lender upon demand and, until paid, shall be secured by the Mortgage and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. Lender hereby acknowledges that the Policies currently in effect at the Property are in compliance with the requirements of this Section 6.1. Section 6.2 Casualty. If the Property shall be damaged or destroyed, in whole or in part, by fire or other casualty (a "Casualty"), Borrower shall give prompt notice of such damage to Lender and shall promptly commence and diligently prosecute the completion of the repair and restoration of the Property as nearly as possible to the condition the Property was in immediately prior to such fire or other casualty, with such alterations as may be reasonably approved by Lender (a "Restoration") and otherwise in accordance with Section 6.4. Borrower shall pay all costs of such Restoration whether or not such costs are covered by insurance. Lender may, but shall not be obligated to make proof of loss if not made promptly by Borrower. Section 6.3 Condemnation. Borrower shall promptly give Lender notice of the actual or threatened commencement of any proceeding for the Condemnation of any portion of the Property and shall deliver to Lender copies of any and all papers served in connection with such proceedings. Lender may participate in any such proceedings, and Borrower shall from time to time deliver to Lender all instruments requested by it to permit such participation. Borrower shall, at its expense, diligently prosecute any such proceedings, and shall consult with Lender, its attorneys and experts, and cooperate with them in the carrying on or defense of any such proceedings. Notwithstanding any taking by any public or quasi-public authority through Condemnation or otherwise (including but not limited to any transfer made in lieu of or in anticipation of the exercise of such taking), Borrower shall continue to pay the Debt at the time and in the manner provided for its payment in the Note and in this Agreement and the Debt shall not be reduced until any Award shall have been actually received and applied by Lender, after the deduction of expenses of collection, to the reduction or discharge of the Debt. Lender shall not be limited to the interest paid on the Award by the condemning authority but shall be entitled to receive out of the Award interest at the rate or rates provided herein or in the Note. If the Property or any portion thereof is taken by a condemning authority, Borrower shall promptly commence and diligently prosecute the Restoration of the 51 Property and otherwise comply with the provisions of Section 6.4. If the Property is sold, through foreclosure or otherwise, prior to the receipt by Lender of the Award, Lender shall have the right, whether or not a deficiency judgment on the Note shall have been sought, recovered or denied, to receive the Award, or a portion thereof sufficient to pay the Debt. Section 6.4 Restoration. The following provisions shall apply in connection with the Restoration of the Property: (a) If the Net Proceeds shall be less than Two Million and No/100 Dollars ($2,000,000) and the costs of completing the Restoration shall be less than Two Million and No/100 Dollars ($2,000,000), the Net Proceeds will be disbursed by Lender to Borrower upon receipt, provided that all of the conditions set forth in Section 6.4(b)(i) are met and Borrower delivers to Lender a written undertaking to expeditiously commence and to satisfactorily complete with due diligence the Restoration in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. (b) If the Net Proceeds are equal to or greater Two Million and No/100 Dollars ($2,000,000) or the costs of completing the Restoration is equal to or greater than Two Million and No/100 Dollars ($2,000,000) Lender shall make the Net Proceeds available for the Restoration provided that each of the conditions of Section 6.4(b)(i) are satisfied. The term "Net Proceeds" for purposes of this Section 6.4 shall mean: (i) the net amount of all insurance proceeds received by Lender pursuant to Section 6.1 (a)(i), (iv), (vi) and (ix) as a result of such damage or destruction, after deduction of its reasonable costs and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable counsel fees), if any, in collecting same ("Insurance Proceeds"), or (ii) the net amount of the Award, after deduction of its reasonable costs and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable counsel fees), if any, in collecting same ("Condemnation Proceeds"), whichever the case may be. (i) The Net Proceeds shall be made available to Borrower for Restoration provided that each of the following conditions are met: (A) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (B) the REA Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, and the Pad Stores shall make all necessary repairs and restorations to their improvements and Macy's shall continue be obligated to continue the operation of its store premises pursuant to the May Operating Covenant following completion of the Restoration for the duration of the May Operating Covenant; (C) At least (i) each Anchor Tenant and (ii) Leases demising in the aggregate a minimum of sixty-five percent (65%) of the non-anchor rentable space in the Property which has been demised under executed and delivered Leases in effect as of the date of the occurrence of such fire or other casualty or taking, whichever the case may be, shall remain in full force and effect during and after the completion of the Restoration (or binding leases have been executed by replacement tenants for such space), notwithstanding the occurrence of any such fire or other casualty or taking, whichever the case may be, and will make all necessary repairs and restorations thereto at their sole cost and expense. 52 (D) Borrower shall commence the Restoration as soon as reasonably practicable (but in no event later than one hundred eighty(180) days after such damage or destruction or taking, whichever the case may be, occurs) and shall diligently pursue the same to satisfactory completion; (E) Lender shall be satisfied that any operating deficits, including all scheduled payments of principal and interest under the Note, which will be incurred with respect to the Property as a result of the occurrence of any such fire or other casualty or taking, whichever the case may be, will be covered out of (1) the Net Proceeds, (2) the insurance coverage referred to in Section 6.1(a)(iii), if applicable, or (3) by other funds of Borrower; (F) Lender shall be satisfied that the Restoration will be completed on or before the earliest to occur of (1) the Maturity Date, (2) the earliest date required for such completion under the terms of any Leases for more than 10,000 square feet which if not completed would give rise to a termination of such Lease, (3) such time as may be required under applicable zoning law, ordinance, rule or regulation in order to repair and restore the Property to the condition it was in immediately prior to such fire or other casualty or to as nearly as possible the condition it was in immediately prior to such taking, as applicable or (4) the expiration of the insurance coverage referred to in Section 6.1(a)(iii); (G) the Property and the use thereof after the Restoration will be in compliance with and permitted under all applicable zoning laws, ordinances, rules and regulations; (H) the Restoration shall be done and completed by Borrower in an expeditious and diligent fashion and in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements; and (I) such fire or other casualty or taking, as applicable, does not result in the loss of access to the Property or the Improvements. (ii) The Net Proceeds shall be held by Lender in an interest-bearing account and, until disbursed in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.4(b), shall constitute additional security for the Debt and other obligations under the Loan Documents. The Net Proceeds shall be disbursed by Lender to, or as directed by, Borrower from time to time during the course of the Restoration, upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to Lender that (A) all materials installed and work and labor performed (except to the extent that they are to be paid for out of the requested disbursement) in connection with the Restoration have been paid for in full, and (B) there exist no notices of pendency, stop orders, mechanic's or materialman's liens or notices of intention to file same, or any other liens or encumbrances of any nature whatsoever on the Property which have not either been fully bonded to the satisfaction of Lender and discharged of record or in the alternative fully insured to the satisfaction of Lender by the title company issuing the Title Insurance Policy. 53 (iii) All plans and specifications required in connection with the Restoration shall be subject to prior review and acceptance in all respects by Lender and by an independent consulting engineer selected by Lender (the "Casualty Consultant") which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Lender shall have the use of the plans and specifications and all permits, licenses and approvals required or obtained in connection with the Restoration. The identity of the contractors, subcontractors and materialmen engaged in the Restoration, as well as the contracts under which they have been engaged, shall be subject to prior review and acceptance by Lender and the Casualty Consultant which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. All costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with making the Net Proceeds available for the Restoration including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and disbursements and the Casualty Consultant's fees, shall be paid by Borrower. (iv) In no event shall Lender be obligated to make disbursements of the Net Proceeds in excess of an amount equal to the costs actually incurred from time to time for work in place as part of the Restoration, as certified by the Casualty Consultant, minus the Casualty Retainage. The term "Casualty Retainage" shall mean an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the costs actually incurred for work in place as part of the Restoration, as certified by the Casualty Consultant, until the Restoration has been completed. The Casualty Retainage shall in no event, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above in this Section 6.4(b), be less than the amount actually held back by Borrower from contractors, subcontractors and materialmen engaged in the Restoration. The Casualty Retainage shall not be released until the Casualty Consultant certifies to Lender that the Restoration has been completed in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.4(b) and that all approvals necessary for the re-occupancy and use of the Property have been obtained from all appropriate governmental and quasi-governmental authorities, and Lender receives evidence reasonably satisfactory to Lender that the costs of the Restoration have been paid in full or will be paid in full out of the Casualty Retainage; provided, however, that Lender will release the portion of the Casualty Retainage being held with respect to any contractor, subcontractor or materialman engaged in the Restoration as of the date upon which the Casualty Consultant certifies to Lender that the contractor, subcontractor or materialman has satisfactorily completed all work and has supplied all materials in accordance with the provisions of the contractor's, subcontractor's or materialman's contract, the contractor, subcontractor or materialman delivers the lien waivers and evidence of payment in full of all sums due to the contractor, subcontractor or materialman as may be reasonably requested by Lender or by the title company issuing the Title Insurance Policy, and Lender receives an endorsement to the Title Insurance Policy insuring the continued priority of the lien of the Mortgage and evidence of payment of any premium payable for such endorsement. If required by Lender, the release of any such portion of the Casualty Retainage shall be approved by the surety company, if any, which has issued a payment or performance bond with respect to the contractor, subcontractor or materialman. (v) Lender shall not be obligated to make disbursements of the Net Proceeds more frequently than once every calendar month. 54 (vi) If at any time the Net Proceeds or the undisbursed balance thereof shall not, in the reasonable opinion of Lender in consultation with the Casualty Consultant, be sufficient to pay in full the balance of the costs which are estimated by the Casualty Consultant to be incurred in connection with the completion of the Restoration, Borrower shall deposit the deficiency (the "Net Proceeds Deficiency") with Lender before any further disbursement of the Net Proceeds shall be made. The Net Proceeds Deficiency deposited with Lender shall be held by Lender and shall be disbursed for costs actually incurred in connection with the Restoration on the same conditions applicable to the disbursement of the Net Proceeds, and until so disbursed pursuant to this Section 6.4(b) shall constitute additional security for the Debt and other obligations under the Loan Documents. (vii) The excess, if any, of the Net Proceeds and the remaining balance, if any, of the Net Proceeds Deficiency deposited with Lender after the Casualty Consultant certifies to Lender that the Restoration has been completed in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.4(b), and the receipt by Lender of evidence satisfactory to Lender that all costs incurred in connection with the Restoration have been paid in full, shall be remitted by Lender to Borrower, provided no Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing under the Note, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. (viii) All Net Proceeds not required (i) to be made available for the Restoration or (ii) to be returned to Borrower as excess Net Proceeds pursuant to Section 6.4(b)(vii) may be retained and applied by Lender toward the payment of the Debt whether or not then due and payable in such order, priority and proportions as Lender in its sole discretion shall deem proper, or, at the discretion of Lender, the same may be paid, either in whole or in part, to Borrower for such purposes as Lender shall designate, in its discretion. (ix) In the event of foreclosure of the Mortgage, or other transfer of title to the Property in extinguishment in whole or in part of the Debt all right, title and interest of Borrower in and to the Policies that are not blanket Policies then in force concerning the Property and all proceeds payable thereunder shall thereupon vest in the purchaser at such foreclosure or Lender or other transferee in the event of such other transfer of title. VII. RESERVE FUNDS Section 7.1 Required Repair Escrow Fund. 7.1.1 Deposits. Borrower shall perform the repairs at the Property as set forth on Schedule II hereto (such repairs hereinafter referred to as "Required Repairs"). Borrower shall complete each of the Required Repairs on or before the deadline for each repair as set forth on Schedule II. On the Closing Date, Borrower shall deposit with Lender the amount, if any, set forth on Schedule II to perform each of the Required Repairs. Amounts so deposited with Lender shall be held by Lender in an interest bearing account and shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Required Repair Fund" and the account in which such amounts are held shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Required Repair Account". 55 7.1.2 Release of Required Repair Funds. ii) Lender shall disburse to Borrower the Required Repair Funds from the Required Repair Account from time to time upon satisfaction by Borrower of each of the following conditions: (i) Borrower shall submit a written request for payment to Lender at least thirty (30) days prior to the date on which Borrower requests such payment be made and specifies the Required Repairs to be paid, (ii) on the date such request is received by Lender and on the date such payment is to be made, no Default or Event of Default shall exist and remain uncured, (iii) Lender shall have received a certificate from Borrower (A) stating that all Required Repairs to be funded by the requested disbursement have been completed in good and workmanlike manner and in accordance with all applicable Legal Requirements, such certificate to be accompanied by a copy of any license, permit or other approval by any Governmental Authority required to commence and/or complete the Required Repairs, (B) identifying each Person that supplied materials or labor in connection with the Required Repairs performed to be funded by the requested disbursement, and (C) stating that each such Person has been paid in full or will be paid in full upon such disbursement, such certificate to be accompanied by lien waivers or other evidence of payment satisfactory to Lender, (iv) intentionally deleted; and (v) Lender shall have received such other evidence as Lender shall reasonably request that the Required Repairs to be funded by the requested disbursement have been completed and are paid for or will be paid upon such disbursement to Borrower. Lender shall not be required to make disbursements from the Required Repair Account unless such requested disbursement is in an amount greater than $25,000 (or a lesser amount if the total amount in the Required Repair Account is less than $25,000, in which case only one disbursement of the amount remaining in the Required Repair Account shall be made) and such disbursement shall be made only upon satisfaction of each condition contained in this Section 7.1.2. Each disbursement for a completed Required Repair shall be in the full amount of all remaining funds reserved for such Required Repair on Schedule II. (b) If (i) the cost of a Required Repair exceeds $25,000, (ii) the contractor performing such Required Repair requires periodic payments pursuant to terms of a written contract, and (iii) Lender has approved in writing in advance such periodic payments, a request for reimbursement from the Required Repair Account may be made after completion of a portion of the work under such contract, provided (A) such contract requires payment upon completion of such portion of the work, (B) the materials for which the request is made are on site at the Property and are properly secured or have been installed in the Property, (C) all other conditions in this Agreement for disbursement have been satisfied, (D) funds remaining in the Required Repair Account are, in Lender's judgment, sufficient to complete such Required Repair and all other Required Repairs, and (E) if required by Lender, each contractor or subcontractor receiving payments under such contract shall provide a waiver of lien with respect to amounts which have been paid to that contractor or subcontractor. Section 7.2 Tax and Insurance Escrow Fund. Borrower shall pay to Lender on each Payment Date (a) one-twelfth of the Taxes that Lender estimates will be payable during the next ensuing twelve (12) months in order to accumulate with Lender sufficient funds to pay all such Taxes at least thirty (30) days prior to their respective due dates, and (b) except as otherwise set forth in this Section 7.2, one-twelfth of the Insurance Premiums that Lender estimates will be payable for the renewal of the coverage afforded by the Policies upon the expiration thereof in order to accumulate with Lender sufficient funds to pay all such Insurance Premiums at least thirty (30) days 56 prior to the expiration of the Policies (said amounts in (a) and (b) above hereinafter called the "Tax and Insurance Escrow Fund"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Policies are blanket insurance policies covering other properties of Affiliates of Borrower and provided no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Borrower shall not be required to deposit into the Tax and Insurance Escrow Fund for Insurance Premiums. The Tax and Insurance Escrow Fund and the payments of interest or principal or both, payable pursuant to the Note, shall be added together and shall be paid as an aggregate sum by Borrower to Lender. Lender will apply the Tax and Insurance Escrow Fund to payments of Taxes and (if Borrower has made the deposits required by clause (b) above) Insurance Premiums required to be made by Borrower pursuant to Section 5.1.2 hereof and under the Mortgage. In making any payment relating to the Tax and Insurance Escrow Fund, Lender may do so according to any bill, statement or estimate procured from the appropriate public office (with respect to Taxes) or insurer or agent (with respect to Insurance Premiums), without inquiry into the accuracy of such bill, statement or estimate or into the validity of any tax, assessment, sale, forfeiture, tax lien or title or claim thereof. If the amount of the Tax and Insurance Escrow Fund shall exceed the amounts due for Taxes and Insurance Premiums pursuant to Section 5.1.2 hereof, Lender shall, in its sole discretion, return any excess to Borrower or credit such excess against future payments to be made to the Tax and Insurance Escrow Fund. Any amount remaining in the Tax and Insurance Escrow Fund after the Debt has been paid in full shall be returned to Borrower. If at any time Lender reasonably determines that the Tax and Insurance Escrow Fund is not or will not be sufficient to pay Taxes and Insurance Premiums by the dates set forth in (a) and (b) above, Lender shall notify Borrower of such determination and Borrower shall increase its monthly payments to Lender by the amount that Lender estimates is sufficient to make up the deficiency at least thirty (30) days prior to delinquency of the Taxes and/or thirty (30) days prior to expiration of the Policies, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as (A) Borrower provides to Lender evidence reasonably satisfactory to Lender that all insurance premiums otherwise due hereunder have been paid pursuant to Borrower's blanket insurance policy, which policy shall satisfy the conditions of Section 6.1 hereof, and (B) there shall be no Event of Default then continuing, then Borrower shall have no obligation to escrow insurance premiums as set forth in this Section 7.2 with respect to any such insurance covered by Borrower's blanket insurance policy. Section 7.3 Replacements and Replacement Reserve. 7.3.1 Replacement Reserve Fund. Borrower shall pay to Lender on the date hereof and each Payment Date an amount equal to $5,170.78 (the "Replacement Reserve Monthly Deposit") for replacements and repairs required to be made to the Property during the calendar year (collectively, the "Replacements"). Amounts so deposited shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Replacement Reserve Fund" and the account in which such amounts are held shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Replacement Reserve Account". Lender may increase the monthly amounts required to be deposited into the Replacement Reserve Fund upon thirty (30) days notice to Borrower if Lender determines in its reasonable discretion that an increase is necessary to maintain the proper maintenance and operation of the Property. 7.3.2 Disbursements from Replacement Reserve Account. (c) Lender shall make disbursements from the Replacement Reserve Account to pay Borrower only for the costs of the Replacements. Lender shall not be obligated to make disbursements from the Replacement Reserve Account to reimburse Borrower for the costs of routine maintenance to the Property or for costs which are to be reimbursed from the Required Repair Fund. 57 (b) Lender shall, upon written request from Borrower and satisfaction of the requirements set forth in this Section 7.3.2, disburse to Borrower amounts from the Replacement Reserve Account necessary to pay for the actual approved costs of Replacements or to reimburse Borrower therefor, upon completion of such Replacements (or, upon partial completion in the case of Replacements made pursuant to Section 7.3.2(e)) as determined by Lender. In no event shall Lender be obligated to disburse funds from the Replacement Reserve Account if a Default or an Event of Default exists. (c) Each request for disbursement from the Replacement Reserve Account shall be in a form specified or approved by Lender and shall specify (i) the specific Replacements for which the disbursement is requested, (ii) the price of all materials (grouped by type or category) used in any Replacement, and (iii) the cost of all contracted labor or other services applicable to each Replacement for which such request for disbursement is made. With each request Borrower shall certify that all Replacements have been made in accordance with all applicable Legal Requirements of any Governmental Authority. Each request for disbursement shall include copies of invoices for all items or materials purchased and all contracted labor or services provided and, unless Lender has agreed to issue joint checks as described below in connection with a particular Replacement, each request shall include evidence satisfactory to Lender of payment of all such amounts. Except as provided in Section 7.3.2(e), each request for disbursement from the Replacement Reserve Account shall be made only after completion of the Replacement for which disbursement is requested. Borrower shall provide Lender evidence of completion satisfactory to Lender in its reasonable judgment. (d) Borrower shall pay all invoices in connection with the Replacements with respect to which a disbursement is requested prior to submitting such request for disbursement from the Replacement Reserve Account or, at the request of Borrower, Lender will issue joint checks, payable to Borrower and the contractor, supplier, materialman, mechanic, subcontractor or other party to whom payment is due in connection with a Replacement. In the case of payments made by joint check, Lender may require a waiver of lien from each Person receiving payment prior to Lender's disbursement from the Replacement Reserve Account. In addition, as a condition to any disbursement, Lender may require Borrower to obtain lien waivers from each contractor, supplier, materialman, mechanic or subcontractor who receives payment in an amount equal to or greater than $25,000 for completion of its work or delivery of its materials. Any lien waiver delivered hereunder shall conform to the requirements of Applicable Law and shall cover all work performed and materials supplied (including equipment and fixtures) by that contractor, supplier, subcontractor, mechanic or materialman through the date covered by the current reimbursement request (or, in the event that payment to such contractor, supplier, subcontractor, mechanic or materialmen is to be made by a joint check, the release of lien shall be effective through the date covered by the previous release of funds request). (e) If (i) the cost of a Replacement exceeds $25,000, (ii) the contractor performing such Replacement requires periodic payments pursuant to terms of a written contract, and (iii) Lender has approved in writing in advance such periodic payments, a request for reimbursement from the Replacement Reserve Account may be made after completion of a portion of the work under such contract, provided (A) such contract requires payment upon completion of such 58 portion of the work, (B) the materials for which the request is made are on site at the Property and are properly secured or have been installed in the Property, (C) all other conditions in this Agreement for disbursement have been satisfied, (D) funds remaining in the Replacement Reserve Account are, in Lender's judgment, sufficient to complete such Replacement and other Replacements when required, and (E) if required by Lender, each contractor or subcontractor receiving payments under such contract shall provide a waiver of lien with respect to amounts which have been paid to that contractor or subcontractor. (f) Borrower shall not make a request for disbursement from the Replacement Reserve Account more frequently than once in any calendar month and (except in connection with the final disbursement) the total cost of all Replacements in any request shall not be less than $25,000.00. 7.3.3 Performance of Replacements. (d) Borrower shall make Replacements when required in order to keep the Property in condition and repair consistent with similar retail properties in the same market segment in the metropolitan area in which the Property is located, and to keep the Property or any portion thereof from deteriorating. Borrower shall complete all Replacements in a good and workmanlike manner as soon as practicable following the commencement of making each such Replacement. (b) Lender reserves the right, at its option, to approve all contracts or work orders in excess of $25,000 with materialmen, mechanics, suppliers, subcontractors, contractors or other parties providing labor or materials in connection with the Replacements. Upon Lender's request, Borrower shall assign any contract or subcontract to Lender. (c) In the event Lender determines in its reasonable discretion that any Replacement is not being performed in a workmanlike or timely manner or that any Replacement has not been completed in a workmanlike or timely manner, Lender shall have the option, after notice to Borrower giving a reasonable time period to cure any such problem, to withhold disbursement for such unsatisfactory Replacement and to proceed under existing contracts or to contract with third parties to complete such Replacement and to apply the Replacement Reserve Fund toward the labor and materials necessary to complete such Replacement, without providing any prior notice to Borrower and to exercise any and all other remedies available to Lender upon an Event of Default hereunder. (d) In order to facilitate Lender's completion or making of the Replacements pursuant to Section 7.3.3(c) above, Borrower grants Lender the right to enter onto the Property and perform any and all work and labor necessary to complete or make the Replacements and/or employ watchmen to protect the Property from damage. All sums so expended by Lender, to the extent not paid from the Replacement Reserve Fund, shall be deemed to have been advanced under the Loan to Borrower and secured by the Mortgage. For this purpose Borrower constitutes and appoints Lender its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution to complete or undertake the Replacements in the name of Borrower. Such power of attorney shall be deemed to be a power coupled with an interest and cannot be revoked. Borrower empowers said attorney-in-fact as follows: (i) to use any funds in the Replacement Reserve Account for the purpose of making or completing the Replacements; (ii) to make such additions, changes 59 and corrections to the Replacements as shall be necessary or desirable to complete the Replacements; (iii) to employ such contractors, subcontractors, agents, architects and inspectors as shall be required for such purposes; (iv) to pay, settle or compromise all existing bills and claims which are or may become Liens against the Property, or as may be necessary or desirable for the completion of the Replacements, or for clearance of title; (v) to execute all applications and certificates in the name of Borrower which may be required by any of the contract documents; (vi) to prosecute and defend all actions or proceedings in connection with the Property or the rehabilitation and repair of the Property; and (vii) to do any and every act which Borrower might do in its own behalf to fulfill the terms of this Agreement. (e) Nothing in this Section 7.3.3 shall: (i) make Lender responsible for making or completing the Replacements; (ii) require Lender to expend funds in addition to the Replacement Reserve Fund to make or complete any Replacement; (iii) obligate Lender to proceed with the Replacements; or (iv) obligate Lender to demand from Borrower additional sums to make or complete any Replacement. (f) Borrower shall permit Lender and Lender's agents and representatives (including, without limitation, Lender's engineer, architect, or inspector) or third parties making Replacements pursuant to this Section 7.3.3 to enter onto the Property during normal business hours (subject to the rights of tenants under their Leases) to inspect the progress of any Replacements and all materials being used in connection therewith, to examine all plans and shop drawings relating to such Replacements which are or may be kept at the Property, and to complete any Replacements made pursuant to this Section 7.3.3. Borrower shall cause all contractors and subcontractors to cooperate with Lender or Lender's representatives or such other persons described above in connection with inspections described in this Section 7.3.3 or the completion of Replacements. (g) Lender may require an inspection of the Property at Borrower's expense prior to making a monthly disbursement from the Replacement Reserve Account in order to verify completion of the Replacements for which reimbursement is sought. Lender may require that such inspection be conducted by an appropriate independent qualified professional selected by Lender and/or may require a copy of a certificate of completion by an independent qualified professional acceptable to Lender prior to the disbursement of any amounts from the Replacement Reserve Account. Borrower shall pay the expense of the inspection as required hereunder, whether such inspection is conducted by Lender or by an independent qualified professional. (h) The Replacements and all materials, equipment, fixtures, or any other item comprising a part of any Replacement shall be constructed, installed or completed, as applicable, free and clear of all mechanic's, materialman's or other liens (except for those Liens existing on the date of this Agreement which have been approved in writing by Lender). (i) Before each disbursement from the Replacement Reserve Account, Lender may require Borrower to provide Lender with a search of title to the Property effective to the date of the disbursement, which search shows that no mechanic's or materialmen's liens. or other Liens. of any nature have been placed against the Property since the date of recordation of the Mortgage and that title to the Property is free and clear of all Liens (other than the lien of the Mortgage and any other Liens previously approved in writing by Lender, if any). 60 (j) All Replacements shall comply with all applicable Legal Requirements of all Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction over the Property and applicable insurance requirements including, without limitation, applicable building codes, special use permits, environmental regulations, and requirements of insurance underwriters. (k) In addition to any insurance required under the Loan Documents, Borrower shall provide or cause to be provided workmen's compensation insurance, builder's risk, and public liability insurance and other insurance to the extent required under Applicable Law in connection with a particular Replacement. All such policies shall be in form and amount reasonably satisfactory to Lender. All such policies which can be endorsed with standard mortgagee clauses making loss payable to Lender or its assigns shall be so endorsed. Certified copies of such policies shall be delivered to Lender. 7.3.4 Failure to Make Replacements. (e) It shall be an Event of Default under this Agreement if Borrower fails to comply with any provision of this Section 7.3 and such failure is not cured within thirty (30) days after notice from Lender. Upon the occurrence of such an Event of Default, Lender may use the Replacement Reserve Fund (or any portion thereof) for any purpose, including but not limited to completion of the Replacements as provided in Section 7.3.3, or for any other repair or replacement to the Property or toward payment of the Debt in such order, proportion and priority as Lender may determine in its sole discretion. Lender's right to withdraw and apply the Replacement Reserve Funds shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies provided to Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. (b) Nothing in this Agreement shall obligate Lender to apply all or any portion of the Replacement Reserve Fund on account of an Event of Default to payment of the Debt or in any specific order or priority. 7.3.5 Balance in the Replacement Reserve Account. The insufficiency of any balance in the Replacement Reserve Account shall not relieve Borrower from its obligation to fulfill all preservation and maintenance covenants in the Loan Documents. 7.3.6 Indemnification. Borrower shall indemnify Lender and hold Lender harmless from and against any and all actions, suits, claims, demands, liabilities, losses, damages, obligations and costs and expenses (including litigation costs and reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) arising from or in any way connected with the performance of the Replacements. Borrower shall assign to Lender all rights and claims Borrower may have against all persons or entities supplying labor or materials in connection with the Replacements; provided, however, that Lender may not pursue any such right or claim unless an Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured. Section 7.4 Rollover Reserve. 61 7.4.1 Deposits to Rollover Reserve Fund. Borrower shall pay to Lender on each Payment Date the sum of $23,750.00 (the "Rollover Reserve Monthly Deposit"), which amounts shall be deposited with and held by Lender for tenant improvement and leasing commission obligations incurred following the date hereof (collectively, "Leasing Expenses"); provided, however, Borrower shall not be required to make pay the Rollover Reserve Monthly Deposit to Lender during such times as the balance in the Rollover Reserve Account exceeds $855,000.00. In addition, Borrower shall pay to Lender for deposit in the Rollover Reserve Account all Lease Termination Payments; provided, however, no Lease Termination Payments contributed to the Rollover Reserve Account shall be counted towards any balance in the Rollover Reserve Account which serves to limit future contributions to the Rollover Reserve Account from the Rollover Reserve Deposit. Amounts so deposited shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Rollover Reserve Fund" and the account to which such amounts are held shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Rollover Reserve Account". 7.4.2 Withdrawal of Rollover Reserve Funds. Lender shall make disbursements from the Rollover Escrow Fund for tenant improvement and leasing commission obligations incurred by Borrower. All such expenses shall be approved by Lender in its reasonable discretion. Lender shall make disbursements as requested by Borrower on a monthly basis in increments of no less than $5,000.00 upon delivery by Borrower of Lender's standard form of draw request accompanied by copies of paid invoices for the amounts requested and, if required by Lender, lien waivers and releases from all parties furnishing materials and/or services in connection with the requested payment. Lender may require an inspection of the Property at Borrower's expense prior to making a monthly disbursement in order to verify completion of improvements for which reimbursement is sought. All earnings or interest on the Rollover Escrow Fund shall be and become part of such Rollover Escrow Fund and shall be disbursed as provided in this Section 7.4. 7.4.3 Letter of Credit in Lieu of Rollover Reserve Monthly Deposit. (a) In lieu of making any Rollover Reserve Monthly Deposit, Borrower may deliver to Lender a Letter of Credit in the amount of the Rollover Reserve Monthly Deposit. (b) Borrower shall give Lender no less than thirty (30) days notice of Borrower's election to deliver a Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 7.4.3(a) and Borrower shall pay to Lender all of Lender's reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection therewith. Borrower shall not be entitled to draw from any such Letter of Credit. 7.4.4 Reduction of Letter of Credit. In the event that, after the delivery of a Letter of Credit in accordance with 7.4.3(a) above, Borrower shall incur Leasing Expenses that would be eligible for a disbursement from the Rollover Reserve Fund, Borrower may, in lieu of receiving such disbursement, reduce the amount of such Letter of Credit by a corresponding amount. Lender agrees to execute such agreements or amendments reasonably requested by Borrower in order to appropriately reduce the amount of such Letter of Credit. Borrower shall not be permitted to reduce the Letter of Credit more than one (1) time in any three-month period. 62 Section 7.5 [INTENTIONALLY DELETED] Section 7.6 [INTENTIONALLY DELETED] Section 7.7 Reserve Funds, Generally. 7.7.1 Borrower grants to Lender a first-priority perfected security interest in each of the Reserve Funds and any and all monies now or hereafter deposited in each Reserve Fund as additional security for payment of the Debt. Until expended or applied in accordance herewith, the Reserve Funds shall constitute additional security for the Debt. 7.7.2 Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Lender may, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies available to Lender, apply any sums then present in any or all of the Reserve Funds to the payment of the Debt in any order in its sole discretion. 7.7.3 The Reserve Funds shall not constitute trust funds and may be commingled with other monies held by Lender. 7.7.4 The Reserve Funds shall be held in interest bearing accounts and all earnings or interest on a Reserve Fund shall be added to and become a part of such Reserve Fund and shall be disbursed in the same manner as other monies deposited in such Reserve Fund. 7.7.5 Borrower shall not, without obtaining the prior written consent of Lender, further pledge, assign or grant any security interest in any Reserve Fund or the monies deposited therein or permit any lien or encumbrance to attach thereto, or any levy to be made thereon, or any UCC-1 Financing Statements, except those naming Lender as the secured party, to be filed with respect thereto. 7.7.6 Lender shall not be liable for any loss sustained on the investment of any funds constituting the Reserve Funds. Section 7.8 Provisions Regarding Letters of Credit. 7.8.1 Event of Default. An Event of Default shall occur if Borrower shall have any reimbursement or similar obligation with respect to a Letter of Credit, or if Borrower shall fail to (i) replace or extend any Letter of Credit prior to the expiration thereof or (ii) replace any outstanding Letter of Credit within thirty (30) days of Lender's notice that such Letter of Credit fails to meet the requirements set forth in the definition of Letter of Credit. Lender shall not be required to exercise its rights under Section 7.8.3 below in order to prevent any such Event of Default from occurring and shall not be liable for any losses due to the insolvency of the issuer of the Letter of Credit as a result of any failure or delay by Lender in the exercise of such rights, but if Lender draws on the Letter of Credit and the issuer honors such draw and no Event of Default shall exist, Lender shall deposit the proceeds of such draw into the Reserve Fund with respect to which such Letter of Credit was originally established. 7.8.2 Security for Debt. 63 Each Letter of Credit delivered under this Agreement shall be additional security for the payment of the Debt. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Lender shall have the right, at its option, to draw on any Letter of Credit and to apply all or any part thereof to the payment of the items for which such Letter of Credit was established or to apply each such Letter of Credit to payment of the Debt in such order, proportion or priority as Lender may determine or to hold such proceeds as security for the Debt. 7.8.3 Additional Rights of Lender. In addition to any other right Lender may have to draw upon a Letter of Credit pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Lender shall have the additional rights to draw in full any Letter of Credit: (a) with respect to any evergreen Letter of Credit, if Lender has received a notice from the issuing bank that the Letter of Credit will not be renewed and a substitute Letter of Credit is not provided at least thirty (30) days prior to the date on which the outstanding Letter of Credit is scheduled to expire; (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit with a stated expiration date, if Lender has not received a notice from the issuing bank that it has renewed the Letter of Credit at least thirty (30) days prior to the date on which such Letter of Credit is scheduled to expire or a substitute Letter of Credit is not provided at least thirty (30) days prior to the date on which the outstanding Letter of Credit is scheduled to expire; or (c) if Lender has received notice that the bank issuing the Letter of Credit shall cease to be an Eligible Institution and Borrower has not, within thirty (30) days after notice thereof, obtained a new Letter of Credit with an Eligible Institution. VIII. DEFAULTS Section 8.1 Event of Default. (a) Each of the following events shall constitute an event of default hereunder (an "Event of Default"): (i) if any portion of the Debt is not paid when due; (ii) if any of the Taxes or Other Charges are not paid when the same are due and payable; (iii) if the Policies are not kept in full force and effect, or if certified copies of the Policies are not delivered to Lender upon request; (iv) if Borrower transfers or encumbers any portion of the Property without Lender's prior written consent or otherwise violates the provisions of Section 5.2.13 of this Agreement; (v) if any representation or warranty made by Borrower herein or in any other Loan Document, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other instrument, agreement or document furnished to Lender shall have been false or misleading in any material respect as of the date the representation or warranty was made; 64 (vi) if Borrower or any guarantor under any guaranty issued in connection with the Loan shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors; (vii) if a receiver, liquidator or trustee shall be appointed for Borrower or any guarantor under any guarantee issued in connection with the Loan or if Borrower or such guarantor shall be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or if any petition for bankruptcy, reorganization or arrangement pursuant to federal bankruptcy law, or any similar federal or state law, shall be filed by or against, consented to, or acquiesced in by, Borrower or such guarantor, or if any proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of Borrower or such guarantor shall be instituted; provided, however, if such appointment, adjudication, petition or proceeding was involuntary and not consented to by Borrower or such guarantor, upon the same not being discharged, stayed or dismissed within thirty (30) days; (viii) if Borrower attempts to assign its rights under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any interest herein or therein in contravention of the Loan Documents; (ix) if Borrower breaches any of the negative covenants contained in Section 5.2 or any covenant contained in Section 4.1.30 hereof; (x) with respect to any term, covenant or provision set forth herein which specifically contains a notice requirement or grace period, if Borrower shall be in default under such term, covenant or condition after the giving of such notice or the expiration of such grace period; (xi) [intentionally deleted]; (xii) [intentionally deleted]; (xiii) if Borrower shall continue to be in Default under any of the other terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement not specified in subsections (i) to (x) above, for ten (10) days after notice to Borrower from Lender, in the case of any Default which can be cured by the payment of a sum of money, or for thirty (30) days after notice from Lender in the case of any other Default; provided, however, that if such non-monetary Default is susceptible of cure but cannot reasonably be cured within such 30-day period and provided further that Borrower shall have commenced to cure such Default within such 30-day period and thereafter diligently and expeditiously proceeds to cure the same, such 30-day period shall be extended for such time as is reasonably necessary for Borrower in the exercise of due diligence to cure such Default, such additional period not to exceed sixty (60) days; or (xiv) if there shall be default under any of the other Loan Documents beyond any applicable cure periods contained in such documents, whether as to Borrower or the Property, or if any other such event shall occur or condition shall exist, if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate the maturity of any portion of the Debt or to permit Lender to accelerate the maturity of all or any portion of the Debt; 65 (b) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and at any time thereafter Lender may, in addition to any other rights or remedies available to it pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or at law or in equity, take such action, without further notice or demand, that Lender deems advisable to protect and enforce its rights against Borrower and in and to the Property, including, without limitation, declaring the Debt to be immediately due and payable, and Lender may enforce or avail itself of any or all rights or remedies provided in the Loan Documents against Borrower and the Property, including, without limitation, all rights or remedies available at law or in equity; and upon any Event of Default described in clauses (vi), (vii) or (viii) above, the Debt and all other obligations of Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall immediately and automatically become due and payable, without notice or demand, and Borrower hereby expressly waives any such notice or demand, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding. Section 8.2 Remedies. (a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, all or any one or more of the rights, powers, privileges and other remedies available to Lender against Borrower under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents executed and delivered by, or applicable to, Borrower or at law or in equity may be exercised by Lender at any time and from time to time, whether or not all or any of the Debt shall be declared due and payable, and whether or not Lender shall have commenced any foreclosure proceeding or other action for the enforcement of its rights and remedies under any of the Loan Documents. Any such actions taken by Lender shall be cumulative and concurrent and may be pursued independently, singly, successively, together or otherwise, at such time and in such order as Lender may determine in its sole discretion, to the fullest extent permitted by law, without impairing or otherwise affecting the other rights and remedies of Lender permitted by law, equity or contract or as set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Borrower agrees that if an Event of Default is continuing (i) Lender is not subject to any "one action" or "election of remedies" law or rule, and (ii) all liens and other rights, remedies or privileges provided to Lender shall remain in full force and effect until Lender has exhausted all of its remedies against the Property and the Mortgage has been foreclosed, sold and/or otherwise realized upon in satisfaction of the Debt or the Debt has been paid in full. (b) Intentionally Omitted. (c) Lender shall have the right from time to time to sever the Note and the other Loan Documents into one or more separate notes, mortgages and other security documents (the "Severed Loan Documents") in such denominations as Lender shall determine in its sole discretion for purposes of evidencing and enforcing its rights and remedies provided hereunder. Borrower shall execute and deliver to Lender from time to time, promptly after the request of Lender, a severance agreement and such other documents as Lender shall request in order to effect the severance described in the preceding sentence, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender. Borrower hereby absolutely and irrevocably appoints Lender as its true and lawful attorney, coupled with an interest, in its name and stead to make and execute all documents necessary or desirable to effect the aforesaid severance, Borrower ratifying all that its said attorney shall do by virtue thereof; provided, however, Lender shall not make or execute any such documents under such power until three (3) days after notice has been given to Borrower by Lender of Lender's intent to exercise its 66 rights under such power. Except as may be required in connection with a securitization pursuant to Section 9.1 hereof, (i) Borrower shall not be obligated to pay any costs or expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, execution, recording or filing of the Severed Loan Documents, and (ii) the Severed Loan Documents shall not contain any representations, warranties or covenants not contained in the Loan Documents and any such representations and warranties contained in the Severed Loan Documents will be given by Borrower only as of the Closing Date. Section 8.3 Remedies Cumulative; Waivers. The rights, powers and remedies of Lender under this Agreement shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other right, power or remedy which Lender may have against Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or existing at law or in equity or otherwise. Lender's rights, powers and remedies may be pursued singly, concurrently or otherwise, at such time and in such order as Lender may determine in Lender's sole discretion. No delay or omission to exercise any remedy, right or power accruing upon an Event of Default shall impair any such remedy, right or power or shall be construed as a waiver thereof, but any such remedy, right or power may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient. A waiver of one Default or Event of Default with respect to Borrower shall not be construed to be a waiver of any subsequent Default or Event of Default by Borrower or to impair any remedy, right or power consequent thereon. IX. SPECIAL PROVISIONS Section 9.1 Sale of Notes and Securitization. At the request of the holder of the Note and, to the extent not already required to be provided by Borrower under this Agreement, Borrower shall use reasonable efforts to satisfy the market standards to which the holder of the Note customarily adheres or which may be reasonably required in the marketplace or by the Rating Agencies in connection with the sale of the Note or participations therein or the first successful securitization (such sale and/or securitization, the "Securitization") of rated single or multi-class securities (the "Securities") secured by or evidencing ownership interests in the Note and the Mortgage, including, without limitation, to: (a) (i) provide such financial and other information with respect to the Property, Borrower and the Manager, (ii) provide budgets relating to the Property and (iii) to perform or permit or cause to be performed or permitted such site inspection, appraisals, market studies, environmental reviews and reports (Phase I's and, if appropriate, Phase II's), engineering reports and other due diligence investigations of the Property, as may be reasonably requested by the holder of the Note or the Rating Agencies or as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the Securitization (the "Provided Information"), together, if customary, with appropriate verification and/or consents of the Provided Information through letters of auditors or opinions of counsel of independent attorneys acceptable to Lender and the Rating Agencies; 67 (b) at Borrower's expense, cause counsel to render opinions, which may be relied upon by the holder of the Note, the Rating Agencies and their respective counsel, agents and representatives, as to non-consolidation, fraudulent conveyance, and true sale and/or lease or any other opinion customary in securitization transactions, with respect to the Property and Borrower and its affiliates which counsel and opinions shall be reasonably satisfactory to the holder of the Note and the Rating Agencies; (c) make such representations and warranties as of the closing date of the Securitization with respect to the Property, Borrower, and the Loan Documents as are customarily provided in securitization transactions and as may be reasonably requested by the holder of the Note or the Rating Agencies and consistent with the facts covered by such representations and warranties as they exist on the date thereof, including the representations and warranties made in the Loan Documents; and (d) execute such amendments to the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, designating a new Determination Date) and organizational documents, enter into a lockbox or similar arrangement with respect to the Rents and establish and fund such reserve funds (including, without limitation, reserve funds for deferred maintenance and capital improvements) as may be requested by the holder of the Note or the Rating Agencies or otherwise to effect the Securitization; provided, however, that Borrower shall not be required to modify or amend any Loan Document if such modification or amendment would (i) change the interest rate, the stated maturity or the amortization of principal set forth in the Note, or (ii) modify or amend any other material economic term of the Loan. Without limiting the generality of any of the foregoing, Lender may in Lender's sole discretion, at any time following the date hereof, elect to (i) bifurcate the Note into two (2) or more notes and/or split the Mortgage into two (2) or more mortgages of the same or different priorities or otherwise as determined by and acceptable to Lender and/or (ii) divide the Note into multiple components corresponding to tranches of certificates to be issued in a Securitization each having a notional balance and an interest rate determined by Lender; provided, however, that Borrower shall not be required to modify or amend any Loan Document if the overall effect of such modification or amendment would (y) change the initial weighted average interest rate, the maturity or amortization or principal set forth in the Note, or (z) modify or amend any other material economic term of the Note or the other Loan Documents. Section 9.2 Securitization Indemnification. (a) Borrower understands that certain of the Provided Information may be included in disclosure documents in connection with the Securitization, including, without limitation, a prospectus, prospectus supplement or private placement memorandum (each, a "Disclosure Document") and may also be included in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or provided or made available to investors or prospective investors in the Securities, the Rating Agencies, and service providers relating to the Securitization. In the event that the Disclosure Document is required to be revised prior to the sale of all Securities, Borrower will cooperate with the holder of the Note in updating the Disclosure Document by providing all current information necessary to keep the Disclosure Document accurate and complete in all material respects. 68 (b) Borrower agrees to provide in connection with each of (i) a preliminary and a private placement memorandum or (ii) a preliminary and final prospectus or prospectus supplement, as applicable, an indemnification certificate (A) certifying that Borrower has carefully examined such memorandum or prospectus, as applicable, including without limitation, the sections entitled "Special Considerations," "Description of the Mortgages," "Description of the Mortgage Loans and Mortgaged Property," "The Manager," "The Borrower" and "Certain Legal Aspects of the Mortgage Loan," and such sections (and any other sections reasonably requested) do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (B) indemnifying Lender (and for purposes of this Section 9.2, Lender hereunder shall include its officers and directors) or any Affiliate of Lender ("Lehman") that has filed the registration statement relating to the securitization (the "Registration Statement"), each of its directors, each of its officers who have signed the Registration Statement and each Person or entity who controls the Affiliate within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (collectively, the "Lehman Group"), and Lehman, each of its directors and each Person who controls Lehman within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act (collectively, the "Underwriter Group") for any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (collectively, the "Liabilities") to which Lender, the Lehman Group or the Underwriter Group may become subject insofar as the Liabilities arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in such sections or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated in such sections or necessary in order to make the statements in such sections or in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (C) agreeing to reimburse Lender, the Lehman Group and the Underwriter Group for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by Lender and Lehman in connection with investigating or defending the Liabilities; provided, however, that Borrower will be liable in any such case under clauses (B) or (C) above only to the extent that any such loss claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to Lender by or on behalf of Borrower in connection with the preparation of the memorandum or prospectus or in connection with the underwriting of the debt, including, without limitation, financial statements of Borrower, operating statements, rent rolls, environmental site assessment reports and property condition reports with respect to the Property. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which Borrower may otherwise have. Moreover, the indemnification provided for in Clauses (B) and (C) above shall be effective whether or not an indemnification certificate described in (A) above is provided and shall be applicable based on information previously provided by Borrower or its Affiliates if Borrower does not provide the indemnification certificate. (c) In connection with filings under the Exchange Act, Borrower agrees to (i) indemnify Lender, the Lehman Group and the Underwriter Group for Liabilities to which Lender, the Lehman Group or the Underwriter Group may become subject insofar as the Liabilities arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state in the Provided Information a material fact required to be stated in the Provided Information in order to make the statements in the Provided Information, in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading and (ii) reimburse Lender, the Lehman Group or the Underwriter Group for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by Lender, the Lehman Group or the Underwriter Group in connection with defending or investigating the Liabilities. 69 (d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 9.2 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 9.2, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party will not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability which the indemnifying party may have to any indemnified party hereunder except to the extent that failure to notify causes prejudice to the indemnifying party. In the event that any action is brought against any indemnified party, and its notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled, jointly with any other indemnifying party, to participate therein and, to the extent that it (or they) may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party under this Section 9.2 the indemnifying party shall be responsible for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there are any legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party to parties. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one such separate counsel unless an indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or additional to those available to another indemnified party. (e) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnity agreements provided for in Section 9.2(b) or (c) is or are for any reason held to be unenforceable by an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or action in respect thereof) referred to therein which would otherwise be indemnifiable under Section 9.2(b) or (c), the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or action in respect thereof); provided, however, that no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. In determining the amount of contribution to which the respective parties are entitled, the following factors shall be considered: (i) Lehman's and Borrower's relative knowledge and access to information concerning the matter with respect to which claim was asserted; (ii) the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or omission; and (iii) any other equitable considerations appropriate in the circumstances. Lender and Borrower hereby agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation. 70 (f) The liabilities and obligations of both Borrower and Lender under this Section 9.2 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the satisfaction and discharge of the Debt. Section 9.3 Intentionally Deleted. Section 9.4 Exculpation. Subject to the qualifications below, Lender shall not enforce the liability and obligation of Borrower to perform and observe the obligations contained in the Note, this Agreement, the Mortgage or the other Loan Documents by any action or proceeding wherein a money judgment shall be sought against Borrower, except that Lender may bring a foreclosure action, an action for specific performance or any other appropriate action or proceeding to enable Lender to enforce and realize upon its interest under the Note, this Agreement, the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents, or in the Property, the Rents, or any other collateral given to Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents; provided, however, that, except as specifically provided herein, any judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be enforceable against Borrower only to the extent of Borrower's interest in the Property, in the Rents and in any other collateral given to Lender, and Lender, by accepting the Note, this Agreement, the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents, agrees that it shall not sue for, seek or demand any deficiency judgment against Borrower in any such action or proceeding under or by reason of or under or in connection with the Note, this Agreement, the Mortgage or the other Loan Documents. The provisions of this section shall not, however, (a) constitute a waiver, release or impairment of any obligation evidenced or secured by any of the Loan Documents; (b) impair the right of Lender to name Borrower as a party defendant in any action or suit for foreclosure and sale under the Mortgage; (c) affect the validity or enforceability of or any guaranty made in connection with the Loan or any of the rights and remedies of Lender thereunder; (d) impair the right of Lender to obtain the appointment of a receiver; (e) impair the enforcement of the Assignment of Leases; (f) constitute a prohibition against Lender to seek a deficiency judgment against Borrower, but only to fully realize the security granted by the Mortgage or to commence any other appropriate action or proceeding in order for Lender to exercise its remedies against the Property; or (g) constitute a waiver of the right of Lender to enforce the liability and obligation of Borrower, by money judgment or otherwise, to the extent of any loss, damage, cost, expense, liability, claim or other obligation incurred by Lender (including attorneys' fees and costs reasonably incurred) arising out of or in connection with the following: (i) fraud or intentional misrepresentation by Borrower or any guarantor in connection with the Loan; (ii) the willful misconduct of Borrower or any guarantor in connection with the Loan; (iii) the breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or indemnification provision in the Environmental Indemnity or in the Mortgage concerning environmental laws, hazardous substances and asbestos and any indemnification of Lender with respect thereto in either document; 71 (iv) the wrongful removal or destruction of any portion of the Property after an Event of Default that adversely affects the value of the Property; (v) the misapplication or conversion by Borrower of (A) any insurance proceeds paid by reason of any loss, damage or destruction to the Property, (B) any awards or other amounts received in connection with the condemnation of all or a portion of the Property, or (C) any Rents following an Event of Default; (vi) failure to pay charges for labor or materials or other charges that can create Liens on any portion of the Property; (vii) any security deposits, advance deposits or any other deposits collected with respect to the Property which are not delivered to Lender upon a foreclosure of the Property or action in lieu thereof, except to the extent any such security deposits were applied in accordance with the terms and conditions of any of the Leases; (viii) Borrower's indemnifications of Lender set forth in Section 9.2 hereof; (ix) the first full monthly payment of principal and interest under the Note is not paid when due; (x) failure of Borrower to (A) permit on-site inspections of the Property, (B) provide financial information, (C) maintain its status as a single purpose entity or (D) appoint a new property manager upon the request of Lender after an Event of Default, each as required by, and in accordance with the terms and provisions of, this Agreement and the Mortgage; (xi) failure of Borrower to obtain Lender's prior written consent to any subordinate financing or other voluntary Lien encumbering the Property; or (xii) failure of Borrower to obtain Lender's prior written consent to any assignment, transfer, or conveyance of the Property or any interest therein as required by the Mortgage or hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Note or any of the Loan Documents, (A) Lender shall not be deemed to have waived any right which Lender may have under Section 506(a), 506(b), 1111(b) or any other provisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to file a claim for the full amount of the Debt secured by the Mortgage or to require that all collateral shall continue to secure all of the Debt owing to Lender in accordance with the Loan Documents, and (B) the Debt shall be fully recourse to Borrower in the event that any petition for bankruptcy, reorganization or arrangement pursuant to federal bankruptcy law, or any similar federal or state law, shall be filed by or consented to by Borrower. Section 9.5 Termination of Manager. If (a) an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (b) at the Maturity Date, the Debt is not repaid in full, or (c) a default by Manager under the Management Agreement shall have occurred and not be remedied within any applicable grace or cure period provided therein or the Manager shall become 72 insolvent, Borrower shall, at the request of Lender, terminate the Management Agreement and replace the Manager with a manager approved by Lender on terms and conditions satisfactory to Lender, it being understood and agreed that the management fee for such replacement manager shall not exceed four percent (4%) of the gross income derived from the Property. Section 9.6 Servicer. At the option of Lender and at no expense to Borrower, the Loan may be serviced by a servicer/trustee (the "Servicer") selected by Lender and Lender may delegate all or any portion of its responsibilities under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to the Servicer pursuant to a servicing agreement (the "Servicing Agreement") between Lender and Servicer. X. MISCELLANEOUS Section 10.1 Survival. This Agreement and all covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made herein and in the certificates delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the making by Lender of the Loan and the execution and delivery to Lender of the Note, and shall continue in full force and effect so long as all or any of the Debt is outstanding and unpaid unless a longer period is expressly set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the legal representatives, successors and assigns of such party. All covenants, promises and agreements in this Agreement, by or on behalf of Borrower, shall inure to the benefit of the legal representatives, successors and assigns of Lender. Section 10.2 Lender's Discretion. Whenever pursuant to this Agreement, Lender exercises any right given to it to approve or disapprove, or any arrangement or term is to be satisfactory to Lender, the decision of Lender to approve or disapprove or to decide whether arrangements or terms are satisfactory or not satisfactory shall (except as is otherwise specifically herein provided) be in the sole discretion of Lender and shall be final and conclusive. Section 10.3 Governing Law. (A) THIS AGREEMENT WAS NEGOTIATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE LOAN WAS MADE BY LENDER AND ACCEPTED BY BORROWER IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE PROCEEDS OF THE NOTE DELIVERED PURSUANT HERETO WERE DISBURSED FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WHICH STATE THE PARTIES AGREE HAS A SUBSTANTIAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE PARTIES AND TO THE UNDERLYING TRANSACTION EMBODIED HEREBY, AND IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OBLIGATIONS 73 ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE (WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT LAWS) AND ANY APPLICABLE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, EXCEPT THAT AT ALL TIMES THE PROVISIONS FOR THE CREATION, PERFECTION, AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE LIENS AND SECURITY INTERESTS CREATED PURSUANT HERETO AND PURSUANT TO THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED, IT BEING UNDERSTOOD THAT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH STATE, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND ENFORCEABILITY OF ALL LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ALL OF THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BORROWER HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY CLAIM TO ASSERT THAT THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION GOVERNS THIS AGREEMENT AND THE NOTE, AND THIS AGREEMENT AND THE NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW. (B) ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST LENDER OR BORROWER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY AT LENDER'S OPTION BE INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NEW YORK, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW AND BORROWER WAIVES ANY OBJECTIONS WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE BASED ON VENUE AND/OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, AND BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. BORROWER DOES HEREBY DESIGNATE AND APPOINT: Corporation Service Company 80 State Street Albany, New York 12207-2543 AS ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT TO ACCEPT AND ACKNOWLEDGE ON ITS BEHALF SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS WHICH MAY BE SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON SAID AGENT AT SAID ADDRESS AND WRITTEN NOTICE OF SAID SERVICE MAILED OR DELIVERED TO BORROWER IN THE MANNER PROVIDED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED IN EVERY RESPECT EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON BORROWER IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. BORROWER (I) SHALL GIVE PROMPT NOTICE TO LENDER OF ANY CHANGED ADDRESS OF ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT HEREUNDER, (II) MAY AT ANY TIME AND FROM TIME TO TIME DESIGNATE A SUBSTITUTE AUTHORIZED AGENT 74 WITH AN OFFICE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK (WHICH SUBSTITUTE AGENT AND OFFICE SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS THE PERSON AND ADDRESS FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS), AND (III) SHALL PROMPTLY DESIGNATE SUCH A SUBSTITUTE IF ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT CEASES TO HAVE AN OFFICE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK OR IS DISSOLVED WITHOUT LEAVING A SUCCESSOR. Section 10.4 Modification, Waiver in Writing. No modification, amendment, extension, discharge, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, or of the Note, or of any other Loan Document, nor consent to any departure by Borrower therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance, and for the purpose, for which given. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no notice to, or demand on Borrower, shall entitle Borrower to any other or future notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances. Section 10.5 Delay Not a Waiver. Neither any failure nor any delay on the part of Lender in insisting upon strict performance of any term, condition, covenant or agreement, or exercising any right, power, remedy or privilege hereunder, or under the Note or under any other Loan Document, or any other instrument given as security therefor, shall operate as or constitute a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other future exercise, or the exercise of any other right, power, remedy or privilege. In particular, and not by way of limitation, by accepting payment after the due date of any amount payable under this Agreement, the Note or any other Loan Document, Lender shall not be deemed to have waived any right either to require prompt payment when due of all other amounts due under this Agreement, the Note or the other Loan Documents, or to declare a default for failure to effect prompt payment of any such other amount. Section 10.6 Notices. All notices, consents, approvals and requests required or permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be given in writing and shall be effective for all purposes if hand delivered or sent by (a) certified or registered United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested or (b) expedited prepaid delivery service, either commercial or United States Postal Service, with proof of attempted delivery, and by telecopier (with answer back acknowledged), addressed as follows (or at such other address and Person as shall be designated from time to time by any party hereto, as the case may be, in a written notice to the other parties hereto in the manner provided for in this Section): If to Borrower: EM Columbus II, LLC 150 East Gay Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 Attention: George A. Schmidt Facsimile No.: (614) 621-8863 75 With a copy to: Squires Sanders & Dempsey 1300 Huntington Center 41 South High Street Columbus, Ohio 43215-6197 Attention: Kim A. Rieck, Esq. Facsimile No.: (614) 365-2499 If to Lender: Lehman Brothers Bank FSB c/o Lehman Brothers Holdings 399 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 Attention: Timothy Johnson Facsimile No.: (212) 713-1278 With a copy to: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 180 Maiden Lane New York, New York 10038 Attention: William Campbell, Esq. Facsimile No.: (212) 526-1215 A notice shall be deemed to have been given: in the case of hand delivery, at the time of delivery; in the case of registered or certified mail, when delivered or the first attempted delivery on a Business Day; or in the case of expedited prepaid delivery and telecopy, upon the first attempted delivery on a Business Day. Section 10.7 Trial by Jury. BORROWER HEREBY AGREES NOT TO ELECT A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE OF RIGHT BY JURY, AND WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY FULLY TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH RIGHT SHALL NOW OR HEREAFTER EXIST WITH REGARD TO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER ACTION ARISING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS GIVEN KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY BY BORROWER, AND IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS INDIVIDUALLY EACH INSTANCE AND EACH ISSUE AS TO WHICH THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY WOULD OTHERWISE ACCRUE. LENDER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER BY BORROWER. 76 Section 10.8 Headings. The Article and/or Section headings and the Table of Contents in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose. Section 10.9 Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under Applicable Law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under Applicable Law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement. Section 10.10 Preferences. Lender shall have the continuing and exclusive right to apply or reverse and reapply any and all payments by Borrower to any portion of the obligations of Borrower hereunder. To the extent Borrower makes a payment or payments to Lender, which payment or proceeds or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or proceeds received, the obligations hereunder or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continue in full force and effect, as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by Lender. Section 10.11 Waiver of Notice. Borrower shall not be entitled to any notices of any nature whatsoever from Lender except with respect to matters for which this Agreement or the other Loan Documents specifically and expressly provide for the giving of notice by Lender to Borrower and except with respect to matters for which Borrower is not, pursuant to applicable Legal Requirements, permitted to waive the giving of notice. Borrower hereby expressly waives the right to receive any notice from Lender with respect to any matter for which this Agreement or the other Loan Documents do not specifically and expressly provide for the giving of notice by Lender to Borrower. Section 10.12 Remedies of Borrower. In the event that a claim or adjudication is made that Lender or its agents have acted unreasonably or unreasonably delayed acting in any case where by law or under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, Lender or such agent, as the case may be, has an obligation to act reasonably or promptly, Borrower agrees that neither Lender nor its agents shall be liable for any monetary damages, and Borrower's sole remedies shall be limited to commencing an action seeking injunctive relief or declaratory judgment. The parties hereto agree that any action or proceeding to determine whether Lender has acted reasonably shall be determined by an action seeking declaratory judgment. 77 Section 10.13 Expenses; Indemnity. (a) Borrower covenants and agrees to pay or, if Borrower fails to pay, to reimburse, Lender upon receipt of written notice from Lender for all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements) incurred by Lender in connection with (i) the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and all the costs of furnishing all opinions by counsel for Borrower (including without limitation any opinions requested by Lender as to any legal matters arising under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents with respect to the Property); (ii) Borrower's ongoing performance of and compliance with Borrower's respective agreements and covenants contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents on its part to be performed or complied with after the Closing Date, including, without limitation, confirming compliance with environmental and insurance requirements; (iii) after an Event of Default, Lender's ongoing performance and compliance with all agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents on its part to be performed or complied with after the Closing Date; (iv) the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and administration of any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents or matters requested by Lender; (v) securing Borrower's compliance with any requests made pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement; (vi) the filing and recording fees and expenses, title insurance and reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for providing to Lender all required legal opinions, and other similar expenses incurred in creating and perfecting the Liens in favor of Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (vii) enforcing or preserving any rights, in response to third party claims or the prosecuting or defending of any action or proceeding or other litigation, in each case against, under or affecting Borrower, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Property, or any other security given for the Loan; and (viii) enforcing any obligations of or collecting any payments due from Borrower under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or with respect to the Property or in connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided under this Agreement in the nature of a "work-out" or of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings; provided, however, that Borrower shall not be liable for the payment of any such costs and expenses to the extent the same arise by reason of the gross negligence, illegal acts, fraud or willful misconduct of Lender. Additionally, Borrower shall not be responsible for any costs incurred by Lender in connection with a Securitization. Any cost and expenses due and payable to Lender may be paid from any amounts in the Deposit Account. (b) Borrower shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Lender from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims, costs, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for Lender in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding commenced or threatened, whether or not Lender shall be designated a party thereto), that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against Lender in any manner relating to or arising out of (i) any breach by Borrower of its obligations under, or any material misrepresentation by Borrower contained in, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or (ii) the use or intended use of the proceeds of the Loan (collectively, the "Indemnified Liabilities"); provided, however, that Borrower shall not have any obligation to Lender hereunder to the extent that such Indemnified Liabilities arise from the gross negligence, illegal acts, fraud or 78 willful misconduct of Lender. To the extent that the undertaking to indemnify, defend and hold harmless set forth in the preceding sentence may be unenforceable because it violates any law or public policy, Borrower shall pay the maximum portion that it is permitted to pay and satisfy under Applicable Law to the payment and satisfaction of all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by Lender. Section 10.14 Schedules Incorporated. The Schedules annexed hereto are hereby incorporated herein as a part of this Agreement with the same effect as if set forth in the body hereof. Section 10.15 Offsets, Counterclaims and Defenses. Any assignee of Lender's interest in and to this Agreement, the Note and the other Loan Documents shall take the same free and clear of all offsets, counterclaims or defenses which are unrelated to such documents which Borrower may otherwise have against any assignor of such documents, and no such unrelated counterclaim or defense shall be interposed or asserted by Borrower in any action or proceeding brought by any such assignee upon such documents and any such right to interpose or assert any such unrelated offset, counterclaim or defense in any such action or proceeding is hereby expressly waived by Borrower. Section 10.16 No Joint Venture or Partnership; No Third Party Beneficiaries. (a) Borrower and Lender intend that the relationships created hereunder and under the other Loan Documents be solely that of borrower and lender. Nothing herein or therein is intended to create a joint venture, partnership, tenancy-in-common, or joint tenancy relationship between Borrower and Lender nor to grant Lender any interest in the Property other than that of mortgagee, beneficiary or lender. (b) This Agreement and the other Loan Documents are solely for the benefit of Lender and Borrower and nothing contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to confer upon anyone other than Lender and Borrower any right to insist upon or to enforce the performance or observance of any of the obligations contained herein or therein. All conditions to the obligations of Lender to make the Loan hereunder are imposed solely and exclusively for the benefit of Lender and no other Person shall have standing to require satisfaction of such conditions in accordance with their terms or be entitled to assume that Lender will refuse to make the Loan in the absence of strict compliance with any or all thereof and no other Person shall under any circumstances be deemed to be a beneficiary of such conditions, any or all of which may be freely waived in whole or in part by Lender if, in Lender's sole discretion, Lender deems it advisable or desirable to do so. Section 10.17 Publicity. All news releases, publicity or advertising by Borrower or their Affiliates through any media intended to reach the general public which refers to the Loan Documents or the financing evidenced by the Loan Documents, to Lender, Lehman, or any of their Affiliates shall be subject to the prior written approval of Lender. 79 Section 10.18 Waiver of Marshalling of Assets. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Borrower, for itself and its successors and assigns, waives all rights to a marshalling of the assets of Borrower, Borrower's partners and others with interests in Borrower, and of the Property, and agrees not to assert any right under any laws pertaining to the marshalling of assets, the sale in inverse order of alienation, homestead exemption, the administration of estates of decedents, or any other matters whatsoever to defeat, reduce or affect the right of Lender under the Loan Documents to a sale of the Property for the collection of the Debt without any prior or different resort for collection or of the right of Lender to the payment of the Debt out of the net proceeds of the Property in preference to every other claimant whatsoever. Section 10.19 Waiver of Counterclaim. Borrower hereby waives the right to assert a counterclaim, other than a compulsory counterclaim, in any action or proceeding brought against it by Lender or its agents. Section 10.20 Conflict; Construction of Documents; Reliance. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Loan Agreement and any of the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Loan Agreement shall control. The parties hereto acknowledge that they were represented by competent counsel in connection with the negotiation, drafting and execution of the Loan Documents and that such Loan Documents shall not be subject to the principle of construing their meaning against the party which drafted same. Borrower acknowledges that, with respect to the Loan, Borrower shall rely solely on its own judgment and advisors in entering into the Loan without relying in any manner on any statements, representations or recommendations of Lender or any parent, subsidiary or Affiliate of Lender. Lender shall not be subject to any limitation whatsoever in the exercise of any rights or remedies available to it under any of the Loan Documents or any other agreements or instruments which govern the Loan by virtue of the ownership by it or any parent, subsidiary or Affiliate of Lender of any equity interest any of them may acquire in Borrower, and Borrower hereby irrevocably waives the right to raise any defense or take any action on the basis of the foregoing with respect to Lender's exercise of any such rights or remedies. Borrower acknowledges that Lender engages in the business of real estate financings and other real estate transactions and investments which may be viewed as adverse to or competitive with the business of Borrower or its Affiliates. Section 10.21 Brokers and Financial Advisors. Borrower hereby represents that it has dealt with no financial advisors, brokers, underwriters, placement agents, agents or finders in connection with the Loan transaction contemplated by this Agreement. Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Lender harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses of any kind (including Lender's attorneys' fees and expenses) in any way relating to or arising from a claim by any Person that such Person acted on behalf of Borrower or Lender in connection with the Loan transaction contemplated herein. The provisions of this Section 10.21 shall survive the expiration and termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Debt. 80 Section 10.22 Prior Agreements. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents contain the entire agreement of the parties hereto and thereto in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and all prior agreements among or between such parties, whether oral or written, between Borrower and Lender are superseded by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Section 10.23 Mezzanine Loan Option. Lender shall have the right at any time to divide the Loan into two parts (the "Mezzanine Option"): a mortgage loan (the "Mortgage Loan") and a mezzanine loan (the "Mezzanine Loan"). The principal amount of the Mortgage Loan plus the principal amount of the Mezzanine Loan shall equal the outstanding principal balance of the Loan immediately prior to the creation of the Mortgage Loan and the Mezzanine Loan. In effectuating the foregoing, Mezzanine Lender will make a loan to Mezzanine Borrower (as hereinafter defined); Mezzanine Borrower will contribute the amount of the Mezzanine Loan to Borrower (in its capacity as Borrower under the Mortgage Loan, "Mortgage Borrower") and Mortgage Borrower will apply the contribution to pay down the Loan to its Mortgage Loan amount. The Mortgage Loan and the Mezzanine Loan will be on the same terms and subject to the same conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Note, the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents except as follows: (a) Lender (in its capacity as the lender under the Mortgage Loan, the "Mortgage Lender") shall have the right to establish different interest rates and debt service payments for the Mortgage Loan and the Mezzanine Loan and to require the payment of the Mortgage Loan and the Mezzanine Loan in such order of priority as may be designated by Lender; provided, that (i) the total loan amounts for the Mortgage Loan and the Mezzanine Loan shall equal the amount of the Loan immediately prior to the creation of the Mortgage Loan and the Mezzanine Loan, (ii) the weighted average interest rate of the Mortgage Loan and the Mezzanine Loan shall on the date created equal the interest rate which was applicable to the Loan immediately prior to creation of a Mortgage Loan and a Mezzanine Loan and (iii) the debt service payments on the Mortgage Loan note and the Mezzanine Loan note shall on the date created equal the debt service payment which was due under the Loan immediately prior to creation of a Mortgage Loan and a Mezzanine Loan. (b) The borrower under the Mezzanine Loan ("Mezzanine Borrower") shall be a special purpose, bankruptcy remote entity pursuant to applicable Rating Agency criteria and shall own directly or indirectly one hundred percent (100%) of Mortgage Borrower. The security for the Mezzanine Loan shall be a pledge of one hundred percent (100%) of the direct and indirect ownership interests in Mortgage Borrower. (c) Mezzanine Borrower and Mortgage Borrower shall cooperate with all reasonable requests of Lender in order to convert the Loan into a Mortgage Loan and a Mezzanine Loan and shall execute and deliver such documents as shall reasonably be required by Lender and any Rating Agency in connection therewith, including, without limitation, the delivery of a Nonconsolidation Opinion and the modification of organizational documents and loan documents. In the event Mortgage Borrower and/or Mezzanine 81 Borrower fail to execute and deliver such documents to Lender within five (5) Business Days following such request by Lender, Mortgage Borrower and/or Mezzanine Borrower, as applicable, hereby absolutely and irrevocably appoint Lender as their true and lawful attorney, coupled with an interest, in their name and stead to make and execute all documents necessary or desirable to effect such transactions, Mortgage Borrower and/or Mezzanine Borrower, as applicable, ratifying all that such attorney shall do by virtue thereof. Lender shall pay all costs and expenses in connection with the creation of the Mortgage Loan and the Mezzanine Loan and all requirements relating thereto. Borrower shall not be obligated to incur any material costs in connection with this Section 10.23, other than Borrower's counsel's legal fees. It shall be an Event of Default under this Agreement, the Note, the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents if Borrower or Mezzanine Borrower fails to comply with any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Section 10.23 after expiration of ten (10) Business Days after notice thereof. XI. CASH MANAGEMENT Section 11.1 Establishment of Accounts. (a) Borrower shall, simultaneously herewith, (i) establish an account (the "Clearing Account") with Clearing Account Bank into which Borrower shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, all Gross Income from Operations, and (ii) execute an agreement with Lender and the Clearing Account Bank providing for the control of the Clearing Account ("Clearing Account Agreement"). (b) Borrower, or Lender on behalf of Borrower, shall, simultaneously herewith, (i) establish an account with the Deposit Account Bank (the "Deposit Account"), into which Lender or Borrower shall deposit or cause to be deposited all sums on deposit in the Clearing Account, in accordance with Section 11.2 hereof, and (ii) execute an agreement with Lender and the Deposit Account Bank providing for the control of the Deposit Account. Section 11.2 Deposits To and Disbursements from the Clearing Account. (a) Borrower represents, warrants and covenants that (i) Borrower shall, or shall cause Manager to, immediately deposit all Gross Income from Operations into the Clearing Account, (ii) Borrower shall send a notice, substantially in the form of Schedule IV, to all tenants now or hereafter occupying space at the Property directing them to pay all Rents (including, without limitation, all Lease Termination Payments) and other sums due under the Lease to which they are a party directly into the Clearing Account, (iii) other than the Clearing Account, there shall be no other accounts maintained by Borrower or any other Person into which revenues from the ownership and operation of the Property are deposited, and (iv) neither Borrower nor any other Person shall open any other such account with respect to the deposit of income in connection with the Property. Until deposited into the Clearing Account, any Gross Income from Operations from the Property held by Borrower shall be deemed to be Account Collateral and shall be held in trust by it for the benefit, and as the property, of Lender and shall not be commingled with any other funds or property of Borrower. 82 (b) Lender shall authorize and instruct the Clearing Account Bank to disburse all final and collected funds on deposit in the Clearing Account on each Business Day into the Deposit Account. Section 11.3 Transfer To and Disbursements from the Deposit Account. (a) Lender shall apply all funds on deposit in the Deposit Account on each Payment Date (or, if any such date is not a Business Day, then on the Business Day preceding such date). (b) Lender shall disburse the funds in the Deposit Account in the following order of priority: (i) First, funds sufficient to pay the amounts due and payable on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 7.2 shall be deposited into the Tax and Insurance Escrow Fund; (ii) Second, funds sufficient to pay the Monthly Debt Service Payment Amount due on such Payment Date shall be paid to Lender. (iii) Third, funds sufficient to pay the Replacement Reserve Monthly Deposit due on such Payment Date shall be deposited in the Replacement Reserve Account; (iv) Fourth, funds sufficient to pay the Rollover Reserve Monthly Deposit due on such Payment Date shall be deposited in the Rollover Reserve Account; (v) Fifth, funds sufficient to pay any interest accruing at the Default Rate, and late payment charges, if any, shall be paid to Lender; (vi) Sixth, to the payment of Deposit Account Bank for fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the accounts established hereunder; (vii) Seventh, provided no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing all amounts remaining in the Deposit Account after deposits for items (i) through (vi) for the current month and all prior months shall be disbursed to Borrower; provided, however, during such times as the Debt Service Coverage Ratio shall fall below 1.10:1.00 (and until such time as the Debt Service Coverage Ratio shall have been restored above 1.10:1.00 for two (2) consecutive calendar quarters), all such remaining amounts shall be disbursed to Borrower solely for the purpose of paying all costs and expenses, calculated on a Cash basis, required to be paid during such month by or on behalf of Borrower in connection with the ownership and operation of the Property in accordance with the Annual Budget. Section 11.4 Account Name. The Clearing Account shall be in the name of Borrower. All other Accounts shall be in the name designated by Lender. 83 Section 11.5 Eligible Accounts. Borrower shall, and Borrower shall cause Clearing Account Bank and Deposit Account Bank to maintain each Account as an Eligible Account, to the extent any such Account has been established by Borrower. Section 11.6 Permitted Investments. Sums on deposit in any Account other than the Clearing Account or Deposit Account may be invested in Permitted Investments provided (i) such investments are then regularly offered by Deposit Bank for accounts of this size, category and type, (ii) such investments are permitted by Applicable Law, (iii) the maturity date of the Permitted Investment is not later than the date on which sums in the applicable Account are anticipated by Lender to be required for payment of an obligation for which such Account was created, and (iv) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. All income earned from Permitted Investments shall be the property of Borrower. Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs Deposit Bank, to hold any income earned from Permitted Investments as part of the Accounts. Borrower shall be responsible for payment of any federal, State or local income or other tax applicable to income earned from Permitted Investments. No other investments of the sums on deposit in the Accounts shall be permitted except as set forth in this Section 11.6. Lender shall not be liable for any loss sustained on the investment of any funds constituting the Reserve Funds or of any funds deposited in the related Accounts. Section 11.7 Sole Dominion and Control. Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the Clearing Account and Deposit Account are subject to the sole dominion, control and discretion of Lender, its authorized agents or designees, including Clearing Account Bank and Deposit Account Bank, subject to the terms hereof, including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 11.2 hereof; and Borrower shall have no right of withdrawal with respect to any such account except with the prior written consent of Lender or as otherwise provided herein. Section 11.8 Security Interest. Borrower hereby grants to Lender a first priority security interest in each of the Accounts and the Account Collateral as additional security for the Debt. Section 11.9 Rights on Default. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 11, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Lender shall promptly notify Clearing Account Bank and Deposit Account Bank in writing of such Event of Default and, without notice from Clearing Account Bank, Deposit Account Bank or Lender, (a) Borrower shall have no further right in respect of (including, without limitation, the right to instruct Deposit Account Bank or Clearing Account Bank to transfer from) the Accounts, (b) Lender may direct Deposit Account Bank to liquidate and transfer any amounts then invested in Permitted Investments to the Accounts or reinvest such amounts in other Permitted Investments as Lender may reasonably determine is necessary to perfect or protect any security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or pursuant to the other Loan Documents or to 84 enable Deposit Account Bank, as agent for Lender, or Lender to exercise and enforce Lender's rights and remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document with respect to any Account or any Account Collateral, and (C) Lender shall have all rights and remedies with respect to the Accounts and the amounts on deposit therein and the Account Collateral as described in this Agreement and in the Mortgage, in addition to all of the rights and remedies available to a secured party under the UCC, and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or in the Mortgage, Lender may apply any or all amounts on deposit in the Accounts as Lender determines in its sole discretion including, but not limited to, to the payment of the Debt in such order of priority as Lender shall determine. Section 11.10 Financing Statement; Further Assurances. Borrower hereby authorizes Lender to file, and upon Lender's request shall execute and deliver to Lender for filing a financing statement or statements under the UCC in connection with any of the Accounts and the Account Collateral with respect thereto in the form required to properly perfect Lender's security interest therein. Borrower agrees that at any time and from time to time, at the expense of Borrower, Borrower will promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action, that may be necessary or desirable, or that Lender may request, in order to perfect and protect any security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby (including, without limitation, any security interest in and to any Permitted Investments) or to enable Deposit Account Bank or Lender to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Account or Account Collateral. Section 11.11 Borrower's Obligation Not Affected. The insufficiency of funds on deposit in the Accounts shall not absolve Borrower of the obligation to make any payments, as and when due pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and such obligations shall be separate and independent, and not conditioned on any event or circumstance whatsoever. Section 11.12 Payments Received in the Deposit Account. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and provided no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower's obligations with respect to the monthly payment of principal and interest and amounts due for the Reserve Funds shall be deemed satisfied to the extent sufficient amounts are deposited in the Deposit Account to satisfy such obligations on the dates each such payment is required, regardless of whether any of such amounts are so applied by Lender. [NO FURTHER TEXT ON THIS PAGE] 85 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Loan Agreement to be duly executed by their duly authorized representatives, all as of the day and year first above written. BORROWER: EM COLUMBUS II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company By: Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, its sole equity member By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, a Delaware corporation, its sole general partner By: ________________________ George A. Schmidt, Executive Vice President LENDER: LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK FSB, a federal stock savings bank, By:________________________________ Name: Title: SCHEDULE I ---------- RENT ROLL SCHEDULE II ----------- Required Repairs ADA Compliance: Wrap drain pipes below lavatory with insulation; protect against contact with hot, sharp, or abrasive surfaces. SCHEDULE III ------------ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SCHEDULE IV ----------- Form of Tenant Direction Letter ------------------------------- November ___, 2006 VIA CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED - --------------------------------------------- [Tenant name & address] Re: DBA Name Eastland Mall Columbus, Ohio (the "Property") Dear Tenant: Please be advised that effective as of the date of this Notice, in connection with a refinancing of the mortgage on the above-referenced Property, EM Columbus, LLC has transferred ownership of the Property to a newly formed subsidiary, EM COLUMBUS II, LLC, and EM COLUMBUS II, LLC is now your new landlord ("Landlord"). You are further advised that the Landlord, has granted a mortgage in favor of LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK FSB, a federal stock savings bank (together with its successors and assigns "Lender") on the above-referenced Property in which you are a tenant. Pursuant to the mortgage, the Landlord has granted a security interest in favor of Lender in the leases relating to the Property and all rents, additional rent and all other monetary obligations to landlord thereunder (collectively, "Rent"). The Landlord hereby irrevocably instructs and authorizes you to disregard any and all previous notices sent to you in connection with Rent and hereafter to deliver all Rent to the following new address: EM COLUMBUS II, LLC Dept. 005EML 75 Remittance Drive, Suite 6449 Chicago IL 60675-6449 All checks should be made payable to "EM COLUMBUS II, LLC". These payment instructions cannot be withdrawn or modified without the prior written consent of Lender or its agent ("Servicer"), or pursuant to a joint written instruction from Borrower and Lender or the Servicer. You are hereby further advised that the Property will continue to be managed by Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, as property manager, and Glimcher Development Corporation, as services provider. In accordance with the terms of your lease, copies of all future notices to landlord should be sent to: EM Columbus II, LLC c/o Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership 150 East Gay Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 Attention: General Counsel Also, in accordance with the provisions of your lease, please send an updated Certificate of Insurance naming the Landlord (RVM Glimcher, LLC) as Holder and additional insured; as well as naming the new mortgagee (Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB, its successor and assigns, as their interest may appear) and the property manager (Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership) as additional insured parties. The Certificate of Insurance should be sent to Landlord, Attention: Risk Management, at the address above with a copy also being sent to the Property office at Eastland Mall, 2740-B Eastland Mall, Columbus, OH 43232. Enclosed is a copy of an IRS W-9 form certifying the Federal Tax ID number for RVM Glimcher, LLC, as well as a blank gross sales reporting form, with instructions, for future use. Please forward these items to the appropriate personnel of your company. If you have any questions or need any additional information, please feel free to contact the management office at (614) 621-9000. EM COLUMBUS, LLC, EM COLUMBUS II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company a Delaware limited liability company By: Glimcher Properties Limited By: Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member liability company, its sole member By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, a Delaware corporation, a Delaware corporation, its sole general partner its sole general partner By:______________________________ By: _____________________________ George A. Schmidt George A. Schmidt Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Enclosures: (1) Copy of IRS Form W-9 (2) Blank Gross Sales Reporting Form EX-10.70 10 glimcher_ex1070.txt GUARANTY Exhibit 10.70 New York, New York As of November 20, 2006 GUARANTY OF RECOURSE OBLIGATIONS OF BORROWER FOR VALUE RECEIVED, and to induce LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK, FSB, a federal stock savings bank, having an address at 1000 West Street, Suite 200, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 ("Lender"), to lend to EM COLUMBUS II, LLC, a Delawarel limited liability company having an address at 150 East Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 ("Borrower"), the principal sum of FORTY-THREE MILLION AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($43,000,000.00) (the "Loan"), advanced pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between Borrower and Lender (as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Loan Agreement") and evidenced by the Note (as defined in the Loan Agreement) and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Loan Agreement). All capitalized words and phrases not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement. The undersigned, GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership, having an address at 150 East Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 (hereinafter referred to as "Guarantor") hereby absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to Lender the prompt and unconditional payment of the Guaranteed Recourse Obligations of Borrower (hereinafter defined). It is expressly understood and agreed that this is a continuing guaranty and that the obligations of Guarantor hereunder are and shall be absolute under any and all circumstances, without regard to the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Note, the Loan Agreement, or the other Loan Documents, a true copy of each of said documents Guarantor hereby acknowledges having received and reviewed. The term "Debt" as used in this Guaranty of Recourse Obligations of Borrower (the "Guaranty") shall mean the principal sum evidenced by the Note and secured by the Security Instrument, or so much thereof as may be outstanding from time to time, together with interest thereon at the rate of interest specified in the Note and all other sums other than principal or interest which may or shall become due and payable pursuant to the provisions of the Note, the Loan Agreement, or the other Loan Documents. The term "Guaranteed Recourse Obligations of Borrower" as used in this Guaranty shall mean all obligations and liabilities of Borrower for which Borrower shall be personally liable pursuant to the Note, the Loan Agreement, or the other Loan Documents. Any indebtedness of Borrower to Guarantor now or hereafter existing (including, but not limited to, any rights to subrogation Guarantor may have as a result of any payment by Guarantor under this Guaranty), together with any interest thereon, shall be, and such indebtedness is, hereby deferred, postponed and subordinated to the prior payment in full of the Debt. Until payment in full of the Debt (and including interest accruing on the Note after the commencement of a proceeding by or against Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code and the regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant thereto, which interest the parties agree shall remain a claim that is prior and superior to any claim of Guarantor notwithstanding any contrary practice, custom or ruling in cases under the Bankruptcy Code generally), Guarantor agrees not to accept any payment or satisfaction of any kind of indebtedness of Borrower to Guarantor and hereby assigns such indebtedness to Lender, including the right to file proof of claim and to vote thereon in connection with any such proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, including the right to vote on any plan of reorganization. Further, if Guarantor shall comprise more than one person, firm or corporation, Guarantor agrees that until such payment in full of the Debt, (a) no one of them shall accept payment from the others by way of contribution on account of any payment made hereunder by such party to Lender, (b) no one of them will take any action to exercise or enforce any rights to such contribution, and (c) if any of Guarantor should receive any payment, satisfaction or security for any indebtedness of Borrower to any of Guarantor or for any contribution by the others of Guarantor for payment made hereunder by the recipient to Lender, the same shall be delivered to Lender in the form received, endorsed or assigned as may be appropriate for application on account of, or as security for, the Debt and until so delivered, shall be held in trust for Lender as security for the Debt. Guarantor agrees that, with or without notice or demand, Guarantor will reimburse Lender, to the extent that such reimbursement is not made by Borrower, for all expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) incurred by Lender in connection with the collection of the Guaranteed Recourse Obligations of Borrower or any portion thereof or with the enforcement of this Guaranty. All moneys available to Lender for application in payment or reduction of the Debt may be applied by Lender in such manner and in such amounts and at such time or times and in such order and priority as Lender may see fit to the payment or reduction of such portion of the Debt as Lender may elect. Guarantor hereby waives notice of the acceptance hereof, presentment, demand for payment, protest, notice of protest, or any and all notice of non-payment, non-performance or non-observance, or other proof, or notice or demand, whereby to charge Guarantor therefor. Guarantor further agrees that the validity of this Guaranty and the obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall in no way be terminated, affected or impaired (a) by reason of the assertion by Lender of any rights or remedies which it may have under or with respect to either the Note, the Loan Agreement, or the other Loan Documents, against any person obligated thereunder or the Properties covered under the Loan Agreement, or (b) by reason of any failure to file or record any of such instruments or to take or perfect any security intended to be provided thereby, or (c) by reason of the release of any of the Properties covered under the Loan Agreement or other collateral for the Loan, or (d) by reason of Lender's failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any such right or remedy or any right or remedy Lender may have hereunder or in respect to this Guaranty, or (e) by reason of the commencement of a case under the Bankruptcy Code by or against any person obligated under the Note, the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or the death of any Guarantor, or (f) by reason of any payment made on the Debt or any other indebtedness arising under the Note, the Loan Agreement, or the other Loan Documents, whether made by 2 Borrower or Guarantor or any other person, which is required to be refunded pursuant to any bankruptcy or insolvency law; it being understood that no payment so refunded shall be considered as a payment of any portion of the Debt, nor shall it have the effect of reducing the liability of Guarantor hereunder. It is further understood, that if Borrower shall have taken advantage of, or be subject to the protection of, any provision in the Bankruptcy Code, the effect of which is to prevent or delay Lender from taking any remedial action against Borrower, including the exercise of any option Lender has to declare the Debt due and payable on the happening of any default or event by which under the terms of the Note, the Loan Agreement, or the other Loan Documents, the Debt shall become due and payable, Lender may, as against Guarantor, nevertheless, declare the Debt due and payable and enforce any or all of its rights and remedies against Guarantor provided for herein. Guarantor further covenants that this Guaranty shall remain and continue in full force and effect as to any modification, extension or renewal of the Note, the Loan Agreement, or the other Loan Documents, that Lender shall not be under a duty to protect, secure or insure any Property covered under the Loan Agreement, and that other indulgences or forbearance may be granted under any or all of such documents, all of which may be made, done or suffered without notice to, or further consent of, Guarantor. As a further inducement to Lender to make the Loan and in consideration thereof, Guarantor further covenants and agrees (a) that in any action or proceeding brought by Lender against Guarantor on this Guaranty, Guarantor shall and does hereby waive trial by jury, (b) that the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York, or, in a case involving diversity of citizenship, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, shall have exclusive jurisdiction of any such action or proceeding, and (c) that service of any summons and complaint or other process in any such action or proceeding may be made by registered or certified mail directed to Guarantor at Guarantor's address set forth above, Guarantor waiving personal service thereof. Nothing in this Guaranty will be deemed to preclude Lender from bringing an action or proceeding with respect hereto in any other jurisdiction. This is a guaranty of payment and not of collection and upon any default of Borrower under the Note, the Loan Agreement, or the other Loan Documents, Lender may, at its option, proceed directly and at once, without notice, against Guarantor to collect and recover the full amount of the liability hereunder or any portion thereof, without proceeding against Borrower or any other person, or foreclosing upon, selling, or otherwise disposing of or collecting or applying against any of the mortgaged property or other collateral for the Loan. Guarantor hereby waives the pleading of any statute of limitations as a defense to the obligation hereunder. Each reference herein to Lender shall be deemed to include its successors and assigns, to whose favor the provisions of this Guaranty shall also inure. Each reference herein to Guarantor shall be deemed to include the heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of Guarantor, all of whom shall be bound by the provisions of this Guaranty. 3 If any party hereto shall be a partnership, the agreements and obligations on the part of Guarantor herein contained shall remain in force and application notwithstanding any changes in the individuals composing the partnership and the term "Guarantor" shall include any altered or successive partnerships but the predecessor partnerships and their partners shall not thereby be released from any obligations or liability hereunder. Guarantor (and its representative, executing below, if any) has full power, authority and legal right to execute this Guaranty and to perform all its obligations under this Guaranty. All understandings, representations and agreements heretofore had with respect to this Guaranty are merged into this Guaranty which alone fully and completely expresses the agreement of Guarantor and Lender. This Guaranty may be executed in one or more counterparts by some or all of the parties hereto, each of which counterparts shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute a single agreement of Guaranty. The failure of any party hereto to execute this Guaranty, or any counterpart hereof, shall not relieve the other signatories from their obligations hereunder. This Guaranty may not be modified, amended, waived, extended, changed, discharged or terminated orally or by any act or failure to act on the part of Lender or Borrower, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of any modification, amendment, waiver, extension, change, discharge or termination is sought. This Guaranty shall be governed, construed and interpreted as to validity, enforcement and in all other respects, in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. [NO FURTHER TEXT ON THIS PAGE] 4 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantor has duly executed this Guaranty as of the date first above set forth. GUARANTOR: GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as its sole general partner By: _______________________________ George A. Schmidt Executive Vice President EX-10.71 11 glimcher_ex1071.txt PROMISSORY NOTE Exhibit 10.71 PROMISSORY NOTE $43,000,000.00 New York, New York As of November 20, 2006 FOR VALUE RECEIVED EM COLUMBUS II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as maker, having an address at 150 East Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 ("Borrower"), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK, FSB, a federal stock savings bank, having an address at 1000 West Street, Suite 200, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 ("Lender"), or at such other place as the holder hereof may from time to time designate in writing, the principal sum of FORTY-THREE MILLION AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($43,000,000.00), or so much thereof as may be advanced by Lender to Borrower pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement of even date herewith between Borrower and Lender (the "Loan Agreement") in lawful money of the United States of America with interest thereon to be computed from the date of this Note at the Applicable Interest Rate, and to be paid in accordance with the terms of this Note and the Loan Agreement. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Loan Agreement. ARTICLE 1: PAYMENT TERMS Borrower agrees to pay the principal sum of this Note and interest on the unpaid principal sum of this Note from time to time outstanding at the rates and at the times specified in Article 2 of the Loan Agreement and the outstanding balance of the principal sum of this Note and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date. ARTICLE 2: DEFAULT AND ACCELERATION The Debt shall without notice become immediately due and payable at the option of Lender if any payment required in this Note is not paid on or prior to the date when due or on the happening of any other Event of Default. ARTICLE 3: LOAN DOCUMENTS This Note is secured by the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents. All of the terms, covenants and conditions contained in the Loan Agreement, the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents are hereby made part of this Note to the same extent and with the same force as if they were fully set forth herein. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the Loan Agreement, the terms and provisions of the Loan Agreement shall govern. ARTICLE 4: SAVINGS CLAUSE Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, (a) all agreements and communications between Borrower and Lender are hereby and shall automatically be limited so that, after taking into account all amounts deemed interest, the interest contracted for, charged or received by Lender shall never exceed the maximum lawful rate or amount, (b) in calculating whether any interest exceeds the lawful maximum, all such interest shall be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread over the full amount and term of all principal indebtedness of Borrower to Lender, and (c) if through any contingency or event, Lender receives or is deemed to receive interest in excess of the lawful maximum, any such excess shall be deemed to have been applied toward payment of the principal of any and all then outstanding indebtedness of Borrower to Lender, or if there is no such indebtedness, shall immediately be returned to Borrower. ARTICLE 5: NO ORAL CHANGE This Note may not be modified, amended, waived, extended, changed, discharged or terminated orally or by any act or failure to act on the part of Borrower or Lender, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of any modification, amendment, waiver, extension, change, discharge or termination is sought. ARTICLE 6: WAIVERS Borrower and all others who may become liable for the payment of all or any part of the Debt do hereby severally waive presentment and demand for payment, notice of dishonor, notice of intention to accelerate, notice of acceleration, protest and notice of protest and non-payment and all other notices of any kind. No release of any security for the Debt or extension of time for payment of this Note or any installment hereof, and no alteration, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Note, the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents made by agreement between Lender or any other Person shall release, modify, amend, waive, extend, change, discharge, terminate or affect the liability of Borrower, and any other Person who may become liable for the payment of all or any part of the Debt, under this Note, the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents. No notice to or demand on Borrower shall be deemed to be a waiver of the obligation of Borrower or of the right of Lender to take further action without further notice or demand as provided for in this Note, the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents. If Borrower is a partnership, the agreements herein contained shall remain in force and applicable, notwithstanding any changes in the individuals comprising the partnership, and the term "Borrower," as used herein, shall include any alternate or successor partnership, but any predecessor partnership and their partners shall not thereby be released from any liability. If Borrower is a corporation, the agreements contained herein shall remain in full force and applicable notwithstanding any changes in the shareholders comprising, or the officers and directors relating to, the corporation, and the term "Borrower" as used herein, shall include any alternative or successor corporation, but any predecessor corporation shall not be relieved of liability hereunder. (Nothing in the foregoing sentence shall be construed as a consent to, or a waiver of, any prohibition or restriction on transfers of interests in such partnership which may be set forth in the Loan Agreement, the Mortgage or any other Loan Document.) ARTICLE 7: TRANSFER Upon the transfer of this Note, Borrower hereby waiving notice of any such transfer, Lender may deliver all the collateral mortgaged, granted, pledged or assigned pursuant to the Loan Documents, or any part thereof, to the transferee who shall thereupon become vested with all the rights herein or under applicable law given to Lender with respect thereto, and Lender shall thereafter forever be relieved and fully discharged from any liability or responsibility in the matter; but Lender shall retain all rights hereby given to it with respect to any liabilities and the collateral not so transferred. 2 ARTICLE 8: EXCULPATION The provisions of Section 9.4 of the Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference into this Note to the same extent and with the same force as if fully set forth herein. ARTICLE 9: GOVERNING LAW (A) THIS NOTE WAS NEGOTIATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND MADE BY BORROWER AND ACCEPTED BY LENDER IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE PROCEEDS OF THIS NOTE WERE DISBURSED FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WHICH STATE THE PARTIES AGREE HAS A SUBSTANTIAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE PARTIES AND TO THE UNDERLYING TRANSACTION EMBODIED HEREBY, AND IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, THIS NOTE AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE (WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT LAWS) AND ANY APPLICABLE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BORROWER HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY CLAIM TO ASSERT THAT THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION GOVERNS THIS NOTE AND THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW. (B) ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST LENDER OR BORROWER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE MAY AT LENDER'S OPTION BE INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NEW YORK, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND BORROWER WAIVES ANY OBJECTIONS WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE BASED ON VENUE AND/OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, AND BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. BORROWER DOES HEREBY DESIGNATE AND APPOINT: Corporation Service Company 80 State Street Albany, New York 12207-2543 3 AS ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT TO ACCEPT AND ACKNOWLEDGE ON ITS BEHALF SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS WHICH MAY BE SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON SAID AGENT AT SAID ADDRESS AND WRITTEN NOTICE OF SAID SERVICE MAILED OR DELIVERED TO BORROWER IN THE MANNER PROVIDED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED IN EVERY RESPECT EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON BORROWER IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. BORROWER (I) SHALL GIVE PROMPT NOTICE TO LENDER OF ANY CHANGED ADDRESS OF ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT HEREUNDER, (II) MAY AT ANY TIME AND FROM TIME TO TIME DESIGNATE A SUBSTITUTE AUTHORIZED AGENT WITH AN OFFICE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK (WHICH SUBSTITUTE AGENT AND OFFICE SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS THE PERSON AND ADDRESS FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS), AND (III) SHALL PROMPTLY DESIGNATE SUCH A SUBSTITUTE IF ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT CEASES TO HAVE AN OFFICE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK OR IS DISSOLVED WITHOUT LEAVING A SUCCESSOR. ARTICLE 10: NOTICES All notices or other written communications hereunder shall be delivered in accordance with Section 10.6 of the Loan Agreement. [NO FURTHER TEXT ON THIS PAGE] 4 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower has duly executed this Note as of the day and year first above written. BORROWER: EM COLUMBUS II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company By: Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, its sole equity member By: Glimcher Properties Corporation, a Delaware corporation, its sole general partner By: __________________________ George A. Schmidt Executive Vice President ACKNOWLEDGMENT STATE OF _____________ ) )ss: COUNTY OF ____________ ) Before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared George A. Schmidt, as executive vice president of Glimcher Properties Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as sole general partner of Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, as sole equity member of EM COLUMBUS II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, who acknowledged execution of the foregoing for and on behalf of said corporation, limited partnership and limited liability company, and who, having been duly sworn, stated that the execution thereof was his/her free act and deed and the free act and deed of said corporation for and on behalf of said limited partnership and limited liability company. _______________________________________ Notary Public My Commission Expires:_________________ EX-10.103 12 glimcher_ex10103.txt FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED GROUND LEASE Exhibit 10.103 FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED GROUND LEASE --------------------------------------- THIS FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED GROUND LEASE ("Lease") is made and entered into this 6th day of December, 2006, (the "Effective Date") by and between SUCIA SCOTTSDALE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Landlord"), and KIERLAND CROSSING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Tenant"). This Lease supersedes and replaces in its entirety that certain "Ground Lease" dated effective as of the May 12, 2006, by and between Landlord and Tenant, as amended. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, Landlord is the owner of certain land in the City of Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona upon which land Landlord intends to develop a mixed use development to be known as "Scottsdale Crossing" and WHEREAS, Landlord has agreed to lease a portion of the aforesaid land to Tenant herein for the period(s), at the rental and upon the terms hereinafter provided. NOW, THEREFORE, Landlord and Tenant covenant and agree as follows: ARTICLE 1 --------- BASIC LEASE INFORMATION ----------------------- 1.1 In addition to the other provisions which are elsewhere defined in this Lease, the following, whenever used in this Lease, shall have the meanings set forth in this Paragraph: (a) "Affiliate" means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person or is a member, partner, shareholder, director or officer of such Person or of an Affiliate of such Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities or other beneficial interest, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have the meanings correlative to the foregoing. (b) "CCRs" means a mutually acceptable agreement covering the covenants, conditions, restrictions and easements which will provide for the integrated development and operation of the Development, as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time. (c) "Claims" means all liabilities, claims, damages, losses, penalties, litigation, demands, causes of action (whether in tort or contract, in law or at equity or otherwise), suits, proceedings, judgments, disbursements, charges, assessments and expenses (including attorneys' and experts' fees and expenses incurred in investigating, defending or prosecuting any litigation, claim or proceeding). 1 (d) "Common Areas" means, with respect to all or any portion of Complete Site, all areas, facilities and improvements designated as common areas in the CCRs. (e) "Complete Site" means the real property described in Exhibit A-2. (e)(2) "Commencement of Construction" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.14 herein. (e)(3) "Completion Letter of Credit" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.14 herein. (f) "Constant Dollars" means the present value of the dollars to which such phrase refers. An adjustment shall occur on January 1 of the tenth calendar year following the Date of this Lease, and thereafter at five (5) year intervals. Constant Dollars shall be determined by multiplying the dollar amount to be adjusted by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Current Index Number and the denominator of which is the Base Index Number. The "Base Index Number" shall be the level of the Index for the month during which the Effective Date of this Lease occurs; the "Current Index Number" shall be the level of the Index for the month of September of the year preceding the adjustment year; the "Index" shall be the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers ("CPI-U") for the West Region published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of United States Department of Labor (base year 1982-84=100), or any successor index thereto as hereinafter provided. If publication of the Index is discontinued, or if the basis of calculating the Index is materially changed, then the Approving Parties shall substitute for the Index comparable statistics as computed by an agency of the United States Government or, if none, by a substantial and responsible periodical or publication of recognized authority most closely approximating the result which would have been achieved by the Index. (g) "Default Interest" means that interest rate set forth in Section 28.3. (h) "Development" means the Complete Site and buildings and other improvements from time to time constituting an integrated retail, office, residential and hotel mixed use development which Landlord and Tenant intend to construct or cause to be constructed, to be commonly known as "Scottsdale Crossings," shown substantially as the same shall exist after construction of the improvements contemplated under this Lease on the Site Plan, as the same shall be changed from time to time. (i) "Dial" means The Dial Corporation, a Delaware corporation. (j) "Dial Lease" means the following documents, collectively: (i) The Dial Corporation Lease Agreement for the Existing DTAC Building Interim Lease, dated June 30, 2002; (ii) Memorandum of Lease and Rights of First Refusal, dated June 30, 2000; (iii) Right of First Refusal Agreement, dated June 30, 2000; 2 (iv) Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions, dated June 30, 2000; (v) Estoppel Certificate dated April 17, 2001; (vi) First Amendment to Lease Agreement (Existing) DTAC Building, dated December 28, 2000; (vii) Second Amendment to Lease Agreement (Existing) DTAC Building, dated February 12, 2001; (viii) Third Amendment to Lease Agreement (Existing) DTAC Building, dated May 15, 2001; and (ix) Fourth Amendment to the Dial Corporation Lease Agreement for the Existing DTAC Building, dated April 1, 2003. (k) "Environmental Laws" means all federal, state and local laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, guidelines, decisions and orders now in effect or hereafter enacted that deal with the regulation or protection of the public health or environment (including the ambient air, groundwater, surface water and land, including sub-strata land), including, without limitation, all of the following: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. ss. 9601 et seq.; the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. ss. 1801 et seq.; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 ss. 6941 et seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. ss. 2601 et seq.; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. ss. 300h et seq.; the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. ss. 1251 et seq.; the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. ss. 7401 et seq.; the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 29 U.S.C. ss. 651 et seq.; the Arizona Hazardous Waste Management Act, A.R.S. ss. 49-921 et seq.; the Arizona Environmental Quality Act, Laws 1986, Ch. 368; Laws 1987, Ch. 317, as amended; the Arizona Underground Storage Tank Regulation Act, A.R.S. ss. 49-1001 et seq.; all regulations or guidelines adopted pursuant to any of the foregoing; and common law doctrines relating to the subject matter of the foregoing-listed laws. (l) "Floor Area" means, with respect to any space within the Development, the actual number of square feet of floor space of such space, measured to the center line of all party or adjacent tenant walls, to the exterior faces of all other walls and to the building line where there is no wall, without deduction or exclusion for any space occupied or used by columns, stairs or other interior construction or equipment within such space. (m) "Joint Development Agreement" means a mutually acceptable development agreement pursuant to which Affiliates of the Landlord and Tenant will develop the infrastructure and common elements of the Development. (n) "Hazardous Substance" means any substance, matter, material, waste or pollutant, the generation, storage, disposal, handling, release (or threatened release), treatment, discharge or emission of which is regulated under any Environmental Law. (o) "Indemnify" means indemnify, defend (with counsel reasonably acceptable to Landlord) and hold free and harmless for, from and against. 3 (o)(1) "Landlord's Mortgagee" means any lender or lenders to the Landlord holding a deed of trust, mortgage, or other security interest encumbering the Landlord's fee estate in the Premises. (p) "Landlord Parties" means Landlord, Landlord's Mortgagee, their respective agents, contractors and employees and all Persons claiming through any of those Persons. (q) "Landlord's Retained Land" means that portion of Complete Site described in Exhibit A-3. (r) "Lease Year" means each twelve (12) month period beginning with January 1, 2007 and each anniversary thereof. (s) "Losses and Liabilities" means all liabilities, claims, losses, causes of action, charges, penalties, damages, costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs), of whatsoever character, nature and kind, whether to property or Person, whether by direct or derivative action, and whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, or latent or patent. (t) "Mortgage" means a mortgage, deed of trust, security instrument or other instrument intended to secure indebtedness. (u) "Mortgagee" means the mortgagee, beneficiary or secured party under a Mortgage. (v) "Notice Address" means: (i) for Landlord: Sucia Scottsdale, LLC c/o Sucia Manager, LLC c/o The Wolff Company, LLC 8320 E. Hartford Dr., Ste. 101 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Attn: Timothy M. Wolff with a copy to: Lukins & Annis, P.S. 717 W. Sprague Ave., Se. 1600 Spokane, WA 99201 Attn: James S. Black, Esq. (ii) for Tenant: Kierland Crossing, LLC 150 East Gay Street, 24th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Attn: George A. Schmidt, Esq., Executive Vice President (w) "Partial Lease Year" means any portion of the Preliminary Term or Primary Term comprising less than a full Lease Year. 4 (x) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, unincorporated association, any federal, state, county or municipal government or any bureau, department or agency thereof and any fiduciary acting in such capacity on behalf of any of the foregoing. (y) [Intentionally Left Blank]. (z) "Preliminary Term" means that period of time from the Effective Date to the Rent Commencement Date. (aa) "Premises" means the portion of the Complete Site described in Exhibit A-1, together with all easement, hereditaments, rights, privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging. (bb) "Prime Rate" means the highest prime rate published in the Money Rates column of The Wall Street Journal. (cc) "Primary Term" means ninety-nine (99) Lease Years following the Rent Commencement Date. (dd) "Project" means the Premises and buildings and other improvements from time to time constituting an integrated retail and office mixed use development which Tenant intends to construct or cause to be constructed, as the same may be changed from time to time. (ee) "Rent Commencement Date" means December 6, 2006. (ff) "Substantial Completion" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.14 herein. (gg) "Tenant's Mortgagee" means any lender or lenders to the Tenant holding a deed of trust, mortgage, or other security interest encumbering the Tenant's leasehold estate in the Premises. (hh) "Tenant Parties" means Tenant, Tenant's agents, contractors and employees, and all Persons claiming by, through or under any of these Persons. (ii) "Term" means the Preliminary Term and the Primary Term, collectively. (jj) "Waives" means that the applicable party waives and knowingly and voluntarily assumes the risk of. 1.2 Reference to Articles and Exhibits appearing in this Article are intended to designate some of the other places in this Lease where additional provisions applicable to the particular Lease provision appear. These references are for convenience only and shall not be deemed all inclusive. Each reference in this Lease to any of the Lease provisions contained in Section 1.1 of this Article shall be construed to incorporate all of the terms provided for under such provisions and such provisions shall be read in conjunction with all other provisions of this Lease applicable thereto. If there is any conflict between any of the Lease provisions set forth in Section 1.1 of this Article and any other provisions of this Lease, the latter shall control. 5 ARTICLE 2 --------- DEMISE AND TERM --------------- 2.1 Landlord, in consideration of the rents herein reserved and of the agreements, terms, covenants and conditions herein contained and expressed on the part of Tenant to be kept, performed and fulfilled, demises and lets unto Tenant, and Tenant hereby leases, hires and takes of and from Landlord the Premises during the Term, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD said Premises for the Term. 2.2 Effective as of the Rent Commencement Date, Landlord hereby assigns and transfers all of Landlord's right, title and interest in and to the Dial Lease to Tenant and Tenant hereby assumes all of Landlord's rights and obligations arising under or by virtue of the Dial Lease. On or prior to the Rent Commencement Date, Landlord shall provide to Tenant evidence reasonably satisfactory to Tenant that Dial has consented to such assignment and has agreed that all rental payments and other obligations of Dial to the landlord under the Dial Lease are to thereafter be rendered by Dial to Tenant. If at any time prior to the Rent Commencement Date this Lease is terminated, the assignment and assumption of the Dial Lease under this Section 2.3 shall be void ab initio. ARTICLE 3 --------- RENT ---- 3.1 Tenant shall pay to Landlord without notice or demand and without deduction or offset of any amount for any reason whatsoever, annual rent for the Premises ("Base Rent"), payable in advance in twelve (12) equal monthly installments on the first day of each month during the Primary Term (each such date, a "Rent Payment Date"); provided, however, that during the first forty-eight (48) months of the Primary Term, payment of Base Rent shall be in accordance with Section 3.13. Should the Rent Commencement Date not be the first day of a calendar month, the first payment of Base Rent will be in a prorated amount that is based upon the applicable Base Rent amount and the actual number of days in the first partial calendar month of the Primary Term. No Base Rent or other charges shall be due or payable with respect to the Preliminary Term. 3.2 Base Rent for the first Lease Year and any Partial Lease Year preceding the first Lease Year shall be an amount equal to the sum of Five Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($5,200,000). 3.3 Commencing on the first day of the second (2nd) Lease Year and continuing on each anniversary thereof until the tenth (10th) Lease Year, the Base Rent shall increase to an amount equal to one hundred and one and one half percent (101.5%) of the Base Rent effective for the preceding Lease Year. 6 3.4 Commencing on the first day of the eleventh (11th) Lease Year and continuing on each anniversary thereof until the fifteenth (15th) Lease Year, the Base Rent shall increase to an amount equal to one hundred and one and three quarters percent (101.75%) of the Base Rent effective for the preceding Lease Year. 3.5 Commencing on the first day of the sixteenth (16th) Lease Year and continuing on each anniversary thereof until the twentieth (20th) Lease Year, the Base Rent shall increase to an amount equal to one hundred and one and eight hundred seventy five thousandths percent (101.875%) of the Base Rent effective for the preceding Lease Year. 3.6 Commencing on the first day of the twenty-first (21st) Lease Year and continuing on each anniversary thereof until the fortieth (40th) Lease Year, the Base Rent shall increase to an amount equal to one hundred and two percent (102%) of the Base Rent effective for the preceding Lease Year. 3.7 Base Rent for the fortieth (40th) Lease Year (the "Base Year") shall be the Fair Market Rent (as defined below) and determined in the following manner. (a) The term "Fair Market Rent" means an amount that represents the fair market rent for the Premises, as if vacant and unimproved and unencumbered by this Lease or any subleases of space in the Project and otherwise under the terms and conditions of this Lease, but considering then current market conditions. (b) Landlord and Tenant will negotiate in good faith to determine Fair Market Rent. If Landlord and Tenant are unable to do so at least one hundred eighty (180) days before commencement of the Base Year, the Fair Market Rent will be determined by appraisal. Landlord will obtain from a real estate appraiser an MAI appraisal of the fair market value for the Premises, as if vacant, unimproved, and unencumbered by this Lease or any subleases (the "Premises Value") as well as a fair market value capitalization rate (the "Cap Rate") for the Premises considering the then current market conditions and the then current use of the Premises. The Fair Market Rent shall be calculated by multiplying the Premises Value by the Cap Rate. If Tenant disagrees with the Landlord's appraiser's calculation of the Fair Market Rent, then Tenant will obtain its own MAI appraisal of the Premises Value, Cap Rate, and determination of Fair Market Rent. If the two appraised Fair Market Rent amounts are within ten percent (10%) of each other, the average of the appraised Fair Market Rent amounts will be the new Base Rent. If the two appraised Fair Market Rents differ by more than ten percent (10%) then a third appraisal will be obtained by an appraiser to be agreed upon by both the Landlord's and Tenant's appraisers and the average of the two closest appraised Fair Market Rent amounts will become the Base Rent. In no event shall the Base Rent be reduced below the previous year's Base Rent. Each appraiser shall be a certified Member of the Appraisal Institute (or any successor of such institute, or if such institute or successor shall no longer be in existence, a recognized national association or institute of appraisers) and have at least fifteen (15) years continuous experience in the business of appraising commercial and retail properties in the Scottsdale, Arizona area. 3.8 Commencing on the first day of the forty-first (41st) Lease Year and continuing on each anniversary thereof until the end of the Primary Term, the Base Rent shall increase to an amount equal to one hundred and two percent (102%) of the Base Rent effective for the preceding Lease Year. 7 3.9 If Tenant, at any time during the Primary Term, changes the primary use of the Premises (e.g. from "retail" to "residential", etc.), Base Rent for the Lease Year following the Lease Year in which such change of use is made shall be modified to be the then current Fair Market Rent, determined in accordance with Section 3.7 hereof, with the exception that the changed use shall be valued and not the current use. In no event shall the Base Rent be reduced below the previous year's Base Rent. Commencing on the first day of each succeeding year after a change in Base Rent in accordance with this Section 3.9, Base Rent shall increase to an amount equal to one hundred and two percent (102%) of the Base Rent effective for the preceding Lease Year. 3.10 All amounts payable under this Article, as well as all other amounts payable by Tenant to Landlord under the terms and provisions of this Lease, shall be payable to Landlord's Notice Address, or at such other place as Landlord shall, from time to time, designate by notice to Tenant. 3.11 In addition to Annual Base Rent, Tenant shall pay all Taxes, insurance premiums, and other sums, charges, liabilities, obligations and other amounts of whatsoever nature that are required to be paid by Tenant to Landlord pursuant to this Lease without deduction or offset of any amount for any reason whatsoever. Those additional amounts are collectively referred to as "Additional Rent." It is intended that the rent provided for in this Lease shall be absolutely net to Landlord throughout the Primary Term hereof, free of any taxes (except as provided in Section 4.6), costs, expenses, liabilities, charges or other deductions whatsoever, with respect to the Premises or Project and/or the construction, ownership, leasing, operation, maintenance, repair, rebuilding, use or occupation thereof, or with respect to any interest of Landlord therein. So long as Tenant is not then in default under this Lease and except as otherwise expressly provided in this Lease (including as provided in this Section 3.11), Tenant may pay applicable items of Additional Rent directly to the person entitled thereto. 3.12 Tenant acknowledges that late payment by Tenant to Landlord of any sums due under this Lease will cause Landlord to incur costs not contemplated by this Lease--including processing and accounting charges, and late charges that may be imposed on Landlord. As a fair and reasonable estimate of the costs that Landlord will incur by reason of late payment by Tenant, and in addition to any other charges provided for herein, Tenant agrees to pay Landlord a late fee of five percent (5%) of the overdue amount on all amounts not paid by Tenant to Landlord on or before the fifth (5th) day of each month. Any sums that remain unpaid to Landlord by Tenant after ten (10) days shall bear Default Interest until paid in addition to the late charge. 3.13 On or before the Rent Commencement Date, Tenant, in Tenant's sole discretion, shall provide Landlord with a security deposit (the "Security Deposit") consisting of a pledged account (from a national banking association or brokerage house) containing non-callable obligations of the United States of America with appropriately staggered maturity dates and in such amount as is necessary to provide for the payment of Base Rent when due for the first forty-eight (48) months of the Primary Term of this Lease from and after the Rent Commencement Date. Tenant acknowledges that Landlord will collaterally 8 pledge and assign to Landlord's Mortgagee any and all collateral interest that Landlord may have in the Security Deposit. The Security Deposit shall be held at the national banking association or brokerage house under the terms of a written control agreement by and between Tenant, Landlord and Landlord's Mortgagee and it shall be a condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Lease that the Landlord and Tenant negotiate, execute and deliver a control agreement reasonably acceptable to each of Landlord and Tenant at the Rent Commencement Date (together with any addendums thereto, the "Control Agreement"). The Control Agreement shall provide that: (i) the Security Deposit will be held as security for the faithful performance of all of the terms, covenants, and conditions of this Lease to be kept and performed by Tenant, and in an Event of Default by Tenant, Landlord or Landlord's Mortgagee shall be entitled to immediately retain the entire Security Deposit (ii) the Securities Intermediary (as defined in the Control Agreement) shall transfer from the Security Deposit the amounts set forth in the Control Agreement, at the times and to the parties identified therein, which transfer shall constitute payment in full of all Base Rent during the first forty-eight (48) months of the Primary Term; (iii) if Tenant is in default under this Lease, either Landlord or Landlord's Mortgagee, may (but shall not be required to) draw on the Security Deposit for the payment of any Base Rent, Additional Rent, or any other sum in default, or for the payment of any amount that Landlord may spend or become obligated to spend by reason of Tenant's default or the causing by Tenant of an Event of Default (see Section 16 hereof). From and after the first day of the forty-ninth (49th) month following the Rent Commencement Date, the Control Agreement shall terminate and the remaining Security Deposit (if any) shall be released in full by Landlord and Landlord's Mortgagee and returned to Tenant in the place and manner as the Tenant may direct. If Landlord's interest in this Lease terminates prior to such date, Landlord shall transfer the remainder of the Security Deposit to Landlord's successor-in-interest. 3.14 On or before the Rent Commencement Date, Tenant shall provide to Landlord a letter of credit to be security for Tenant's construction of improvements on the Property from either: (i) KeyBank National Association, or (ii) a national banking association or another type of issuer with at least a "BBB+" rating from Standard & Poor's in the amount of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) and otherwise on terms at all times satisfying the foregoing conditions and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Tenant and Landlord (the "Completion Letter of Credit"). The Landlord and the Tenant have negotiated the issuance of the Completion of the Letter of Credit to provide Landlord with the reasonable assurance and security that the Project will be constructed in a reasonable period of time. The Completion Letter of Credit will be issued to Landlord and collaterally assigned to Landlord's Mortgagee, or at Landlord's sole discretion, directly to (and in the name of) Landlord's Mortgagee. Tenant shall maintain the Completion Letter of Credit (or cause to be maintained, from time to time, one or more replacements thereto) until Substantial Completion. For purposes of this Lease the term "Substantial Completion" shall mean Commencement of Construction together with the completion of construction by the Tenant of no less than Four Hundred Twenty-four Thousand Thirty-four (424,034) square feet of the Floor Area within the Project to be constructed by Tenant (determined in accordance with Article 6 hereof) as further evidenced by certificates of occupancy (issued by the appropriate governmental authorities) therefor. For purposes of this Lease the term "Commencement of Construction" shall be defined as: (i) the issuance by the applicable governmental agencies of 9 all demolition permits required to undertake the demolition described in Section 6.1 of this Lease, (ii) the completion of all demolition as described in Section 6.1 of this Lease, (iii) that Tenant has closed on one or more construction loans for the vertical construction of no less than Four Hundred Twenty-four Thousand Thirty-four (424,034) square feet of the Floor Area within the Project, (iv) issuance by the applicable governmental agencies of all building permits to the Tenant that are required for the Tenant to complete construction of at least 165,000 square feet of improvements of the Project, and evidence that Tenant has obtained or can obtain approvals for the future issuance of all building permits for construction of no less than Four Hundred Twenty-four Thousand Thirty-four (424,034) square feet of the Floor Area within the Project within sixty (60) months of the Rent Commencement Date, (v) progress of construction with respect to the physical improvements constituting the Premises that is in an aggregate amount constituting no less than ten percent (10%) of the total contemplated construction under the Tenant's construction contract, and (vi) that there be no continuing Event of Default arising under this Lease. The Completion Letter of Credit may be annually renewable, according to its terms, at Tenant's sole cost and expense. The Completion Letter of Credit must be renewed by the Tenant, no less frequently than annually and in any event prior to thirty (30) calendar days before its stated maturity, until such time as the Tenant has achieved Substantial Completion. The Completion Letter of Credit described in this Section 3.14 will be further governed by the Control Agreement. The Control Agreement shall provide that Landlord, or Landlord's Mortgagee may draw upon the letter of credit (in each instance without the prior consent of Tenant and in each instance without notice) from time to time or at any time only if: (i) Tenant has caused to occur (and has left uncured for a period of more than thirty (30) calendar days after notice from Landlord or such other period of time as is provided for "cure" in Article 16 of this Lease), an Event of Default under this Lease, (ii) Tenant has provided Landlord with written notice that Tenant has permanently ceased its efforts to construct the Project, (iii) Commencement of Construction has not occurred within forty-eight (48) months from the Rent Commencement Date, or (iv) Substantial Completion has not occurred within sixty (60) months from the Rent Commencement Date. Should the Completion Letter of Credit be drawn upon by Landlord or by Landlord's Mortgagee or Landlord's assignee pursuant to the terms and provisions of this Lease, the Control Agreement, or other applicable law, then in such case such payment shall be deemed a penalty payment to the Landlord made by the Tenant as Additional Rent hereunder and shall not be applicable to Base Rent, nor shall such payment relieve Tenant from its obligation to pay Base Rent due hereunder. At the time of Substantial Completion, the Completion Letter of Credit shall be withdrawn and released to Tenant, and no substitute letter of credit will be issued as a replacement thereto. 3.15. In the event that the credit rating of the issuer of the Completion Letter of Credit falls below a "BBB+" rating from Standard & Poor's (a "Rating Event"), Tenant covenants and agrees to replace the Completion Letter of Credit, within thirty (30) days after Tenant receives written notice of the Rating Event from the Landlord, with a replacement letter of credit from a national banking association or another type of issuer with at least a "BBB+" rating from Standard & Poor's in the amount of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) and otherwise on terms at all times satisfying the conditions set forth in Section 3.14, which replacement letter of credit will thereafter be deemed the Completion Letter of Credit. 10 ARTICLE 4 --------- TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS --------------------- 4.1 Promptly after the Rent Commencement Date, Landlord shall cause the Premises to be established as a separate tax parcel. Subject to Section 4.6 below, Tenant shall pay all real estate taxes, personal property taxes, business taxes, general or special assessments, water and sewer rents and charges, license fees, public charges, any occupancy tax or similar tax incurred from and after the Rent Commencement Date until the termination of this Lease, whether or not imposed on or measured by the rents payable by Tenant, and other governmental levies and charges, of any kind and nature whatsoever, which are assessed, levied, confirmed, imposed or become a lien upon the Premises or the improvements thereon, or both, or any part of either thereof, during the Primary Term of this Lease and any transfer, excise, transaction, sales, privilege, or tax measured by the rent payable by Tenant under this Lease or any tax solely on the rent payable by Tenant under this Lease, whether or not such tax is imposed on Landlord or Tenant (all of which are hereinafter referred to as "Taxes") levied or assessed against the Premises during the Primary Term. If required by Landlord's Mortgagee, Tenant shall escrow all Taxes no less frequently than monthly, to one or more impound accounts established, owned and controlled by Landlord; provided, however, that any and all interest accrued in such impound accounts shall be the property of Tenant and shall be paid no less frequently than annually to or at the direction of Tenant. 4.2 Tenant agrees to pay or cause to be paid (except as hereinafter provided in this Article), at least twenty (20) days before any fine, penalty, interest or cost may be added thereto for the non payment thereof, all Taxes. If, by law, any Tax is payable or may at the option of the taxpayer be paid in installments (whether or not interest shall accrue on the unpaid balance of such Tax), Tenant may pay the same (and any accrued interest on the unpaid balance of such Tax) in installments as the same respectively become due and before any fine, penalty, interest or cost may be added thereto for the non payment of any such installment and interest. Any Tax relating to a fiscal period of the taxing authority in which the Primary Term of this Lease shall commence or end (whether or not such Tax shall be assessed, levied, confirmed, imposed or become a lien upon the Premises or the improvements constructed thereon, or become payable in respect thereto during the Primary Term), shall be apportioned so that Tenant shall pay only that proportion of such Tax which corresponds with the portion of said period as is within the Primary Term hereby leased. 4.3 Tenant covenants to furnish to Landlord, promptly upon request, official receipts (or true copies thereof) of the appropriate taxing authorities evidencing the payment of Taxes on the Premises and improvements thereon. 4.4 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, if Tenant deems any Tax relating to the Premises or the improvements thereon excessive or illegal, Tenant may defer payment thereof so long as the validity or the amount thereof is contested by Tenant in good faith and Tenant shall have deposited with Landlord a bond in form, and issued by a surety company, reasonably satisfactory to Landlord, or a sum of money or United States government bonds, notes, certificates or other government securities and other marketable securities satisfactory to Landlord, in an amount or of a value equal at all times during the period that such bond shall be in force, or of such deposit at 11 least to the amount so contested and unpaid, together with all interest and penalties in connection therewith and all charges that may or might be assessed against or become a charge on the Premises or any part thereof in said proceedings. If at any time during the continuance of such proceedings Landlord shall reasonably deem the deposit made with it or the amount of the surety bond insufficient, Tenant shall, upon demand, deposit with Landlord such additional deposit or such additional surety bond as Landlord and/or Landlord's Mortgagee may reasonably request, and upon failure of Tenant so to do, the amount theretofore deposited may be applied, or the securities may be sold by Landlord for the account of Tenant and the net proceeds of sale may be applied or the Tenant or surety shall pay the amount of said bond (and any such bond shall contain provision to that effect), and the same shall be applied, to the payment, removal and discharge of such Tax and interest and penalties in connection therewith and any costs, fees or other liabilities accruing in such proceedings, and the balance, if any, shall be returned to Tenant, provided Tenant is not in default hereunder. If the amount so deposited or the net proceeds from the sale of the securities or the amount paid by Tenant or its surety shall be insufficient for this purpose, Tenant shall forthwith pay to Landlord such additional sum as may be necessary to pay the same. 4.5 Any contest as to the validity or amount of any Tax, whether before or after payment, may be made by Tenant, in the name of Landlord or of Tenant, or both, as Tenant shall determine, and Landlord agrees that it will, at Tenant's expense, cooperate with Tenant in any such contest to such extent as Tenant may reasonably request. It is understood, however, that Landlord shall not be subject to any liability for the payment of any costs or expenses in connection with any such proceeding brought by Tenant and Tenant covenants to pay, and to indemnify and save Landlord harmless from, any such costs or expenses. Tenant shall be entitled to any refund of any such Tax and penalties or interest thereon which have been paid by Tenant or which have been paid by Landlord and reimbursed to Landlord by Tenant. 4.6 It is expressly understood and agreed that Tenant shall not be required to pay, or reimburse Landlord for (i) any federal, capital levy, franchise tax, gross receipts tax, revenue tax, premium tax, income tax or profits tax of Landlord or any such tax imposed after the Effective Date by any state or local governmental authority or jurisdiction if such tax is determined on the basis of the general assets, or the general net income or net revenue of Landlord, or (ii) any estate, inheritance, devolution, succession, transfer, stamp, legacy or gift tax which may be imposed upon or with respect to any transfer of Landlord's interest in the Premises. 4.7 If Tenant fails to pay any Taxes when required to be paid pursuant to this Article 4 and that failure continues for more than five (5) days, then, in addition to any other remedies available to Landlord under this Lease, Landlord may pay such Taxes, in which event Tenant shall immediately reimburse Landlord for the amount thus advanced by Landlord, and pay Landlord an administrative fee in the amount of 15% of the amount thus advanced (to cover Landlord's processing and other administrative costs in connection therewith), and pay Landlord Default Interest on the amount advanced and the foregoing-described administrative fee from the date of the advance until paid by Tenant. 4.8 Tenant shall pay all assessments chargeable against the Premises pursuant to the CCRs and incurred from and after the Rent Commencement Date until the termination of this Lease. If Tenant fails to pay such assessments when due and such failure continues for more than thirty (30) days, then, in 12 addition to any other remedies available to Landlord under this Lease, Landlord may pay such assessments, in which event Tenant shall promptly reimburse Landlord for the amount thus advanced by Landlord, pay Landlord an administrative fee in the amount of 15% of the amount thus advanced (to cover Landlord's processing and other administrative costs in connection therewith), and pay Landlord Default Interest on the amount advanced and the foregoing-described administrative fee from the date of the advance until paid by Tenant. ARTICLE 5 --------- UTILITIES --------- Tenant shall during the Primary Term pay, at its sole cost and expense, or cause to be paid any and all charges for the connection and use of telephone, sanitary or storm sewer, communications, cable television, garbage collection or removal, fuel, heat, water, gas, electric light, and power (collectively "Utilities") services for the Premises or the improvements thereon. Landlord will not be responsible for the connection of any Utilities to the Premises. Tenant shall maintain, repair, and, as required, replace all Utility facilities serving the Premises, regardless whether located upon the Premises, in good order, condition and repair. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Lease, Landlord will not be liable for any interruption, failure or unavailability of any Utility services to the Premises, unless caused by the gross negligence or intentional misconduct of Landlord. ARTICLE 6 --------- CONSTRUCTION OF DEVELOPMENT --------------------------- 6.1 Within thirty (30) days after the date that the Dial Lease terminates or expires and Dial and all Persons claiming by, through or under Dial have vacated the Premises: (i) Landlord shall terminate of record that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions dated June 30, 2000 and recorded in the official records of the Maricopa County, Arizona recorder's office as document #20000503638 and provide evidence thereof to Tenant and (ii) Tenant will commence demolition of the buildings and all other existing improvements on the Premises, including without limitation, foundations, (collectively, the "Dial Buildings"). Landlord shall pay all costs of such demolition (including all costs incurred to clear, grade and grub the Premises) as well as all necessary environmental remediation to the Premises not otherwise payable by Dial under the Dial Lease. Tenant shall indemnify, defend and hold Landlord harmless from and against any and all claims or loss asserted against Landlord by reason of such demolition. Prior to commencing such demolition, Tenant shall first obtain bids from two (2) reputable and financially responsible contractors for the demolition of the improvements and submit the same to Landlord for approval. Landlord shall have fifteen (15) days from the receipt of said bids to either approve or reject the bids by written notice to Tenant. If Landlord disapproves of either bid, Landlord will solicit a bid from a third qualified contractor for substantially the same work specifications. After all bids are received, Landlord and Tenant agree that the construction contract shall be awarded to the contractor that has provided the lowest bid. Tenant will enter into the demolition contract with the lowest qualified bidder and Landlord will make payment directly to such contractor in accordance with 13 the obligations of the owner under such contract. Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, Tenant shall not be responsible for any liens arising as a result of nonpayment of such contractor. Landlord hereby grants to Tenant a license to enter Landlord's Retained Land to carry out the activities described in this Section 6.1. 6.2 The Floor Area of any improvements constructed by Tenant shall be determined and certified by Nelsen Architects, Inc. of Scottsdale, Arizona or another architect licensed to practice in the State of Arizona and acceptable to Landlord and Tenant (the "Architect"). Notice of such Floor Area shall be given by the Architect in writing promptly upon completion and shall be accompanied by a Certificate of Completion signed by the Architect. If a dispute arises regarding the Floor Area of any improvements, it will be mutually settled within thirty (30) days by the measurement and/or analysis of a non-interested third party architect or engineer selected by the Landlord's and Tenant's respective architects. The cost of such third party professional shall be shared equally by Landlord and Tenant. ARTICLE 7 --------- REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE ----------------------- 7.1 Landlord will have no obligation whatsoever with respect to the maintenance, repair or replacement of the Premises or any improvements or personal property located thereupon. 7.2 Tenant shall at all times, from and after the Rent Commencement Date, maintain, repair, and, as necessary, replace the Premises, improvements and personal property located thereupon so as to keep them in good order, condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted. 7.3 Tenant shall at all times, from and after the Rent Commencement Date, maintain the Premises consistently and in accordance with the CCRs. ARTICLE 8 --------- BROKERAGE --------- Landlord and Tenant hereby agree to Indemnify each other from and against any and all Claims for brokerage commissions arising out of any communication or negotiations had by Landlord or Tenant with any broker regarding the Premises or any other premises in the Complete Site and/or the consummation of this Lease. Landlord and Tenant acknowledge that the Corritore Company, an Arizona corporation ("Corritore"), is entitled to a finder's fee in connection with the execution of this Lease and will be compensated by Tenant pursuant to a separate agreement captioned "Commission Agreement" entered into between Tenant and Corritore. 14 ARTICLE 9 --------- USE OF PREMISES --------------- 9.1 The Premises may be used and occupied by Tenant (and those assignees and subtenants permitted hereunder) for any lawful purpose except for any purpose or use prohibited under the CCRs or any other documents of record as of the Effective Date (the "Permitted Use"). 9.2 Tenant shall comply in all material respects with all present and future federal, state and local laws, ordinances, orders, rules and regulations, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Environmental Laws and shall timely procure, or cause its subtenants to procure, as applicable, all permits, certificates, licenses and other authorizations required by applicable laws relating to the use and occupancy of the Premises. 9.3 Hazardous Substances. (a) Except for such quantities as are normally used in the operation of the Premises, Tenant may not cause or permit any Hazardous Substance to be brought upon, kept or used in or about the Premises, without Landlord's prior written consent, which may be granted or denied in Landlord's sole, absolute and subjective discretion. Tenant will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Hazardous Substances that are brought onto the Premises to be used and handled in compliance in all material respects with all Environmental Laws and with Landlord's requirements in connection therewith. (b) If Tenant breaches its obligations under Section 9.3(a), then Tenant will Indemnify Landlord and the Landlord Parties from and against any and all Claims that arise during or after the Primary Term of this Lease as a result of such breach. 9.4 Tenant shall, at Tenant's sole cost and expense, procure or cause to be procured any and all necessary permits, licenses or other authorizations required for the lawful and proper construction, use, occupation, operation and management of the Premises and the improvements thereon. ARTICLE 10 ---------- INDEMNIFICATION AND NON LIABILITY OF LANDLORD/INSURANCE ------------------------------------------------------- 10.1 Indemnification and Waivers. (a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant will Indemnify Landlord Parties against all Losses and Liabilities arising from (a) any Personal Injury, Bodily Injury or Property Damage (each term as defined in the form of commercial general insurance policy issued by Insurance Services Office, Inc. most recently prior to the date of the injury or loss in question) whatsoever occurring in or at the Premises; (b) any Bodily Injury to an employee of a Tenant Party arising out of and in the course of employment of the employee and occurring anywhere in the Premises; (c) the use or occupancy, or manner of use or occupancy, or conduct or management of the Premises or of any business thereon; (d) any act, error, omission or negligence of any of the Tenant Parties in, on or about the Premises; (e) the conduct of Tenant's business; (f) any alterations, activities, work or things done, omitted, permitted or allowed by Tenant Parties in, at or about the Premises, including the violation of or failure to comply with, 15 or the alleged violation of or alleged failure to comply with any laws, now existing or hereafter enacted, promulgated or issued after the Effective Date of this Lease, including Environmental Laws; (g) all damages sustained by Landlord as a result of any holdover by Tenant or any Tenant Party upon any part of the Premises including, but not limited to, any claims by another tenant resulting from a delay by Landlord in delivering possession of the Premises to such tenant; (h) any liens or encumbrances arising out of any work performed or materials furnished to the Premises after the Effective Date; (i) commissions or other compensation or charges claimed by any real estate broker or agent, with respect to this Lease by, through or, under Tenant; or (j) transfer taxes, brokerage commissions, leasing commissions or increases in Real Estate Taxes against the Development resulting from any transfer of the Premises, this Lease, any interest of Tenant in either the Premises or this Lease, or any combination of the foregoing by Tenant, except to the extent such Loss or Liability is a result of Landlord's gross negligence or willful misconduct. (b) To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant, on behalf of all Tenant Parties, Waives all Claims against Landlord Parties arising from the following: (a) any Personal Injury, Bodily Injury or Property Damage occurring in or at the Premises; (b) any loss of or damage to property of a Tenant Party located in the Premises by theft or otherwise; (c) any Personal Injury, Bodily Injury or Property Damage to any Tenant Party caused by other tenants of the Premises, parties not occupying space in the Premises, occupants of property adjacent to the Premises, or the public or by the construction of any private, public or quasi-public work occurring in the Premises; (d) any interruption or stoppage of any utility service or for any damage to persons or property resulting from such stoppage; (e) business interruption or loss of use of the Premises suffered by Tenant; (f) any latent defect in or upon the Premises; (g) damages or injuries or interference with Tenant's business, loss of occupancy or quiet enjoyment and any other loss resulting from the exercise by Landlord of any right or the performance by Landlord of any obligations under this Lease; (h) any Bodily Injury to an employee of a Tenant Party arising out of and in the course of employment of the employee and occurring anywhere in the Premises; or (i) any consequential, special or indirect damages suffered by Tenant or any Tenant Party, except to the extent any of the foregoing is a result of Landlord's gross negligence or willful misconduct. (c) The indemnification provided in this Article 10 may not be construed or interpreted as in any way restricting, limiting or modifying Tenant's insurance or other obligations under this Lease. The provisions of this Article 10 are independent of Tenant's insurance and other obligations. Tenant's compliance with the insurance requirements and other obligations under this Lease does not in any way restrict, limit or modify Tenant's indemnification obligations under this Lease. The indemnification and waiver provisions of this Article 10 shall apply solely with respect to Landlord Parties acting in their capacity as Landlord and shall not act to waive any indemnification or other provisions specifically agreed to by any Landlord Parties in any other agreement. (d) The provisions of this Article 10 will survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease until all Claims against Landlord Parties involving any of the indemnified or waived matters are fully and finally barred by the applicable statutes of limitations. 16 10.2 Landlord and Tenant each hereby Waive any Losses and Liabilities one may have against the other, and their respective representatives, on account of any Losses and Liabilities occasioned to Landlord (or any Landlord Party) or Tenant, as the case may be, or their respective property, the Premises, or their contents, arising from any risk generally covered by a "causes of loss - special form" property insurance policy and from any risk covered by any policy of property insurance then in effect (whether or not the party suffering the Losses and Liabilities actually carries any insurance, recovers under any insurance or self-insures) or which right of recovery arises from loss of earnings or rents resulting from loss or damage to any such property. In addition, Landlord and Tenant, for themselves and on behalf of their respective insurance companies, waive any right of subrogation that any such insurance company may have against Landlord, any Landlord Party or Tenant. It is the intent of the parties that the parties will look solely to their respective insurance companies for recovery in the foregoing cases. The foregoing waivers of subrogation will be operative only so long as generally available in the State of Arizona. 10.3 From and after the date that the Dial Lease terminates or expires and Dial and all Persons claiming by, through or under Dial have vacated the Premises (or any earlier entry by Tenant upon the Premises), Tenant shall carry or cause its subtenants to carry, as applicable, at Tenant's or the applicable subtenant's sole cost and expense, the following types of insurance, in the amounts specified below or such higher amounts as are customary in the locale where the Development is located (any dispute as to whether a higher insurance limits are customary will be subject to arbitration pursuant to Section 24.1 hereof). (a) Commercial general liability insurance covering personal injury, bodily injury (including wrongful death) and damage to property with a combined single limit of not less than Ten Million and No/100 Dollars ($10,000,000.00), per occurrence, Ten Million and No/100 Dollars ($10,000,000.00) annual aggregate insuring against any and all liability of the insured with respect to the Premises, or arising out of the maintenance, use or occupancy thereof, including premises operations, products and completed operations providing coverage at least as broad as ISO policy form CG 00 01. The commercial general liability insurance policy shall include contractual liability (by endorsement or otherwise) covering Tenant's indemnification obligations under this Lease. At least One Million and No/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) of such insurance coverage shall be primary coverage and the remaining Nine Million and No/100 Dollars ($9,000,000.00) of such coverage may be pursuant to an umbrella or excess liability policy. In addition, the policy required pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10.3(a) may not have a deductible in excess of Ten Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($10,000.00). (b) If applicable, Business Auto Coverage for owned, hired and non-owned vehicles with a combined single limit of not less than Five Million and No/100 Dollars ($5,000,000.00), per occurrence, Five Million and No/100 Dollars ($5,000,000.00) annual aggregate. At least One Million and No/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) of such coverage shall be primary coverage and the remaining Four Million and No/100 Dollars ($4,000,000.00) of such coverage may be pursuant to an umbrella or excess liability policy. In addition, the policy required pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10.3(b) may not have a deductible in excess of Ten Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($10,000.00). 17 (c) Insurance covering the full replacement cost of all plate glass on the Premises. Tenant will have the right to self-insure for this risk; provided, however, that Tenant shall not be required to carry such insurance on the Dial Building. (d) Boiler and machinery insurance on all boilers, pressure vessels, gas-fired equipment, air conditioning equipment and systems serving or located upon the Premises. If not covered by the insurance described in Section 10.3(e), then the insurance specified in this Section 10.3(d) shall be in an amount not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the full replacement cost of the improvements and all personal property of Tenant or a subtenant from time to time in or upon the Premises; provided, however, that Tenant shall not be required to carry such insurance on the Dial Building. (e) "Causes of Loss-Special Form" property insurance, including coverage for sprinkler leakage, vandalism and malicious mischief and so-called ordinance or law coverage covering all of the improvements and any personal property from time to time in, on or upon the Premises, in an amount not less than one hundred percent (100%) of their full replacement cost, providing coverage at least as broad as ISO policy forms CP 10 30 and CP 00 10; provided, however, that Tenant shall not be required to carry property insurance on the Dial Building. The policy required pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10.3(e) may not have a deductible in excess of Twenty Five Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($25,000.00). Any policy proceeds for the improvements and for the personal property of Landlord shall be used for the repair or replacement of the property damaged or destroyed. (f) With respect to any subtenants that serve alcohol from their premises, the policy of commercial general liability insurance required pursuant to Section 10.3(a) shall include coverage for employer's liability, host liquor liability and liquor liability coverage with a combined single limit of not less than Ten Million and No/100 Dollars ($10,000,000.00), per occurrence. At least One Million and No/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) of such insurance coverage shall be primary coverage and the remaining Nine Million and No/100 Dollars ($9,000,000.00) of such coverage may be pursuant to an umbrella or excess liability policy. (g) A policy or policies of workers' compensation insurance with an insurance carrier and in amounts required by applicable law and a policy of employer's liability insurance with limits of liability not less than Five Million and No/100 Dollars ($5,000,000.00), each accident; Five Million and No/100 Dollars ($5,000,000.00), disease policy limit; and Five Million and No/100 Dollars ($5,000,000.00) disease each employee. Both such policies shall contain waivers of subrogation in favor of Landlord. If, in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.3(a) or (f), Tenant maintains a policy of umbrella or excess liability insurance, such policy shall also provide umbrella or excess liability coverage for Tenant's policy of employer's liability insurance. 18 (h) A policy or policies of business income/business interruption insurance and extra expense coverage, including "extended business income" coverage (collectively, "Business Income Insurance") with coverage that will reimburse Tenant for all direct and indirect loss of rent, income and charges and costs incurred arising out of all named perils insured against by Tenant's policies of property insurance, including prevention of, or denial of use of or access to, all or part of the Premises or Development as a result of those named perils; provided Tenant shall not be required to carry such insurance until completion of the Project. The Business Income Insurance coverage shall provide coverage for no less than eighteen (18) months of such loss of rent, income, charges and costs. (i) All policies of insurance to be procured by Tenant shall be issued by insurance companies having a general policy holders rating of not less than A/IX (to the extent available) in the most current available "Best's Key Rating Guide" and be qualified to do business in the State of Arizona. If, during the term of a policy the insurer's general policy holder's rating shall become less than A/IX, Tenant may satisfy such requirement by obtaining a so-called "cut-through" endorsement from a re-insurer with such rating. If no insurer with such a rating is available and qualified to do business in the state of Arizona, Tenant shall procure insurance from an insurer having no less than the next highest rating. All property policies shall be issued in the name of Tenant (and/or the applicable Subtenant), and shall name Landlord and the Landlord Parties as "loss payees as their interests may appear". All liability policies obtained by Tenant (and/or any Subtenant) shall name Landlord, Landlord's Mortgagee, Landlord's management agent and the Landlord Parties as additional insureds. In addition, Tenant's liability policies shall be endorsed as needed to provide cross-liability coverage for Tenant, Landlord and Landlord's Mortgagee and shall provide for severability of interests. Evidence of insurance meeting the requirements of ACORD Form Nos. 27 or 28 or their equivalents and such other evidence as may be reasonably required by Landlord and Landlord's Mortgagee and evidence of required additional insured endorsements on ISO Form CG 20-26 or its equivalent (collectively referred to in this Section 10.3 as "Certificates") shall be delivered to Landlord prior to any entry by Tenant upon the Premises and thereafter, executed copies of renewal policies or Certificates thereof shall be delivered to Landlord at least ten (10) days prior to the expiration of the term of each such policy. As often as any such policy expires or terminates, renewal or additional policies shall be procured and maintained by Tenant in like manner and to like extent. All policies of insurance delivered to Landlord shall contain a provision that the company writing the policy will give Landlord thirty (30) days notice in writing in advance of any cancellation or lapse or the effective date of any material change in the policy, including any reduction in the amounts of insurance. All policies of Tenant and any Subtenant shall be written as primary policies and shall provide that any insurance that Landlord or Landlord's Mortgagee may carry is strictly excess, secondary and non-contributing with any insurance carried by Tenant (or any Subtenant). The insurance requirements contained in this Article 10 are independent of Tenant's waiver, indemnification and other obligations under this Lease and will not be construed or interpreted in any way to restrict, limit or modify Tenant's waiver, indemnification or other obligations or to in any way limit Tenant's obligations under this Lease. 19 10.4 Tenant's obligation to carry the insurance required by this Article 10 may be brought within the coverage of a so-called blanket policy or policies of insurance carried and maintained by Tenant and/or may be satisfied by one or more subtenants; provided, however, that the coverage afforded Landlord will not be reduced or diminished by reason thereof, and provided further that the requirements set forth in this Article 10 are otherwise satisfied. If Tenant uses such a blanket policy, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord satisfactory evidence that the Premises has been properly added to the blanket policy and evidence that the insurance company that issued the blanket policy has allocated to the Premises the type of insurance coverage in the amounts required by this Article 10, with the limitations of liability required by this Lease. Tenant will permit Landlord at any reasonable time to inspect any policies of insurance of Tenant and of any Subtenant. 10.5 Landlord makes no representation or warranty to Tenant that the amount of insurance to be carried by Tenant under the terms of this Lease is adequate to fully protect Tenant's interest. If Tenant believes the amount of any such insurance is insufficient, Tenant is encouraged to obtain, at its sole cost and expense, such additional insurance as Tenant may deem desirable or adequate. Tenant acknowledges that Landlord will not, by the fact of approving, disapproving, waiving, accepting or obtaining any insurance, incur any liability for or with respect to the amount of insurance carried, the form or legal sufficiency of such insurance, the solvency of any insurance companies or the payment or defense of any lawsuit in connection with such insurance coverage, and Tenant hereby expressly assumes full responsibility therefore and all liability, if any, with respect thereto. 10.6 Tenant agrees at its own expense to comply with all recommendations and requirements with respect to the Premises and improvements, or its use or occupancy thereof, of all applicable insurance underwriters and the Arizona Department of Insurance or any similar public or private body, and any governmental authority having jurisdiction over insurance rates with respect to the use or occupancy thereof. 10.7 Tenant may not do or suffer to be done, or keep or suffer to be kept, anything in, upon or about the Premises that will contravene any of Landlord's policies insuring against loss or damage by fire or other hazards, or that will prevent Landlord from procuring such policies from companies acceptable to Landlord or which will in any way cause an increase in the insurance rates upon any portion of the Premises. Tenant shall pay to Landlord as Additional Rent upon demand the amount of any increase in premiums for insurance resulting from any violation of the first sentence of this Section, even if Landlord has consented to the doing of the act or the keeping of the item upon the Premises that constituted such a violation (but payment of such Additional Rent will not entitle Tenant to violate the provisions of the first sentence of this Section). 10.8 If Tenant fails to maintain any insurance required to be maintained under this Lease and that failure continues for more than thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from Landlord, then, in addition to any other remedies available to Landlord under this Lease, Landlord may procure such insurance on Tenant's behalf, in which event Tenant shall immediately reimburse Landlord for the amount advanced by Landlord, and pay Landlord an administrative fee in the amount of 15% of the amount thus advanced (to cover Landlord's processing and other administrative costs in connection therewith), and pay Landlord Default Interest on the amount advanced and the foregoing-described administrative fee from the date of the advance until paid by Tenant. 20 ARTICLE 11 ---------- LIENS ----- 11.1 Tenant shall not suffer or permit any mechanic's, laborer's or materialman's liens to stand against the Premises or the improvements thereon, or any part thereof, or against the interest of Tenant in the Premises by reason of any work, labor, services or materials done for, or supplied to, or claim to have been done for, or supplied to, Tenant or anyone holding the Premises or any part thereof through or under Tenant. If any such lien shall at any time be filed against the Premises or the improvements thereon, or any part thereof, or against the interest of Tenant in the Premises, Tenant shall cause the same to be discharged of record within thirty (30) days after the date of filing the same, by either payment, deposit or bond. If Tenant shall fail to discharge any such lien within such period, then, in addition to any other right or remedy of Landlord, Landlord may, but shall not be obligated to, procure the discharge of the same either by paying the amount claimed to be due by deposit in court or bonding, and/or Landlord shall be entitled, if Landlord so elects, to compel the prosecution of any action for the foreclosure of such lien by the lienor and to pay the amount of the judgment, if any, in favor of the lienor, with interest, costs and allowances. Any amount paid or deposited by Landlord for any of the aforesaid purposes, and all costs and other expenses of Landlord, including reasonable counsel fees, in defending any such action or procuring the discharge of such lien, with all necessary disbursements in connection therewith, shall be payable by Tenant to Landlord on the next succeeding Rent Payment Date. 11.2 The provisions of Section 11.1 shall not apply to any mechanic's, laborer's or materialman's liens to stand against the Premises or the improvements thereon, or any part thereof, or against the interest of Tenant in the Premises by reason of any work, labor, services or materials done for, or supplied to, or claim to have been done for, or supplied to, Dial or anyone holding the Premises or any part thereof through or under Dial, with respect to which Tenant shall have no responsibility or liability. 11.3 Nothing in this Lease shall be deemed to be, or construed in any way as constituting, the consent of Landlord to the filing of any lien against Landlord's interest in the Premises by any person, firm or corporation for the performance of any labor or the furnishing of any materials for any construction, rebuilding, alteration or repair of or to the Premises or the improvements thereon, or any part thereof. ARTICLE 12 ---------- RIGHT OF INSPECTION BY LANDLORD ------------------------------- Landlord and its agents shall have the right to enter upon the Premises on reasonable notice at reasonable times for the purpose of examining or inspecting the same, provided such examination and inspection shall be done without disturbing the business to be conducted therein by Tenant or in violation of any Subtenant's sublease. 21 ARTICLE 13 ---------- DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION, OR CASUALTY -------------------------------- 13.1 In the event of damage to or destruction of any of the improvements on the Premises by fire or other casualty, Tenant shall give Landlord and any Landlord Mortgagee prompt notice thereof. Tenant covenants and agrees that in case of damage to or destruction of the improvements thereon by fire or otherwise, and provided Tenant does not elect to terminate this Lease as provided in this Article 13, Tenant will promptly, at Tenant's sole cost and expense, restore, repair, replace, rebuild or alter the same as nearly as possible to the condition the same was in immediately prior to such damage or destruction so that the value and rental value of the buildings and improvements shall be substantially equal to the value and rental value thereof immediately prior to the occurrence of such fire, destruction, or other casualty. Such restoration, repairs, replacements, rebuilding or alterations shall be commenced promptly and prosecuted with reasonable diligence, subject to unavoidable delays. Unless this Lease is terminated pursuant to Section 13.3 hereof, Base Rent and Additional Rent shall continue unabated, without offset or other deductions during the period of reconstruction. 13.2 All insurance proceeds received by Landlord, or any Leasehold Mortgagee, as the case may be, on account of such damage or destruction, less the cost, if any, of such recovery, shall be applied to the payment of the cost of the restoration, repairs, replacements, rebuilding or alterations, including expenditures made for temporary repairs or for the protection of property pending the completion of permanent restoration, repairs, replacements, rebuilding or alterations to the Premises and the improvements thereon (hereinafter referred to as the "Work") and, provided Tenant is not in default hereunder, may be withdrawn, as hereinafter provided, from time to time as the Work progresses, upon receipt by Landlord, or any Leasehold Mortgagee, as the case may be, of the following: (a) A certificate ("Architect's Certificate") of an independent architect or engineer selected by Tenant, who shall be reasonably satisfactory to Landlord, and so long as any Leasehold Mortgage remains outstanding, the holder or holders thereof, dated not more than thirty (30) days prior to the application for such withdrawal, setting forth or stating that the contract price for the Work, the amounts, if any previously paid thereon, the balance due, the amount necessary to complete the Work, and that the sum then requested to be withdrawn either has been paid by Tenant and/or is justly due to the contractors, subcontractors, materialmen, engineers, architects or other persons (whose names and addresses shall be stated), who have rendered or furnished certain services or materials for the Work and giving a brief description of such services and materials and the principal subdivisions or categories thereof and the several amounts so paid or due to each of said persons in respect thereof, and stating the progress of the Work up to the date of said Architect's Certificate. (b) A certificate signed by Tenant stating in substance that it has sufficient funds, including the insurance moneys, to complete the Work; the contract price for the Work; the amounts, if any, previously paid thereon; the balance due; the amount necessary to complete the Work; and that all materials and all property described in the certificate furnished pursuant to the foregoing Subsection (a) and every part thereof, are free and clear of all mortgages, liens, charges or encumbrances, subcontractors, materialmen, engineers, architects or other persons (whose names and addresses and the 22 several amounts due them shall be stated), specified in said certificate pursuant to the foregoing Subsection (a), which encumbrances will be discharged upon payment of such indebtedness, and except pre-existing Leasehold Mortgages; which certificate shall be accompanied with contractors' and subcontractors' sworn statements and waivers of lien in actual dollar amounts to cover both labor and material, all in compliance with the law of the State of Arizona, unless such statements and waivers are held by the title insurance company referred to in (c) below. (c) A certificate of a title insurance company satisfactory to Landlord; and, so long as any Leasehold Mortgage remains outstanding, the holder or holders thereof, or a report on title from said title insurance company, or continuation thereof, showing that there has not been filed against the Premises or the improvements thereon, or any interest of Landlord or Tenant therein, any vendor's, mechanics', laborers' or materialmen's statutory or other similar lien which has not been discharged of record, except such as will be discharged upon payment of the amount then requested to be withdrawn and, if such guarantees are obtainable at reasonable cost, guaranteeing the aforesaid parties in interest against undisclosed liens which may thereafter be filed for work done. (d) Tenant shall procure and deliver to said title insurance company such other documents and make such deposits with it as it may require as a condition to issuing any title insurance. Upon compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 13.2, Landlord, or any Leasehold Mortgagee, as the case may be, shall, out of such insurance money, on request of Tenant, pay monthly or cause to be paid monthly to Tenant pursuant to the foregoing Subsection (a) of this Section, the respective amounts stated in said Architect's Certificate to be due and/or shall pay monthly or cause to be paid monthly to Tenant the amount stated in said Architect's Certificate to have been paid by Tenant. At any time after the completion in full of the Work, the whole balance of the insurance money not theretofore withdrawn pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall be paid to Tenant, provided Tenant is not in default hereunder, upon receipt by Landlord, or any Leasehold Mortgagee, as the case may be, of a certificate signed by Tenant, stating in substance as follows: (i) that the Work has been satisfactorily completed in full; (ii) that all amounts which Tenant is or may be entitled to withdraw under the foregoing provisions of this Section 13.2 on account of services rendered or materials furnished in connection with the Work have been withdrawn under said provisions; and (iii) that all amounts for whose payment Tenant is or may become liable in respect of the Work have been paid in full, accompanied by adequate title insurance from a title insurance company as aforesaid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the estimated cost of the Work does not exceed $250,000 in Constant Dollars, all insurance proceeds received by Landlord, or any Leasehold Mortgagee, as the case may be, on account of such damage or destruction, less the cost, if any, of such recovery, shall be paid to Tenant upon request to be applied to the payment of the cost of the Work and the foregoing provisions of this Section 13.2 shall be of no force or effect. 23 13.3 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the improvements on the Premises should be rendered untenantable by fire or other casualty during the last ten (10) years of the Primary Term to the extent of fifty percent (50%) or more of the replacement cost of said improvements, Tenant shall have the option to terminate this Lease by notice to Landlord within sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such damage or destruction. Upon termination as aforesaid, this Lease and the Primary Term hereof shall cease and come to an end as of the effective date of such notice (which shall be not less than thirty (30) nor more than ninety (90) days after the notice and shall be specified in the notice), any unearned rent or other charges shall be apportioned as of the effective date and Tenant and Leasehold Mortgagee, if any, shall assign to Landlord and Landlord Mortgagee all of their rights to the insurance proceeds payable as a result of damage or destruction to the improvements on the Premises. Tenant acknowledges that Tenant shall have no rights to any insurance proceeds delivered pursuant to any insurance policy provided by Landlord and Tenant's only right to proceeds hereunder relate to the improvements on the Premises. 13.4 If Landlord's Mortgagee, Tenant's Mortgagee, or both, as a condition of any financing, require any modification to this Article 13, Landlord and Tenant agree to act cooperatively and in a commercially reasonable manner to amend this Article 13 to satisfy the requirements of Landlord's Mortgagee, Tenant's Mortgagee, or both, as applicable; provided, however, in no event shall such amendments alter the economic or substantive rights and obligations of the Landlord or Tenant under this Lease. ARTICLE 14 ---------- CONDEMNATION ------------ 14.1 If, during the Primary Term of this Lease, the whole of the Premises shall be taken or condemned in eminent domain proceedings for any public or quasi public use, or less than the whole is so taken or condemned with the result that the remainder of the Premises is insufficient to permit the economical reconstruction of the improvements thereon ("Total Condemnation" or "Constructive Total Condemnation", respectively), and the Tenant so certifies to the Landlord, then the total award made with respect to the Premises shall be apportioned between Landlord and Tenant, in accordance with the value of their respective interests in the Premises and the improvements thereon at the time of the vesting of title in such proceedings, determined pursuant to Section 14.3 hereof, and shall be paid at the time of the termination of this Lease pursuant to this Section, and in the case of a Total Condemnation, this Lease shall cease and terminate on the date on which Tenant loses possession of the Premises due to such condemnation; and, except as hereinafter provided, in the case of a Constructive Total Condemnation, this Lease shall cease and terminate thirty (30) days after the date of the delivery of Tenant's certificate hereinabove referred to. Upon the termination of this Lease due to a Constructive Total Condemnation, the rent payment, if any, shall be apportioned as of the date of termination. 14.2 If, during the Primary Term a portion of any of the property comprising the Premises or improvements thereon shall be taken or condemned under the right of eminent domain, and if Tenant does not certify to Landlord that the property remaining is insufficient to permit the economical reconstruction of the improvements thereon in accordance with Section 14.1 (a 24 "Partial Condemnation"), then Tenant shall, at Tenant's expense, restore the improvements thereon on the property remaining so that they will constitute an architectural unit of the same general character and condition (as nearly as may be possible in the circumstances) as the previous improvements thereon, and this Lease will remain in full force and effect with regard to the remaining portion of such property. In such event the award shall be apportioned between Landlord and Tenant in accordance with the value of their respective interests in the Premises and the improvements thereon at the time of the vesting of title in such proceedings. 14.3 (a) For the purpose of this Article 14, the value of Landlord's interest in Total or Constructive Total Condemnation shall be the Condemnation Price as defined in Section 14.6 hereof. (b) In Partial Condemnation, the value of Landlord's interest shall equal the Condemnation Price multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the amount of the Premises taken and the denominator of which shall be the amount of the Premises originally subject to this Lease. (c) In each case there shall be added to the value of Landlord's interest all expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees paid or incurred by Landlord in or as a result of such condemnation. (d) The balance of the award shall equal Tenant's interest. 14.4 Except as provided in Section 14.5, in the case of any Partial Condemnation, the rent thereafter payable under this Lease shall be reduced in the ratio which the net amount of the award received and retained by Landlord in such condemnation proceeding (i.e., after deducting all expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred by the Landlord in or as a result of such proceeding) shall bear to the Condemnation Price. 14.5 (a) If, at any time after the Effective Date, the whole or any part of the Premises or improvements thereon or of Tenant's interest under this Lease shall be taken or condemned by any governmental body or office or other competent authority for its or their temporary use or occupancy, the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not apply and Tenant shall continue to pay, in the manner and at the times herein specified, the full amounts of the Base Rent and Additional Rent and all other charges payable by Tenant hereunder and, except only to the extent that Tenant may be prevented from so doing pursuant to the terms of the order of the condemning authority, to perform and observe all of the other terms, covenants, conditions and obligations hereof upon the part of Tenant to be performed and observed, as though such taking had not occurred. In the event of any such taking referred to in this Section 14.5, Tenant shall be entitled to receive the entire amount of any award made for such taking, whether paid by way of damages, rent or otherwise, unless such period of temporary use or occupancy shall extend beyond the expiration date of the Primary Term, in which case such award shall be apportioned between Landlord and Tenant as of such date of expiration of the stated or extended term hereof, as the case may be. (b) Tenant covenants that, at the termination of any such period of temporary use or occupancy, Tenant will, at its sole cost and expense, restore the improvements thereon as nearly as may be reasonably possible to the conditions in which the same was prior to such taking, but the Tenant shall not 25 be required to do such restoration work if the date of such termination shall occur less than five (5) years prior to the expiration of the Primary Term, in which event Tenant shall be entitled to the proceeds of the award, except for any part thereof representing the cost of restoration. (c) To the extent that Landlord receives, by way of apportionment or otherwise, any award or payment to pay or compensate for the restoration of the Premises, Landlord will pay such sum to Tenant, unless Tenant exercises its rights to terminate this Lease as aforesaid. 14.6 "Condemnation Price" means the appraised value of the Premises, as if unimproved and unencumbered by this Lease and unencumbered by any subleases, determined as of the date on which title vests in the condemnor, without regard to such condemnation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the condemnation occurs during the last ten (10) years of the Primary Term, the Condemnation Price to which Landlord shall be entitled shall be based upon the fair market value of Landlord's remainder interest in the Premises and improvements thereon immediately prior to such condemnation, appraised in accordance with the provisions of Section 24.2 of this Lease, in which appraisal the value of the Tenant's leasehold for the balance of the Primary Term and the value of Landlord's remainder interest shall be determined. The percentages thus derived shall be applied to the condemnation proceeds in order to determine the proportionate shares of Landlord and Tenant. Tenant agrees that it shall have no rights to condemnation proceeds hereunder arising from or relating to Landlord's interest in the Premises. 14.7 If Landlord's Mortgagee, Tenant's Mortgagee, or both, as a condition of any financing, require any modification to this Article 14, Landlord and Tenant agree to act cooperatively and in a commercially reasonable manner to amend this Article 14 to satisfy the requirements of Landlord's Mortgagee, Tenant's Mortgagee, or both, as applicable; provided, however, in no event shall such amendments alter the economic or substantive rights and obligations of the Landlord or Tenant under this Lease. ARTICLE 15 ---------- LANDLORD'S AND MORTGAGEE'S RIGHTS TO PERFORM TENANT'S COVENANTS --------------------------------------------------------------- 15.1 Except to the extent otherwise provided in Article 4, if Tenant shall at any time fail to pay, or cause to be paid, any Taxes pursuant to the provisions of Article 4, or to take out, pay for, maintain or deliver or cause to be taken out, paid for, maintained or delivered any of the insurance policies provided for in Article 10 hereof, or shall fail to make any other payment or perform any other act which Tenant is obligated to make or perform under this Lease, or cause such to be done, then Landlord may, but shall not be obligated so to do, after thirty (30) days' written notice to Tenant and to any Mortgagee (but without notice in the event of an emergency) and without waiving, or releasing Tenant from, any obligation of Tenant in this Lease contained, pay any such imposition or effect such insurance coverage and pay premiums therefore, and may make any other payment or perform any other act which Tenant is obligated to perform under this Lease, in such manner and to such extent as shall be necessary, and, in exercising any such rights, pay necessary and 26 incidental costs and expenses, employ counsel and incur and pay reasonable attorneys' fees. All sums so paid by Landlord and all necessary and incidental costs and expenses in connection with the performance of any such act by Landlord, shall be deemed Additional Rent hereunder and, except as otherwise in this Lease expressly provided, shall be payable to Landlord as Additional Rent on the next Rent Payment Date, and Tenant covenants to pay any such sum or sums with interest as aforesaid and Landlord shall have the same rights and remedies in the event of the nonpayment thereof by Tenant as in the case of default by Tenant in the payment of the Base Rent. 15.2 At any time when any Mortgage shall be in effect, any Mortgagee may make any payment or perform any act required hereunder to be made or performed by Tenant with the same effect as if made or performed by Tenant (after written notice to Landlord); provided, however, that no entry by Mortgagee upon the Premises or improvements thereon for such purpose shall constitute or be deemed to be an eviction of Tenant or release Tenant from any obligation or default hereunder (except any obligation or default which shall have been fully performed or corrected by such payment or performance by a Mortgagee). ARTICLE 16 ---------- DEFAULT PROVISIONS ------------------ 16.1 (a) This Lease and the Primary Term hereof are subject to the limitation that if, at any time during the Primary Term, any one or more of the following events (each, an "Event of Default") shall occur: (i) if Tenant shall fail to pay any installment of the Base Rent or any part thereof, when the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue for ten (10) days after receipt of written notice thereof from Landlord to Tenant; or (ii) if Tenant shall fail to pay any other charge or sum required to be paid by Tenant hereunder, including but not limited to, any item of Additional Rent, and such failure shall continue for thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice thereof from Landlord to Tenant; (iii) if Tenant fails to provide any replacement letter of credit to the Completion Letter of Credit in the time and manner described in Section 3.14 hereof; (iv) if the policies of insurance described in Article 10 hereof are not kept in full force and effect, or if such policies are not timely delivered to Landlord as provided in Article 10 hereof; 27 (v) if Tenant shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or if Tenant shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due; (iv) if (i) Tenant or any subsidiary or general partner, managing member or non-member manager of Tenant shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, conservatorship or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, of (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or Tenant or any subsidiary or general partner, managing member or non-member manager of Tenant shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against Tenant or any subsidiary or general partner, managing member or non-member manager of Tenant any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above which (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of sixty (60) calendar days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against Tenant or any subsidiary or general partner, managing member or non-member manager of Tenant any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets which results in the entry of any order for any such relief which shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within sixty (60) calendar days from the entry thereof; or (iv) Tenant or any subsidiary or general partner, managing member or non-member manager of Tenant shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above; or (v) Tenant or any subsidiary or general partner, managing member or non-member manager of Tenant shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; (vii) subject to Tenant's right to contest certain liens as provided by the law of the state of Arizona or by this Lease, if all or any portion of the Project becomes subject to any mechanic's, materialman's or other involuntary lien (other than a lien for local real estate taxes and assessments not then due and payable) and the lien shall remain undischarged or record (by payment, bonding or otherwise) for a period of sixty (60) calendar days; (viii) if any federal tax lien is filed against Tenant, any general partner, managing member or non-member manager of Tenant or all or any portion of the Project and the same is not discharged of record within sixty (60) calendar days after same is filed; (ix) if Tenant attempts to assign its rights under this Lease or any interest herein in contravention of the terms of this Lease or if Tenant admits in writing its present intention to temporarily or permanently abandon its efforts to achieve Substantial Completion of the Project; (x) seizure or forfeiture of the Project, or any portion thereof, or Tenant's interest therein, resulting from criminal wrongdoing or other unlawful action of Tenant, its affiliates, or any tenant in the Project under any federal, state or local law; and (xi) if Tenant shall fail to perform or observe any other requirement of this Lease (not hereinbefore in this Section 16.1 specified) on the part of the Tenant to be performed or observed, and such failure shall continue for thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice thereof from Landlord to Tenant, provided, however, if the default is of such a nature that it cannot be cured within such thirty (30) day period, then Tenant will have such additional time as may be reasonably necessary to cure that default, provided, however, that Tenant (i) commences to cure that default within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice thereof from Landlord, (ii) thereafter diligently pursues such cure to completion, and (iii) such cure is completed no later than one hundred and eighty (180) days from the receipt of the initial written notice. 28 (b) Upon the happening of any one or more Events of Default, Landlord shall (i) have the right, then or at any time thereafter, to pursue and enforce any and all rights and remedies available to Landlord hereunder or at law or in equity, including but not limited to the right to give Tenant written notice of Landlord's intention to terminate this Lease on a date specified in such notice, which date shall not be less than thirty (30) days after the date of giving of such notice, and on the date specified in such notice Tenant's right to possession of the Premises shall cease and Tenant shall peaceably and quietly yield to and surrender to Landlord the Premises and improvements thereon located thereon, and this Lease shall thereupon be terminated and all of the right, title and interest of the Tenant hereunder and in the improvements thereon shall wholly cease and expire in the same manner and with the same force and effect as if the date of expiration of such thirty (30) day period were the date originally specified herein for the expiration of this Lease and the Primary Term hereof, and the Tenant shall then quit and surrender the Premises and improvements thereon to the Landlord, but the Tenant shall remain liable as hereinafter provided, and (ii) have the right to accelerate and take sole possession of the Security Deposit of Section 3.13 and the Completion Letter of Credit as set forth within Section 3.14. (c) So long as any Leasehold Mortgage shall remain a lien on Tenant's leasehold estate, Landlord agrees that simultaneously with the giving of any such notice of default or of termination of this Lease to Tenant, it will give the Leasehold Mortgagee a duplicate of such notice, provided the provisions of Section 19.5 shall have been complied with. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, so long as any Leasehold Mortgage shall remain a lien on Tenant's leasehold estate, Landlord shall not have the right to exercise any remedy provided above if the Base Rent and all other charges payable by Tenant hereunder continue to be paid in accordance with the terms of this Lease. If a Leasehold Mortgagee shall take possession of the Premises in a foreclosure proceeding or by a Receiver, and the Base Rent and all other charges payable by Tenant hereunder continue to be paid in accordance with the terms of this Lease, the default under this Section shall be deemed cured. 16.2 In the event of any termination of this Lease as in Section 16.1 above provided or as otherwise permitted by law, or if an Event of Default shall continue beyond the expiration of any grace period above provided for, Landlord may enter upon the Premises and improvements thereon, and have, repossess and enjoy the same by summary proceedings, ejectment or otherwise, and in any such event neither Tenant nor any person claiming through or under Tenant by virtue of any statute or of an order of any court shall be entitled to possession or to remain in possession of said Premises but shall forthwith quit and surrender the Premises and improvements thereon. Landlord shall be under no liability for or by reason of any such entry, repossession or removal of Tenant or any person claiming through or under Tenant. 16.3 (a) In case of any such termination, re-entry, or dispossession by summary proceedings, ejectment or otherwise, the Base Rent and all other charges required to be paid by Tenant hereunder shall thereupon become due and payable up to the time of such termination, re entry or dispossession, and Tenant shall also pay to Landlord all expenses which Landlord may then or thereafter incur for legal expenses, reasonable attorney's fees, brokerage commissions, and all other costs paid or incurred by Landlord for restoring the Premises and improvements thereon to good order and condition. 29 (b) In such case, Landlord may, at its option, re-let the Premises, or any part thereof, as the agent of Tenant and Tenant shall pay Landlord the difference between the Base Rent and Additional Rent hereby reserved and agreed to be paid by Tenant for the portion of the Primary Term remaining at the time of renting, termination, dispossession or ejection and the amount, if any, received or to be received under such re-letting for such portion of the Primary Term. 16.4 The right of Landlord to recover from Tenant the amounts hereinabove provided for shall survive the issuance of any order for possession or other cancellation or termination hereof, and Tenant hereby expressly waives any defense that might be based upon the issuance of such order for possession or other cancellation or termination hereof. Tenant hereby expressly waives service of any notice of intention to re enter that may be required by law. Landlord and Tenant hereby waive all right to trial by jury in any summary or other judicial proceedings hereafter instituted by Landlord against Tenant in respect to the Premises and the improvements thereon. 16.5 Anything in this Article 16 to the contrary notwithstanding, it is expressly understood that, with respect to any Event of Default within the purview of subdivision (xii) of Section 16.1 hereof, if such Event of Default is of such a nature that it cannot, with due diligence, be cured within a period of thirty (30) days, Landlord shall not be entitled to re enter the Premises and the improvements thereon or serve a notice of termination upon Tenant, as provided in said Section 16.1, nor shall the same be regarded as an Event of Default for any of the purposes of this Lease, if Tenant shall have commenced the curing of such default within the period of thirty (30) days referred to in said subdivision (x), and so long as Tenant shall thereafter proceed with reasonable diligence to complete the curing of such default not susceptible of being cured with due diligence within thirty (30) days, and the time of Tenant within which to cure the same shall be extended for such period as may be necessary to complete the same with due diligence; provided, however, that in any event, such cure must be achieved no later than one hundred and eighty (180) days from the receipt of the initial written notice to cure. 16.6 At any time when any Leasehold Mortgage is in effect, Landlord will not exercise any right, power or remedy with respect to any Event of Default hereunder until the expiration of any grace period provided with respect thereto, plus an additional period of thirty (30) days beyond such period or beyond the date on which Landlord has given to any such Leasehold Mortgagee written notice of such default or a copy of its notice to Tenant of such default, whichever is later. Landlord will not exercise any right, power or remedy with respect to any Event of Default described in Section 16.5 so long as all Base Rent or Additional Rent due and payable is paid and any Leasehold Mortgagee, within such thirty (30) day period shall give Landlord written notice that it intends to undertake the correction of all defaults and thereafter diligently prosecutes the correction of such defaults, whether by exercise on behalf of Tenant of its obligations hereunder, entry on the Premises or improvements thereon, foreclosure, sale or otherwise, and is diligently pursuing such cure. Should any Leasehold Mortgagee acquire the estate of Tenant, whether by foreclosure, sale or otherwise, and so long as such Leasehold Mortgagee complies with Section 16.8 hereof, such Leasehold Mortgagee shall succeed to the estate of Tenant created hereby. 30 16.7 (a) In case of the termination of this Lease by reason of the happening of any Event of Default (except for Events of Default pursuant to which Leasehold Mortgagee has already received notice pursuant to Section 16.6 hereof), Landlord shall give written notice thereof to any Leasehold Mortgagee who shall have notified Landlord of its name and address pursuant to Section 19.5. If within thirty (30) days after the mailing of such notice, such Leasehold Mortgagee shall pay or arrange to the satisfaction of Landlord for the payment of a sum of money equal to any and all Base Rent and other charges due and payable by Tenant hereunder, as of the date of such termination, in addition to any and all expenses, costs and fees, including reasonable counsel fees, incurred by Landlord in terminating this Lease and in acquiring possession of the Premises, together with a sum of money equal to the amount which, but for such termination, would have become due and payable under this Lease, from such termination date up to and including a period of sixty (60) days beyond the date of the mailing of such notice, Landlord shall, upon the written request of such Leasehold Mortgagee, made any time within the first thirty (30) days of such sixty (60) day period mutually execute and deliver within the last thirty (30) days of such sixty (60) day period a new lease of the Demised premises to such Leasehold Mortgagee, or to the nominee of such Leasehold Mortgagee, for the remainder of the Primary Term of this Lease, and, to the extent permitted by law, with priority over any Mortgage on the Premises created by Landlord and over any other encumbrances created by Landlord; provided, however, that such Leasehold Mortgagee shall have paid to Landlord a sum of money equal to all expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, incident to the preparation, printing, execution, delivery and recording of such new lease. Such new lease shall contain the same clauses subject to which this demise is made, and shall be at the same rent and on the same terms as herein contained, and subject thereto the Landlord shall convey and transfer to such Leasehold Mortgagee title to the improvements thereon and furnishings and personal property on the Premises used in the operation and maintenance thereof. (b) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to impose any obligation on the part of Landlord to deliver physical possession of the Premises to such Leasehold Mortgagee, or to its nominee. Landlord agrees, however, that Landlord will, at the sole cost and expense of such Leasehold Mortgagee or nominee, cooperate in the prosecution of summary proceedings to evict the then defaulting Tenant. If such Leasehold Mortgagee or nominee shall acquire a new lease pursuant to this Section 16.7 (the Tenant under such new lease being in this Section 16.7 called the "New Tenant"), and if, upon such termination of this Lease, Landlord shall be holding any insurance recovery or shall be entitled to receive all or any part thereof or to have all or any part thereof applied to any restoration or alteration, then, Landlord agrees that Landlord shall receive and continue to hold such amounts and apply the same or pay out the same to the New Tenant, in the same manner and to the same extent as Landlord would have been obliged to pay or apply the same to or for the benefit of Tenant if this Lease had not terminated. 16.8 No party shall be entitled to become the owner of, or acquire any interest in, the Tenant's interest in this Lease pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale, unless such party shall first have delivered to Landlord, within twenty (20) days after the date of transfer of title upon any such foreclosure of sale, an assumption agreement, dated as of the date of transfer of title and executed in recordable form containing covenants and agreements provided for in Section 18.1. 31 ARTICLE 17 ---------- CUMULATIVE REMEDIES; WAIVER; CHANGE IN LAW ------------------------------------------ 17.1 The specified remedies to which Landlord may resort under the terms of this Lease are cumulative and are not intended to be exclusive of any other remedies or means of redress to which Landlord may be lawfully entitled in case of any breach or threatened breach by Tenant of any provision of this Lease. 17.2 The failure of Landlord to insist in any one or more cases upon the strict performance of any of the terms, covenants, conditions, provisions or agreements of this Lease or to exercise any option herein contained shall not be construed as a waiver or a relinquishment for the future of any such term, covenant, condition, provision, agreement or option. A receipt and acceptance by Landlord of rent or any other payment, or the acceptance of performance of anything required by this Lease to be performed, with knowledge of the breach of any term, covenant, condition, provision or agreement of this Lease, shall not be deemed a waiver of such breach, nor shall any acceptance of rent in a lesser amount than is herein provided for (regardless of any endorsement on any check, or any statement in any letter accompanying any payment of rent) operate or be construed either as an accord and satisfaction or in any manner other than as payment on account of the earliest rent then unpaid by Tenant, and no waiver by Landlord of any term, covenant, condition, provision or agreement of this Lease shall be deemed to have been made unless specifically acknowledged as such in writing and signed by Landlord. 17.3 In addition to the other remedies provided in this Lease, Landlord shall be entitled to the restraint by injunction of any violation or attempted or threatened violation, of any of the terms, covenants, condition, provisions or agreements of this Lease. 17.4 This Lease shall not be affected by any laws, ordinances or regulations, whether Federal, state, county, city, municipal or otherwise, which may be enacted or become effective from and after the Effective Date affecting or regulating or attempting to affect or regulate the rent herein reserved or continuing in occupancy Tenant, any Subtenants, or assignees of Tenant's interest in the Premises and improvements thereon beyond the dates of termination of their respective leases, or otherwise. ARTICLE 18 ---------- QUIET ENJOYMENT AND SURRENDER OF PREMISES ----------------------------------------- 18.1 So long as Tenant shall pay the rent provided for herein and shall keep, observe and perform all of the other covenants of this Lease, Tenant shall and may peaceably and quietly have, hold and enjoy the Premises and improvements thereon for the Primary Term hereof free of interference from Landlord or those claiming through or under Landlord. This covenant shall be construed as running with the land to and against subsequent owners and successors in interest, and is not, nor shall it operate or be construed as, a personal covenant of Landlord, except to the extent of Landlord's interest in said Premises and only so long as such interest shall continue, and thereafter this covenant shall be binding only upon such subsequent owners and successors in interest, to the extent of their respective interests, as and when they shall acquire the same, and only so long as they shall retain such interest. 32 18.2 Except as otherwise provided in this Lease, Tenant shall, upon the expiration or termination of this Lease for any reason whatsoever, surrender to Landlord the improvements then upon the Premises, together with all alterations and replacements thereof then on the Premises. Title to all trade fixtures, furniture and equipment (other than building equipment) of Tenant and its subtenants, installed in the improvements thereon then upon the Premises, shall remain in Tenant and in such subtenants, and, upon the expiration or other termination of this Lease, the same may, and upon demand of Landlord shall, be removed and any resultant damage to the Premises or the improvements thereon shall be repaired, by and at the expense of Tenant. 18.3 On or before the Rent Commencement Date Landlord shall provide Tenant with a non-disturbance agreement from Landlord's Mortgagee. Such non-disturbance agreement shall contain the following provisions and shall be in form reasonably acceptable to counsel for Tenant: (a) So long as Tenant shall not be in default of its obligations under this Lease, such Mortgagee shall recognize this Lease and shall not disaffirm the Lease even if Mortgagee shall foreclose the Mortgage or the Premises shall be sold pursuant to a foreclosure sale to take a deed in lieu of such a foreclosure sale; (b) Tenant shall be entitled to use and occupy the Premises in accordance with the provisions of the Lease; (c) Tenant's possession of the Premises shall not be disturbed by Mortgagee, its successors or assigns. This provision shall be binding upon all Landlord's Mortgagees and receivers thereunder and purchasers at any sale pursuant thereto. Landlord's failure to comply with this Section prior to the Rent Commencement Date (or within thirty (30) days after any such Mortgage or lien becomes superior to this Lease) shall give Tenant, in addition to whatever other rights Tenant may have, the right to be relieved of any obligations hereunder to commence or complete Tenant's Work, if any, while said failure on the part of Landlord continues. Tenant's obligation to complete Tenant's Work will be reinstated upon deliverance by Landlord of a non-disturbance agreement meeting the preceding conditions from Landlord's Mortgagee. 18.4 Upon written request by Landlord, Tenant agrees to subordinate this Lease to the lien of any Mortgage held by Landlord's Mortgagee, provided Landlord's Mortgagee shall agree to deliver a non-disturbance agreement meeting the requirements described in Section 18.3 and containing such other provisions as Landlord's Mortgagee may require, acting in a commercially reasonable manner and in a commercially reasonable time. Tenant also agrees that any Mortgagee may elect to have this Lease prior to any Mortgage whether this Lease is dated prior to or subsequent to the date of said Mortgage. 33 ARTICLE 19 ---------- ASSIGNMENTS, SUBLETTING, LEASEHOLD MORTGAGES -------------------------------------------- 19.1 Until Substantial Completion (as defined in Section 3.14 hereof), Tenant may not directly, indirectly, voluntarily, involuntarily or by operation of law convey, transfer, sell, assign, license, grant concessions, franchise, gift, hypothecate, mortgage, pledge, encumber or hypothecate any interest in this Lease or the Premises (each, a "Transfer") without the prior written consent of Landlord in its sole discretion. If Tenant is a corporation, unincorporated association, limited liability company or a partnership, the transfer of forty nine percent (49%) or more of any stock or other ownership interest in such corporation, association, limited liability company or partnership will be deemed a Transfer within the meaning of and subject to the provisions of this Article 19. A sublease of all or substantially all of the Premises to a single Person or to Persons that are Affiliates shall be deemed a Transfer within the meaning of and subject to the provisions of this Article 19. Notwithstanding the foregoing each of the following shall be permitted without Landlord's consent and shall not constitute an Event of Default under this Lease: (i) the issuance of additional interests in the Tenant pursuant to Section 8.2 of the limited liability company agreement of Tenant which do not have the effect of altering the control of the Tenant; (ii) the granting to Tenant's Mortgagee any mortgage, deed of trust, security deed, deed to secure debt or any other instrument or agreement encumbering Tenant's leasehold estate in the Premises or any foreclosure, trustee's sale, deed, transfer, assignment or other conveyance in lieu of foreclosure, or other similar exercise of rights or remedies of Tenant's Mortgagee under such mortgage, deed of trust, security deed, deed to secure debt, or other instrument or agreement in accordance and consistent with the terms of this Lease; (iii) the conveyance, sale, assignment, gift, hypothecation, mortgage, pledge or transfer of any interest in Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership or Glimcher Realty Trust (collectively "Glimcher") or their respective successors or assigns, whether directly, indirectly, voluntarily, involuntarily or by operation of law which has the effect of transferring Glimcher's interest in the Tenant to a third party; and (iv) the assignment of Tenant's interest in and to this Lease to a (either directly or indirectly) wholly-owned subsidiary of Tenant. Following Substantial Completion of the Project, this Lease shall be freely assignable by Tenant to any Person. Prior to Substantial Completion, Tenant acknowledges that Landlord has the absolute right and privilege, acting in a commercially reasonable manner, to approve Transfers, in accordance with this Section 19.1. Landlord's criteria for such approval shall include, and Tenant must satisfy to Landlord's satisfaction each of the following: (i) that the newly composed tenant shall have creditworthiness and net worth at least as good (if not better) than the existing Tenant entity, (ii) that all owners of the newly composed tenant comply with all Patriot Act and OFAC requirements known to Landlord (and that clean background checks and credit checks have been undertaken with respect to such parties in a manner satisfactory to Landlord), (iii) that no material economic modifications to this Lease occur in respect of such Transfer, and that (iv) Landlord is timely provided with a copy of all fully-executed transfer documentation (and or amendments to this Lease) prior to the legal effectiveness of such Transfer. 19.2 In connection with an assignment by Tenant of this Lease, each assignee of Tenant's interest in this Lease shall agree in writing for the benefit of Landlord to assume, to be bound by, and to perform the terms, covenants and conditions of this Lease to be done, kept and performed by Tenant, including the payment of all amounts due or to become due under this Lease. One executed copy of such written instrument shall be delivered to Landlord. 34 19.3 Subleases. (a) At any time during the Term, Tenant may sublease all or portion of the Premises or any improvements thereon to subtenants ("Subtenants"), provided that until Substantial Completion of the Project, Tenant may not sublease all or substantially all of the Premises to a single Person or to Persons that are Affiliates. (b) Landlord shall enter into a non-disturbance agreement with any Subtenant upon request by such Subtenant or Tenant. The non-disturbance agreement will provide that, notwithstanding the termination of this Lease, the Subtenant sublease ("Sublease") will continue for the duration of its term and any extensions thereof as a direct lease between Landlord and the Subtenant; provided, however, the non-disturbance agreement will be conditioned on the following: (i) Landlord will not be liable to any Subtenant for any security deposits (unless the security deposit has been delivered to Landlord) under its Sublease, nor will Landlord be bound by any rental which is paid more than thirty (30) days in advance of the due date under the terms of the Sublease; (ii) the Subtenant shall not be in default under its Sublease on the date of the Lease termination; (iii) the Subtenant shall attorn to Landlord; and (iv) Landlord will not be liable for any act or omission of Tenant or be subject to any offsets or defenses that any Subtenant may have against Tenant (but may not limit rights of offset available to such Subtenant under the sublease in the event Landlord fails to perform any obligation of Tenant that remains unperformed as of the date Landlord takes possession of the Premises). In no event may Tenant enter into any Sublease that has a term (including available extensions) that extends beyond the Primary Term. Landlord will not be required to enter into or negotiate a non-disturbance agreement with Tenant or any Subtenant that is affiliated with Tenant or any Tenant Party. A copy of the signed or proposed Sublease shall be delivered to Landlord concurrently with any request for a non-disturbance agreement. 19.4 Each Transfer shall be by an instrument in writing, in a form satisfactory to Landlord, and shall be signed by the Tenant and the Transferee or Subtenant, in each instance, as the case may be. No Transfer will relieve Tenant of any obligations under this Lease, nor will Landlord's consent to one Transfer constitute a waiver of Landlord's approval rights with respect to subsequent Transfers. 19.5 Tenant, without Landlord's consent, may subject the leasehold estate under this Lease and the improvements thereon or any part thereof or interest therein without restriction under a Mortgage or Mortgages, at any time and from time to time, without limitation as to amount and on any terms Tenant may deem desirable, and in connection therewith may assign the leasehold estate to the Mortgagee. If more than one such Mortgage shall at the time be in effect, each such Mortgage, at the time in effect, is herein called "Leasehold Mortgage"; provided, however, that the Mortgagee thereof shall have notified Landlord in writing that it is a holder of such Leasehold Mortgage and of the name and address to which all notices, requests, demands, consents, certificates and other communications hereunder to it may be addressed; and such a Mortgagee of a Leasehold Mortgage, having given such notice, is herein called "Leasehold 35 Mortgagee." Landlord and Tenant shall not agree between themselves to any cancellation, surrender or modification of this Lease without the prior written consent of any Leasehold Mortgagee, except as may otherwise be provided in the Leasehold Mortgage or any related agreement. Landlord will give to any Leasehold Mortgagee a copy of any notice or other communication from Landlord to Tenant hereunder at the time of giving such notice or communication to Tenant and notice of any rejection of this Lease by any Trustee in bankruptcy of Tenant. Landlord shall not be entitled to share in the proceeds of any loan obtained as a result of any financing or refinancing undertaken by Tenant from time to time during the Primary Term of this Lease which is secured by a Leasehold Mortgage. ARTICLE 20 ---------- GRANTS OF EASEMENTS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; ZONING CHANGE ----------------------------------------------------------- 20.1 Tenant is hereby authorized and empowered, for and on behalf of Landlord, and as attorney in fact of Landlord, to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver instruments in the form usually used for the purpose in the State of Arizona, granting a license or easement, with respect to the Premises, to any person, and the successors and assigns of such person for the purpose of laying mains, pipes, sewers, gas, electrical conduits, telephone, cable television and other utilities in or upon the Premises, and to locate telephone or electrical supply poles, wires, and supports in or upon the Premises, provided that such license or easement expires by its terms on or before the termination of the Lease. For all other licenses or easements with respect to the Premises, Landlord's consent shall be required, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Tenant acknowledges that Landlord's ability and capacity to consent to such a matter may require the consent of Landlord's Mortgagee, which consent may be withheld, conditioned or delayed in a manner beyond the control of Landlord. If, within thirty (30) days after Tenant has requested Landlord's consent, Landlord has failed to grant or withhold Landlord's consent, Landlord shall be deemed to have consented. Landlord shall also provide all reasonable cooperation and assistance to Tenant in vacating or terminating any currently existing easements or licenses with respect to the Premises that Tenant reasonably desires to have vacated or terminated. 20.2 Tenant is hereby authorized and empowered for and on behalf of Landlord and as the attorney in fact of Landlord, to execute on Landlord's behalf a consent or petition for any zoning change variance or special exception relating to the Premises where the same is required for the purpose of authorizing the operation of the Premises or the improvements thereon for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this Lease, or to join in any petition for a release from restrictive covenants which interfere with the operation or improvement of the Premises for such purpose. ARTICLE 21 ---------- ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATES --------------------- 21.1 Landlord and Tenant agree at any time and from time to time, upon not less than ten (10) days' prior written request by either, to execute, acknowledge and deliver to the party requesting the same a statement in writing certifying that this Lease is unmodified and is in full force and effect (or, if 36 there have been modifications, that the same is in full force and effect as modified and stating the modifications), the Base Rent currently payable, and the dates to which the Base Rent and other charges have been paid in advance, if any, it being intended that any such statement delivered pursuant to this Article may be relied upon by any prospective purchaser or Mortgagee of the Premises or Tenant's interest in this Lease. 21.2 Such certificate by Tenant shall contain a statement that there are no defaults by Landlord under this Lease, or, if there be any, a reasonably detailed specification of all such defaults, and, such a certificate by Landlord shall contain a statement that it has knowledge of no defaults by Tenant under this Lease, or, if there be any of which it has knowledge, a reasonably detailed specification of all such defaults. ARTICLE 22 ---------- REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES ------------------------------ 22.1 Landlord represents and warrants to Tenant, its successors and assigns, as follows: (a) The execution and delivery of this Lease by Landlord, the execution and delivery of every other document and instrument delivered pursuant hereto by or on behalf of Landlord, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by Landlord, and will not (i) constitute or result in the breach of or default under any oral or written agreement to which Landlord is a party or which affects the Premises; (ii) constitute or result in a violation of any order, decree or injunction with respect to which the Landlord and/or the Premises is bound; (iii) cause or entitle any party to have a right to accelerate or declare a default under any oral or written agreement to which Landlord is a party or which affects the Premises; and/or (iv) to Landlord's knowledge, violate any provision of any municipal, state or federal law, statutory or otherwise, to which Landlord is or may be subject. (b) This Lease and each document to be delivered hereunder, when duly executed and delivered, will be valid, legal and binding obligations of Landlord enforceable in accordance with their respective terms. (c) To Landlord's knowledge, Landlord is in full compliance with all requirements of all governmental authorities with respect to the Premises. (d) Landlord has full power, right, and authority, and is duly authorized to enter into this Lease, to perform each of the acts herein provided and to execute and deliver all documents required hereunder. (e) There is no tenant or any other occupant of the Premises or any other Person having any right or claim to possession or use of the Premises other than Dial. Except as set forth in the Dial Lease, possession of the Premises is being delivered to Tenant by Landlord free of rights or claims of any tenants, occupants or parties in possession. 37 (f) There is no litigation, arbitration, investigation, proceeding or administrative action or examination, claim or demand, pending or, to Landlord's knowledge, threatened, or any other condition which relates to or affects the Premises or which would impair or otherwise adversely affect this Lease, Landlord's performance hereunder and/or Tenant's intended use of the Premises or which could result in a lien, charge, encumbrance or judgment against all or any part of or any interest in the Premises. No attachments, execution proceedings, liens, assignments or insolvency proceedings are pending or, to Landlord's knowledge, threatened against Landlord or the Premises or contemplated by Landlord. (g) Other than the Dial Lease, there are no other contracts, agreements or understandings, verbal or written, for the lease, sale or transfer of any portion of the Premises. Between May 12, 2006 and the Rent Commencement Date hereunder, no part of the Premises has been alienated, encumbered or transferred except for the granting of a Mortgage to Landlord's Mortgagee. (h) Landlord has not made and has no knowledge of any commitments to any governmental unit or agency, utility company, authority, school board, church or other religious body, or to any other Person relating to the Premises which would impose any obligations upon Tenant to make any contributions of money or land or to install or maintain any improvements. (i) Between May 12, 2006 and the Rental Commencement Date, Landlord has not: (i) created, incurred, or permitted to exist any Mortgage, lien, pledge, or other encumbrance in any way affecting the Premises which is not affecting the Premises as of May 12, 2006, excepting therefrom the Mortgage of Landlord's Mortgagee, if any; (ii) committed any waste or nuisance upon the Premises; and (iii) entered into, amended or otherwise modified any contracts or agreements pertaining to the Premises. (j) Except as may be disclosed in the environmental assessment provided by Landlord to Tenant, Landlord has no knowledge and has received no notice that the Premises or other real estate in close proximity thereto (a) are not in compliance with all federal, state and local laws, ordinances, regulations, orders and directives pertaining to Hazardous or Toxic Materials on or about the Premises or any portions thereof, including, without limitation, those relating to soil and ground water conditions; (b) have not been used as a land fill or waste dump (whether for Hazardous or Toxic Materials or otherwise); and (c) have any underground storage tanks or bins buried within or underground in any portion of the Premises or other premises adjacent thereto. For purposes hereof, the term "Hazardous or Toxic Materials" shall mean oil or petrochemical products, PCBs, asbestos, urea formaldehyde, flammable explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous wastes, toxic substances or related materials, including, without limitation, any substances defined from time to time as or included in the definition of "hazardous substances," "hazardous materials," or "toxic substances" under any applicable federal, state or local laws or regulations. 38 22.2 Tenant represents and warrants to Landlord, its successors and assigns, as follows: (a) The execution and delivery of this Lease by Tenant, the execution and delivery of every other document and instrument delivered pursuant hereto by or on behalf of Tenant, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by Tenant, and will not (i) constitute or result in the breach of or default under any oral or written agreement to which Tenant is a party; (ii) constitute or result in a violation of any order, decree or injunction with respect to which the Tenant is bound; (iii) cause or entitle any party to have a right to accelerate or declare a default under any oral or written agreement to which Tenant is a party; and/or (iv) to Tenant's knowledge, violate any provision of any municipal, state or federal law, statutory or otherwise, to which Tenant is or may be subject. (b) This Lease and each document to be delivered hereunder, when duly executed and delivered, will be valid, legal and binding obligations of Tenant, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms. (c) TENANT ACKNOWLEDGES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS TO LANDLORD THAT EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE STATED OR PROVIDED IN THIS LEASE (1) TENANT HAS INSPECTED THE PREMISES AND ACCEPTS THE PREMISES IN AN "AS IS, WHERE IS, WITH ALL FAULTS" CONDITION BASED UPON TENANT'S OWN INVESTIGATION AND INSPECTION THEREOF; (2) THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS COMPRISING THE PREMISES WILL BE DEMOLISHED AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 6.1 AND NEITHER LANDLORD NOR ANYONE ACTING ON LANDLORD'S BEHALF HAS MADE ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION, COVENANT OR AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE PREMISES; (3) NO REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE REPAIR OF THE PREMISES, NOR PROMISES TO ALTER, REMODEL OR IMPROVE THE PREMISES HAVE BEEN MADE BY LANDLORD OR ANYONE ACTING ON LANDLORD'S BEHALF, EXCEPT AS TO DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS AS NOTED WITHIN SECTION 6.1; (4) THERE ARE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, THAT APPLY TO ANY PROPERTY BEYOND THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PREMISES, AND; (5) NEITHER LANDLORD NOR ANYONE ACTING ON BEHALF OF LANDLORD HAS MADE ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WRITTEN OR ORAL, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE CONCERNING THE PREMISES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: (i) THE CONDITION OF TITLE TO THE PREMISES; (ii) THE NATURE, PHYSICAL CONDITION OR OTHER ASPECT OF THE PREMISES; (iii) THE INCOME OR EXPENSE AS GENERATED, PAID OR INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PREMISES; (iv) THE ACCURACY OF ANY STATEMENTS, CALCULATIONS OR CONDITIONS STATED OR SET FORTH IN ANY MATERIALS DELIVERED TO TENANT BY ANY PERSON OTHER THAN LANDLORD OR LANDLORD'S AGENTS OR AFFILIATES OR OBTAINED BY TENANT FROM ANY PERSON OTHER THAN LANDLORD OR LANDLORD'S AGENTS OR AFFILIATES IN CONNECTION WITH TENANT'S ENTERING 39 INTO THIS LEASE (COLLECTIVELY, THE "DILIGENCE MATERIALS"); (v) THE DIMENSIONS, SIZE OR SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PREMISES; (vi) THE ABILITY OF TENANT TO OBTAIN ANY AND ALL NECESSARY ZONING, VARIANCES, GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS OR PERMITS FOR TENANT'S INTENDED USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PREMISES; (vii) THE STATUS OF THE CURRENT ZONING OR GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS OF THE PREMISES; (viii) THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY UTILITIES; (ix) THE EXISTENCE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN, ON, ABOUT, NEAR, UNDER OR AFFECTING THE PREMISES; OR (x) THE COMPLIANCE OF THE PREMISES WITH ANY ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS OR ANY OTHER FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAWS, ORDINANCES, STATUTES, RULES OR REGULATIONS. ARTICLE 23 ---------- INVALIDITY OF PARTICULAR PROVISIONS ----------------------------------- If any term or provision of this Lease or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall to any extent be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Lease, or the application of such term or provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each term and provision of this Lease shall be valid and may be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law. ARTICLE 24 ---------- ARBITRATION AND APPRAISAL ------------------------- 24.1 (a) If any provision of this Lease expressly submits a dispute between the parties to arbitration, the dispute shall be determined by arbitration in the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, as follows: Either party shall notify the other party of its desire to arbitrate the matter in dispute and shall state in said notice the name and address of a qualified person, having no business, professional or personal relationship of any kind with either party, to act as arbitrator hereunder. Within thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice the other party shall give notice to the sender of the first mentioned notice, stating the name and address of a qualified person having no business, professional or personal relationship of any kind with either party, to act as arbitrator hereunder. The arbitrators thus specified shall be experienced in the field of the matter in dispute. Before proceeding to determine the matter in dispute, the arbitrators so appointed shall subscribe and swear to an oath fairly and impartially to determine such matter. If within thirty (30) days following the appointment of the latter of said arbitrators said two (2) arbitrators shall be unable to agree in respect of the matter in dispute, the said arbitrators shall appoint, by instrument in writing, as third arbitrator, a similarly qualified person having no business, professional or personal relationship of any kind with either party, who, upon taking a similar oath shall proceed with the two (2) arbitrators first appointed to determine the matter in dispute. The written decision of any two (2) of the arbitrators so appointed shall be binding and conclusive upon the parties hereto. If, after notice of the appointment of an arbitrator the other party shall fail, within the above specified period of thirty (30) days to appoint an arbitrator, such appointment of a similarly qualified arbitrator may be made upon application without notice by the person who shall have appointed an arbitrator, by the American Arbitration Association (or, if such association shall not then be in existence, such other organization, if any, as shall then have become the successor of said association; and if there shall be no successor, then in 40 accordance with the then prevailing provisions of the laws of the State of Arizona relating to arbitration). If the two (2) arbitrators aforesaid shall be unable to agree within thirty (30) days following the appointment of the latter of said arbitrators upon the matter in dispute and shall fail to appoint in writing a third arbitrator within thirty (30) days thereafter, the necessary arbitrator shall be appointed by said association, or if any arbitrator appointed as aforesaid by either of the parties, by said association, or by the other two (2) arbitrators so appointed shall die, be disqualified or incapacitated or shall fail to refuse to act, before such matter shall have been determined, the necessary arbitrator shall be promptly appointed by the person or persons or association who or which appointed the arbitrator who shall have died, become disqualified, incapacitated or who shall have failed or refused to act, as aforesaid. (b) Landlord and Tenant shall each pay one half (1/2) the fees of the persons acting as arbitrators hereunder and the general expenses of such arbitration. (c) Landlord, Tenant, and any Leasehold Mortgagee shall each have the right to appear and be represented by counsel before said arbitrators and to submit such data and memoranda and present such oral testimony in support of their respective positions in the matter in dispute as each may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances. 24.2 Unless otherwise expressly provided, any appraisals provided for in this Lease shall be conducted in the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, as follows: (a) Landlord shall at Landlord's cost cause an appraisal to be made and shall submit the same to the Tenant for approval. If the Tenant approves the appraisal, it shall be binding upon the Landlord and Tenant. If the Tenant does not approve the appraisal, the Tenant shall at Tenant's cost cause an appraisal to be made and shall submit the same to the Landlord for approval. If the Landlord approves the appraisal it shall be binding upon the Landlord and Tenant. If neither appraisal is approved, the two appraisers shall select a third appraiser who shall make an appraisal and the average of the three appraisals shall be binding upon Landlord and Tenant. (b) Each such appraiser shall be a certified Member of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers (or any successor of such institute, or if such institute or successor shall no longer be in existence, a recognized national association or institute of appraisers), and shall have not less than fifteen (15) years active experience as a real estate appraiser of commercial and retail properties in the Scottsdale, Arizona area. (c) Landlord and Tenant shall each pay one half (1/2) the cost of any third appraiser selected in accordance with this Section 24.2. ARTICLE 25 ---------- SURRENDER OF PREMISES UPON TERMINATION OF LEASE ----------------------------------------------- Tenant covenants and agrees that, upon the termination of this Lease by lapse of time or otherwise, it will surrender, yield up, and deliver the Premises and all improvements thereon, except such operating equipment, trade fixtures and signs (whether or not such operating equipment, trade fixtures or signs are permanently affixed) as Tenant shall elect to remove, in good and 41 clean condition, except the effects of ordinary wear and tear, depreciation arising from lapse of time, or damage by fire or other casualty, the elements, acts of God, or damage without fault of Tenant. Tenant shall repair any damage to the Premises caused by Tenant's removal of such operating equipment, fixtures and signs. Upon the termination of this Lease by lapse of time, Tenant shall have no further interest in the Premises and any holding over shall be an unlawful detainer and Tenant shall pay during such period a sum equal to one hundred fifty percent (150%) of Base Rent for such period. ARTICLE 26 ---------- RIGHT TO CURE DEFAULTS ---------------------- 26.1 If Tenant fails to perform any of the covenants or agreements in this Lease on the part of Tenant to be performed, Landlord may, at its election, in addition to all other remedies now or hereafter afforded or provided by law, after thirty (30) days written notice to Tenant and without Tenant commencing and thereafter diligently prosecuting a cure of such failure within such period of time, make good any such default or perform such covenants or agreements for or on behalf of Tenant, and any amount or amounts which Landlord shall advance on that behalf shall be repaid by Tenant, upon demand, with interest thereon at the rate specified in Section 28.3 hereof from the date of such advance to the repayment thereof in full. 26.2 If Landlord fails to perform any of the covenants or agreements in this Lease on the part of Landlord to be performed and such failure shall subject Tenant or any of its customers or employees to any risk of personal or property damage, Tenant may, at its election, in addition to all other remedies now or hereafter afforded or provided by law, after thirty (30) days written notice to Landlord and without Landlord commencing and thereafter diligently prosecuting a cure of such failure within such period of time, make good any such default or perform such covenants or agreements for or on behalf of Landlord, and any amount or amounts which Tenant shall advance on that behalf shall be repaid by Landlord, upon demand, with interest thereon at the rate specified in Section 28.3 hereof from the date of such advance to the repayment thereof in full; and, if Landlord shall not repay any such amount or amounts upon demand, Tenant may deduct the same, together with interest thereon as aforesaid, from any installments of rent or other sums accruing under this Lease. ARTICLE 27 ---------- PROVISIONS FOR NOTICE --------------------- Any and all notices, demands or other communication required or desired to be given hereunder by any party shall be in writing and shall be validly given or made to another party if served either personally or is sent by Federal Express or some other "express mail" service that can verify receipt or refusal of receipt of delivery or if deposited in the United States mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid, return receipt requested. If such notice, demand, or other communication be served personally, service shall be conclusively deemed made at the time of such personal service. If such notice, demand, or other communication be given by express mail, it shall be deemed given upon 42 receipt or refusal of receipt and if given by mail, such shall be conclusively deemed given three (3) business days after the deposit thereof in the United States mail addressed to the party to whom such notice, demand, or other communication is to be given at the Notice Addresses set forth in Article 1 hereof, provided that any party hereto may change its Notice Address provided by a written notice given in the manner aforesaid to the other party or parties hereto. ARTICLE 28 ---------- MISCELLANEOUS ------------- 28.1 If Tenant or any subtenant makes application to any governmental authority having jurisdiction for a permit or permits for the sale and/or serving of alcoholic beverages upon the Premises, Landlord agrees that it will interpose no objection to the issuance of any such permits, and will cooperate with the efforts of Tenant or its subtenants in obtaining such permits in such manner as Tenant or its subtenants may reasonably request. 28.2 Subject to the provisions of Articles 19, 20 and 21 hereof, the terms, conditions, covenants, provisions and agreements herein contained shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Landlord, his successors and assigns, and Tenant, its successors and assigns. 28.3 Any and all sums due from one party to another under the terms of this Lease and not paid within ten (10) days of the date due shall accrue interest, compounded monthly, from such due date until paid in full at the lesser of the highest rate permitted by applicable law or the Prime Rate on such due date plus four percent (4%) per year (such lesser rate, "Default Interest"). Notwithstanding any provision contained herein to the contrary, if any interest rate specified in this Lease is higher than the rate then permitted by law, such interest rate specified herein will automatically be adjusted from time to time to the maximum rate permitted by law. 28.4 The term "Landlord" as used in this Lease shall refer to any party having an ownership interest in the land demised by this Lease only so long as such interest shall continue, and to such of the subsequent owners and successors in interest in Landlord's interest in the land only to the extent of their respective interests, as and when they shall acquire the same, and only so long as they shall retain such interest. The term "Landlord" may include an assignee or successor to Landlord who obtains title through foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure or by operation of law. The liability of Landlord arising by reason of the execution hereof shall not operate or be construed as personal to said Landlord except to the extent of Landlord's interest in the land and this Lease, the liability of Landlord shall be limited to the extent of Landlord's interest in the land and this Lease, and no other assets of Landlord shall be affected by reason of any liability which Landlord may have to Tenant or to any other person by reason of the execution of this Lease, or acquisition of Tenant's interest in any subleases of all or any portion of the Premises, and, in addition, with respect to any obligation to hold and apply insurance or other moneys hereunder, any such moneys received by it to the extent not so applied, and any judgment, order, decree or other award in favor of Tenant shall be collectible only out of Landlord's interest in the land, this Lease, the rents, issues and profits therefrom and such insurance or other moneys. 43 28.5 This Lease may be modified only by written agreement signed by Landlord and Tenant with the same formalities attendant as upon the execution of this Lease, it being the express intention of the parties hereto that no provision, term or condition of this Lease may be amended or varied, in any way, by an oral understanding or by any document not executed in accordance with this Section 28.5. 28.6 This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which, once so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same agreement, and shall be binding on the signatories; the signature of any party hereto to any counterpart shall be deemed a signature to, and may be appended to, any other counterpart. 28.7 The parties hereto shall execute, for recording purposes, a Memorandum of Lease in conformity with the law and practice of the State of Arizona, and the same shall be placed of record at Tenant's expense. If requested by Landlord, Tenant shall, upon termination of this Lease as provided herein, execute and deliver to Landlord an appropriate release, in form proper for recording, of Tenant's interest in the Premises. 28.8 This Lease shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Arizona. 28.9 In the event either Landlord or Tenant brings any action or proceeding for damages for any alleged breach of any provision of this Lease, to recover rents, or to enforce, protect or establish any right or remedy of either party, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover as part of, or incident to, such action or proceeding, all reasonable attorneys' fees, expert witness fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the preparation and processing of such action or proceedings. [Signature page follows. No further text on this page.] 44 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have sealed and executed these presents as of the Effective Date. LANDLORD: TENANT: SUCIA SCOTTSDALE, LLC, a Delaware KIERLAND CROSSING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company limited liability company By: Sucia Scottsdale II, LLC, a By: GLIMCHER KIERLAND CROSSING, a Delaware limited liability Delaware limited liability company, its sole member company, its Managing Member By: Sucia Holdings, LLC, a Washington By: GLIMCHER PROPERTIES LIMITED limited liability company, its PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited sole member partnership, its Sole Member By: Sucia Manager, LLC, a Washington By: GLIMCHER PROPERTIES CORPORATION, limited liability company, its a Delaware corporation, its Manager General Partner By: Brothers Company, LLC, a Washington limited liability company, its Manager By:_______________________________ By:_________________________________ Name: George A. Schmidt Name: Timothy M. Wolff Its: Executive Vice President Title: Authorized Member WC KIERLAND CROSSING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company By: Brothers Company, LLC, a Washington limited liability company, its Manager By:_________________________ Name: Timothy M. Wolff Title: Authorized Member 45 EXHIBIT A-1 Premises -------- The following legal description and any references contained therein are based upon that certain ALTA/ACSM Survey titled Dial Center, performed by DEI Professional Services, LLC, dated and signed on June 19, 2006 by Jason R. Kack R.L.S.# 33315. A portion of the northwest quarter of Section 11 and the southwest quarter of Section 2, Township 3 North, Range 4 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona being described as follows: COMMENCING at a brass cap in hand hole found at the northwest corner of said Section 11, also being the point of intersection of the monumented centerlines of Greenway-Hayden Loop and Scottsdale Road, from which a brass cap in hand hole found at the intersection of the monumented centerlines of Scottsdale Road and Butherus Road bears South 01(degree)08'00" West, 1100.20 feet; Thence South 89(degree)40'34" East, along the monumented centerline of Greenway-Hayden Road, a distance of 65.07 feet to brass cap in hand hole and a point on a non-tangent curve, the radius point of which bears North 00(degree)19'08" East, 2,000.00 feet; Thence easterly, along the arc of said curve to the left and said monumented centerline of Greenway-Hayden Loop, through a central angle of 16(degree)55'21", an arc distance of 590.71 feet; Thence South l6(degree)36'13" East, 65.00 feet to a point on a line lying 65.00 feet south of and parallel to said monumented centerline of Greenway-Hayden Loop and the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; Thence continuing South 16(degree)36'13" East, 40.25 feet to a point of curvature having a radius of 150.00 feet; Thence southerly along said curve to the right through a central angle of 17(degree)44'55", an arc distance of 46.47 feet; Thence South 01(degree)08'42" West, 1000.15 feet to a point on a line lying 50.00 feet north of and parallel to the monumented centerline of Butherus Road; Thence North 88(degree)51'18" West, along said line lying 50.00 feet north of and parallel to the monumented centerline of Butherus Road, 594.92 feet to a point of curvature having a radius of 25.00 feet; Thence northwesterly, along the arc of said curve to the right, through a central angle of 89(degree)59'18", an arc distance of 39.26 feet to a point on a line lying 65.00 feet east of and parallel to the monumented centerline of Scottsdale Road; 46 Thence North 01(degree)08'00" East, along said line lying 65.00 feet east of and parallel to the monumented centerline of Scottsdale Road, 941.49 feet to a point of curvature having a radius of 20.00 feet; Thence northeasterly, along the arc of said curve to the right, through a central angle of 88(degree)40'15", an arc distance of 30.95 feet to a point on a line lying 65.00 feet south of and parallel to the monumented centerline of Greenway-Hayden Loop and a point of reverse curvature having a radius of 2,065.00 feet; Thence easterly, along the arc of said curve to the left and said line lying 65.00 feet south of and parallel to the monumented centerline of Greenway-Hayden Loop, through a central angle of 16(degree)24'28", an arc distance of 591.35 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. 47 EXHIBIT A-2 Complete Site ------------- See Exhibits A-1 and A-3, collectively. 48 EXHIBIT A-3 Landlord's Retained Land ------------------------ The following legal description and any references contained therein are based upon that certain ALTA/ACSM Survey titled Dial Center, performed by DEI Professional Services, LLC, dated and signed on June 19, 2006 by Jason R. Kack, R.L.S.# 33315. Parcel 2: A portion of the northwest quarter of Section 11 and the southwest quarter of Section 2, Township 3 North, Range 4 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona being described as follows: COMMENCING at a brass cap in hand hole found at the northwest corner of said Section 11, also being the point of intersection of the monumented centerlines of Greenway-Hayden Loop and Scottsdale Road, from which a brass cap in hand hole found at the intersection of the monumented centerlines of Scottsdale Road and Butherus Road bears South 01(degree)08'00" West, 1100.20 feet; thence South 89(degree)40'34" East, along the monumented centerline of Greenway-Hayden Road, 65.07 feet to brass cap in hand hole and a point on a non-tangent curve, the radius point of which bears North 00(degree)19'08" East, 2,000.00 feet; thence easterly, along the arc of said curve to the left and said monumented centerline of Greenway-Hayden Loop, through a central angle of 16(degree)55'21", an arc distance of 590.71 feet; thence South 16(degree)36'13" East, 65.00 feet to a point on a line lying 65.00 feet south of and parallel to said monumented centerline of Greenway-Hayden Loop and the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, said point also being the beginning of a curve to the left, from which the radius point bears North 16(degree)36'13" West, 2,065.00 feet; Thence easterly along the arc of said curve to the left and said line lying 65.00 feet south of and parallel to the monumented centerline of Greenway-Hayden Loop, through a central angle of 09(degree)03'32", an arc distance of 326.49 feet to a point of reverse curvature having a radius of 20.00 feet; Thence easterly, along the arc of said curve to the right, through a central angle of 93(degree)29'01", an arc distance of 32.63 feet to a point on a line lying 30.00 feet west of and parallel to the monumented centerline of 73rd Street also being a point of compound curvature, having a radius of 370.00 feet; Thence southerly, along the arc of said curve lying 30.00 feet west of and parallel to the monumented centerline of 73rd Street, through a central angle of 24(degree)00'27", an arc distance of 155.03 feet; Thence South 01(degree)08'27" West, along said line lying 30.00 feet west of and parallel to the monumented centerline of 73rd Street, 242.03 feet; Thence North 88(degree)51'18" West, 340.01 feet; 49 Thence North 01(degree)08'42" East, 195.17 feet to a point of curvature having a radius of 150.00 feet; Thence northerly, along the arc of said curve to the left, through a central angle of 17(degree)44'55", an arc distance of 46.47 feet; Thence North 16(degree)36'13" West, a distance of 40.25 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. Parcel 3: A portion of the northwest quarter of Section 11, Township 3 North, Range 4 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona being described as follows: COMMENCING at a brass cap in hand hole found at the northwest corner of said Section 11, also being the point of intersection of the monumented certerlines of Greenway-Hayden Loop and Scottsdale Road, from which a brass cap in hand hole found at the intersection of the monumented centerlines of Scottsdale Road and Butherus Road bears South 01(degree)08'00" West, 1100.20 feet; Thence South 89(degree)40'34" East, along the monumented centerline of Greenway-Hayden Road, 65.07 feet to brass cap in hand hole and a point on a non-tangent curve, the radius point of which bears North 00(degree)19'08" East, 2,000.00 feet; Thence easterly, along the arc of said curve to the left and said monumented centerline of Greenway-Hayden Loop, through a central angle of 16(degree)55'21", an arc distance of 590.71 feet; Thence South 16(degree)36'13" East, a distance of 65.00 feet to a point on a line lying 65.00 feet south of and parallel to said monumented centerline of Greenway-Hayden Loop; Thence continuing South 16(degree)36'13" East, 40.25 feet to a point of curvature having a radius of 150.00 feet; Thence southerly along said curve to the right through a central angle of 17(degree)44'55", an arc distance of 46.47 feet; Thence South 01(degree)08'42" West, 195.17 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; Thence South 88(degree)51'18" East, 340.01 feet to a point on a line lying 30.00 feet west of and parallel to the monumented centerline of 73rd Street; Thence South 01(degree)08'27" West, along said line lying 30.00 feet west of and parallel to the monumented centerline of 73rd Street, 556.98 feet; Thence North 88(degree)51'18" West, 340.05 feet; 50 Thence North 01(degree)08'42" East, 556.98 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. Parcel 4: A portion of the northwest quarter of Section 11, Township 3 North, Range 4 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona being described as follows: COMMENCING at a brass cap in hand hole found at the northwest corner of said Section 11, also being the point of intersection of the monumented centerlines of Greenway-Hayden Loop and Scottsdale Road, from which a brass cap in hand hole found at the intersection of the monumented centerlines of Scottsdale Road and Butherus Road bears South 01(degree)08'00" West, 1100.20 feet; Thence South 89(degree)40'34" East, along the monumented centerline of Greenway-Hayden Road, 65.07 feet to brass cap in hand hole and a point on a non-tangent curve, the radius point of which bears North 00(degree)19'08" East, 2,000.00 feet; Thence easterly, along the arc of said curve to the left and said monumented centerline of Greenway-Hayden Loop, through a central angle of 16(degree)55'21", an arc distance of 590.71 feet; Thence South 16(degree)36'13" East, a distance of 65.00 feet to a point on a line lying 65.00 feet south of and parallel to said monumented centerline of Greenway-Hayden Loop; Thence continuing South 16(degree)36'13" East, 40.25 feet to a point of curvature having a radius of 150.00 feet; Thence southerly along said curve to the right through a central angle of 17(degree)44'55", an arc distance of 46.47 feet; Thence South 01(degree)08'42" West, 752.15 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; Thence South 88(degree)51'18" East, 340.05 feet to a point on a line lying 30.00 feet west of and parallel to the monumented centerline of 73rd Street; Thence South 01(degree)08'27" West, along said line lying 30.00 feet west of and parallel to the monumented centerline of 73rd Street, 223.00 feet to a point of curvature having a radius of 25.00 feet; Thence westerly, along the arc of said curve to the right, through a central angle of 90(degree)00'15", an arc distance of 39.27 feet to a point on a line lying 50.00 feet north of and parallel to the monumented centerline of Butherus Road; Thence North 88(degree)51'18" West, along said line lying 50.00 feet north of and parallel to the monumented centerline of Butherus Road, 315.07 feet; Thence North 01(degree)08'42" East, 248.00 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. 51 EX-10.108 13 glimcher_ex10108.txt FORM OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT Exhibit 10.108 OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT Issued Pursuant to the 2004 Incentive Compensation Plan of Glimcher Realty Trust THIS OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT ("Agreement"), effective ____ , (the "Effective Date") represents the grant of a nonqualified option ("Option") by Glimcher Realty Trust (the "Company"), to__________ (the "Participant") pursuant to the provisions of the Glimcher Realty Trust 2004 Incentive Compensation Plan adopted on or about March 22, 2004 (the "Plan"). The Option granted hereby is intended to be an "NQSO" as such term is defined in the Plan. The Plan provides a complete description of the terms and conditions governing this Option. If there is any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the Plan's terms shall completely supersede and replace the conflicting terms of this Agreement. All capitalized terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan, unless specifically set forth otherwise herein. The parties hereto agree as follows: 1. General Option Grant Information. The individual named above has been selected to be a Participant in the Plan and receive a nonqualified option grant, as specified below: (a) Date of Grant: (b) Number of Shares Covered by this Option: (c) Option Price: (d) Date of Expiration: _________(1) 2. Grant of Option. The Company hereby grants to the Participant an Option to purchase the number of Shares set forth above, at the stated Option Price per share, which is one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Date of Grant, in the manner and subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement. The Committee has determined that the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Date of Grant is equal to the per share closing market price of the Shares on the NYSE on the Date of Grant. 3. Option Term. The term of this Option begins as of the Date of Grant as detailed above and continues through the Date of Expiration as detailed above, unless sooner terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 4. Vesting Period: This Option shall vest and be exercisable (immediately if Trustee), as to one-third of the total Shares covered by the Option, each year over a three year period, with the first one-third vesting on the first anniversary of the date of grant, the second one-third vesting on the second anniversary of the date of grant, and the third one-third vesting on the third anniversary of the date of grant. - -------------- (1) Insert date that is one day before the 10th anniversary of the Effective Date. 1 5. Exercise: The Participant, or the Participant's representative upon the Participant's death, may exercise this Option to the extent vested at any time prior to the termination of the Option as provided in Sections 3 and 8. 6. How to Exercise: Once vested, the Options hereby granted shall be exercised by written notice to the Committee or such other administrator appointed by the Committee, specifying the number of Shares subject to this Option Participant desires to exercise. Payment for the Shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Options hereby granted shall be made by paying the Option Price per Share in full at the time of the exercise of the Option. 7. Nontransferability. (a) In General. Except as may be provided in clause (b), below, this Option may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, except as provided in the Plan. No assignment or transfer of the Option in violation of this Section 7, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution or as otherwise required by applicable law, shall vest in the assignee or transferee any interest whatsoever. (b) Transfers With The Consent of the Committee. With the prior written consent of the Committee, the Option granted hereby may be transferred by the Participant to any one or more of the following persons (each, a "Permitted Assignee"): (i) the spouse, parent, issue, spouse of issue, or issue of spouse ("issue" shall include all descendants whether natural or adopted) of such Participant; (ii) a trust for the benefit of one or more of those persons described in clause (i) above or for the benefit of such Participant, or for the benefit of any such persons and such Participant; or (iii) an entity in which the Participant or any Permitted Assignee thereof is a beneficial owner; provided, however, that such Permitted Assignee shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and shall execute an agreement satisfactory to the Company evidencing such obligation; and provided further, however, that such Participant shall remain bound by the terms and conditions of this Plan. The Company shall cooperate with a Participant's Permitted Assignee and the Company's transfer agent in effectuating any transfer permitted pursuant to this Section 7(b). 2 8. Termination of Option: (a) In General. The Option, which is exercisable as provided in Paragraph 5 above, shall terminate and be of no force or effect if the Participant ceases to perform services of any kind (whether as an employee or Trustee) for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates for any reason other than death or disability; provided, however, that under conditions satisfactory to the Company, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, allow any Options granted to such Participant not previously exercised or expired to be exercisable for a period of time to be specified by the Committee; provided, further, that in no instance may the term of the Option, as so extended, exceed the date of expiration set forth in Section 1(d), above. (b) Death. In the event a Participant dies while employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, any Option(s) held by such Participant (or his or her Permitted Assignee) and not previously expired or exercised shall, to the extent exercisable on the date of death, be exercisable by the estate of such Participant or by any person who acquired such Option by bequest or inheritance, or by the Permitted Assignee, at any time within one year after the death of the Participant, unless earlier terminated pursuant to its terms, provided, however, that in no instance may the term of the Option, as so extended, exceed the date of expiration set forth in Section 1(d) above. (c) Disability. In the event a Participant ceases to perform services of any kind (whether as an employee or Trustee) for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates due to permanent and total disability, the Participant, or his guardian or legal representative, or a Permitted Assignee, shall have the unqualified right to exercise any Option(s) which have not been previously exercised or expired and which the Participant was eligible to exercise as of the first date of permanent and total disability (as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee), at any time within one year after the first date of permanent and total disability, unless earlier terminated pursuant to its terms, provided, however, that in no instance may the term of the Option, as so extended, exceed the date of expiration set forth in Section 1(d), above. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "permanent and total disability" means the Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, and the permanence and degree of which shall be supported by medical evidence satisfactory to the Committee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Committee shall determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, (1) whether a Participant has ceased to perform services of any kind due to a permanent and total disability and, if so, (2) the first date of such permanent and total disability. 9. Administration. This Agreement and the rights of the Participant hereunder are subject to all the terms and conditions of the Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time, as well as to such rules and regulations as the Committee may adopt for administration of the Plan. It is expressly understood that the Committee is authorized to administer, construe, and make all determinations necessary or appropriate to the administration of the Plan and this Agreement, all of which shall be binding upon the Participant. Any inconsistency between the Agreement and the Plan shall be resolved in favor of the Plan. 3 10. Reservation of Shares. The Company hereby agrees that at all times there shall be reserved for issuance and/or delivery upon exercise of the Option such number of Shares as shall be required for issuance or delivery upon exercise hereof. 11. Adjustments. The number of Shares subject to this Option, and the exercise price, shall be subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 4.4 of the Plan. 12. Exclusion from Pension Computations. By acceptance of the grant of this Option, the Participant hereby agrees that any income or gain realized upon the receipt or exercise hereof, or upon the disposition of the Shares received upon its exercise, is special incentive compensation and shall not be taken into account, to the extent permissible under applicable law, as "wages", "salary" or "compensation" in determining the amount of any payment under any pension, retirement, incentive, profit sharing, bonus or deferred compensation plan of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates. 13. Amendment. The Committee may, with the consent of the Participant, at any time or from time to time amend the terms and conditions of the Option, and may at any time or from time to time amend the terms of this Option in accordance with the Plan. 14. Notices. Any notice which either party hereto may be required or permitted to give to the other shall be in writing, and may be delivered personally or by mail, postage prepaid, or overnight courier, addressed as follows: if to the Company, at its office at 150 East Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 or at such other address as the Company by notice to the Participant may designate in writing from time to time; and if to the Participant, at the address shown below his or her signature on this Agreement, or at such other address as the Participant by notice to the Company may designate in writing from time to time. Notices shall be effective upon receipt. 15. Withholding Taxes. The Company shall have the right to withhold from a Participant (or a Permitted Assignee thereof), or otherwise require such Participant or assignee to pay, any Withholding Taxes arising as a result of the grant of any Award, exercise of an Option, or any other taxable event occurring pursuant to the Plan or this Agreement. If the Participant (or a Permitted Assignee thereof) shall fail to make such tax payments as are required, the Company (or its Affiliates or Subsidiaries) shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such Withholding Taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to such Participant or to take such other action as may be necessary to satisfy such Withholding Taxes. In satisfaction of the requirement to pay Withholding Taxes, the Participant (or Permitted Assignee) may make a written election which may be accepted or rejected in the discretion of the Committee, (i) to have withheld a portion of any Shares or other payments then issuable to the Participant (or Permitted Assignee) pursuant to any Award, or (ii) to tender other Shares to the Company (either by actual delivery or attestation, in the sole discretion of the Committee, provided that, except as otherwise determined by the Committee, the Shares that are tendered must have been held by the Participant for at least six (6) months prior to their tender to satisfy the Option Price or have been purchased on the open market), in either case having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the Withholding Taxes. 4 16. Registration; Legend. The Company may postpone the issuance and delivery of Shares upon any exercise of this Option until (a) the admission of such Shares to listing on any stock exchange or exchanges on which Shares of the Company of the same class are then listed and (b) the completion of such registration or other qualification of such Shares under any state or federal law, rule or regulation as the Company shall determine to be necessary or advisable. The Participant shall make such representations and furnish such information as may, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, be appropriate to permit the Company, in light of the then existence or non-existence with respect to such Shares of an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to issue the Shares in compliance with the provisions of that or any comparable act. The Company may cause the following or a similar legend to be set forth on each certificate representing Shares or any other security issued or issuable upon exercise of this Option unless counsel for the Company is of the opinion as to any such certificate that such legend is unnecessary: THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT, THE AVAILABILITY OF WHICH IS ESTABLISHED BY AN OPINION FROM COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY. 17. Miscellaneous. (a) This Agreement shall not confer upon the Participant any right to continuation of employment by the Company, nor shall this Agreement interfere in any way with the Company's right to terminate the Participant's employment at any time. (b) The Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to the Shares subject to this Option Agreement until such time as the purchase price has been paid, and the Shares have been issued and delivered to the Participant. (c) With the approval of the Board, the Committee may terminate, amend, or modify the Plan; provided, however, that no such termination, amendment, or modification of the Plan may in any way adversely affect the Participant's rights under this Agreement. (d) This Agreement shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required. (e) To the extent not preempted by federal law, this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. (f) All obligations of the Company under the Plan and this Agreement, with respect to the Option, shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company. (g) The provisions of this Agreement are severable and if any one or more provisions are determined to be illegal or otherwise unenforceable, in whole or in part, the remaining provisions shall nevertheless be binding and enforceable. 5 (h) By accepting this Award or other benefit under the Plan, the Participant and each person claiming under or through the Participant shall be conclusively deemed to have indicated their acceptance and ratification of, and consent to, any action taken under the Plan by the Company, the Board or the Committee. (i) The Participant, every person claiming under or through the Participant, and the Company hereby waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law any right to a trial by jury with respect to any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under, or in connection with the Plan or this Award Agreement issued pursuant to the Plan. 18. Exculpation. This Option and all documents, agreements, understandings and arrangements relating hereto have been executed by the undersigned in his/her capacity as an officer or Trustee of the Company, which has been formed as a Maryland real estate investment trust pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Company dated as of November 1, 1993, as amended, and not individually, and neither the Trustees, officers or shareholders of the Company nor the trustees, directors, officers or shareholders of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company shall be bound or have any personal liability hereunder or thereunder. Each party hereto shall look solely to the assets of the Company for satisfaction of any liability of the Company in respect of this Option and all documents, agreements, understanding and arrangements relating hereto and will not seek recourse or commence any action against any of the Trustees, officers or shareholders of the Company or any of the trustees, directors officers or shareholders of any subsidiary or affiliated of the Company, or any of their personal assets for the performance or payment of any obligation hereunder or thereunder. The foregoing shall also apply to any future documents, agreements, understandings, arrangements and transactions between the parties hereto. [Remainder of page intentionally blank.] 6 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above. GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST By: ______________________ Name: Michael P. Glimcher Title: President & CEO ACCEPTED: __________________________ Participant __________________________ Address __________________________ City State Zip Code 7 EX-10.109 14 glimcher_ex10109.txt FORM OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT Exhibit 10.109 OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT Issued Pursuant to the 2004 Incentive Compensation Plan of Glimcher Realty Trust THIS OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT ("Agreement"), effective __________, (the "Effective Date") represents the grant of an incentive option ("Option") by Glimcher Realty Trust (the "Company"), to ___________ (the "Participant") pursuant to the provisions of the Glimcher Realty Trust 2004 Incentive Compensation Plan adopted on or about March 22, 2004 (the "Plan"). The Option granted hereby is intended to be an "ISO", as such term is defined in the Plan, within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code to the maximum extent permissible under the Code. To the extent that the Option does not qualify as an ISO, the Option or the portion thereof which does not so qualify shall constitute a separate nonqualified option. The Plan provides a complete description of the terms and conditions governing this Option. If there is any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the Plan's terms shall completely supersede and replace the conflicting terms of this Agreement. All capitalized terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan, unless specifically set forth otherwise herein. The parties hereto agree as follows: 1. General Option Grant Information. The individual named above has been selected to be a Participant in the Plan and receive an incentive option grant, as specified below: (a) Date of Grant: (b) Number of Shares Covered by this Option: (c) Option Price: (d) Date of Expiration: _________(1) 2. Grant of Option. The Company hereby grants to the Participant an Option to purchase the number of Shares set forth above, at the stated Option Price per share, which is one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Date of Grant is equal to the per share closing market price of the Shares on the NYSE on the Date of Grant. 3. Option Term. The term of this Option begins as of the Date of Grant as detailed above and continues through the Date of Expiration as detailed above, unless sooner terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 1 4. Vesting Period: This Option shall vest and be exercisable, as to one-third of the total Shares covered by the Option, each year over a three year period, with the first one-third vesting on the first anniversary of the date of grant, the second one-third vesting on the second anniversary of the date of grant, and the third one-third vesting on the third anniversary of the date of grant.(1) 5. Exercise: The Participant, or the Participant's representative upon the Participant's death, may exercise this Option to the extent vested at any time prior to the termination of the Option as provided in Sections 3 and 8. 6. How to Exercise: Once vested, the Options hereby granted shall be exercised by written notice to the Committee or such other administrator appointed by the Committee, specifying the number of Shares subject to this Option Participant desires to exercise. Payment for the Shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Options hereby granted shall be made by paying the Option Price per Share in full at the time of the exercise of the Option. 7. Nontransferability. This Option may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and may be exercised or surrendered during Participant's lifetime only by the Participant or his or her guardian or legal representative. No assignment or transfer of the Option in violation of this Section 7, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution or as otherwise required by applicable law, shall vest in the assignee or transferee any interest whatsoever. 8. Termination of Option: (a) In General. The Option, which is exercisable as provided in Paragraph 5 above, shall terminate and be of no force or effect if the Participant ceases to perform services of any kind (whether as an employee or Trustee) for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates for any reason other than death or disability; provided, however, that under conditions satisfactory to the Company, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, allow any Options granted to such Participant not previously exercised or expired to be exercisable for a period of time to be specified by the Committee; provided, further, that in no instance may the term of the Option, as so extended, exceed the date of expiration set forth in Section 1(d), above.(2) (b) Death. In the event a Participant dies while employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, any Option(s) held by such Participant and not previously expired or exercised shall, to the extent exercisable on the date of death, be exercisable by the estate of such Participant or by any person who acquired such Option by bequest or inheritance at any time within one year after the death of the Participant, unless earlier terminated pursuant to its terms, provided, however, that in no instance may the term of the Option, as so extended, exceed the date of expiration set forth in Section 1(d) above. (c) Disability. In the event a Participant ceases to perform services of any kind (whether as an employee or Trustee) for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates due to permanent and total disability, the Participant, or his guardian or legal representative, shall have the unqualified right to exercise any Option(s) which have not been previously exercised or expired and which the Participant was eligible to exercise as of the first date - ---------------- (1) ISOs may be issued only to employees. (2) In the case of an ISO, any extension pursuant to this Section 8(a) will cause the Option to lose its ISO status. 2 of permanent and total disability (as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee), at any time within one year after the first date of permanent and total disability, unless earlier terminated pursuant to its terms, provided, however, that in no instance may the term of the Option, as so extended, exceed the date of expiration set forth in Section 1(d), above. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "permanent and total disability" means the Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, and the permanence and degree of which shall be supported by medical evidence satisfactory to the Committee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Committee shall determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, (1) whether a Participant has ceased to perform services of any kind due to a permanent and total disability and, if so, (2) the first date of such permanent and total disability. 9. Administration. This Agreement and the rights of the Participant hereunder are subject to all the terms and conditions of the Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time, as well as to such rules and regulations as the Committee may adopt for administration of the Plan. It is expressly understood that the Committee is authorized to administer, construe, and make all determinations necessary or appropriate to the administration of the Plan and this Agreement, all of which shall be binding upon the Participant. Any inconsistency between the Agreement and the Plan shall be resolved in favor of the Plan. 10. Reservation of Shares. The Company hereby agrees that at all times there shall be reserved for issuance and/or delivery upon exercise of the Option such number of Shares as shall be required for issuance or delivery upon exercise hereof. 11. Adjustments. The number of Shares subject to this Option, and the exercise price, shall be subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 4.4 of the Plan. 12. Exclusion from Pension Computations. By acceptance of the grant of this Option, the Participant hereby agrees that any income or gain realized upon the receipt or exercise hereof, or upon the disposition of the Shares received upon its exercise, is special incentive compensation and shall not be taken into account, to the extent permissible under applicable law, as "wages", "salary" or "compensation" in determining the amount of any payment under any pension, retirement, incentive, profit sharing, bonus or deferred compensation plan of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates. 13. Amendment. The Committee may, with the consent of the Participant, at any time or from time to time amend the terms and conditions of the Option, and may at any time or from time to time amend the terms of this Option in accordance with the Plan. 14. Notices. Any notice which either party hereto may be required or permitted to give to the other shall be in writing, and may be delivered personally or by mail, postage prepaid, or overnight courier, addressed as follows: if to the Company, at its office at 150 East Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 or at such other address as the Company by notice to the Participant may designate in writing from time to time; and if to the Participant, at the address shown below his or her signature on this Agreement, or at such other address as the Participant by notice to the Company may designate in writing from time to time. Notices shall be effective upon receipt. 3 15. Withholding Taxes; Disqualifying Dispositions. (a) The Company shall have the right to withhold from a Participant, or otherwise require such Participant or assignee to pay, any Withholding Taxes arising as a result of (i) the grant of any Award, exercise of an Option, or any other taxable event occurring pursuant to the Plan or this Agreement, or (ii) a Disqualifying Disposition (as defined below) of Shares. If the Participant shall fail to make such tax payments as are required, the Company (or its Affiliates or Subsidiaries) shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such Withholding Taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to such Participant or to take such other action as may be necessary to satisfy such Withholding Taxes. In satisfaction of the requirement to pay Withholding Taxes, the Participant may make a written election which may be accepted or rejected in the discretion of the Committee, (i) to have withheld a portion of any Shares or other payments then issuable to the Participant pursuant to any Award, or (ii) to tender other Shares to the Company (either by actual delivery or attestation, in the sole discretion of the Committee, provided that, except as otherwise determined by the Committee, the Shares that are tendered must have been held by the Participant for at least six (6) months prior to their tender to satisfy the Option Price or have been purchased on the open market), in either case having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the Withholding Taxes. (b) Participant agrees to notify the Company in writing immediately after such Participant makes a "Disqualifying Disposition" of any Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of the Option. A "Disqualifying Disposition" is any disposition (including any sale) of such shares before the later of (i) two years after the date the Participant was granted the Option or (ii) one year after the date the Participant acquired Shares by exercising the Option. If the Participant has died before such shares are disposed of, these holding period requirements do not apply. 16. Registration; Legend. The Company may postpone the issuance and delivery of Shares upon any exercise of this Option until (a) the admission of such Shares to listing on any stock exchange or exchanges on which Shares of the Company of the same class are then listed and (b) the completion of such registration or other qualification of such Shares under any state or federal law, rule or regulation as the Company shall determine to be necessary or advisable. The Participant shall make such representations and furnish such information as may, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, be appropriate to permit the Company, in light of the then existence or non-existence with respect to such Shares of an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to issue the Shares in compliance with the provisions of that or any comparable act. The Company may cause the following or a similar legend to be set forth on each certificate representing Shares or any other security issued or issuable upon exercise of this Option unless counsel for the Company is of the opinion as to any such certificate that such legend is unnecessary: THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT, THE AVAILABILITY OF WHICH IS ESTABLISHED BY AN OPINION FROM COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY. 4 17. Miscellaneous. (a) This Agreement shall not confer upon the Participant any right to continuation of employment by the Company, nor shall this Agreement interfere in any way with the Company's right to terminate the Participant's employment at any time. (b) The Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to the Shares subject to this Option Agreement until such time as the purchase price has been paid, and the Shares have been issued and delivered to the Participant. (c) With the approval of the Board, the Committee may terminate, amend, or modify the Plan; provided, however, that no such termination, amendment, or modification of the Plan may in any way adversely affect the Participant's rights under this Agreement. (d) This Agreement shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required. (e) To the extent not preempted by federal law, this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. (f) All obligations of the Company under the Plan and this Agreement, with respect to the Option, shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company. (g) The provisions of this Agreement are severable and if any one or more provisions are determined to be illegal or otherwise unenforceable, in whole or in part, the remaining provisions shall nevertheless be binding and enforceable. (h) By accepting this Award or other benefit under the Plan, the Participant and each person claiming under or through the Participant shall be conclusively deemed to have indicated their acceptance and ratification of, and consent to, any action taken under the Plan by the Company, the Board or the Committee. (i) The Participant, every person claiming under or through the Participant, and the Company hereby waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law any right to a trial by jury with respect to any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under, or in connection with the Plan or this Award Agreement issued pursuant to the Plan. 18. Exculpation. This Option and all documents, agreements, understandings and arrangements relating hereto have been executed by the undersigned in his/her capacity as an officer or Trustee of the Company, which has been formed as a Maryland real estate investment trust pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Company dated as of November 1, 1993, as amended, and not individually, and neither the Trustees, officers or shareholders of the Company nor the trustees, directors, officers or shareholders of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company shall be bound or have any personal liability hereunder or thereunder. Each party hereto shall look solely to the assets of the Company for satisfaction of any liability of the Company in respect of this 5 Option and all documents, agreements, understanding and arrangements relating hereto and will not seek recourse or commence any action against any of the Trustees, officers or shareholders of the Company or any of the trustees, directors officers or shareholders of any subsidiary or affiliated of the Company, or any of their personal assets for the performance or payment of any obligation hereunder or thereunder. The foregoing shall also apply to any future documents, agreements, understandings, arrangements and transactions between the parties hereto. [Remainder of page intentionally blank.] 6 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above. GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST By: ______________________ Name: Herbert Glimcher Title: Chairman & CEO ACCEPTED: __________________________ Participant __________________________ Address __________________________ City State Zip Code 7 EX-21.1 15 glimcher_ex2101.txt SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT Exhibit 21.1 List of Subsidiaries Glimcher Realty Trust ("GRT") has the following subsidiaries and interests: 1. Glimcher Properties Corporation, a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder); 2. Glimcher Properties, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (approximately 92% limited partnership interest); 3. Glimcher Johnson City, Inc., a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder); 4. Glimcher Dayton Mall, Inc. a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder); 5. Glimcher Colonial Trust, a Delaware business trust (100% beneficiary); 6. Glimcher Colonial Park Mall, Inc., a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder); 7. Glimcher Tampa, Inc., a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder); 8. Glimcher Auburn, Inc., a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder); 9. Glimcher Weberstown, Inc., a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder); 10. Glimcher Montgomery, Inc., a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder); 11. Glimcher Mount Vernon, Inc., a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder); 12. Glimcher PTC, Inc., a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder); 13. Glimcher Eastland, Inc., a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder); 14. Glimcher Loyal Plaza, Inc., a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder); and 15. Glimcher Loyal Plaza Tenant, Inc., a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder). Glimcher Properties Corporation has the following subsidiaries: 1. Glimcher Grand Central, Inc., a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder); 2. Glimcher Morgantown Mall, Inc., a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder); and 3. San Mall Corporation, a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder). Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership has the following interests: 1. Grand Central, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (99% limited partnership interest); 2. Glimcher University Mall, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (99% limited partnership interest); 3. Morgantown Mall Associates, LP, an Ohio Limited partnership (99% limited partnership interest); 4. Johnson City Venture LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (99% member interest); 5. Dayton Mall Venture LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (99% member interest); 6. Colonial Park Mall LP, a Delaware limited partnership (99.5% limited partnership interest); 7. Colonial Park Trust, a Delaware business trust (Colonial Park Mall LP is the 100% beneficiary); 8. Catalina Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (99% limited partnership interest owned by Colonial Park Mall LP and Colonial Park Trust is the sole general partner owning the remaining 1%); 9. Glimcher Development Corporation, a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder); 10. Weberstown Mall, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (99% member interest); 11. Glimcher Northtown Venture, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest); 12. Montgomery Mall Associates, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (99% limited partnership interest); 13. Glimcher SuperMall Venture, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (99% member interest); 14. SAN Mall, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (99.5% limited partnership interest); 15. Polaris Center, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (99% member interest); 16. JG Elizabeth, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest); 17. Tulsa Promenade, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest held by Tulsa Promenade REIT, LLC); 18. Charlotte Eastland Mall, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (99% member interest); 19. Polaris Mall, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest); 20. PFP Columbus, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest owned by Polaris Mall LLC); 21. Great Plains MetroMall, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (100% member interest); 22. Mount Vernon Venture, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (99% member interest); 23. Loyal Plaza Venture, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (99% limited partnership interest); 24. Glimcher Loyal Plaza Tenant, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (99% limited partnership interest); 25. Jersey Gardens Center, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest); 26. GM Mezz, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest owned by Great Plains MetroMall, LLC); 27. RVM Glimcher, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest); 28. Southside Mall, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest); 29. Glimcher Ashland Venture, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest); 30. GM Olathe, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest owned by GM Mezz, LLC) 31. Glimcher Columbia, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest); 32. Fairfield Village, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest); 33. Glimcher JG Urban Renewal, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (100% shareholder); 34. N.J. Metromall Urban Renewal, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (100% shareholder); 35. LC Portland, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest); 36. GB Northtown, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest); 37. Glimcher WestShore, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest); 38. MFC Beavercreek, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest); 39. EM Columbus, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest); 40. Mainstreet Maintenance, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company (100% member interest); 41. Ohio Retail Security, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company (100% member interest); 42. Wilora Lake Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest); 43. Glimcher Polaris, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest); 44. OG Retail Holding Co., LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (52% member interest - unconsolidated joint venture subsidiary); 45. Puente Hills Mall REIT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% Class A Membership interests held by OG Retail Holding Co., LLC); and 46. GPLP Surprise Venture, LLC, a Delaware liability company (100% member interest) 47. Surprise Peripheral Venture, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (50% member interest held by GPLP Surprise Venture, LLC); 48. WTM Glimcher, LLC, a Delaware liability company (100% member interest held by Weberstown Mall, LLC); 49. Glimcher Surprise, LLC, a Delaware liability company (100% memberp interest); 50. Polaris Lifestyle Center, LLC, a Delaware liability company (100% member interest); 51. Glimcher Kierland Crossing, LLC, a Delaware liability company (100% member interest); 52. Kierland Crossing, LLC, a Delaware liability company (50% member interest held by Glimcher Kierland Crossing, LLC); 53. Tulsa Promenade REIT, LLC, a Delaware liability company (100% Class A membership held by OG Retail Holding Co., LLC); 54. EM Columbus II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest); and 55. RV Boulevard Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest). 56. Puente Hills Mall, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (100% member interest held by Puente Hills Mall REIT, LLC) Glimcher Development Corporation has the following subsidiaries and interests: 1. Ohio Entertainment Corporation, a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder); 2. Trans State Development, Inc., a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder); 3. Trans State Development, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (99% member interest); 4. Mason Park Center, Inc., a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder); 5. Mason Park Center, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (99% member interest); 6. GDC Retail, Inc., a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder); 7. GDC Retail, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (99% member interest); 8. SR 741, Inc., a Delaware corporation (100% shareholder); 9. SR 741, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (99% member interest); and 10. California Retail Security, Inc., an Ohio corporation (100% shareholder). EX-31.1 16 glimcher_ex3101.htm CERTIFICATION Unassociated Document
 
EXHIBIT 31.1
 
 
CERTIFICATIONS
 
 
I, Michael P. Glimcher, certify that:
 
1.
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Glimcher Realty Trust;
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
 
 
a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
 
b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5.
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
 
a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
 
b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Date: February 23, 2007

/s/ Michael P. Glimcher  
Michael P. Glimcher
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Trustee
(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-31.2 17 glimcher_ex3102.htm CERTIFICATION Unassociated Document
 
EXHIBIT 31.2
 
 
CERTIFICATIONS
 
I, Mark E. Yale, certify that:
 
1.
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Glimcher Realty Trust;
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
 
 
a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
 
b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5.
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
 
a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
 
b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Date: February 23, 2007

/s/ Mark E. Yale    
Mark E. Yale,
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer
(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)
EX-32.1 18 glimcher_ex3201.htm CERTIFICATION Unassociated Document
 
Exhibit 32.1


Certification Pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
As Adopted Pursuant To
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the accompanying Form 10-K of Glimcher Realty Trust (the “Company”) for the period ended December 31, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Michael P. Glimcher, President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee of the Company, certify, to the best of my knowledge, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 
1.
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 
2.
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 
Date: February 23, 2007
/s/ Michael P. Glimcher
Michael P. Glimcher
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Trustee
(Principal Executive Officer)


A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to Glimcher Realty Trust and will be retained by Glimcher Realty Trust and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
EX-32.2 19 glimcher_ex3202.htm CERTIFICATION Unassociated Document
 
Exhibit 32.2


Certification Pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
As Adopted Pursuant To
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the accompanying Form 10-K of Glimcher Realty Trust (the “Company”) for the period ended December 31, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Mark E. Yale, Exeutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) of the Company, certify, to the best of my knowledge, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 
1.
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 
2.
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 
Date: February 23, 2007
/s/ Mark E. Yale
Mark E. Yale
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)

 
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to Glimcher Realty Trust and will be retained by Glimcher Realty Trust and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
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